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[EVO 4G General] jbruns:
I also used a TP before the EVO now. My WiFi is in central part of house and my TP used to get a good signal anywhere in the house (w/ med power settings).

This EVO is a whole another story. One bar max, unless I walk within 10 feet of the AP!!!

I Don't see how every owner that had WiFi on a phone before has not noticed???
[EVO 4G General] Aridon:
My wifi drops down in signal a but faster than it should but I also wouldn't say its terrible. Certainly something that could improve with an update depending on what is causing it.
[EVO 4G General] pecosROB:
I have a Linksys Wireless N router and when I'm less than 12 feet away (separated by 2 walls though) I get like half a wifi signal strength. When I'm all the way in my bedroom on the other side of the house, there's basically no signal but it will connect. My internet is a 10 mbps speed, and close by I can get around 10 mbps down, but in my room it's anywhere from 3-5 mbps, which is still better than 3G, but I'm starting to think the display makes the signal look worse than it actually is.

Man you're lucky, my TP has ****ty wi-fi signal strength too. But not as bad as my EVO.
[EVO 4G General] madsquabbles:
30 feet away and i have "poor" signal at a bout -90db. droid gets -60 to -70 db.

my hw rev is 3.
[EVO 4G General] skantman69:
0003 i am rooted running flipz0.2 rom...
[EVO 4G General] mrsato:
003 Mine is OK, but not as good as my TP or TD was. My netbook blows it away. All that said, it hasn't been a problem. As long as my 3G/4G doesn't suck,. I'm kewl.

... but I would like to see it fixed in an OTA update or Froyo.

OH, and I've tried pretty much every ROM on here and never noticed a difference. That isn't really comforting, but not entirely discouraging.
[EVO 4G General] Minjin:
It is pointless to compare number of bars between devices. There is no standard for x signal equals y bars. Its like how some volume controls go up to 5, some go to 10, and some go to 11. ;)

The only way you can actually compare and hence complain is by looking at data rates. Even the dbm ratings aren't comparable between devices because these are not calibrated meters.

HTC could release an update that would do nothing but light up an extra wifi bar and many people would be happy.
[EVO 4G General] mrono:
The best thing to do is compare the signal strength and quality with the evo to another similar device(ipod touch, hero, etc).
[EVO 4G General] IMDANDROID:
I'm running an older Linksys WRT54G version 6, with DD-WRT V24-SP2 7/22/09 with 7dbi gain antennas and I'm not getting anywhere near the results you have posted. I've tried the default power level at 71, walked about 30 feet and the signal dropped to "poor" and the connection went from 54mbps to 8mbps, speed test was 3.51mbps which isn't too bad, but running the same test less than 3 feet away and I'm hitting 8.58mbps.

Increasing the power in different increments, finally going up to max at 251, did help with speed when within 15 to 20 feet, but passed 30 feet it drops the signal completely. Different channels, different modes, nothing makes a difference in my case. The only thing that is helping my range issue is using yet another WRT54G in repeater mode, which is allowing a good connection throughout my household, but prior to purchasing the EVO, this wasn't necessary since all of my other wi-fi devices are not experiencing this problem.
[EVO 4G General] HotInEER:
It appears everyone experience is different. When I'm at my job, I can tap into their wi-fi, and even some of the homes across the street, and the people at my job with Iphones can not. They get so mad at me.
[EVO 4G General] Chriscic:
For me it works great when I'm not holding it, but terribly when I am holding it. Others may want to try it both ways as well and see if there's a dramtic difference for them as well.

I used speedtest. Once you set it down, you may have to run it a few times for the connection to get fast (it seems to have to "recover" sometimes after holding it), but then it will be fast every time and plummet instantly when you pick it up.

