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[Motorola Photon 4G] Chris300HP:
Hi,

I'm planning a trip to Los Angeles, USA in the near future. I bought an unlocked Motorola Photon 4G on Ebay, and currently use it in Argentina. It is in my understanding that USA domestic GSM towers are blocked. I currently have it running Gingerbread 2.3.5. It is also in my understanding that Sprint offers only plans under a contract (Correct me if i'm wrong). What options do i have to use my phone under a prepaid plan with voice, sms and data during my trip?
[Motorola Photon 4G] findthedr:
your phone can only be activated on sprint or its affiliate (without grey area ESN flashing). there are a number of sprint MVNOs that offer "bring your own sprint device" as long as the ESN is clean. Without a clean ESN, you are SOL.

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1778773-Sprint-mvnos-with-byod-or-getting-it-Listing
[Motorola Photon 4G] atroph:
Not entirely true. You should be able to put the kddi radio on 2.3.5 and use any GSM carrier you choose.

...I believe. Let me go read...

Ok here is an important question. Does your phone say unlocked at the top when you first turn it on?
[Motorola Photon 4G] maxon_yalta:
You can't unlock bootloader on stock 2.3.5 Photon firmware, so you are not able to flash KDDI radio and wont get GSM service in the US.
[Motorola Photon 4G] heywired:
From what I've read you are able to unlock the bootloader on 2.3.5, As long as you didnt update it from 2.3.4 to 2.3.5 with RSD Lite. BUT (if my memory serves me correct) you have to "rollback" or re-flash it with 2.3.4.

SO technically you cant if you still have 2.3.5 on your phone, so in order to unlock the bootloader you just have to re-flash 2.3.4 back on it.

Hope that helps/Makes sense :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Chris300HP:
I already called Sprint and i have a clean esn number. They told me that they offer prepaid services with Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile but you have to buy a phone from them, so i can't use my Motorola Photon with them. I don't want to mess around with my phone to unlock USA GSM bands. The first reply offered me a solution, to go with a virtual operator under the Sprint Network such as Eco Mobile that allows me to bring my Sprint phone.
[Motorola Photon 4G] InsanePostman:
As far as I know unless you're on factory 2.3.5 or 2.3.4 and are able to unlock your bootloader, the photon is only able to use international GSM networks. You need to unlock your bootloader and install the KDDI radio to use US GSM networks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] JHINTON1:
Check out ting. They have native coverage on Sprint for Voice, SMS, and Data. They also have a roaming agreement with Verizon for voice. If you tell them jasonshinton@yahoo.com referred you we both get a $25 credit.
[Motorola Photon 4G] DXM31:
Platinumtel

I bought my Photon off of Craigslist new and activated it on Platinumtel for $40.

The phone needs to have clean ESN and not be on Sprint account.

The later is the hard part, the ESN can be clean but the phone can still be on an account and not be active.

I went through 3 phones from Cowboom to find the last part out, which is why I found a new never activated one.

If the phone is on your account and you still have an account with Sprint you have to call to make sure they take the phone off of Sprint.

I pay about $3.33 a month for PlatinumTel and use Google voice and GrooveIP on wifi.

cheap deal:D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Pickslide03:
I've been trying to get my S3 to overclock to 1809mhz but it seems that I can't get it past 1350. I've tried multiple kernels and overclocking apps but nothing that I try gets it to go past 1350mhz. At the moment I have LeanKernel v1.0 with Galaxy Mod rls8 and I've seen people with this rom/kernel combination overclocking no problems. In SetCPU the bar goes as high as 1900mhz but no matter how high I set it as, the max CPU only goes as high as 1350. I double checked my speed with CPU Spy and it confirms that I'm at 1350 max. Any ideas? Something I'm missing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pdinphx:
Isn't there a power save feature in Settings that limits your top end to save battery? Try deactivating that ...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Pickslide03:
I can't believe I overlooked something like that. I completely forgot about the power save feature. Thank you, it's running how I want now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fadz_fadzel:
how to overclock galaxy y ? i have flashed kernel with merruk v.2.0 and use jellyblast v.3.0.3 , but this frequency in galaxy y still 832 MHz, please help. thanks
[HTC Wildfire S] my3uak:
Hi all,

