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[Hero CDMA General] steb0ne:
Why should u have to take the phone apart to clean UNDER the screen? I had my Touch Pro for almost 2 years... NO ISSUES! I had a Mogul for almost 2 years... NO ISSUES... All made by HTC! Maybe they have a different unit making WinMo devices, lol!

Best Buy replaced my original Hero when I bought it b/c of the dust issue within 30 days... The replacement got dust under the screen probly a little over 30 days later. It progressively gets worse. I will admit that I can't tell with the screen being turned on.

But let's just say, the screen seal REALLY is the problem, that'd mean that moisture could also get in there... say from a sweaty person's face... Wouldn't they then say that it has moisture damage if that happened?
[Hero CDMA General] mrinehart93:
Question: How hard are the connectors to remove when you're dissassembling the phone? I'm getting pissed off at the dust in my screen, and I want to be sure I can take it apart safely before I start on it. I've already located my T6 :) And just how delicate are the connectors?
[Hero CDMA General] steb0ne:
Plus, if you do it yourself... THERE'S NO WARRANTY IF U EFF IT UP!!!
[Hero CDMA General] danknee:
Perhaps you have heard of fraud? Mark this thread for deletion.
[Hero CDMA General] gravesy56:
I can't believe we wasted 3 pages worth of thread on this topic...lazy so and so; not afraid to hack his OS and brick his phone but afraid to actually open it up and do it yourself? WOW what happened to XDA :D
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
Fraud schmaud.

If you have tep you can get the damn thing replaced with a refurb which I have come to realize are just as good as new. Go to a corporate Sprint store, stay calm, tell them you would prefer they just replace it and why. Replacing your phone with a refurb doesn't cost Sprint anything, they are just the middleman between the customer and the insurance company, Asurion.

Asurion makes plenty on monthly fees and your phone is just going to be refurbished by someone who knows what they're doing. I buy the insurance just so I can have a new phone every 4-6 months. I've never had a smartphone that didn't have some quirks and it's never been very hard to convince Sprint to replace one free. Just be that customer who's business they want to keep ;)

I guess you could say what the OP is considering is fraud, I'm just amused he's wants to commit fraud to achieve something he could do legally.

lol
[Hero CDMA General] grifforama:
There's no reason they would be able to catch you. and they probably won't even bother. They'll just swap you out. They did to me.

Brick it by flashing the radio and pulling it halfway through updating.

I'm with you. dust under the screen would **** me off as well. go get it changed.
[Hero CDMA General] entropism:
nebenezer,

the refurbs don't come from Asurion, they come from Sprint's warehouse. When you pay the deductible and pay $100, THEN they come from Asurion.
[Hero CDMA General] willowmp:
If you really want to fraud sprint, then do what was posted and flash a gsm radio to your hero.

This will literally **** your phone beyond repair. It destroys the motherboard.

Then its just a matter of playing stupid-innocent at the repair center and they will replace it for you.

I doubt there would even be evidence that you caused the death of the phone. By literally ****ed I'm talking about the phone will never turn on again, ever. Hell it won't even charge the battery when plugged in I don't think.

Edit: You know, this isn't even fraud. Sure you are getting the phone replaced for a different reason then you intended but unless your screen is completely covered in dust or dies from the dust they denied me a replacement. They also told me they were too much of a ***** to clean the damn dust out.

Its a manufacturing defect and everyone knows it. As stated in the warranty I do believe manufacture defects are covered and will be replaced. If they break their terms then I see no reason to make them comply.
[Hero CDMA General] thematrixkid17:
I'm sorry, but not only is this wrong, its stupid. A corporate sprint store will definitely either clean your screen or replace the phone.

Tip: Don't act like a douchebag, and they'll help you out. Sprint store reps are people too, and if you come in acting like an asshole whom the world owes something to, you're going to be treated like one.
[Hero CDMA General] flexgrip:
There would be no admissible evidence to support fraud in court. By the time it got to a smart enough person that MIGHT be able to tell how it broke, it would have changed hands several times to several different locations. This is not comparable to insurance fraud no matter how you phrase it. And doing these things have very little, if any, to do with the price of phones and computers.

