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[myTouch 3G Slide General] simplyTravis:
I was thrilled to find this out! I plugged in my AUX cable to listen to my podcasts on DoubleTwist and I decided to try out the Genius button to call someone thinking it would not work. Well, it seems that the phones microphone stays on when the AUX is plugged in and it does not detect a built in microphone. The call came clear through my cars speakers and the person I called could hear me very well with it attached to my dash.

So, those of you like me that are too cheap to buy a hands-free set up with your car stereo...well...now you have one! The G1 couldn't do this but I don't know about other android phones.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] frozengash:
my g1 has never had any probems using the aux set up for fake Bluetooth in the car
[myTouch 3G Slide General] turboyo:
Same Here on my g1
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gab2012:
okay I just rooted on 2.1 sprint RUU :)

wifi tether is working!

but now I'm searching for two things

1- How the heck do I make a nandroid backup and how do I use it to restore my phone?

2- Whats the fastest and preferred rom around here(and info on how to install and uninstall)?

Thanks:D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] centran:
well since you rooted the 2.1 then you must know about adb. You can run adb reboot recovery or if your phone is off then turn it on while holding the home button.

In recovery there is a bunch of options and you can do stuff like backup and load other ROMs. As for what ROMs. Do a backup and then start trying stuff out. You always have that backup to go back to if you don't like it or screw things up. The only screw up you won't be able to recover from is if you flash a GSM ROM. There is a GSM and a CDMA verision of the hero so be careful where you download things from.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfinitefx45:
reboot into recovery (hold the home button and press power), then in the menu's is nand backup, click on it then pick a backup , click it then press the home key to verify thats what you want to do. Thats it.

It will place the backup on your sd card under nandroid
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gab2012:
Thanks to both, making the backup right now

now another thing is finding a rom, which is the best?

Thanks
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwrmedia:
Search the Development page before you get flamed, my friend. You're not going to get a definitive answer as to which ROM is the "best". And, since every phone is not the same, not all ROMs will perform the same. Your best bet is to read through each developer's ROM summary, try which ones appeal to you, and Nandroid about 2 or 3 of your favorites.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diaknia:
Won't tell what the "best" is, but personally I really like Fresh 2.1.2 or the newest Aloysius ROMs.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gab2012:
I heard around here alot of good things about freshhh so I guess I'll sink to that until something froyo like comes around
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] regaw_leinad:
RegawMOD 2.1 is the best!!........ jk

I'm gonna it update sometime here soon :p
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gab2012:
I'm sold on yours XD
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsanity:
I'm along the same but still haven't done root yet (still on .5) and still looking and reading stuff. My question is does the 2.1 root flashes the phone back to 1.5 and I will lose all my settings?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsanity:
never mind, just found the answer.
[EVO 4G General] izzystylez:
any luck with an ESN swap method for this phone?
[EVO 4G General] looneylu:
I swapped phones no problem

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[EVO 4G General] izzystylez:
no i mean changing the meid/esn numbers from the new evo to another phones meid
[EVO 4G General] Aridon:
You probably aren't going to get any help on this forum. Good luck.
[EVO 4G General] bobr0949:
I just went to a Sprint Store and they did it for me.
[EVO 4G General] sumitvrma:
Dear He is asking not to change the MEID/ESN of MDN, But to @lter ESN/MEID of phone.
[EVO 4G General] danknee:
If anyone has done it, it would be in their best interest to not to admit to committing a felony on a public forum. ;)
[EVO 4G General] gottria:
I tried doing an ESN swap online from a Google I/O phone and it said the phone is already activated. I guess I gotta call and have them do it manually.
[EVO 4G General] timothydonohue:
http://tinyurl.com/3xzxx4v
[EVO 4G General] gottria:
Yea, thanks Tim.. It's a bit different with a Google I/O phone because it's already active on an account.
[EVO 4G General] cwbeasley:
I don't care about the esn part... how did you do that with the link?? That was so cool!
[EVO 4G General] erikivy:
http://www.lmgtfy.com/
[EVO 4G General] cwbeasley:
my new favorite. I will use it all the time. Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] erikivy:
Luckily for you, I just hit 10 posts this morning. Before that, I couldn't post a link. :)
[EVO 4G General] gottria:
Heee, that is really cool. You learn all kinds of new stuff on this forum.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skitzo2000:
Hey Guys, This is one of my first posts here, although I've been browsing this forum for months now. Thanks a ton you've made my hero experience 10 better.

