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[EVO 4G General] Geniusdog254:
I was in Fenton at Gravois Bluff today (Toy Story 3 in 3D is EPIC!) and I had 4G coverage all the way from when I first hit Arnold on I-55 to when I got to Gravois Bluff.

The speeds were kind of a let down, but then it isn't officially even live yet, so it could improve. I consistently got about 1.75mbps with the max being 2.10mbps, speeds I routinely hit on 3G in Farmington. So I really hope it improves.
[EVO 4G General] mejor:
Antenna pictures as promised and one of busch stadium to prove I am in STL.
[EVO 4G General] oOflyeyesOo:
I get one bar sometimes at my home in Ellisville, but it seems to be very patchy with signal, ill stay connected but sometimes it will only pass a 10-200kbps through the phone.
[General Questions and Answers] msmith1991:
Hey everyone! i have a quick question?

is the Samsung Toch Wiz 2.0 (omnia 2) available on the HD2?

if not, is possible to get a port?

thanx
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] typerlover:
Hi I'm considering purchasing the Nexus One and selling my HTC HD2 T-Mo edition for one. I would like to know, can I unlock a T-Mobile version to work with AT&T 3G?

I'm hoping to be able to use 3G on both carriers, is this possible?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clarkster:
No, not possible.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [IO]ERROR:
The Nexus One is unlocked by default but because of hardware limits you can't use 3g on AT&T with a t-mo version and viseversa.

Cliffnotes - NO
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ztm.000:
search is your friend. and this is also as obvious as balls
[EVO 4G General] jgarozzo:
I have been having various issues...keyboard, MMS and email sending and slow surfing speeds. My EVO failed all their tests...what their tests are they didn't say. Get a new EVO next week. I'd suggest having Sprint run tests if you are having problems. With the litany of issues the EVO is having I fear they might have pushed out the phone too soon, because of the iPhone 4 perhaps. Either way I still love the phone and Sprint. Not used to the slower 3G speeds but once 4G goes live in 9 days (STL) it should more than make up for it. Now lets see if Sprint will let me keep the battery from my bunk EVO! They have been good at this in the past.
[EVO 4G General] danknee:
Having a Sprint store diagnose a phone problem is like having monkeys repair a rocket engine.. Um, we verified it does stuff.

All of your issues sound software related, but at least you got the new refurbished phone you wanted.

Did you ever root the phone and run a custom ROM? I'm curious because I have a feeling that installing a custom ROM or even flashing a clean install of the OTA would have fixed whatever glitch you had. Guess we'll never know.
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
Custom ROMs make EVERYTHING better.

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[EVO 4G General] jgarozzo:
I'd rather have a fixed phone to root over. I want to root and flash DC but I can't find where to dnld the latest build. I've been reading there are issues with his latest build as well. Can anyone straighten me out?
[EVO 4G General] jgarozzo:
I have DC v3.1. Is it stable to flash?
[EVO 4G General] danknee:
DC 3.0 was stable, I rooted two of my friend's Evos with it and they are happy, I'm sure 3.1 is even better. I am running Flipz latest and I ran his earlier two builds, each one has been better than stock ever was.

I'm also keeping a backup of Avalaunch's modded Froyo V.7, it works stupendously (minus camera and 4g though). If this had a camera this would be my primary...even without 4G (and I live in a 4G area).
[Desire General] Mark One:
I've spent a long time with smartphones but I've never had an OTA ROM update before and thought it might be useful if those in the know could give us an idea of what to expect.

I assume that as with wired ROM updates of yore I should expect to be in a hard reset situation post update - all content, data, apps etc will need reinstalling - is this correct?

If so will I have to set the phone up from scratch again (with my gmail account details etc) reinstall all my apps one by one from the Market, resync all my data and painstakingly set up all my home screens / scenes by hand etc?

Or is it not as bad as all that / is there a smarter way to prepare for this?
[Desire General] dpk:
Well I'm not personally sure on how Android updates work (I personally think it probably does 'hard reset'), but I know that if you have HTCs backup feature running, it saves all your important stuff - Scenes, wifi info, bookmarks, text messages, gmail info etc.

Hope that helps.
[Desire General] Mark One:
Well if that works it helps but would rather have a belt and braces ready in case it doesn't..

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[Desire General] dpk:
Fair enough lol. Well I think you can sync to the PC for your Outlook stuff, but there are also apps in the Market that do what you are looking for, but I have no idea what they're called, or which one to choose, sorry.
[Desire General] Aitese:
All, a few weeks ago an update come down that killed the Wifi on unbranded T-Mobile and Orange UK phones. The T-Mobile fix was simple enough but the Orange phones got SIM locked and needed unlocking, sometimes at a cost.

