yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeathJester:
Heh

VW, Audi, BMW... All can't handle address books with data in non-standard fields.

My g/f's Ford Fiesta handles my address book without any problems :D
[General Questions and Answers] fashion_m:
Have you noticed, that setting a reminder in Tasks, Calendar and/or Alarm Clock drains the battery more quickly in Windows Mobile?
[Nexus One General] veldargk:
So this weekend the old Nexus took a dip-see with me in the lake. There is hope for those that drop their devices in water or liquids. You have to be on the ball and have a little bit of patience.

As SOON as I jumped in I realized that it was in my pocket, ripped it out, took out the battery and started drying it. I let it sit in a sealed tupperware container with rice for 2 days. Whether or not there's any truth to the rice myth, I was not willing to take any chances.

Wednesday I sat down and completely disassembled the phone. I purchased a contact and head cleaner (basically a solvent that quickly evaporates) and sprayed all the electrical contacts and components within the phone. Carefully reassembled the Nexus One, and she BOOTED!

So, there is hope for those water damaged devices. Act quickly, don't try to turn it on, and you may be good to go :)

Happy water damaged N1 owner,

Jim

P.S. ALL liquid damage indicators within my phone were set off. This really works.
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
O rly?

..........
[Nexus One General] rydr1:
This is good info. Thanks.
[Nexus One General] tokenwoken:
I was at the beach and water washed up onto my pocket with my Nexus One in it. It was pretty bad the first day, the screen kept flickering on and off and I put it in a tupperware with rice. Then when I took it out after a day, the WiFi wouldn't work, but then started working later on in the day. Now my speakers don't work for some reason. It would cut on and off while my ringtone goes off, but when I listen to music, it plays for a second and then pauses the song. My headphones still work fine with it though. Does anyone have any idea how I should go about fixing this? (sorry for invading this thread OP)
[Nexus One General] Red MacGregor:
i've done it 3 times now... heh... rice worked everytime, no disassembly.
[Nexus One General] Red MacGregor:
was probably a mistake to turn it on before you dropped it in rice.
[Nexus One General] Eclair~:
Why would you even be that close to water at all with your Nexus in your pocket? Did you think nothing was going to happen? Did you forget it was there? Were you saving someone o_0?
[Nexus One General] hansmrtn:
This has happened to me, but I thought you were not supposed to close the lid? Condensation has to get out someway besides rice absorbing it. Works for me :)
[Nexus One General] veldargk:
And hopefully 4 months down the road I'm not kicking myself in the ass wondering why my device suddenly stopped working and saying 'Damn, maybe I SHOULD have disassembled and cleaned it...'

And to the above poster: I'm not sure you're supposed to put the lid over either. It's been 37 degrees celsius with the humidex for the past few days and I don't have A/C.. there was so much moisture in the air I had no other choice. But it seems to have worked =)
[Nexus One General] maxh:
There are much better desiccants out there than rice. Calcium chloride, for one, is easily obtainable as DampRid at just about any grocery store or hardware store. It would be wise to open up the phone and clean it with some isopropyl alcohol, though. Especially the guy who got seawater on his...
[Nexus One General] avio07:
What kind of an idiot jumps in the lake with a phone in his pocket.
[Nexus One General] Mokurex:
I'm sure it wasn't intentional, maybe he thought he took it out already. Be nice dude.
[Nexus One General] dogiedogie:
Yeah I would agree there was no need for assembly. Modern electronics are actually very very good when it comes to water. I have about 200 watercooled computers under my belt, and the inevitable leaks that come with them :') Even with deionised water [customer wanted, like an idiot], the worst that happens is it causes a surge, which the mobo force turns off the system. Even then there is NO damage, and just needs cleaning and drying to return it to normal.

It will be the same with the phone, if you can get it off/remove the power, there is abosolutely no reason [other than maybe screen condensing] there would be damage.
[Nexus One General] alithenake:
Me also, just got back from the dead with my Nexus.

Last weekend I went to a club that had a nice swimming pool and during the night, some idiots pushed me in the water when I was close to the pool. (no one saw who was the idiot).

