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[Hero CDMA General] qngds:
car charger

FWIW, I had a USB port go on a phone (Blackberry Pearl maybe?), and then the replacement. It occured to me it might be the car charger blowing them out. Plugged the next replacement in, and USB port stopped charging/working again. All under warranty. When I got my next replacement, I threw out all my chargers and was fine with the next phone.
[Hero CDMA General] tkirton:
Reality, that's correct. But remember, even if it is a hardware issue, if you have anything but stock rom without root, they can use the modifications as an excuse not to fix your phone.
[Hero CDMA General] tkirton:
You are correct...although there is a 3.5mm jack at the top of the phone, the port on the bottom is called an ExtUSB (which is why the charging plug is a weird shape). It is more than capable, by design, to handle audio...in fact, it is designed to for a docking station. But several vendors sell accessories specifically for the ExtUSB.

Sometimes, I wonder about these Sprint employees. It seems the only good ones are the ones that hang out here on XDA.
[Hero CDMA General] Jus10o:
Is there not another sprint store with a tech near you, other then the one you went to?

I have had many issues with phones in the past. Some problems I couldnt even duplicate it when at the store, and they still took my phone (without question or problems) and then an hour later i came back and they simply gave me a new one.

I have also been upgraded phones this way. I had an older phone, they didnt have any to replace mine with. So they gave me the upgrade to that model (like htc hero to htc evo if evo was out and the hero was getting old) to me for free. Its happened to me 3 times in the past 5 years. Once was through my insurance though, but it was nice because i was expecting the same phone but i recieved a newer better one.
[Hero CDMA General] fdot:
i work for sprint corporate.

account services.

i rooted my hero.... shhhhh. dont tell.
[Android Themes] Iacopo91:
is possible creating an icon-theme? so a theme that changes only the icons and not all the entire UI... And upload it to the phone through flashing a zip file??

Ty for answers!! And sorry for my english:o:o
[Android Themes] joe.kerwin:
metamorph is your friend.
[Android Themes] Iacopo91:
:D also for nexus one?

where i can find a guide?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] maxawesome:
For those of you who do theming regularly, I would really love to know how (if even possible) to extract the Lock Screen from the stock N1 ROM (the sideways swipe with the option to mute) and apply it to a Desire ROM.

I really can't stand the Desire/Rosie Lock Screen. It is truly obnoxious for dealing with alarms in the morning or notifications/reminders in the day when I've got it tucked in the neoprene sleeve or my pocket.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Eclair~:
If you delete the "HTCLockscreen.apk" from the Desire system/app you get this screwed up Nexus One lockscreen that looks rather weird.

If only I could find the original 2.1 lockscreen apk, is it even an apk at all? I could easily do what is needed to make this happen ._.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deanesn:
I agree. I dont like the Sense UI lock screen its ugly and plain. lol I would love to have the stock lock screen on my Desire rom. I've been thinking about just replacing the stock images but i have not got around it.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] maxawesome:
My problem is not so much with the visual appeal of the Desire/Sense/Rosie unlock screen, but with the "downward swipe" action. I MUCH prefer the sideways swipe action of the stock 2.1 ROM. I know that all the Desire ROMs all use a different partition layout, but I bet if one could figure out where the lock screen bits live in the stock 2.1 ROM they could be used to replace the Desire lock screen.

I'm just not nearly smart enough or experienced enough at this point to do so myself. Surely there is an experienced themer here who could give it a go?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jimfin:
As mentioned above, you could just delete HtcLockScreen.apk from /data/app_s and it will give you the stock lock screen. But this won't affect the HTC applications like the alarm and the phone that use the same screen.

Also, your homescreen will show in the background which can look kind of weird. But still better than the HTC one in my opinion.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deanesn:
Yeah thats what I did and the stock one shows up but like eclair said it comes out all broken. The lock button is placed on the bottom middle off the screen and the silent button shows up on the top middle.when you want to unlock you grab the unlock button and you drag it up and the silent button, you drag down. Its kinda funky but ill will take it over the htc lock screen. Im thinking there is more then just htclockscreen.apk. There must a code some where in the jar files where it defines the movement of the lock maybe thats why the stock one is screwed up after you delete the htc one. Unfortunately anything outside of delete and installing apks its out of my league so cant figure out how to make this work.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jimfin:
Wow, that's quite strange. I've never seen that. Granted I don't have a Nexus, but I've done it on every Sense 2.1 ROM I've had.

