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[EVO 4G General] Minjin:
You gotta also figure that the 4g network is only going to get better. It will gradually get deeper and wider. I'm coming from At&t and where I am, their coverage is king. It is extremely rare that I would get less than full signal no matter where I went with my Nokia GSM phone. So, its a little new for me to look down at my Sprint Evo and see less than full connection. But so far, it has been solid. It is consistently low but I haven't had any dropped calls and everything seems to be working fine. I've only encountered one area that completely lacked signal (and people say that this is impossible with the sprint/verizon network?....psshaw). I'm still not entirely sold on the network but I think I'm going to keep it.

Sitting here at home, my main signal is one or two bars down but 4g is a solid 1 or 2 bars. Kind of weird...
[EVO 4G General] deekoi:
Yeah, 4g has been increasing in speed since I first tested it. First it was 1mb now it's around 3!
[EVO 4G General] mrono:
That sounds wrong...

800/5 = 160

160/60 = 2 and a half minutes.

I can see you getting 8.14 mbps in a speed test, but not an 800mb file taking 20min when downloading at 4-5 mbps.
[EVO 4G General] boredmug:
I'm going off the figures that WiFi tether was spitting out. The actual torrent file was downloading at about 500k- 600k. Even on my home broadband connection which tests to about 12mbs per second I rarely get a torrent file downloaded at more than about 1mb per. Sec. I wish bit torrent downloaded at 12 megs per second. Someone else would have to explain it to you, because I can't tell you why your connection can be 8megs a sec and you only download 600k per sec. I assume it has something to do with bittorrent being a file sharing program. Either way, my download was WAY faster than tethering with 3g.
[EVO 4G General] boredmug:
Not too mention 3g and 4g isn't as consistent bandwidth as what comes out of your cable modem. I gave you my peak and a rough average.
[EVO 4G General] timkdodson:
Wow I'm gonna have to try that because I haven't been impressed with the 4g yet but I don't use it much because of the battery issues

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[EVO 4G General] jerryparid:
There is a difference between bytes and bits.

800 megabytes. OP was getting 4-5 megabits per second.

800 megabytes / 20 minutes * 60 seconds = 0.67 megabytes per second or 5.33 megabits per seconds, which is consistent with the 4-5 megabits quote.
[EVO 4G General] gbm85:
Yep, a byte is 8 bits, so 8 megabits per second equals 1 megabyte per second.
[EVO 4G General] oOflyeyesOo:
Figured everyone knew this.... kinda something you need to look into when you are buying internet for your home or doing speed tests.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] floho:
doesn't matter which cook ROM I am using, the phone shows I am connected to the internet but when I do open the Firefox or Explorer or Chrome it doesn't connect. I am using XP and in settings I see the phone connected.

I know I am missing something... but what?

Thnx
[HD2 General] dvigue:
If you did, why? and do u regret your decision?

i have both, i got to get rid of one, and i like them both...i LOVE the screen size of the HD2, but i LOVE the apps for the nexus..

decisions decisions..

thanks for your input!
[HD2 General] mazzarin:
I had the HD2, bought a Nexus One when it was available for ATT, then returned it after a few days. The HD2 had far superior build quality and I felt Android was still in pretty rough shape. Flashing to the Desire ROM helped quite a bit, but it was still rough around the edges. Further, Exchange support (namely subfolders) is far better supported in WinMo.
[HD2 General] dvigue:
yeah, i jsut get bored fast with my nexus..and i now that i have the hd2 running smooth (i love to play with the OS so winmo is perfect for me i guess) i love it even more..
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nechaus:
MY X1 wifi turns on, doesnt seem to find any wireless networks

iv tried a few roms using the sd card..