I got out of the water, and took my phone out from my pocket: it rebooted itself, the screen was flickering and the phone was vibrating hard. Instantly I've removed the battery and put some toiled paper around it.

Went home, put it in the rice, uncovered. Next day, like an idiot, I've tried to boot the phone, which booted until a certain point, then started to flicker and it turned off by itself.

I thought it died completely, but still had a hope for it, and left it in the rice, this time covered for two more days. I've also put inside some little bags with silica (the ones you get in shoe boxes and electronics ones)

Then, yesterday, I've tried my luck and it booted with no problem, now happily working with no issue at all.

I was very close to order a new one :D

Love this phone!
[Nexus One General] h0llyw00dj0e:
I'll remember that. Just incase I want to go swimming with my n1.
[Touch2 General] zvoner5:
Hello. I was recently given another sim card by my carrier because the old one kept losing signal due to tear & use. This one has the annoying default pin and every time I restart my phone I have to enter it. On my 6.5.5 ROM, I'm unable to find the security settings for this in order to be able to change that pin or disable the request. Any ideas for this?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suicide_trend:
Long story short HTC Rocks!!!!!!!

I purchased my lovely nexus one in Feb, as soon as i convinced my wife why a $529 phone was worth it.

I rooted the phone almost seconds after I unboxed it and never looked back.

4 Months later i started having problems with the power/lock key not responding.

First i thought it was a ROM issue so i tried a few debugging techniques, No such luck.

Then after research i discover this was a known hardware issue.

Crap!! I voided that warranty with a smile on my face and now i may have to pay for it to be repaired.

To hell with that, i have fixed my Palm Tungsten, Blackberry and countless other consumer electronic devices ill fix this too.

I bust out my precision screwdriver set and the case pry tool and find a dis-assembly tutorial on the net. Warranty already void i think nothing of breaking the case seals. But alas i cannot seem to repair the button.

I break down and call HTC repair hot-line. I present the following.

Do you sell parts for repair ---- No sir we do not.

Is there are known issue with the power button ---- Yes there is

I setup a repair ticket.

I tell them i have rooted the phone and am proud of it.

The rep explains that with the phone being rooted it would be out of warranty repair.

They would be re-locking the phone, which is accomplished by replacing the motherboard entirely and i would owe the $196 for that service.

I also explain that i have broken the seals in an attempt to repair the phone

The tech gulps and tells me that i will also have to pay for any damage done while disassembling the phone.

she then writes on the ticket

"Issue Description: defective power button, cx has rooted the phone, and broke the seals in an attempt to repair the device."

SO Everyone is aware that i voided the warranty, the rep the service tech

I knew i would have to pay, so i waited for the email with the quoted price and i would shell out my credit-card and suck it up.

I received an email they received my package

I checked the repair website every couple hours.

I called them every day.

I never received an email for a price authorization.

I called and spoke with a rep who told me my phone was in post-repair testing and should be shipped out soon.

WHAT!!!! THEY REPAIRED IT AS A WARRANTY REPAIR!!!!!!!

I Cannot believe it, but it is on a fed-ex truck destine for my house today!!!

Holy Crap!!!! HTC Rocks.

Is this windfall of fortune because the part that was defective was the same part they would have had to replace because of boot-loader re-locking ???

Who has other experiences.

I searched for threads of peoples repair experiences but found few. I desperately needed to have an idea of what was happening to my beloved phone
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjsimmons:
HTC seems to be honoring the warranty if it's a hardware problem, even if you've unlocked your bootloader. I haven't had problems with it, but from what I've read that power button tends to go bad. If mine does, I'll call HTC (and not mention the unlocked bootloader), then when I get the phone back I'll do the root-without-unlocking method.

But yeah, HTC seems to have pretty stellar support for their hardware. Can't complain about that. ;)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fubaya:
My similar experience here, but scroll up for a bad experience with a service center outside the US: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7076177#post7076177
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctbear:
They sure have very good customer service in the US...but for the repair center, well I can only say they are horrible!