At least this is what happens for me in some rooms in my house (if really close to the router good speeds holding too).
[EVO 4G General] ajg23:
I wish the only problem were the wifi indicator but I have get hard data that that isn't the case :(

If I use my iphone 3GS right next to the evo, the evo has trouble holding signal on my back porch while the iphone keeps a connection to the back of the yard! I used a wifi signal program in both and saw that the iphone signal was much better both close and far from the router. Man, I hope this is software, but I well not be holding my breath...:(
[EVO 4G General] SMARTPHONEPC:
Let's hope this gets resolved tomorrow:

http://www.androidcentral.com/another-update-evo-4g-coming-soon-sprint-and-htc

Let us know if it does or not..
[EVO 4G General] ajg23:
By the way, in my side-by-side comparison of my iPhone 3GS and Evo (in which the Evo couldn't hold a signal NEARLY as far as the iPhone :( ), I did use different channels on my router with the same result, and I used Wifi Analyzer on the evo to confirm no other nearby wifi networks were interfering with the signal :P

Hope Sprint/HTC don't think they just need to adjust the signal meter!

[PS: using the first Hero Froyo ROM...but had the same problem (I couldn't use the Evo reliably on my back porch) even out of the box... :( ]
[EVO 4G General] nthnet:
Wifi Not Working with Predefine Configuration

I manually configured my EVO for my hidden SSID but just just won't pickup my router at all. All of my other phones work fine. Does anybody having the same issue or having a solution for this?
[EVO 4G General] :
I've experienced the same poor WiFi reception on my EVO. I have the basic Belkin G router. What improved my experience, at my house at least, was turning on the extended signal in the router's settings. Now I no longer have trouble staying connected in my back bedroom or out on my porch.

You can't fix the problem everywhere you go, but at least you can try to work around it in your own home.

Sent from my Baked EVO via the XDA app.
[HD2 General] 1quickturbosix:
So I tried purchasing an MP3 from Amazon and it downloaded fine and I put it in my "my music" folder. But it wont show up in my native Sense MP3 player. When I go in and explore the folder I see it and it will let me open it with windows media player, but it wont show up in the native sense player. Anyone else have this problem?

Also, what does everyone use for purchasing MP3's? Amazon says I need some MP3 downloader software otherwise it wont let me purchase the music? What gives?
[HD2 General] jdwrrzmm:
The native Sense player has a "Purchases" section. The most far right tab I believe. Try checking there.
[HD2 General] 1quickturbosix:
Yea, I just tried purchasing a song from there (its amazon), and it makes you download a .amz file and that starts your download. Unfortunatley the broswer doesnt do anything once you download it. DUMB!
[HD2 General] 1quickturbosix:
This is like the first thing that has really upset me about this phone!!!! I cant download music on the go..... thats some BS!!!
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
What exact folder does it put the music in? It could be that it places the newly downloaded song in the program files folder for the amazon download app, which is hidden from the sense music player indexing (all of the program files folder is that way).
[HD2 General] 1quickturbosix:
Well I got that part figured out, I just did one of their free songs and got everything working.

But then I actually purchased one, which downloads this .AMZ file which is suppose to initiate the download of the actual mp3 file, but it doesnt seem to do anything. When I click on it it says there is no program associated with the file.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Ok I just googled it, and the .amz file requires the desktop downloader from Amazon...I don't know that Amazon has any method to download paid songs that don't require that app or a mobile client (like android has).
[HD2 General] 1quickturbosix:
Wow, I cant believe that nobody has ever used that "shop music store" function in the native player!!!!?
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
I get the feeling it was just never fully implemented as amazon never produced a winmo client, and I've never seen any other direct-to-device MP3 stores for winmo.
[HD2 General] 1quickturbosix:
This makes me sad pandas!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] undefined:
I was wondering if theres any way to enable the keyboard backlight in Android because I do alot of texting in my room ,and Im too lazy to turn the light on
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] viper786:
When in Windows Mobile, run Haret WHILE the backlight in your keyboard is lit and it will stay lit when u go to Android
[XPERIA X10 General] brunswick000:
Is there anyway to take screenshots of whatever is currently showing on your X10 screen like iphone users can? This would be a nice feature. I tried searching the forums here to see but didn't find anything to suggest that you can. Also on ESATO forums you can take shots while connected to your pc but thats not exactly the handiest way. Anyone have a clue if this is possible on our phones?
[XPERIA X10 General] lornova:
The only way to take a screenshot in a non rooted Android device is using the Android debugger on a PC connected via USB to the device.
[XPERIA X10 General] brunswick000:
Bummer

