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[EVO 4G General] Darkolako:
Quick question I will try to make the story short i accidently drop'd my evo actually it slipped out of my pocket getting out of my car and hitted the concrete face down, yup completly shattered screen.

I went to sprint to see if i could do something with the 30 days warranty but no luck, instead they helped me file a claim with Asurion, i already recieved the new refurb phone from Asurion (excelent shape) and no screen separation issue like the brand new i had from sprint.

I also recieved a battery with that phone not the original red that comes with the evo, a black one that says htc innovation on the back, i will keep the red one,

buut my question is

Can i keep both batteries and send my old phone without battery, or will i get charged for this

anyone has experience with asurion and doing this??
[EVO 4G General] nebenezer:
When I had blackberry'e I had more batteries and chargers than I would ever need.

Don't quote me but Asurion has never given me any flak over hanging on to batteries, chargers, headphones, pretty much anything but the actual phone.
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
My family has always kept the batteries. They can't do anything with used batteries, so don't worry about it, the one that is in it is probably a 1500mAh for a touch pro 2, OEM.
[EVO 4G General] Jye75:
You can keep the battery, all they care about is the phone. Batteries are considered expendables. Even a warranty swap through Sprint, all they want is the phone returned.

Consider this as well if you don't believe me: Had you lost the phone, or it was stolen, you would file the claim, still pay the same deductible, and they would still send you the replacement phone and battery.
[EVO 4G General] beesneazy:
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[EVO 4G General] donatom3:
Yup everyone is right, you can keep the battery. Hopefully that makes your $100 deductible you just paid sting a bit less.
[EVO 4G General] darkflame:
In my last saurian claim the pamphlet said specifically to not return the battery. I think the fact that batteries can catch fire and explode if shorted puts them in a hazardous category and must be declared to the post office and charged accordingly.

That statement is just my thought on the matter. Don't quote me on it's integrity. :)
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
Why is everyone saying $100, I thought the $7 insurance was $50...

edit: fk nevermind, damn high end phones.

That's bs, we have to pay half of what the phone cost us just to get a refurbished one?
[EVO 4G General] evoxsin:
Same here I usually keep all accesories n have never .received any question ir a raised eye brow in my direction. Oh and the phone does not cost 200 as far as price goes that's based on retail price. So your only paying a fraction of what the phone costs.
[EVO 4G General] bryank930:
When I filed a claim for my blackberry, I wasn't sure about keeping the battery or not, so I called them and asked. They wanted me to keep the battery. They said that if I sent the battery back with the phone and it would happen to leak/explode/do bad stuff, it would be on them, so they ask people to not send the battery.

The card that came with the new phone should say something on it like "send only the device. Do not send any accessories, i.e. batteries, chargers, cords".
[EVO 4G General] donatom3:
You are paying 1/5th of what the phone costs not half. You paid $200 subsidized for the phone. Break your phone tomorrow go to sprint to buy a replacement and you'll be paying $500.
[EVO 4G General] mrono:
I thought replacing it through sprint got you a refurbished one but replacing it through insurance got a brand new one
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
Don't know, but I'm paying $7/mo for the insurance and don't want to pay $100 to get a replacement for a defect(waiting for it to be a huge issue), I only paid $224 for the phone, guess I'll be proactive about the 30day policy.
[EVO 4G General] danknee:
Just don't buy any other smart phone, you be in the exact same boat.

Low cell phone prices are only available because they are subsidized by your carrier, which in turn locks you into a contract to get their subsidization back. Minus insurance you will pay full non-subsidized price for any phone with any carrier.
[EVO 4G General] zone23:
I thought it said on the return envelope not to include the cables, charger, battery, or any of that crap. With that said I have always kept the battery. One word of advise:

Take to the phone to the post office and get a certificate of mailing. This proves you mailed the device just encase the insurance try to claim they never got it. Then it will be between them and the post office. You cannot send it back with tracking because they send it to a PO Box and the phone can't be tracked. NICE I know. My mom sent one back no certificate and they claimed they never got it. My mom is not a thief so it must of got lost. Just like in the song.. I most of got lost.. most of got lost.... anyway you know the song.
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
Family of 5, we've been with Sprint for 11 years, they're not locking me into anything, we're paying low for the plan we have. I started a new line to get this phone, I just hope I can get one without the cosmetic defects.
[EVO 4G General] donatom3:
Nope you can get new or refurbished by either insurance or warranty replacment. I've gotten both so I know.

