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[Sprint HTC One (M7)] neswii:
Sorry about that, always had used general for all my questions before.

Anyways, in case others had the same problem, I took my phone to sprint and it turned out to be badly calibrated so it was producing much higher sound causing the volume to drop and caused distortion on calls as well. Apparently it's a possible bug with the latest update as I had not modified or installed any sound modifying app. After it was calibrated all the problems stopped. They also lowered the intensity of the haptic feedback, which was nice.

Thanks anyways.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejchis:
I'll be moving from Shanghai, China, to Chicago, IL, in three weeks. I'm working on figuring out all of the logistical aspects of my move, and one thing I need to sort out is my mobile carrier situation. The most talked about options I see are T-Mobile, ATT pre-paid, and Straight Talk (I might be missing some other options). I've been reading through many threads trying to get information, and I've seen a lot of conflicting information. I think a lot of it comes from people having different needs and priorities. Anyway, I'd like some clarity and some suggestions.

I'm looking for a good deal, but I also want excellent, reliable service. I use almost no minutes. I text some. My primary resource is data. I ported my number to Google Voice when I moved to China, so I am very comfortable using that as my primary method of communicating, along with Hangouts and Whatsapp. I'll also have about a 45 minute commute each way to work on the train every day, so I will be streaming music and browsing a lot. Having hotspot capabilities for my wifi-only N7 would be a plus, but I don't consider it essential. My employer can get me a discount with ATT, but I'm not sure about T-Mobile.

What do you recommend? Why? What have you learned that might be useful to someone coming in? Doesn't need to be Chicago-specific, but that would certainly help. Thanks for your help.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thfreedumb:
Due to the nature of Chicago (high volume), none of the carriers would be classified as excellent, reliable service. It also depends on your commute as the trains usually get worse service to begin with.

I would definitely look into the discount but I hung out with my friends yesterday is various spots around the loop. I have tmobile and the other two have verizon and att (these last two have pretty abysmal contract free plans). I got better speeds at every location and ATT was consistently in the middle. Verizon is garbage is the city.

Now, if you'll be traveling to rural areas then verizon or att might be better.

Tmoble on the other hand just put their LTE live last week. The signal is heaps better than using the H+. make sure you have the flashed .33 radio!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejchis:
This is great information. Thank you. I'll be living in Gold Coast and working just south of downtown, so I won't be getting rural too often. Would you recommend the T-Mobile Unlimited Nationwide plan then? I'll need to call to see if they offer any discounts for my employer.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kthejoker20:
Don't go t-mobile.

Go with att go phone. T-mob has almost no signal anywhere there. They data is great, I'll give it that, but no signal.

I have fought with tombile no siginal, data drops, and loss of signal. I rma'd 2 devices, tried multpile sim cards, and nothing worked.

Then I switched to prepaid att go phone. Full signal everywhere I go, and it stays in "H" mode. Unlike tmoble that goes from 3g/h everytime it uses data so there is a 2 second delay, then if you don't get that your getting "E" but t-mobile won't let data go through on "E" mode, even though they say they do.

ATT, $60 month, unlimited talk text, and 2gb of data. Then $10 for each addtional gb of data. You won't be dissappointed.

I went through all the hassles so you can get good service.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejchis:
Looks as if it's not a straight discount if I go with ATT through my employer, but rather a series of plan options that come at a discounted price. They are all DataPro Enterprise plans, and they range from 2GB-5GB with tethering options. Prices range from $34-$55/month for these plans. Would this essentially be the same service that is offered with a pre-paid plan? Sorry if that's a dumb question.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcd1182:
i live in chicago and have had them all.

sprint 3g is unusable. never had sprint LTE. someone said recently that sprint added an LTE tower downtown and they had indoor coverage where they used to be dead, but all I know is when I moved to Chicago I had to get rid of sprint right away.

AT&T 3g is almost unusable downtown but great everywhere else. never had their LTE either

verizon is great everywhere, LTE coverage everywhere, decent speeds everywhere. Pricy

I just moved from verizon to tmobile and I am happy. The coverage is not as good as verizon, no question. But I have only been inside 1 building anywhere in the city where I dont have at least 2g coverage on tmobile. The LTE speeds also beat any other carrier in the city. coverage in that one building isnt worth it to me to double my monthly cost.

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you misunderstood what you're seeing, and it sounds like you have some isolated issues with your devices that arent relevant to the carrier. my nexus drops from h+ to 3g to conserve battery when data isnt active. it doesnt take 2 seconds to switch back, its instant, but occasionally there is a delay of milliseconds for the icon to change.

and EDGE data works for me on tmobile everywhere in the city, including subway
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejchis:
Go Wings! I'm originally a Michigander.

What made ATT almost unusable? Just overcrowded towers?

