yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X1 General] jib_intelli:
Thanks Zurechial for this thorough post. I for one, have been lucky in finding a repair guy (non-SE) who is an expert with devices like the X1. I had a problem that some water/moisture/sweat had seeped in the charging port and I could not get the phone to charge. He fixed it for me.

Now the only problem I face is that the camera is not working, and wifi is disabled. Any tips to get the Wifi working? It is shown as disabled in the Comm Manager and there is no WLAN MAC Address also for it.:confused:
[XPERIA X1 General] XtriFe:
brilliant post, thank you very much indeed. I have just ordered a cheap housing off ebay, i know what to expect now :P

What worries me the most though, is how the keyboard WILL fail eventually ><

The qwerty keyboard is one of the main reasons why i got the phone.
[XPERIA X1 General] IMnobody:
time to snatch back our lives suckers

Apparently, it's taken less than 20 years, to destroy the Consumer Electronics Industries, ability to Repair products, sold in this country. I saw the writing on the wall, in the early 80's, with the first lines of "off shore", throw away VCR's, that were priced cheaper than they'd cost to repair. The theory, if it breaks, throw it away & buy a new one. Who cares if it winds up in a land fill somewhere.

Now, we're up to $500 Cell Phones, with the state of repair being either, unit replacement, or, cannibalization of parts. And apparently no one cares. Is it our complacency or can we really afford as a society, to buy a new phone every time one breaks? God knows we're all desperate, for our phone usage.

It's time to snatch back the repair ability we once had. This is the age of recycling, and the highest form of recycling is repair.

As consumers, start demanding access to schematics, and, access to sources of component level repair parts.

IM
[XPERIA X1 General] mymailx:
You help me...

I'm almost freaking out when signal on my phone show only 2 bars...

Anyway...

it's for additional information,

use handscoon, it gives somewhat confident and when using tweezer, hold it like using pen (I learnt it when I studied as paramedic) because it will give me strength while holdin it.

AND ask the seller to send housing with screw. I bought 2 housings, from ebay and another hongkong shop. Ebay is s%ck but that other hongkong shop is more fit.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidboi209:
G1 is stuck on T-Mobile G1 screen for over 10 mins HELP! I wiped everything.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitargler:
If you want help, I recommend telling us specifically what you did (what Hero you were on, what version of Cyan you flashed, what recovery you're using)

But without knowing any of that, I'm going to suggest (assuming you have Amon_Ra's latest recovery) that you boot to recovery and wipe everything a couple times, then flash Cyan. By everything, I mean Factory Reset, Wipe EXT, Wipe Dalvik-Cache, and to be safe, Repair EXT. And do all those at least once, factory reset again, and flash.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidboi209:
Yes Amon RA latest recovery. I wiped all that but i didnt do the repair part. Im trying to flash the latest cyanogen.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitargler:
Well it's best to be safe rather than sorry, so wipe, wipe, and wipe again. afaik, wiping will do you no harm :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidboi209:
Hahah alright thanks for the quick reply and i was on mlign 3.3
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAguirre1231:
Don't forget the Htc Recovery first also
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidboi209:
Yup! Thanks i was trying to figure it out all night i wiped and wiped like he stated. Then i flash the HTC recovery and got cyanogen to work again. BTW how do i delete a thread? Like this one for instance. Keep it clean and less cluttered on XDA
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAguirre1231:
You don't mods will, and it wasn't flamed or anything so it'll probably stay for awhile
[Nexus One General] fdxgnd:
Hi. I'm new to these devices and have a question regarding the 2 phone options. I come from the iphone. I have a factory unlocked iphone that I use a tmobile sim in. I ordered the nexus one with the plan today. My question is are these phones like iphones where the one through tmobile is locked to tmobile. In my situation att sucks. I would never use them and do not plan on switching carriers. And these phones won't work on any other carriers until the spring. So, I like tmobile and went that route. My iphone takes any sim so I can hopefully swap the tmobile one out. If I am wrong please let me know. Anyway, are the tmobile ones locked to them so popping in a att sim won't work or is the phone not locked and they just want the contract?
[Nexus One General] constellanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIM_lock
[Nexus One General] Dap1:
If you bought the phone at $180 with the Tmobile plan then it is locked, meaning you can only use it with Tmobile. After a certain period of time though, you can call tmobile and ask to unlock your phone and they will walk you through it.

