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[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlhill:
Vote on this poll:

I see I am not allowed to post a link here, but head on over to Androidforums Eris forum and vote in the poll. It would be nice to see just how many people are having problems with this handset even after receiving replacements.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hungry Man:
Nice link there buddy.
[Desire General] Daemon1978:
Hello guys,

i was checking the forum about this issue but I haven't found any explanation.

How does this corruption work? I mean, is it a type of protection for booting unofficial roms? Or it just happens?

How common is this problem? How does it happen? Is there a particular procedure that corrupts these blocks? or it just happens?

Is there a test to check if any corrupted block is present? an fsck?

Thank you in advance.

Regards,

Daemon
[Desire General] narta:
It just happens. ALL NAND flash have errors, in some cases it' on the boot blocks :(
[Desire General] xtcislove:
Any sources? o.O I dont believe this.
[Desire General] schidddy:
Not our fault u dont believe this.. O.o

Read some article on wiki about nand memory or somewhere else. Its particulary known that that a certain % of the memory has errors. If u got bad luck some of theses corrupt blocks lays on the boot sector of your memory..
[Desire General] Daemon1978:
I suppose you can ask for a substitution in this case, because it can blocks your upgrades, right?
[Desire General] LOADSABEER:
I hope so cause I have bad blocks on mine and most custom roms don't work :(
[Desire General] narta:
HTC 's updates have small boot images, so no problem to updates ;)
[Desire General] LOADSABEER:
If that's the case then why can't devs make roms with small boot images?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berardi:
I'm going to be travelling to Canada, and as such I don't want to incur charges. How can I put my phone into a mode where no programs will invoke data services? I would still like to be able to use wifi, so I don't want to use airplane mode. Would the mobile network toggle widget would prevent data from being activated?

Thanks!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elegantai:
hmm, I thought we got free data roaming with our plans (as evo owners). I am checking to see if this is different in Canada...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebu:
Yes its different in Canada, roaming only in the US, and not just for evo owners for all sprint customers.

Uncheck mobile data in wireless and networks works just fine, if thats to scary for you try the app droidwall from the market. that was from before data plans were required but i think its been updated.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCL1981:
The settings shortcut widget thing for MOBILE will do the same thing as unchecking the box.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berardi:
From what I understand, we can roam in the US for free but once we get into Canada it becomes like $.0002 / KB. So that's $2 for a Gigabyte. Um ok maybe that's not so bad after all? Is my math right? Lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vandam500:
Yeah just disable the Mobile Network. Cuts all data from receiving/sending unless you are on Wifi which of course would not be roaming or anything like that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thisguyinoc:
I just got back form Mexico and just left it in airplane mode for the week. I was able to switch wifi on and off while in airplane mode. With Google Voice, you are able to listen to all of your voicemails through wifi, its really nice.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berardi:
Thanks that's great to know

sent from my telepathic neurotransmitter.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Airplane mode, or go into Settings>Wireless and uncheck Mobile Network. Don't know the roaming data rates, but $2/GB is impossible. More likely $20-$200/GB. Probably ditto for texting.

I'd recommend heading down to your nearest corporate Sprint store (Meaning a SPRINT store, not a Sprint booth, or BestBuy, or RadioShack, or anything like that) and ask them. The one by me has been extremely knowledgeable and they're always up-to-date, more-so than anywhere else.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berardi:
the $.002 kb i have printed out from a sprint chat... but am I converting it right?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerryparid:
$0.002 kb -> $2 mb -> $2000 gb
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totalnub911:
Yes, I was just gonna show that it was ~2000 per gigabyte...could be more if the .2¢ per kb was actually per kilobit :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerryparid:
kilobits, $16000 per gb, \gg
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berardi:
OOOOOO that's sneaky, thanks for saving me $16,000 LOL

/fails math
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrono:
There's an option in one of the phone codes that disables the data
[XPERIA X10 General] berbecverde:
No important question, just wondering if anyone knows what happens with the unsold phones?

I guess not every X10 or other manufactured phone is sold, so what is SE doing with the remaining phones, and i think there are a few.:p
[XPERIA X10 General] Bialynia:
They are warehoused until a store runs out of stock and orders more.
[XPERIA X10 General] berbecverde:
that is not what i wanted to know.:p

now the x10 is a great phone but lets say in 1 or 2 years no one will buy it anymore, and i think that in the WAREHOUSE there are still quite some mobile phones left. I doubt that Se or any other mobile phone producer can make the exact number of phones they can sell. So the question is :

when no one will want to buy the mobile phone what will happen with the Phones in the WAREHOUSE?:confused:

- destroyed ? not likely ,pretty stupid idea:D

- gift to the poor people ? not likely,

someone?:)
[XPERIA X10 General] mtechfan:
Any device will only be produced in limited numbers unless they need more. That's why some places run out of stock and have to wait to get new stock in. The warehouse itself will only stock a certain number of units at a time and will distribute them accordingly.