I'm using HTC wildfire s CM10 with android 4.2.1 ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1987671&page=26 ). And i have big problem. I install it and all was OK until i download from google play market some game. When i download and install it, the phone reboot itself. And problems start... I go in recovery -> wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache patrition, wipe dalvik, wipe battery stats and install the rom again. All ok for now. Phone start and still all ok until i log in with google account. Open google play market and type acc and password and loading and "drop" me from google play without saying "google play market has stop worked" only back me in menu. I try a lot of times, but with no success. I try with settings -> add account. And still the same... Type account and password and waiting and again back me this time in settings againt without some message like "something has stop working". I try to reinstall the rom (about 10 times) and still no success... Please help me...

I write here, because i'm new and i can't write in developer section. Thanks a lot.

P.S. Sorry for bad English...

P.S. I delete data and cache on google play market, but no success again.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonamerzz:
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements SensorEventListener{
final String tag = "myLogs";
SensorManager sm = null;
Sensor lightSensor;
float lightQuantity;

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

sm = (SensorManager) getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE);
lightSensor = sm.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT);

if(lightSensor == null)
Log.d(tag, "no sensor:(");
else
Log.d(tag, "GOT IT!");

}

@Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
sm.registerListener((SensorEventListener)this, lightSensor, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
}

@Override
protected void onStop() {
sm.unregisterListener((SensorEventListener)this);
super.onStop();
}

public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor sensor, int accuracy) {
Log.d(tag,"onAccuracyChanged: " + sensor.getType() + ", accuracy: " + accuracy);

}

public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) {
lightQuantity = event.values[0];
Log.d(tag,"onSensorChanged: " + event.sensor.getType() + ", result: " + lightQuantity);

}
}

cant reach the light sensor stats with this code:(

"no sensor:(" message always. What am i doung wrong?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velis74:
You're not doing anything wrong. The problem is that Xperia doesn't have the sensor implemented in a standard Android way through drivers.

There's only a proprietary implementation which can be used through reading the kernel variables as detailed below.

The path to your sensor is "/sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/als/value"

You can read it with the following code:

InputStream is = new FileInputStream(sensorPath);
InputStreamReader ir = new InputStreamReader(is);

char[] buf = new char[20];
int siz = ir.read(buf, 0, 20);
if (siz > 0)
{
float sensor = Float.parseFloat(String.copyValueOf(buf, 0, siz).replaceAll(",", "."));
}
is.close();
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonamerzz:
thank u once more)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coachmarino:
Current issue: The phone won't boot. It goes to the Samsung boot screen, and then nothing else happens, the lights along the bottom don't light.

When plugged in with the battery, the charging battery shows up with the little animation but that also freezes, and it never makes it to the point where you have the green charging indication.

History: I have had some dropsies, and the result is that I now have a refurbished phone about 2 weeks old. At one point they shipped me a brand new phone, so now I have two batteries.

I thought this would be a great thing! Having two batteries solves the fact that the Epic's battery life is so awful...compared to more recent phones.

I had been using the stable version of Cyanogenmod 10 posted to the cyanogenmod website.

I pulled the phone out of my pocket, there was no juice, no nothing. Thing would not turn on. I had at that point misplaced my battery...no idea where it was. I plugged the phone in and nothing happened, no change to the phone, no lights, no nothing.

So...

I did a ton of Odin and eventually got the phone up and running again. I was using the most recent Cyanogenmod 9.

Phone had no issues for about a day. I was going to bed, so hooked it up to the charger and went to sleep. When I woke up, it was frozen on the battery charge screen, no charging animation, no green battery, just frozen.

