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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Hi, just wondering if there are any loopholes that have worked for anyone in the past.

I'm really interested in either the Nexus 4 or Note 2. I love the S2 but I dont have an upgrade until Jan 2014 and these new phones are just so intriguing. I definitely don't want to pay a non contract price for these phones, but was hoping to sell my S2 and use it to buy a new phone at hopefully a good price.

Any advice?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MykalDre:
not sure of any loop holes. most companys make sure there are none.

i say sell the s2 and get the n4. with the price being so low its worth it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
I looked up on the sprint buyback program and they'll give you $85 for the e4gt.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rezistrat:
Well I have three phones mine wife and daughter wife never likes upgrading so I get her upgrades with mine not cheap but it works
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SAShady:
Just fyi Nexus 4 does not support CDMA. So no Verizon/Sprint
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asd87:
That's at the moment. Look at the Gnex. It was released GSM first then Verizon got it, and then Sprint. I don't think Google is that dumb to cut Verizon from getting the Nexus and Sprint has gotten the other Nexus devices aside from the Nexus One.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cp320703:
I get the distinct impression that future nexuses (nexii?) will be gsm only given the widespread dissatisfaction with the update process on CDMA carriers
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EeyoreSyndrome:
When I got my gs2 back in April I wasn't up for my upgrade till mid may. Anyway I brought it to a 3rd party sprint store and told me we could pretend it had water dmg and in that case sprint cuts you a few weeks slack and forks over the upgrade as its cheaper for them then asurian claims sending a new phone....at least that's what my rep said to me... he's a nice guy :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bleyten:
Ask the Sprint store about a "push through".
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Febby:
I'm not sure there will be one, perhaps just maybe but I highly doubt it as google was left with a bad taste with their experience with Verizon and Sprint.

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/1...laxy-nexus-lte-wasnt-a-great-user-experience/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Any details on what this is?

Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cas8180:
I love the hardware of my epic touch but I know we can do better in regards of software. Jb leak is proof of that and what is likely to come. However I am getting tired of running gb. Having a nexus 7 tablet doesn't help my case when i get constant updates as soon as good drops new source. I am hoping I can hold out for the jb update or even a newer leak. But if not I would love to find a way to get a sg3 for cheap. And I don't really want to add another line.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BiffTirkle:
I used to always buy my phones out of contract, I would ebay my phone, get paid apply that $ towards my new phone and ship the old one out. I would usually ship the next day so I wasn't holding up my buyer.

These days I just buy from Craigslist. Picked this phone up for 240 around mid summer, I think.

" all human wisdom is contained in these two words,—‘Wait and hope.’”
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rocket321:
I agree with this, I bought my sgs2 in June for $220 off contract (used). It came in great shape and working perfectly. I'm thinking I'll keep buying phones this way - just wait for them to be ~9 months old and you can get them for the upgrade price. This way if a new phone drops that I just have to have I'm always ready with the upgrade. Also if I somehow kill my current phone I don't have to worry about carrying insurance, just use my upgrade on whatever's out.

The only thing better is direct from Google pricing, which I may switch to but I will loose some coverage in my state by leaving CDMA so I haven't decided on that yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] millsmillsmills:
On Black Friday you can purchase the SIII for $50. You could definitely buy that, sell it along with the S2 and buy a note.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Wait. $50 out of contact?

or let more rephrase. I wouldn't get the $50 price because I'm not eligible for upgrade until 1/14 right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] darktranquility18:
I've heard that people sold their current phones on Craigslist, used that money towards buying out the rest of their contract then upgrade.

Or sell on Craigslist and use that money towards buying one you want on Craigslist. Either would cost around the same
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cas8180:
I wonder what happened to calling the retention center and threatening to leave the sg2 and the countless problems the ICS update I would think would be a great bartering chip to try and get retention to let you upgrade to the sg3 either cheap or for nothing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] random45:
Took 4 years of Latin so I had to point it out :)

"Nexi"

http://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/nexus#Latin
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Troupster:
Hah, I can assure you, after 20 phone calls, they don't give a **** about their customers.