There's an application on the market called LockBot (it costs $2.49) that lets you pick whatever lockscreen you want.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Mi|enko:
I've had this happen a couple times on non desire roms. It's always happened when a device rotation has been involved.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deanesn:
Here are screen shots of the broken lockscreen in case some1 is wondering.

BTW the lockbot is cool. I tried it but it kills the one feature that i love in the desire rom. When you unlock it does not show the fancy weather across the screen.

I really want to make the stock lockscreen work. I mean it kinda is lol but not the way i want it. Maybe some1 can help us here. It seems not many devs care about the sense ui rom around this forum. :(
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] civicvx94:
I would absolutely love to use the stock 2.1 lockscreen with the Sense UI too..I HATE the sense one..and even more annoying are the alternative lockscreens and how to incoming call screen goes to the buttons instead of a slider..half the time the screen doesnt even turn on or I'll answer/decline on accident..
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Eddiemc:
http://geekfor.me/fixes/vanilla-lockscreen/

This guide has a perfect fix, but its for hero.. if someone could mod thee files to apply to the desire Rom, that would be a great achievement. Im on desire now and I too desperately want stock lock.

I don't mind sacrificing the world clock;-)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Eclair~:
No, its not just for Hero, just flash the "Just fix the lock screen" download, and it will work perfectly. Make sure you delete the lockscreen.apk from your system/app, I don't know what will happen if you don't..
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] H00pyFr00d:
Going to do a quick Nandroid then give this a go.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] H00pyFr00d:
I can report works like a dream with the full fat zip file, HOWEVER I'm now able to unlock the phone with the old 'power then menu' routine that was so annoying on the Hero. Peaks and troughs.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] b1oh4zard:
I flashed the file to Restore the Stock Android Lockscreen

Some of ya wanna do this to:

thefuzz4.net/home/AndroidPhones/Eris/HowToRootYourHTCEris/RestoreHTCLockscreen.aspx
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mixan:
Its default HTC Lockscreen.

If you want stock Android Lockscreen - i find it here - geekfor.me/fixes/vanilla-lockscreen/
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] duanes:
It doesn't work on the HTC Desire, you can try it at your own risk.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mixan:
Method geekfor.me works fine on my HTC Desire. Firmware - r3 MDC
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Jskjerning:
how did you get it to work on your desire? I flashed the zip but it just said error!

I also have r3 on my desire!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] nelimbg:
And what happened with lockscreen when someone is callin you?

Is it android or still sense lockscreen ?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] khaytsus:
Flyscreen is pretty much Vanilla-like, and if you don't install many Widgets in it, it's rather fast... but it's a little flakey sometimes, like after a reboot I often have to kill it, then re-run it or I see it *after* the normal lock... And it does not lock anything in reality, trackball wakes up the phone, you can hit the Home button to exit it, etc..

I primarily use it to see my Android Agenda calendar widget in an instant.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walkerx:
I've reset my phone back to t-mobile defaults and downloaded anycut as there was no option to check for an update.

I've created shortcut to device info and then opened it and pressed 'check for upgrade' but all the check-in status shows is success.

there is an entry box above the button, do i have to put anything in here or just leave blank

regards
[Legend General] Nickz0:
My HTC Legend keeps starting fastboot while starting-up, I tried to reboot it with 'fastboot reboot' but I doesn't get any further than the HTC Logo Screen (for some reason it starts 'autoplay' on my Windows XP system, very strange)..

After reading some articles I reflashed it with (usb plugged in my legend): RUU_Legend_HTC_WWE_1.23.405.1_Radio_47.26.35.04_7.05.35.26L_release_120393_signed.exe

No errors while flashing it, but nothing seems to change (still stuck at the htc screen)...

Are there any solutions left, to fix this and are these symptoms of a bricked device?

Ps. I didn't do any flashing before these problems arised
[Legend General] jmkhenka:
try and hold vol down and press power and clear data. Might fix it. This will erase your data though.
[Legend General] Nickz0:
With volume down & power-on it's starting HBOOT (with options: Fastboot, recovery, clear storage and simlock), but in this menu the volume+ and volume- doesn't seem to respond...