Don't let some of these 7th grade interpretations of economics and morality keep you from forcing sprint to do what they should do anyway. I wouldn't want them to clean my screen, I would want it to not get dust in it in the first place. And because HTC and sprint decided to slap together a cdma hero from the gsm model you should suffer?

The other thing here is that Sprint does partially have something to do with this whole deal. Sprint is REALLY good at taking HTC phones already on the market and making HTC itself change the case/buttons on the phone before they sell it. Engadget has mentioned it several times on new sprint phone reviews.
[Hero CDMA General] willowmp:
Tip: Not all Sprint store reps are angels. When I went to the repair center I was polite, kind, and overall positive the entire time. The reps on the other hand acted like ****ing asshole douchebags with a side of arrogant attitude. I seriously entered that store in a good mood and left it ready to punch those ****ers in the face.

Like I said previously though, if Sprint is selling a handset that is known to have a manufacturing defect and essentially telling people to **** off who do have the dust issue then they are violating their warranty contract. If they are going to violate their own rules and **** over their customers, then I wouldn't think twice about ****ing them over.

Please don't take offense to this post, I don't mean to attack any sole person, its just when you act in a kind manner and someone tells you basically to **** off when they are not allowed to it really pisses me off.
[Hero CDMA General] entropism:
I've seen some douchebag techs before, hell, I had to train under two of them. HOWEVER, when it came down to business, they got the job done. They really were assholes though...
[Hero CDMA General] theraginasian:
Mods please lock this thread, it's absurd and helps NO ONE with any noble development efforts.
[Hero CDMA General] coldsweat:
Funnily enough I went in this afternoon to a corporate store to have some dust cleaned out from the bottom left corner of the screen.

About 30 minutes later they hand me the phone....only the entire silver plate on the bottom no longer works and the USB slot is completely broken. After trying to replace the entire housing for 45 minutes they finally decide to give me a replacement (most likely a refurb). So after about an hour and a half I left the store with a virtually new Hero. I did notice that there isn't even half as much light leakage above the 'menu' key as there was before. I'm hoping this might alleviate some of the dust issues in that exact location.

:fingerscrossed:
[Hero CDMA General] radxcoresteven:
Recently, I bricked my phone, not intentionally of course, but i was updating a radio, flashed the wrong one, and it bricked. Yes, sprint cannot tell if you flashed it if you play it off and remove the sd card. I used the " i hit update and it shut off and idk.."

It was unethical, yes. So, to answer your question, they cannot tell if you rooted it and yeah that would brick it.
[Hero CDMA General] sleejay:
try to function. this is the most retarded thread i have EVER read. this is like totaling a car on purpose because a bird **** on it.

grow up, asshole.
[Hero CDMA General] agentofboom:
Spit coffee at screen! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA! Zing!
[Hero CDMA General] bcnice20:
i dont really see what the big issue is with the dust ive had it before it just went away itself people complain about wayyyy to much
[Hero CDMA General] mrinehart93:
Yeah but bird **** can be scraped off or washed off easily with using little to no care. Dust under a screen is harder to clean out, and you have to use care.
[Hero CDMA General] ElAguila:
Go to a different sprint store or call sprint customer service.
[Hero CDMA General] bnick007:
Your warranty is through HTC not sprint. Quit *****ing about how Sprint isn't servicing your phone. Sprint doesn't have too. In fact Sprint didn't do warranty service until recently unless you had tep. If you have a problem with your phone talk to HTC Sprint does not manufacture the phone. Nothing burns me more then someone who thinks they deserve more and are being a **** about it. Clean it yourself or order a replacement thru care. But quit your crybabying on an online forum.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] buck32:
Hi, I'm after a application that can save a screen shot from whatever is displayed on my phone screen. Any help appreciated.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Kufru:
Shootme :cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] G8D:
PicMe is also a good app by the same dev.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] buck32:
Nice one peeps, cheers:)
[HD2 General] SupaShaD:
I've read a couple threads on this already but couldn't get concise answers to the questions I have specifically through it, so I'll list them to follow if anybody could help out. I'm new to all this business but relatively tech savvy so quick answers or references are just fine by me! Thanks guys!

