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[Streak 5 General] Meltus:
Not really.

The Streak is miles better and will be even better when we get the 2.X update later this year. :)

Also, Samsung make terrible, terrible phones... (not quite as bad as Motorola though :p)
[Streak 5 General] wondercoolguy:
It actually is when we are about three months away from dual core phones. Also samsung has really stepped up their game with the Galaxy series. I haven't seen one bad review for these phones. Streak as epic as it is, 299.99 is alot when you can get an iphone 4 for 199 or a captivate for 199.99.
[Streak 5 General] Puddle Jumper:
Don't get me wrong I really like the Streak form factor and was set on getting the device when my contract is up but I can't justify spending $100+ more for slower hardware (and an older OS). The Scorpion cpu in the Snapdragon SoC is competitive enough but the Adreno 200 gpu is severely underpowered compared to the PowerVR SGX 540 in the Galaxy S series.

I've heard the horror stories about Samsung's poor support for older phones but they seem to have turned a new leaf with the Galaxy S phones. They have already announced a update to Froyo and if the speculation is accurate it may actually come out before Dell releases one for the Streak.

If Dell would release a refreshed streak with a Tegra 2, Snapdragon Dual Core, or Moorestown SoC $299 then w/ contract would be justified but the current model should be priced at $199 or less to be in line with devices running similar hardware.
[Streak 5 General] keeper22:
Looks like they might back away from that pricing -

http://www.streaksmart.com/2010/07/...his-week-pricing-apparently-not-official.html
[Desire General] Vulpix:
I've had it happen to me twice so far. Anyone encountered this before? I have no idea what triggered it both times, but it only happened today for no reason. I took out the phone from my pocket and I could not wake it up, and for some reason the orange LED was lit up both times. I had to remove my battery to get the phone working again.
[Desire General] mouth:
Happened to me for the first time last week. Same identical situation, and likewise I don't know caused it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_radu:
When the battery goes under 15% music player stops... how can we bypass this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazurson:
I´m using Btunes. It is working with low battery. But is there any fix for the camera ? I really like the camera and I don´t really want to use another app for the cam..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unclefishbits:
me too... a year and some odd days late.

me too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oswade:
There is a hacked camera allowing this in the themes and apps section :)

No music player hack though yet :S
[General Questions and Answers] RedRamage:
I'm looking at trying to use Outlook notes to stores snippets of important information that I may need on the go. I want to do this because I already have outlook setup through my own Fumambol server to be able to sync OTA all my pin data. (I'd prefer to be able to sync my documents over the air, but Fumambol doesn't have a desktop client that can do this that I'm aware of.)

That said, the built in notes program in Windows Mobile is, like many other built-ins, lacking. I've like something very finger friendly in the lines of ThumbCal or iContacts. Ideally skinable, but this isn't as important. The really important part is that it needs to access and read the default windows mobile defaults.

Anyone have any suggestions?
[General Questions and Answers] deedee:
Not sure it's going to do what you want but have you looked at EverNote.
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
Have a look on our front page, we posted a notes program lately

Hope it helps
[General Questions and Answers] RedRamage:
Thanks for the suggestions. Evernote doesn't look like it's going to meet my needs, but I'll take a look.

I did see the notes program on the front screen, but that appears to be a like a notepad editor rather than something that reads office notes. :(
[General Questions and Answers] RedRamage:
Evernote looks to be a very nice powerful app... unfortunately, that's not what I'm looking for here. :(

Actually I'd prefer less powerful. I want something pretty simple, but more finger friendly than the built in notes program.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alijones:
Hi,

I have been reading much and found that rooting might be the solution I am looking for to clear my SGS from all the garbage apps my carrier (TMN) pre-installed.

when I dial *#1234# what comes in the phone is:

PDA: I9000XWJFF

PHONE: I9000XXJF5

CSC: I9000TMNJF7

My questions are:

1) Can I use the usual root methods on this firmware?

2) When rooted, if I do a hard reset and change to factory defaults will the phone be unrooted or do I need to follow the unroot guides?

3) If unrooted will the phone maitain the characteristcs needed for warranty before rooting?

4) When rooted, if I delete dome default apps from my carrier will a hard reset bring them back?

