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[General Topics] giuvilas:
Hi guys, i need your help for my thesis. I did a survey in collaboration with my university (SDA Bocconi school of management) regarding the smartphone's market.

It takes no more than 1 minute..it's easy and only with few multiple choise..I need more answer as possible..so i wanna believe in the strongness of this community. Follow the link below for the survey:

http://learninglab.sdabocconi.it/surveybuilder/fill-in/b2athv6e?c=XDA

Thx to everyone in advance ;)
[General Topics] giuvilas:
the survey has been improved;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beebow:
Hey I have looked everywhere for a fix to this problem.

I rooted my desire a few weekends ago, with it now running Neophyte Froyo 2.2 ROM perfectly.

I connected the phone to PC afterwards and transferred some apps onto the sd card (as a disk drive) including a few songs as well.

Since yesterday however, whenever i plug my phone into PC, I am no longer able to access the SD card as a disk drive. The computer recognises the usb, however the phone no longer brings up the menu which asks what i want to eg. charge only, sync, disk drive etc. There is also no drop down menu from the top of the phone for me to change this. Going and manually changing the setting in the desire to "automatically mount as disk drive" has also not helped.

I thought my phone was USB bricked and went on to performing the fix for this. However, despite going through both the methods posted here as well as modaco (changing the CID), the problem persists.

I have accessed the phone using adb, and after typing adb devices, it registers the phone as connected with a serial number, so i dont think USB bricking is an issue here.

I can see a disk drive in computer whenever i plug the phone in, but if i double click on it, it states "Please insert disk drive into F". I have uninstalled the htc sync and drivers numerous times without improvement. I have also restarted my PC and my phone numerous times without improvement.

My phone still reads my SD card no problem. My SD card is also able to be accessed by my PC by taking it out of the phone and using a card reader.

Any help would be greatly appreciated
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sLiKK:
I have the same problem on my samsung vibrant phone.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
Exactly the same problem here

my SD card is definitely fine, adb commands work.

neither double twist nor HTC sync recognise any phone connected. my computer sees it, but can't access it (same error message)

would love to sort this out too!

ROM: LeeDrOiD v2.3d

Radio: 32.54.00.32U_5.14.05.17

EDIT: found out it was my own fault. i use autostarts, and stopped 'PC synchronization' from automatically booting after startup. thought it would automatically start when connected to PC, but clearly not. once i undid this it connects to PC fine again, get the dropdown menu!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zappoo:
Sorry, how did you fix this - i am having this too...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Balu:
He stopped the PC synchronization. Maybe you can stop it in the menu (Settings - Accounts & sync -> disable Background data and Auto-sync). I don't know if that works, but you can try it.

If you have got a Task Manager or something like that you could look for the task and kill it.

I'm not sure, but it should help.

Please post the result of your try. ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zappoo:
Tried - no help. Couldn't find anything like "PC synchronisation"??

I ended up taking the battery out, jiggling the SD card and trying again - that seemed to fix it ?! weird...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohandesnemo:
great

you rock man, it works like a charm after it was a killer pain :) ... thanks a lot
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tank65:
Well heres the story. I flashed cyanogen 6.0 and all was great,fast,smooth,perfect... Then it all went downhill. The backlight cut out. After wiping,reflashing,doing everything possible as far as that it was still the same.

I soon figured out that if i lock my phone while it was closed, then slid it open and hit menu the backlight would turn on, but it will not work when its not slid open at all.

Problem #2

As i have been dealing with the first problem and i dont have alot of time to fix it because of work and all, it grew even worse. Now when i do what i was doing to get the backlight to come on, The phone will randomly freeze/backlight wont come on at all/ Screen wont even come on.

When i turn on the phone sometimes the screen wont even come on but the backlight will and it wont get anywhere."blank lit black screen no tmobile g1 logo"

This also happens when i go to recovery using home+power. I remedy that by taking out the battery and starting the phone till it works.