Like I was saying, there is no deductible for manufacturer defects.

You only pay a deductible IF

1. There is physical damage to the phone (cracked screen, you shot it with a gun whatever)

2. Water Damage (Don't take it swimming with you)

3. Loss or Theft

So if the phone stopped working 3 months from now because you have TEP you can walk into a sprint repair center (again it has to be a repair center) go to the counter tell them your problem. They will test it where to see if they can fix it or not, if the problem actually exists, and to make sure it's not because of physical or water damage. Once you meet those requirements they order a replacement phone and if you went early enough in the day you generally will have it the next business day. You will either get a refurbished or brand new phone depending on what's in stock. I have no problems with refurbs they've always looked brand new, of course I agree in the first 30 days you should never get a refurb. All that without a deductible paid.
[EVO 4G General] Plancy:
Yeah, a refurb phone is fine just as long as it doesn't cost me $100, 0 cosmetic defects would be nice too. I have never handle the phone badly but I noticed scratches on the kickstand, and I have never slid the phone on any surface. Hope this does not void the replacement policy, that would be ridiculous.

I'm new to getting a new phone, I've had only hand me downs(2 of them) up until the Evo.
[EVO 4G General] Darkolako:
thanx for all the reply's after reading some tiny letters on the envelope I confirmed that i need to stay with the battery.

anyways yes I didn't like the idea of the insurance paying $7 monthly + 100 deductible, so when i got the phone i did not add the insurance i always threat smart phones like babies to the point that I don't even put my phone, even with the sprint gel skin on hard surfaces without a shirt or whatever i can find.

but yes even if you carry your phone on a bubble accidents can happen and it happened to me sadly, almost cried. I called added the insurance and waited few days and claimed. I didn't care to much holding a cmda phone with a shattered screen so reported the truth phone broke.

I was hoping for a brand new evo, but I am satisfied with the refurb one Its in perfect condition and like i said not even the one i got from radio shack was in this condition because it had screen separation issue.

I am pretty sure this refurnished phones get through a very strict inspection before going out in the market again, and from what i can think of its more rigid than the one on brand new phones lol.

I am pretty sure and believe me i tried almost everything to get a new one with the 30 day guarantee, but not sure maybe is different in the states, but 30 days warranty will only cover manufacturer defects (fabrication) like the screen sep or something like that and maybe it can happen but it will be very hard for a screen get completely shattered for itself, unless maybe battery exploded or something. and still.
[EVO 4G General] Darkolako:
thanx zone23 that's a good idea i was wondering about that but didn't knew about mail certificates. I will be doing that tomorrow.
[HD Mini General] coklethacks:
Hello All.. Anyone know how to disable silent mode when we flip back the phone?? because i usually flip back the phone when put it on table because the sound can be louder.. but it automaticly on silent mode when someone calling me.. Thank you :D
[HD Mini General] BurittoMan:
Hi,

Try a registry change:

HKLM\Software\HTC\PHONE\FaceDownMuteRing

change to 0
[Off-topic] KB Smoka:
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[Off-topic] junjlo:
Haha love it this is incredibly funny.
[Off-topic] wpbear:
The best video! Spot on about the idiot iphone users.

