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[Off-topic] hazard99:
Since this is off topic I thought why not see what the season vets thought about the constant rants on the hd2 linux forum.

Guys have done such an amazing job but It appears that so many people take them for granted. We have had moderator after moderator after moderator try to clean up the thread to no avail. It seems now that mskip has parked himself there

(thanks skip). You are taking an active role and while I do understand that you have a life I value your efforts in trying to keep the thread somewhat clutter free.

While I havent been able to provide anything to these forums I feel as though they have given me so much. I often lurk reading and finding information. When I find a problem I will often search and search and search till my head hurts.

This is rant due to all the people who come to that forum without reading and want to be spoon fed information. I am sure you all know how annoying it is when someone ask a question that has literally been answered a few post before. Often times I will read all the most recent post till as far back as i can.

Please tell me what you all think? Do you want to bash your head into a wall when you read these post? Do you want to beat cars with a golf club? I know I do .

Oh also respect the dev's they dont have to do this ya know. We could have been stuck with just windows mobile 6.5
[Off-topic] GbrilliantQ:
I'm tired of people complaining about the thread. XDA at times seems like the most post nazi forum on the net. As such people seem to want to bash other members because of it.

BTW! I love XDA and it's members/management.

It's mostly people excited about Android on the HD2, asking questions over and over or it's people complaining about them and or bashing them.

Me personally, I just let them talk. I follow the 2nd and 3rd post, http://gamesquare.co.uk/ and netrippers irc channel for info.
[Off-topic] htc fan89:
why are people excited seeing android on an hd2? I don't see anything special about android...
[Off-topic] Purple Drama Llama:
That's because you've been using it. Winmo is horrible. Why do you think I took my HD2 back for a Nexus? I bought a commuter for it, last week because their were no defenders and guess what.... The defender CAME OUT TODAY. I should make a new thread to express my anger, :eek::mad::D
[Off-topic] orb3000:
Well said!!!

ANdroid is nice to test but not for daily usage...

You forgot to mention that was only your experience with WM:cool:

Me on the contrary, having the best WM experience and no plans to migrate to young immature funny android...

Altough it´s nice to be able to test it on my Leo just for fun:rolleyes:
[Off-topic] GbrilliantQ:
I've used WinMo since 2006. I've just begun to use Android on my HD2 a couple of weeks ago. After this new Desire build, I'm using WinMo less than Android.

I use WinMo for downloading music with NanoGroove to play on my Android build.

I really am liking Android.
[Off-topic] htc fan89:
I know I might look like a hypocrite but, When my Leo comes in. I'm going say bye to android for good. It's alright, but wm seems better, and I also miss wm...

sorry, for being off off topic from the discussion.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealth-twinturbo:
Ive been trying to do this and I run in the shell, "adb reboot recovery" I have put all the files needed on my SD CARD "flash image" "mtd-eng" and "PC36IMG" and "recovery" but when I run the windows recovery as administrator and i try double clicking it, the CMD comes up and does its thing real fast but nothing changes on the EVO sceen. Any ideas why this isn't working?? I am not getting into the recovery menu.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UrbanMuppet:
Are you following these insturctions clearly? Scroll to the bottom.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=690762

You need to boot into recovery, then go into shell and run those apps. There's no need to load anything on your SD car. Just copy over the files and .bat to your tools folder where adb is and everything will be set.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealth-twinturbo:
I've been following this guide from step 45 onward and its pretty detailed and im still getting stuck at that part.

http: //forum.xda-developers. com/showthread.php?t=701004&highlight=accessing+shell
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paradox4286:
i had this problem yesterday. download simple root, then it has an extras menu. in there should be flash recovery image and select clockwork mod.