When I hit the 'trackball' button I see it's checking some nbh files on my sd card which are missing such as legediag.nbh, legeimg.nbh...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] maxawesome:
If someone can either do this, or direct me how to do this myself, I would be infinitely grateful.

I know MOTOCal and MOTOGal are out there, but they didn't work for me when I installed them on CM-5.0.5.3, so I flashed back to KingKlick's Desire ROM.

I'm hoping the HTC Work Mail app can be extracted, especially given that the HTC Camera app was recently extracted by MoDaCo.
[Desire General] simondavo:
Not sure if anyone can help .....

I'm looking at a £25 per month, 18 month contract (300 mins, unlimited texts) and unlimited data.

Sounds goods.

But, my main concern is the data. I've spoken to them this evening and they assure me that as it is an Android device that it will have the standard tmobile 3gb fair usage allowance.

I'm concerned that, despite what they say, that it will default to the standard non-Android 1gb fair usage policy as they are effectively selling it as a non-standard deal ?

Am I being over cautious ??!?!?
[Desire General] simondavo:
can anyone advise (please) ?
[Desire General] brummiesteven:
I dunno the answer but how much are the charging for the phone?
[Desire General] Jabbypants:
If you go direct through T-Mobile you get 3 gig of data but through other sites its only 1 gig.
[Desire General] simondavo:
the phone is free, £3.99 delivery.
[Desire General] brummiesteven:
Try phoning T-Mobile up, go for the 18 month £25 plan, 600 mins, 500 texts, 3gb internet, flexible booster (unlim texts or something else) and tell them that the same deal is online with a free phone.

If it doesn't work hang up and try again. Eventually it either will work or you'll be able to get a reduction in the handset price.
[Desire General] Jabbypants:
I got mine on launch day with T-Mobile 300 mins/texts 3 gig data usage and unlimited landlines, got them to wave the cost of the phone so got it free on £25 a month for 24 months.
[Desire General] Raminder1992:
Hi, What I would do is get the £15 a month , 300 mins, unlimited texts and internet. It will cost £130 for the phone - totaling £490.

Then you get £40 cashback - which is therefore the same cost as your phone. And for 6 extra months so if you wanted to change it after £18 months it would still be the same cost :)

And no you are not being over cautious :)
[Desire General] rodhull:
Just to clarify this for people:

I've been trying to figure out why my HSDPA data speed was so slow (looked like throttled to ~350kbps d/l speed).

It appears that buying via MPD and T-Mobile with "unlimited" data (at least on the £25/month tariff I chose) you are only put on the standard 1Gb FUP data plan. This also has speed restrictions (which I read about elsewhere - and is definitely true since I've experienced it first-hand).

I was under no impression from MPD that I was getting only 1Gb, and it was never mentioned anywhere - all the literature on the web re: Android phones and T-Mobile UK imply we all should be on the 3Gb - which also included no speed throttle.

I just called T-Mobile and made the case - they first tried to get me to pay an extra £5 a month to be put onto the 3Gb, but I persisted mentioning that ANY Android phone bought now with a T-Mobile contract should be on the 3Gb FUP product.

After a bit of to-ing and fro-ing they agreed and changed me over instantly. I also got to choose a free booster since the 3Gb one is included in the plan...

Stick to your guns and you should get a result - don't let them try to make you pay for it - it's MPD's fault for not making it clear, and I argued that since my contract is with T-Mob and not them I should be on the same product as anyone who bought with T-Mobile direct...
[Desire General] lnoormohamed:
get the one from mobilephonesdirect its unlocked and u will get updates first

and

T-mobile cant do anything since its advertised as ultd so have fun remember its fair usage they cant chage u anything extra if u go over
[Desire General] simondavo:
I also purchased via MPD.

At the time of ordering, I tried to get an answer from MPD on what TMobile FUP I would get, they assured me that I'd get 3gnarled, although I was not convinced.

When connected, I checked with TMobile and confirmed that I had my flexible booster setup to use the unlimited internet with 1gb FUP.

Didn't really think much of it until today.