A locked phone means you can only use it on the carrier's service you bought the phone from. An unlocked phone is a phone you can use on any carrier.

Locked and unlocked phones have to do with GSM phones or phones that take SIM cards like Tmobile and ATT. Verizon and Sprint use CDMA phones, which do not have SIM cards.

When buying an unlocked phone, you need to make sure the phone will be compatible with your wireless service's 3G band or you will be stuck using their slower data offerings.

I found this out the hard way back when I bought an unlocked Nokia n95 with my Tmobile service. The Nokia n95 operates on ATT's 3G frequency and not Tmobiles...I had super slow internet on tmo's EDGE network. Fail.

If you do buy a phone from a carrier and it is locked, you can unlock it by calling the phone carrier and telling them you want to unlock your phone. Most carriers allow you to do that after you've had your phone for a certain period of time.
[Nexus One General] fdxgnd:
Thanks for the reply. Looks to be locked to tmobile which is fine for my situation. Sorry to be such a bother, but do you think it will work in my unlocked iphone then. I just want to be able to switch the sim between my N1 and iphone. Thanks again.
[Nexus One General] seraph1024:
Yes. You WILL be able to switch between GSM phones
[Nexus One General] fdxgnd:
That makes more sense to me. Also, my question is answered now. I don't mind tmobile as they are the premiere carrier here. Att doesn't even have 3g here and tmobile does. So, I made the right choice then. I wouldn't ever use an unlocked N1 on att for that reason. Now if it will work in my iphone life will be grand. Just to put this out there. I have no favorite software or phone. I usually get what works for what I need. I have far too many apps on my iphone to give it up. Probably upwards of $500 worth. I literally run my business on it. I am just sick of the fact that this phone was $1000 and I can't even do anything to it. I am making my way the android for that reason. Once the apps I do need come available bye bye iphone. Thanks for the great forum everyone and all willing to help out with answers. Much appreciated.
[Nexus One General] fdxgnd:
BTW. Ever try getting and iphone unlocked from apple or att. It would be easier to root the droid eris. Wife has one and I'm waiting. LOL
[Nexus One General] melterx12:
no if you get it for 180$ its STILL UNLOCKED!

see here:

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=6864cbe91ce938f6&hl=en
[Nexus One General] fdxgnd:
Never realized how controlling apple was until that comment melterX12. I'm getting a phone that is not locked on a plan I do want. :eek:
[Nexus One General] slater87:
very true... hence the subsidized pricing and what not. the phone is unlocked which is why you have to pay more for it if you want to break your contract before the *so many days...

i'm pretty sure thats a good hint as to it coming unlocked through the t-mobile offer
[Nexus One General] galaxys:
All my past ppc's have been unlocked. It the best way, and it going to now (thanks to google) be the wave of the future in the States!
[Nexus One General] snyper2k2:
Hi everyone. Question.

If you get the nexus one from the google page, as an upgrade is it still 180$? Also can I chose to pay it throughout the months instead of straight up 180$ now?
[Nexus One General] DarkLord7854:
Yea it's called a credit card
[Nexus One General] JoshHart:
If you're upgrading a line that doesnt currently have data it will be $280 if you're upgrading a line that already has data it's $380, don't ask me why, I have no clue, and customer care can't do anything about it, I tried.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] area5x1:
This is quite an annoying situation on my G1. Often whenever I open apps and use them for a while, whatever process that governs the home screen (with shortcuts etc) would close, so whenever I press the home button, I'm taken to a blank home screen, and it would take like 15 seconds for my shortcuts etc to reappear, which is a pretty long time. Is there any way to "cache" my home screen so whenever I want to return to it it appears almost instantly? Also, is there a way to keep certain programs open no matter what the memory usage? For example, I use Meridian, and sometimes the Meridian process shuts down when I go back to Home screen and open another app.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilkorn:
Depending on the rom you are using (you didn't say) spare parts has an option to keep home in memory.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] area5x1:
I use the latest CyanogenMod 4.2.12.2
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] dadyoh:
Hi just got the diamond and am just getting used to it. Its a bit of a learning curve. I tried to update the rom on HTC site and it said the rom is not compatible with my serial #. Does anyone have a suggestion for a reliable upgrade? :):)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] wuub:
Hi there,

