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[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdkoreclipse:
Yep. I think you can flash it again, but be real cautious, as this is your second time flashing it, but if the radio is still the old versoin, you should be safe.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexdw369:
As far as I know, you are correct. Updating when your radio already says 2.05.whatever is when **** goes badly.

And another thing (from another thread) - when the phone reboots after applying the update.zip that is the OTA, it's gonna restart a few times. It'll have a pic of a little droid inc with a green-arrow-halo above it and trust me, it's gonna go on and off - several times and all by itself. Just let it run it's course. Under no circumstances or panic should you hit the power button or pull the battery if you think it's frozen. That will only guarantee you a shiny new brick.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thats what happened to zeke (check the sticky post and you will see)

Wow. There has been lots of brickage lately.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mapko11:
....I did the recovery thing and I have a black screen, with a phone and a red triangle/exclamation point on it.......Bad or Good?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Can you elaborate in what else is showing on tje screen
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mapko11:
I went into recovery and the entire screen is black. In the middle is a Android phone picture and there's a red triangle/exclamation point on the upper right side of the phone.

Now what should I do?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
If you ONLY went into recovery and did NOTHING else:

Power and vol up. You should see a menu. Select update.zip. not just let the phone boot up and apply the update
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mapko11:
Just found that out in the search area. Currently updating. I'll post my results here so at least you guys or someone having this same ill-experience can find out the ending. Hopefully everything goes smooth.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hopefully. Do yourself a favor and remove the update.zip ota file off the sd card once you get the chance. Better to be safe than sorry
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mapko11:
OK. Just to follow up in case someone else has the same worry I did:

-Installed OTA update will I had root (bad info from another thread I started). Boot animation was new. Radio didn't update. Was still 1.00.03.04.06

-Did the PB31IMG.zip installation. Normal stock intro. Radio was still at 1.00.03.04.06. Lost Root.

-Panic mode was in full effect after worrying about installing the OTA update twice and bricking.

-Went into Bootloader

HBOOT was .79

Radio was 1.00.03.04.06

-Installed OTA Update again. Everything worked fine and radio updated to 2.05.00.06.11.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Very good. Happy to hear that the update was successful.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmba:
Yup

... all for what is turning out to be a fairly buggy beta 2.2 :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Is it even worth trying? Im downloading everything now, but i am unsure
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MachString:
It's working very well and fast for me, no major bugs here. :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeoD:
I think it is! if thats worth anything. I updated my radio last night, flashed the Froyo and it has been running great for me so far. It should be noted that once the PB31IMG is applyed and the phone reboots before you install the radio delete the PB31IMG from your SD card. If not of course when you go to flash the update.zip it will try to install the PB31IMG again. I might be wrong but I believe this is where alot of people are going wrong. it can be confusing if you don't hit no to reinstall AGAIN. Other than that it all went the way it was supposed to just following the guide here. Of course as with us all you have to decide if your willing :D
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Are you using sky raider or the official leak (oxymoron).... hows battery life
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeke1988:
no matter what you do, dont PULL the battery.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtpstealth:
Out of curiosity, how long did it take to complete the update.zip process? I've already gone back to stock and was about to update till I saw this and the sticky thread. About how long to finish once you pressed "go" (so to speak)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeke1988:
it will reboot after it finish i think.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeoD:
Original leak. Battery seems very good i charged with the phone on last night charged too 100% watched it drain like normal! NO 85% after 10 min. I'm using my 2130 battery today have been using my phone non stop now mosty reading on here for 11 hours. Thats stright time as i am off today.:)

I'm going to put my 1800 in shortly and run it down some then do the same to it tonight before I post any possible fixes this baby might have with this rom.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeoD:
A few reboots! I did it went to take a shower when i got out, it was done! Just set it down and let it finish
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] overground:
Warning X2

Do not start a new thread with problems/questions in Development sub-forum. If you have to start a new thread, please do so in General. Else, post in the appropriate thread to which your problem/question relates. 2nd strike for language. 3rd offense results in 3 day vacation. Thanks!
[Wildfire General] hangover101:
Hey, I am getting so annoyed by this, and was praying someone could help lol.

My HTC Wildfire is not vibrating when recieving SMS's. I have checked and double checked the usual sms settings, which all show that it is meant to be on.

I have looked around the forums and have found this to be a re-occuring issue, the solution being to download an app called 'Sound manager'. However, I have looked on the android market place and just cannot find it...

If anyone can help me with this I will gladly have their baby's

Hangover
[Wildfire General] Sylle:
Hello Hangover,

I had exactly the same problem!! :o

To make it possible to find and install sound manager (plus all other apps that do not appear on the market on our QVGA Wildfire) do the following:

- Install the applications 'Appbrain' and 'Fast Web Installer' on your Phone.