the phone should be at the home screen when you do so. it worked for me,

i was having a helluva time with the same red triangle
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealth-twinturbo:
Do i still need to drop those 4 files onto my SD card, then run simple root "flash recovery" Clockwork mod.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paradox4286:
i didn't, i rooted using a different method, but was having trouble flashing the recovery image, so i only used simple root just for the recovery and it worked.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imdatspecialnoob:
Im having the same problem right now and hopefully this simple root works with the Aria Fingers crossed
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vladthedog:
Is it possible to have my phone automatically start usb-tethering when I plug it in to the computer? I run Cyanogen Nightly so it's obviously fully rooted. I also don't have a problem messing with configs/scripts so if someone could just help point me in the right direction? I almost never plug my phone into the computer unless i'm using it for tethering, and the option to enable it is somewhat buried. It's not a huge deal; its just that my situation means the computer I do tether it to is always been plugged/unplugged so its a bit of an annoyance of mine that each time I plug it in I have to dig through menus to re-enable.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dglowe343:
I just use WiFi Tether from the market. I usually plug it in cuz its a battery hog, but you don't have to. Just open the app and press the icon and your phone acts like a wireless router. You can even set a WEP password so nobody can leech.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vladthedog:
WiFi is a no-go, which is why i need usb :) Thanks though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddarvish:
did you ever figure out how to do this? lookin to do the same
[EVO 4G General] colorado_al:
I'm traveling to Europe for 1 month. Loving my EVO, but it won't work there for cellular calls. (WiFi yes, but 3G no)

Can someone recommend a good (and not too expensive) unlocked android phone that I can use while I'm there (with a local sim of course)?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] phobos512:
My fully security and SIM unlocked Touch Pro (AT&T Fuze) running XDAndroid? :D
[EVO 4G General] colorado_al:
I had an unlocked TP2 that was running xdandroid, but I sold it before I knew I was going to Europe.
[Vibrant General] sccpmusc26:
So today I returned my Vibrant and removed my Nexus One from Ebay. It's sad that such a beautiful phone had to be returned but I couldn't cope with some major issues:

1) GPS (I dont care if there is a fix, it SHOULD work out of the box)

2) Laggy Market

3) Laggy Homescreen

4) Tethering issues (Using barnacle and IPad)

I will miss the screen... it was amazing... along with some of the features of touchwiz. However, the fact that TMobile confirmed that they will be launching an HSPA+ phone this summer makes me feel that much better about waiting to upgrade.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Let me get out my violin.

Feel better? Goodness it's like at least 5 people have to start this type of thread on every board I visit for any type of device. I can't wait for the usual people to come in and make this a 10 page thread
[Vibrant General] lqaddict:
And when the TMO releases the new HSPA+ phone it will have a plethora of issues on its own, good luck
[Vibrant General] sccpmusc26:
Just trying to save people the trouble from upgrading from their Nexus if they have one. Thanks for the violin though! ;p
[Vibrant General] mi4kidzmom:
I really don't set the point of these types of posts, so you are unhappy and experience issues that not everyone is. Does that mean I should annoyingly post about how great mine is working? My HD2 gave me problems everyday but I didn't post about it. My slide worked perfectly but I didn't post about it. Again gps is not everyone, I have tried the following apps:

Yelp

Yellow book

Find me

Places directory

Maps

Where

Layers

And google

ALL were able to find my location (locked)

Everything else hasn't happened to my phone yet

So really what is the point in posting that you are returning the phone, because I'm sure you have already posted the problems.
[Vibrant General] coolguy949:
Oh man you should have seen the Evo 4G forums then. This is nothing compared to that. :P
[Vibrant General] OolonColuphid:
If i'd've had a N1, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have a Vibrant now. N1 to Vibrant is probably not that big an improvement, but G1 (even rooted) to Vibrant is HUGE!
[Vibrant General] danpaganelli:
Sorry you didn't like your Vibrant!:(

I personally have had none of those issues, in fact, I have had not one force close or restart, the phone has been on and running without a single hitch since the day it was released and I picked it up at the T-mobile store.

This has been the best out of box experience I have ever had with a phone, especially one that was just released.