Sent from Droid Incredible using TapaTalk
[Off-topic] Oozura:
This is perfect. There is a work friendly version too.
[HD2 General] BatVette:
I tweaked my HD2 before I went on vacation beginning of June. It was like night and day, a very troublesome phone became a very nice and workable tool, I was feeling very proud of myself and my new purchase. I think I've got some of the screen sensitivity issues, and will try one of the fixes for that, but that is not my problem...

Just got back from vacation, put my 'home' GSM chip into the phone, now when I go to hang up the phone, the phone locks up and I am getting the same CPROG.exe problems I was having while running the factory ROM.

Everything was going GREAT!! What the heck could of happened or changed that is causing CPROG to freak out again. Really not looking forward to blitzing this thing AGAIN and starting from scratch, but as of today, this phone is now pretty much useless to me if I can't make more than one call without having to do a soft reset on the blinkin thing.

Help!

Thanks!

Neill
[HD2 General] BatVette:
Well, update my radio rom to a different version, and it looks like my CPROG crash may have stopped, but it is still taking forever...30-60 seconds, to initiate or hang up from a call.

Very annoying.
[HD2 General] BatVette:
OK...so...this lunchtime, get a few phone calls in and make a few phone calls, now the initiate and hang up process is happening much faster...all by itself, no more tweaks.

Very strange.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TheBiles:
Is there any app that allows you to hide ongoing notifications of your choice? Specifically, SystemPanel's monitoring and USB Debugging.

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[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] seriousblack25:
Vault but you need to be rooted never tried Notif. though
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonleb1:
I know I have to be fully rooted to use ROM Manager to switch between ROMs I have loaded on my SD card but do I also have to be NAND unlocked?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surrealmethod:
Some ROMs require to be NAND unlocked and some don't. The first two versions of Fresh don't need it but the newer ones do.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonleb1:
Do you know if the current version of DamageControl needs NAND unlocked, I couldn't find if it did or not.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] ben.kank:
With Incubus' release of Super Froyo I have a fast and complete build of Android. The only thing that is putting a damper on the experience is the battery life. I have two recently purchased 1350amh batteries but neither seem to be able to keep a charge in Android. They both jump from 100% to 15% with about 10 mins of use. Plugging the phone in recharges the batteries too quickly. Charging the battery in Winmo on my other handset seems to give me a little more juice but only after multiple reboots, battery removals, and quick charges. I have tried Millence suggestions using 2000 in my nbh and sysinit.rc but the problems persist with both batteries. I am now wondering if maybe I damaged the batteries with all my mucking around. My question then is does the 2800amh extended battery work any better in Android than the stock 1350amh. The default setting is 2700amh in almost every build I have used and I am wondering if I were to purchase the greater capacity battery all of these problems would go away.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] leona:
Sorry I can not answer your question about Froyo, but I have the extened battery in my phone (since even in WM the stock battery was useless!), in previous builds I would get about 12 hours use before it died, I have now had this running for 1 day and 3 hours and I now have 35% left, if I can eak this out to 2 days, this will be half my WM battery life :)

I have made no adjustments to settings and I am running from the SD card.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] navimban:
Where did you purchase that battery?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] plazma247:
EBAY

The new batts werent off ebay were they and say lith polymer instead of lith ion !!

I had a similar experiences in the past with cheap batteries of ebay, actually you find many naughty sellers used to get new lables made stating slightly higher mah.... again in my experience this was naughty german sellers.

Every battery ive got that says lith polymer died after 3 months and never held a full charge, get a proper lithium ion one instead.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] leona:
Sorry I don't know, I bought the phone 2nd hand and it came with the phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orris:
Hey, not sure if it's just me or what, but my map isn't working. When I try to load a new section of the screen, it says "data connection lost, retrying..."

Tried it on 4g and 3g. No wifi right now.

Anyone else having this issue or is it just me? I'm non-rooted, just so you know.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acrh2:
There was a Google Maps update today.

On the other hand, their servers could be down, or maybe we have a routing issue.

EDIT: it appears that it just takes a long time to load more map data. I'm having a similar issue, except that it loads after 10-15 seconds.