Do you experience the delays and 3g/h/edge switches that the joker talked about experiencing?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcd1182:
yes, when you're downtown with ATT, during workday, you'll have full bars but top out at 1kbit. voice always works though, but can take 60 seconds to place a call. i seriously dont know a single person in chicago with ATT who doesnt hate the data (besides that guy above i guess)

yes, my nexus switches from 3g/h+, but thats as designed. there is no delay at all. LTE is everywhere now anyways.

oh yeah, i know you said prepaid already, but just to second that, note this:

tmobile led me to believe that I would get roaming if i signed contract/went postpaid so I did, but then found out after the fact that you wont be able to roam ANYWHERE in chicagoland because they believe they have full coverage everywhere and thus have no roaming agreements anywhere. i wish i had gone prepaid so i wouldnt have a 2 year contract, but oh well.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryuker:
I use VOIP for all my calls on T-mobile. I used spotify as my daily radio and it works flawless.

usually 4g/LTE and rarely 3g....Pretty good quality although My speeds rarely hit 20 mps down(more like 5-10mps average) but latency is usually excellent. Upload is decent.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejchis:
This is all really helpful. Thanks, Guys.

Just to be clear. This is T-Mobile/ATT through T-Mobile/ATT, correct? Not Straight Talk? I don't think ST existed when I was last in the States, so I'm not totally clear on what that is other than that it is a company that uses other carriers' towers.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcd1182:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe in chi, simple mobile and straight talk are just T-Mobile, but T-Mobile customers get QoS priority.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thfreedumb:
Where are you at in Chicago? I've gotten a T Mobile signal everywhere i've been.

I guarantee your ATT phone goes to 3G when you're not using it. The difference being that the nexus 4 is designed to show you exactly whats happening. The carrier phones usually do the same thing but they don't show it as switching from H to 3G because they don't want to confuse the customer.

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Yes, considering the price of T-Mobile's service (cheap), it's best to go directly from them since you get priority.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejchis:
Okay, thanks. That makes sense to me too. Very helpful.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEindian:
I also recommend going to t-mobile for your service needs. I live about 1.5 hours away from Chicago and travel frequently. I haven't noticed any issues with the T-Mobile service there, the service is very good in the suburbs and decent in the city.

As for the plan that you should get. There is the $30 a month prepaid for unlimited text, 5GB data, and 100 minutes. Our you could go with the standard plans which I am sure you know about. Good luck!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejchis:
Oh, that's good to know. I should look into that plan. I don't remember seeing that one discussed before. Thanks.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob60626:
I also have had excellent results with TMobile in Chicago, even on a 1900 device.

Edit- my average speeds are 18/2 on my S2 and 13/4 with a low ping on my i717, pre LTE. I now get LTE in the Note almost everywhere I go in the city but it doesn't seem polished yet. I just did a speed test on that and got this, I do get a lot of single digit LTE speeds still though and it appears that Chicago T-Mobile LTE is capped at 37mbps.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEindian:
Yeah, T-Mo did a good job of hiding it on their website.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WARpig5:
You can also google 'rootmetrics.' That site will let you check all the major carriers signal strength and data speeds in the places you'll be at most.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thfreedumb:
Is lte included in that thirty bucks a month plan? The description says up to 4g speeds.

Right now with employment discount I'm paying fifty for the unlimited everything.

Do you just get Google voice or whatever for phone calls?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob60626:
I'm getting pretty good T-Mobile LTE coverage in Chicago (at least where I go) on my AT&T Note on the $30 plan, though it still seems a little immature. Download speeds aren't super fast compared to HSPA 42 and upload will stutter during speedtests. I did get pretty good 42 speeds on my S2 here.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mswar:
galaxy s5360 la fluer after flash hello kitty rom the touchscreen stopped working help plz :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::(:(:(:(:(
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] darkshadow246:
Flash stock rom again using Odin

sent from my muffin phone
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mswar:
tell me how and link me plz the stock rom :) :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TECHNO_THUNDER:
This problem is facing for flashing file on heavy data load ....Try to be on stock rom and then flash the custom ROM.....

:thumbup:;) DON'T FORGET TO GIVE THANKS IF I HAVE A BIT SUCCESS TO HELPING YOU ;):thumbup:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] darkshadow246:
Search for your regions stock rom and read post #2 & #3 for info on how to flash

sent from my muffin phone

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1465800

sent from my muffin phone
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mswar:
How can i know what is the orginal rom for device or choose my arabic region and flash it ???
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Ze3rL:
If re flashing stock rom doesn't work then the touch screen detector is damaged
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] darkshadow246:
It says all the roms for places

If it isn't there, google stock Arabic rom for gt-s5360

Read the second and third post on how to flash through Odin

sent from my muffin phone
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mswar:
can u give me full stock rom (bootloader,pit,pda,csc,modem
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] darkshadow246:
This is the Arabian stock rom :) https://hotfile.com/dl/167029817/271427c/S5360_JPLG1_OJPLG1_XXLF3_wipe_by_SplitFUS2.zip.html