There is 3 main rom categories

1 : Stock or similar

These roms are very close to the original DIAMOND rom, like the AZTOR series

They are using TF3D 1.x ... fast and stable but is kind of dating a bit.

2 : Sense UI (UI : User Interface)

These roms are kind of experimental. Sense wasn't designed for Diams, so random things are not working, UI can be lagging sometimes but you have the lastest is HTC technology (yeepee :p)

3 : Titanium Roms 6.5.x (1 and 3... talking about 3 there)

This is Microsoft's latest leaks of the future system, it wasn't designed for Diamonds again but our cooks are doing such a amazing work that you could not tell.

They are mostly fast and stable and oftenly updated.

I can not tell you which cook is the best, that would be unfair as they all do a great work and for free ( actually I invite you to donate to the cooks to thank them for their work ;) )

Still here is what I would suggest depending on the type of rom you'd like

1: Stock

Shaks.P 4.30 : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=462455

Aztor X2 series : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=422417

2: Sense 2.1 or 2.5

Gen-Y Series D2 : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=590090

3: Titanium : BSB G (the one i currently use)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=506533

This is according to my personal taste and considering that you are new to Diamond, so that you need a nicely loaded rom, not too much, no too lite.

Read this before you do anything : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=416211

It's good to MTTY and hardreset between flashes : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=540290

Others will advice you or correct me if i'm mistaken ;)

Welcome to Diam ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] wuub:
Ooops I almost forgot !

You will hear many different things...

People who love or hate sense, the one who only swear by Titanium... the minimalist crew or the (big voice) SuperCHARGED BABY :p

but at the end...

It's only a question of taste : so follow yours !
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] wuub:
Edit : added to first post : oh and read this before you do anything : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=416211
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] dadyoh:
Hey thanks alot wuub. I checked out this phone for the last couple of days, before I bought it and found this forum. This seems pretty cool. You guys seem pretty serious about this hobby. I bought an ipod touch about 3 weeks ago and considered taking it back and getting an iphone but desided to just get a cheap phone. I got an entry level samsung but it was just a phone. This is going to be fun, I like computer tecky stuff. Thanks for the info.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] morcus:
Before changing anything to the diamond, you have to install a new HardSPL that allow you to put modified roms to your diamond.

Check the sticky thread's on the forum you'll find everything:)

If you want a stable and fast rom I recommand you to use the last GenY roms (D2, not D2x that is slower...).

Links :

HardSPL - you should use 1.93

ROM GenY D2 R5.1

And it's recommanded to use MTTY in order to avoid some bugs.

Sorry for my bad english,
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] PressAnyK:
thank for you share. this is very useful~
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] husker91:
Well, I cooked a new rom today and just noticed that I cannot receive or send sms(havnt tested mms), but I can call or be called just fine. I am running wm 6.5 21869 with manila 2.5. Any help would be appreciated.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] husker91:
can anyone help me with this issue?
[Nexus One General] dsarch21:
can i get the nexus one and get the cheapest plan on tmo and use my google voice and not use minutes??

i guess i am confirming that GV using data and not plan minutes.....
[Nexus One General] seraph1024:
Google Voice is not VoIP. It WILL use your minutes. Unless you have fav5 grandfathered in your contract or AT&T (you'll loose 3G) A-List, you are SOL.

I just moved to T-Mo on the 1st and moved in with 80/month contract free unlimited everything plan so I am ok. Before that I used HTC Magic (Rogers) with google voice and A-List on AT&T.