Looks like their servers are at fault.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orris:
I just checked and there was no update available. Well hopefully that is a good sign. Mine's still not loading even after the wait. Thanks for the reply.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perpetualnrg:
I am having a similar issue here..except that my maps load up ok, but directions and navigation time out after 5 minutes or more and it tells me data lost. I also did not have a Google maps update.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrono:
maps was slow this afternoon and wouldn't load this morning
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willfck4beer:
MAN I am so glad to read this thread. I was having the same/similar issues yesterday and the day before (just seems to have started.)

"data connection lost, retrying."

I thought it was Sprint ****ty coverage...

Odd though, my pandora and speedtest.net seemed to have similar issues.

I'm still not entirely convinced it's not ****ty coverage... has anyone tried out sensorly maps? The sprint coverage looks terrible compared to VZW, att, and even tmob... anyone have any idea why?

I've got to decide whether to keep this or take it back by Tuesday.

INput please!
[EVO 4G General] nvius:
So I searched on google how to sync only "My Contacts" instead of "All Contacts" and it pulled up some threads for the HTC Hero. This one had a solution...

"Now I think I've got it!

"People" - I see you mean the picture of the people.

"Groups" - Yes, I see it says "Groups" at the top of the screen.

"Menu" - Yes, now when in this screen, I click on the "Menu" button.

"Sync Groups" - Yes, now I click on the "Sync Groups" button.

All list appears as follows:

1) Sync All contacts

2) My Contacts

3) Group Name #1

4) Group Name #2

5) Group Name #3

etc.

Because "Sync All contacts" was checked, all below were checked.

I de-selected "Sync All contacts"

I selected "My Contacts" as the only one to be checked.

Since "My contacts" has all the contacts I want to be sync'd, I left this one as the only one to be checked.

I think the problem is now resolved.

Mission Accomplished."

Problem is, when I follow these steps and press menu while in groups, there is no "Sync Contacts" option. Only "Add Group" and "Delete Groups".

Anyone have a solution to this?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] svetius:
Hey All,

Need your help with something. :cool: Not only is there the Euro version of the Galaxy S, but soon there will be the Sprint Epic, T-Mobile Vibrant, AT&T Captivate, and Verizon Fascinate. All of these are Galaxy S phones, but the development will vary a bit from device to device.

How should we handle this at XDA? Should we have multiple (separate) forums for all five devices? Or should we just have sub-forums under this Galaxy S main forum? Please vote!

More specifically:

Option 1........

Samsung Galaxy S

- Galaxy S General

- Galaxy S Acessories

- Galaxy S Android Development

- Sprint Epic Android Development

- T-Mobile Vibrant Android Development

- AT&T Captivate Android Development

- Verizon Fascinate Android Development

- Galaxy S Themes and Apps

Option 2........

Samsung Galaxy S

- Galaxy S General

- Galaxy S Acessories

- Galaxy S Android Development

- Galaxy S Themes and Apps

Sprint Epic

- Epic General

- Epic Acessories

- Epic Android Development

- Epic Themes and Apps

AT&T Captivate

- Captivate General

- Captivate Acessories

- Captivate Android Development

- Captivate Themes and Apps

Verizon Fascinate

- Fascinate General

- Fascinate Acessories

- Fascinate Android Development

- Fascinate Themes and Apps

T-Mobile Vibrant

- Vibrant General

- Vibrant Acessories

- Vibrant Android Development

- Vibrant Themes and Apps
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jUsT2eXy:
has to be option 2.

Otherwise the place will become 'flooded' and 'cluttered' and the same questions being answered many times.

Also it will be difficult to help people in different regions and who have different firmware etc

Definitely Option 2.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pika007:
I don't think there's a need to even split the development forums.

As i see it, "Galaxy S" is a platform. The hardware for all the devices is 99% similar, with the exception of keyboards.

