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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Lemme put it to you like this:

New EVO: $500

Insurance (deposit and all that): $7 per month ($87 annually)

Insurance deductible: $100

So if you brick your phone, it's lost/stolen, smashed, what have you, after 12 months, it will cost you $187 to replace it. That's $313 less than retail.

Even if you replace your phone after two years, (and let's say the cost of the EVO drops from $500 to $400, and you don't want to renew your contract and thus get a new phone quite yet), it will still cost less ($274, therefore $126 less than retail).

And yes, you can get your phone replaced if you brick it. How? Just go to Sprint, tell them that you lost your phone or that it was stolen. Congrats, you now have a spare battery, charger, and Micro SD card!

Seriously, it's a good deal as far as I'm concerned, just talking numbers.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vbyt:
If you want to talk numbers, you must consider the odds of breaking the phone. Its not guaranteed that you will break the phone. If you have say 4 phones(family plan) and they all have insurance. Then Your family end up breaking one of the phones in this 2 year period. Total cost? 4 phones x 24 months x $7 tep charge + $100 deduct = $772. Cost of retail? $499 or so. In this scenario, insurance isn't worth it. If however, 2 of the 4 phones break, the cost is then $872...getting closer to that mark...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeffaray:
Thanks for all the quick responses. You all have been a lot of help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
It boils down to Sprint being able to take advantage of the aggregate combined with a general misunderstanding of statistics. For a given year, the question boils down to "do yoy have a greater than 25% chance of breaking your phone."
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraginMagik:
someone mentioned that they got their EVO added to their renters insurance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ReallyShawn:
Helped Out My Son

Well, my son dropped his EVO two weeks after getting it. The screen shattered and it was replaced for the $100 deductible. So, with three EVOs on our plan we just need another break/loss in the next couple of years to be in the money.

If I was a betting man, I would bet that my Offensive Lineman will sometime break his pone in the next two years, so for us it is helpful. It all depends (as stated earlier) on the statistics. Insurance is all about shared risk ... thanks for sharing his risk if you participate :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
I'm going to make this a story problem for my math students this Fall. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runningwarrior08:
Haha, I like that.

I myself like having Sprint's insurance for the sole fact of if I ever do really damage my phone or drop it in water, etc. I can get a new one for the 100, and who doesn't like a bright new shiny phone. :) ... And lets say i just damage everything but the screen, i would remove my old scree to have as a backup. Or maybe even sell.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] novanosis85:
Don't forget they may give you a refurbished phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vbyt:
Also account for 'being able to sleep at night'. If having insurance makes you sleep easier at night, then go for it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
For me, I'm the only person on my plan, and I work Facilities and Maintenance, meaning I'm constantly running around inside, around, and on top of a building, around heavy machinery, crawling through a plenum, and so on. The chance of me breaking or dropping my phone? Pretty high. And considering that it's not the best-paying job around, having insurance just seemed like the smartest move.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vbyt:
agreed, probably a good play on your part considering your situation, but you cannot say it is a good deal to someone else just because it is good for you. Everyone has to assess their own situation.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
Pretty much guaranteed to get a refurb. Although those do tend to be just as good.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crakerjaks:
ok so if we say we "lost" our phone and get a new one for $100 from insurance, will the "lost" one still be a functional phone to connect to wifi n stuff or do they remote auto kill it? If they do auto kill, is there anyway to prevent them from doing so?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
You'll have lost money.

In your case:

7x3x24+200 = 704

This would appear to put you ahead, untill you realize that a refurb will be costing sub 300 in a year. Depreciation is a *****.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
Pretty sure you need a stolen phone, not a lost one. Welcome to false police reports and insurance fraud. Not worth a few hundred bucks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thank gawd I bought mine with Amex, got a bit of free warranty with them :p

Though I haven't dropped my Evo, ever I am too careful with it... but I did drop my iPhone 3g a total of 5 times, and it broke the glass twice. Thankfully I am not a douche bag, so I just got a heatgun, a new glass, and then swapped them. 40$ total...

Though I don't think anyone is selling HTC EVO glasses.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crakerjaks:
huh? who gives a **** Im paying $87 plus $100 they can suck it, I will never say I broke my phone can I haz another.. I will say I lost it so I can get my full moneys worth, eff the system!
[Vibrant General] kainu7:
Hey guys I rooted my phone and started to remove all the bloatware and useless apps but I forgot to make a backup just in case, is it possible to use someone else backup, and if so can someone please send me theirs!

Thank you.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Do you need them, really?