Could someone please help me out here i dont really have to much to spend on a new phone and it would be great if i can get this one going like it should again.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kayiman74:
you need to wipe before reinstall

if you have armonR, you wipe everything the wipe menu and flash the rom and the flash gapp-3
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tank65:
ive done that many times, hasnt solved anything. i dont know whats going on..getting to the point where i might just break down and get a htc hd2 and put android on it
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brettf:
Try flashing the Defanged Base (which you can find on the cyanogen wiki) then flash the Rom again.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tank65:
to be honest it was time for an upgrade anyways, now i have the samsung vibrant. Its awesome. Thank you for the help anyways though.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motoman234:
You lucky f***!:) How are you liking it? I was thinking about getting one soon but i havent talked to anyone with one. Is there anything you dont like about it?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] spookhc:
hello,i bought a htc hero today,it's updated to 2.1 android

but i see that each time i hit the back button it reacts as it's been hit twice.When i am in a menu or a program and i click the back button it sends me to the homescreen and not Back in the previous menu.It is kinda annoying,i reseted to factory settings and it's still the same.Does anyone know why this happens and how to change it?

ps.and one more question-the volume up key does not pump up the volume,it reacts,when i press it the volume meter shows on the screen but stays at the same position and does not increase,while the volume down button works well,any ideas about this?

I hope someone answers to my question,thanks in advance
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Lennyuk:
Sounds like you might have an actual problem with the button itself, sending a double press message to the phone every time you press it once. Not much anyone here can do.

Return your phone to where you got it for a replacement?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] spookhc:
crap,i was hoping it could be a problem with the rom : (
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nellisere:
best thing to do is do a factory reset, if that doesnt work send it back
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ivar86:
same problem

I have the EXACT same problem as described. Back button reacts as if I press it twice (or more). And when I click volume up, the volume just bounces back immediately. Everything else is perfectly ok.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] maxisma:
Which rom are you on?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ivar86:
I am running on 2.1
[Hero, G2 Touch General] keithsipa:
You guys can add me to the list, I have the same thing here.

I also have an additional problem, my power button doesnt works, I almost think it is always in the on position.

I would intermittently get a power down screen.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ivar86:
It actually has its bright moments when it works just fine. Sometimes just one time, some times even for a few minutes or maybe an hour. And then, for apparantly no reason, it goes back to not working again.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] keithsipa:
Well to answer my own question, it would appear the the bottom of my phone got wet. There was obvious corrosion on the connection for the buttons. I took the phone apart, cleaned all of the connections with electronics alcohol and when it went back together, the button issues are resolved.

See below for the blurry (sorry phone pics) before cleaning pics.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Very interesting. I wonder whether this could fix the bottom of the screen not responding issues too?
[General Questions and Answers] lexlion:
Please help. I have a problem with my Nokia N73 ME - blinking of screen and inverted picture. At service-centre said that I need to change display. But for original display they want 50$. I don't want to pay such money for this, cause phone is now near 3 years old. I ordered two copies of original displays. But they both don't work properly too. That's why my problem is not display and not loop to display, cause other displays have other loops. I don't want to go to service centre again, cause they may deceive me again. Maybe somebody knows what the problem is in... Thanks for all answers beforehand.
[Desire General] SimonCraddock:
Does anyone know of a manufacturer/supplier of filtered screen protectors to improve the viewing of the screen in bright sunlight?
[Desire General] st0kes:
Does such a product exist?

I find just turning up the brightness (using the power control widget) is good enough. Mind you, we don't get much bright sunlight in the UK. :rolleyes:
[Vibrant General] siirial:
I am coming from a g1 originally (back before cyanogen had 1000 followers), most recently a N1 (busted the screen last Friday, doh!). One thing I enjoyed is being able to tether to either of the old phones with wifitether. Lack of CM6 and a stable wifitether.apk for the vibrant leaves me unable to work while I am out and about without wifi access.

Did some reading around, and playing and this is what worked for me. I have a rooted vibrant (but this su shouldn't be needed), macbook pro, and os x 10.6.4.

