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[Vibrant General] trevorwhopkins:
Are you guys serious? Are you really having some kind of shouting match on XDA? The OP was about connectivity problems. If you cannot relate, do not reply. If your curious, ask away. But don't just sit there and match wits post after post. This place is about collaboration lol. If the post is some kind of lie, noone will have any input and the thread will die. Instead I click on it because it's at the top and I'm curious... and it turns out you guys are just in here flaming each other.

As for the actual topic of this thread: I definately see reception problems in some places. But in all honesty, it's Tmobile. We have the smallest 3g network, the smallest company of the big 4, yadda yadda. And do you think Steve Jobs' crew are morons? RF antennas are a science, and it is difficult. All we can go by are these tricks to test some idea. Noone on here [at least in this thread] is an RF Engineer, or knows the real answers to all this. My opinion is this: the phone needs a firmware update, yes, but perhaps the antenna still isn't the greatest. Like the Iphone thing, I'm betting alot of this is just hype. My N1 was so bad I moved to Verizon and paid 140 a month for an Incredible. I wanted the Vibrant, so now I'm back, and honestly... still don't care for the Tmo network all that much. Love the phone though... besides the lack of flash.

A point of interest: those mobile speedtest sites are not a scientific test. The results vary. He may not be lying that it said over 7.2, even TMo says 3g+ areas will benefit our phones [and specifically our phones] although 8 should not be possible, that doesnt mean mobilespeedtest didn't say 8.

Do you know why all of us amateurs have such an amount of collected knowledge that it seems common place to discuss RF, HSDPA, etc when most people couldn't tell you what it stood for? Because in XDA thousands of people have spent years working together and now xda knows the phones as well or better in some cases than manufacturers. Enabling multi touch on resistive screens, changing the radio from Tmo to ATT on one phone, changing windows phones to android, writing 3d drivers... thats collaboration. What is it you two are doing? Peeing contest?
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
I'd agree. Its tmobiles network. Watch when it gets to sprint or Verizon. These problems will not be there I'm sure... damn T-Mobile..
[Vibrant General] trevorwhopkins:
and just for the record, I am definately not an engineer, I definately have seen the problems, and it definately was just as bad on my N1, but not quite as bad on my wifes Tmo unlocked iphone.

In my area, Denton TX by Dallas, I get full 3g most everywhere in the city but some strange areas. In my nieghborhood it bounces alot, and inside my house im lucky to get service sometimes at all. I think this is because the connection and signal strength aren't neccessarily equal. For instance it could say full 3g but be a weak signal, and my data acts funny. Just my opinion.
[Vibrant General] JeremyNT:
So is there a way to force the vibrant to stay with 3G longer? Mine seems to switch to EDGE at inopportune times.
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
Yes but I forgot how.... its round somewhere. ....
[Vibrant General] Shagman68:
What I have noticed, is T-Mobile has disabled the phones ability to display the icon for HSDPA, The little H with up and down arrows. So, whether you are in UMTS, 3G, or in the HSDPA, H. The phone will still only shoe the 3G icon in the status bar. That was a big mistake on Tmos part to not have that, although some ppl less in the know would be calling customer service asking what the heck is the H on their screen, so that is a 50/50 call i suppose.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ho4x:
Ok.. I want to try and get the Galaxy S FMRadio.apk working on my Evo (because it uses RDS and is just cooler..). I have the Galaxy S system dump and pulled the .apk and .odex. I deodexed FMRadio.odex and smali'd it back to classes.dex and then dropped classes.dex into the .apk via WinRAR. I tried to install via ADB but got a cert error and it failed. After googling and forum searching for a bit, I found I needed to resign the .apk in order to install it. I've been trying to resign the file via autosign and followed several guides I have found both on XDA and elsewhere with no luck.