If you are rooted, and you have installed Rom Manager and its recovery... you should be able to flash the nandroid backup posted in the android development section. That will take you back to stock (and keep root).
[Vibrant General] kainu7:
ah no i wasnt aware of that, this is my first android phone. Thanks. But no i dont have Rom Manager installed.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ awesome man. I would encourage you to read the sticky "tips and tricks" at the top that I have been working on. I would particularly like your feedback and see if it helps you (since you are my target audience).

I address Rom Manager in it. Please let me know what you think, or if I can help after you read it. Welcome to Android. You will love it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SteelH:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/iPhone-4-Galaxy-S-Android-Eclair-Google,10934.html
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
old news

some one already posted that before

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=733614&highlight=iphone4
[Captivate General] natty407:
Can someone tell me an easy step by step process on side loading apps I have thr market enabler downloaded on my pc I want to kno how to get it on my captivate thank you in advance
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
have you checked out the first post on this forum? Non-market apps?

Basically you need to use ADB in the android SDK; or Get Root and chance the prefs. DB.
[Captivate General] roblo:
Android central has a app, you dont need to root your device.
[Captivate General] natty407:
I do have root on my fone...but im kinda new to all this hacking stuff I dont understand half of what is being said lol....i jus need an easy step by step how
[Captivate General] natty407:
Do u have the link to the app roblo
[Captivate General] designgears:
Do we really need ANOTHER thread for this? Seriously, guys, use the search!
[Captivate General] jhernand1102:
Go here and download the app...it works really well...http://www.androidcentral.com/sideload-android-apps-all-you-want-sideload-wonder-machine
[Droid X General] SteelH:
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Verizon-Data-Droid-X-Android-Google,news-7565.html
[Droid X General] sp1kez:
As expected the first month of ownership, d\everyone is downloading every app

After the first month you will see a decline once eveyrone has settled into what they want on their phone

This happens with every phone release
[Droid X General] microdot:
i think what you say is true also for the fact that this is the first android phone for a lot of people so they are going app crazy....aka me :)
[Droid X General] exempli_gratia:
The worrisome thing is Verizon seems to be using this to lay the ground for a metered data pricing approach. :(
[Droid X General] Grims:
Wireless almost never works for me, so if that holds true for many others that could be contributing.
[Droid X General] dsims91:
Actually if your using wifi it goes off when the screen goes off by default you have to go into setting to change it i think that is why you see so much data use by us droid X users
[Droid Eris General] Jp50:
just discovered this app (was preinstalled w/ Aloysius V11) and it seems to make a huge difference in speed.

I used the aggressive preset and immediately saw a huge inscrease in page loading, changing between apps etc.

anyone else mess around with this and anything to be cautious of?
[Droid Eris General] es0tericcha0s:
There have been dozens of arguments whether a task killer is beneficial or not. For everyone that says that it ruins their phones, there is someone like you that loves it. If it works for you, awesome! It really depends on the phone and the rom you are using. Many others of have tried this and had results ranging from the best thing since sliced bread to this drains my phone like a vampire. Doesn't hurt to try it, so have at it. If it doesn't work, then uninstall it and be happy, if it does, then keep it and be the same. This might or might not make sense, depending on how much I (or you) have already drank this evening. heh...
[Droid Eris General] Hungry Man:
Autokiller = pulling ram data into cpu = more cpu usage = less battery = less cpu downtime

But hey if you like it go for it. I think you should stick to agressive. You always want the least setting possible while still increasing speed.
[Droid Eris General] dragon1018:
The only suggestion that I can make is some programs you may want to exclude from auto kill. Example, if you look at the running programs, one of them is called people. If it is killed, then any custom ringtones you assigned will not function and everyone will have the default ringtone although it shows a ringtone assigned to them. Another example is if you run Live wallpaper, that specific wallpaper has to be excluded from the auto kill list because when auto kill is ran, the live wall paper will shut off.
[Droid Eris General] gpa111:
I could be mistaken, but I was under the assumption that autokiller did not actually kill apps, but that it only modified the way that the system manages the free ram. Is this not so?

I have noticed no battery decrease when using it, and have noticed an increase in speed. I have it set to optimum.

Thoughts?
[Droid Eris General] Hungry Man:
It changes the min settings on android, which is when android decides when to kill an app. This doesn't mean that it won't pull it into the cpu, which will use battery. It's better than a regular task manager though.
[EVO 4G General] SteelH:
Click HERE
[EVO 4G General] Albaholic:
Damnit. I intended to buy one of these when I got my n1... Forgot about it for a while and now they're OOS again. Thanks for the reminder that these exist. :)

I wish they had a email me when in stock feature
[EVO 4G General] IceCreaMan:
sold out... worthless....
[EVO 4G General] SharkUW:
I love Android but the mascot/logo is ugly as ****.
[EVO 4G General] beesneazy:
Yes.