What steps should we take when this update comes? Is there a way to get my unbranded T-Mobile Desire back to it's T-Mobile ROM?
[Desire General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
I would take the advise given by the iphone dev-team, which is to old off on the official update until the devs have looked and ensured it won't cause problems. If there is an official OTA, it will be a matter of hours before the dev get their hands on it and release a custom version, that will not cause issues with return your phone to branded/network locked. Pacience is a virtue :-)

If you want to return to stock and don't mind being locked, there is a guide in the dev forum for returning your phone to stock.

with regards to backup I would recommend titanium backup, it's great for backing up all settings and apps.
[Desire General] benko286:
Since my phone is rooted, what ROM should I use to get OTA update?

Or I will need to switch back to stock ROM to get it?
[Desire General] A|ex:
I dont imagine your settings to be lost, i would imagine, system update, reboot and its version 2.2 but like with most roms etc a hard reset recommended? obviously backing up your settings is advised like with all updates
[Desire General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
I would assume when you flash the OTA ROM it will return your phone to stock and remove root. You be better off holding off for a day or so to let the dev's do there thang.
[Desire General] Mark One:
So - seems we've established that the OTA update will reset everything on the device.

DPK suggests that the HTC backup feature will restore everything - can anyone confirm that this includes:

Apps

Scenes / Homescreen layouts

Accounts - core Google account / Gmail accounts / POP3 accounts

Network configuration - O2 / Voda settings etc

WiFi settings - access details for all the hotspots I have signed on to

Data - email / contacts / calendar etc

It's taken a couple of months for me to get the Desire exactly how I want it and all works well so I'm not convinced I'm even going to want to update - but if I do / it is thrust upon me it would be good to know how Android manages this process.

If anyone has any "from experience" answers ....
[Desire General] Mark One:
I have My Backup Pro installed but in the WM world it was never a good idea to use backed up apps - a full reinstall was best practice. Not sure if this applies to android.

Quite surprised that everyone seems happy to just suck it and see though - the move to Android does seem to require a degree of "abandon all control" that I wasn't expecting ....
[Desire General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
The HTC backup feature is pretty rubbish, it will only backup your user data, IE bookmarks, SMS, contact, network settings, wifi settings etc..

It doesn't backup you applications, sense homescreen layout (you don't even have access to your saved layout, which really defeats the object of that feature), mail accounts.

For application backup titanium is brilliant, though settings aren't always portable between different ROM due to the changes that entail in a new build.

This is the same for most phone OTA updates, I've had them in the past and it will cause problems with existing software.

Hope this advise is helpful.
[Desire General] tommo123:
doesn't astro backup your apps and other stuff?
[Desire General] Mark One:
Thanks koolaid, so as i suspected its back to square 1. Real bummer about scenes though.

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[G1 General] XBrav:
I don't know how I missed this!

Android Rootkit is just a phone call away

Now, hopefully after Defcon, the details will go public, and since the Rogers Dream won't be patched (that's what you get for never giving us OTA updates), I'm sure it'll be adapted into a local exploit as well.
[G1 General] lbcoder:
"This could be done by building the rootkit into a rogue application sold via the Android Market, or by exploiting a new, unpatched bug in Android's Linux kernel that could allow the program to be installed."

** actually, it would require BOTH.

And at this time, there ARE NO known kernel bugs affecting Android's kernel.

The old "1-click-root" app demonstrated this kind of thing, and DID exploit a kernel bug, which HAS SINCE BEEN PATCHED.

This thing can ONLY hurt a ROOTED phone, and even then, the su app will pop up saying "gee, this app wants root, should we let him?"
[G1 General] XBrav:
I believe flashrec exploited the sock_sendpage() glitch. It may be possible that they have discovered a new exploit similar to the sock_sendpage, and simply haven't made it public. Remember, that one was present since 2001. It can be built into any apk, and instead of giving a shell root access, it can run background processes with a superuser permission.

Just food for thought.
[G1 General] r3s-rt:
Which will easily be fixed with a wipe and reflash if it -does- happen.

...right?
[G1 General] XBrav:
Yes, as long as the rootkit doesn't block fastboot and ADB :P
[G1 General] r3s-rt:
I'm pretty sure it can't stop you from getting to recovery, though? Either way - this would be just more of a pain in the ass for me.