Flash via Odin

sent from my muffin phone
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] abyisforyou:
bootloader and pit files are not needed just flash pda,modem & csc files. you will get all these three files from doky's thread.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mswar:
Thank you senior darkshadow246 your are the best and am gonna try this firmware ...but it's full rom with bootloader ?

and i am sorry for bad language :) thank u again :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] darkshadow246:
:D thanks

Read the post above you

sent from my muffin phone
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mswar:
I used a bootloader and pit file for last firmware does it work for this new stock rom ??? plz give me advice :angel:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] darkshadow246:
You don't really need those 2 especially pit

I always leave it empty

Just flash the rest

sent from my muffin phone
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mswar:
but i was flashed last rom with pit and boorloader file :( and i don't have the original bootloader :( do will this work or i need new bootloader ?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] darkshadow246:
No need

Only flash csc, phone and pda

Bootloader and pit isn't required

sent from my muffin phone
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] mswar:
it's not working :( still touch not working :( :( :( :(:(:(:(:(

and can u explain me what is stock rom ??

thanks for your help :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] darkshadow246:
If it didn't work, it's a hardware problem

Take it to the service center

Now since you flashed stock rom, your phone isn't rooted anymore and you get your warranty back

sent from my muffin phone
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] abhishekr700:
flash stock rom via odin or restore from a nandroid backup

if still the problem persists u have a hardware problem
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] My Gnexi:
Hey, I have a fake battery bought from eBay that looks exactly like the original one but it is fake.

The problem is that it doesn't have NFC support. NFC works fine if the original battery is inside.

Since the battery just acts as NFC antenna, maybe it is possible to out something conductive to touch the correct contacts and NFC will work.

Did anyone ever try that? Does anyone know how to do that?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
I searched around, doesn't seem like nothing what you are suggesting has been done; Also, no hits on Google;

I would advise you to simply buy a NFC-capable battery. Messing with li-on batteries is not a great idea, IMO.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] My Gnexi:
But that's not FUN:p

I'm not going to mess with the internals of the battery, just create an antenna that happens to be glued to the sticker of the antenna but could really be anywhere else.

Update: I did it!!!!!!!!!!!

Pins 1&3 are power, pins 2&4 are NFC (1 is leftmost pin)

I connected a bit of copper wire to each of the NFC pins, and connected them using coil (wrapped 4 or 5 times).

It reads NFC tags very well, the only problem now is I can't close the back cover because of the giant coil. I'll try to find a solution to that and upload pictures (or video), because as we all know "pictures or it didn't happen".
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] My Gnexi:
Update: The project FAILED.

I tried to connect the two NFC pins using a coil. When the coil was away from the phone, it worked very well. When the coil was on the phone, it didn't work. Since I wanted to stick it on the battery and be able to close the cover, I must say it didn't and can't work.

The fake battery is blocking NFC signal. If you put the good battery in and then put a tag -> NFC success sound.

If you put good battery in and a tag+fake battery over it -> No sound. Take the battery-> Success sound.

That concludes our experiment.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stinger2300:
Real Samsung batteries with NFC are available on Amazon for $8.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] My Gnexi:
+expensive international shipping. I'll stay with one battery that does NFC and one that doesn't, until my next phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] download13:
I'm considering attempting to remove the antenna sticker from my old battery, stick it onto my new third-party battery, and connect the leads to it's pads. Will update if it goes well. Or if it doesn't.

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Welp, that didn't work.

The nfc sticker on the stock battery seems to fall apart if you try to peel it off.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] xAudacityx:
Hey guys I flashed Twrp Recovery to my phone since I think it's more user friendly than CWM but I noticed that it takes up 3GB and some change. I was just wondering if if anybody knew of a similar recovery that might not take up as much storage? Thank you in advance for the replies.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Recovery takes up no space on your storage. Any nandroids created will. Stock ROM nandroids can be that large.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lee_alkureishi:
Hi,

Please forgive me if the answers to this have already been posted - I spent most of yesterday trying to figure this out, but couldn't find the exact answer.

I have a t-mobile MT4G (glacier) which was previously rooted, hboot unlocked and s=off, and a CM ROM installed. The microUSB port has recently loosened, and so it is going back for a warranty exchange.

I was able to flash a PD15IMG image, and this reverted the ROM back to stock. It also removed CWM recovery.

My question is: is it necessary to revert s=off to s=on for a warranty exchange (hardware related problem)?

And if so, how do I go about that for an HBOOT version 0.86? All the guides I've seen are for HBOOT versions greater than 1. There are lots of warnings that flashing the HBOOT is the most risky part of the process, so I've held off on trying a solution that seems "almost" right for my phone.