5) Also, can I dump my actual rom for posterior backup or does anyone know where I can find stock rom from TMN (Portuguese carrier)???

Thanks ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] psp2004:
Boas,

Também tenho um Galaxy S da TMN. Tinha também essa versão do firmware. Entretanto já instalei a versão JG5 sem qualquer problema. Apenas perdi as aplicações e configurações da TMN.

Em relação as perguntas que fazes:

1) Apenas experimentei o metodo mais simples postado pelo BackfireNL (sticky no site) e funciona sem problemas. Imagino que outros metodos também funcionem.

2) Sim, o reset limpa todas as alterações que foram feitas

3) Se mantiveres o firmware original penso que sim. Mudando não tenho bem a certeza. No entanto a TMN diz que podemos fazer actualizações oficiais sem problemas.

4) Penso que sim. Não fiz esse tipo de alterações mas faz sentido que voltem.

5) Penso que existe um metodo para o fazer mas não sei como se faz.

Também gostaria de ter esse backup, especialmente o CSC da TMN.

Imagino que quando sair uma nova versao oficial será distribuido também o CSC da TMN. Especialmente quando sair a versão do Froyo.

Espero que tenha ajudado.

psp
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] busbutt:
I have found that when searching my phone for appointments in the calendar, I get inconsistent results. For instance, if I use an app like Power Search from the Android Market, I get 20 appointments found with the word "dentist" in my calendar which is everything as far as I can tell. If I use the built-in search on the Hero, I sometimes get 2, or 3 or 4 results, but that is it. But then I also sometimes find all 20. It appeared random at first, but it _seems_ to be related to what info I have viewed in the calendar app recently. For instance, if I swipe backwards through several months in the HTC calendar app and then do a built-in search, I find more results. It is as if the search can only find results for calendar info that has been recently cached in memory or something? Anyone else see this behaviour, or is my phone crazy?
[XPERIA X2 General] DOUD-FNO-:
i am very new in ROM development, i am learning alot from this site, thank you guys for the professional work.

i read all the posts of X2 dev. i am understanding the procedures, but all i need is a baby step by step how to insert those ROM cabs from the beginning and which tools/ways , i know it's mentioned in previous threads but no baby steps,

i need only more basic details.

my X2 is very slow, the regular update is very bad, hangs and probs.

i saw the new energy cabs but don't know how to start.

if somebody has the time to explain i would be great full, if no,i will thank you also.
[XPERIA X2 General] youcrazykids:
... and please, for the love of God, don't reply with naive posts, such as "Just use SEUS to update your phone", as we already know that this does NOT work for many people.

Thanks in advance :)
[XPERIA X2 General] ramuza:
OMG, you first need to be not naive before saying others to be! There is no ROM development yet available to X2; you first need to have a Hard-SPL! As of now, the only thing you can do to improve your phone performance is to:

Step 1: strip down the phone to bare WM. 6.5.3 using SEUS update until it reaches customization screen, and reset you phone.

Step 2, install necessary cab from official R3 ROM. there is another thread detailing the possible utility of each cab, so read thru it and decide by yourself which cab you want to install.

Step 3, for those who wants to install Manila or other existing HTC ROM, there are plenty out there, you need to install an official SPB Shell first, then apply the cab version (not the ROM version as we don't have Hard SPL!)

Step 4, then apply the necessary fixes (SD fix, clock reset fix, accelerometer)
[XPERIA X2 General] indycar:
step 1 can be donr without seus just "clear phone" does the trick and than manually install needed n desired cabs
[XPERIA X2 General] youcrazykids:
Oh dear, you complete and utter tool. Nobody was labelled naive... read the post properly. You can't get to WM 6.5.3 if you can't update your handset. Let me explain in clearer terms...

SEUS WILL NOT UPDATE SOME HANDSETS. FOR SOME PEOPLE, THIS IS NOT AN OPTION.

As far as I'm aware, SEUS checks the software version, and ALSO checks the IMEI and CDA numbers against its own records. If any handsets do not match exactly, it refuses to update the software. That's why I asked for people not to naively reply with "Use SEUS". Like you did. Prick.
[XPERIA X2 General] eviliso:
You are talking about SEUS, but what about people (like me) who even can't get to that part. - boatloader problem (there was some threads before) - what about that? :(
[XPERIA X2 General] alienwcy:
Clock reset fix?