:cool:
[Vibrant General] neema:
I agree on both accounts. When we get 2.2 OTA or mod it will prove to be the best phone available.
[Vibrant General] Tairen:
Your patience (or lack thereof) got the best of you.phone had only been out a week. Name me one device that was perfect upon release? Take care and cya, I'll enjoy the vibrant for you =)

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant
[Vibrant General] DKYang:
What he said. ^^^^
[Vibrant General] tq745:
lmfao! blah 10 char!
[Vibrant General] nick_karstedt:
1. will work after OTA

2. Did you root? Haven't heard of significant issues pre-root

2. thats because it's filled with bulky widgets. Remove a few. I'm running 5 widgets (2 of the samsung ones) and a live wallpaper with no lag (did no lag fixes or anything)

4. Barnacle doesn't work without root. Doesn't work consistently with root because the phone just came out and they haven't added support for it yet. New hardware for a currently unsupported root feature. Hopefully it'll be included in 2.2, but if not, the tether programs should be updated soon.
[Vibrant General] juventuss:
I think you should have waited before getting the phone in the first place. Nothing come out perfect.
[Vibrant General] Astitious:
I also purchased the Vibrant to use as a wireless hotspot with my iPad. I am going to give it time. I probably wouldn't have upgraded from an N1 though.
[Vibrant General] kizer:
I turned on the phone and I'm not kidding I went straight to ever screen and removed every widget and turned off all but one screen. I mean I really don't need 7 screens when I use the same few apps all the time.

I think the only issue's I've noticed is.

- Camera FC on me once.

- Antenna boucing all over the place signal wise. Full Bars, half bars, no bars. Who knows, but it still works.

I think the only rock solid phone I've ever purchased and it just worked was my old Side Kick. It wasn't fancy or flashy and of course doesn't do half the stuff that these newer phones do.
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
For me:

Notifications keep phone awake

I get FC when I try to add picture to contact

Slow market (rooted)

Antenna bars jump left and right, but it doesnt seem to effect the signal....
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
It's a genuine concern. Stop getting so defensive that people are having issues. Not everyone can afford to drop $500+ every two months on the latest and greatest. A new smartphone is an investment, and if it doesn't work as advertised, that's not the fault of the consumer. Also, keep in mind, 14 days is not a lot of time. We don't even know for sure if this is something that Samsung can or will fix.

Some of you are willing to accept that risk, and trust that a fix is coming. That's fine. Some of us are not as bold when it comes to such investments.

So, yes, we may get an announcement, by the 15th day, that everything is going to be fixed and we won't have to worry. But what if that announcement never shows up? What if they just shrug their shoulders and say, "Eh, good enough"?

Well, like I said, $500+ is a lot of money to gamble when it comes to the good faith of a corporation. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit nervous about them supporting this device properly.

I love my Vibrant, save for these reception issues with the various radios. I live in one of the best coverage spots in my city, and I've been having calls go straight to voicemail all week; my GPS takes 5 minutes to even lock, and when it does, the radius is 2-4 blocks wide; the compass does not work at all, and the phone will assume I'm driving and moving when I'm stationary because of these problems. As of today, it does not appear as if either company is acknowledging the issue. That said, if a statement isn't released soon, I'll be returning it to sit on the sidelines until a fix is announced -- as much as I'd miss the display.
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
Precisely.

Go start a blog or post on the tmobile forums. Every one of your issues can be solved with patience.

Buhbye.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
It's just getting started. Not only that, when they return the phone it'll continue to pester on. Oh x -- x and x doesn't work, it's this and that.. no, I haven't exchanged it or I've gotten 5 already and it's not going to be fixed because once I do this, that happens.. and on and on and on and on and on and..
[Vibrant General] juventuss:
but why must you shell out $500 every couple of months for the latest and greatest ?

is the Vibrant $500 better than the N1 ?
[Vibrant General] Pneumatic:
+1 :)

The tethering thing is something I want to use but the phone has only been available for A WEEK. It takes some time to work things out so jumping ship is kind of dumb at this point. IF you didn't want to deal with the little bugs you should have never come on board this early in the first place.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Yes, he should have known of all the bugs before making his decision, especially considering how heavily reviewed this unit was; double-especially-so, considering T-Mobile "...thoroughly tests these devices and says 'nuh-uh' when a flaw is spotted, and forces the manufacturer to correct the issue."