I've had my account open with sprint since 1991.

There are 5 lines on the account.

They have made ~$50,000 from my family.

Yea, no, I will switch to anything better as soon as possible.
[General Questions and Answers] Thealbatross:
I plugged my phone into my laptop and it gave me the scan and fix prompt as usual, which i got tired of seeing so I hit Scan and Fix for my SD card. Now, my computer AND phone wont register the SD card, and the phone says its blank. I dont know how to fix this issue. Help please?
[General Questions and Answers] rbeavers:
Will your phone format it?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lakshmantheonly:
I'm on cm10 18-10-20120 quarx build

I cannot update newest build i.e. 27-10-2012 build which is "update for 18-10-2012 build.zip"

I have tried installing via cwm install zip from sd option

Even through in about phone it shows as 18-10-2012 build

How to update for newer build which is in update.zip
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nastys:
Scan for errors on your SD card, download it again, go to stable recovery and select install from zip
[Motorola Droid RAZR] xdeathstarx:
Well met.

I am hoping that I can find some answers here on how to get a custom ROM on this phone.

It is a Motorola RAZR V XT885 purchased from Bell Mobility (GSM) in Canada. It is carrier unlocked. (img 1) shows all the info on the "about phone" screen. It looks and has the same stats as the MT887 and the generic Motorola RAZR V Canada

It has already been rooted successfully. I have a backup in case something goes wrong. I tried installing SafeStrap 3 but from Hash-of-Codes email to me, it does not work with my Razr. Fortunately it did not brick my phone.

I am not adverse to trying BootStrap or similar if it will give me the results I want. Again I run into the issues of finding instruction for the family of phones but none for my model in particular.

The problem I am running into is that most of the info on this phone or those in its family are for CDMA phones and if I am understanding correctly, if I use any of those roms/basebands/updates, they will brick my phone although the rooting procedures are the same. I need more than root as I see no point unless I want to take off some bloatware. :confused:

So here is what I am looking for:

(1) A way to install a recovery on the phone. Once I get past this hurdle, I think I can navigate my way through getting a rom on it.

(2) I am hoping to update the radio on it as it keeps putting my Wind Mobile into away mode. There was an update with version number 6.16.215 for the Droid Razr/Razr Maxx. and I do not know if it would work on my phone because it looks like it is only for CMDA version.

Here is some base info on the phone:

GSM frequencies :

850 900 1800 1900

Standard UMTS :

850 900 1900 2100

xHTML

WAP v2.0

HSCSD

HSDPA 14,40 Mbit/s

HSUPA 5,76 Mbit/s

HSPA

HSPA+

Thank you in advance for any help/direction given to help me with this phone.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mundra:
How to root? And did you find custom ROM?

I also have the exact same phone, XT885 (got it off of Kijiji). Unfortunately, it keeps saying "Obtaining IP address..." when I try to connect to WiFi. Did some research, and found there's something wrong when I tried to hard reset. It is something called "Dead Android Red Triangle (DART)" but exactly sure what that means. So here's what I would like help with:

How can I get rid of the "Dead Android Red Triangle (DART)"? Is it possible?

Is there any possibility to somehow connect to WiFi, if I can't get rid of DART?

How can I root the phone to remove the bloatware?

And what custom ROM did you install, or still searching for it? I can't seem to find much data on XT885.

And last but not the least, is it OK to download apk files of paid apps from internet, and install them on an Android smartphone? I assume Google can easily determine the legitimate apps on my devices as I have signed into my Google account which shows what apps I have bought. The XT885 came with numerous pre-installed premium apps, and when connected to my laptop I see I can save these apk files for future use.

Just want to know if it is OK to do so.

