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[Captivate General] JiminSD:
I have had the captivate since day one, no drop calls, i would have had at least 2-3 by now with my old iphone 3g. I have been with AT&T/cingular in both New Orleans 8 years and San Diego 10 years the iphone was the worst followed by the 82** (Htc tilt). The captivate is one of the better phones.
[Captivate General] waltah!:
I also haven't had any dropped call issues like I did with my old iPhones in the same places. My N1 has also been fantastic without dropping, so I'm more apt to blame poor design of the iphones
[Captivate General] ratflinger:
I've been with Cingular/AT&T for 18 years & moved to the Captivate from a Razr. My Razr was very good, but the Captivate is better. I'm happy to have switched to a smart phone & glad I waited for the Captivate.
[Captivate General] shaneaus:
Sorry, but I have to laugh at all you iPhone (iCrap) users complaining about dropped calls. Obviously, I'm not a fan of the iPhone - but, that's another story.

I have been with ATT/Cingular/ATT since 1993. My first, second, third, and fourth devices were all Nokias (3 & 4 were WM device which I customized by using XDA resources), 5th was a BB Curve (for only a few months as I didn't like it either and gave it to my wife when the G1 came out). I bought the G1 within weeks of it's release from Craigslist.

Except for device #2 I have NEVER had an issue with dropped calls - AND, I work patrol for a Sheriff's Office - so, I'm mostly in RURAL areas. I would receive/make/retain calls in areas that my co-workers had no signal at all. Many of them had iPhones and complained about dropping calls... I used to think they were somehow on T-Mobile's network (which used to be horrible in my area).

My wife never had dropped calls with her BB Curve.

My G1 and now the Captivate NEVER drop calls. As much fun was made of the G1 - it worked like a charm within the limitations of it's hardware (ram/rom/camera).

The device plays a HUGE role in the number of dropped calls. My second Nokia device was only kept for a short while b/c of that issue. The third and later devices had NO ISSUES at all with dropped calls. If there was ANY signal there was no problem.
[Captivate General] Mantooth:
I have had over 20 dropped calls in the two weeks I have had the phone. I don't know what the issue is. I have avoided all death grips that I have read about. I think I'll take it into the ATT store tomorrow to see what's going on since I seem to be the only one. Any other suggestions?
[Captivate General] madjsp:
I haven't dropped a call yet, but I never dropped one with my iPhone either. I actually had dropped calls with my nokia phones though, which is surprising because generally I have good service with them.
[Captivate General] gruvngyrl:
I haven't had a dropped call yet, and I'm not anticipating many. I, like many others in this thread, have been with AT&T for the last 14+ years, and despite heavy phone usage, in all that time, I've probably had 30 dropped calls total, if that. I went through several incarnations of Nokias, then onto Motorolas, a Sony-Ericsson, back to Nokia, a Samsung Omnia, and now the Captivate.

There was a brief, month-long period where I had concurrent TMobile and AT&T accounts, during which I tested out the HTC HD2 (after waiting months for its release), and when I compared the signal of the TMo phone and the AT&T phone, it was no contest - AT&T won everywhere I took it. When I was on the California coast, TMobile had no signal, while AT&T had a full 5 bars. That was the clincher. I returned my beloved HD2 and dropped TMobile like a hot potato.

Maybe I've just gotten really lucky, but AT&T's network has been great for me. Yes, their customer service is ridiculously poor, but in terms of functionality, their network is as good as I could hope for. I, too, suspect that the people who complain about their calls being dropped are just on crappy devices. Either that, or I've just been uncommonly lucky the last decade and a half.
[Captivate General] jngtt:
I have the same problem only when the call goes over 2mins, it some how likes to auto update time and date, call get drop, time is updated.... looks like it was a radio error with switching bands between voice and data

uncheck the auto time and date updates and see if it fixes the problem

why do ATT have to molest every damn good phone
[Captivate General] Rennoc:
The only device I ever dropped calls on was my iPhine 3g, and I've been on AT&T since it was Cingular. Haven't dropped a single call since getting rid of it.
[Captivate General] dvdmkr:
Never had a dropped call.