Today I got a new class 6 sd from New egg. So I setup everything to be switched out from one card to the next, shut down, put in my new card, and rebooted like every other day.

When it booted it said invalid sd card.

So I shut down and tried to get the card out and its stuck. I think the spring mechanism is toast or something. :eek:

I have coverage thru Bestbuy, and I'm positive they will replace or fix it, I'm just worried they won't be happy about the root status.

So is there a way for me to push the non root rom to my phone with ADB?

How bout the boot loader?

I'm running Sprint Hero CDMA with DamageControl 2.08.1 with God Mode .29 kernel.

I really don't want to have to break my phone just to get it serviced. If anyone can help Thanks in advance. :confused:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfinitefx45:
just run the ruu it can restore the phone to factory state and remove all traces of root.

the ruu's are posted on the development thread.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skitzo2000:
Thanks nfinitefx45 you da man!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] X1-owner:
Is there any way to install a normal lock screen in a ROM where the HD Mini Lock screen has been cooked in?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Hojlind:
You could always just install cookies home tab, and then change the lockscreen to the one you prefer :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sporkman:
is there a driver i need to update im trying to root but its telling me invalid image :(

that should have said

EVO not showing up under ADB
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecodemonk:
Nothing shows up for the command "adb devices"? Just to make sure we covered the bases, you made sure "USB Debugging" is checked, right?
[EVO 4G General] ScrapMaker:
I downloaded Advanced Task Killer Free, and things like Sprint Navigation, Facebook, Voice Dialer, etc, the list gets 20 programs long after about 15 minutes... this makes no sense.

Can someone who has used Android longer please explain this to me? It seems that this OS needs much more babysitting than even WM, if it's really auto-starting all this crap for no reason.
[EVO 4G General] penguinking6:
It seems like all of the applications you described are system apps that were on the phone when you got them. They may be set to automatically run. I know you wont be able to remove any of them without the phone being rooted and having su access - but i may be wrong.

When you close them, it seems like the OS is just automatically reloading them.

Careful when you kill apps, it could cause some unwanted issues.
[EVO 4G General] ScrapMaker:
So many of these programs have nothing to do with day-to-day operation... this is bizarre.

Does Android supposedly have built-in memory-management? IE, you exit the camera app, it eventually FORCE closes it? So far, I haven't noticed that behavior at all. That's what caused so many issues on my old WM HTC devices.
[EVO 4G General] penguinking6:
Android does have built-in memory management. It is how the OS was developed.

If you have a program running on your screen, it will use whatever amount of memory it needs in order to run it.

If the program gets pushed into the background, but is still running, it will still use the memory, even though another program is being ran using up even more memory.

Having free memory will not make the phone run any faster. Eventually the program in the background will close if not used. It will also be force closed if the system is in dire need of memory.

Android knows when it is need of memory.
[EVO 4G General] mgraham361:
There are several threads already which explain memory use if you search. Since I'm using my phone I won't go into detail but I will say that task killers are not recommended. It's much better to let Android manage the memory and processes.

My personal experience bears this out as I had a lot of strange issues like losing wireless connectivity when I was using a task killer. Now I let Android handle things and my phone runs smooth. Using a Sprint Hero with Fresh 2.1.2 ROM.

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[EVO 4G General] ScrapMaker:
Interesting... all my friends who use Android have task managers... Most engadget posts mention that too. Hrm... I guess I'll make sure auto-kill is disabled and just watch and see how the OS holds up.
[EVO 4G General] penguinking6:
I just got the phone this morning and was killing apps left and right. I started to get a lot of Force Close errors.