My experience with them here
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xandr00:
same problem as me. Got mine back today, and rooted it again. I didn't feel like cutting the sim card slot up and stuff.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herrwinkler:
They told me that I should ship mine back to HTC because (since frf50) it's been freezing and I need to pull the battery to restart. I don't want to though.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaiser_tytnii:
you are lucky
[S740, S743 General] mitromen:
Hi,

I would appreciate if you can help regarding the GPS problem that I have with HTC s740

Recently I have purchased HTC s740 and everything was in order with my phone except GPS reception. I wasn’t able to capture any satellite with Google maps or Garmin XT.

So I have started to search on google about possible solution for my phone. I have flashed it with a new ROM and there was no improvements, still I wasn’t able to capture any satellite. Then I found a cocked rom which makes my phone WM 6.5 and I have still the same problem, no satellite reception at all.

Do you have any idea how to resolve this problem because it makes me sick, I’m not able to capture any satellite with mi internal GPS while I have no problem with external GPS, within 20 sec I’m able to navigate without problems.

Radio Version 0.24.30.24

Protocol Version 12.23.30.06H

Regards,

Mentor
[Desire General] tommo123:
using the gmail app, and it works if i get a mail in the inbox, but not if it's in a label only.

any way of fixing this?
[Desire General] Aitese:
If you have a certain Label set that you need notifications for, you're going to have to turn off "skip the inbox" in your filtering.
[Desire General] tommo123:
well, that's carp! the whole point of labels is to filter the emails. might as well just leave everything in one big pile in the inbox :(

hopefully, there'll be a proper mail app at some point - the HTC one does the same thing but worse - it doesn't detect any emails apart from the inbox at all.

:(

ta for the quick reply though :)
[Desire General] Bouncer5:
The default apps are rather rubbish, Have you tried K9 or anything else?
[Desire General] tommo123:
k9? nope. off to google
[Desire General] tommo123:
Tried it, its the same as the gmail app. :(
[Desire General] mercianary:
Press menu.

Select settings.

Select labels.

Change setting for the label you want from none to sync all or however many days.

Easy peasy :)
[Desire General] tommo123:
found the option now. weird

ta :)

will see how it works out
[Desire General] Bouncer5:
I had no idea I could scroll in the label section :o
[Desire General] Aitese:
Well to be fair it's how Google DID design their mail. You have to remember they're search experts.

The problem is people still don't get the concept of "labels" and use them like "folders". If you were using folders it would make sense to have notifications for them. Most IMAP clients provide for this. Any given email can only exist in one folder unless you make a copy.

With labels a single email could have several labels. No copying necessary. If you had notifications for say three of the labels you used and one mail had three of those labels you'd get three notifications for that single email.

What I'm saying, especially with Gmail, don't worry about it all being in the inbox. As long as things are filtered and labeled appropriately you should still be able to sort them how you want using those labels and as a last resort you have the BEST email search engine on Earth provided by the company at the forefront of search.
[Desire General] tommo123:
i get labels and some do share 'folders', but in the end, i'd rather have 3 notifications for 1 mail than none tbh.

i can hope though :o
[Desire General] lyleuk:
Search for gmail label notifier in the market. Works great.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] michelle1505:
I used to have a HTC Blackstone: Touch HD but I could not get used to not having a keyboard so I got the HTC Touch Pro 2 instead.

I had a Dutch Windows 6.5 (found on this forum) and HDWalls and everything. I wonder can I just install the same Windows 6.5 and HDWalls and do the HSPL again, the same way I did on the HT HD Touch.

Or do I need to research and download everything from scratch?

Thank you so much.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Lennyz1988:
No, you must use the roms from this section on your rhodium. So start from scratch and read a lot ;)

HDwalls can be used on any windows mobile device.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] michelle1505:
Ah, ok thank you so much, I was worried you were going to say that.

Oh, well...I will start reading :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msfigaro:
Hi. I have a T5353+ Chinese Clone. Everything is working so far except one problem.

Almost every time I try to make a phone call, it fails even though it has strong signal marking (3-4 lines). After the call fails, the signal indicator goes to "!" (means no signal) and wifi goes "x" as well. 30-60 seconds later, the signal goes back and I am able to make a phone call.

