yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G Slide General] Tangent_:
I had the same issue, but thanks to this thread knew what to do. I just called T-Mobile from another phone, gave them the number of the SIM that shipped with the Slide, and swapped it in. It was ready to use pretty much right away, although I did need to restart the phone later to get it to "know" its own phone number under Phone Information.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] SHoyt113:
Also had the same issue, new sim card fixed it and I had a better connection (not sure if the sim actually helped that or not but i did notice it)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sherman901:
Can anyone link me to the Amazon MP3 apk? It's deleted from this ROM but I didn't realize that I'd actually use it. Now I want it to download Eminem's new album, haha.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nenn:
i cant get it off my phone at the moment, but if youre running fresh 0.3 there is a folder on your sd card named delted-apks or something to that extent, so you can reinstall it if you'd like.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sherman901:
Yeah, I have the apk at home on my other SD card but here at work I don't have it and I'm an impulse buyer, haha.
[G1 Apps and Games] 999phonebug:
Anybody got a copy of it...?
[G1 Apps and Games] 999phonebug:
push......
[G1 Apps and Games] 999phonebug:
Push.......
[G1 Apps and Games] 999phonebug:
Anybody..>?
[G1 Apps and Games] Vpr2006:
I know I'm a little late, but I just stumbled on this app myself. I downloaded it from:

walkieapps.wordpress.com

But I'll try and attach the apk.

Looks like they gave up on the app unfortunately. In the About window, he lists an SVN location to download the source, but I've been unable to attach to it. It would be awesome if someone picked this up and brought it a little further along. I'm a C++ developer, but if I could get my hands on the source, I wouldn't mind looking through it just to see if I could add anything to it.

Anyway, enjoy!
[G1 Apps and Games] 999phonebug:
THX!!!!!!!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodigy18:
Is there a way to start CarKit mode without the official car dock? I want to use an aftermarket mount and from what I have found, the official dock has a magnet which signals the phone to go into CarKit mode. Is there any way around this?

Edit: Disregard...I just had to re-install NaviPanel.apk which is one of the stock apps removed in Fresh 0.3.
[Click Android Development] dom_b:
I updated my phone to the latest Orange ROM and then tried to root but it fails and cant change the boot so I can flash using nandroid.

I read to create a gold card so I've done that, booted to HBOOT, ran 'RUU_Click_HTC_WWE_1.67.405.6_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe', all looks fine but I get an error 131 - cannot update your HTC device.

Anybody had this error? Im stuck with the Orange ROM now. very annoying.
[Click Android Development] dom_b:
FIXED... I selected logical instead of physical disc!

12. Go to Extra tab > Open Disk. Under Physical disk, select Removable Disk (Must be your SD card), uncheck “Open as Readonly), click OK. (BEWARE, MUST BE UNDER PHYSICAL DISK NOT LOGICAL DISK, THIS MISTAKE MADE ME BIG PROBLEMS)
[Click Android Development] Shand359:
So you are saying that by selecting LOGICAL instead of PHYSICAL, I should be able to flash my Tattoo and get rid of this crappy ORANGE ROM?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TZAR@:
I put FRF72 on my phone last week buy downloading the file renaming it update.zip, putting the file on my micro SD. I forget the rest of the instructions but my question is will I still get the OTA update for the final build of FROYO FRF83? And If not how can I get the Final build and install it having FRF72 currently on my Nexus One?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Huckleberry88:
What about the search function?

.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=709171&page=30
[EVO 4G General] wutafobbb:
Background:

I was waiting for the Evo, ever since it was announced. I got it on my lunch break during work (Which turned out to be 2 hours because of the sprint servers). I loved it.

Situation:

I was playing basketball when someone must have taken it out of my bag (I think it was right on top and possibly visible). I realized it probably 15-20 minutes after it was gone. I confronted the group of people and told them that I just wanted my phone back. Didn't care if they stole it, I wouldn't report it, just wanted it back. They all denied it.

I went home, more pissed than I've been in a while. I called sprint and told them my story. They said unless I had insurance (Which I'm getting in the future BTW), I was SOL. I told them to cancel my service, and I'll go back to t-mobile.