No.

Do you really order one and get some random one? :mad:
[EVO 4G General] cnstarz:
you can find them on ebay for $.99
[EVO 4G General] tmotech88:
very cool haha ima have to get one
[EVO 4G General] SteelH:
Just be prepared to bend over on the S & H
[EVO 4G General] heystek:
I would probably pick one up if I was sure to get a green one. I guess I'll have to search around for one.
[EVO 4G General] kmartburrito:
I ended up getting four of these on their first round of launch....I luckily got a green one, I got a radioactive glow in the dark one, one of the red ones with a tramp stamp, and one of the copper looking ones with the green eyes and gears in its stomach.

I love them, and really want to grab some more later on.

And yes, they're completely random, although there is a specified number of them in each complete box.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ancient_One:
I posted this question in JM2 firmware thread but was wondering if anyone could confirm.

Would anyone like to comment.?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eaglesteve:
That's my question too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raspdeep:
the answer is here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7325508&postcount=265
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eaglesteve:
Hey raspdeep.

I'm currently on JF3, rooted. Never flash any firmware or cook ROM yet, so this is the first. I'm trying to flash JM3. Should I use 512, with repartitioned ticked?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raspdeep:
JM3? JM2 is the latest from what i know.. yes use 512 and check repartition.. if it doesnt work, uncheck repartition and try again.. im not sure why sometimes the ODIN software fail.. but the end results will not be affected

the difference is partition size change for dbdatafs and factoryfs.. one got enlarged, the other got reduced
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GAda:
And Who or What creates the pit files?

Maybe it would be helpful to know that.

Is it possible create a pit file with maximized App partition?

Reuse for it the 5-6 GB SDCARD partition place.

And instead the internal SDCARD Partition to use a big external SD CARD.

So we would have a internal 7 GB App Partition + max. external 32 GB SD CARD.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ancient_One:
Is anyone willing to try my theory.

Flash back to JG1 using 512 PIT repartition then flash to JM2 using 512 PIT no repartition.

Flash back to JG1 using 513 PIT repartition then flash to JM2 using 513 PIT no repartition.

We would be proving no matter what PIT you used previously you do not have to repartition when flashing new firmware and that you can remain with the same PIT you originally used.

Remembering this could brick your phone and it not for the faint of heart.

Then again it might not be such a good idea. To much risk.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkstriker:
The .pit file has got nothing to do with the internal SD card. The flash process doesn't access the internal SD card. It accesses the ROM which is different storage chip so what you are proposing is not possible unfortunately.

However, samsung has been made painfully aware of the lag/stalling issue and seeing the fix by mimocan, it is quite obviously a software issue and we can look forward to seeing it fixed in the future.

Edit@Ancient_One: That will not brick your device. I may require a reflash with a different firmware but it will not brick your device. The firmware may not work but thats as bad as it gets.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ancient_One:
Hopefully this is a software issue and not a hardware issue. Time will tell.

Thanks just wasn't sure and didn't want anyone just going out and trying it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkstriker:
Well it would seem to be a software issue because normal read/write speeds to the internal SD aren't very bad and we achieve double the points in benchmarks when using the slowest of microsd cards (class 2) so it is very likely a software issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ancient_One:
Good point. I'm surprise they haven't tried to fix it knowing this to be true.

Maybe they know something we don't like damaging the components if the device runs to fast. Speed kills you know. :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkstriker:
They have been made aware and the belgian department promised an official fix!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarvinTheAndroid:
When I flashed JM2 for the first time everything appeared to go well with the 513 PIT, but on rebooting I was left with a black screen after the initial boot animation.

Had to reflash using the 512 PIT and everything went as expected.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] arashed31:
Is there a standard procedure to getting the Android Market on devices that don't come with it? There's a tablet I'm considering to buy and I want to know how to do it.

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mr_billionaire:
sorry to bum u out, but it is impossible, there are other app stores out there that u can download to the tablet, but not the actual market.

unless they root and cook custom ROMs that have the market baked in for said device.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rarspace01:
as far as i know you could use the vendor.apk from some custom firmwares to install the market to your device, but i think you also have to modify the user agent to see all apps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
please, can someone tell me quick, were supposed to go to buy one in a few minutes, but i just read you might not be able to install firmwares like JG5, or JM2, ect on the vibrant, so can you?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
can anyone tell me?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkstriker:
Sorry for the later answer but it doesn't really matter since I'm pretty sure you can't. Vibrant requires different drivers as far as I know.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
Sure you can but you will brick it!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fykick:
*ahem*

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=734717
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RayEarth:
Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone had any idea how to disable the Samsung lockscreen? I just upgraded to JM2 and the new Samsung lockscreen is actually quite annoying.