Hi, can I know where can I get the clock reset fix?

I tried searching the forum for it but no luck...
[XPERIA X2 General] ynloe:
Thanks in advance

Thanks in advance
[XPERIA X2 General] hertell:
Hi,

Sorry for a stupid question: What's the "clock reset fix" doing, and could you please post a link to where i could find this patch..

Thanks :-)
[XPERIA X2 General] kayvid:
I need the fix Cab links too!
[Vibrant General] velocd:
Only thing I did different was turned on google talk and my battery went from 100% down to 24% in 4.5 hours. Could google talk really take up that much battery? Prior usage I would get over 18 hours, thats with texting, emails and a couple of voice calls. Previously under the battery use the screen was always at the top but now the Android system is at the top.

Guess my main question is could google talk hit the battery that hard?
[Vibrant General] coolguy949:
Did you recently root? Mine seems much worse since rooting.
[Vibrant General] velocd:
No root, just turned on google talk
[Vibrant General] DKYang:
There you go. Gtalk must be accessing the internet often which is causing the drain in battery.
[Vibrant General] dattaway:
I have noticed if I leave a page open on Google Buzz, the GPS radio can drain the battery quick.

Another reason why I want to have a development ROM with all those nice troubleshooting tools to catch these problems quicker. Like before the battery is dead.
[Vibrant General] CappyQ:
I have similarly awful battery life on the Vibrant, and I've been running GTalk 24/7 since I purchased the phone. Going to run it with no GTalk today to see it affects life. I'll post my results here later.
[Vibrant General] hukkguai:
I'm rooted and I still have 23% battery after 29 hours unplugged. Any other apps you got running in the background killing your battery?
[Vibrant General] Pneumatic:
After I rooted I didn't add back the Facebook and other accounts that keep the contacts updated with their status and whatnot. I get a full 24 hours out of a charge now so I am really pleased with the battery life.
[Vibrant General] mnotz:
I am running mine rooted, gTalk on, google sync and one exchange push sync always on, "Twitter" twitter app updating @ 30min., LauncherPro, live wallpaper, gps on standby, and I have to say coming from G1, 3G Slide, HD2, this has the best battery life so far. Not playing any games on it, nor any media streaming aside from the occasional few minutes.

Now, it has only been two days running it that way, but one can hope it stays like this! Running it unplugged from 7am to 1:30am (next day) and still having 45% battery left after a day of medium heavy use is pure bliss!
[Vibrant General] hah2110:
Was your phone in your pocket or out indoors on a counter all day?
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
im sorry but i am every good with phones and adjusting the battery drain and this seems terribly inaccurate unless you pick up your phone once an hour and use it. There is no way you have almost 50 percent better left on this device while running all of that stuff. and you have it on 3g? or edge? is the screen bright?

overall the battery has been TERRIBLE. and it takes forever to charge. that's why i sent it back. I hate USB charger cords... seems they take loner to charge.

much love :) u must have an extended battery which isnt even out yet lol
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
lmao lool same thing i asked loool
[Vibrant General] velocd:
Well, it was google talk that was doing it. I work in a large building and get about 2-3 bars of service which isn't bad but leaving google talk on literally raped my battery.
[Vibrant General] All~G1:
Thats an awesome idea!!! Facebook sync is almost retarded to have on this phone since im not running TW or looking through my contacts to check on ppl... there is no reason why I should even have to keep the account synced. The service is still probably running in the background and dropping/retrying. Thanks!!!

AWESOME! Thank you OP for testing and bringing us back your findings. This is how it should be done!
[Vibrant General] rjscott2005:
I've had my Vibrant since roll-out day. The battery seemed to be working well and lasting a long time. Then it began to drain rapidly going from a full charge to under 25% in about 4.5 hours. This happens with or without use. I tried disabling sync, wi-fi, push, bt, etc and I didn't see any improvement to speak of. I also set it to use 2G networks only. That was all before rooting yesterday. Today it's no better at all so rooting doesn't seem to have had any effect.

As far as charging goes- it's horrible (mains, not computer); over 4 hours from completely dead (auto-shutdown) to 100%. Even if I begin charging at 35% it still takes over 3 hours to get to 100%.