So now I can't do anything. I have Odin'd back to stock about a dozen times. I have used my stock cable, a blackberry cable, and my Nexus 7 Asus cable. Each time the Odin is a complete success. I've tried with no battery, no sim card, sim card no battery, battery no sim card, etc.

The reason I think it MIGHT be a battery issue is as follows. When I Odin with no battery in, the phone reboots to the Samsung screen, the lights at the bottom flicker before it goes dead. I'm assuming that since the phone won't work without the battery, it looks for the battery, doesn't find it, and turns off. Then when it goes into the charge screen, it animates before it turns off finding no battery.

I now have both batteries and have tried this millions of times. I think it's a battery issue. There must be some charging going on when I do plug it in, because now both batteries work in the phone. And neither will go past the Samsung screen with no other lights.

Help!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy_nu:
it might be the end of life of your phone. i got one a few days ago that was doing the same thing, i could get it to boot run for a few minutes then it would freeze and id pull battery then id have to restore the kernel and boot images back to get the phone to boot again.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonehunter59:
Does it stay working on stock? I remember a problem a while back posted here where it would only work on stock but not on any custom roms for some reason
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coachmarino:
It won't boot into anything right now. I'm only trying to flash stock. It freezes on the Samsung screen.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bigcountry:
I don't have any sim cards or access to sim cards from other carriers.

Is there a way I can do it with the code they gave me?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Duffmantp:
then you cant use your code. I think the AAHK used to root the Inspire 4g unlocks the sim but I never bought a tmobile sim card to try. If you didnt do that, then i dont know of another way without a sim card from another carrier.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
Yeah mobile data only works with a sim. Aahk makes your phone sim unlocked and will work on any carrier if you set the apn right. But with no sim, all you can use is WiFi.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slannmage:
Just wondering what the past history of Google phones and how long it took for larger sizes to come out? 11GB usable storage just isn't enough, I want the phone but the lack of Micro SD to make up for the small storage is a big no for me as I use more on my current phone. Problem is if it takes too long the GS4 will probably be out and then I'll just hold off for that.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gagdude:
First, I think usable storage is actually ~13GB

Second, to answer your question, the N7 32GB came out 4 or 5 months after the initial launch of 8 and 16 GB, maybe that can be a model.

Third, then hold off for the GS4. Android is all about preference and if this doesn't work for you, find a phone that does
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] facetubespam:
The GS4 will be announced before the Nexus 4 32gb version.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antsm:
Here is a JTAG pinouts for GT-I8160.

Pins are accessible even without a disassembling! Just need to remove the sticker under the battery.

Very easy compared to the "big brother" I9070 (see 2nd pic).

It requires RiffBox/MedusaBox to operate.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b0g:
info

can you post more pictures with samsung i8160 dissansamble?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antsm:
b0g,

Here you go:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35222874&postcount=14
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Androiduser96:
Hello, its for my friend. Hes here temporary and we need to know the best ROM JB stock based for the I717?

EDIT: I mean best ICS. Since, there isnt JB stock yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] MoJoe277:
Padawan, Black Star, or Novena. All three are rock solid. Just a matter of preferred features and taste.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] zelendel:
A search would have have saved you the need to make this thread. There is no best rom

Thread closed
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lemonspeakers:
Daydream sounds awesome. I have it displaying the clock while it's charging. My questions is, how much drainage is it doing to the battery while the screen is on?

For instance, if i had the screen completely off, I would have reached 100% in 1 hour rather than 1.5 hours since I have day dream working...?