I'm thinking of using Widget Locker as my new lockscreen but sometimes you still get "flashes" of the Samsung lockscreen in the background (and other times the Samsung one just completely overrides the default lockscreen).

It would be nice to be able to disable it altogether.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranova:
No Lock

http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.jraf.android.nolock
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qazz~:
Yeah for older firmwares i could unlock the phone by swiping about halfway through the screen but with jm2 i have to like like 3/4+ for it to unlock, much more inconvenient
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subsubl:
I found the name GlassLockScreen in Logcat. And now im workin on removing it...

And its not in /system/app
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unfnknblvbl:
I would love to be able to use the standard Eclair lock screen :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subsubl:
Looks like this is an overwrite. Cuzz there is no VanillaLockScreen apk of any kind on the ROM...

P.S. Im working on a costum ROM, and i will enable VanillaLockScreen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RayEarth:
Sigh...just flashed the phone twice over the last two day. Would be good if we can enable the default lockscreen without reflashing?

The device is rooted so replacing system files will not be an issue...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Subsubl:
Working on it. Dont have much time, but ill try unpack the rom today and check if this could be done. Not sure cuzz oz the notifications and alarm on the lockscreen..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thE_29:
Anything new?

If you already found sth, pls post it, then i can search too..

Want to kill this damn lockscreen..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DocRambone:
The png' for the lock-screen is located in framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi

The latest version is way worse than the stock. Lets hope there is away to enable stock android lock-screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thE_29:
I dont have such a path/folder...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SquidgyB:
that's in /system/framework/framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/*.png
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thE_29:
Ty ;)

So currently i am downloading the I9000 sources, to look where/when the pngs are loaded..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thE_29:
Ok, so this is what i found out..

I downloaded the opensource sw from samsung but i didnt find where the unlock pictures are loaded (used grep to search threw files).

Then i started adb logcat and this are the outputs when you enable the lockscreen:

And i thought the id, is the pid and this pid is currently this

I dont think it would be a good idea to kill this process ;)

So i guess the /system/bin/system_server

and /system/lib/libsystem_server.so have sth todo with it..

Either it starts the a process for the lockscreen or it has the lockscreen in it..

Because in the libsystem is this

Maybe it is just a starting service..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frewys:
Any updates on this?

I really liked the vanilla lockscreen with option to set volume to off but more importantly the vanilla contains things like alarm time and minutes left to alarm.

Anyone with any info?

Regards

/Fredrik
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrissyg123:
I use a pattern unlock for this very reason :-P

Is it possible just to revert the glass screen unlock behaviour back to june time firmwares? where you only had to drag over half the screen? I'd be happy with that! (altho a fully functioning vanilla lockscreen would be cool too!)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katsuru:
If you want to completely disable the lockscreen without any apps for it.

Phone -> *#*#7594#*#* -> Check shutdown.

No more lockscreen for you. Oh and when u restart, there will be no PIN prompt as well untill you uncheck Shutdown, and then lock , wait 3 seconds, unlock, enter PIN, go back, Enable shutdown again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykkfive:
i want to get rid of the lock also, although i am using nolock at the moment
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frewys:
This disable the shutdown screen. But I guess that will not help me if I want the vanilla screen? Even if I install an apk (if there is one) It will be disabled to?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frewys:
This completely disables the lockscreen. What do you mean?

if you are using extra software maybe u need to uninstall it?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykkfive:
I mean l wanna disable the glass lock, and only enable it if i want to, by script perhaps
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frewys:
Found a 2.2 lockscreen for 2.1 @ droid central

Feels a little shaky to try this though.. really happy with my phone right now. And haven't gotten nandroid to work on my SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katsuru:
U can setup vanilla lockscreen with Widgetlocker. It is exactly the same, and no, my method does not disable widgetlocker as it isn't in system, it is just an apk.

Thats how i do it to have a Vanilla lockscreen
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frewys:
@katsuru

I'm using a freeware simply called "alarm

K

lock" which is really good! (although I like the samsung one to but haven't played with it enough). My guess is that it wont be displayed since widgetlocker is not "native"?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frewys:
I disabled it. I really didn't like the instant off.. pushed it by mistake a couple of times. Back to square one.

But thanks :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f1reak:
A BIG Thank You to katsuru

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katsuru 5th September 2010, 11:32 AM post# 17, Thanks Meter 0, Senior Member, Posts: 118, Join Date: Apr 2010

If you want to completely disable the lockscreen without any apps for it.

Phone -> *#*#7594#*#* -> Check shutdown.

No more lockscreen for you.

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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szewc1:
Thanks, that worked for me as well - Samsung i5801.

It did disable long-press power button options though.