Retailers will sell any device until it runs out, that's why you see "discontinued item sales" all the time. Once an item is discontinued from production, the warehouse will no longer be able to order it. Then they make sure they liquidate the leftover stock ASAP by offering rebates to vendors who order from them.

The short answer, the warehouse will likely never have phones left over that don't sell. They will just supply what's left until it's all gone.
[XPERIA X10 General] berbecverde:
thank you.

it is good to know:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
http://blog.naver.com/sounghwa777?Redirect=Log&logNo=30089829334

Improved sound quality on Bluetooth headsets, something about Call/Reception improvements, also something about path initialization problem thats meanless to me.

No mention of GPS fixes :-( although there's plenty of Koreans who are hopping mad about the GPS issues, and no doubt our American cousins will soon be joining in to complain.

EDIT: Also says available RAM increased, Flash Lite support added for web browsing and volume keys can be used for digital zoom.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] INeedYourHelp:
I wonder if this was included in the newest Euro firmware released....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dexter666:
Afaik android can't use more ram in eclair version so in my opinion its just visual improvement. :P
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
Now a second update has been pushed out via Kies in Korea which apparently addresses a data disconnect issue.

Still waiting for ours over here in Europe..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheMaverick:
Just out of curiosity, how do Mac Owners get an update considering we don't have kies?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NickeMan:
We don't, apparently.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oxylos:
Mac is Apple. Apple is iPhone. iPhone is ****. Apple and Steve Jobs are ****:

http://twitter.com/SamsungFirmware/status/18703166364

Windows is not better but its time to see new OS. Android OS!!!

Or just linux :p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] miker71:
I'm a Mac user too, and it's pretty irritating having to dig out a Windows laptop to run Kies (I really can't be bothered with something like VMware on OS X)

It's one reason I haven't got around to flashing a newer unofficial ROM, even though I've d/l all the bits and pieces ....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mickeko:
Flash Lite - Got it already

Digital Zoom on volume keys - Got it already.

Chances are that the other features are stuff we already got too.

*sigh* That old bull**** again...

The Korean firmware might have lacked the firmware fix to support more than 256 MB RAM that *ALL* european (and presumably American variants) Galaxy S already has. There are also other ways to make more RAM available on any operating system...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bakalamaka:
Well, I disagree with Jobs on many of his iPhone policies (that is why I got an Android phone), but Apple still builds the best OS around. I mean, they are the only company that provide an out of box working, usable and affordable Unix boxes. Linux has still waaaay to go, but I admit that latest Ubuntu looks very promising. And btw, the iOS, despite it obvious limitations is still way more polished that the Android is. And I would welcome some moderation to the Android Marketplace, because I am really sick of all the dorks with no programming experience who publish their countless buggy apps.

Anyway, on topic: I am really sick about the Samsung "we don't support Macs" policy. On the other hand, I am glad that I don't have to install that absolutely preposterous Kies software at my computer. I am lucky to have access to a Windows box, where I just installed the drivers and then I use Odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sunwee:
Over here we can get it updated at the nearest samsung service center if need be.
[Droid X General] DaPitt84:
My sister is looking at a new phone. She wanted the iphone 4 but with the data plan change she is not sure if she wants to deal with it.

She was talking about switching companies with me, and as long as i can get my unlimited data plan then i'm switching to verizon.

She wants something good, doesn't know which phone though.

both have 1ghz processors and android.

Can't find ram specs on the droid x but i know it's 512mb on the htc.

Anyone have a good comparison and what do you guys thing. I just haven't been in the cell phone scene for almost a year. I am getting ready for a new phone in oct/nov so i am getting into it now.
[Droid X General] Roland Deschain:
If you're not doing it for a few months yet, then just wait for a better phone. The Samsung Galaxy S (instantly rootable, and fully open bootloader) is the best phone that is about to come out if you like to have root. The Droid X won't have root for 4+ months according to Birdman, and the bootloader may never be cracked. A real **** move by Motorola.
[Droid X General] sprintrjm:
re

I was all set on the moto Droid x, but now...

The Samsung Fascinate is looking really freaking good.

In the side by side reviews that i have seen, the samsung has the best screen that i have ever seen. Plus its rootable, plus it has a faster humming bird 1ghz processor, the same clock speed but in test it shows to be much faster overall.
[Droid X General] x.v_:
I don't know about that? Where are these tests? I was under the impression they are very comparable in speed. I personally like Moto's build quality... even if I can't reflash it. The Fascinate looks like the case is plastic, which just isn't as good as a full metal case.
[Droid X General] dr154:
Between the Droid X and the Droid Incredible, I must say the Droid X, its a powerhouse...
[Droid X General] DaPitt84:
This is for my sister. if it was me, the samsung coming out looks amazing but I am not getting android. Sorry.