- Go to appbrain.com on your pc and create your account

- Synchronise your Phone and the appbrain account with the Appbrain application on the phone

- Search for Sound Manager on the appbrain website and click install

- This will push the application directly to your phone

without

going via the Android Market.

- Application will download and install.

That's it!!

Cheers,

Sylvain
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
this does not seem to be a correct reply.. i dont have a solution .. but i would say if your phone is new get a replacement..Before that make sure you are using default sms app and not handcent sms or some other app.. if u are using some market app.. open the app press menu and check its settings...
[Wildfire General] Sylle:
Hi Warrior,

Not vibrating when receiving an SMS seems to be quite common on android devices. It's not a hardware fault, no need to return it therefore...

This problem is solved by installing the application Sound Manager and changing the vibration settings in that application. You can uninstall it afterwards again if you don't want to keep it without affecting the vibration behaviour.

www .tech-mania.com/2010/07/fix-htc-evo-4g-vibrating-receiving/

An additional problem on the Wildfire is that you simply can't find the application Sound Manager on the market (probably because of it's QVGA screen).

I described here above a way to find

and

install this application.

I'll leave it to the original poster to decide if he wants to read more about the solution I suggested and possibly try it afterwards.

I just know it worked for me...

Regards,

Sylvain
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
Ok buddy :) Sulvian thats great i thought you were trying to promote appbrain..

By the way ppl can also try to see the settings by opening the msg app pressing the settings and exploring to desired setting...
[Wildfire General] Trism:
When I get the install option on the AppBrain app I click it and it says "Not Found. The requested item could not be found."

I've synched the device and it can see the items I want to install and I've tried this on a few different apps and same error keeps coming up. Any suggestions on how to get this to work?
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
Dude did you try what i said..press Menu>>all apps>> Select the sms app>> When its open again tap Menu select settings.. and you will see things like notification settings and vibrate on sms ... I dont have any of my android phones with me right now till tomorrow.. so try and explore to the correct settings..

TO try what Sulvian said ::

1> Go to market and search Barcode Scanner (make sure it can read 2D barcodes) install it.

2> Run the program and with your camera scan the following code

and now you are done..

ALso if the above thing does not work try to google for soundmanager.apk

HAVE FUN let me know if it works for you.
[Wildfire General] Trism:
Ok I'm an idiot. I had set up the appbrain app but not the fast download thing . It works fine now. Thanks for your advice anyway dude, much appreciated.
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
Hey thats great plzz close the thread and ask hangover to add solved in the title..
[Wildfire General] Sylle:
Yeah... You need BOTH applications for it to work :p

The appbrain application itself will simply redirect your phone to the official Android Market causing the 'NOT FOUND' message for some apps.

The Fast Web Installer application will circumvent the 'Android Market-step' and send the app directly to your Phone.

I'm glad it worked for you too!

That's indeed the first thing to check...

Although all settings were set correctly on my Wildfire it would still NOT vibrate when receiving an SMS. If you are in the same situation too, try to install the sound manager application with the procedure described above.

Cheers,

Sylvain
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
I bought a domain and I'm starting a website to track ROMs, not just for the Evo but for all devices and OSes. I'm hoping to assemble a team of correspondents to write up ROM announcements and reviews. If you want to help, PM me or email me.

silverzero@romwatch.com
[Desire General] Laban:
Maybe a bit cryptic thread title... But my Desire is not rooted and I plan to install the official Froyo update before I root. But I guess that I later will get tempted to root my Desire. Will the official Froyo release come with a bootloader (correct?) that makes it impossible to root or will I still be able to root my Desire after the Froyo update?
[Desire General] Zappza:
No way to tell yet.

Just make sure that you don't update until someone have picked the release apart to check what's inside it.
[Droid X Android Development] drew630:
Any word on the effects of updating to 2.2 ota with root. Will it brick us? Kill root?
[Droid X Android Development] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
Ain't even seen a real 2.2 image yet. How are we going to know what it will effect?
[Droid X Android Development] drew630:
Thanks for the attitude little boy. ..
[Droid X Android Development] jonecat:
Birdman says that they were rolling it out possibly today, so i don't see why his question is not valid.
[Droid X Android Development] dr154:
His question is typically invalid due to the small numbers of people claiming to be getting 2.2 update.
[Droid X Android Development] paul89:
His question is valid because we should no from other android phones getteing updates while they were rooted! The answer it no, it will not brick your phone, but it is a 50/50 chance if it will stay rooted or not, in this cause it will lean toward the unrooted side I would imagine!
[Droid X Android Development] Cipherpunk:
Would I need to reinstall the Verizon apps that I removed/backed up after rooting before updating to 2.2?
[Droid X Android Development] zanix:
More than likely, the .604 update requires that those apps are present
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stephen:
I have download miri and dinik's latest rom ver 1.76. This is an amazing rom - even battery life seems to be good which for all the work they have carried out on skining the rom is amazing. I have also found that it is fully compatable with Android!!