6.1

6.5 energy

some touch x one

with either any installed wifi doesnt work, and its driving me insane...

this is user error? or is my new phone broken..

i originally got it from ebay from china, was slow as... so i tried using the sony update tool... didnt work said i had foreign software on there, so just flashed it myself put the updated rom for 6.1 from sony, seems to be the fastest..
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jadenj5:
im using stock 6.1 yeahh i know boooo lol but i was wondering if theres a good swype keyboard out for the touch?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] scottter:
this is the android forum, you'd have better luck in the winmo subforum.

But I know there are swype QVGA versions out there, i used one for a while.

If you still can't find it after a while, PM me and I'll see what i have laying around my hard drives.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jadenj5:
yes i know but hardly anyone ever post over there anymore
[Touch CDMA Android Development] scottter:
well i think this should do it.

EDIT: sorry, its a private beta and xda doesn't want to deal with anything resulting from releasing the private beta etc.

if not i have another version that you could try
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jadenj5:
downloading now get back to u in a bit
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jadenj5:
it works perfectly thank you so much!! :)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tonayie2:
nvm.. characters
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mssmison:
10 characters :)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] deltagamer:
So I had a thread about swype as well and the file I was given was a trial. Which is now over. Is this a full version of it? Im running 320x480...
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jadenj5:
yeah full version everything works im using stock 6.1 so idk about android its a .cab file
[Touch CDMA Android Development] scottter:
delta gamer, i just got the same message and i found this version which is hacked to never expire

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[Touch CDMA Android Development] deltagamer:
Thanks scotter!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mssmison:
Please remove the posted links to Swype, it is closed private beta software and therefore not allowed to be hosted or linked on Xda-developers
[Desire General] tommo123:
i enable it under settings and it warns me about data usage and i click yes. it then stays ticked. i go out and back again and it's unticked itself

it doesn't update apart from manually. what am i doing wrong?
[Desire General] awestenb:
Nothing; mine does it too.
[Desire General] remzorian:
Anyone with a solution to this problem?
[Desire General] spritable:
I had the same issue. Go to Settings > Accounts & sync. Just enable "Auto-sync".

This is kinda general sync parameter with which you can enable/disable sync in all auto-sync applications.
[Desire General] keith-rogers:
I think this may be something that is cured by the latest update 1.21.405.2.

Check out the changelog, and the thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=693511

Notably the part about about, "Fixed htc's weather widget (integrated into clock&weather widget) not knowing where you are (1.15.xxx just said the name of the country in some countries)."
[Desire General] remzorian:
Thanks, it is rectified

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[EVO 4G General] AshMa:
*****BEGINNING OF RANT*****

Came from WinMo 6.5.x HD2 and a former Blackberry user. First go at Android. Got my Evo on launch day and I was super happy with it and the OS in general. Fast forward to a week later and I'm ready to toss it.

1. First there was a dead pixel and yellow streaks on any white background.

2. A little light leaking at the bottom but I had already read about that before buying in.

3. Then now the screen is rising at the bottom. Pressing down on it makes it feel like the screen has suspension; what is this a Blackberry Storm?!?!?!

4. And my fav is the fact that my device likes to reset itself at will. The phone just sits on my desk and all of a sudden the screen lights up and then it begins the reset 4G logo and all that jazz. It's now happened over a dozen times in just the last 3 days (Maybe more while I slept).

Now RadioShack keeps telling me they are getting more in and then they all get sold before I get there. They keep telling me they are going to hold one for me but of course they don't do so and instead make a new sale. Told them just now, that I'm done and am just going to bring my phone back and end my new contract and take my business somewhere else.

I do not trust the Evo! Anyone who has an Evo and says they don't have issues is just setting themselves up for issues later. The Evo has issues sooner or later. For some of us it has been sooner, and for the rest of you, it will be later. I've had 3 HD2's and still have one and they never had any of these issues. The build quality on the HD2 was much better, not to mention the thinness made for a perfect size and feel. If you are used to the feel of the HD2, then you'll miss how this it is once you handle the Evo. Days later and I still dislike how thick the Evo is (all other dim are just fine).