I rebooted the phone which would clear the memory anyways and I'm letting the OS handle everything now - Havent had any problems since.

good luck!
[EVO 4G General] thecodemonk:
Honestly, if you are worried about a particular program running away and have reason to believe it, sure a task manager/task killer can be handy for that one program but historically, giving people task managers on Android causes more problems than it helps. Voice Dialer is your phone app for example and at the CDMA Hero forums, we've seen the phone do some crazy things when we removed it from the phone right after we got root (turns out that thing is hooked to more than just the "making phone calls" feature). :)

All that said, it's quite informative to google around about android's method of memory management. It's kinda cool!
[EVO 4G General] gjgraf91:
I had a hero, and it least made it through the day. The Evo is way worse. I have no idea why some things run in the background that I've never used and have no reason to be running in the background. I'm using ATK and Auto Task Manager, which kills app once your phone goes to sleep. You just have to know what apps you shouldn't be killing. As a rule of thumb, I didn't kill any native google or HTC services. I did kill all Sprint services. Following this guide as well:http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/06...attery-life-and-what-this-says-about-android/
[EVO 4G General] timothydonohue:
here is why you don't really need a task killer.

with that, i can say that i do have one :) but, i don't have any autokill going. i only use it as a last resort to kill things if i have like multiple things producing sound at once.
[EVO 4G General] aaronb1980:
Honestly I can tell you from experience, that sprint bloat wear will launch on its own all day long. Even if you set ATK or AMM to nuke it, it eventually will cost more batt. in the long run because of the system resources required to launch and kill over and over again. The only way to successfully deal with the issue is to rm the crap, which requires root.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] austinjjarboe:
So, I'm working on my friends hero and he was unable to activate it because he boutght it used. The old account holder had a suspended account and sprint told him that they cannot activate it until he pays his bill.. so doing some work, I was able to get his calls\texts to works, but still no data, yes he has a data plan but the phone keeps getting error 67, could anyone tell me how to get his data to work correctly.

And could anyone give me the settings set in ##778#? Also ##3282# I do not need your esn info and username info,

Thanks, any help and advice is appreciated.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smile4them:
Hey man, I had that same error when I swapped phones with a friend. I called sprint and they had me enter one of those codes (can't remember which one), enter msl when it asks<press menu<edit<profile<press menu<then restore. I don't have my phone with me here at work so i'm just going off the top of my head but hopefully it helps. Just in one of those codes try to find where you can restore the profile and that worked for me.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] austinjjarboe:
Well I can't call sprint because I had to do an e$n change to his old lg rant.. but do to legal issues, I cannot discuss that on these forums..
[EVO 4G General] ukcatsfan:
I was pretty suprised when i got my evo this morning that it came with a free Plantronics bluetooth. Im not real sure how good this particular one is, but i was really impressed with best buy to throw it in totally free.
[EVO 4G General] david279:
I got mine. No gonna use it though.
[EVO 4G General] jocampo86:
yeah i got the bluetooth also,,the bb rep told me that this was the way they will price match radioshacks $20 gift card...so i was happy
[EVO 4G General] gqstatus0685:
Can I have your BT. Headset? I'll paypal.
[EVO 4G General] MrDSL:
i also got a free headset
[EVO 4G General] david279:
PM me!

10stupidchar
[EVO 4G General] masterninja:
Well, not exactly - free. I did get the Plantronics Explorer 230, Zagg Invisible Shield, Rocketfish car charger, and Platinum case - thingy (looks like the BodyGlove one). All for ONLY $40. They told us it was their "answer" to Radio Shack's $20 gift card...
[EVO 4G General] mikevillarroel:
10stupidchar??? what's that?
[EVO 4G General] Kllian:
i told them i didnt want it and asked about the jawbone one. they said if i dont take the free one i could get a 20% discount on the jawbone.
[EVO 4G General] mrono:
Lol, I got the headset, and a $20 giftcard
[EVO 4G General] tempe38:
I got a headset, it's charging now. :D
[EVO 4G General] liquidkernel:
Yep, got one too. But I have a Jabra BT250v for daily calls (best call quality, by far) and a Joby Zivio.
[EVO 4G General] audiophonicshz:
Yup I got one but they weren't exactly open about it I had to ask a couple times. But at least theyre competitive with rs now.
[EVO 4G General] kratos313:
WTH i didn't get a headset today what gives?
[EVO 4G General] stylz3:
Same here. I aint get squat and I paid full price from bb. what's good with that.
[EVO 4G General] ukcatsfan:
i got mine without asking. They had it rubberbanded to the evo with m yname on it.