I'm thinking more like-

- Galaxy S General

- Galaxy S Acessories

- Galaxy S Android Development

- Galaxy S Keyboard devices Android Development

- Galaxy S Themes and Apps

If it turns out that the devices will actually be pretty different, i support option 1.

Let's keep it as a big happy family, no need for splits.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jeffoster:
They are very similar, but the AT&T and T-Mobile versions are GSM, whereas the Sprint and VZW versions are CDMA, two totally different technologies.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jwkicklighter:
I'm going to have to go with option 2. Not only will it become cluttered, but do we know yet just how similar the devices are? Like someone already mentioned, there will be GSM & CDMA models. But on top of that, the software might still be just different enough...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jUsT2eXy:
my point exactly.

option 2 makes the most sense :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
Am i missing something? Option 2 is the most cluttered one with 5 different forums for the same thing. The development forums need to be separate, but why have 5 different general, accessories, and themes/apps forums? The phones aren't that much different.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Barkleyfan:
Split gsm and cdma like ya did with Hero. Makes sense to me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pika007:
Then splitting GSM and CDMA should be more than enough.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vadonald:
Option 2 :D

Vince
[Galaxy S I9000 General] soraxd:
theyre all so similar, just do Option 1, i dont want to have to go back and forth between 5 different threads to find an answer.. add if we ask a question, we wont hit all the users, wed have to ask in 5 different general sections.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheMaverick:
Has to be option 1, they are similar phones with a few cosmetic difference but as people have said may all be different to develop for, so specific development forums would be the best way.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oscicluna:
Option 2 makes sense!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jaredangus:
The phones are too different to keep in the same place. They are all different shapes, one has a keyboard, two are CDMA but two are GSM, some have flashes, they have different bands... they are different phones. Someone said we don't need separate general/accessories forums, but there do need to be AT LEAST different accessories forums.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] orateam:
option 2.

I'll want roms with sprint specific content and keyboard features.

Keep each separate.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
Option 1. Otherwise there'll be so much duplication that everyone will miss out on the collective benefit of having all the best devs and support people working together.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rick Chase:
i agree with this.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] magius:
Option 1 is the best. Even with keyboard and CDMA vs GSM the phones are similar enough that general questions will overlap. Just like the forums for other HTC devices (Topaz/Touch Diamond 2/Pure for example).

The accessories issue could be solved if posters are generous enough to use something like [Galaxy S], [Captivate], etc. in front of the post. Of course, that won't work well if the phones prove to be popular, then different forums for CDMA, GSM, and/or accessories may be needed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] plakband:
i agree

Option 2 is to much of a good thing i think. Like others said, the difference is minimal, so my opinion is just add more categories where it's needed. Makes it easier for the knowledgable people to reply to problems which may have already been answered.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Aridon:
It will be funny when the epic *****ing starts when the noobs flash a gsm rom to their cdma device and end up with a paper weight.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] warri:
I agree, i believe a GSM and a CDMA section would be fine (as with the Raphael).

However, the ATT Version DOES NOT have a front facing camera, which might lead to different developments for the device....which is why i voted for option 1
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
You should re-read option 1. It does exactly that-- separate rom/development forums.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mark99uk:
Option 1 easily.

With option 2, someone in the Samsung Captivate sub forum may post a useful apk i am looking for, and i will have to check each sub forum just to see it. With option one.. all that sort of stuff will come under one roof allowing us all to share the wealth of knowledge more easily.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] torred:
Option 1 as you want most of the info in one place except for ROMs
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Geryatrix:
As a noobie I came onto this furum to learn from others, if the forum was too split up I would have missed valuable information.

I therefore vote Option 1.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mithent:
Agreed, and perhaps that's only required for the Android Development subforum?

I wouldn't want to fragment the forums to such a great degree that every device has its own, as I doubt that minor changes like the presence or absence of a front camera or whether it's an accelerometer or gyroscope warrant that. It would fragment the user base and possibly slow development if not everyone's eyes are on all the forums.