What does all this mean? Beats me. I like the phone and I am hoping it's not a hardware issue. My rooted G1 with an extended life battery running Froyo lasted all day long with constant data use, go figure.

I'll be watching the forums over the next several days with the hope that something will break loose.
[Vibrant General] mnotz:
Nope, just a stock Vibrant battery. Phone lays next to me on my desk at the office all day, bounces between Edge and 3G here, currently, 2:16pm, the battery status in the phone settings shows a level of 76%, was unplugged this morning @ around 7:30. At my house I have full bars 3G. Battery use is 35% Voice Calls, 28% Display, 18% Cell standby, 13% Phone idle, 3% Android system and 2% Android OS.

I am not much into adjusting battery drain or anything like you, but those are the readings from the phone. How accurate they are or not, no idea, but this is definitely the best smartphone I ever owned concerning the battery life. And I owned a **** ton of them over the years. But I also don't complain too much, because getting through a full day is all I need.

Screen is set to auto-brightness with the application brightness thingy activated.

--Zax

Edit: Reading my original post, I guess it could be a bit confusing - I did not mean it has lasted for two days like this - I meant I own the phone only for two days, and it was unplugged yesterday from 7am to 1:30am next day (18.5h)
[Vibrant General] hah2110:
It is a legit question. On my N1 and this phone I see HUGE differences in battery when the device is in heat/pocket and inside just sitting on a counter.
[Vibrant General] justanothergirl:
Hello,

I'm hoping someone can help me. I lost my phone (Vibrant - TMobile) and had to go through insurance to get a new one, the deductible was $130, then days later I found the damn thing but insurance won't take the new phone back and refund me now! So my cousin wants to buy it from me but when I went through insurance they placed the IMEI on the lost / stolen list which blocks the IMEI from logging onto the network rendering the phone unusable. I need to flash a new IMEI so that my cousin can go ahead and use the phone.

How can I flash a new IMEI? Please pm me

Thanks so much for the help guys, I'm really in a frustrating jam!!!

ALL YOUR HELP IS APPRECIATED!

---------------------------------------------

I called back and plead with them and they said they are going to review the case and get back to me within 20 hours! Whoo hoo, I hope they will let me send the extra phone back and refund me then my problems would be solved!
[Vibrant General] tq745:
i wasn't aware there was such a thing as flashing another imei#
[Vibrant General] minogue:
To me it sounds like you were trying to use the insurance to get an extra phone and it didn't work out so you decided to plead and come up with a Story. Changing IMEI numbers is not something legal or easy to do and i dont believe anyone here can help you, or will help you with the whole process.
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
How do you know that's the case. I agree it crossed my mind but never would I lost that.... rude..
[Vibrant General] minogue:
"to me it sounds like..." its the way i saw it because i always get people telling me or friends to sell them my phone and get another one from insurance, therefore considering the phone must be brand new, people usually keep it with them at all times, so i came with my own conclusion. HOWEVER it doesnt change anything.

Changing an IMEI number is not legal and while it is possible, it may be a hard proccess...

To the OP:

Google It:)
[Vibrant General] dex1701:
Right, because it's not possible to lose a phone and then find it later. :confused: I'm gonna guess you're a "glass half empty" kind of person, eh?
[Vibrant General] minogue:
ohh Come on Guys.

No i am not that person, and im sure this is by far the first half useless reply i posted in my 400 post count as im usually very helpful with fellow android users. i do lose my phone in the house sometimes, and i know its somewhere in the house, and my friends dont really steal from me or any of us so i can fall drunk on their house and have them take care of my phone and even take my calls..

Point is, Even if you knew how to change an IMEI, you are not allowed to post it here, or in barely any forums or Sites. Therefore the Best Advice is to Google it and see for herself. at the very least. just sell the phone for repair or parts on Ebay and keep the new one....

OR

The IMEI has been blocked by all US GSM Carriers, sell it to someone outside the US using Ebay again and get more $$$$.

