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[Droid Incredible Accessories] smtom:
Tank - Thanks for the context and learning - I didn't know those actually rated/benchmarked to a c6! Cool - this gets better and better!

I Also know what to watch for/expect on PC and handset when the card arrives. Gracias!
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
http://radioshackwireless.com/templ...shack&pageid=7831&refcode1=RSK_0516_002_HPEVO

At least it is better than Best Buy, but it looks like I will be waiting outside of my Sprint store for a few hours.
[EVO 4G General] Joecrack305:
dont hold your breath, i dont think were selling outright the first month.
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
What?

10char
[EVO 4G General] Sporkman:
yea im betting the supplies with be limited the first month

and whats going on with Bestbuy ? my preorder is at BB
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
Limited to what?
[EVO 4G General] Sporkman:
to preorder and i would guess very little more
[EVO 4G General] Joecrack305:
at sprint we are only taking new accounts and upgrades no outright purchases from what i was told. and i heard radioshack is doing the same.
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
Just got back from my local Sprint store and was assured that I could purchase for full retail. $475 after tax. I just have to get there when they open at 7 on the 4th. :D

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[EVO 4G General] Joecrack305:
would be quite dissapointing if you get there and thats not true. us employees in florida have a evo meeting on the 28th to tell us how its going down, so im sticking with that.
[EVO 4G General] unknown_owner:
I can't see sprint telling people I don't want upfront $450+ from anyone because I would rather sell it for $199.
[EVO 4G General] Joecrack305:
i can see them saying hey i rather not sell it to you because your stuck on contract with us anyways, and say hey i want you guys to upgrade and stay with us and hey i want new customers.
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
Well 3 employees, including the manager, all confirmed it, so I'm pretty confident. I would make a scene if they refused to sell it to me after telling me to my face that they would, and since I've been with them for 8 years, so I think I would get my phone instantly.
[EVO 4G General] warmthsound:
At Radioshack you definitely can buy it outright. It is $499.99, but there is a trade in program, so you can bring in your old phone and put that trade in toward the purchase, making it cheaper than a Sprint corporate store.
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
I'm selling my Hero on eBay, where I will get about $200 for it. RadioShack will give you about $85. Tough choice.
[EVO 4G General] catpunt:
i got my evo preorder from a radioshack manager who gave me his word he will refund my deposit if the radio shack full retail price is more than the sprint price. he even wrote it down and signed it, and said he would be there on june 4.

i will bring a copy of the sprint evo flier in on june 4, hopefully i can just get him to price match.
[EVO 4G General] warmthsound:
Well yea, obviously you would fetch more money that way, but for your average person who can't be ****ed to bother with that, it's a pretty good deal.
[EVO 4G General] Bp3dots:
I feel bad for that guy having to explain that discount to his DM... Mine would be PISSED :mad:
[EVO 4G General] JM-PDA:
Benefits of buying at Full price ?

Help me understand...

Why would you want to pay $499 for a phone that

Question-1: What are the benefits of buying an Evo full price?

Question-2: Wouldn't Sprint still force you to upgrade to the Everything Data plan AND also charge you the $10 per month per Evo on the account?

I would be willing to consider paying full price if I can justify a Return-On-Investment starting after "X" months

Thanks...
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
Those of us buying the phone for full retail already have Sprint contracts but are not eligible for upgrades at the time of the EVO's release.
[EVO 4G General] JM-PDA:
Got it.

I am eligible...So I will use my upgrade option.

