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[EVO 4G General] KawaiSUNku:
I am currently an iphone 3gs user coming from a g1 (first android phone) then moving to a mytouch 3g then used to play with my girlfriends hero. Honestly i have no regrets making the move to the iphone. Android is honestly in a different class than apples iphone. And the iphone is the superior class in this mobile os war we have ongoing today. You have to remember android is running on dozens on phones while iphone os is running on simply just one model with years of upgrades.

But anyway people are looking for simplicity, features that are easy to access. And android seriously doesn't offer it to the extent apple does. I told myself for over a year that android was better than apple only finding myself to root my phone then install endless amounts of rom upgrades in a week. I need a phone that i can put down and not worry about having to upgrade its software at weeks end from some third party user,when everything was already available worry free in one phone from apple. Not to mention the endless unstable OS from android where I found myself needing to remove its battery inorder to restart the phone. As far as apps are concerned ive told people apps do not matter much as there are only so few usefull apps in the android or apple market. Multitasking? For what, the 3gs can already do that be on the phone talking and using anything else on the phone in the meantime is enough of a multitasking feature. Plus androids multitask slows the phone down too much, you need to be on top of 3rd party program to control your multitasking

Maybe the evo will change all this, I really dont know and i really dont care because I am happy with my iphone 3gs as it has everything I need, A GREAT CAMERA, a great browser, Extremely stable os, great service from atnt (on tmobile i almost never had 3g and if i did it would be with 2 bars) GREAT keyboard for my big fingers, and the list goes on. The evo is merely doing nothing more than waking up a giant that has been asleep for the past 2 years at apple, which should awake with something real big as early as tomorow ;)

Congrats on new evo owners i hope your android experience is nothing like mine.
[EVO 4G General] hchavarria:
I agree. I switched to Sprint and the Evo, first I don't see myself saving any significant amount of money from AT&T and second I think the Evo provides great hardware but not so good OS. The os is fine but in terms of simplicity and things just working the way they should I give it to iPhone. Second the quality of the apps appear to be better on the iPhone than on android.
[EVO 4G General] v2tech:
I too bought an EVO!

I still haven't canceled my ATT account. After 2 days of use, I am pretty certain I am going to return my EVO. I thought I will wait until I see new iPhone but now I am pretty certain I will return my EVO!

I think it's not about how many features you have in your phone but about how comfortably you use them.

Few not so good things about EVO from "my" perspective:

1. Now so great browser. I have tried the stock browser as well as dolphin HD but not much difference. There any many features in browsers but usability still sucks!

2. Overall OS navigation is not as intuitive and smooth as iPhone OS. Don't take me wrong, Android has many features, you can do almost everything that do on your PC but that's not what it takes to beat iPhone. It's all about execution of features!!

3. iTunes is really important for iPhone success. I really miss something like iTunes for Android. also, itunes is backed by Apple so expect great support for your iPhone.

4. Why do you need separate mail applications, one GMail and other "Mail"?

Anyway, Android is a very good OS for "engineers/geeks" made by "engineers/geeks". Those ppl will definitely enjoy it. I am too an engineer but I still enjoy using iPhone.

I know a lot of ppl complain, including myself, that there is not personalization in iOS and it looks old styled etc etc but it is still awesome and serves the purpose in a very easy way!
[EVO 4G General] chazglenn3:
The equivalent for iTunes is Double Twist.
[EVO 4G General] mrmomoman:
1) Itunes as one of the main reasons. Oh Boy.

2) The browser beats the IPHONE browser in speed and is ease of use. What is your main difference?

3) It's a google phone - Gmail :) - Why do I have to have ITUNES with APPLE?

4) Execution of feature? You mean click one item. Close it out. Click another Box - close that out. On and On. Loved it when I would use IGO8 Nav and have to quit that just to look for something and have to restart the application all over again to get me back to where I was going. That was FUN! NOT.