*** Note: I had to have USB debugging enabled to get MacOS X to prompt setting up the vibrant as a USB modem. Not having this enabled didn't work.***

1. Connect your Vibrant to your Mac with the USB cable.

2. MacOS should prompt you saying that there is a device connected and not set up. If it does not, click on the Apple Menu, select system preferences. Select the Network pane.

3. The device should have been named as SAMSUNG_Android. Select it.

4. Start with the advanced options. Click the button that says 'Advanced.'

5. Under the Modem tab, use these options:

Model: Samsung​

Model: GPRS (GSM/3G)​

APN: epc.tmobile.com​

CID: 1​

6. I left the DNS, WINS, and Proxies tabs alone

7. I read on a blackberry forum that under the PPP tab, 'TCP Compression' had to be checked.

8. Click 'OK' and return to the Network Pane.

9. I used these settings for the SAMSUNG_Android configuration.

Telephone Number: *99#​

Account Name: username​

Password: password​

*** Note: I remember from the pre-Android days that the username/password didn't matter. I believe the keys to it working on TMO are the number and APN, and most likely the Modem info. ***

This is what worked for me on Tmobile in Florida. Your mileage may vary. If you can get this to work with different settings, please share here.
[Vibrant General] zoid_99:
Works like a charm! Thanks OP. This is being posted from my tethered Mac.
[Vibrant General] zoid_99:
Oh yeah, and I'm not rooted.
[Vibrant General] PolishDude:
will def have to check this out when I get home :)
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I figured something like this would work, but I never really bothered past *99***#* GPRS/GPRS
[Vibrant General] ttabbal:
Nice! Thanks! I was wondering if that would work when I saw the modem prompt pop up. I just didn't have time to chase down the settings. Works fine here.
[Vibrant General] siirial:
I did some more reading on some old forums, and confirmed that the username and password are not important. They should work with empty fields.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
It wouldn't work with me for blank U/P, but with 'username' and 'password', I am happily tethered.

Thanks, OP. :)
[Vibrant General] siirial:
Good to know. Thanks for testing! The forums I was reading were old and for blackberries and winmo. Thought the settings wouldn't make a difference for the device.
[Vibrant General] jroid:
This is the first time usb tethering actually works for me on any device. Even with usb tethering enabled in CM6 on my nexus one i could never get it to work, only wifi tethering did. Just did this, and i'm currently tethered. First time I plugged in my vibrant and that samsung_network popped up I had an idea I could tether but i never looked into it. thnx OP
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Well, that tethering method is one that only works on PC's.
[Vibrant General] PolishDude:
Anyone know if this works on Tiger 10.4? I dont seem to have the same options under the modem tab...i dont have samsung listed as a possible model, nor the gsm portion of the model or a place to put the apn?
[Vibrant General] mingkee:
Actually, if you set USB mode to Kies, tethering should work with Cradlepoint router or XP/Vista/7 with Kies Suite installed.

I tested it with Behold II (Samsung USB studio mode) and use Samsung Mobile Modem for setting up dial-up networking, and it works 100%.

No USB debugging required.
[Vibrant General] Raceves:
Running 10.6.4 and this works. Currently USB tethered and not rooted. Thanks OP!
[Vibrant General] bullale:
Running 10.6.4

NOT rooted.

Got 1.6Mbit down and 1.2Mbit with 0 bars. (I know the bars aren't accurate but just saying that the signal isn't as strong as it could be) Faster than my cable upload.

Thanks OP!
[Vibrant General] cashless:
Running 10.6.4.

Not working.

I get a message that says, "The communication device selected for your connection does not exist. Verify your settings and try reconnecting."

Question: In the network devices panes is the the 'SAMSUNG_Android' device connected with a green light before you hit the connect button. Mine is amber and the status is "Not Connected".

My other configured devices (Parallels Host adapter) are green and show connected statuses, even though I don't even have Parallels installed anymore.

Then again, I had all kinds of fits just making my sd cards mount on this mac. I think my phone is really defective. I still have one more day on my remorse period. Oh well.
[Vibrant General] humblehyper:
How do I do this with a Windows PC? XP or Windows 7. Thanks!
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Strange.