I doubt it is a SIM problem as it works fine with another phone.

I have searched other threads but no luck to find a solution so far.

Could you please advice or direct me where I can find a solution?

Thanks for your help in advance! :)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstackar:
3 things I can think of to remedy this:

1. try to find an updated radio rom, although I doubt you'll find one

2. Buy a real TD2, they're pretty cheap now

3. Don't hold the bottom left corner
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msfigaro:
Thank you cmstackar!

I cannot find updated radio ROM.

The one I have is Windows Mobile 6.5 English, Marvell PXA310 1GHz, 256 MB DDR, 256 MB Nand, Wifi, GPS.

Everything is working except the signal problem.

Well, I contacted the seller. They said "try flashing the phone first and the problem still exist, you need to return the phone back to repair."

I guess it is hardware problem.

At least, the seller is responding which is a good sign and hope they can repair or replace.
[Off-topic] flyboyovyick:
Click here for countdown!

Can't wait!! Any comments?
[Off-topic] htc fan89:
Xbox sucks, lol I'm just an playstation fan
[Off-topic] Zd0s:
xbox 360 is already released in the UK

PS3's kick ass!!
[Off-topic] flyboyovyick:
Not the new one!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294
[Off-topic] Zd0s:
that looks.....

stunning!!!! :eek:
[Off-topic] vmiguel:
Look up "Kinect" or "Project Natal". :D
[Off-topic] flyboyovyick:
kinect is amazing as well! Way better than PlayStation Move
[Off-topic] Fuzalert2k:
Stunning? This is what the Ps3 WAS WHEN IT WAS FIRST RELEASED.

The XBOX IS CRAP. THAT THING IS NOTHING MORE THAN A REBRANDING OF THE ORIGINAL WHITE XBOX.

The PS3 does kicks its ass, and it will do so any day.

Now they get built-in wifi? Wow, my Ps3 from 2006 had that!

M$ sucks, and this another one of there schemes to fill their pockets up with hard earned money. Sure, Sony did release a new ps3, but it was for a new audience--not the same one that bought the original one. The slim offered nothing new that the original couldn't do.

All in all, don't waste your time on the Xbox 360. Even this one is vulnerable to the RROD issue.
[Off-topic] Zd0s:
it looks stunning (nice design)

i did not say it WAS stunning

ps3's still do kick ass
[Off-topic] Demon_man:
blah blah, Xbox v's ps3 bashing here we go, i've had both and there both crap, i play my DC more often:p
[Off-topic] captainstu72:
it was very usefully timed to me getting an RROD on my release console! Have the new one pre ordered and have started case modding my old after I fixed the rrod :)

It does look better - I'm waiting to see more case mods etc for ti as so far I have only seen the one with a small window at the top.
[Off-topic] flyboyovyick:
Cool, i hope the mod looks good

And to the person who said "rebranded xbox" or some sh*t like that. Get your facts straight, its a completely new motherboard design that won't rrod! It does'nt even have a red ring of light! Only green! so up yours ps3 c*ck sucker

Oh and one last thing, most games on ps3 that are sold for xbox and ps3 (eg. cod) are programmed on xbox then ported to ps3! So its a bit obvious that the xbox is going to have better graphics because thats what the game is built for!

Finished.
[Off-topic] Charly Froggl:
Xbox 360 FTW! PS3 FAIL!

Love my XBOX!
[Off-topic] captainstu72:
Mod is going to be of autobot logo. Have dremeled the case, now just waiting to be bothered to sand it all down and smooth out my cutting, then its time to spray it all :)

Also, the XBOX360 Slim does still have an over heating issue. It avoids the RROD by having a red led that pops up, and a warning on your screen saying your console is going to shut down, do not power back on until the red light disappears, but hopefully, it should be a lot harder to get it to that stage!
[Off-topic] flyboyovyick:
thats only if you block the air vent because its not in the usual place
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r34p3rex:
Is there a ONE CLICK 2G/3G toggle widget? I've tried Extended Power Control, but that toggle only opens up the Mobile Networks page, so it becomes a 2 click toggle.