Plus, when a phone is having launch issues, most companies say so right away, and address the issue; sort of like Verizon and Moto are dealing with, in respects to the Droid X and the screen defects. Considering those devices both launched on the same day, I'll bet Samsung has released a statement by now, especially if the problem is easily addressed! This will all contribute in helping potential buyers making an informed decisions, so as to not be called a n00b by you!

Oh, wait a minute...they haven't so much as said a peep, and hardly anyone has review units... :confused:
[Vibrant General] sigeltek:
I had a MyTouch 3G before this, even if the vibrant couldnt make phonecalls I still rather use it than go back... and the people that complain about speed/slowness from the vibrant must have upgraded their phone obviously too early.. cause to me, going from MT3G to this is like going from a smartcar to a ferrari.
[Vibrant General] zephiK:
Same except upgraded from a G1 (HTC Dream) to Vibrant... using alternative launchers such as ADW Launcher or LauncherPro. I prefer ADW Launcher also helps the home screen speed.
[Vibrant General] sfsilicon:
I thought this was funny. All the issues you mentioned are just a symptom of the phone being new. Nothing that a good custom rom can't fix down the road. BTW, if your not following the thread the CM6 work really looks promising.

While the N1 had root from day one, Vibrant had it too (thanks to the international SG-S). It is just a matter of time till we can blow away the Samsung C R A P and have a decent ROM that will address these issues. That's what Android is all about.
[Vibrant General] ekeefe41:
THIS!

I am coming from a G1, if i had a Nexus one... nop
[Vibrant General] dmtaub:
Honestly, I'm amazed by all of the bs that comes up on these threads. Do your research before you buy the phone and if you don't like it, return it and get something else that will more suit you... like an iPhone.

All of your problems have fixes:

GPS issues - fix

Laggy Market - 1st person i've seen with that issue, but if you can't wait 5 extra seconds for your app to come up, then you have way too much going on

Laggy Homescreen - less widgets or go with ADW, super fast

Tether issues - Barnacle needs to have one of the settings changed and it works just fine. I have it and there are no problems.

Besides, once CM6 is released, none of this will be any issue. And, if you don't want the custom rom, when 2.2 comes out this summer, most of them will be resolved too.

I had a G1, went to an HD2, and now to the vibrant. I will tell you, this is an amazing phone out of the box as I had to customized the crap out of my HD2 to make it usable. There really is nothing better if you are on T-Mobile.
[Vibrant General] Pneumatic:
All I am saying is that every cutting edge phone that is released has it's bugs and most of them are eventually fixed. If you don't want to deal with the inevitable problems of the first release then don't be standing at the door on launch day. I would be willing to bet that people who buy the iPhone 4 next month will not have any antenna problems.

These "Whaaa I am leaving" threads are pointless. This thread should be posted over on the Samsung forums rather than XDA. Nobody here gives a rip if you use the phone or not.
[Vibrant General] gnunixguy:
I bought my Vibrant on Thursday night, no issues yet to report. My girlfriend bought her's from the same store, same stock, Friday night... She had all kinds of issues, unresponsive, slow, wasn't working right at all. So I wiped her phone and all the issues went away.. she's loving it now.

So, If you're having issues that no one else is reporting, wipe your phone and make sure it wasn't a hickup in the OS itself.
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
how do you wipe? Turn off phone hold volume down and up at the same time while turning the phone on?
[Vibrant General] jayjaypops:
i agree with that, my g1 was hacked up the as*, it was customized for my own needs . i basically pushed anything i wanted through adb to that phone . but when i got the vibrant ! o man ! what an upgrade . aha

just the screen was amazing

the processor

right now im running ADW

and im rooted .

also FYi.

the wireless teathering is not going to work because its not supported with the kernel yet, but i have tried PDA and it worked !
[Vibrant General] sombionix:
Seriously. The phone came out 6 days ago. Patience, patience, patience my friend. Most phones these days come 'out of the box' with problems of their own. Most of those issues you listed would more than likely have been resolved with a simple software update. Of course minus the tethering because that's not stock. However, had you waited a couple more weeks and dealt with the VERY minimal lag you were apparently experiencing, you would see that some pretty amazing custom roms will start coming out that will address and fix those issues. As for the tethering, its not working correctly because the stock kernal isn't modified to handle it correctly. Once a netfilter is added to the kernal by means of a custom rom, you'll be able to use the android wifi tether that all other rooted devices use.