Mine is amber until it connects. Once connected, you have a call timer in the status bar, and the notification orb turns green.

I followed the instructions perfectly, and it works without a hitch.

You're just using 'username' and 'password'?

Oh, if you need to purge your system of Parallels (I recommend this), use AppZapper. I remember Parallels messed with my system settings and caused a number of issues. Alternatively, you could try reinstalling the latest OSX firmware update, or trashing the USB preferences and instructions to generate a new file.
[Vibrant General] cashless:
Didn't need AppZapper, but getting rid of the Parallels connection fixed the problem! :D

Thanks!
[Vibrant General] sonnyg95:
This is awesome. Worked for me on 10.5.8 with settings given by OP. Thanks again!
[Vibrant General] sj_martin:
I am posting so that I can reference this thread at a later point in time.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
I just wanted to say that this randomly stopped working for me, today.

I deleted the network preference, hoping it would detect the phone as a USB modem again. It did not.

Before I deleted the preferences, I backed them up to a file. OSX told me that file was useless.

I manually added the device and manually edited the settings. It works again, but my phone is now having issues with 3G reception in general (massive signal fluctuation).

The urge to dump T-Mobile (after nearly a decade) is ever-present.

Come on, LTE GSM...
[Vibrant General] rperez10:
siirial or anyone:

where do I go to enable usb debugging on a Mac? I've never been able to figure that one out. Thanks.
[Vibrant General] siirial:
Its in your phone settings... not your mac.

Under settings > applications > development > usb debugging
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
what would be the advantage of doing something like this over say... pdanet?

i'm not rooted yet, but i would like to have a reliable internet connect this weekend for my mac (fantasy football draft)

i haven't bothered to even set up pdanet yet. i assume the most obvious advantage is not having to deal with apps and whatnot, yeah?
[Vibrant General] siirial:
I am not sure whether there is an advantage to it. Just giving info on how to do it.

It really is user preference.

USB tethering means your phone charges while tethering, where the Wireless AP mod obviously drains your battery pretty quickly. I like to have USB ready to go in a pinch when both my phone is dead and there is no hotspots for my laptop.

I don't mess with apps like PDAnet when the phone can do this on its own in the OS. No sense in adding extra fluff when you don't need it. After you root, try the Wireless AP mod. Its in this forum.
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
cool, thanks! i'll try these setting right now (currently "borrowing" my neighbors wifi connection)
[Vibrant General] siirial:
Reception is all dependant on the area you live. Carriers target areas and make them priorities based on the size of their subscriber base. They get a larger base by targeting certain demographics. You could easily be in an area that most of the people there do not exactly "fit" the ideal TMO customer.

Example being that Orlando gets better service and is higher on the list for network upgrades that larger cities because the user base here is much higher. They are trying to make as many people happy with their limited resources as possible. Just business. You'll find the same crap with ATT verizon, sprint etc.
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
and it's that easy folks!

thanks again

edit: i actually did put in "username" and "password." for whatever reason it didn't connect the first time i tried it when they were blank. oh well
[Vibrant General] jonjacobmoon:
Thanks for the help. Surprised to see the prompt since I just upgraded but it is all very cool :)
[Vibrant General] henreeg:
After the advance option, it should be:

Vendor:

Model:

APN:

CID:
[Vibrant General] henreeg:
you IS da man.

Does this mean I got PDAnet for no reason?

D:

oh well... it's always good to know a different way.
[Vibrant General] siirial:
Yeah, basically. I barely use this any more unless my battery is dead. Rock the mobile AP now.
[Vibrant General] opiomorph:
This is awesome, thanks. I'm using it right now under the assumption that it will charge my phone slightly faster than using Mobile AP while plugged in would do.
[Vibrant General] tkoo:
Problem with tethering

Hey all,

Thanks for your guide.

I got everything set up properly and can connect, but the connection doesn't seem "live".

Mac connects, timer runs, and I view some activity on "Sent", but I can't load any web pages, etc.