Using Autosign all I can get is:

java testsign FMRadio.apk
java.lang.NullPointerException
at testsign.readPublicKey(testsign.java:82)
at testsign.main(testsign.java:355)

I've searched the forum here for about 2 hours and looked elsewhere, but just cant seem to find a method that works for resigning an .apk on Win7 x64. If someone could point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteelH:
Try the kitchen. Look HERE Adveanced Option 20 "sign apks"

Also, if you get it working please post as an attachment as I'm sure others would love that apk.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ho4x:
Hmm, interesting. Now searching for a Galaxy S/Captivate rom so I can set up a working directory for the Kitchen..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiicytuna:
I would try this method: http://androidforums.com/49232-post1.html

Simple. Easy. and seems to work for everything I need to resign.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdlboy:
Did you have any luck with this?

Thanks!
[Captivate General] ewingr:
Well for any of you that saw my long post about problems, I give up. Trying to hard reset.

BUT...

Instructions I find say this:

Turn the power off. If your Samsung Captivate is frozen, pull the battery out and reinsert it

Hold the Volume Down button

Press and release the Power button

You are now presented with a menu that allows for Fastbook, Recovery, Clear Storage, and Simlock

Select Clear Storage by pressing the Volume Down button

Press and release the Power button

Now simply confirm your decision: Volume Up for YES and Volume Down for NO

But when I do that I get a completely different menu. I get this:

Reboot System Now

Reinstall packages

Delete all user Data

Delete Cache Data

I finally use d Delte all user data and that did it.

But to make a long story a alot shorter, it is booting up with all these Sorry messages about differen Google process not starting. And I do see the finance clock screen I had messed with that still had a stock quote in it. So, I'm sure it is not fully hard resetting.

Any ideas?

[EDIT]

Tried another hard rest, and it came up with this big yellow triangle wiht an android mopping the floor, and saying Downloading... Do not turn off target!!!

WTF???

[EDIT2]

What I wonder may be the problem now is, I had rooted the phone. I did it with the method described on this forum, or maybe the other one I frequent, that edited one item in the Update file, and that file is still on the phone. I think I'll hunt down that thread and post a question about this there.
[Captivate General] ewingr:
Good News!

For anyone reading this and is interested, the fix was to apply the factory rom. I utilized info in this thread.
[General Topics] nellisere:
im sorry if this is in the wrong place, or if i am not allowed to post this here, but i was wondering if anyone wanted to swap their iphone 3gs (any size) for my GSM htc hero. my hero has a few light scratches on the top, 3 very small marks (1.5mm max) on the back case, no scratches on the front screen, comes with box, charger, usb cable, headphone(if wanted), 2gb memory card and 1gb goldcard, some of the plastic has come of the usb cable but works absolutly fine, i can preload the phone with anything, i.e custom recovery, any rom, official 1.5/2.1 rooted(1.5 or custom rom only) or not rooted. i dont mind how big the iphone is eg 8gb 16gb, white prefered but will settle for black, doesnt matter if boxed or with headphone but needs usb cable, must be 3g S, can also add small amount of cash, (upto £30, cheap i know but im 15 and dont have a job), will post, can only meet in Boston,UK, sorry for any inconvienience, Thanks For Reading
[General Topics] Purple Drama Llama:
This goes in the marketplace...
[General Topics] nellisere:
im sorry, i looked everywhere on the forum but couldnt find the market place, would you be able to move the thread for me?
[General Topics] Purple Drama Llama:
No, I dont have the authority to move it but..... you can ask a mod to delete your post (Find and private message one) or edit your first post/title to say delete this post or ask one to move it to thw marketplace. Otherwise, if unable to do the rest... you can re-post your listing here: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=476

Hope I have helped :D
[General Topics] DangerPanda:
Sorry I just stumbled upon this thread, but somehow I am not allowed to view the marketplace section!? I have seen it before I registered an account here, but I could not find it after I signed up o.O

Is there a certain restriction?
[General Topics] orb3000:
Yes, it´s a recent restriction for new users, this to prevent scammers and spam the more we can.

Soon as you become an active regular member all that features will be unlocked automatically
[General Topics] DangerPanda:
Great to hear!