Your loss. This phone is and will prove to be victorious over every other android device currently out. The N1 is a good device at best, but doesn't come close to the potential of this phone.
[Vibrant General] sombionix:
He probably meant to say he did a factory reset.
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
ahhh, ok. Gotcha... Thanks
[Vibrant General] TGA_Gunnman:
no phone has a perfect launch. nexus one had plenty of issues. GPS and compass fix comming with Samsungs first update. xda will take care of the rest. but everyone has their opinions. enjoy android however you can.

Gunnman from Galaxy S
[Vibrant General] phonepersonality:
I agree.

I customized the heck outta my HD2 as well to get it to be useful.

Lovely form factor, sucky OS.

Personally, I really like the Vibrant.
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
Nexus still has issues :) I remember i wanted to throw my Nexus out the window with all the touchscreen issues. the phone was almost unusable. of course now its great thanks to devs and google. but pink camera issue, ****ty speaker, and ****ty light sensor are still there....
[Vibrant General] Dxtra:
All the people saying they have no problem with the galaxy s phone (vibrant, captivate) are lying. I owen one so does my gf and cousin n they all laggg. Slow market , black screen , lag, and more lag.
[Vibrant General] dashed:
I had the Nexus, then tried sprint for a week lol with the evo. After the evo the nexus had the smallest screen I could barely type. So I got the vibrant and it seems to be the perfect size. I just sold the nexus about 15 minutes ago and i will admit it was hard to see it go. The vibrant doesn't feel like it is made nearly as well, but the nexus' 3g problem was killing me. Every time I listened to pandora i would be driving and hit a area with bad 3g coverage and the nexus would switch to edge, and rarely switch back to 3g on its own. I miss the evo and the nexus, but the vibrants screen is so sick in sunlight I could never go back.

Also, I will admit that my nexus smoked the vibrant in speed, but I know the vibrant has tons of potential.
[Vibrant General] YellowGTO:
Can I see a video of this. I keep hearing people say lag. I have a rooted and sideload hacked phone and I have no lag, slow market but I did have a black screen once when unlocking the phone for a text message for about 2 maybe 3 seconds.
[Vibrant General] SanFrancisco:
So that presumes that everyone does not know how to use the Vibrant for basic functions, the same as you don't?

That's rather presumptuous.

And I assume you are aware that Google has discontinued the Nexus One.

Good luck getting service and support on that phone.

Back in February I predicted Google's path with the N1.

First, no one will make an N2 for Google (that happened, e.g., HTC told them it would not make an N2 for Google).

Second, Google would close its online store (happened).

Third, Google will discontinue the N1 (happened).

Fourth, service and support will continue to decline, to where by Sept-Oct. N1 owners will be complaining all over the Net.

Fifth, on warranty claims Google won't have any N1 phones to replace damaged ones with, will give people something equivalent, as the warranty terms allow. Will give people myTouch Slides.

Sixth, by January 2011 it will become clear Google is out of the cell phone business.

Yeah... enjoy your Nexus One. :D:rolleyes::p
[Vibrant General] jblade1000:
honestly the only things that ever made my phone lag while i was using it, after using task killers properly (which all androids need anyways), was the daily briefing and buddies now samsung widgets. those things suck down battery and data and processer time and ram like crazy.

other than my current phone situation, which could entirely be my fault and is something else all togther, i've experienced 0 lag issues since deleting those two widgets. I have 7 home screens and 9 widgets plus a live wallpaper. no lag. now if i go in and play a gameloft game (nova and hero of sparta), yup that'll kill it right there...unless i kill tasks before i play. awesome games for a phone by the way. just awesome...