A day went by, and I started checking Craigslist to see if anything popped up. Well something did pop up. I called the people, and asked if they had the box and everything. They said they just got the actual phone for a gift. I contemplated arranging a meet up with my friend and them, and have some bats and golf clubs with me, but I decided I didn't wanna get arrested, or sued, or leave myself legally liable in any way. So I went to the police station.

I met this very friendly and nice cop outside and told him my story. He must have liked me, because he took me in, reported my item as stolen, and then I explained about the craigslist ad.

He took a look and agreed it was fishy. I told him if I could just get my hands on the phone and check the serial numbers, I could see if it was my phone or not. So, he grabbed his friend and they both took on the case (A sting operation for a phone!).

Well 12 hours went by and I was sweating because I didn't know when it was going down, or if the guys had sold the phone to someone else. Well my friends all called the phone number listed and asked if it was still available. They said that someone was looking at the phone right now. That was it, if it wasn't the cops, then I'd never get my phone back.

Well sure enough an hour later, I get a call from the cop, and he said they got my phone back. Told me never to go back to that court again. I'll have to testify, but I get my phone back in a few days.

I am probably one of the luckiest Evo Owners ever! Now just gotta get my phone reactivated... Hope there won't be too much of a problem there.

=)
[EVO 4G General] PoisonWolf:
Good story bro.
[EVO 4G General] goodfellaslxa:
Show up to court and testify. Don't let the POS get away with it. If he gets away with it, it will teach him that stealing doesn't carry consequences.
[EVO 4G General] exSD:
I wouldn't post this online. Just sayin.
[EVO 4G General] magicalan:
ok am not a good reader hehe so hmm who sstole your phone? scare the crap out of them for stealing!
[EVO 4G General] AcIdC0R3:
Damn, talk about luck. The phone gods are looking down upon you dude. Nice. Testify and teach them to never steal again. Unfortunately once a thief, always a thief as the saying goes. I would take the cops advice and never go back to that BB court again. Congrats though. :)
[EVO 4G General] muncheroo:
nice! good police do exist
[EVO 4G General] P_Dub_S:
In the future you should install WaveSecure It'll let you track your phone and remotely wipe it among other things.
[EVO 4G General] labnotes:
Awesome story!

Sad thing is you wont be able to play ball on that court again. =(
[EVO 4G General] AcIdC0R3:
I have MobileDefence. What is WaveSecure like?
[EVO 4G General] MichaelWestin:
Cool that you got the phone back man.

To all those who say "Too bad you can't go back to that court again", why would the OP want to anyway? Obviously the type of crowd there is trouble. I wouldn't go play there again if my stuff was robbed and I never recovered it. I wouldn't be able to play having to check my stuff every two minutes knowing what happened the last time. Just sayin'.

P.S. -This is coming from a guy with a main source of exercise from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft. :)
[EVO 4G General] Lass3:
Awesome, exactly the same happened to me with my hero, december last year. Except it happened during my gym class at school, my father found it on a local auction site, and then left with a friend to confront the guys.The IMEI matched, ofcourse, and i got my phone back. Sad thing is that the douche who stole it, was a guy in my class, and even worse is the fact that he and his companion got of with a warning. Had to see him every single day for half a year.
[EVO 4G General] PoisonWolf:
I bring only the bare minimum when I go to the courts. Keys, ID and a bottle of water. A lack of cash ensures that I don't spend it splurging on impulse food after playing and that I head straight home. Lawl.
[EVO 4G General] thezero4:
I've used both, mobile defense's web interface seems to be slightly nicer, but not much difference, they have almost identical feature sets. The only real difference is that mobile defense SMS for turning on tracking originate from the US. And Wave Secure SMS originates from Asia (can't remember the country) the reason this makes a difference is that wave secure costs you 20 cents every time you use it to do anything. I would stick with mobile defense. If you have wave secure all setup it's probably not worth switching either unless you track your phone or alarm/lock it often.
[EVO 4G General] hunterintustin:
I am not sure if Android offers a tracking app. I use one on my TP2 and I don't care what they do with the phone because it will provide me with the exact location to share with the cops if necessary.

One SMS with my code and my phone lets me know it's location.
[EVO 4G General] Albaholic:
Did you read the thread? The posts right above yours mentions mobile defense which does exactly that.