I'm definitely excited!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cq.dude:
It's always been my understanding that it's in the chip. But can someone confirm this for me? I'm using WCDMA 1900MHz atm and the operator sucks. There's another that offers 3G but it's on 850 which my desire doesn't support (only EDGE.) I'm quite frustrated.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr1960:
It's hardware I'm afraid.

The 900 mhz model is the A8181 and the 850 mhz model is the A8183.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cq.dude:
Belated thanks for clarification. :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] npshev:
How do you know it's hardware? Is there some place you can check which frequency it's operating on?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr1960:
check the specs for the different models.

it is DEFINATELY hardware.

think about it - if it was software, why wouldn't HTC just produce one model?

very few carriers run 850mhz 3g, so think of the A8183 as a 'special' build.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agupta80:
Well, actually, if YOU think about it: if they make one model, would they be able to charge an additional premium for it?
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] jonikah:
Does anyone know how i can copy text when reading an email ? I can copy when writing/forwarding just not from reading.

thanks.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] lufc:
I have just tried it and you are right not able to copy emails whilst reading them,I will have a look on the net to see if there is an answer out there
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] lufc:
From what I have just been reading u cannot copy whilst reading in k9. The way to do it is read the email through the browser on gmails page and copy text from there, long winded way of doing it but I haven't come across another way yet but will keep looking for u
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] jonikah:
Easiest way I`m using now is Forwarding. Automatially enters edit mode. But still, a copy text function would be nicer.
[Captivate General] inasol:
Hi Everyone,

I've recently purchased my Samsung Captivate. Being new to Adroid IOS, I've been taking my time in understanding and testing certain apps before committing. I was testing out Launcher Pro vs the default Android Launcher by not choosing either as the default when utilizing the home button. While in class, my nosey neighbor decided she would choose the Android Launcher as my default application over Launcher Pro. I'm unable to revert this setting. I've reinstalled the app and have checked all settings under manage applications to no prevail. At this time I'm ready to have it as my default (Launcher Pro), but I just cant get it to become available. How do I undo the default setting?
[Captivate General] Main Target:
There is a free app on the market called homeswitcher. That should get you what you need.

How did you get the default android home screen? or perhaps you are talking about touchwiz?
[Captivate General] cachookaman:
download home switcher from the market
[Captivate General] DraxusD:
You've tried Applications -> Manage Applications -> Launcher Pro -> Clear Defaults? Should work... but homeswitcher will work and is nice anyway.
[Captivate General] dsjr2006:
To get rid of it without downloading anything go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > hit menu then choose filter, change to All, scroll down to TW Launcher select and click Clear defaults

From my Samsung Captivate
[Captivate General] inasol:
Thanks dsjr2009. That did the trick. But man....ya'll are the best. So many replies in such a short time. Glad I joined xda dev. ;) :Cheers: All is well.
[Captivate General] alkiter:
Homeswitcher works great. However when using Launcher Pro I don't have access to the application launcher and to other apps like BuddiesNow.
[Captivate General] dressanderc:
Android iOS? Did anyone else catch that?
[Captivate General] boborone:
Sorry for the thread jack, but I think my question might help both me and the OP. I recently put android on my fuze and next month will be getting the captivate, so I'm new to android, too. I have noticed the extreme difference between the number of utility apps and cabs. I was wondering if xda had a list of so called "must have's" or "useful" type of list.

I ask if xda has one because through my experience with winmo, I trust these users and devs more than any other source and I really don't want to start a thread for this question. EDIT: Plus it is not an uncommon thing to see a thread on the winmo side with someone posting their cabs they install on every build and I haven't seen such threads in android.

