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[EVO 4G General] ripleys:
Sorry to hear about all these activation problems. I was first in line at a Sprint retail store in Kansas City. Walked in at 8:00 AM, walked out with my new EVO at 8:05. No joke. Five minutes was all it took to get the phone, move my phone number from my hero, and buy a case.
[EVO 4G General] dhyte:
I had the 1st appt of the day at my BB in North San Diego. It took 90 min to activate my EVO and my wifes (his and her EVOs!).

Some people who arrived after us were upset at the delays, some weren't.

Fortunately, my wife and I were not working on Friday, so there I was locked in a BB with a beautiful lady, surrounded by tech goodies, and BB had set out pastries and water....plus I was about to get my LONG waited for EVO.

I understand it would be a bummer for people who had limited time due to work, or other commitment, or were just eager for the new toy, or whatever....

Sounds like every carrier has similar server problems when a big launch occurs...
[EVO 4G General] saa001:
Had a similar problem. Spent two and a half hours trying to get my EVO set up with Sprint. After two hours Best Buy said they couldn't port my number over so I opted for a brand new number. They couldn't do that either.

About ten days before I had called sprint and got pre-approved and filled out my application (I even had the application number for Best Buy). It was still a no go. I had a meeting to go to and they said they would try later to get my account set up.

I went to a Sprint store after my meeting and they had one left so I bought it through them. Even then it took the several hours to get it going and it wasn't until late that night that the activation went through. The interesting thing is that I walked out of the SPrint store without paying a dime, the clerk said I would be sent a text message with instructions to pay the $299 via credit card, still haven't seen that yet. Probably will go to my local Sprint store and do that on Monday.

Best Buy kept on blaming Sprint but I did notice that Best Buys servers were also having trouble so it wasn't just Sprints fault. The clerk tried to help me as much as she could but it was clear that Sprint and Best Buy severely underestimated the demand and both of their servers were overloaded. If I wanted to buy from a second rate store I would have gone to Radio Shack instead of Best Buy.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluewonder:
I don't think there is an option for this, but does anyone have any hacks? How about after phone is rooted? My desk at work is a black void for Sprint signals, and causes all phones to go from 1 bar Sprint to 5 bars roaming, thus killing the battery.

Anyone try/ have any links to point me in a place to start?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bielinsk:
This was never achieved on the Hero, doubt it will be found on the Evo.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dubez:
Be careful with roaming, sprint told me this morning that they reserve the right to terminate your service if they feel your phone is roaming too much...:confused:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vedavin:
Actuall, I was looking for this as I was in the same boat as OP...I couldnt find a way to do it.....

I went through a lotta ROMS, upgraded the radio and some where in that process it configured itself to force roam (verizon)........but the battery life was worse than it was earlier
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aridon:
Not available yet.

You may want to check into an airwave for the office. If you ask nicely and tell them its because you can't get service they should give it to you for free.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imex99:
I also need a force roam hack/app/widget... Whatever someone can make!!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sgt. Schultz:
This was a often used app on my Pre. I hope someone figures it out!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reshab912:
I need force roaming app/hack too
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flexgrip:
Uhhh, that technohow guy has that prl you can use that will put you on verizon. If you have your msl it just takes a minute to switch back and forth from verizon to sprint.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acrh2:
Android is very new. It will be years before regular WinMo functions are available on it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheryip:
xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=696073
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acrh2:
Sorry, you are dumb, since you don't seem to understand simple concepts like roaming.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krynj:
The methods used in that thread are actually better than roaming.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheryip:
how am i dumb for posting a link that will help people on this thread....

instead of using sprint towers . its using verizon towers...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] e1allen:
I am looking for the same thing. I live in DC and sprint is horrible for service where I work and live. On my Pre is just change it over to roaming and I have excellent signal. Soon as I leave the area or get home I just switch it back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aridon:
Grow up. If you can't discuss things with the other adults without resorting to insults then don't bother posting. That thread helped several people roam to verizon with out actually roaming.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ketty:
This is the perfect solution. It is definitely not DUMB. Thanks sheryip for posting this first because I would've suggested it as well. =)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lyvewire:
I've been warned before but this was after leaving it on roam for 2-3 months. Guess I got too lazy to keep toggling, (with Touch pro 2). They said anything over 800 could be considered "excessive"

I tried this hack a few weeks ago. It def. gets Verizons towers but not the same as Verizon customers if that makes sense? I have a Touch Pro 2 that gets 4-5 bars when forced roaming. However when I use this hack, the bars wont stay in 3G, spotty data and fluctuates between 0-3 and 3G and no 3G. Compared this to 2 co-workers I work with. Def. not the same as their towers. I will continue my search for this app or hack
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droideveloper:
FALSE, MrGreg figured it out: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7501064

He is working a widget now, I believe.