1) Bought my HD2 in Singapore, as I understand the radio doesn't work on US 3G due to a difference in bands (which I didn't know when I bought it) - is it possible to flash ..for instance.. the Telstra Radio ROM to the phone and open up the capability? As I understand it theirs works on the US 3G network.

2) If I can't flash 3G radios for the US onto my phone, are their any good ways to increase data performance outside of that? Right now it's pretty awful - can't even search youtube let alone watch anything.

3) Custom ROMS.. I've seen quite a few of them, trying to open up the best performance phone and data wise for my cell, any recommendations? I understand it may be biased based on location/use/etc. But a general consensus on which work best will give me a good place to start. Don't need a ton of fancy options, just performance boosting with the standard HTC Sense works for me.

Thanks for the help everyone, sorry if I'm reposting but I've delved through several posts already and couldn't find precisely what I'm asking for answered in a direct manner.
[HD2 General] harolds:
1) No

2) If you have AT&T try setting up the proxy server for the connection

3) Try before you buy. Hey wait their free, you can of course donate to the cook, in most cases.
[HD2 General] SupaShaD:
Awesome, thanks for the quick answers, I appreciate it!
[HD2 General] peaceboy:
Aren't the HD2 Quad band phones?

US uses 1900 GSM right? I'm not from the US so i don't know....

BUt if it is Quad band, shouldn't it work in the US as well? Unless 3G is a different thing altogether. As far as I know, Singapore Phones are all unlocked and it's against the law to have it locked to any telco to begin with :)
[HD2 General] chaoscentral:
3G is a different thing all together, he will get EDGE but no 3G, ATT uses 850/1900 UMTS I believe, while T-Mobile uses 1700/2100
[Click Android Development] moneytoo:
This patch will allow you to see all apps in Android Market - not just QVGA resolution. Most of the apps will work just fine because Android downscales them automatically, it's just some developers are so lazy. :)

On the screenshots you can see Market search for "video":

1. Original Market -before applying patch

2. Patched Market v1

3. Patched Market v2

4. Patched Market v2 and Market Enabler (set to T-Mobile US)

What does it do?

- fakes resolution 320x480 instead of 240x320 (changed constant)

- fakes camera autofocus support (disabled reading noautofocus workaround)

Installation: Root your Tattoo, copy patched Market to the device and reboot.

Android 1.6 (stock ROM with root)

adb push Vending-Tattoo-patched.apk /system/app/Vending.apk

Android 2.1 (cooked ROM)

adb push Vending-Tattoo-patched.apk /system/app/com.android.vending.apk

Android 2.2 - Market for 2.2 has to be signed with the same certificate as other system components. Your chef has to cook it for you...

(Based on reports from users: You may be required to change system language to English before launching the patched Market and re-accepting ToS. I have no idea why...)

You may have to remount /system for rw access.

adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

You may consider adding this patch to cooked ROMs (just don't forget credit to moneytoo). :D

Update Google Goggles and Twidroid now visible! Both apps work flawlessly on Tattoo.

If you don't see these apps, delete Market data ("rm -r /data/data/com.android.vending") and reboot.

Enjoy!
[Click Android Development] life02:
Works great! Thanks!
[Click Android Development] maverixx:
Thanks! ;)
[Click Android Development] arturocr:
Thanks bro!

What program do you use for take the screenshots?
[Click Android Development] moneytoo:
Screen Capture tool that is part of the Android SDK (or the Eclipse plugin).
[Click Android Development] arturocr:
Thanks man!

BTW, do you know any way to enable the bluetooth file transfer on the Tattoo?
[Click Android Development] nk02:
great!

i'm going to post it on androidiani.com italian forum) !

thank you
[Click Android Development] r75:
I should first root my tattoo, but really great work!!!

:D:cool:
[Click Android Development] chusen:
great!!its works!!thanks so much
[Click Android Development] zipredictive:
dude... u dont have any idea how many persons out there was hoping and looking for this patch... thank u so much
[Click Android Development] rwmanos:
works great :D let's see do the games work ?:P
[Click Android Development] LordGiotto:
Very very thanks man, really :)
[Click Android Development] svprm:
Nice.