I am not defending the EVO - I just find it funny how in two days you complain about it's inability to duplicate your IPHONE.
[EVO 4G General] krillik08:
Im still using my iphone 3g on tmobile and got my evo with sprint. sprint is my work phone and iphone my personal. I love both, android is fantastic and i had the g1 the day it came out paid about 600 for it. since then ive loved android with all my heart but lets face it.. iphone will always have a place in the world due to the number of apps made for it. there are some apps that are only available on iphone that i use on a daily basis. but soon people will be developing those apps for android (such as logmein ignition). thats just my 0.02.

EDIT: just fyi im not saying one is better than the other but as other people on here have stated, its mainly apples marketing and app store that makes it what it is. everyone wants to develop for iphone but hardly for android but boy is that going to change with the number of android phones being sold now. as far as simplicity.. both are simple.. hell maybe all my apps arent on the screen at once but i would much rather have LESS apps on my screen press a button and they all show up rather than sorting through pages and pages of apps. on my iphone i have 5x5 rows and columns and i have 14 pages of apps. damnit. lmao.
[EVO 4G General] afma_afma:
Agreed....
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llvllaster:
Since i've upgrated my Hero to the rooted official 2.1 ROM, i can't login into my Google account.

"Can’t establish a reliable data connection to the server"

What i've tried so far but still get the same message as above.

- Formated via Home+Back+No button.

- Cleared the cache of Google apps (in app management) restarted and tried again.

- restarted phone without SimCard.

What can it be.???

Thx in adv for your helps.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uniyah:
Did you configure manually your APN?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llvllaster:
Yes i did. I'm using apn backup/restore app. Its the first time that i have this issue.

Rgrds.

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[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holistic:
Had the same problem after updating, flashing the new radio solved the problem for me

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[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llvllaster:
Which radio Rom is it.?

ps: have updated to 63.18.55.06OU_6.35.15.01 but still don't work. :(

Sometimes i receive a different error.

"this could be a temporary problem or your phone may not be provisioned for data services. Please try again when connected to a mobile network, or connect to a wi-fi network. If the problem continues, call customer care."

However data services are enabled, as wifi or 3G, internet etc all work.

thx.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llvllaster:
I just read on a web site that fu**ed Turkish Telekom has banned some of Google servers (google translate, maps etc). That means, i have to wait until fu**ed Turkish Telekom has solved this issue.

Thx a lot to everyone.

Rgrds.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjeancw:
ok, so while best buy was activating my phone (which took a litle shy of 3 hours) , they updated the firmware or the software (whatever it is that was updating at the time). when i had a touch pro 2 i rellied heavily on xda-wifi program to provide internet to my laptop. am i screwed now that best buy updated my phone? how can i get my phone to provide wifi to my laptop? i am in the dark, and even tho i love the evo's speed it still does not compare to a laptop and what it can do. Please help. i feel like if i am in the dark ages without wifi hotspot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecodemonk:
Like the hero when it first came out, wifi tethering in it's classic form doesn't work yet. HOWEVER: Go enable your sprint hotspot app...I believe I heard that haven't locked it down yet so even though you're not paying for the service, it should work in a pinch. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
I seen i lot of this going on at best buy while i was waiting in line. They didnt get to mine though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjeancw:
hmm ill try it, im guessing using the sprint hotspot "free" until they fix it will be uncapped huh?

but now that they updated me, am i going to be able to root? i saw a few post that people were able to get wifitethering after root but it was kinda of tricky.

i, for one dont mind the sprint tv, navigation and other sprint stuff. i actually enjoy using them (i mean im paying for em right?). but i would like a program like xda-wifi (the one i had on my tp2) where all i had to do was run the cab and it installed the program.