I am working on a version for my EVO... it is just a short matter of time till the ROM guys start putting it in all the EVO ROMs.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skantman69:
Someone start a bounty on this app and it might just be created.

Sent from my cursed EVO using 4g speed
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gab2012:
okay I followed regs guide and when I reached the part to where I have to run the command to flash the custom recovery image

regaw says it may take many seconds for it to complete

when I do it it takes less than 1 second and when I run the final command to reboot the phone into the recovery menu it simply boots up normal

I have tried booting while holding the home button and still a no go

I think the recovery image isnt flashing into my phone for some reason...

but cmd says it was successful , any help apreciated
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gab2012:
can anyone help?

please, I've followed everything as it should be.

I've tried 3 computers(2 running XP , 1 running windows 7)

I've Hard reset the phone everytime I have tried to perform the root

Everytime I flash the recovery img it says its successful but when I place the comand to reboot into recovery my phone freezes and I have to do a battery pull.

I don't get what I'm doing wrong

I have all the files in the correct directory

I have usb debug on

I have set the phone to charge only

I have htc sync installed

any help apreciated :/
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfinitefx45:
just mount your sdcard copy the recovery to it again then try to flash it once more. it could have corrupted the image on the first copy. if that doesnt work. try to download the 1.6.2. recovery image and flash that.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gab2012:
can you point me to where I can find that download?

Thanks I will try to mount the card now
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gab2012:
No luck putting the files directly into the card ; ;

what else should I try?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sporty9xterra:
I'm having the same issues. I'm running a brand new hero not even activated yet that has 1.5 (sprint send me new one bc couldnt revert.. didnt know root was coming) ANYWAY I need help.

I have root and I've copied damage controls zip to my sd card. I tried rebooting into recovery mode and i get an error picture so I had to reboot.

this is frustrating.. can someone give me step by step including commands that I should type? I can load the sprint 2.1 and unlock (have old version) but right now im as frustrated as all the other noob's.

it sounds so easy but im clearly doing something wrong..
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfinitefx45:
1.5.2 http://www.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img

1.6.2 http://rapidshare.com/files/360288584/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gab2012:
it worked with 1.6.2 thank you!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfinitefx45:
no problem
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfinitefx45:
this is the walk thru you should do with 1.5 just used the 1.6.2 Recovery I posted, it has less issues with flashing

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4930043&postcount=1
[EVO 4G General] Antebios:
I got it, I got it!!! The Sprint store opened at 8am, but I was early so I got some breakfast. Little did I know that a line was forming, so by the time I got there I was the 12th person. I had already paid my deposit, but I still had to wait for about an hour while we all get to play with the demo phone, asking questions, ooooh-ing and awwww-ing over the phone.

I switched from T-mobile, so I had to wait a short while and it's working! I am in love. I'm still playing with it at work when I have time, but I need to sit down and dig into it.

First reaction: It's freakin' HUUUUUGE! I love the big bright screen.

Second reaction: whoa, lots of widgets, buttons, and stuff.

Third reaction: I finally get Exchange Calendar synced from work!
[EVO 4G General] SilverStone641:
congratulations and welcome to the club brother!! i got mine in Dallas at 8am after all the activating and contract-signing. and you're right, this thing is MASSIVE and AWESOME!!
[EVO 4G General] Grims:
I'm in Houston as well..how's the 4G coverage? I'm worried their high 2.4ghz+ frequency is goign to have issues penetrating many buildings.
[EVO 4G General] dru28:
got mine

went to best buy this morning at 830 and came with a free bluetooth
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carreno43:
So I've gotten anywhere between 2.5 to 5.1 MFLOPS using various ROMS and have yet to be able to notice something incredibly different.

710...768...806 - What does it matter? What program other than Linpack shows a sizable difference? Sure, maybe things open quicker? What am I missing here?

I read all this about achieving high MFLOPS and OC Kernels yet I still can't achieve smooth game play on 16 bit emulator on my phone with 5 MFLOPS.

MFLOPS mean jack when there is little way to observe the difference.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoban_eris:
Linpack MFLOPS - measures the floating point performance of your phone.

710...768...806 - refers to CPU frequencies

increasing the CPU frequency should equate to better general-case performance, including things opening quicker as you mention, but also other types of general snappiness like moving between screens and so forth.

"I read all this about achieving high MFLOPS and OC Kernels yet I still can't achieve smooth game play on 16 bit emulator on my phone with 5 MFLOPS." - This may have less to do with the performance of your phone and more to do with the emulator itself. Emulation is a surprisingly CPU intensive operation, especially if the emulater isn't well written. Rather than looking a ton into overclocking and JIT, etc, maybe you ought to look for a better piece of software.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carreno43:
Yea,

I've tested most emulators. Wish there was an Atari emulator!