She will never do anything for the bootloading or rootable options. She is not into the phone stuff like i am, and wouldn't be able to do it from her technical knowlege. And she is looking right now, can't wait at all, so samsung is out of the question at the moment.

Any other advice would be great. thanks to all that have posted already.
[Droid X General] Rompecorazones:
For a girl, the Droid Incredible or wait for the Samsung Fascinate.
[Droid X General] kingnerd:
Yep. See how she likes the Droid X in the hand first... just drive to a Verizon store and compare the two phones. There's also the problem of the Incredible's availability, but Sense wi definitely be more friendly than Ninjablur for the average user.
[Droid X General] BACARDILIMON:
I have both and the droid x if far. Better. The incredible battery life sucks. I been using droid x for 11 hours and it still at 23% on the battery. That is with heavy use.
[Droid X General] B-dub25:
I have the incredible, droid and the droid x. My opinion is the x even thou the incredible is rooted the x is a whole lot better then both of them combined.

Now with root it will happen with the X and it will be amazing
[Droid X General] orcsbane13:
If she needs one asap then go with the x. Htc incredible is on back order till august and i'm sure it will continue to get pushed back.
[Droid X General] davisbs999:
Are u sure that u had a DI prior to this phone? When i went into adb yesterday to gain root on my X (thanks Birdman!), I used the usb cord that came with my DI. In fact, that DI cord is the only cord I've used to charge and transfer files with on my X.

I have found the X's battery to be a solid improvement over the DI; however, it is still rather easy to drain a full battery over the course of the day. I think it's important to remember that people tend to go through signifcantly higher amounts of data when they get a new toy to play with. Even then, I would say that the X's battery life is slightly better than the HTC 2150 mah extended battery that I bought for my DI.

One area that I've found that the X shines is graphics processing. For example, Need for Speed Shift on the X is by far the the most complete, satisfying gaming experience that I've had on a mobile phone (I dont know what Apple is going to do when even games are superior on the android platform).

While not everyone digs the size of the X, I absolutely adore the large screen. The keyboard on the X is the best I've used on a smartphone, and having the ability to switch to Swype is sweet. And for a movie buff like myself, it is sooo nice to be able to transfer movies from my laptop to my X without first having to convert them

Basically, I am really digging the X. However, the DI is a damn nice phone as well. I personally prefer Sense to Blur, and the DI is extremely polished. Being able to DL custom Roms is invaluable. And although it's completely Motorola's prerogative to design their phone as they wish, there's something about efuse and the encrypted bootloader that chaps my hide.

I had pretty much decided to return my X and go back to my DI, until Birdman gained root access to the x yesterday. Having wireless tether, Titanium, shell access, etc. are hugely important to me. However, i am still not sure if this is enough to compensate for the inability to flash ROMs. Damn, why does the X have to have that damn bootloader?
[Droid X General] jdkoreclipse:
inc is better. ive played with the x numerous times, but i never wanted to switch. its just not the same. the dinc is one of a kind.
[Droid X General] cbaty08:
Eh, my Dad has the Dinc and I have the X..... we BOTH like the X better.
[Droid X General] jdkoreclipse:
i guess it is all preference. in my opinion, the dinc is durable when it comes to modding. ive only tried the x for a couple of minutes, so i wouldnt know how the x is. i do have to say, the x is more of a multimedia and social networking phone, and the inc is more business like.
[Droid X General] o0gamerbear0o:
actually, just for the record. the droid x doesn't have a full metal case.. just the battery door is metal.. much like the Samsung captivate on at&t. but as far as i know you are correct about the Samsung fascinate being "all" plastic. but to put in my two cents. switching from the Dinc to the DX. i am very unsatisfied with the DX slow and laggy UI and the screen looks good and big and clear.. but the colors suck and the contrast ratio is terrible. one of my biggest issues with screens, that of tv, phone, monitor, etc., is being able to see the back light shining through..of which my DX does. So i will be switching to the Galaxy S for that S-AMOLED. but thats just my opinion.

P.S. The Droid X is a really great phone. Just not for me.
[Droid X General] onelifexv:
The incredible over saturates the colors by over 30 percent. The Droid X is only off by like 6%.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tundricles:
Any good ones?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elegantai:
not sure, search market for 'Phone Record', turns up a couple. The first one looked interesting, Phone Recorder by Mamoru Tokashiki, it says it can automatically start recording when the phone connected!

if you try it let me know how it works!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tundricles:
ya it has really bad reviews, doesn't work lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elegantai:
lol doh !
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCL1981:
While this is fun and cool, just bear in mind your applicable state's wiretapping laws will apply. If you live a two-party conscent state, recording phone calls is illegal until both parties in the call are aware of the recording. Two party conscent states are:

California

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Massachusetts

Maryland

Michigan

Montana

New Hampshire

Pennsylvania

Washington
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tundricles:
ya think utah only requires one party
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kthejoker20:
Thats only if you intend on using it for something. If you're just recording for personal use, your ok.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanjsrik:
While only including the states that "require" consent, I'm guessing you left out the ones that only require one-party consent, you know states like:

New york

New Jersey

etc.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Minjin:
His post said that he was going to list the two party consent states. He then proceeded to list the two party consent states. What part of that didn't make sense to you?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamdroid:
no. the act of recording is illegal in itself. even if it's just for you to store on your computer, you've committed a crime.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asrebel:
Totally depends on state laws, but lets move on. Anyone have any other app suggestions? I would be interested too...especially for dealing with Sprint reps j/k
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCL1981:
I listed the two-party consent states. By process of elimination and simple "duh", any states not listed are obviously not two party consent states. I didn't feel it was necessary to remind people of what the other states in the union are. In a one-party consent state (which is all the states I didn't list....), only one party must be aware you are recording and that one party is you.

Thank you. I thought it was rather simple, but I guess I over estimated...

Well, it's not in the two-party consent list. So....... Yeah.

You keep thinking that and see how it far it gets you in court. That thought process is logical however our criminal justice system is in no way based on logic.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
I think Google Voice has a function to record calls, but I'm not 100% sure.

--Swyped from my EVO using XDA App.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MCL1981:
That only works if you receive an incoming call through google voice. It will not work for outgoing calls.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tundricles:
hmm and Gvoice you need a working phone servoce or just wifi? I'm currently hotlined atm. (no outgoing,no sms/mms,no data/4g)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Working phone service, or if you're feeling up to it, you can use Fring with some SIP providers over WiFi/3G/4G.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tregrad:
WOW!..I sure hope this person cant vote.

anyway, so there is no program that we can install that will do in call recording yet. that sux, my tp2 had it right in the rom. should be a good project for someone in developement.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neodorian:
"Twelve states require, under most circumstances, the consent of all parties to a conversation. Those jurisdictions are California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington. Be aware that you will sometimes hear these referred to inaccurately as “two-party consent” laws. If there are more than two people involved in the conversation, all must consent to the taping."

Not sure why people always ask about this on every smart phone forum I've ever visited. Why all the demand for covert phone call recording?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getinked:
i love how everyone on here is fighting over the legality when all he wanted to know is what was a good app. /fail.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flyingwolf:
Because in many cases people use their phones to make important phone calls.

Many times we want these phone calls recorded for later review or possible backup in the case of a he said she said issue on project that may be worked on.

Legality is beside the point, the app itself would not be illegal in any state, as long as in those states where all parties need consent the recording entity gets said consent.

So going from there, assuming the OP does not live in a multi-party consent state or that he has consent, doe anyone know of any good programs which do not require the phone be put into speaker-phone mode?

As for the assumption that the recording itself without consent is illegal, I beg to differ, I record scanner traffic all day long, I then come home and listen to any interesting issues, I do not have consent of any of the persons I am listening to, and I live in Washington, guess what, since I am not broadcasting this information to others, and I have no intention of using this information for anything other than my own amusement I am perfectly legal in recording these transmissions.

This is a subject which gets debated constantly but which the supreme court has already made clear rulings on.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wylker:
I'm crossposting this from the official N1 google forums in the hope that someone smarter than me knows an answer.

I installed the dev release of Froyo right when it was available and noticed immediately that my normal 48 hours of battery life had been reduced to ~ 5. Thinking it was just the development release I went back to Eclair and waited for the OTAs to happen. After FRF72 came out, I tried froyo again in conjunction with cyanogen's mod. I still had massive battery drain issues. I decided to wait more. After I heard that FRF91 would be final, I completely wiped the phone back to factory and let it OTA to FRF91. I then installed no mods, no kernels, used factory recovery, everything was factory (except the bootloader of course). I was STILL having massive battery issues. The phone essentially drains from full to 0 in less than 6 hours, and then when plugged in would take over 10 hours to charge to full.

I finally decided to try specifically removing features until I stopped having battery issues. I removed google apps, then all my contacts, then all features of the OS (animations etc) until my last step was stopping my push email from my work outlook server (this was hard for me as I use my phone all the time for work email).

As soon as I tried the phone without Exchange push the result was noticeable. I have even better battery life then I ever did with 2.1 and am now running Cyanogen 6.0 along with several other applications and maintaining excellent battery life. I am really torn though, as I need to have outlook access (and the calender sync is a much needed feature after coming from a blackberry). Am I doomed to run on Eclair forever?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khaytsus:
What about sync frequency? Can you lower it?

Yeah that does suck though, I have two online IMAP mailboxes in K9 mail (and weather, google accounts, random other little stuff) and my idle battery usage is around 2%/hr.