Also, my HBOOT version doesn't say "LOCKED", "UNLOCKED" or "RELOCKED" at the top. Does that mean it was never unlocked?

Thanks in advance,

Lee
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N_otori0us_:
S-Off means it is unlocked lol. I think..

Just tell them you didn't do anything :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEindian:
It shouldn't matter, technically it voids the warrenty but usually, they don't really care. They have issues when something software esque happens. Just flash a version of the stock rom and play dumb, you'll be fine
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lee_alkureishi:
Thanks for the advice - phone sent back yesterday. Will update if I have any problems.

Lee
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] ReX-Hell2heAven:
Hy i am new to flashing stuff...and this is my first post.. pls excuse if I put in wrong section.. and for this bad english...

This is the first time I flashed a custom rom on my pico..it is cm10

It has these zip files

Cm10(20130314)unofficial alpha 5,

Pandora kernel v4(test release)

Gapps

Now I'm facing these problems

1.Incoming call voice is not good

2.bad camera

3.loud speaker not working

4.games stuck in broken screen

5.sim network often disables

So please tell me what extra files should I flash....?

Otherwise suggest me any stable rom

Like HTC one stock rom..

And one more doubt ....can I flash custom rom based on HTC higher stock ROMs like "HTC one jb sense 5" on my pico?

If u know pls give me a link...and also of

roms and firmwares,roms,kernals,recovery installations...and details

Thanx in advance
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Ankit115:
CM10 alpha 5 as the name tells is still in alpha stage so there are still some bugs to fix.

HTC Sense with JB is not yet ported for our pico.

But we have HTC Sense 4 by [MENTION=3360260]derefas[/MENTION]: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1943775 .Thank him.

If you want HTC Sense 5 experince see this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2217680 by [MENTION=4822338]Hpsgill[/MENTION], it is themed version of the above rom. Thank him.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] shortyoko:
Buddy alpha 5 is....... old, check this out > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38447868 it's again cm10, but it's much better, also please check out my signature, very usefull info is in there.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] ReX-Hell2heAven:
using sense 5

thanx bro.... flashed sense 5.. weking great...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] gregy:
Hi,

I just got a qtek 1010, i know it's a bit old but it works really nice. Tje only problem is that i need all the software in english

anybody can help

thx greg
[HD2 General] JackDCalloway:
Hey guys, a few weeks ago I had issues with the digitizer of my fellow HD2.

After reading a lot here and re-flashing my ROM I decided to replace the digitizer.

With grit, (very) professional tools, a few read posts here on XDA and an incomplete Guide from iFixit.com I managed to tear the HD2 apart and replace the old digitizer.

That did the Job, I was able to operate the device again (the touch wasn't working anymore).

But today, it appeared that the touch won't work when I press the powerbutton in standby.

I'd appreciate a little help here, what's wrong with my trusty (3 or 4 year old) HD2?

Any ideas what to do?

I hope it doesn't hurt that much to read my english.
[HD2 General] Mister B:
Maybe bad digitizer or perhaps ribbon connection in socket not good or locking bar not latched correctly or broken! but also could be issue with the button board & hopefully it is as cheap & less of a job to do really. Had similar issue with a sticking button on one of my works HD2 handsets & it would loose touch until become unstuck & full cure was new button board ...
[HD2 General] JackDCalloway:
Thank you Mister B.

Maybe I just depleted (if that's the right word) the good ol' HD2. Promised it to my girl.

However, I think I can exclude a defect ribbon cable or unlocked/broken connection socket.

I don't want to open the HD2 again, seems like I used a too professional tape to glue the Digitizer to the phone.

I guess a new button board would be woth the try.

Anybody else who got experience who this problematic?

I won't give up on my buddy, but is there a follower, despite the fact that no smartphone can step into the shoe's of the glorious HD2?

Or would this question be woth an own thread?
[HD2 General] gilbert32:
i accidentally got the button board's ribbon cut while messing with my disassembled hd2. not sure if that's the same kind of problematic. i feel ashamed :(

well, time to leave this hd2 in the closet for spare parts later if needed, and enjoy the screaming leo in my hands :D
[HD2 General] JackDCalloway:
Hey there gilbert 32, if it's just the button-board, 5 Euro-Bucks would be worth the try, if you ask me. I'll give the new button board a try for myself.

I cut a ribbon by myself when i extracted the old defect digitizer. That was before i figured out how to integrate the ribbon from the new digitizer.

It was a little bit tricky, the guide for dismantling the digitizer (from iFixit) wasn't complete.
[HD2 General] gilbert32:
well, for me atm, the second hd2 would not be any real use. beside saying "the only thing better than the hd2 is 2 hd2's" :D

i will probably leave it waiting as spare parts. mainboard and other stuff are pretty good. only missing lcd/digi and now buttons :D