Thanks for the response.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spencer_Moore:
I have run roms with 5.1 MFLOPS and now am running a rom that gets 3. I can honestly say I see no difference.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00gl3:
I can see a difference... in battery life! Lolz :cool:
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] refthemc:
Haha Awesome
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmullins80:
it looks like to me that everyone is look at the wrong things.

for example:

I am running a Tom that is getting on a average of 4.9 mflops.

I get smoother screen changes....

streaming videos online is so much faster compared to a 3.0 mflop rom. ...

tubetube and other....... websites.

to me everything I do is faster...

I.don't play game on my phone so I don't know how that is.... but everythng else I do is very much faster.

I love high mflop roms...

I have notice about mflops is that it matters about the kernal that u use.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xatch:
Isn't it true that the MSM7201 in our phones is already overclocked to get to 528mhz as it is? I see a lot of different places saying Qualcomm chips in general are just not worth overclocking... and since our chip is factory overclocked to begin with... just seems like we're pushing the already-pushed here. But the way this board goes crazy for overclocking... it's contradictory. I don't know what to think, cause I've run Linpack myself and gotten ~4.9 with JIT + OC versus ~2.5 without... but I'm with the OP on this one... only difference I'm seeing is my battery draining faster and my phone getting physically hotter.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sheen160:
I have OC and JIT and getting about 5.1 mflops and haven't had worse battery life or a hotter phone. It could be the battery I'm using but meh (got a replacement one that's 2000 mAh) but I got worse battery life on leak 2.1 than with the rom I'm using now that has OC, JIT, LWP, etc. I can go about 8 hours with heavy texting, moderate internet usage and my lwp's running and it only goes to about 65%
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSonicEmerald:
so OC and Jit don't make that big of a difference in gameplay?

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[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
What the OP and all the respondents are noting is frankly quite typical of what happens when performance tuning focuses on a single benchmark: the results obtained are essentially meaningless for different kinds of activities on the same device.

That's because there's a whole chain of dependencies that are specific to a given task, any number of which could become the rate-limiting factor; and a different task on the device will have a different set of dependencies and therefore different rate-limiting behaviors.

For instance, let's take writing to an SD card as an example: there's really no way that OC'ing will speed that up in a measurable way - because the CPU isn't the rate limiting factor.

That Linpack benchmark measures floating-point performance using a software library (as the Eris has no hardware FP capability). Most of the apps on the phone do very little FP work at all. But, it's not a bad test of CPU speed, because it performs no I/O. It also may not be very memory bandwidth intensive, either (if the problems it works on stays in the uP cache and there are few page faults).

OTOH, a game emulator needs to write to the graphics display (at a minimum) and possibly also do read I/O from flash.

Different task, different results. Sometimes things can be improved by hardware or firmware; sometimes the software itself needs to be improved.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSonicEmerald:
im sorry, but could you just answer in plain english

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[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Lima beans bad.

Pork good.

Slow phone bad.

Fast phone good.

bftb0
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mooneyb:
Thanks for my laugh of the day on that one.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carreno43:
What I'm trying to get at is -

I should be able to play, at the basic level, Sonic or Mario - Without issues.

At the very least

I prefer roms over market games any day (Sonic, Mario, Zelda, DK-Country) and it cripples the phone, at least in my view, that I cannot enjoy the fruits of old games.

Although, I was able to find some old Atari games - which, thankfully, work without stuttering.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darrick913:
i updated my prl this morning and it went from 6500 to something like 25467 and now im stuck in 2g... how do i get back to 6500? phone is always in roaming now.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
If you search the forum you will find SEVERAL people have had this issue.

Either it fixes it self

or

reflash your rom. :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfinitefx45:
ok darrick go here and follow the directions should take care of it

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=95986
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfinitefx45:
MANUAL PRL UPDATE

You can try to update your PRL manually using this file.

http://www.4shared.com/file/25259168...550/60663.html

Using your stock dialer follow these instructions

How to manually update PRL:

1. Download and unzip prl file to storage card

2. Dial ##775#

3. Enter your MSL code

4. Select menu then edit

5. Browse to the location you unzipped the prl file to

6. Select the prl file, press ok

7. Press ok again

8. Select yes, phone will restart

this should get you the latest version
[Desire General] doinbox:
When I finish a call and touch end call. My phone goes to the home screen but in the notifications area I can still see a red phone icon. When I drag it down and it shows the call counter still going up. And I have to click end call a few times but whilst I try to end call the.screen flashes on and off. Anyone else had this or know a fix. I'm on orange, debranded with latest HTC ota update also every now and again in the notifications area it says I have inserted a new sim and asks me if I would like to change my settings. Very weird.