Just spoken to the Loyalty Team and argued my case. They have now upgraded me to use the 3gb FUP and allowed me to use my flexible booster for something else.

Also, speedtest app is now returning an average download speed of 1900 kbps rather than 350 kbps.

Very happy !!!

Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Desire General] rodhull:
Excellent! Mine jumped (in a poor signal area - only 1-2 bars) from 350kbps to @1.5Mbps which is pretty good. Will check when I'm in London at work tomorrow - I reckon it should be even higher.

MPD have been a bit shoddy up until now what with the stock problems and non-registration of SIMs (I had to register mine myself since I'd been waiting a number of days for MPD to do anything about it).

Has anyone had anything in writing from MPD saying that they would definitely be on the 3Gb FUP? I can't find any mention of it on their site...(actually, I can't find anything about *any* FUP on T-Mobile plans).

Since it's not mentioned by MPD that the "unlimited mobile internet" is an add-on, I think it's perfectly safe to assume it's "included" with the plan which in T-Mobile's language means that it's 3Gb straight away for Android devices.

I can't see how T-Mobile can argue any other way when anyone buying direct gets the 3Gb without even asking for it...the contracts are almost (and in some cases) exactly the same amount...
[Desire General] al89nut:
Does it matter?

I got one from MPD yesterday, read this message and called TMobile who say

a) the allowance is for all intents and purposes the same, eg 1gb or 3gb, they don't count it unless you overshoot it dramatically

b) no throttling is applied, any issues experienced are with the quality of the connection

Are both these points correct?

Should I persist complain? I agree nothing was said about this in any of MPD's literature.
[Desire General] claptnei:
Beware MPD

I too have had problems with MPD. They have sent the wrong memory card. Their customer service is terrible. The £25 contract with 300 mins and 300 texts turns out the internet is restricted to 356kbps as the sim was registered to a Nokia phone?

Contacted T-Mobile as others did and got the flexible booster switched to texts. But to get HSDPA speed I had to have the unlimited internet booster added for £5. Argued to case that I should have the speed but the would not budge. Threaten to leave and they offered me 3 months free then £5 a month for last 15 months. So can complain too much as the Phone was free from MPD, whereas it £157 for T-Mobile on the same contract.
[Desire General] rodhull:
Depends on if you plan on using your phone for what it's intended, and wish to get nearer to the cell connectivity speeds it's capable of supporting...I wouldn't want to be stuck with an expensive piece of hardware and only being able to use a fraction of its capacity in terms of download speeds...going from ~350kbps to only 1.5Mbps is a more than four-fold increase...

This is likely the case - 1Gb is a fair bit, but it's not impossible to go over it if you're using the phone intensively without a WiFi connection (things like downloading multiple podcasts with Google Listen - lots of Maps, e-mail and YouTube usage etc.)

This is a fallacy. T-Mobile will tell you there is no speed restriction each time you speak to them, and say the connections are contended (which *is* true) but there clearly is massive throttling for regular Web 'n Walk (1Gb) users - look at this thread for more evidence from others outside this forum.

As others have attested, as soon as they apply the Web 'n Walk Plus (3Gb) and remove the "unlimited internet flexible booster" which is what MPD customers seem to have all received, if you are already in an HSDPA area after a phone reboot your speed WILL increase immediately. There are no coincidences here!

I certainly did, and would urge others to - I might have to do it again soon since my wife may order a Desire on the same deal...I prefer to have an unlocked unbranded handset, going through T-Mobile direct (despite the fact you'd have to haggle to get the same deal as on MPD) doesn't guarantee an unlocked/unbranded phone.

I was also told that my "new" SIM bundled with the MPD order had been previously registered to another user...the connections team sorted it in a flash, however...

That doesn't sound correct. I would have pushed further - they are wrong, not you. Argue that it had been incorrectly provisioned when the connection was set up, and as per the standard T-Mobile FUP (quote it from the website to them), users starting new contracts with new Android devices at the same time are obliged to be on the 3Gb Web 'n Walk Plus bundle...
[Desire General] TH1882FC:
I was lead to believe that the internet was a part of this contract and nothing to do with the flexible boosters.