is there anything out there now where i can use the wifitethering abilities of the phone while keeping my rom "LIKE" stock with all programs that came out the box?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjeancw:
when i go to sprint hotspot and check the sprint mobile hotspot it gives me "error code 67. Registration failure. your pcs vision username and/or password may be incorrect. please try again"
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 06ms6:
The (temporary) free hotspot only works on 4G.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjeancw:
ah, that would make sense...seeing as how im in boston and 4g not getting here till 4th quarter 2010...this is insane...what do i do now in order to provide my laptop with internet from my phone? if someone could help me with the root or something. but my phone is updated, can i even do it now?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterninja:
I don't live in a 4G area. Last night I was able to tether my HERO, my iTouch (I know:o), my wife's PRE, and my laptop. But today, I get the "error code 67". Darn it!:(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steb0ne:
You can root ur phone after the OTA if you go to http://unrevoked.com/m from your phone browser and download the .apk, then run it... seemed to work pretty good for me at least it appears I'm rooted now (I couldn't get wifi tether to work tho)

On a side note...anyone else use this method or know if this is safe and/or from a trusted source? I usually stick to XDA for mod stuff, I just happened to run across this, this morning someone on Twitter posted it

EDIT: I see the other thread, nvm
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjeancw:
the only reason i would root is to get access to get access to wifi tether, otherwise i have no reason to root (im not into removing apps and stuff).

what other threat did you see that had to do with my issue?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techknowfile:
the updates started the moment she activated my phone. saw the word 'firmware' and yelled "NO!", reached over her shoulder and hit cancel.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enragedpaza:
Hope so because my friend was testing my phone and when he gave it back it was doing the update. He told me there was an update available, but he made it seem like it was an update in the market place! Now qik force closes overtime I open it.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docmalc:
At Google I/O they announced the new cloud-to-device api where you can send a page directly from Chrome to your Android where it automatically loads the screen from your desktop Chrome on your Android with 1 click.

Check it out here, its 12:15 into the video on youtube, search for: "Google I/O 2010 - Keynote Day 2 Android Demo - Full Length" - its the 42 min version.

Also, you can see a review on thechromesource website /tag/cloud-to-device-api/

Is there something like this out now to start using or do I have to wait for 2.2?

Thanks!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shidell:
It's called Chrome-to-Phone, requires Chrome (Browser) and the C2P plug-in, and also will require a program for your phone which requires Froyo (for API 8).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docmalc:
Does that mean I have to wait for Froyo to be (officially) released or go with unofficial release?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shidell:
An official release will definitely work, the unofficial (SDK) release may or may not, as the code isn't necessarily final.

Additionally, at last check, I don't believe the C2P .APK is available yet. Don't quote me on that, though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thecodemonk:
There's the official (by HTC) release for our phones

There's the unofficial (not yet released by HTC) official (released by google) release that I'm sure people will fit to our phones before HTC releases theirs

Then there's the unofficial release (kindof where it stands now).

So...I have no idea if it will work right now (remember, Froyo isn't actually out yet, what people have been putting on their N1 and Droid is an unfinished leak). When the official release by google comes out, it will most likely work as quick as our devs can port it over and it will 99% be likely to work with the official release by HTC promised before the end of the year.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mardox:
running froyo on my nexus one and wanted to try some metamorphs but metamorph just tells me that i dont have busybox installed. but i use titanium backup which installs busybox.

so what can i do to fix it?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] xXJay_RXx:
im also having the same issue :confused:
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] watercool:
crap i had the same issue and fixed it.. but i have no idea how cause i flashed so many files :(

edit: ah, sorry, i think i had the problem with stock frf50.. mcr fixed it :(

http://android.modaco.com/content/g...or-nexus-one-with-online-kitchen-frf50-froyo/

aaah, no.. try this! Works 100%

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=686627
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] xXJay_RXx:
(for that last link u posted in this post) will this work for the froyo rooted stock version??
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] watercool:
sure, do a nandroid backup before!

this is just the rooted froyo kernel with some tweaks, so no reason why it shouldn't work.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] followinginsanity:
All you have to do is put the stock Froyo on your phone, and use Cyanogen's quick root method. It will install busybox and the superuser binary. Paul's does not include busybox by default
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] watercool:
can someone do an update.zip with ONLY busybox included?
[Hero CDMA General] lukas718:
Guys my wife just got Hero and I got evo. She changed her wallpaper on unlock screen and now instead of slider whole screen (wallpaper) comes down when trying to unlock the phone. I tried system restore ( she has 2.1 android ) and still same thing - how can I get i back to just moving slider not the whole wallpaper ?

plz help
[Hero CDMA General] unCoRrUpTeD:
I think the whole wallpaper is supposed to slide down.