Thanks in advance for all your help
[RAZR HD General] dsmero:
Anyone know of any battery percentage mod out there? Would love to see one for the RAZR HD family.
[RAZR HD General] ngerber999:
The phone does 1% battery increments out of the box if that is what you are looking for.
[RAZR HD General] Ban-Hammer:
I don't think there is an option to display it in the notification area, but I use Battery Widget? Reborn! Pro. Definitely worth the $2. I wouldn't go a day without it anymore.
[RAZR HD General] itsdubai:
Get GO power master. It does 1 % increments and it's a great free app.
[RAZR HD General] tbcpn:
Power Toggles now includes a 1% circle battery for the notification bar, in addition to either on screen widget toggles or notification pull down toggles.
[RAZR HD General] afmracer6:
I'm using power toggles. Its pretty cool. Has a 1% battery mod on it too
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincowoo:
:( Hi there, I have a rooted Samsung s6102 and I unistalled the google play store using linktosd thinking I can reinstall it on memory Card,

but then I downloaded it and tried to install it. it installed but on opening it errors "force Close"

I have tried many versions of it and it still doesnt work comes up with error "Force Clsose"

I think it has to be installed in system. I don't know how to do this.

In the meantime I have reset factory settings but still no sign of google play. I'm afraid link2sd must have deleted the relevant files. I also wiped cash memory but.........

I would really appreciate some help on this matter. It is depressing me you know imposed on my mind....:(

! Please help! Thank you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerotNS:
If you deleted the Vending.apk from /system/app/ then you need that file and you need to put it there. Same procedure if you deleted it from /data/app Then reboot and it should fix your problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincowoo:
I'm quite newbie to all this stuff.......... that's why too weired ........ would you plz guide me through procedure... i just click on uninstall button it uninstalled along with google play services....... Now.......???
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] revxx14:
Rewritten:

Alright, I wasn't clear enough, so I'm rewriting this entire post. I use Outlook.com for managing my email, contact and calendar. When I sign in to a Windows 8 machine, my account shows up as a Hotmail account, and not an Outlook.com account. These services are essentially the same thing (they're just different front ends), but I prefer the Outlook.com name and branding over Hotmail.

The issue isn't on the actual website, it's with Windows 8's built in applications: Mail, Calendar, Messaging and People. When I open one of these applications, go to "Settings" and then "Accounts," my account is listed as a Hotmail account. If I try to pin my Mail inbox to my Start Screen, I get a Hotmail icon on the pinned tile instead of the Outlook.com icon. It's not really a big deal, it's just something that bothers me.

I've tried logging out and logging back in, choosing "Outlook" as my account type, etc, but it always shows up as Hotmail. So my question is: Is there somewhere in the registry I can go and manually fix this? The account is system wide, I use it to log in to the machine and everything, so I would think the type would be stored somewhere in the registry.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] lseidman:
I don't get it? You visit outlook.com via IE and it doesn't obtain your Hotmail Account and/or it sends you to Hotmail and not Outlook?

Let me ask you, did you go to Outlook.com, log out of your current logged in Hotmail account and login to your Outlook account (your-hotmail-name@outlook.com)?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] revxx14:
Sorry, I should've been more clear. The issue is with the built in Mail app. I signed in to Widows 8 using my Outlook.com account, and for some reason it wants to use the Hotmail icon for the mail. It's annoying. Not a huge deal, but annoying. I've rewritten the main post to be more clear.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ryano2121:
Is there any way to make the notification bar you pull down to put the notifications above the ongoing tasks?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhulku123:
So will At&t recognize this phone as Smartphone and will require $20 or $30 data plan or medianet plan will work? Any feedback?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drumist:
Smartphone, obviously.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redthunda69:
Drumist doesn't know what he's talking about. The Galaxy Nexus got about a year of medianet service, I think we can expect the Nexus 4 to do the same since AT&T won't have the IMEI's for these phones.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhulku123:
What do you mean 1 year of service?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redthunda69:
The gnex was marked as not medianet about a week ago along with many other Samsung phones. The Nexus 4 is likely to last longer since LG does not have a history of sharing IMEI's with carriers.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inurb:
The nexus 4 should work fine on medianet just like every other unlocked unbranded att compatible device. With the exception of samsung and htc nexus devices.