I received my phone last Tuesday, does anyone know if today would count as part of my 7 days cooling off period or would that have ended yesterday?

edit: i would as its 7 working days.
[Desire General] blackfox888:
your 7 days should end on Thursday's end of business day.

7 days cooling period are working days, it start the next working day when you received the phone and they do not count weekend. This is what I was inform when I replaced my Desire.
[Desire General] TH1882FC:
cheers, i know MPD say you have 14 days but thats with everything in its original packaging etc so want to make sure they dont try and wriggle out using that as an excuse.
[Desire General] al89nut:
Phoned TMobile again.

Phone was registered as a Nokia

They say the price plan is between me and MPD aka Go Away

They say that 3gb and 1gb amounts to no practical difference

They say that a 1gb d/l limit has no throttling back compared to 3gb

(is the throttling just on H?)

So, do I try to take the phone back to MPD and pay the extra £45? What's their return policy and do I have to factory set the phone to erase data, etc?

What would Old Hands here do?:mad:
[Desire General] yeahdisk:
I bought a desire through MPD and my bill says I have an "Internet Booster (FB)" package applied (for free).

Before I call up T-Mobile can someone just confirm to me that...

1) This is incorrect

2) What I should have is 'web&walk plus'

3) 'web&walk plus' is the only way to get HSPDA connectivity?

Have many people been successful in getting their account corrected? Or am I fighting a losing battle before I start!?
[Desire General] al89nut:
I may not be 100% right, but Tmobile offer mins, text, free internet and a free booster; MPD offer mins, text and the internet as the free booster - hence you are getting it as a booster (1gb) not as part of the deal which Tmobile offer. This is presumably why the phone is cheaper.

The 1gb/3gb limit doesn't worry me as I don't think they enforce it.

What does worry me and what I can't get chapter and verse on, is whether the H dl speed is throttled or not. Some users say yes, TMobile say no.
[Desire General] TH1882FC:
Just been onto MPD and they have been really helpful so far.

Am going to return it as was planning on using the flexible booster for unlimited landline calls, and paying an extra £5 a month to get this works out at £90 over the 18 months which kind of kills it as a great deal.
[Desire General] al89nut:
Which MPD as they were bloody unhelpful when I called
[Desire General] callummc:
I just rang up and they switched me straight away onto the 3gb web n walk plus thing, no arguing necessary lol. thumbs up for t-mobile!
[Desire General] al89nut:
Callum,

What did you ask them, who did you call, what did they say (as they didn't say it to me!)
[Desire General] callummc:
umm I rang 150, got through to some T-mobile tech support lady. explained that I was told all android devices have 3gb allowances and I only have a 1gb allowance. she then said yeah sure I'll change you to the 3gb one. i asked and it was called 'web n walk plus' I think. she told me to restart my phone and i would be switched to the new one.

does this mean I will be getting the unthrottled speeds? (not in a 3g area atm to test)
[Desire General] rodhull:
This is what should happen.

Anyone who is having problems should just tell them that this is the situation: your tariff has not been provisioned correctly and you are entitled to the 3Gb FUP since you are an Android user - as it says on their website.

It's all MPD's fault since they explicitly mention NOTHING about exactly what the tariff entails other than you have "unlimited mobile web" included with your price plan. There is no way of knowing exactly how that's provisioned, so I assumed it followed the standard T-Mobile practice with Android devices, where you are automatically put on the 3Gb FUP plan - after all, these are high-end expensive devices - there would have been an outcry if iPhone users were being given similar treatment.

Be firm but polite - ask to speak to their superior if necessary and simply keep mentioning that it was incorrectly provisioned since your contract is with T-Mobile, NOT MPD and you should be treated like any other customer and given the same tariff.

The speed *IS* different if you're not on the 3Gb plan - ignore what T-Mobile say - the people on the first-line desk you speak to are NOT technical at all. Just look at all the people saying how it is - we're all actually *using* the service - I can categorically tell you that the regular internet "booster" throttles the connection to ~350-380kbps - I never got any more than that. Despite seeing the "H" symbol on the phone this was the most I could achieve. As soon as it was changed to Web 'n Walk Plus, it immediately shot up - I've checked speed both where I work in London and where I live rurally, and it has increased ~4-5-fold in both places.