However, some people are genius enough to store crucial information on their phone such as S.S. numbers and credit card numbers, and people are dumb enough to install this and give it su permissions. :/
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manishpal:
My Nexus One is not rooted and it still cannot find the 2.1 Update 1 OTA. I have tried all my resources. Need help.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clarkster:
There have been a few reports of this the past week. Almost as if Google wasn't sending out the update 1 anymore.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clarkster:
I think you just replied to me by private message. Best to reply here so everyone can see.

He said he "called HTC and they didn't know what was wrong, that it should work"

I'd say try giving Google N1 support a call and seeing what they say then. Or search for the other threads about this and see what happened to the other people.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty!:
If your build is ERD79, just update it manually.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ztm.000:
Seriously.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hycian:
My 2-day old Nexus One is not receiving the OTA update either! I guess Google has suspended the 2.1-update1 for now in anticipation of Froyo 2.2 which shall be pushed out very soon? I have the Build ERD79 by the way.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ztm.000:
Sounds logical. :) that would be cool
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty!:
Doubt it, 2.2 will be an update from ERE27, so you'll need to update to get it.

Just read this: http://androidforums.com/nexus-one/41504-how-force-2-2-2010-ota-update.html
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgorman:
I also am not seeing the 2.1-update 1 on my phone.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hycian:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=468801cbdf8eb9fe&hl=en

Glad to know we're not alone on this issue, I tried the "checkin" workaround but failed, it hasn't found any updates and I'm still at ERD79.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Talderon:
I put up a page on my Google Nexus One Owners Group that has instructions to manually update from out of the box 2.1 all the way to FRF83.

You can do this all without unlocking our boot loader or rooting (so keeping your warranty).

http://groups.google.com/group/google-nexus-one-owners/web/how-to-stock-2-1-to-latest-froyo?hl=en

Note: This is only for T-Mobile Nexus Ones.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjlee:
I talked to a Sprint rep via *2 to add the "Worldwide Data Plan" to my account. She asked me a few security questions and afterwards told me that I'm set to go.

After arriving in Korea, I checked my Sprint account online, and saw that the Worldwide Data plan was still under "services you can add" instead of "services you have."

After talking to a few more sprint reps over the phone, they concluded that the "World Wide Data" plan is NOT compatible with the EVO.

This is a huge blow to me as a Sprint store employee telling me that "of course, you can add the international data plan to the Evo" was the final selling point in jumping services to get what seemed like the best phone available to me - I am a frequent traveler.

Does anyone have any workarounds to this issue? "Tricking" Sprint to think that I own something else besides an Evo? If not, I'll have to return this phone that I love very much :(

A huge shame as I have NEVER experienced any of the screen separation/wifi/grounding/battery issues that others seem to be having.

Any comments are appreciated.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerryparid:
HTC Evo doesn't have the bands to be a world phone. It is not as if Sprint is refusing to sell you the service plans.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjlee:
One of the reps told me that she added the plan and I was good to go before I hopped on the plane, and then they called me back AFTER I landed in Korea to tell me this.. haha. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skylarroxxs:
Before coming to Mexico I added the $40.00 Unlimited Data roaming plan, last night I checked online and I was being charged for data roaming so I called sprint and I was told the same thing that the plan was not compatible and I would be liable for 50 percent of the charges.
[HTC Excalibur] kyajfx:
I wondering to know can i put videos on my ring?
[HTC Excalibur] bgtvfr:
not that i no of that was a great option on nokia 5300
[HTC Excalibur] tutsuo:
i found this i hope it helps i didnt do much research tho.

http://www.coolsmartphone.com/news2062.html
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phantomdroid:
I really like the HTC sense favorite contact widget, is there a similar one for froyo???

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aujbman:
there is People/contacts widget on the market but it is a paid app and the free version only lasts for 30 days. I wish there were more like it but all i have found so far. I am with you... really like the htc people widget. Miss it on Froyo.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvinp:
Twice I've mounted /system while the phone was on (not in recovery) and I've noticed that after a few minutes the phone rebooted. Anyone else experienced this? Does this mean I should only be mounting /system when in recovery?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tubaking182:
yes, you should only be mounting it in recovery, and yes the phone does reboot if you do it while phone is on(though i am not sure why)
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eugene373:
It's a Memory thing that they implemented into it.. Sucks I know.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texanman:
Thus the reason why a lot of the apps that use root are not working... I was wondering why adfree kept rebooting the phone then once I saw other people (this thread) I feel better now knowing my phones not broken
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sino8r:
thats weird. it seems that root explorer mounts system to rw or ro without a reboot...
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvinp:
What I did was mount /system/app in Root Explorer and then I tried to copy Mms.apk over (I wanted to try the stock Android Messaging) and then I got an error saying there's not enough memory. I steps away for about a minute or two, came back and my phone had rebooted.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turboyo:
root explorer an sufbs and all thee apps like that say their mounting system but once you try and do something in the system it doesnt actually work, meaning oyur not actually mounting the system. I dont know what su does if it doesnt let you mount the system but..
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sino8r:
Okay. I see what you mean. Hmmm.... could this be all, including inability to overclock, a result of our unmodded kernel? That would make sense but I'm no expert in Android/Linux either. Windows/WM is sadly my area of expertise. But I'm learning...
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] outbackvandy:
I'm using MightyROM. While in calls, notification screen always pop up by itself. Is there a way to disable that?