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[XPERIA X10 General] ashman84:
Would recommend everyone to voice their opinion in this thread.

http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/1516#1516

Please spread the word around..SE must answer to the customer..

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[XPERIA X10 General] rocketpaul:
yh, it was started by some one xda.
[Android Apps and Games] RickBaller:
I'm not sure if this will work or how this works but I'm wondering if there are any avenues to request a feature or modification to an app when the original developer is unresponsive to requests? Obviously this would only be for personal use and not for redistribution of the app.

App: BattStatt

Mod: I love the look and simplistic nature of this widget. My only grip is that I'm running it on an Evo 4g with a large 800x480 display and when I use the widget in a 4x1 configuration the text only takes up a small portion of this defined area. I want the text to scale up to where it fills the 4x1 space as much as possible so space isn't wasted. Can this modification be done easily by any of the developers around here? I'm not sure how this works so don't flame me lol.
[Android Apps and Games] speckles:
Typically, the source code needs to be available to modify how it works. Is it?
[Android Apps and Games] RickBaller:
All I have is the app itself as downloaded through the market. I'm not sure how to go about getting the source code.
[Android Apps and Games] Brut.all:
Hmm.. this app uses "sp" units to set font size, so text should automatically scale to constant physical size.

I won't modify it for you, because I would have to create 5 different sizes, so you would choose the best for you. But you could quite easily do it by yourself using apktool. Link is in my signature.

EDIT:

Or just tell me, how much bigger you want this text.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] admorris:
Came from the Droid and pretty much owned that phone up and down, but Evo is a different bird. I did the simple Unrevoked root method to run some of my root apps...question is, how do I unroot after using this method? Very much appreciated in advance. I am new to this particular forum, came from Droidforums.net, but always kept an eye on things over here.

thanks again,

Alan
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mu5ic92:
if im not wrong all you have to do is just restart the device
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donatom3:
Well first you uninstall the unrevoked app then you restart the device and you're done.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] admorris:
Appreciate it guys...I hate having such a noob question on my first post :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverStone641:
when you guys say "restart" you don't just mean holding down the power button until the phone asks you if you want to turn it off do you? you mean a full, data wiping, hard-reset right?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
No just restart the phone. Turn it off and then turn it on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverStone641:
oh, well thats very easy. thank you!:cool:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michael Weston:
where do i uninstall the unrevoked app at? p.s. i just rooted my dinc with unrevoked 3
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] todivefor:
How do you un-root from unrEVOked3?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Veritas06:
If it is the same as the first unrevoked, you just have to install the APK.

If it has changed ( i used Simple Root to get root & real NAND unlock ) then it's the same as unrooting any other root or unlock: Run the official RUU.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bpdamas:
Going into settings under manage applications there should be an unrevoked app that you can uninstall.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redditor01:
just for future reference, this post should go into the Q&A section.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 513fabe:
Hey I rooted w/unrevoked3 and it's diff from the unrevoked.APK

I was wondering can I just go ahead and do a simple root or another full root method over unrevoked or any other root method ?...or do I have do use an RUU then do another root method, see unrevoked3 doesn't have nand unlock or something so I cannot put damage control 3.2.2 on tit,