Awesome that the OP got his phone back
[EVO 4G General] r3s-rt:
I've use Mobile Defense since the day I got my myTouch with only one problem. They send a text from an e-mail that has mobiledefense in the name! Like, come on, don't be THAT obvious! You should get it from a real number saying like "hey baby" or something. A phone tracking app is invaluable to anyone who owns a phone like this, though.

As for OP, you are bigger man than I. Of course, I have a family riddled with crime (blood and in-laws) so the whole "beat the hell out of you" thing is pretty much drilled in at this point. :P
[EVO 4G General] Billus:
Thanks for sharing your story. Glad you got your phone back.
[EVO 4G General] EShy:
I actually flew to LA just after I got the phone (canceled online pre-order and stood in line so I can have it for the weekend). Went to play basketball with my brothers, and was worried about my phone being stolen, maybe I can blame losing that game on that...

I usually leave my stuff behind the basket pole, no chance of someone getting near my things without me seeing them, and the pole protects it from someone stepping on it.
[EVO 4G General] joe_coolish:
I had my very first cell phone stollen. I was a senior in highschool and got a pretty decent job and wanted a phone. I got that nokia that everybody had 8 years ago (the one with the flashlight on top). I went to the pool for swim practice and came back and my phone was gone! I called it from my buddy's phone and the DB answered and said, sorry dude! Next time bring a lock! And hung up... I called ATT and reported it. They said because it was a cheap POS phone, there really wan't much they could do, but the guy gave me a discount on the same phone (I think I paid like $40 or something) so it was all good in the end.

I guess some people just need phones more than others! Teach this guy a lesson. Don't back down and maybe he'll think twice before he tries and steals someone else's $500 investment

Glad you were successful!

p.s. The first time I read the story, I thought the "court" the cops told you to stay away from was a "Court of Law" and not a basketball court. I was like, dang, cops don't want you to come back to the court (of law)? That's messed up! :D
[EVO 4G General] vdub804:
damn you're lucky I would actually shoot someone for stealing my evo I had to pay $600 just so I wouldn't be sprints slave
[EVO 4G General] piaqt:
... and after the SOB's convicted, post said verdict, including his name, to Craigslist.
[EVO 4G General] Joe1981AL:
Cops do come through, I got lucky recently with my truck being broke into. No phone involved, but GPS unit, power inverter, chargers, and trucks owner's manual.

They caught the crack head down the street at 1AM for public intox, I report my stuff stolen at 6AM and well with work and all didn't get it back until the next day, but I don't have to testify, just had to sign a warrant that was serverd to her while in lockup for the intox charge.

Some people are just pathetic, this lady has been walking every night through the apartments on this road checking for unlocked doors and has stolen thousands of dollars worth of electronics, guns, and other valuables from vehicles just to feed her habit.
[EVO 4G General] engineer14:
had the same thing happen with my HTC Wizard freshman year of college. This was 2 days before my bday, and i had only had the phone for 3 months.

Washing laundry and i learnt this trick where shooting pennies up the coin return could fool the machine into thinking quarters were put in. But that method wasnt very accurate, so i was going up and down trying to get pennies, i forgot my phone once while going back, didnt realize it until bout 20 minutes later, phone gone, never recovered
[EVO 4G General] Rhys'Droid:
Lol classic! Your phone was stolen while you were making an attempted theft! ;-)
[EVO 4G General] mrono:
nice, you are a lucky man
[EVO 4G General] Slicerwolf:
Have you beatten the guy up yet? Cumupence
[EVO 4G General] dee000000:
Dude you need to install Mobile Defense on your phone
[EVO 4G General] mikevillarroel:
That's why i don't play sports, lol
[EVO 4G General] Armani G:
Thats amazing man! Glad your getting your phone back!!
[EVO 4G General] GODZSON:
Congrats on the return..
[EVO 4G General] lllDreadChiclll:
Congrats on getting ur phone back! I also agree WaveSecure is awesome as well as Lookout. Both tracks ur phone using GPS if lost or stolen.
[EVO 4G General] :
Since we're sharing stories...