just curious, what does the phone cost if you buy outright , -no upgrade or new line.
[EVO 4G General] kratos313:
i think i might go back up to best buy tomorrow and ask some questions about that..
[EVO 4G General] SAGSAT:
In PR BB offer the bluethoot device and 20% of any equipment purchased with the EVOl
[EVO 4G General] crazy talk:
same. going to be calling them up tomorrow.
[EVO 4G General] kratos313:
Went to my Best Buy this morning and Got my headset for free

They were giving them to everybody that Pre-ordered the Phone so they just gave me mine today.
[EVO 4G General] kylelerner:
NOT everyone gets it.

They aren't giving them to everybody. You must be eligible or a 2-year agreement upgrade AND be the primary account's phone. Not being the "primary number" caused me not to get one.

Although, I cant live without an extra one[:
[EVO 4G General] swebby00:
My husband and I both got one.. we're switching to Sprint from ATT.

So far they seem to both work quite well. Better sound on calls than w/just phone.
[EVO 4G General] donatom3:
I preordered. I got the plantronics 230 for free. I paid $30 for a invisishield and platinum case. I hate the case and am going to return it. I'll wait for Incipio to make a case.

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[EVO 4G General] donatom3:
I saw the guy next to me buy at full price and they gave him one. Probably a mistake though. I doubt you need to be the main line though. This was supposed to be a deal for anyone that preordered.

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[EVO 4G General] dhyte:
No headset for me...

I didn't get the free headset....

I preordered two EVOs from a BB store in North San Diego, both were eligible for the 2 years renewal, one of the accts is the primary line.

I specifically mentioned the free headset because I had read about it in advance.

I was told they were not doing that promotion - I didn't pursue it further...

Were all BBs supposed to be doing this???

BTW - I am loving the EVO !
[XPERIA X10 General] rajdvr1211:
Had logged on to gmail on my sony x10i, but unable to sign out. Every time I tap the gmail icon, i goes directly to my inbox. Cld someone let me know how to sign out of gmail completely
[XPERIA X10 General] leobg:
X10 seems lack option to forget the gmail account you register it with. I struggled with this the other day and couldn't find way. Ended up doing hard reset. My Milestone has an option to remove the existing google account. So it is either issue with Donut or simply SE removed it.
[EVO 4G General] diomark:
Hey did a 5 minute video conference with someone on desktop skype (using wifi on the evo though) - worked great!

-m
[EVO 4G General] guyver2077:
can you fring video call another fring mobile user?

like Evo 4g to Nokia ?
[EVO 4G General] diomark:
Yes you can.. -m
[EVO 4G General] penguinking6:
do you have to be on wifi to do the video conference from a desktop using skype to a evo using 3g?

The desktop says call refused instantly.
[EVO 4G General] chuckhriczko:
How do you do it? I tried having a friend download the fring skype plugin but I couldnt get it to work.
[EVO 4G General] timothydonohue:
all i know is that my fring account is sync'd to my skype account, and i spoke with a friend on his pc, no problem. naturally, it didn't look quite as nice as through pc, but hell, it's still a big step up
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] thorpe24:
I can't find it anywhere anyone wanna help a buddy out
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] thorpe24:
Anyone really miss this app
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] thorpe24:
Sigh I guess no one has it hopefully the market will fix itself over the weekend.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Kshawn:
I would post it but i cant find adw launcher either =/
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] turn:
are you talking the home replacement?

if so, here's the pro version:

ahem!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] thorpe24:
U sir are a gentleman and a scholar.