Now the question is what to get next??? I do really like Android but the Nexus One is an ugly little phone to my eyes and all the rest also have screens too small. I guess I don't have little princess girlie hands and so I can't understand the complaints about 4 inch + screen devices being too big. At this point I'm ready to try the iPhone 4G even though the small screen and no removable battery, bug me a lot. So they claim Apple has great build quality and that's one thing I want for sure. Then again I also want to try the Samsung Galaxy S but I can't get confirmation as to when it will be release here and on what carrier first. The Cell Phone Gods are really raining something wicked on this gadget loving dude........

*****END OF RANT*****
[EVO 4G General] boredmug:
Why not just go to a Sprint Corporate store with your phone and have them order you a new one.. Atleast then you won't get the run around from Radio Shack. I agree, you've got some issues there, but that's not to say your next phone will be the same. Sounds like you got a total lemon to me...
[EVO 4G General] rdude:
A lot of the issues you describe seem to be specific to one particular hardware revision of the EVO. If you search around on the forum you will see that people with units from earlier batches seem to be plagued by this stuff. My experience has been exactly the opposite, with the only unwanted resets occurring when I've been hacking the phone. If you can hold out for a replacement from a newer batch, I'm sure you will be a lot more satisfied.
[EVO 4G General] danknee:
They have a 30 day return period, right? It is there to remedy users like you feeling like they are stuck with a device they don't want. *edit* Maybe not since you indicated you bought at the crap shack. I'm not familiar with their return policy as I bought online from Sprint direct.

Even jailbroken, I will never be on the iPhone band wagon with you, but I hope it works out on your end.

As far as XDA goes, if you stay you will be isolated in the iPhone general forum here.
[EVO 4G General] SPENONE:
WOW....you know whats funny?..The same story your telling happened to me, BUT i had an HD2. The HD2 was the biggest POS i have ever owned in my entire life. The EVO has treated me well and i have NONE of the issues stated.

Clearly you have a bad phone. I say you either try and wait to snatch up a good working phone OR jump ship, iPhone 4. I had an iPhone for 2years...its a great phone!
[EVO 4G General] marctronixx:
what will ranting do? we see these posts daily on android forums, ppc geeks and xda.... htc nor sprint are looking at these posts.

look, if you are not happy with the device, return it for a FULL REFUND. then go to bestbuy tomorrow and pre order the iphone4. easy peasy lemon squeezy...
[EVO 4G General] SPENONE:
Funniest thing i have heard all day
[EVO 4G General] AshMa:
Thanks for your input guys!

Last night I read page after page on all the popular forums and blogs. It seems that these issues (mainly the screen rising) are happening to many folks out there. Some people are claiming the same things are happening on replacement phones as well. And again, I'm sitting here playing around with both the Evo and HD2 and I just keep wishing that the Evo will look over at the HD2, get inspired and suck in its stomach to be a little thinner like the HD2. Ha!

The pictures of the glue being the issue with the screen, really leads me to believe that it's just a matter of time until it happens to all of the current Evo's sold or about to be sold. I'm sure they’ll fix the issue with yet to be assembled Evo's but I don't trust the current batch to stay solid. I just don't want to invest hours and hours of my life tweaking the heck out of a device and then have to get rid of it in a few months. As I type right now, I thought my phone was about to start ringing but nope it was the resetting again. :mad:

Oh well......Gotta do something though because having a working phone is a must......
[EVO 4G General] AshMa:
Relax! Just letting off a little steam and sharing my experience with the rest of the class. After all this is a forum for sharing the good, bad and everything in between........

If I do go for the iPhone, I think I'll be the only person who gets a case just to cover up the Apple logo on the back. I really dislike doing the popular phone. Around my town, there is a whole breed of kids who drive Volkswagen Jetta's (or BMW 3 series with lease payments they can hardly afford); shop at The Gap and drink Starbuck daily if not hourly and all have iPhones. I'd like to stay away from becoming more and more like them. Okay all joking aside, I'm not an Apple fan but I would like to just stick with something nice this month.
[EVO 4G General] BAleR:
If you do switch...