Is that helpful enough???
[Vibrant General] leprasmurf:
aw geez

Geez, now you're telling her to sell it? How pessimistic can you get? Always assume the worst, dontcha?!? :p

Joking aside, if a phone was put on a blacklist, and it's found by the original owner....couldn't the IMEI just be removed from the blacklist in a legitimate (read: legal) manner?
[Vibrant General] LordLugard:
It also doesn't hurt to try this, http://tinyurl.com/2un6urs .
[Vibrant General] minogue:
Once it is blacklisted, theres no way from getting removed at all.
[Vibrant General] minogue:
its funny how the first link on Google is this Thread. Probably because you used the exact same question along with the exclamation points.
[Vibrant General] pyun:
For some reason I was thinking that US carriers didn't blacklist imei numbers. Used to work with a guy that had access to some hot cell phones, they all supposedly worked with just a sim swap. Just att and t-mobile ones tho, no cdma.
[Vibrant General] lordmalice:
for all those that dont know a sim card phone can be stolen and used no matter what just place another sim card in the phone gsm networks run by the sim not the imei esn or meid
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
You could always just have your cousin say he bought it from craigslist, unless you have the same last name then it'd be suspicious.
[Vibrant General] felixfearnley:
imei problems with registration in turkey

Hi there

I know this will probably yield me a "no its illegal" reply but please hear me out on this. Im a good person!

I moved to turkey 6 months ago to work here as an IT teacher in an international school. I brought with me my lovely HTC HD2 which i had hacked using XDA software to now run andoid (was very pleased with my phone). registered my phone here with my passport. The phone then broke and while trying to fix it I snapped some of the internal data cables...

I have my old HTC wildfire here but cant use it on the GSM network as im only allowed to register 1 phone to my passport every two years!

I know its not technically allowed but i was thinking of changing the imei on my wildfire to that of my broken (but registered) HTC HD2 and was figuring if i got caught for it that they would see that the imei number is in fact registered to me anyway.

I have searched high and low for solutions for this. I found the Iwizard but I think that this was released in 2007 and my phone was released in 2010 so i am presuming that this will not work. also had some problems and questions about using activesync on my windows 7 computer along with presuming that I cant connect an android phone to activesync.

As I said before. Im not tying to commit a crime here but just trying not to go out and spend lots of money (and phones do cost lots of money here) on buying a turkish phone.

if anyone can help then please let me know

my email is felixfearnley@hotmail.co.uk

cheers..
[Vibrant General] jrafael:
From HERE: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=276851
[Vibrant General] voohoo:
Changing IMEI is NOT illegal in the United States. Just sayin
[Captivate Accessories] tranms:
I'm surprised that our 4" SAMOLED phone doesn't have this option.... or a case with a kickstand. I'd love one for the sheer fact that I can view media and have it as a clock by my bedside.

Maybe we can suggest it to samsung? anyone know how?
[Captivate Accessories] YellowGTO:
You stole that idea from my mind! I would rather see two small feet at one side of the case then the large feet.
[Captivate Accessories] jonnyg1097:
I like it, how many different angles are there for viewing?
[Captivate Accessories] energyracing:
You could always find a really small hinge, a spare battery door and a straight thin piece of metal with teeth/notches that lock it in place when it's open or closed and make a prototype. And then sell it to Samsung :)
[Captivate Accessories] graydiggy:
I think that it is a great idea, but I am hesitant to think that Samsung would use it for the Captivate. They may use it for the newer phones though.
[Captivate Accessories] Tankmetal:
if this happens i expect to see another patent war between HTC and Samsung.
[Captivate Accessories] snguyen510:
If only those aftermarket creative directors would just sneak into these forums, I would buy one for sure. My arm gets pretty tired sometimes when lying in bed.
[Captivate Accessories] Xero3g:
I bet it does...
[Captivate Accessories] Xero3g:
So I guess this idea is dead then?
[Captivate Accessories] wwcjr91:
Lmao, I don't think they caught that
[Captivate Accessories] Xero3g:
This guy gets it.
[Captivate Accessories] vdupham:
Can you post images about your project ? Thanks
[Dash 3G, Snap General] banglastyle:
I recently updated to 3vo.....after awhile wind mobile release a rom upgrade. So tried running the update and the progress bar would stop at 29%. after hours later the progress bar still sits at 29%. what should i do? I have done hard spl 1.19 before flashing with 3vo. Its for htc maple
[Dash 3G, Snap General] Mr. Clown:
Move to general as not rom development.