Thanks man.
[Click Android Development] JA_SAM:
Any way to do this without root? :)
[Click Android Development] svprm:
It is not possible without root.
[Click Android Development] luobailiang:
if i run market ,it always show the market-tos.html page now!!!!!
[Click Android Development] cn.fyodor:
Hi,

Thanks a lot! I will add this patch to my customized ROM. :)
[Click Android Development] luobailiang:
I got it!!!

If you language is non-english,you need change to english before first run marker!!!:)
[Click Android Development] HTCDevil:
Great man :D
[Click Android Development] terminal 7:
brilliant

hi.

what is surprising is how many apps that arent officialy supported do actually work fine !. the app writers need to be aware of this, they will be missing some of their market share otherwise.

anyways- great work, the whole tattoo progress thing is looking good right now, happy times fellow tatto owners..

:)=====PEACE=====:)
[Click Android Development] s_john:
Can I download the software of openvpn with this market?
[Click Android Development] Jekkaman:
With your new patch i see more apps but i can't see google Goggles, even changed the provider to T-Mobile using Market Enabler but no dice.
[Click Android Development] :
Same problem. I tried searching for Twidroid, Google Goggles and Engadget all without result. Market Enabler is set to T-Mobile US. Any help? I'm running the stock ROM, rooted.
[Click Android Development] Jekkaman:
I decided to try coolbits image and lots of apps show up.

With this method i have the problem posted above.
[Click Android Development] Kasapidian:
heres a simple step by step tut on how to do it... it worked fine on my tattoo

* download 2.1 zip file from first page on this thread

* unzip it and copy Vending.apk from it to a place you have installed your androidsdk\tools...for example copy Vending.apk from zip to:

C:\AndroidSDK\tools

* plug in your phone via usb cable

* go to start and eather in search box or run (depending on windows version u have installed) type:

cmd

(you can acces run by holding windos key on your keyboard and letter R at the same time)

in command promt (new black window) type:

cd\ (then press enter)

cd [path where u have installed androidsdk\tools] in this example it would be... cd C:\AndroidSDK\tools (then press enter)

adb remount (then press enter)

adb push Vending.apk /system/app/Vending.apk

thats it.

note if u have renamed the vending.apk from zip file to something else for example Vending-Tattoo-patched.apk

on last line u have to type

adb push Vending-Tattoo-patched.apk /system/app/Vending.apk

hope that helps a bit...cheers:)
[Click Android Development] tefoso:
Hello,

Thank you all for your help on making a Tattoo so much better !

If possible, could you please help me with the following?

I have a rooted phone (ROM: pancake), which doesn't run HTC Sync, so the phone is no longer being recognised to sync with the computer (it can "mount" the phone, but it can't HTC Sync). Regardless, I have ADB and the Android SDK on my comp and phone. I have also reinstalled HTC Sync on my comp.

-When imputing the code suggested on cmd, this appears:

cannot stat 'Vending-Tattoo-patched.apk' : No such file or directory

-When I change in "Vending-Tattoo-patched.apk" in the line of code for "Vending", the following appears :

Failed to copy "Vending.apk to ' system/app/Vending.apk' : Read-only file system

-When I attempt the code suggested above, it returns:

1369 kb/s

That last result gave me security that not all is lost. Also, when I type

adb devices

My phone code DOES show.

My apologies in advance if this question has already been answered, or if its too "simple", but any help would be GREATLY appreciated :) .
[Click Android Development] decembersoul:
On the "r3 MoDaCo" ROM i had to remove the Market Update to get the full 995 Apps for "video"
[Click Android Development] Rem¡:
It doesn't work for me :o I have a rooted HTC Tattoo running on the stock 1.6 rom. I pushed the patch, rebooted my phone but I still get the same result on 'video' and other words. How can I fix this?

What I did do:
[Click Android Development] Jekkaman:
I'll tell you what worked for me:

- Installed latest rom version from htc

- On Startup Select English(United Kingdom) as your Language

- On Startup skip the configurations including google

- Root your phone and restart (I used onclick method)

- After the reboot execute the following adb commands:

adb remount

adb push Vending-Tattoo-patched.apk /system/app/Vending.apk

adb restart

- Configure your google account

- Go to Android Market and accept the TOS (Terms of Service)

- Try Searching for google Goggles or check how many video items you find)

- Now you can change your language and other remaining settings on your phone as you please.