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[Hero CDMA General] lukas718:
just a slider - thats how it was before and thats how it is with my evo too
[Hero CDMA General] HeroMeng:
Look... Not to be rude or anything, but is this really that big of a deal? When I was ever on a sense rom, the wallpaper ALWAYS slid down. It really is NOT a big deal.

/rant
[Hero CDMA General] lukas718:
not to be rude but if it wasnt a big deal to me I wouldnt even post my question here.

I tried hard resets and still no luck

what is strange that I cant downgrade to diff ruu version so maybe rom image got damaged when upgraded to 2.1
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
If you run an ruu you're not supposed to be able to downgrade, that's why it's a challenge to gain root on new os versions.

I have never seen a sense lockscreen that didn't slide the wallpaper down with the lockbar
[Hero CDMA General] lukas718:
so it was like that out of the box until she used picture that she took from the phone and set it as wallpaper then all change and we arent able to get back.

Now my evo is the same - when power on the screen I have a wallpaper and lock bar and then i slide it down only bar moves and the wallpaper just changes to home screen
[Hero CDMA General] ziggy682:
Not to be rude, but I think you're mistaken. I think you may be confusing your Evo's lock screen with what you think you saw on your wife's Hero's lock screen.

I have had the Hero since launch day, and the lock screen has always slid the entire wallpaper down. I have probably run 40 different ROMs, and this has always been the case.

I just watched an EVO video so I could see how that lock screen behaves. I can guarantee you that I have never seen my phone do that, nor have I seen my two coworkers Heros do that.
[Hero CDMA General] derekwilkinson:
Haha, this is funny.

First off... calm down. Oh no, the wallpaper is sliding down! Major issue!

This isn't a major issue. It's more of a personal preference. Posting "MAJOR ISSUE" makes it look like a big problem, then seeing that it is just something you don't like... very deceptive and you just did it to get more attention. Not cool.

Second off, it has ALWAYS slid down. Maybe on a different lock screen it had a different behavior, but the Hero lock-screen (including wallpaper) slides down. It has always been like that. It will always be like that.
[General Questions and Answers] Infon1:
Am having some problem with my nexus one ive notice since i wipe my phone and install froyo, i tried going back to my cyano 5.0.6 but my camera isnt working whenever i switch to recorde a video the phones automatically reboots,but when i flash the froyo rom the camera is working perfectly there but when i try going back to my cyanogen its not working, anybody know what the problem is, also today i flashed cy 5.0.7 and am having the same problem.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rustyman14:
I partitioned my 8gb card before so I could use apsd and I don't use it anymore so I formatted my card and it still only tells me there's 6700 mb available.. I know some of the card will be taken up with software to make the card work but I didn't think it would be a gig.. did I format the card wrong?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddmatt02:
if not the whole reason, most of the reason is that when the manufacturer makes their claim of 8GB, they are using the formula of 1000B being 1KB, 1000KB being 1MB, 1000MB being 1 GB, then when systems read the card, 1024B is 1KB, 1024KB is 1MB, 1024MB is 1GB...

so if the card is 8000000 Bytes claimed by the manuf. then 8000000/1024/1024 should be 7.6 gigs

my 8gig card shows 7.39 in my phone, so maybe the OS reserved 200MB for something?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smw6180:
If you partitioned your SD card for a2sd reformatting won't give you back the whole card. You need to repartition and select 0 for swap, 0 for ext and 'the rest' for FAT. That will repartition it into something your phone (and Windows/Mac/etc) can see and give you back the full available space.
[Hero CDMA General] gunnyman:
Ok THIS is cool (if it works)

http://www.unrevoked.com/
[Hero CDMA General] unCoRrUpTeD:
The code from it is what Regaw used in his thread on how to root 2.1. I just downloaded and it is an apk. I'm still rooted from 1.5 but it appears you can download from your phone and run the app and then you have root.