So how much drainage?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] negrobembon:
For me it charges at the same rate with daydream on(of the wall)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ma7moud90:
What concerns me more than charging rate is screen degradation, AMOLED screens degrade over time so I wouldn't keep my screen on if I wasn't using it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] negrobembon:
Exactly, you risk burn in by using this feature too much i think
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
This might be why Google switched the display type from AMOLED to the LCD in the nexus 4.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tiny4579:
I think it was LG's choice and I think LCD is cheaper.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mwalt2:
Are any of the daydreams even static? I assumed that the reason the clock bounces around is to avoid things like burn-in.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] T-Keith:
The standard one is static, some of the third party ones are not. I really wouldn't worry it too much.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the sandman89:
I'm using the Beautiful Widget daydream and it is awesome. One of my favorite features on 4.2

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arrish4:
my gnex fully charged 2hour 30min. your gnex charge to fast wow! which charger r u using?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
my gnex also takes around 1-1.5 hours to full charge from 0%.. i use the charger that came with it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fregor:
Check again, the standard daydream clock is not static, at least the digital one isn't.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arrish4:
i lost my original charger!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
it isn't just about burn in... amoled pixels do degrade over time like another user said,and this is a dangerous way to screw up your screen much quicker.

not a good feature to use on our phone imo
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jasonhunterx:
It takes a long time for that to happen there are plenty of people still rocking a Galaxy S1 and the screen is fine but I'm not saying there's no one with problems but I doubt it would mess up by using daydream
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NexusDro:
Ya, the digital clock is not static. However, I would worry more about the navigation bar because that thing is gonna stay in landscape mode and I already got a nav bar burn-in in portrait.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LeBaldi:
Mine too... took about 1:30h ~ 2h to fully charge... i use the original charger of GNex :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
depends, is it on overnight? Say you sleep 8 hours that's 8 hours extra the pixels are on per day.

Do the math, it would add up quickly
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rodmc123:
burn in only occurs when you have an static image in the same place all the time.. daydream move the clock around the screen every few seconds, and with the black background most of the pixels of the screen are off anyway.

so no, there is no danger using daydream.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
I'm not talking about burn in....

do you not know about the degradation of amoled pixels over time?

you could end up with dead/stuck pixels a lot earlier than expected.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rodmc123:
i know the pixels degradate over time, but im almost sure that daydream is not enough to produce a big difference in the life time of the screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
like I said, an extra 8 hours a day (say if you charge while sleeping) will easily add up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chrono_Tata:
A lot of AMOLED and Super AMOLED technology is patented by Samsung anyway so if LG does want to use it, they have to fork over to licence Samsung's patents or buy Samsung's displays. Not only does that make it more expensive than just using their own screens, LG is suing Samsung for allegedly stealing their OLED tech so it's not like they are on very good terms.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ma7moud90:
That's what I was saying

I Believe the Galaxy Nexus is the first phone with a 720p AMOLED display, it does have some problems because the technology wasn't very good then

False, AMOLED screens keep the red and green pixels in a low power state (not completely off) but turn off the blue pixels, you can see that in a really dark room with a black picture on the screen

Short version: when the screen is on, the pixels are on, even if you are showing a black screen
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
I can't find this day dream app, where is it? I'm using stock takju 4.2.1 rom

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ahmadallica:
Not an app. Just go to Settings --> Display --> Then you will find it there called "DayDream" :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegtfusion:
The colors of amoled are way better than lcd. No matter how you change it, the colors are just better. Just so warm and you can ajust it yourself. Awesome :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
agreed I love amoled...

So bright and vibrant
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Enhanced:
I like Daydream but the only thing preventing me from using it is the fact that the phone is considered "awake" meaning that the notification LED won't activate when Daydream is running.

While having a clock is nice while charging, I still want to know if I have any notifications. Maybe they should have found some way to display notifications on the screen along with the clock?