Thank you for the clarification!
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
Oh, also you can but it for full retail ($450 from Sprint) if you are eligible for an upgrade but don't want to extend your contract for some reason.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] GuyInDogSuit:
I swear, these ****ing phones are cursed. I just got the replacement phone last night, and I started on rooting it this morning. I followed crypysmoker's instructions (since they worked flawlessly on my first myTouch), but something went wrong somewhere. After flashing the SAPPIMG, the phone won't boot past the splash screen, but loaded fastboot. So I continued from there and flashed the original radio and hboot, then recovery, etc. That's where things got weird; it wouldn't boot into recovery at all. So I decided to start over. Now, for some odd reason, the damn thing doesn't even turn on! And the LED on top doesn't light up to indicate that it's being charged. Nothing. So now I'm stuck with two myTouches that are absolutely useless. Any suggestions?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jriv:
You could see how far you can throw them away in a trash can like your playing basketball but with a couple bricks instead of basketballs:)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] GuyInDogSuit:
Or I could skip them like rocks across a pond.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jamsk8er1994:
Lol it wasnt the 1.2 but the original mytouch3g.. and yeah if you **** up the

radio's and stuff it will brick. It will go into fastboot and you will be able to use it..

once the battery/phone errors enough it eventually dies out.. and you need to get

it replaced. Idk what ta say.. since that "IS" the replacement phone lol..

Idk how many replaces you get but if you dont get another, you can part that phone

out to a local electronic cell repair store and make like 50-100$ and use that as

a down payment for another phone.. That way your not "completely" ****ed lol
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] zelda26:
Well you should first check to see if they sent you the same board (32A or 32B) and check the radios and SPL. You cant assume that because it worked on your other phone that the same process will work on this new phone.

Thats what im getting from you, at least thats what I read and deducted what happened.

You can't blame the phone and call it a piece of crap. I have had this phone for a month (MT3G 1.2), and there have been times that I have messed it up. But if you read instructions, search google and use the right process, this phone is impossible to brick. I have got mine stuck at the splash screen. I have gotten mine so the touchscreen doesnt work. I have also got mine where I have no recovery. But I fixed it (by reading and searching) and I got mine back to working order.

I love this phone. I wish this had UMA support :(
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] GuyInDogSuit:
Nope, the phones all had 32A boards, though one had a different SPL. The same process worked on the THIRD phone and I'm running Cyanogen's 5.0.7 test6 ROM now, but I'm NEVER going to attempt flashing a radio nor an SPL without any good reason. I never did manage to fix the other two, even after searching extensively for a possible solution.

And what the hell is UMA?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] zelda26:
Its a functionality that TMobile has on their Network.

Unlicensed Mobile Access or UMA, is the commercial name of the 3GPP Generic Access Network, or GAN standard. GAN is a telecommunication system that extends mobile voice, data and IP Multimedia Subsystem/Session Initiation Protocol (IMS/SIP) applications over IP access networks.

Its Wifi calling.
[HD2 Accessories] 6times7:
I've tried searching, and got no results, so would appreaciate if anyone could help with advice about how to set up an external antenna for the HD2.

The reason for asking is I'm off on a yacht race around GB & Ireland in June, in the absence of a budget that runs to Iridium sat phone connection, we are considering using the HD2 for downloading weather info onto the PC navigation software through the USB/modem feature. An external antenna, mounted on the mast (ie 16 metres higher) would increase the range dramatically. (Other option is we put the HD2 in a plastic bag on top of the mast and run a LONG USB cable up it :))
[HD2 Accessories] pa2ra:
Being a radioamateur myself, I can assure you that the GSM and UMTS frequencies the HD2 uses are 'line-of-sight' frequencies. It really does not matter much to put it on a pole 16 meters high, sorry... Maybe you will receive the mast's signal better, but the mast will not recieve your HD2's signal that much better...

Rene
[HD2 Accessories] 6times7:
Hear what you're saying pa2ra, but line of sight is d=sqrt(13h), where d = distance and h = height above sea level. So at a height of 1.7m I'll get a range of 4.7 km, at 18m (ie 16m mast +2m boat) I'll get 15.3km - enough of a difference to consider an external antenna
[HD2 Accessories] tunppi:
have you thought about signal booster? you can get them from 50$ to 2000+$ depending how strong signal boost you need. those are meant for situations like yours.

those got good antenna, and repeat it to close range.

http://www.mobilesignalbooster.co.uk/

there are tons more, google is friend with "mobile signal booster"
[HD2 Accessories] kilrah:
And to answer the original question, the HD2 doesn't have an external antenna connection.