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[Hero CDMA General] kashb91:
i dont know if it works for hero users, but ive read quite a few success stories over at the evo forums.
[Hero CDMA General] gunnyman:
I had a sneaking suspicion that the key to rooting the Hero was going to be tied to the Evo. The Evo gets rooted soon after Google I/O and they held the code back to get it done until evo release day, which makes sense. I'm quite happy with how things are looking. When I eventually scrape the pennies together to get the Evo I'll be able to root it easily. :)
[Hero CDMA General] unCoRrUpTeD:
That's going to be a lot of pennies. I told one of the guys from work I was getting the Evo and he was like "son of a b!tch" I can't afford one right now, but the look on his face was funny.

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[Hero CDMA General] gunnyman:
I can get one at new subscriber rates in 11 months. :( I'm hoping that in 6 months the Evo is old and busted and there will people dumping it for brand new hotness. What I'd really like is an Evo specced phone without 4G or it's upcharge.
[Hero CDMA General] jporter12:
Plus 1 on that! I'm not unhappy with my Hero though. I AM sort of regretting getting the Hero, because now I want the cool new phones! Actually, I'll blame it on the Instinct and being on the everything family plan, which give me premier account status, where I get the full upgrade every year...
[Hero CDMA General] jporter12:
Maybe Regaw will chime in on this and tell us what's going on with it, and if someone just took his work and turned it into an app.
[Hero CDMA General] nemesys504:
Confirmed

I confirm this 1 click root does work on the Hero. Love this method. Great work from the developers.
[Hero CDMA General] aiwetir:
if you read his rooting guide, you will see that they collaborated.
[Hero CDMA General] kashb91:
did it root with 2.1, or with 2.1+the ota update that was recently released?
[Hero CDMA General] Jim_Bob:
instructions

I went to the web address....there are no instructions on how to use it. Do you download to your phone or to your computer?
[Hero CDMA General] aacevedo17:
On your phone.

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[Hero CDMA General] mlblack16:
I too did this, but now my Hero won't update the weather and I can't access the market...something about a data connection error.

Anyone else experiencing this?
[Hero CDMA General] mlblack16:
oops, make that "a network error has occurred"
[Hero CDMA General] Decad3nce:
unrEVOked is a one-click-root tool by mmastrac who also got a lot of help from the likes of toastcfh, maejrep, and some other guys.

The exploit behind the tool is the exact same one used in Regawmod's root for 2.1, just the boot.img was patched to play nicely with our phones.

Then again, I don't see why this is in the development section.
[Hero CDMA General] feefeeboomboom:
so.. lol im not to new to this but is this flashing a recovery? or just gaining root and adding su ect ect.

well i will find out in a min either way lol

edit:

worked perfectly, no problems here. :-)
[Hero CDMA General] mlblack16:
Is there any chance this has messed with my Hero? I can't get online and weather won't display or connect. I have done multiple soft resets. Is there something I am forgetting to do? I downloaded and ran the unrevoked apk.
[Hero CDMA General] feefeeboomboom:
try loading a custom rom.

or call customer service, Sprint shut off my data for now reason last week and couldnt tell me how it happend.

does the phone make calls? sms? mms?
[Hero CDMA General] mlblack16:
Well, I did another soft reset, but this time pulled the battery and waited several minutes. The network access came back, weather started working again, etc. So then I downloaded/installed wireless tether and started to play with that but then the network access went down again. I can't figure out if its Sprint getting screwy or this phone
[Hero CDMA General] feefeeboomboom:
from what i was told and went threw its sprint.

very cool, recovery flash went perfect. loading darchdroid now. YAY i love the fact 2.1 got rooted.
[Hero CDMA General] aacevedo17:
So, is this different from the root guide posted here on xda ? How do we load custom roms on this unrevoked method.

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