Dextermorph at gmail
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obi_8t4:
will this remove the SU icon?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
you are all wrong! If you are talking about the one button mobile app, carry on with your rebooting. If you are talking about unrevoked 3.2.1, you are on the wrong ship, and your ship is sinking fast. Pm me for questions on unrooting 3.2.1
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rattlesnake8:
can u tell please, how to unroot 3.2.1 ??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
to unroot 3.2.1, you need to flash toast's mtd-eng.img to the misc partition, before flashing unrevokedforevers-on.zip tool, and then either run an ruu or flash stock pc36img.zip. be happy. if this is too confusing, go to toast's how to root part two and do up to the flashing misc with mtd-eng.img ( code that you stop after is /data/local/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img) then you flash the s-on tool from the unrevoked website and flash to stock or run ruu.

dk
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoemanstan:
where do i get the latest RUU???
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
go to shippedroms.com. Those are ruu files
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xNotta:
For 3.2.1

Try reading the FAQ's here http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever

Flash S-On and restore using the RUU.

ShippedRoms (RUU): http://bit.ly/f9Jx0f
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC94:
Unroot Evo unrevoked3

Would you mind teaching me how to run the original RUU? I'm pretty inexperienced with rooting and am not sure what running the original RUU means at all.

I'm mainly doing this because of the recent OTA update that Sprint released for the Evo and my phone won't let me install them as my phone is rooted. When i try to install my phone restarts and it gives me an exclamation point and i'm forced to take out the battery.

It would really appreciate it if you or someone else could help me.

L
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
I can't find the UnrEVOked apk or app no where & I know I'm rooted via UnrEVOked .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
Same thing happened to me HTC94

What do I do ? Wait for gingerbread Rom to come out or unroot ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC94:
At this rate, probably wait for gingerbread because it doesn't seem like anyone is going to help us out. Please let me know if you find a source a help from here or anyone else!!

Thanks,

L
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shauli20:
I believe the RUU is run on your computer with your phone connected to it. It will update the software on your phone to stock un-rooted.

But if your only reason for unrooting is because of the OTA, there is no need to un-root. Many developers in the EVO development forum are updating their own ROMs to be based on the latest OTA. If you rooted with Unrevoked 3.21 then you should be able to just download an updated ROM of your choice and flash via Recovery mode. If you rooted with the original Unrevoked 3 then you won't be able to flash ROMs. I'm not sure what to do in that case.

Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
I did flash it with UnrEVOked 3

Does that means I'm ****ed ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC94:
Thank you that is extremely helpful!!! Would you mind sending me a link to a page where I could find a rom like this?

Thanks again,

L
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shauli20:
All the custom ROMs are in the EVO development section here at XDA.

Most ROMs indicate in their title what they're based on. So look for 3.70 in the title. I'm not sure which ROMs have already updated. The one I use is called MikFroYo, and the dev of this ROM is working on updating his ROM. Right now it's still on 3.30 but it should be ready soon. I highly recommend this ROM. Again, search for this ROM or any other in the development section.

Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jbcarrera:
its real easy and i don't mean this sarcastically flash the s-on tool till your bootloader says s-on then run the officail ruu
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC94:
Thanks so much you've been extremely helpful. So all in do is put the one I want on my Ad card and flash it?

Thanks,

L
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
I'm kinda new to this ?

How do I do that ?

Do I need any applications 4 that ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shauli20:
Yes. But a few things to keep in mind:

You better have NAND unlocked. (As long as you didn't root with the original Unrevoked 3 then you should be fine.)

If you're using RA recovery then the zip needs to be in the root of your SD card. (Very recommended, better than ClockWorkMod)

You need to first wipe/ factory reset, wipe Cache and dalvik and then flash the zip. This means you will need to reinstall your apps and set up your home screens again, among other things. There apps that can backup everything, like Titanium backup or MyBackup.

Good luck!

Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shauli20:
I'm not sure what you want to do.

Do you want to un-root or do you want to flash a custom ROM?

Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
Can I unroot back to stock if I used UnrEVOked 3 ?

Should I Evan bother getting the latest update from Sprint ? Elsewhere ? Wait for gingerbread ?