Call quality may be decreased, but no dropped call here.
[Captivate General] Lunged:
I have also been an AT&T/Cingular customer for over a decade. The service where I live has never been good, I'll say that. I got an iPhone 4 and could barely talk on it here without it dropping. My old 2.5G iPhone worked pretty well, with maybe a dropped call ever other day. My captivate is right in the middle. Better than the iPhone 4, but at least one dropped call a day.
[Captivate General] candymann:
I have had much better success with this phone than others with dropped calls but still do occasionally get them. Anyone know of a way to enable a notification sound that the call has ended?

Was on a call last week and kept talking for probably 30 seconds after it had dropped off.
[Captivate General] baseballfanz:
Just got a Captivate, unlock it for use on Tmobile US.

Freezing up and dropping calls like crazy. Same spot at work for past 10 years

never had a problems with past phones. Most issues can be fix like the GPS, but

a phone that can't be use as a phone is not good.:mad:

At first I though it was the way I was holding the phone to my ear but it does the same with BT headset.
[Captivate General] baseballfanz:
I found the problems to my drop calls. It does it pretty much at the same times

every phone call so I back track and found that my "task killer"

was set to Auto kill when the screen shut off. I have since disable that feature and all is good. So far.:D
[Captivate General] Mac11700:
No dropped calls..none..nadda..zip.. and sound quality is exceptionally clear.Way better than any phones I had on Sprint or Verizon.I had AT&T a long time ago for cell phone service (12 years ago),and that wasn't the case that time.So..so far so good..and I'm happy..

Mac
[Captivate General] id10terrordfw:
Still no trouble here unless I flash something horrid that doesn't work. Like an eclair modem on a Froyo ROM.

So much better than every gen iPhone. I've had em all. (I worked for Apple)
[Captivate General] nr2134:
I have been with ATT since 95 and didnt know what a dropped call was until I bought an iPhone 3g. I was forced to buy an iPhone since my Nokia N95 didnt do HTML and Exchange. I only owned Nokia's until that point.

I once dropped the same call 5 times while using the iPhone, came really close to tossing it out the window while driving. While my brother was sitting next to me on his N85 without any issues. iPhone 4 made things a bit better, but I have been using my Cappy for over 2 months with maybe 2 dropped calls in weak signal areas. ATT network might be congested at times, but all my friends that were not on iPhones never complained of dropped calls.

All the Apple fanboys will try to make you believe that its the network. I just ignore it.
[Captivate General] xbeamelite:
i have the captivate and my gf has the fascinate and we've experienced at least one drop call a day. granted we're on the phone a lot. sometimes it has to do with reception (rarely), but dropped calls is something we do get annoyed with. We are hoping 2.2 and updates will fix it. other than that we are more than happy with our phones. no gps problems at least.
[Captivate General] mobius911:
Surprising how little mention goes to call quality in phone reviews and comparison tests. At the end of the day the thing has to be first and foremost a phone...

I have experienced very few (one or two in 2 months) dropped calls and have found the audio quality to be very good. Old habits die hard though; when speaking to another Captivate owner we are often doing the "are you still there" thing because there is no static.
[Captivate General] mets3214:
I've only had one dropped call on my captivate and I think it was because of the other person. I never dropped a call on my iPhone 4 until I jailbroke it. After I jailbroke it like a month ago. I've had about 6 or 7 dropped calls
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ixfrankxi:
Look for that or something like it. I want a purple out custom them for my hero icons and app themed would be sick. Much appreciated in advance if anyone can help.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Laguar:
we'll get right on it after we delete this unnecessary/misplaced thread.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] VirusZer0:
Hmm, He kinda picked the right thread truthfully. And what are you, the thread placement nazi?

Just my opinion,

Tee Jay
[Hero CDMA Android Development] LifeInTheGrey:
Try searching for the thing that you want via Google, Search in Forum, Search in Thread, etc., and if you cannot find it after much searching, then try learning to do it. Asking someone else to do it for you lacks tact and appreciation for those who do put in the effort to make themes.