Which I think if you just try one more time, you'll stay.. If not then I would get the Iphone 4, It looks pretty sweet. I came to this new Evo from being a 3GS PROUD owner, I loved that phone, there wasn't a thing that I couldn't do with that phone. or a single App, widget or way I couldn't make it behave. (sorry)

I used and abused that phone. Battery worked like new after 2 years of abuse and tethering. Not one single problem with that phone. As for jailbreaking future, they will have 4.0 broken, they already do. and thats all you need to get everything you want.

What I would do is, and I'm startin to think about it too...

Go up to the main store like dude up top said, and give it a try, if you still have like a week left you can slow play it out to the last second and if they don't get it or refuse, then just cut it off. Get your money back and go get a freakin Iphone! and even tell em when you leave, "F*** THIS! I'M GETTI'N A IPHONE!!:D
[EVO 4G General] flexte:
have to agree that the hd2 build quality blows the evo away. most people wouldn't notice the things i notice but the power button on my evo is uneven and the camera is slightly crooked. not a deal breaker just bad quality. i did return my first unit because of a dead pixel.
[EVO 4G General] AshMa:
I've been using 4inch + screens since 2004 (HP Pocket PC's) and I'm not sure I'll be able to go smaller so right now that's my main issue with the iPhone. Going to the 4.3" screen of the Evo, could you see yourself going back to a 3.5" screen?
[EVO 4G General] Aridon:
Sounds like you have a lemon. No need to *****, bring it back to sprint or radio shack and get a new one or your money back.

Simple solution. If they don't have one ask sprint to order it for you.
[EVO 4G General] misticjeff:
I hate to admit it but you are a much better man than I.

I cannot tell a 1.7mm difference in my hand when not holding both together, side by side, even then it's tough. (considering that a microSD card is approx. 1mm in thickness). Nor can I tell the difference of 13 grams in weight (.4585 ounces).

You must have superhuman senses or a micrometer. ;)
[EVO 4G General] AshMa:
So just to be clear; if someone goes to a forum devoted to a device and begins to explain their experience with said device, it is *****ing as long as said experience is negative in nature? However, should one's experience be positive; then those comments are not to be considered *****ing? Okay, glad we're all on the same page here. Makes all the sense in the world......

Again as I've already stated; I ported in from T-Mobile. If I return my phone to RadioShack, then I will be ending my new Sprint contract and have to start a new contract elsewhere and in doing so, I will most likely not be able to keep my number of 10 years (not an option or risk I can take).
[EVO 4G General] AshMa:
Haha! Really, I'm 6'1 and I'm guessing I have pretty big hands because I don't think any 4"+ screen device is too big. And the Evo can fit in my shirt or pants pockets with no problem. But after 2 months on the HD2, I really do miss how slim it's profile feels. I just picked them both up and I can't see how you or anyone else couldn't feel a difference. It may not be a big a big deal to many and would be even less so to me, had I never had the HD2 first.
[EVO 4G General] deekoi:
Agreed, you got a lemon, go back and replace it. Sprint is good on that except since there is a shortage you might have to wait a bit... :\

good luck on the next one. It's honestly a good & cool phone. All the phones i have seen in person hasn't had any of these issues.
[EVO 4G General] Xenithflare:
Well, no need to get derogatory :p Radioshack has the same 30-day window that everyone else has; can't sell a phone without it, part of standard negotiations with carriers. That said, replacing a defective phone is generally very easy, but with the EVO, the way it's flying off the shelves, it's not easy to get ahold of one.

Here's the problem: if a store gets ten preorders, they might get five extra phones. When those phones come in, EVERYONE who missed out before KNOWS it, because they've been asking all week, and they show up bright and early. Things can get a little hectic. If you had one set aside for exchange, oftentimes not ALL of the employees are aware (unfortunately, this sometimes happens), and said employee sees a phone and sells it. It's a risk you take with a phone like that; I personally will never buy a phone in its first batch partially because of that exact issue.