But to recap, you will need minutes. Google voice is more of a front number at the moment. Not a VoIP service as of right now. With purchase of Gizmo, it may turn that way later but for now, you talk, you use your minutes.
[Nexus One General] DarkLord7854:
It goes through regular phone calls, so no. Unless you get the MyFaves and put the GV number on your favelist

Edit: Too slow.. d'oh
[Nexus One General] dsarch21:
thanks guys...

yeah, i have a rogers magic on att now......i think i'm gonna make the switch to tmo now....

get unlocked phone....and get the 500 mins even more plan for 59.99/mo.............sell my magic and make up the difference in the $$$ for n1...
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miesco:
I am following this post (to get root on my phone):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=543571

Here is some information about my phone:

HTC Hero from TELUS in Canada

Firmware version: 1.5

Kernel version 2.6.27-0078c992

Build number: 2.73.661.46 CL#74632 release-keys

Software version: 1.0.0.A6288

I go to the first link and follow those instructions:

This is what happens:

shawn@shawn ~/Downloads $ fastboot boot ./recovery-RA-hero-v1.5.2.img

downloading 'boot.img'... FAILED (remote: not allow)

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schlagg:
you have to go from this first :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=572683
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miesco:
schlagg, I did the gold card thing like 3 times to my card, I go to that program and it says it didn't find my android, and the windows computer says theres something wrong with the hardware and doesn't recognize it or something now, it did before...
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miesco:
Oh yea, if you make a goldcard, can you put stuff on it, and it still be a goldcard?
[Nexus One General] FireSokar:
So Googles new designation of the Nexus One is "Superphone" Who smells a new way for carriers to charge more a month soon? "No Sorry sir your new Superphone wont work with that Smartphone package you need the 50$ Data plan it has an extra 5GB /month!"?
[Nexus One General] melterx12:
i dont think so
[Nexus One General] slater87:
lol sounds like somethin at&t would do... not our beloved t-mobile

i doubt they will charge more, maybe tho...
[Nexus One General] kev30:
hahaha. I agree with slater87. it does sounds like another way for att or even verizon to nickel and dime their customers. but then again tmo did try to charge us for paper billing if we didn't go paperless. im sure if we are all under some data plan then they can't charge us more for it. i'm on the old android data plan with 400 txt for 25. i think new customers need to pay $30 for data :(
[Nexus One General] bfspider:
i wouldnt put that past att for one second....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] nutmegy:
Hi Guys

Have had a search of the forums but cant find anyone else with this issue..

for some reason the Alarm button on the Home screen (next to the date) has stopped working.. it shows the animation to press it but nothing happens.. I can go into the alarm settings via the clock but the direct button has stopped.

Any ideas?

I have recently installed the rom Listed in my signature but unsure whether it started before then or not..

mildly annoying.. but hey... such is life
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] santod040:
If you have installed any of the clock array mods, BG4all, or 16 or 20 quicklink mods that are out right now, some of them have been known to cause this issue on some of the 2.5.1922 roms right now.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] nutmegy:
aaah ok fair enough yea i have.. ( i think Dutty's Rom has a few in there as standard, plus I have a modded clock)

I'll live with it for now.. not life or death.. I just couldn't find anything specific on my issue.. hence the question..

Ta
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] t4p:
All,

After replacing a TP2 with a not-so-good button, I had the joy of re-doing all my contacts. Even though I had the contacts backed up in multiple forms (myphone, sim card copies, etc), I still had to re-enter all the ringtones and facebook account connections. No fun! :eek:

How can I make a safe backup copy of ALL the contact data? Not just the least-common-denominator data that all phones share, but ALL the data including TP2-specific items like FB links and ringtones?

Thanx,

/Mark
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] joking:
Try Pim Backup.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] t4p:
No joy, PIM backup does not include the Facebook link.

To recap, I am trying to find a COMPLETE backup tool, which can backup Contacts, including Ringtones and Facebook links.