My international galaxy note has been working fine on medianet for almost a year now. Unless LG gave att their IMEI's the nexus 4 should fly under the radar with medianet.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestX0011:
So would we just use the imei number of the nexus 4 and select the unlimited data for feature phones? Even with that route it comes to about 70 but 61 with a corporate discount. Might do this if possible.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iolinux333:
Are there any updates on this? Has anyone tried?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eep2378:
For those using medianet plan did att throttle your speeds? were you able to get hspa+ on medianet vs the regular data plan($30/3GB)?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pbpatel1981:
how do we choose medianet plan?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotwildfire:
I recently received a text message stating that I needed a data plan in order to use my current phone.

(Pantech Link with 10/month unlimited data is my current plan)

I have switched out my at&t sim into these phones

1. Galaxy s blaze 4g

2. t989 (tmobile galaxy s ii)

I received this messages after 4 months of continuous usage on the blaze.

I didnt realize at&t had tmobile IMEIs

I called up att and they stated that "I was using a samsung and their system doesnt glitch"

how can I avoid this text message switching me onto a smartphone data plan.

So what phones can I use with the media-net plan and be completely protected?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyall29:
This is my experience. I've had the international sgs2 and galaxy note. I was able to use the non-smartphone plan with both of those. Last week I received my nexus 4 and called at&t to change from a smartphone plan to a non-smartphone plan. I told them that I had an old phone and I wanted to remove the lte plan and add the $15 media net. Everything went well until she tried to add the media net to my plan. She said that she couldn't find my phone's imei in their data base. I told her that its not an at&t phone, its an old gsm phone that I purchased from eBay. She fiddled around for probably 10 minutes trying to find out exactly what kind of phone I had. I could here her typing and talking to somebody and then she read from her computer screen, "Google Nexus 4". She said that she used Google to find out what kind of phone I had. This is the first time this has happened to me. She said that now they can not add any data to a phone if they don't know exactly what the phone is.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faulty_machine:
Question is;

Why did you give her IMEI from your N4?

Is your sgs2 still working? What IMEI do they have for sgs2?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iLeleplus:
I've Recently bought cod:boz on my nexus 7 then i downloaded (via google play) on my Sony xperia u than after i've launched it than it's stuck in the Activision logo then the phone returns to home (or drawer). I've already tried o re-downloaded it bit it didnt work. I tried with chainfire too bit i didnt work anyone have o working on xperia u or have a solution? Sorry for my bad english but i'm italian!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iLeleplus:
Up!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
I suggest you email the developer. If it's a legal copy of the game, it probably doesn't support your device.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iLeleplus:
I will try thank you! :D

EDIT: Just emailed glu mobile!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iLeleplus:
Oh they just answered Me (Probabily the fastest response in the World!) And it's because my device is rooted... I will take back to stock :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Did you actually mention rooting it? Stupid you. Now they won't even care.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iLeleplus:
No no i didn't mention it they have written here is the mail:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
It's just a general ****-you notice so they don't have to deal with as many requests. What they actually need to do is fix the game to run on U8500 hardware. If they do that, good for you. If they don't - sorry, not much you can do.
[Android] mmapcpro:
Can I decompile/compile theme apks using eclipse in Linux?

Or can someone help me with how to build a cm10 theme from source in eclipse, if it's possible/practical?
[Android] mmapcpro:
I found this tutorial. http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/T-Mobile_...nux_x64#Start_of_T-Mobile_Theme_Chooser_Guide

Will this work for me? I still have to find a cm10 theme source. I think Ricardo made one. I'll check his git.
[Android] mmapcpro:
I can't find a source anywhere. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ciniob:
I am running Cyanogen 10 M2 on my Galaxy S3. I can not get NFL Mobile to run. It downloads and installs fine. I get a message link to verizonwireless.com/nfl that just sends me back to Google Play.

I get an error message that tells me NFL Mobile is for Verizon customers only.