The proper thread for this Hero CDMA Themes and Apps. While his comment was rudely phrased, it should be noted that improper placement of threads leads to both (a) cluttering of the thread, preventing people from accessing the correctly placed information they are searching for, and (b) the question not being answered because the people that would answer that question aren't looking at threads in locations other than applicable ones.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiroots:
alrite ive tired reading what i could find tired this an that. but when i flash rc2 an reboot or shutdown my fone and turn it back on it will stay @ tha g1 splah. but before i reboot etc it works fine. like wut if my bat dies when im out an when i get to charge it ya know. so if you can help me id appreciate it.

heres what i do with every rom i install:

i dont do back ups.

i wipe everything in amons wipe menu.

fix ext part

reboot

flash firerats recovery

reboot

flash rom gapps n fire's boot

do wut i gotta do when it loads,

then i turn it off jus cause and freezes.

am i missing something? cuz since 5.0.8 came out i had that problem. only .7 is stable like super stable.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkeee:
I had a similar issue when I flashed cm6 and then gapps without rebooting. I don't know your particular issue, but try flashing cm6, booting into it then back to recovery and flash gapps.

It would be helpful if you can post the output of adb logcat when you boot and it fails.

Edit: You mentioned that you flashed 3 items before your problem occurred. Try flashing cm, gapps, firerat one by one and boot into your phone after each, and then perform a test reset. That way you can narrow down the fault to some degree.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B6gSix:
i got you dont trip this what you do you this always work if dont nothing else this work i guarantee. goto this thread right HERE then follow everything i have typed out and if that dont work ( which i kno for a fact it will ) ill answer every email till you get it fixed :) enjoy.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbcoder:
To flash a stable CM6:

Step 1: Climb into your time machine, set destination some time in the future when CM6 goes stable.

Step 2: Activate said time machine.

Step 3: Download stable CM6.

Step 4: Install stable CM6.

Step 5: Climb back into time machine, set destination for now (the past from where you will be).

Step 6: Activate said time machine.

Done.

Alternative:

Forget the time machine, just wait for time to pass.
[XPERIA X10 General] madprof99:
Is there a way with the X10 to send a contact record via SMS to someone?

I can't seem to find this information for the life of me.

Surely this is possible...?
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
I was wondering this too... can do it via Bluetooth.. but not text..!
[XPERIA X10 General] SXUsr:
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you can through the Handcent SMS app.
[XPERIA X10 General] sasc:
Even Handcent doesn't support this, its quite baffling.

I use Contact Sender app from the market to send contact, but we're SOL when it comes to receiving vcards over SMS, I guess.
[XPERIA X10 General] rvictorg:
So this is an Android problem... Any idea of it's rectified with 2.1 Eclair or 2.2 Froyo???
[XPERIA X10 General] needmoregigs:
I'm using froyo on the nexus one. There is no option to send contacts via sms.
[XPERIA X10 General] DBSS:
Had a look at Contact Sender from the market and it says that it only supports up to v1.5 of Android.

Didn't bother trying it so I went for Ciacs Contact Sender instead and it seems to do the trick quite nicely!
[Vibrant General] PolishDude:
Hard to explain in one line but is there any way to link a contact saved in the phone with a contact from facebook and keep the phone name, a lot of my friends, i know them by their nicknames but when i link a contact with facebook it changes their names to their first and last names, some wont but some will, when i go into edit the contact it gives me what is saved in the phone which is the nickname but that is not what shows up. Some will stay the name entered in the phone but vast majority change.
[Vibrant General] All~G1:
I tried everything to get this accomplished, but in the end I figured once they are linked the synced contact becomes the default. If youre doing this for contact pics I would suggest linking the contact then pulling/saving the pic by dl'ing it from the media section in your contacts.

Catchin' the VIBE on the XDApp
[Vibrant General] jalsing:
If you long press a contact, and choose 'Mark as Default' you should be presented with the name formats of your linked contacts, and choose the one you wish to see in the contact list..
[Vibrant General] moonrock:
if you are in the contact, hit menu, then "mark as default" -- it will let you choose which contact is the default of those that are linked (and therefore, choosing which name to use)
[Vibrant General] Disconn3ct:
FYI sometimes it takes a couple of times to make that work, but it does work.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dekstar:
Hi, I got an HTC Desire for my 21st birthday from my (awesome) family. They bought it unlocked off ebay. It was previously Orange-locked, and contains their logo branding on the back case.