Could be a good start to tell us how much range you actually need... as it sounds it could be 1km as well as 200, and we're not necessarily enough into boating to know where a race takes place, hence the answer about line of sight :)
[HD2 Accessories] chvvkumar:
How about these:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/b32e/

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/9823/

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/b8a0/
[HD2 Accessories] 6times7:
Thanks all, seems like the signal booster would be the way to go - however at those prices we could afford a sat phone connection - guess I was hoping to be able to plug an existing co-ax in somehow, and achieve the desired result on the cheap!

FWIW - race starts and finishes in Plymouth, so we race around the coast of GB & Ireland - shouldn't be more than 50 miles off land at any point, which would be well out of range at deck level, but might pick up a signal at the top of the mast.
[HD2 Accessories] pa2ra:
Not suited for GSM / UMTS phones. I think these are only to be used in USA/Canada
[HD2 Accessories] kilrah:
Okay. Then I'd rather take some cheap phone that does data connection instead of the HD2. Firstly cause it would suck to have such an expensive device up there IMO, and secondly cause the HD2 isn't renowned to have the best signal reception out there.
[HD2 Accessories] 6times7:
Well I was thinking of sacrificing the iPhone I upgraded from, but the tethering charges are horrendous:D

Any ideas on the cheap phone with data connection, that has an external antennae, preferably on a co-ax connection, would now be appreciated.
[HD2 Accessories] MrGubby:
You could put a MiFi device at the top of the mast?
[HD2 Accessories] jasecloud4:
The old school T-mobile dash actually has an external antenna connector on it hidden under a plug...and it's pretty old, uses T-mobile frequencies, and is relatively cheap to buy outright now. Plus it's Winmo, and has built-in tether/usb capabilities.

~Jasecloud4
[HD2 Accessories] brandpa:
I have done some research to get a decent signal for 3g to my HTC HD2 at my caravan. I found that you can get aerials with a cable terminating in a Modem Mate coupler which can be attached to your phone close to its internal aerial (bottom LHS on back of HD2) or to a usb modem. Only snag is the loss along the cable - normally supplied with 5m. I guess you could get an extension cable if you can tolerate the loss. Supplied by connextech.co.uk search for 3g external in their search box. ( URL not allowed in my post)
[Legend General] zorro1963:
hi i'm new here and i want to hear some reviews for the legend.

this will be my first smartphone is this one good to start with?

i have a son who has a smartphone so i can ask him but would this be a good smarthpone for a newb?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] premedicated:
I've been switching back and forth in recovery between Modaco's desire rom and CM. Recently I downloaded a couple beta's on the desire rom, which are all now closed, that I'm trying to get back on my CM rom. Is there a way to pull the .apk out of the Desire rom so I can use it with my CM? (Or with froyo or the new desire builds when they come out).

Thanks
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chesh420:
Use Titanium Backup. Available for free in the market
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigacgomez:
Or you could use adb and pull the apks for /system/app or /data/app depending on where it was installed... even if you have app2sd, pull from /data/app will work since it is symlinked...

adb pull /system/app .
adb pull /data/app .
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhantomRampage:
Most desire apks are not compatible with CM or any other non-sense ui roms.

Search a little and you'll know what i mean
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigacgomez:
If you read the first post, OP wasn't talking about desire app apk, but rather some 3rd party beta apps apks...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] logger:
Slighty OT.

When I download & install an app from the market, where does its apk get stored on my Nexus running OS2.1? I went looking but could only find the inbuilt apps in the /system/app folder. I have a couple of apps that I would like to copy to my SD card with ASTRO prior for backup purposes. Thanks.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigacgomez:
Depending on the install type specified... the app would either install as a normatl app or a protected app...

Normal apps are stored in /data/app, protected in /data/app-private
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] logger:
The thing is, my /data folder appears as empty and I have 80 apps installed!! I am using ASTRO file manager.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diversificationied:
Winzip/winrar
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigacgomez:
Maybe astro can't view the list of files there... I can't list the files there in the terminal application without getting su privileges... use adb pull to get the files...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] madboy87:
Hey guys

I'm so desperate and you are my last hope. I was looking for hours in several forums but didn't find any solution.