If you find google Goggles i'm almost sure you have the Market Patch correctly applied.
[Click Android Development] Rem¡:
Thanks for your help! :) Oh, do I have to re-install my device? I'm just using the ROM that was on the phone when I bought it..
[Click Android Development] Jekkaman:
Well..if you want to use the rom which came on your device there's no problem but i would advise to do a reset to factory , it will be more effective.
[Click Android Development] Rem¡:
Okay, I'll try that :) Thanks again ;)

Edit: It works! Thank you very much :D
[Click Android Development] Jekkaman:
You're welcome.:)
[Click Android Development] tefoso:
Hey, would this mean I would lose my custom ROM (pancake) since Im installing the "latest HTC ROM" ?

Also, is there a way to do this without losing all of my apps ?
[Click Android Development] Rem¡:
The only way for me was a factory reset :rolleyes: You can do that on the pancake rom (I think) but you'll lose your apps.
[Click Android Development] tefoso:
Thanks for the response : )

Actually, what ended up hapenning (i think) was that I had the SDK in my SD Card, which I think was causing a confusion..

In the end, I deleted SDK from the SD Card (phone), and installed manually

adb install vending.apk

Not too sure if these were the reasons why, but at least I now have a relatively* open market :) ! I hope the rest of you get to open yours as well ! Good luck.

*I say relatively because with "video" in the market for example, I can see 771 results, while I saw earlier people with over 900, and I know people using nexus receiving over 1800.. If anybody knows anything, please do let me know. Thank you.

ps. There was no need to format or flash any other rom. This apk just resets your market.
[Click Android Development] pepi83:
Market Patch!

Hello,

i´ve used all opportunities to make the market patch work... but it takes any effect in the market...

My Tattoo is not branded and is working in Germany... i´ve tryed with the settings language -> German and English...and delete the com.android.vending...

nothing works....

the only effect is in German Language you have 546 results for "video" and in English you have 363 results...

Please, have anyone an idea?

thanks
[Click Android Development] :
At first this worked fine, but now everytime I want to install an application it tells me I don't have enough space (I have over 80mb).

Anyone else had this issue?
[Click Android Development] Confused_Geek:
I installed this app and I have the Market icon and it works. However when I try to download any app, it crashes. I have removed and reinstalled the app thrice and nogo. Any suggestions.
[Click Android Development] obasio:
same here, but you can install the app after the crash (don´t click on abort download,just leave the market as usual, and then open your filemanager and navigate to (root)/cache/downloadfile.apk and install it, its always your latest not abortet download!
[Click Android Development] Pondo78:
hi, need help here to find root explorer in the market and buy it.

here my steps:

obvious 1st step rooted tattoo

setted locale to eng

installed vending apk v2 and rebooted

deleted com.android and rebooted

using market enabler to Tmobile USA

nothing happens, no root explorer anywhere in the market.

H E L P!

please? =)
[Click Android Development] Pondo78:
I've done it too happy now, used com.android.vending.apk downloaded from an xda page, bought root explorer finally!
[Click Android Development] tuor99:
hey guys am new to the forums. have bought new tattoo locale malaysia so no android market bought it back to uk rooted phone and downloaded tattoo market v2 no problem but i cant download apps just stalls on download or says download unsuccesssful is there any way round this i have android version 1.6:confused:
[Click Android Development] Rem¡:
Try this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=745174 (search on google for fastweb & appbrain apk's)
[Click Android Development] tuor99:
thanks for that suggestion but my phone is rooted and i can see all apps on android market but just cant download these apps like compass etc.... advice anyone or am i just being dumb ie i wont be able to dowmload apps from the v2 andoid market that i got from here ?
[Click Android Development] tuor99:
well tried appbrain but u need to either get from browser(comes up with error 404 if i want install link from my email using browser) or android market of which i cannot download apps from very frustrating can anyone help :mad::confused:. see previous posts. without android market to get apps this phone useless as slideme sux lol. thank you :)
[Click Android Development] ngagephone:
Hmm this seems very good is there any chance you can make this mod for android 2.1 on the pulse mini as we have the same problems? and is there any way to use this without root?