When I first put my 3/4 year-old Vodaphone sim from my old Sony Ericsson P990i in it, it said the SIM card wouldn't allow a connection to the Vodaphone network (this was using both automatic and manual network selection). I looked up on the internet, and read somewhere that it was the age of the SIM meant it wasn't compatible with a 3G phone. Alright, I thought.

So I ordered a brand new pay-as-you-go Orange sim (Dolphin) off the Orange website. Stuck it in my phone, and it threw the same error back at me: "Your SIM does not allow a connection to this network". I tried it in my P990i just in case, and it seemed to work perfectly fine. Turns out I didn't want to be with Orange anyway, so I ordered TWO new 3 SIMs.

Now this is where I am today. Neither of those SIMs work in this phone either. I want to stay with 3 so I can switch my number over and get £10, along with the extra data and texts. Unfortunately, it gave me the same error. I spent all day today rooting my phone and installing the latest radio (from here showthread.php?t=687464) -- 32.42.00.32U_5.09.00.08 -- and still no luck. I have the cyanogen mod installed also, but even on the stock HTC ROM it was giving me the errors. I've got a little further, and it's now also giving me an error "Unable to connect to this network at this time. Please try again later." which I've googled, to no avail.

With the CyanogenMod-6.0.0 RC1, according to the network strength indicator I get full bars (that fluctuate). Which network these are signifying I have no idea, since it's not letting me connect to anything.

I've got to the point where I've had years shaved off my life. My hair is now grey and falling out in clumps, and I swear I'm now sterile. Any help would be appreciated before I brick this phone, and not in the usual way.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolfd:
As its an ebay purchase, it COULD be an insurance jobby and now reported stolen so the imei blacklisted.

Check it HERE
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dekstar:
Damn socktug, thanks. I just filed the report and it came back that "this item has been blocked during its lifetime by one or more UK networks", and that "This item is currently blocked on one or more networks. It may still work on some networks." It wasn't listed as stolen or anything though.

I wonder how I can get my money back now. I don't deal with e-bay often (at all) for this very reason. Sigh.

Thanks for your help socktug! hopefully I can get a replacement device/my money back and get a Desire that actually works.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolfd:
What a bummer, sorry to hear that. Sellers like that need to have their knees done!

You will need to open a dispute via paypal. I'd also contact the police with a print out of the listing and your check mend report.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dekstar:
Will do. Thank you for being so helpful, if this forum had rep, you'd be getting a fist-full!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolfd:
Lol. No bother. I hope you get it sorted.

Let me know how you get on. Good luck!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dekstar:
Well luckily, I called Orange (the original retailer) and they unlocked the IMEI straight away for me. Took about 5 minutes to get all the networks, and now I'm just setting up my 3 account.

thanks for your help sock. Without it, I probably would have gone mental.

When I'm old and grey and re-telling this story to my grandkids, I'll make sure you're portrayed in shining armour on a white steed.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolfd:
:D Nice one, glad you got it sorted.

If you decide to have a film made of this, then I'll be happy to have Russel Crowe play my role, lmao.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jabbafat23:
Russell Crowe? Why?!?! The guy can't even do an accent correctly.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markuz85:
Be careful, he might just come over and kick your ass!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZibIeT:
Hey Dekstar,

When u called Orange, what explanation did they have for the IMEI lock? Iv'e never experienced an IMEI lock in Denmark, except with stolen phones, and in some cases where companys bhought a lot of phones, and didnt pay... :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dekstar:
I think it was something to do with a £10 debt or something from the previous owner, but I just said I got it second-hand, and they unlocked it.
[Droid Incredible General] andrewzpsu:
Anyone else having this problem?

I'm using Unrevoked 3.1 on Windows XP.

I've got USB debugging on and the drivers installed.

The phone reboots into HBoot but then never goes into recovery. Just reboots.

Anyone else having this problem? It is definitely screwing me over for 2.2 haha.
[Droid Incredible General] tcberg2010:
Is superuser permissions installed? And if so what do u get when u open terminal emulator and type Su?
[Droid Incredible General] andrewzpsu:
Superuser will not install. Unrevoked just reboots the phone it seems... never going into the custom recovery or flashing SU.

Which is my problem haha. I want 2.2 but can't flash it without root.