I love the work they have done on skining the rom, the glassy theme is amazing and have been looking for a while for this in a rom.

The only thing I would like to do is revert the weather pannel eg the sun under the clock back to the orgional icons. Is there a cab available to do this. I have done some searching but cant find anything.

I am currently running the rom on the HD2 Leo.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] superkingkong:
Dear All,

I've been searching quite a lot for a white windows logo start menu icon (shellres.192.dll), but unfortunately, i can't get any results.

Anyone has any link or the logo that can share with me?

I'm using Touch HD with stock rom 6.1

Thanks very much.
[General Questions and Answers] TnTonly:
Well, I have a minor problem. After a long time trying to sync facebook contacts (luckily it works now), my "Gmail" icon name was auto renamed to "Google Mail". It's no big deal, but I prefer the old name. Anyone know how to change it back? Thx!

I think this is a small question, don't know if I posted here is appropriate :p
[General Questions and Answers] TnTonly:
After a couple of time Googling, I found out that the icon name was changed to Google Mail because I had choosen "English (United Kingdom)" as my Language. Changed back to "English (United States)" and the name was Gmail again. It seems to be because of some copyright problems by Google in the UK. Weird...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
I noticed that the SIM cards keep changing every so often.

The new SIM cards have a smaller gold-metal surface area, whereas the older ones have a bigger gold-metal surface area.

Any ideas why?

Is there any benefit to swap out your SIM card to the newest? The SIM that comes in the box has a smaller gold-surface area.

(When was using previously using the iphone, my SIM was pretty beat up from switching phones all the time and the gold-metal part practically had indentations, which did give me reception problems. When I swapped it out with a new one at the store it did fix the problem. Obviously a surface contact problem.)

* Picture attached below *
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
Here's the pic.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newspeak:
I did have a weird situation where replacing the sim actually somehow increased my data speeds...the old sim was only a year old ...but i ain't complaining

didn't really notice any less surface area tho
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
That's interesting....hmmm....now I'm really curious haha...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JD76:
I swapped out my 1 year old SIM as well and now im getting 3G signals in my house whereas my old sim would drop 3G service more often.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iceshinobi:
Idk I change sim cards for all my phones since g1 since there's nothing on it ever since using google contacts
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aphotix:
There is typically no need to replace your sim card unless you are having problems with it (ie not registering on the network.)

However older sim cards have a restriction on how many times they can register on the network, and after they hit the limit the phone will stop connecting, so if you want to prevent this issue (usually takes a couple years, and is a lot more likely in areas where your signal drops, for people who travel a lot, and in 3G coverages areas where you swap back and forth between 3G and 2G) you can use one of the newer sim cards. To Identify whether your sim is the newer variant with no registration restriction look at the back where the gold contacts are, if its a newer sim it will say in small lettering "TMXXXX" (where X is a number, ie TM4322) and it will also have an expiration date printed (it must be activated by this date or it becomes unusable.)

In terms of 2G/3G the sim card itself and its age should not make a difference as the capability to connect to those networks is dependent on the phone, not the sim. You can think of a sim card as a gateway that connects your phone to the billing system and authenticates it.

Having had said that, if you are having connection issues it could just be a defective sim card, to check, just place the sim in a phone that isn't having any connectivity problems, if it starts having problems, replace your sim.

In terms of the digit you highlighted in that picture, I believe it has to do with the manufacture year, although if I remember correctly its digits 4 and 5 that make up that information, but otherwise isn't anything important to a consumer.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newspeak:
well i got curious and checked ....i have the bigger sim ...i don't think the numbers matter much
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
Thanks for your input.