Hopefully Key Lime Pie will improve on the concept.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] T-Keith:
Amoled would be better for battery life when displaying the clock, since it doesn't have to light the whole screen like an lcd.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCguy:
Regarding wear on the display, I would think that most people will keep a Nexus phone at the most 2 years, probably much less in most cases. So isn't it very unlikely that the original owner will actually be aware of any problems with the screen? Assuming of course a good screen to start.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] negrobembon:
Yeah, ive got a sgs thats 2 years old and the screen looks as good as always
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msavic6:
I have my nexus one and it has a small amount of burn in on the notification bar, but its impossible to see unless you specifically look for it on a white background.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qwertykal:
I just got the update from Verizon, and while charging my phone overnight, it got extremely hot and plateaued at 54% with Daydreams on. Once I disabled it, it started charging again. Very odd.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] turdbogls:
"Clock Plus Daydream" in the play store SORTA fixes this. gives you a little icon below the clock for missed Gmail, SMS, and Calls. unfortunately nothing else is supported right now, but works great for those.

also, Dash Clock widget (great for home screen widget as well) is going to get an update soon to add a daydream feature...pair this with "Any dash" extension and this should cover all your notifications:good:

also, FWIW, i have used my phone constantly for the past year. I ususally have the screen on most of the day, 8+ hours a day at work, and have done this for the past year. haven't noticed any wear on the screen. i would say i am about at a typical users 2 year mark....lol screen is holding up well, a little burn in on the nav bar and notification bar, but other than that, i am good.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordache16:
I was just going to post the same thing, although this thread is a few months old now so I'm guessing most GSM users have already found Dash **** and Clock Plus Daydream. All the VZW peeps who just got 4.2.2 definitely need to check out Dash Clock and Clock Plus Daydream. I'm a little surprised that Google doesn't have the additional functionality that these apps provide baked in to the default lock screen clock and the daydream clock. Surely they think of these types of things but I suppose it probably boils down to a time/money thing. I guess it's a lot like the whole quick settings in the notification pull down thing. It took Google forever to bake this into to stock android (well after most of the Android variants had this feature in place) and when they finally did they cut some corners and left some things out, but it's still a step in the right direction. Also, when you factor in how many Android phones actually run stock Android vs. some other variant (TouchWiz, Sense UI, Motoblur. etc.) there probably isn't much motivation for Google to make stock android very flashy with all kinds of bells and whistles.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FrostyF7:
To me I don't see much of a difference... I use the colors day dream to try to conserve my screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vvtiet:
Daydream-niether charging nor docked-battery drain very heavy

Sir I have SYMBIAN N8 there are very good screensavers which work on without charging/docked. Just Lock the screen and clock screensaver appears.

It is imperative that The battery drain is very small Just 2-3 percent for running it on 8 Hrs.

BUT

when I used daydream or some other clock apk files , it drained a lot . A massive battery drain on AMOLED S4 GALAXY

WHY WHY WHY!!!!

Please clarify.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akash3656:
It's the way Android runs really. It sucks for tasks like these.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wolf404:
I just got my phone yesterday, and the Samsung charger was working fine until this afternoon when I noticed that the battery was going down even though it was plugged in. I tried different usb chords and different wall sockets, but nothing worked until I switched to my old HTC Dinc charging adapter.

However, now it will only charge for 30 seconds. It will only continue to charge if it's connected to my computer.

I have the GT-N7100 rooted with stock rom

Anyone have an idea what could be causing this?

Edit: After some more testing I found that the charge light stays on if I plug it into the wall while it's turned off. While it's turned on it still only charges for 30 seconds though. Could that mean its a software issue rather than a hardware problem?

Edit 2: I just did a factory reset and the problem is still there, so I guess I will return it for another unless someone knows how to fix this.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jujuburi:
Try a different cable first. I've had problems with mine, so same could be yours.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AjunNg:
Did you use the charger and cable provided with the box?

Did you root the phone yourself, or was it already rooted when you bought it.

Seeing as you've bought it yesterday, and you're new here, my beliefs are you probably bought one pre-rooted, and as such, perhaps didn't come with all the official gear.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesd86:
What does 1 post have to do with newness? A lot of people don't post unless something is really bad(charging for only 30 seconds) and just read.

OP sounds like you need to Odin back to complete stock, not just factory reset from phone.