Running Mac 10.6.4, Vibrant 2.1-UVJI6

Latest build of Chrome

Any help would be greatly appreciated
[Vibrant General] alexmsu:
I think tmo found a way to block this. I see now that connection gets established then servers disconnects after first attempt to load something via desktop browser :(
[Vibrant General] guacamoly:
wow thanks..

this is just what i had been looking for.

worked on first try.

thanks a lot.

vibrant running team whiskey's bionix-v 1.3.1
[Vibrant General] rodolfo7171:
does anyone know if this still works? i cant get mine to connect
[Vibrant General] jogruni:
I am having problems doing USB teathering between a MacBooc Pro running 10.6 and a Samsung Galaxy S running 2.2 . Here are some of my findings:

There are two different types of teathering:

1. USB Networking:

If USB Debugging is disabled and USB teathering is enabled to me it seems the connection between laptop works like a Ethernet connection (usb0).

This mode works right away on 3 laptops running ubuntu linux systems (10.04, 10.10, 11.04). It does not require any setings on ubuntu or Galaxy S.

The big advantage is also, it uses Wireless Hotspots if the phone is connected to a Hotspot. So this even enhances old Laptops with a WiFi (like in one of my cases)!

It also does not drain the batteries or heat up the phone much.

I find this mode better, but cannot get the Mac to connect, because it always tries to use the phone as a modem, not as a Ethernet connection.

2. USB 3G modem:

If USB Debugging ie enabled. The Connection uses the phone as a 3G modem.

In this mode my Galaxy works fine with HG!'s description of the beginning.

In my case the USB Teatethering switch here has no effect. It is only important that USB Debugging is enabled.

Maybe this helps...
[Vibrant General] mmduluth:
I can’t believe I am about to bump a 2 year old thread--- but I’m kind of lazy. :p

Has anyone recently been able to get this to work on osx 6.7? I keep getting errors that say something about the connection doesn’t exist or something.

Thanks!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nopotential:
Hey y'all..

So, when I go into my sent label with the Gmail app, all the messages it displays do not show who it was sent to.. only who it was sent from, which of course just says "me". Is there some settings I'm missing or something because this is really annoying.

Thanks!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nopotential:
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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Seems like there's nothing that can be done, other than modifying and recompiling the app...
[HD2 General] friendjabi:
hi

im tray to flash rom hd2 after flash complet phone dead

rom is:RUU_Leo_HTC_FRA_1.66.406.1_Radio_Signed_15.30.50.07U_2.06.51.07_Ship.exe pleas solve me that broblem
[HD2 General] chadster214:
you will brick your T-Mobile HD2 with this ROM. this is not a compatible ROM for the T-Mobile HD2.

see if this will help you

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=668347
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
that radio has killed it. You cant get into bootloader, so the above wont help.

Unlucky.
[HD2 General] Kenichi:
It's not that its about luck is about reading which ROM is compatible.

Sorry about your brick.

Kenichi
[HD2 General] thunerclaps:
Thats why its always important to read the stickies and the 'for noobs' postings before flashing. They stress it so many times but yet there's always someone who just doesnt read. Or if they do read they dont understand and flash anyway.

Preaching wont help you any now.

Try contacting HTC and see what they say.
[HD2 General] Genobreaker:
words to live by
[HD2 General] calc:
Lets cut this guy a small break... based on his relatively poor spelling and grammar i don't think he can even read English. It's amazing how he got it to flash in the first place.....
[HD2 General] hellboy5000:
That was a funny one
[HD2 General] jay4538:
no have to do with read english i dont not english and i flash everything and i have android on my hd2
[HD2 General] icexclusive:
I had the same thing happen to me. I downloaded hspl but didnt notice that there was a difference between the leo and tmousa roms. Anyway i installed a rom and it bricked my phone. I have HSPL 2.08 installed. Does this mean i can just retry a different tmousa rom (by sd card or usb??) and im ok?

Or am i screwed too and have to go to a early version?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
if you just flashed a rom, you are fine. Boot into bootloader, and flash a compatible rom. Its only radios that kill the tmous, and most custom roms dont include a radio. Its mainly the non tmous official roms you need to avoid.