What I did:

I updated the phone to 6.35 Radio and 1.76.2007 SPL and installed a Eclair ROM. Everything went well until I installed ROM Manager app. Then I installed Cyanogen mod through ROM Manager and since then nothing works!

What's the problem:

When I switch phone on it sticks on the HTC boot screen and nothing happens.

I can go to fastboot mode but ADB doesn't recognize my phone.

I also can go to recovery mode and ADB sees the device but I cannot install any image and I cannot choose any item from the menu.

What I tried:

connect with fastboot usb: phone isn't recognized

flash via fastboot in recovery mode: <waiting for device> no response.

Install a sappimg.nbh from sdcard: Fail! main version is older.

My version:

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G (why G??? isn't that the 32B version?)

HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP10000)

RADIO-6.35.10.18

Thank you very much for your help!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] zelda26:
LOL, I almost started cracking up. "Help me, you are my only hope" (Star Wars)

Anyhow.

Start over. Download the stock Rom, radio and spl for your MT3G. I ran into something similar with mine. I had to erase system from the CLI (command line) fastboot and wipe the phone. Then used the stock sappimg.img to get mine functioning again.

This will "Unroot" your phone

I had to plug the phone in via usb. Go to terminal or dos, and fastboot.

fastboot erase system -w

fastboot erase boot

fastboot flash boot boot.img

from there I turned the phone off, and then I copied sappimg.img to the memcard, and then booted using the vol down + power and let it install the factory rom, radio, spl and recovery.

Or you also stated that you have yours rooted. You're going to have to download the original radio, and rename it to radio.img and then flash it over using fastboot. (fastboot flash radio radio.img). This would get you to the original radio. Then I would revert back to the original ROM w/root ROM.

This worked for me. Im hoping that someone else will chime in and say if this is the correct method to use. Im not an expert. I did this at my own risk.

Someone else want to chime in?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] madboy87:
Thanks for your help!

I wasn't conscious that I cited a Star Wars quotation :-D

First I tried to follow your steps but without succes. When I run "fastboot erase system -w" it says: remote not allow. It seems my phone isn't rooted anymore.

Also the command "fastboot flash radio radio.img" doesn't work.

Where can I get the stock ROM? Is there a possibility to extract these files from the RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_3.05.401.3_release_signed_NoDriver.exe tool?

Nevertheless I keep going on although I'm a little bit tired of this issue. However, it's my mistake.

The reason why I wanted to flash my device was because I was sick of this old, boring and lame Android 1.5. Why isn't HTC getting ahead and supplies us more up to date software? An ambitious single programmer is able to provide Android 2.1 but HTC with its high-paid engineer team isn't. That's weird!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] zelda26:
It looks like you have to put on one of the engineering SPL's first in-order to wipe the device. By the way, mine is a 32A board, and has "G" also. Weird I know.

I believe the RUU ROMS are stock. So flashing these to the phone should unroot your phone. There is a list of all the RUU ROMS and guides here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=659403

or

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=682243

These are great sources of information. I'm not an absolute expert, more of a novice. I'm new to the AC but, reading guides and such, you should get your answer and you can try a few things (within reason).

BTW, when you said that fastboot flash radio radio.img doesn't work, have you downloaded the stock radio and spl and copied them to the AndroidSDK\Tools folder? That's probably the reason it isn't working. You have to have the SDK downloaded and installed. (Read The Guides provided to help you) "Use the Force!" HAHA! :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] madboy87:
So I tried many different ways to save my htc. But by now no success!

As I described I can go into fastboot but I cannot run any commands (remote not allow). I haven't root anymore!

When I go to recovery mode it sticks. I cannot choose any item from the menu.

The only way to get the phone working is via the sdcard. It's possible to install a sappimg.zip but it says: "Fail! Main version is older!" So i have no chance to downgrade. I need a sappimg that has a higher version than my current one.

Also rooting seems not to be possible due to I have to access recovery mode (which isn't working).