I know HTC roms have this toggle so why not others? :p I've tried searching around but couldn't find any
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkM83:
One word: CurveFish
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elio:
switch pro widget
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r34p3rex:
Both only have shortcuts the the network settings page which makes it 2 clicks (3 clicks if you include the back/home screen button) Any 1 click widgets out there?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cigar3tte:
Read the description on those apps. The OS does not allow one-click toggle of 2G/3G, so they did the next best thing by taking you straight to the settings.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r34p3rex:
Well figured since HTC could do it on their own ROM, someone could figure something out :p
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sshaikh:
I have a HTC phone but can't see a widget to do this. Care to elaborate?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
For Nexus such widget needs to be a part of the ROM - since it needs to be signed with ROM key for system access. There's a thread about it in Development section. And that's why HTC could make such widget (assuming that they did).
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anonymopt:
Hey im making a trip in europe by train! Im taking my Nexus one with me and i was wondering should i put it in airplane mode or turn it off? I might use it to take some photos, upload them to facebook and make hostel reservations and send some SMS.

Im asking this because in me previous interrail my Xperia1 consumed a lot of battery in shut off and turning on...
[Desire General] wr8_utd:
Well the topic is about the Desire and how to get it but I was not sure which forum to put it in so posted it here.

Well my Brother is moving to London for 2 years. Now he has his N95 (unlocked) which he would like to continue using as he has his paid apps installed on it and stuff.

Now he's getting a HTC Desire on contract. So If he uses the Contract Sim in his N95 and sends back the Desire to me here in India, I could unlock it and use it with any data carrier here in India right?
[Desire General] aindow:
Yes you could unlock / debrand the Desire and use it on another network.
[Desire General] atomfix:
This reminds me of one of those Nigeria scams
[Desire General] AndroHero:
you will be able to use it no probs in india, you may want to check with the network you use in india and make sure that they use a compatible 3g band if that is important to you :)
[Desire General] __WiZaRD__:
Bhai sab fit! It will defo work. What Network is your Bro on?
[Desire General] wr8_utd:
He will be either on T Mobile or Vodafone :)

The network won't care right even if he's using his contract sim in his other unlocked phone?

Thanks a lot :D

Well I use vodafone here and as of yet there is no 3G so it might not make a differrnce. Any idea what 3G band is used in India though?

Thank you :)
[Desire General] wr8_utd:
Oh and one more thing.

Some guy on tech enclave was saying that if you unlock your phone using the unlock code the phone will once again get locked after I update my phone software to Froyo.

Is that true? I thought this only happened in iPhones? If it's true what are my alternative means of unlocking?

Thank you everyone :D
[Desire General] aindow:
Simply re use the same unlock code you originally used to unlock the phone and you'll be fine.
[Desire General] wr8_utd:
That would work right? Or will they not let you re use the same code?
[Desire General] aindow:
It worked for me when my phone was re locked after debranding, its worked for others on here too.
[Desire General] wr8_utd:
Thanks.

Could you tell me what site you or others used for unlocking the phone from which you could re use the key?
[Desire General] wr8_utd:
Anyone know How much would it cost in customs to get a Desire from the UK to India?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alpystar:
I have only had my samsung for a day. but i was testing the mp3 player on there and after 2 songs the music stop. i have used the mp3 player that comes with phone and have downloaded another mp3 app. again same problem, the mp3 player is left to play on shuffle and 2 and half songs through it cuts off :-s

has anyone else had this problem? should i notify orange asap about this problem??

is there a problem with the headphones, as i tested them on laptop and the sound came out abit dodgy :-s

any help would be great

Thankyou
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Geryatrix:
I can't help with the MP3 player as I haven't got mine loaded yet, but as far as the headphones are concerned, it appears that the connections to the Samsung headphones are non-standard, so I am not surprised that they sound funny on your laptop.

Several people have complained that expensive after-market headphones do not work on the Galaxy.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] gsm83:
BuggyRil - A little utility to fix some HD2 reception problem!

It allows to fix some RIL radio bugs(exclamation point on signal's indicator), experienced with some mobile operators

(i.e. WIND Italia)

Reboot the device after installation!

Try it!