Thanks

Dion

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[myTouch 3G Slide General] MrOtsKrad:
Anyone else seeing the slide jumping from E to G to 3G consistently? This may be a local issue (hoping) though, I never had this issue with my Cliq in the same exact areas this is happening (ie; home, work etc)

Nothing debilitating, just weird seeing it jump around so often.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] blitz911:
none of that on the 3g slide. 3g holds pretty damn strong here in hawaii.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] turboyo:
Mine did, my solution: download anycut from the market, make new short cut activity phone info.. in there switch from wcdma prefered to wcdma only (or gsm only if you want edge instead of 3g) in there you can also turn off your radio there
[myTouch 3G Slide General] MrOtsKrad:
ah hah! Awesome, thank you :)
[myTouch 3G Slide General] N1M1TZ:
So far so good here in Antioch, California. 3g is stable compared to other phone.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] hobbiteer:
I too have actually seen this happen. All over the place from GPRS to EDGE to 3G then back to GPRS. I haven't seen it get fixed yet from my reboot. I also noticed it gets a little worse reception then I did one my G1.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] vikramdhani:
May it is the place you live in and does not have good 3G coverage
[myTouch 3G Slide General] hobbiteer:
I won't deny that possibility. I live in NJ... it's not the best coverage to start. But my G1 was doing well enough. Still, I'm sure I could do with better coverage for the WCDMA/UMTS
[myTouch 3G Slide General] njb42:
The G1 had a great radio. My Nexus One and my new MT3G Slide seem to be a notch below the G1 in terms of pulling in a weak signal. In my office in Cherry Hill, both phones will bounce from 3G to EDGE to "no signal", where the G1 always consistently held a 3G signal.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syypher:
So the co. I work for uses Exchange server and it requires a security code...I know on my old HTC Touch Diamond you could change the time it asks you for the code to 24 hours so I don't have to input the code every minute...

Is there a way on this phone to change the time so I don't have to input the code all the time? It's driving me crazy!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TripFlex:
im looking for the same thing, or at least something to make it not require a password...i used to use csdevctrl for windows mobile and it worked perfect...oh please oh please someone say there is something out there, i HATE having to put a password in each time i turn on my damn screen!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ukcatsfan:
go to the market and download lockpicker (free), it works great. make sure you turn it on...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScrapMaker:
It is unfortunate that this solution requires total lapse in security... on my Pre, I was able to modify the OS to five the desired options. Hopefully someone will figure this out. Until then, I (and probably all of you too,) will be breaking corporate policy and bypassing the EAS security policies. FYI, depending on where you work, this can get you fired, or worse.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syypher:
Definitely. Don't find a way to bypass it all together. This can get you fired and it is also bad to bypass your IT dept. rules and regulations.

However if there is a fix or workaround to be able to extend the time like you ca in WinMo please do tell. Inputing it every minute is so painful with the keyboard that pops up...you have to swap it to the # mode...

I wish it was like in WinMo or the Iphone where it pops up with a number pad...
[Droid Eris General] aerdely:
I'm getting a replacement in Tuesday, think it'll have 2.1 pre-installed. I hope not.

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[Droid Eris General] orkillakilla:
From what I've read on this forums, others have had replacements with stock 2.1 with 1.49 s-on hboot which means no root yet :( I'm stuck on leak v3 so I have the same problem.

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[Droid Eris General] aerdely:
Yeah I was just reading that. Mine has a trackball problem. I read a couple got 2.1 with 1.46 or 1.47 hboot but most got 1.49 hboot. So I'm hoping for the best. If not still stuck. Sol

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[Droid Eris General] orkillakilla:
Well I hope you get a rootable phone!

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[Droid Eris General] aerdely:
Thanks so do I, ill post if I do.

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[Droid Eris General] cornbreadfarts:
got my replacement for the trackball issue about a week before the OTA. thank god!
[Droid Eris General] tburns:
My wife and I just got 2 replacement phones due to the trackball problem a week ago. Both were 1.5 and I rooted from 1.5 and my wife's after I loaded the true OTA 2.1. Don't worry you should be OK.

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[Droid Eris General] aerdely:
Thanks feel a little more confident, my last was insurance replacement that came new in box and had 2.1 with 1.49 hboot. Hopefully the Verizon ones from warranty are different. Sounds like they might be.

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[Droid Eris General] Boi Wonder:
Yeah I just got my replacement yesterday with 2.1 and 1.49 HBoot. I was going to root mine up nasty!