Also nice site been looking for something like that...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] DroidDhakan:
I don't think you should be posting that here. Just a word of caution.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] KnightMAREcrow:
Posting warez, paid apps for free is a violation of XDA. Be careful people...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] thorpe24:
I paid for it when I had the hero. But I cant find it on market or appbrain. That's Why I asked and I'm gonna pay for it again as soon as it updates on market.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] smoothone:
You can find the latest ADW apk in the Nexus One forum. Just do a search!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Hero's Hero:
Here you go

http://jbthemes.com/anderweb/2010/06/adw-launcher-0-7-7/
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] indy.89:
Hi all, there is a new piece of software out released by Sony Corporation which enables and windows laptop or PC to interact with the PS3 via Blue-tooth.

What it does exactly is allow the keyboard and mouse to control the XMB on the PS3 and also the web browser (yes with full mouse and keyboard control from your laptop or PC).

What i was wondering is whether this application could be adapted to work with windows mobile? Could the .exe file be changed to a .cab file so we could install it on our X1? Also I know the X1 doesn't have a mouse, so could we use the optical pad instead?

I know it's probably not as easy as I've put it, but could it be done?
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] indy.89:
Come On?

150 Views and nothing, not one reply. Isn't anybody interested of is it just a stupid request?
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] akay_7:
im sorry but i wouldnt be able to help in this matter, but your best bet would be to post this in the general winmo software development section as an app like this should be developed for more than just the x1. the xperia doesnt really have anything unique that other winmo devices dont

just throwing this out there, but you can use the xperia's touch screen itself as a touchpad for the mouse aspect.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] indy.89:
Thanks Akay_7, makes sense to put in the General winmo section. Maybe i will have more look there. Thanks again for the advice.

Thread moved:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6715796#post6715796

Mods, please close this thread.
[XPERIA X10 General] simr!:
Hi, this is my first post here so be kind :p

Tomorrow, I will be a proud (hopefully) owner of an x10, and the plan I am going on allows either 250 or 500mb Internet a month, not sure which one. I have some questions about Timescape:

1. How much data does Timescape use? - updating, opening tiles etc.

2. Can you set Timescape to update only when you open it?

Next two are just other questions:

3. Does Mediascape use the Internet, for online photos, or does it take them from Timescape?

4. How much data would be used if I left 3G on throughout the day?

Thank you if anyone has answers to these questions.

- a very excited, but confused x10 buyer.
[XPERIA X10 General] arcticreaver:
wow, those are some tough questions to answer.

and i don't think any of us can answer that for you.

data usage depends on the person.

you can however set timescape to never update until you launch it. but other than that, i have no idea how much data it uses.

mediascape will use some data but this depends on your setting. if you link your facebook account for example, you can view those pictures and i think that uses data.

i would suggest wifi access for your data needs and switch to 3G ONLY if you know you don't have wifi access available.

i've used over 2.7 gigs of data in my first month wth an android phone. i browse the web, youtube, emails, upload photos, twitter, facebook, qik, ustream, send mms and blog from my phone.
[XPERIA X10 General] simr!:
Hm, ok.

I don't currently have wi-fi access at home, but will be getting it pretty soon. From then, I will only use 3G outside of home, where no wi-fi is available. I'm thinking of 3G as a "last resort" almost.

Wow 2.7 gigs? I wouldn't be using my x10 for that much, just browsing, twitter and facebook really. I won't be spending very long on Youtube, maybe a few videos now and then. Thanks for the reply though!

Edit: just another question - does 3G come on once you open Internet, or is set to stay on all the time?
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
Hi generally if you've got 3G on.. it's on all the time from what I've seen - I've used.. and then stopped using.. and then started using again.... an app called juice defender, which switches off the APN (3G and 2G).. to save juice (and also data I suppose!)
[XPERIA X10 General] simr!:
Does it not use up data if it's kept on all the time though? Or is it only if you start using apps which use the Internet? Do any background tasks use data?

As you can tell, I'm very inquisitive.
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
I've seen other say that the phone still uses data when it's off.. but that's probably all of the various widgets and apps etc updating... Best thing I can suggest it to download a network traffic monitor and see what it shows you..