Any ideas? I Force Stopped, cleared Cache, uninstalled and still no go. The app works on my rooted but stock Razr Maxx.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zalithian:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8949252/jellybelly-myverizonapps.zip

flash via CWM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ciniob:
OMG! There is a God in Heaven and He just put on his shoulder pads in time for Thursday Night Football!

Thank you whoever you are. I had all but given up on getting NFL.

Why does it work through Rom Manager but not through Google Play or NFL Verizon?

I got a message that Android is Updating. 149 files were updated. What did this do?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Installed a system app package, it's normal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zalithian:
When you flash aosp (cm) it doesn't come with Verizon apps. That's what the updating is. The reason it doesn't work normally is you aren't recognized as a Verizon member through the app unless you're on stock. This allows you to log in as a Verizon customer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ciniob:
I see. Again, many thanks!

Do happen to know if there is a way to get Vz visual voice mail running?

I use Google Voice because I couldn't get Vz v mail working. Google works fine but there is this part of me that wants to go back into the Verizon store and show the manager that yes indeed NFL Mobile an vvmail will work on my rooted, unlocked, re-rommed S3 that he said with his little quotie fingers you are not allowed to use verizon branded apps on your device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Anytime you flash anything application that becomes a system app, android will "upgrade".
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ciniob:
UPDATE VISUAL VOICE MAIL MAY BE WORKING.

I found an unofficial hacked version of Verizon Note 2 Samsung that has been hybrideded to work on the S3.

I'm not sure if I am allowed to share it as it is located at another forum.

I installed it. I have to call my phone to insure that it works but it did install and I found past voice mails that played.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] condor97:
I was wondering if anyone has or is able to make an inverted stock MMS and Calendar apk for the Atrix compatible with CM10 for the atrix. I have looked everywhere and have not been able to find either. Thanks. :)
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] francescod:
Here it is, enjoy!
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] condor97:
Thankyou! I have actually tried that before, and it installed but some of the apps would be inverted and some weren't. Have you gotten it to work on the Atrix? Maybe I'll give it another shot. Thanks again.:)
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] francescod:
The only problem I know is about installing black Contacts/Dialer....you can't use the dialer, it will crash!
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] condor97:
Thanks man. I gave it a shot but didn't work. It uninstalled the old SMS and the calendar but did not install the inverted apps. Was able to restore my backup though.:) Maybe I will try it on a clean install.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mrjaydee82:
Should I use the standard 1.8gb download or the high definition download? It says use the standard for phones.. but was wondering if standard I would miss out on nice visuals. Thanks in advanced... excited to play this game

My blazingly fast as f*#k One XL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] area51avenger:
Buy it once and get both versions. Try the HD and see if you like it (Though I think the HD is around 5 gigs space)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mrjaydee82:
I already bought it. Yeah HD is like 5 gigs

My blazingly fast as f*#k One XL
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] frederic2707:
hi i was wondering if you buy a galaxy note front glass only and apply some silicone glue to it can you use it as a screen protector here is a link http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-GT-...sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351699974&sr=8-1-spell
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] shure2:
This probably won't work, they thin layer between the two sheets of gorilla glass will cause problems with registering your finger, especially if there is silicone in the way
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] daeuka:
You may want to look at the Spigen GLAS.t; same idea as what your talking about. It's chemically hardened glass, not gorilla glass, but it works fine over top of the regular screen. It does cost a bit more than what you linked to.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] Blu3Fr0g:
Erica aka AngelOfMusic1989

Demonstrated by Erica in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqWCTkVe_EY&list=UUB2527zGV3A0Km_quJiUaeQ&index=23&feature=plcp :victory::highfive:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] pjm77:
Exactly - Spigen or this other one (there was another one, cheaper). Right now your idea doesn't make sense. Using the front glass as a screen protector? What for? If I bought a front glass I would simply stop using screen protector altogether and just change my front glass for the one I bought when my original glass gets too damaged.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] howard bamber:
Got one. Great

Sent from the man hiding in your attic......