Thanks,

Dustin
[Captivate General] inasol:
Lol..i was wondering if i was on point..wuts the proper politically correct way to say what i was trying to say?
[Captivate General] inasol:
Check out the "Pimp my Captivate" pdf of you haveny as yet. Its good for starters and gived you a better perspective on things. After that you basically search the forum and web for ideas you may have about what you need.
[Captivate General] smeltn:
This is a great question and while you did hijack the thread, I would love to see the answer to this as well. :)
[Captivate General] jwkicklighter:
Haha iOS implies that you are on an iDevice (iPhone, etc.) Just take out the 'i' and say Android OS or just Android (:

Sent from my Samsung Captivate.
[Epic 4G General] Whoareyou:
Omg I was at a bbq place I'm overland park and I saw some asian men with epic 4gs and I thought that was strange any ideas on how the accuired these
[Epic 4G General] shep211:
I have seen some on ebay but I read some where that they released beta versions with 700 to 800 MHz CPU. The seller could not confirm if they where retail models with 1000 MHz CPU. I passed on the sale.
[Epic 4G General] karnovaran:
Well Sprints headquarters are in Overland Park, so that really doesn't sound terribly odd.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Any reason why you didn't knock him out and take it? lol

But my guess is it was an employee..not to mention someone mentioned they will be giving it out nationwide to some employees to test drive...maybe since they were near by they received the first batch of those?
[Epic 4G General] Whoareyou:
Oh

Cool

Ok
[Epic 4G General] radar5:
thanks for the info OP. How close did you get to it? Could you smell the 4G goodness?
[Epic 4G General] Whoareyou:
Oh yeah I actullay got to watch them use it and I was so jelous, I was amazed at how thin it was compared to my espresso
[Epic 4G General] treyrey86:
Thats funny, I saw some asian guys at Jack Stacks off metcalf in OP yesterday and i saw that they had a phone that resembeled the Epic 4G but i tried to get closer and they put it away, but i did catch a glimpse of it and was very impressed!
[Epic 4G General] Pops_G:
"Epic Sighting" please correct the title OP. It was a little misleading.

I cannot wait for this phone much longer =\
[Epic 4G General] radar5:
Really? I was a bit concerned about the added thickness due to the keyboard. As long as it isn't thicker than my Vogue I'll be happy, but I'd love for it to be thinner.
[Epic 4G General] Whoareyou:
That's were I was yesterday aroud dinner at Jack Stack and it vouge is wayyyyy thicker than th epic
[Epic 4G General] bitbang3r:
Truthfully, phones like the Epic4G are so long and wide, they barely have to even try to make them thin because there's plenty of room to just spread everything out horizontally onto a single 2-sided circuit board using relatively normal surface-mount components. IMHO, the phones that were a REAL engineering marvel were the first PalmOS & Windows Mobile phones from around 2000-2004. THOSE phones were literally Chinese puzzles on the inside, with stacked & interleaved modules & components whose actual circuit design was the least of the designers' problems ;-)

Look at the teardown photos of an Evo. 5-10% of its interior space is basically a plastic frame designed to fill space around the battery and give them a mounting point for the camera and vibrator.
[Epic 4G General] DevilDogVIKING:
I can't wait for this phone, actually I can, I won't be in the states until the 23rd, but you know what I mean. I'm new to android also and have been doing alot of research and I am EXTREMEMLY excited about exploring. My last "smartphone" (if you want to call it that) was the first Samsung Instinct. I've been messing with the galaxy s here in Norway and its like day and night. I love this phone!! I can't wait!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ladiesgod:
Whenver I'm charging via wall charger or USB my captivate is super duper SLOOOWWW. It takes forever to switch screens, the keyboard doesn't function correctly, and my bluetooth won't sync. As soon as I disconnect the charge everything is back to normal.

Any ideas?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ladiesgod:
No replies? Sooo...Am I the ONLY one?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthewpapa:
be patient for answers here

Ive noticed it charges slowly but I have not noticed it being slow while charging.

The theoretical output of the charger is .7 amps, and thats not very much in the smartphone world these days. When I am using it and it is plugged in, it charges roughly a percent every eight minutes. The .7 amps must be just enough to cover the phone being on and in use.

I am currently looking around for chargers in the 1 amp range. My old tilt 2 charger works great for that and i definitely saw a charge time improvement. I would love to have one with a greater than 1amp output but I dont think you can find them anywhere
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghost77:
Are you running SetCPU with set profiles ?

If Yes : that is the problem , adjust profile.