Finally, the only way I see at the moment is trying some stuff that works only via the sdcard.

Thank you guys
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] zelda26:
If you are getting that sort of error that indicates that you have not created a correct goldcard. You need to have that in order to flash these devices.

Go to theunlockr.com and read that tutorial about how to create one. Or click here:

http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] madboy87:
Are you really sure that`s because of a wrong goldcard? I´ve tried 2 different sdcards several times but every time with the same error (Main version is odler).
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] madboy87:
No further ideas?

I can't do anything. recovery mode always crashes, no root access, goldcard doesn't work.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] madboy87:
Finally I'm back on Android! :D

I could solve my problem. I found a sappimg.zip (http://rapidshare.com/files/266290371/sappimg.zip) that turned my phone to:

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H

HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000)

RADIO-6.35.10.18

After that, I was able to flash trough the _HTC Magic_RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_2.20.401.2_HTC_CH_release_signed_NoDriver.exe.

Now I'm running on a stock ROM :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Binary100100:
Good to hear.

I'll take the liberty of modifying the title of your original post and close this if you will no longer be needing any assistance. Should you or anyone else decide to need it re-opened, just send me a pm. Thanks!
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Balerathon:
Hi all,

I'm using the MTS right now and there seems to be a persistent (albeit sporadic) problem that is happening to all MTS users.

When you get a text message and have the message icon on a homescreen (doesnt matter which one), a little number appears at the bottom of the icon to indicate you have that many unread texts.

The problem is that sometimes, even when the text is read and appears as read, the icon (displaying the appropriate number) does not revert back. (but sometimes it does...)

Powercycling the phone solves it, adding a new message icon solves it for both the original icon and the new one. Deleting the texts/threads solves it.

Moving the icon locations/screens does not solve it.

Any techy ideas? (There is still time to patch this baby before it goes live!)
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zippa71385:
along with this issue are you having problems with the text msg screen randomly scrolling when typing or receiving texts msgs?... I have a red one that I have not noticed it so much on, but the blk one is horrible with it...
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Balerathon:
That seems to have to do with it recognizing touches on the screen. Sometimes if you are scrolling and the system hangs a bit, it will "catch up" by shooting waaay down.

But that's neither here nor there...
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hah2110:
Do you have the actual MyTouch Slide, or just the ROM?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rebelbanker:
I've noticed the text screen jumping up to the top of the conversqtion in Handcent but have yet to figure out if it's due to me in some way or if its a glitch.

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[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sheldonjace:
This is a consistent problem that I've noticed over the few weeks as well.

Although I've yet to encounter this issue since the production firmware update 2 days ago.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zippa71385:
I just got my update today for my blk slide... still waiting on my sd card for my vegas red MTS...

Im very anxious to see if its fixed!
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zippa71385:
physical phones not the rom
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sheldonjace:
Still haven't had this issue since the update. Prior to updates it happen

maybe 1-2 times daily with the amount of messaging.

I also tested it to see if I could replicate the problem. I use Phonefusion's Visual Voicemail application which sends the phone a random string of message to set off the alert within the application when I get a voicemail...however this message is auto deleted. So I found when getting voicemail's the message icon would stay stuck on "1" unread due to the message deleting itself and not being read. I can safely report this is no longer the case. YAY! :D
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashykat:
I had that issue on my HTC Hero, so I wonder what it is. I just got the slide so IDK if it's gonna happen to me yet but I hope not. It's not a huge deal but little things like that get on my nerves.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommypastrami:
Were you able to fix the text jumping/random scrolling problem? If so, how'd you solve it? I've been experiencing the same problem.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WALLINGTM87:
Sliding screws up sreen

UPDATE: Delete this post. Reposted with pix

Ok so I just rooted and flashed my MT3GS with CM7. Now when I slide the screen to text, etc the screen goes whacky. I have attached a few pix.

Device: HTC Mytouch Slide 3g Slide

Launcher: Launcher Pro

Rom: Cyanogen 7.1.0-Slide

GB 2.3.7