I left my myTouch in a PCB (Panama City Beach) condo lobby for roughly 2 hours. I was drunk as hell (who's not in PCB?) and we decided to explore. They had a Spa and my fiancee wanted to go to it. Spa was locked so walking away she saw a computer in the lobby on (it was some tourist bull nothing special) well I laid my phone down in the lobby for whatever reason and we ended up going back to our room. About an hour and a half later I noticed I couldn't find it and had her call it - no ring. Long story short, panicked for about 30 minutes tearing the place apart remembering I just freshly flashed a new ROM and didn't even bother to reinstall Mobile Defense and finally back traced my steps... There it sat in the middle of the lobby. Two hours! I was very lucky that it was about 1 in the morning and it was a nice condo (meaning I was probably the only drunk fool walking around.) Not quite as lucky as you, but God was it scary.
[EVO 4G General] cool592:
Fantastic Story

It was great that you got your phone back. I feel bad that you cant play in that court again hopefully there are plenty more courts by your house like there are by mine. All's well that ends well i guess :)
[EVO 4G General] slovoflud:
Great Story!

Well done police!
[EVO 4G General] Franky24:
What am I missing?

Wouldn't any thieve /first/ switch off the phone nd then change the SIM card?!

And wouldn't you /first/ have your SIM card blocked (switched of) by your mobile provider?!!

Regards, Franky
[EVO 4G General] madnish30:
Wow, your lucky enjoy your evo...

But you also had a sharp thinking that he would try to sell it off immediately...

he was foolish enough to sell it online though..
[EVO 4G General] ARAMZE:
Great news aout the phone. Shame about having to stay away from the BB court though. Forget about any other form of revenge, as suggested by some people in this thread, as it will inevitably end badly for you. Take satisfaction from the fact that the scumbag will get "taken out" by one of his own kind eventually, or if the gods are smiling, get syphilis or something equally pleasant.
[EVO 4G General] tms02:
If the area is just "bad", why go there in the first place. If this was a surprise, and the area is not that bad, then I would go back to the courts. Nothing says, "I am a target" more than "running and hiding". You gave the dirtbag a chance to return the phone, and he did not take it. They will either respect you for it, or run you off. Either way, you stood your ground.
[EVO 4G General] siniority:
microsoft my phone

thats not added in the android feature....?
[EVO 4G General] P_Dub_S:
Well for one the EVO doesn't have a SIM card but even if you were using a GSM phone wave secure tells you as soon as a new sim is inserted and gives you the phone number associated with it.
[EVO 4G General] freexx89:
nice well you got your phone back now...

have phun
[EVO 4G General] joe_coolish:
Normally you'd be right. But you gotta remember, this guy was dumb enough to put it up on Craig's list right after he stole it! I mean, these are the people who offset people like us in standardized tests, so they aren't the brightest crayon in the box.

Also, once you realize that your phone is missing, sending a text and getting a GPS coordinate back takes less time that it takes to be on hold with Sprint to get your SIM blocked. Both can be done at the same time :)
[EVO 4G General] blazingangel1986:
lol sweet, karmas a b!tch aint it glad you got your phone back and the cops worked with you awesome man:D
[EVO 4G General] ~~Tito~~:
You guys don't get it! The phone is CDMA, there is no sim!

I am so happy for you man, with your return :).
[EVO 4G General] CCCP4ever:
Wow those are some sad stories. Definitely do not go to that basketball court cause someone got grand theft because of you. It seems like the world is full of mobile device thieves....scary. I don't know what i would do if something happened to my phone =)
[EVO 4G General] GeoTrail:
The guys that stole your phone, they were lucky it wasn't mine ;)
[EVO 4G General] ephestione:
hmkay (Came here from portal), lucky indeed to have a couple cops take on your case for a phone.

Anyway, what exactly was going through your mind when you decided to leave a multihundred USD phone unattended while playing basket? :D Doesn't really deserve to be a story published on the portal :p
[EVO 4G General] aethelbert:
I had one of my phones stolen once, it wasn't very long ago and it was just a spare. At the time it was quite a few years old and practically worthless in monetary value.

Makes me wonder why on earth anyone would bother.

As for your story, gave me warm feelings on this blisteringly cold day here.
[EVO 4G General] :
Dude, I'm addicted to TruTV (used to be CourtTV) and today it showed a guy pick-pocketing a HOMELESS GUY SLEEPING ON A BENCH for 50 cents.... and then a guy arrested for "sleeping" with a lawn table (stuck his... thing... in the umbrella hole). People will do just about anything.
[EVO 4G General] cerealfreak:
Just out of curiousity why not? I'd not only post it online but also post the details of where the court is, and once the court case is over, I would also post the details of the A**e-munger with a mugshot.