HTC people, is there anything for this? Please let me know what I can do. Otherwise, I'll be very unlikely to take advantage of hotfixes (which I understand must wipe the device).

Thanx,

/Mark
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] chompx2:
Try My Phone

http://myphone.microsoft.com/mkweb/Start.po?lc=1033&mkt=en-US
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] PocketPcUser05:
People might start thinking I am working for Google, but I am not. If you use Gmail, you can sync with Gmail using Exchange and the photos are synced back and forth, which means that they keep their facebook pictures or any other picture used.

http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138636

I don't work for Google, but I may apply... :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] fone_fanatic:
i dont know of any app that saves the facebook link in contacts, but what i've done is renamed all my contacts to how their names are spelled on facebook and it took care of the issue for me.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] PocketPcUser05:
Yea, this is the easiest way to do it, but you don't need the full name. Just the first name or the first part of their name. It will list the closest match and you just go through each one and select them.

BTW, the Gmail thing saves the pictures only, not the link. Still, I was thinking that was a pretty cool thing because it also reflects that in Gmail apps.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] AlienHairball:
Hey gang! I've searched and searched, but came up empty on this one. I want to disable the pulsing or "breathing" light that glows around the navigation pad when the device is plugged in. Does anyone know of a way to do this?

Thanks for any help you can offer. :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] kusbainian:
You asked for any help ... low tech advise that have been posted before:

- flip it upside down ... screen side down

- put a yellow post-it / sticky over the lights
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] AlienHairball:
hehe yeah I did figure that much out. :p I always turn my phone upside down on the nightstand when I charge it at night. I was just hoping to find a way to actually turn that pulsing light off.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asb123:
Hey guys so when I created my ext partition I remember also creating a swap partition. I don't think I am but am I now running a sort of ram enchancment? If not i take it that I should set up a swap and not a cache. Could someone please link me to a method to set up swap. I used search and found a thread but it was very old. So once again thanks for any help.

EDIT I am not sure if it matters but I am on a rogers ebi1/32a phone
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asb123:
On also how can I tell how large I set that partition? And what size do you guys recommend.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asb123:
i now see an option in CM mod to enable compcache, if i tick this will it automatically work? is there any method for me to figure out if its working?

One more quick question, i dont want to make a new thread:

Do you guys tick enable haptic feedback? if so what exactly does this do? I cant find a difference. Based on the name i would have assumed that it makes the phone vibrate with each touch.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAguirre1231:
Yes it will automatically work, and trust me if Cyan put it in the rom it will work. Just giving the answer because I don't remember the command to check
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asb123:
thanks 10 char
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] GustavTheLion:
so the default is a black wallpaper and all the animations run smoothly, but when i choose a different wallpaper the weather animations are very laggy- but now when i go back i can't get the default wallpaper dialog to come up- how can i remove my custom home tab wallpaper??

i am using Sense 2.5
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] petzku:
Clear the value from \\\registry\HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila\HomeBackgroundPath

and you can change wallpaper mode manually from the same folder, entry: Home.WallpaperMode
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] petzku:
srt double...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] GustavTheLion:
thank you so much this is amazing!
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] MysteryHero:
So, I've been very intrested how the SENSE UI was designed so I decided to give it a whirl and rebuilt it from the original wallpaper.

It took 20 minutes to design the user interface, and here is a basic artist impression. I've been quick reasonable pleased with my results and

hope to continue building up this mockup. If you have ideas, or maybe we could team up and create our own app that fits along the SenseUI!

Ahoy!

[NOTE]: This is designed not an actually application/framework that can be used on your Hero.

//More will follow.

//For design enquries of your own applications, please pm me. For example if you are intrested in hiring me for freelance work then pm me. Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Waza_Be:
I would be very interested tu use this UI.

The screenshot does not show a lot but i love it
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] kendong2:
uhm, all you did was making a rectangle bottom bar, which we've seen already, and the clock got changed a bit? for me the clock is out of proportions, and the rectangular bottom is not my taste, but it is not actually ugly. can you make without that dark veil over it? as if it was the regular homescreen view?