If I lose root because of this and am the only one I'm not going to be a happy camper lol
[Droid Incredible General] jdmba:
Possible

After reading 700+ pages of the other thread I have decided to steer clear from the buggy-beta and wait for the OTA, but I have had trouble with v3.1 and a regular reboot, so I wanted to chime in with 1 question:

Is your phone hot while this is happening?

I returned my Incredible due to excessive heat triggering reboots. When the phone was in the warm-to-hot zone, I could NEVER get into recovery. I could get into HBOOT, choose recovery, and then it would do 2 reboots, the second one being a regular.

Only way i could get into recovery was with a fully charged overnight battery, first thing in the morning (phone nice and cool).
[Droid Incredible General] andrewzpsu:
Just got into it. used the custom image... the new 2.5.0.4 (if I'm not mistaken).

It was weird, and it may not be the image... it may have just taken like 10 tries to do it.

I'm not even wasting my time loading the OS... just putting on Froyo right now while in clockwork.

Crossing my fingers that it loads!
[Droid Incredible General] tcberg2010:
Create nandroid backup before u do anything else, just in case.
[Droid Incredible General] andrewzpsu:
I have backups pre-OTA.
[Droid Incredible General] tcberg2010:
As long as u have extra protection in case the first layer fails you'll be alright ;)
[Droid Incredible General] overground:
WARNING!

Ask your questions in correct thread. If a new thread must be started, and a question is asked, use the General section. Thanks
[Droid Incredible General] TNS201:
seemed to work for me
[Droid Incredible General] Grizzly420:
having trouble after i got the new ota loaded. I get to the reboot phone reboots then unrevoked says waiting for phone to reboot any ideas didn't have this problem before?

edit: never mind got restarted computer life is good now
[Droid Incredible General] foldog22:
I am having the same issue. I have installed the drivers, then when I run the reflash tool it reboots my phone after about 3 seconds and loads up HBOOT and then from there it reboots my phone and the reflash tool either says "waiting on phone to reboot" or "installing image" or something like that but it just sits there for hours and doesn't progress. I have debugging enabled.

To add a little history, I already rooted using the hard method awhile back and then unrooted. Now I am trying to root again and can't.
[Droid X General] GoldenCyn:
Im in NYC and i have the worst reception with this phone. It goes from three bars to zero without even moving the dc for than 2 inches. Sometimes it drops completely then comes back full bars with the 1x symbol in place of the 3g icon. Does it just keep jumping from tower or signal or something? This is very frustrating since i switched from my iPhone which had FULL bars everywhere, for this. Is there an option in the settings that can help me out?
[Droid X General] antirice:
maybe you should move.
[Droid X General] GoldenCyn:
That's true.
[Droid X General] 12yan:
maybe try an antenna booster!

http://www.cellphoneshop.net/antennabooster.html

can't beat the prices
[Droid X General] dr154:
Try a factory reset.
[Droid X General] BigForNothing:
I have a long thread about this on the motorola forums. Long story short, call *611. Tell them about the signal fluctuations. Especially if you experience no signal often. They sent me a replacement phone to my hotel in Newark (not here by choice, i swear) and i've had nothing but 4 bars since. Search for BigForNothing on the Droid X motorola forums. Reception problems. Should be good to go from there. Verizon was very quick and helpful in getting me my replacement.
[Droid X General] vaxick:
I'd try a factory reset and if that does not help, get the phone replaced. The Droid X has a very powerful antenna in it and should perform very well even in the more fringe areas.
[Droid X General] GoldenCyn:
Thanks for the heads up, im definitely calling vzw today.
[Droid X General] GoldenCyn:
Did a factory reset before i rooted or updated to their first ota update (it has had bad reception since out of the box). Just tried *229 option one then again with option 2 (option two froze my phone after it was done and i had to pull the battery out to restart). I even tried* 22899 but i did all this while i was in harlem where i have full bars all the time so i have to wait til i get home to see if there is any improvement.
[Droid X General] GoldenCyn:
Wondering if they will service my phone at the store if its rooted.
[Droid X General] GoldenCyn:
Just went to a verizon store and they said they would have exchanged it on the spot but they didn't have any in stock.