As i said I'm new to this & still learning about rooting & unrooting.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shauli20:
I'm still not sure what you want. If you want the latest OTA from Sprint and can't get it to update then go flash a custom ROM based on the latest OTA. Follow my instructions from above.

Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICEReaction:
To unroot, as mention earlier, you download and flash the unrevoked-forever-son.zip to get back to S-ON (assuming you either used unrevoked 3.21/3.22 or used unrevoked3 for root and then unrevoked forever for S-OFF).

Here's an unroot guide written by djR3Z: [GUIDE] How to Unroot the EVO in 2 STEPS

I do believe the PC36IMG file in this guide is outdated. So you can follow the steps to get back to S-ON and then download and install an official RUU or perform an OTA update (settings -> system update).

This 3.70 RUU was posted in the Development Section: OTA_supersonic_3.70 + full RUU

From the thread:

So running this RUU should unroot you. But please do read the entire thread first just so you understand what's going on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
Thank you all for the help .

To be honest with u all , I'm not sure what to do .

Keep the phone rooted the way it is or get the update & unroot the phone or just wait for gingerbread next year & then flash a new Rom ?

I think i just need some guiding about rooting or what to do next .

After I rooted with UnrEVOked 3 .

Should I install a custom Rom ? Keep this stock Rom ?

Thanks again for everyone here @ XDA u guys ROCK !!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shauli20:
You don't NEED to do anything. But if you want to stay up to date and keep your root access, then go ahead and flash the stock rooted 3.70 ROM. It's in the EVO development section. Here is a link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=874251go with Deodexed version.

Do you know how to flash custom ROMs?

Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shauli20:
Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
No I have no clue

Is it complicated ?

That will wipe out everything right ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shauli20:
No, it's actually pretty easy. I don't want to turn this thread into a tutorial, though. If you want help, go to the forum at SprintUsers.com and look for the EVO sub-forum (under the Android forum) and post in the sticky thread titled 'pre and post OTA... '. I and others will be glad to help you there.

http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=210441

Sent from my EVO rockin' MikFroYo!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elateok:
me too .. me too … me too …. man I’m lost !!!!!

ship has sailed and the baron waste lands have faded into the long kiss of darkness …. oh shall we now hope for light?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] nokiadashi:
i am using WM6.1_21048_M2.1 [Jackos Oldschool ROM v1.1] for several days, I am satisfied with its speed,stability and battery life so far.

But the lock/unlock screen is too primitive,you touch "Unlock" twice to unlock the screen,I want that slide-to-unlock thing which is cooked in every wm6.5 roms.

I looked to s2u2,but feedbacks appeared that s2u2 is battery drain maker. so i am not going to try that.

Another lock/unlock program,called PocketShield,no much opinion about its battery drain,so I may try it,but before I do,i want to ask you for opinion,is it ok to install PocketShield? I worry this thing will bring some battery drain to my phone.

I cannot tolerate my phone battery drain,I am always stay outdoor,it scares me if I realize my mobile drains blood like there is open wound.

What about the default lock/unlock software which is cooked in every wm6.5 roms? what is its name?where to download? If every chef cook it into roms,so i think it doesnt have that battery drain thing? a second thought,maybe it comes with wm6.5 itself,not third party software?

Need your guidance,thanks.

Edit:I came back to wm6.1,that's because wm6.5 roms,so many i tried,were of this or that problem,hope wm6.1 is better,will write a post about my finding.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] huggs:
I use s2u2, and I never noticed any battery drain increase. And even if it does drain it a little faster, it is completely worth it. There is nothing about s2u2 that cannot be customised to make it look and behave exactly as you want it to. And if for some reason it drains your battery, you could always just uninstall it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] slapshot30:
This may not be exactly what you are looking for, but its a very cool unlocking app for android that has recently become available for winmo. It's called ThrottleLock, you unlock it by a pattern you specify with the dots. You can even skin it to however you like. Just google throttle lock and youll be able to find the developers site.