Following on from that, after the court case and the posting of all details as suggested by me above, I would then return to the court with some of my boys and some bats and beat the crap out of him.
[EVO 4G General] JTOLOGY:
Good Story

Good story and definitely glad to hear things worked out for you in the end. Personally, I'm hot headed and would've opted for the baseball bat but that's just me. I grew up in NYC and in my neighborhood, the rule of the street is.. if something of yours is stolen and you find out who stole it, you make them pay hard for it and send that person (and everyone else who might otherwise think about doing the same thing) a message in no uncertain terms that they better think twice before they try to do something like that to you again. Not that I promote that philosophy or violence, just saying that's the law where I grew up. Of course, the reality is, you did the right thing and it worked out for you. It's just a shame that you have to think twice about going to the bb court now or have to worry about having that person run into you or something. That's why I prefer the NYC way, you administer justice, get your phone back and let them worry about going to bb court or running into you.

Still, glad you got your Evo back! :)
[EVO 4G General] toadlife:
Is it not be possible for an Android app to intercept an SMS message? Remotetracker, which I have cooked into my ROM of my TP2, intercepts the "special" SMS message so you don't see it.
[EVO 4G General] 06ms6:
I love this post because it involved two thieves. At least you didn't (in this post) complain too much about your phone being taken, because then you'd be a hypocrite.
[EVO 4G General] beesneazy:
hah that's baller

;-)

glad to hear ya got it back, can't lose that Evo!
[EVO 4G General] nellyspageli:
Same thing happened to me with my old axim x51v in November. I left it in my bag in my locker during gym class but I didn't have a lock that day. This was at my high school. The kid in the locker beneath me who also happens to not lock his stuff either stole my axim right out of my backpack.

I looked on ebay and craigslist for it and pretty soon I saw it on craiglist. I talked to the police liaison officer at my school and he arranged to talk to the kid. I told him where the scratches were on my axim, the size of the sd card and other identifying features. Two days later he called me in to his office and I got it back.
[EVO 4G General] tigerz0202:
who gives a crap about an evo , this is the windows mobile page, but glad you got your phone back
[EVO 4G General] edgetas:
Cheap Insurance

Good news on your phone :) I hope the prick feels guilty everytime he sees you, there's no reason for the victim to feel bad.

Ring your House and Contents insurance provider if you have it, some will add your phone as a specified item, it should only cost a couple of bux extra and your phone is then covered everywhere against loss, theft or damage ... also good for laptops, jewlery etc. :)
[EVO 4G General] tom13mcpherson:
Well its a great story but more of a tale of justice than of revenge - unless you took the baseball bats to the court ... I think the fact that it generated so much discussion says a lot about how we see our phones and what we expect to happen when stuff gets stolen. Personally I have a tytn ii so I don't mind if it gets stolen cos then I have the excuse I have been waiting for. Not everybody is in such a lucky position.
[EVO 4G General] bigeneral:
glad that u got your phone back, but it is more like a COP story.....
[EVO 4G General] teddirez:
Whilst it's awesome that you got your phone back, I really wish people wouldn't keep blaming the telco for their own misfortunes. Blame them for poor service, billing issues etc sure but what they have to do with user ignorance is nothing at all.

The same goes for warranty issues. If a phone breaks down, it happens, it's not the telco fault. Just follow the warranty procedure as every other person has to.
[EVO 4G General] pecosROB:
I totally read that as "BlackBerry" court thinking about a legal proceeding involving a phone...

But yeah, awesome story.
[EVO 4G General] Royals:
No Respect

nevermid gfvgt
[EVO 4G General] refthemc:
Awesome story, I really do believe in Justice so I think you should push this as far as it will go. By the way, I just tried to install Mobile Defense but it said it was not taking anymore users at this time. lol, bummer
[EVO 4G General] alexnaoumi:
yo man, im glad u got ur phone back. if it was me, id freakin shoot those scumbags for messing with my android phone. enjoy ur EVO