If Not : must be something else, not a common behavior.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinoymutt:
I read this on another forum but someone mentioned changing the default usb setting from Kies to something something else may help.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack45:
Ordered these the other day. Just combine them with a USB cable.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10826&cs_id=1082602&p_id=3523&seq=1&format=2

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10311&cs_id=1031106&p_id=6767&seq=1&format=2
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derek4484:
No, mine doesnt do that. It runs the same whether its plugged into the wall charger or not.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] systoxity:
same, get your phone replaced whole you still can
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anilkuj:
if u had an iphone charger can we use that , that has 1A rating too ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack45:
As long as the output is 5 volts, you're o.k.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nadool:
My captivate runs the same while charging but the actual process of charging the phone takes forever it seems. I've only had it a couple days now and I have to get used to killing some tasks while charging because I actually think the battery life was decreasing as it charged.

Incidentally, the display is the real killer on the battery...most tasks don't really eat as much battery life in comparison.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daverup:
Recent Nokia chargers will work with a slight mod to the plug where it fits the phone,
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ladiesgod:
After Pimping out my phone it works fine while charging now. Yea screen eats up like 82% of batteries resources...OUCH!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex72:
Just search for Motorola P513 on Amazon. Rapid rate car charger! And, belive me, it's perfect fit! Now on sale for $5.85 (was $29.99).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cliffgardner:
I agree with the device charging slowly (but then again it doesn't help that I'm using it while it charges) but I have not had any performance issues.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] littleasian:
for those of you who have a old iphone/ipod touch charger block, use that instead.

its rated for 5V/1A output, higher than the 5V/.7A output on the default samsung charging block.

that should charge the phone much faster
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falabarce:
I have the same issue with charging, no matter what charger I use (iPhone, Tilt, USB), it's all VERY painfully slow. I've been as high as 1% per 6 minutes (rare - when using Nokia charger (1.2A I believe) to 1% per 13 minutes via USB.

I'm thinking it might be something internal to the actual phone. The iPhone didn't take this long even with USB charging through a computer or LCD monitor. Heck, the iPhone on average was 90 seconds per 1% of battery. I could have a nearly dead phone and be fully charged and ready in less than an hour and a half.

Anyone else think the same?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] littleasian:
yea i think it might be something related to the phone indeed. this is, in my opinion, the biggest problem. i'm always on the go and i depend on my phone so much that if it doesn't charge fast enough i'm screwed.

let me make a post in the galaxy s forum and see if there's battery charging problems
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benclayton:
Everyone else is charging.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falabarce:
which thread is that? I'm curious to track that one as well. I have gotten 4 other people to purchase the Captivate from the iPhone and we are all on the same boat..even with a 1.2A charger from my N97 (which only lasted 3 weeks with me...but can't wait for the N8), it takes about 4 hours to charge the battery...something's wrong there. It shouldn't take less to drain the battery than to charge it! :P
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] littleasian:
ok so the included charger is only .7A in output so it charges slower. i tried switching to my old iphone power block (rated 1A) and using the attached usb cable because its higher output should theoretically charge the phone faster.

however, when using the iphone power block, upon insertion of the usb cable, the phone thinks its running off USB not AC. this can be confirmed by going into settings > about phone and seeing if it says "charging (AC)" or "charging (USB)". i have no idea why this is happening.

usb charging is limited to .5A maximum, so using this power block actually resulted in SLOWER charging than with the included charger. has anyone tried any other higher output chargers that allowed them to charge over 1A?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falabarce:
I see the same issue with the ~1.1A Belkin charger that I have for the 3GS. It defaults to USB...there has to be some trigger somewhere.

Has anyone tried dissecting the charger and checking for chips? :P
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] purekillforce:
So, back on topic of OP, does anybody else's phone perform sluggishly when charging? My screen and keyboard are annoyingly unresponsive when the phone is plugged in. Unplug it and it's fine.

NOTE: this isn't a thread about charging, but performance issues while charging. Charging is pretty quick on QuickCharge 2.0