What you need to do if contact the store you bought it at, tell them to take down your name and number on a large piece of paper, and write "HOLD EVO FOR EXCHANGE" on it in huge letters. Ask them to inform EVERY employee so there can be no mistakes. That way, when the phones come in, they can physically put it aside (hide it if necessary) and call you so you can do the swap at your leisure.

Some stores just don't do many wireless exchanges, so they space things off, I'm sad to say. Sorry you've had such a miserable experience so far.
[EVO 4G General] misticjeff:
Mostly just funnin' with ya... you'll notice in my signature that I own an HD2 as well (Telstra ATT 3G). Running an ENERGY ROM on it and love it as well. Problem for me is that WinMo has run its course and I really like Android. At the end of the day they are both nice phones, perhaps a small nod to the HD2 for design, but not enough to keep me away from the EVO.
[EVO 4G General] pixelpop:
............. +1000
[EVO 4G General] AshMa:
No way I'd go back to the HD2 even with Evo issues. Loved the HD2 but Android is much nicer in so many ways. But if I can't get an Evo that has a build quality as good as the HD2, then I'm going to try the Samsung Galaxy, iPhone, or another Android phone that has a screen between 4 and 4.5 inches.
[EVO 4G General] mbaseball3:
I will trade you a working HTC touch (vogue), and a working HTC diamond both from sprint for your evo. Now isn't that better than saying just send it to me. Instead ill trade your crap phone for 2 of mine that work! :-D hell of a deal!!! Right?
[EVO 4G General] TickLe MY eLMo:
*****ing=complaining idiot, something you did plenty of.

Also, the screen feels far from plasticy, stop trying to look for flaws just because you got a unit with a few problems. And the thickness...WHO CARES!? It is barely thicker, i don't understand how someone could complain about it when it is BARELY thicker than the hd2.
[EVO 4G General] LordLugard:
Can't you just port your number back to T-Mobile or whatever provider you want to go to?

If you want to keep your existing number you should never "cancel" anything or end service first with current provider. The port-in request from the new carrier (or carrier you sign up with) takes care of things in the back end and preserves your number.
[EVO 4G General] pecosROB:
You had 3 HD2s... for 3 phone lines? (I'd hope so)
[EVO 4G General] toenail78:
You had 3 HD2s... for 3 phone lines?, yeah id hope so to.. otherwise i dont think the problem is the phone, the constant reset sounds like user error to me!

and then to say that..

"The Evo has issues sooner or later. For some of us it has been sooner, and for the rest of you, it will be later" ive been with sprint for close to 10yrs and have only had to return one phone, my motoQ and that was due to me having a bad flash.. something tells me every phone that you get you have had issues with! if i ever have ran into problems they have been issues that ive been able to correct themselves.. with all the problems youve mentioned with that one device it sounds to me that you just need to learn to take care of your stuff, im almost willing to bet youve dropped your phone a good amount of times also.. srta sound like my sister, no matter which phone she gets she manages to have so many issues with it.. my wife has a hero, i have the evo, my son has a diamond, daughter has the moment, not a single issue on any phone..
[EVO 4G General] redrazr7791:
+1

This should be a sticky at the top of every cellphone forum :cool:
[EVO 4G General] AshMa:
Nice! People such as yourself, make the internet what it is. Hope you have a better day tomorrow. And if you will, try to imagine that just beause you don't understand something or another persons view, doesn't mean people should feel and see things as you do.
[EVO 4G General] AshMa:
Yes, I can port to another carrier but if I want to get a new Evo from Sprint, rather than keep waiting on RadioShack, then that requires me to start a new contract and thats where I stand a good chance in never seeing my number again.
[EVO 4G General] AshMa:
The first HD2, had software issues, the 2nd had been taken out of the box and shown to a customer and I'm guessing that's when the camera lense and housing got damaged. Didn't notice until I got it home and had to wait a week to get #3, which has been perfect.