As for the exp. date, where is that located. I don't see it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acspin:
That's what I thought...until a lot of people started noticing better 3g connection/speeds with the new sim cards. Just a placebo effect perhaps?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DKYang:
The size difference could also be for users who want to make it a micro sim so they can put it in their unlocked iPhones. I don't have either of these sim cards to compare, so I'm not sure.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captain_awesome:
hmm.. the sim im using is almost 8 years old. its been moved from phone to phone so many times there are wear marks on the contacts. :P still works fine though. :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ry-Guy615:
When I first got my g1 a few years ago I had issues with the market. There were apps that I knew were available (private apps) but I could not download them. I went to a T-Mobile store and looked at the display phones. One of them was able to see private apps, the other like mine, could not. I talked it over with the rep and we decided to replace the sim card. It was a random, no other ideas, decision. Started the G1 back up and Market was now working as expected. There were no other benefits noticed. Since then, I tend to replace the sim anytime a new phone is purchased.

Your milage may vary.

-Ryan
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
When I got my Vibrant, coming from the g1, tmo wanted to just pop it in the Vibrant. I made them put in the new sim card just to be safe, figured the one that came in the box brand new SHOULD be better.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aphotix:
Its only on the newer ones, the old ones don't expire, they just stop working after a set number of registrations on the network.

In regards to sim issues, they really shouldn't have any impact at all. Changing a sim card refreshes the billing information in the system (like what kind of services your phone is supposed to have and what not) customer care can do this without the need for a new sim.

Hoenstly though, sometimes a sim replacement is needed, I've seen stranger things.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
When I bought my phone out right, the rep opened the box and took out the SIM then sold me the phone.

I guess it doesn't matter since swapping out your SIM at the T-Mobile corporate stores is free.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MonkySlap:
I just tried this since there is a tmobile store across from where I work. I used SpeedTest app and ran it 3 times before the swap. Average was about 2500 kbps download and 300 up. I swapped the sim out, went back to the spot where I originally tested and ran three more times and got about the same rate with the new sim. My old one was about 3 yo from when I had my Dash.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
I'm thinking the only time one would see a difference is if they are having poor contact surface from the SIM wearing out. I've seen ooolld SIM's where the metal had indentations like no other.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kronos82:
Just read the thread and said why not had the same sim card since I first signed up with tmobile 5 years ago.

When I talked with the rep on the phone and explained this to him and asked could this help he stated that the official tmobile policy is if the old sim card works no need to switch. However, because of the technical specs on the card could cause better reception, they just can't guarantee it, they only guarantee it will not get worse. He asked if I was having issues and I said no i'm just a nerd and wanted to know if it would help. Just swapped it out going to give it a test around the house and will report back.

Back Story:

Upgraded from G1, perfect 3G everywhere in chicago, couldn't even get it to drop from 3G no matter where I went. With the Vibrant and and old sim card, constantly dropped to 2G no big deal still was speedy

New Sim Card:

will report after testing
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kronos82:
Old Sim Card

My connection constantly jumped from 2G to 3G all over my house constantly

New Sim Card

Solid 3G all through the house, will report back after tomorrow when I travel all over chicago
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kronos82:
My verdict is now final switching to new sim card salved the connection issue I have been having. I'm at my desk at work and before I switched I got a 2G connection and by this time each morning I would be at 87% remaining on my battery. I haven't left the 3G connection since I switched sim cards, and right now I'm at 97% left on my battery, which I contribute to not constantly looking for a 3G connection, anyways I hope my story provided people with good information about this issue.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kronos82:
Just hit 87% Battery remaining.........wow 5 hours extra so far on this battery with new sim Card....lol.........if you haven't done so, activate the newer sim card
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] javacody:
How do you activate the new SIM card? I still have the new one, but am using the SIM card that came with my G1 in my Vibrant.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kronos82:
Just call T-mobile Customer Care and explain want you read hear, and say you want to activate the new sim card that came with the phone when you got it, it should not cost you a penny. They will ask you to read a number from the new sim card. Then when you get disconnected from the phone call because your old sim card which is now deactivated you; switch out the old sim card in your phone and put the new one in and turn on your phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
kronos82, Thanks for the info! Pretty interesting isn't it? Facts beat opinions and you've provided facts with a real world experiment. Kudos.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
If for some reason you don't have one, you can always go to any corporate T-Mobile and they'll swap it out for free.

Good luck!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] air2k57:
T-Mobile Rep took the new similar out when he sold me the phone. So if I go to regular T-Mobile store at the mall they will charge me for new sim? I haven't changed mine since I've got T-Mobile 6 years ago... I have a newer sim, but never for it activated and am not sure how old it is.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jon C:
Thanks for the info. I'll try grabbing a new SIM tomorrow.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
When I was in a store talking to a rep about getting my Vibrant, he'd said to come back once I got it to switch out the SIM card. He'd said that the old cards aren't fully compatible with the faster networks that TMO is pushing out.

I'm still using my SIM from 5 years ago, I'll get the one that came with the Vibrant activated tomorrow and report back.