Thanks.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] tjELITE:
What type of notification...as in the on that comes up when u press the middle of the taskbar? I haven't had this issue on the latest MR
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] outbackvandy:
I read somewhere that face will 'accidentally' hit the black bar on the very top while in call, that's why that "Notifications" screen will show up. The screen list missed calls, number of new messages and reminders.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] shadowkiller24:
Install advance config 3.3 and turn on the light sensor. This automatically turns off the screen in a call. If it isn't this, then i don't know what it would be.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] outbackvandy:
Thanks. I'll give it a shot. My screen do turn off when it's close to my ear though...
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] gtharea:
I have a similar problem...

You could try switching to a Leo phone dialer/canvas; i used one that disabled the notification bar during call...

Or you could also try using Touch InCall Screen Tweak. Install the cab, and in the settings screen go to the options tab and check "Show phone at screen on"

So, if you end up pressing the notification bar when putting the phone to your face, this option makes the dialer show up again, and you don't have to close the stupid notification bar. Works for me.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] deezy7:
Hey guys, in search of tips to speeding up Android on our phones, I stumbled across this article, which was written about an XDAer's script that helps fix the problem of our phones taking FOREVER to come out of sleep to answer incoming calls. Lately, I've simply just been UNABLE to answer calls and have had to just call the person back as soon as my screen came fully alive.

http://www.techalps.com/android/app...our-phone’s-response-to-an-incoming-call.html

I tried this out today and it does indeed help. Also, apparently turning off vibration helps too.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] loserskater:
I believe this is the same thing as the renice script we already have implemented. It's in the initrd (part of the nbh) and runs at every boot. It pretty much does the same thing as that app, sets the priority of the phone higher.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] robuser007:
phone prioritiser (app) helps only on heavy cpu.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] deezy7:
thanks for the replies guys! Good info for us non-devs to know!

Actually, my phone is having the acore force close problem now, after installing this, so it looks like I'll have to reflash :(

so I DON'T RECOMMEND INSTALLING THIS everyone!!

the thing is though, I noticed that after installing it, it was indeed helping my phone come out of sleep a lot quicker!! any explanations?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kallt_kaffe:
The things it does is this:

busybox renice 5 `pidof com.google.process.gapps`
busybox renice -18 `pidof com.android.phone`
busybox renice -18 `pidof mediaserver`
busybox renice -18 `pidof mediaserver`
busybox renice -16 `pidof com.android.launcher`
busybox renice -15 `pidof com.htc.music`
busybox renice -15 `pidof com.android.music`

First of all one line above is reduntant but basicly what it does is that it gives the phone and the mediaserver process high priority (low is high when we're talking about process priorities). I assume that the mediaserver plays the ringtone otherwise it wouldn't make sense.

Then it puts the launcher and then the music player.

At least increasing the priority for the phone and mediaserver makes sense, the rest I do not know, maybe just a personal preference by the one who wrote the script.

I can't see why this would cause a force closing phone app though.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] blindguyinanorgy:
i just tried the super E rls3/2 from incubus because its 5.0.8. his build is already pretty slow so the upgrade to rls3 that had the phone priority script in it was necessary for me to be able to pick up a call.

i did notice that other programs suffered in response. i never got force closes but i got a few close/wait

my opinion is that if a build is too slow to pick up...change. myns eclair and vaniljeclair and aquatrans are all fast enough for me to pick up. (some with slight lag, but only slight)

also keep tasks closed and use rogue tools to over clock to around 500
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kallt_kaffe:
But the idea is still interesting... I wouldn't use this app though but rather make a script and set it up as a service. However I did a quick test just bumping the phone and mediaserver to -18 and then calling my phone and I noticed no difference (with VaniljEclair RLS5 on NAND, compcache enabled and fully odex:ed).
[About XDA developers] egzthunder1:
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[About XDA developers] orb3000:
Introduction

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[About XDA developers] hubie:
Thanks guys, I love the way you are being updated without losing the essence.

Everything in xda is getting better.