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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
Yes they will swap it out for free....if they don't then they are ripping you off....punch them in the face and run.....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
Looking forward to it....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heygrl:
whoops, I think I posted this in the wrong thread..

To be totally fair the 3G tower in the area was acting all weird and most of the phones we're on EDGE, the Dell Netbook wouldn't connect on 3G and there was an EDGE site much closer to this store. But that doesn't mask the fact that this phone is on 3G and the same, identical phone isn't.

I'm going to activate a newer simcard. The one that came in my box was not the latest T-Mobile simcard, they have 39.01a on the card and the one I'm using now is marked with 50.01. It came directly from T-Mobile when I ordered a new phone.. it's white around the sim contact area with the normal markings on the back. The 39.01a sim has part of the image on it from the entire sim "card". I'm going to see if things are any better/worse.

Placebo preliminaries, more "bars" and better data connectivity.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
Just to confirm so the 50.01 is the latest sim card correct?

All mine that came in the box is 39.01a..

I wonder what these numbers mean?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heygrl:
I don't know if it's the latest but it is much newer than the ones we got from Samsung in Korea.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
My new SIM is a 39.01a. Chatted with TMO customer service, got it activated, and don't have much of a difference in signal strength. :confused:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klkarlin:
I just updated my SIM to the one in the box (39.01a) from a much older SIM - at least 3 years maybe 7. I saw a nominal increase in speed using Speedtest, which could have just been coincidental. The signal strenth seems 1-2 bars better and there seems to be greater consistency of speed in my 3G connection (before I would get periodic lagginess in downloading something even when stationary). I'll post back with more details but this definately seems to have helped.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techpreneur:
I just called tmobile and they confirmed it does help the 3G signal with the newer SIM cards!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techpreneur:
Just got back from the TMO Store. The sim card they gave me does not say the 50.01 like it does in my other phone, but the number inside TM9073 is the same. I'm guessing thats the firmware?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
:D right on...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] air2k57:
I got a new sim this morning! I'm testing nearly 1mbps higher download speed over 3g at my house, no 3g timeouts at all so far. It also is way faster in acquisition of 3g signal when opening the browser for example. My old sim had burn marks on it. I'm gonna try to attach an image.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
Right on, thx for the info.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MMcCraryNJ:
Activated the SIM card in the box earlier today, my old one was from 2002 when I got the PocketPC Phone Edition from T-Mobile, probably when T-Mobile first opened up shop.

Anyway, I seem to be getting a couple of more bars of 3G, but my speed tests are the same (could just be the weekend mobile traffic), which are really high anyway. Can't notice a difference in voice quality, which has been great all along. I also notice the phone not dropping down to EDGE data as often as it did.

Hell, it's free and it takes 2 minutes to set up, I would recommend doing it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aphotix:
The latest sim cards are UICC sim cards and the tmobile variant has an "activate by" date and a 6 digit code on the side with gold contacts (in the format of TM####) all other sim cards are just new versions of the cards you were already using. The vibrant did not appear to ship with a UICC sim, and they ate not available upon request. They will be phased in as old stock is depleted.

Having had said that, unless you sim is older than the average pre-schooler there should be no significant benefit. On the other hand if it is older and toy are having problems, out doesn't hurt either.

Also of your sim has burn marks you should probably replace it. How on earth did you get burn marks on your sim?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystycs:
My friends sim card once melted when he left his phone in the car because of the heat lol so i wouldnt be surprised if it was that lol
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iunlock:
All things are possible haha...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] air2k57:
Years And years of use in ****ty flip phones is how lol.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goog1e Phone:
Based off T-Mobile's 3G maps...My area is a prime location for 3G. But for some odd reason, I always got EDGE at my house. After reading this thread, I was super excited to switch out my sim cards...so I ran to the T-Mobile store and swapped it out. But sadly, nothing has changed so far. I still get EDGE at the house. I even made sure to get a sim card that had a bigger gold plate in the back. =(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heygrl:
Those are older sim cards. Newer sim cards have a smaller contact area.

If you only get EDGE at your house, that'll probably change by the end of this year. A new sim card will help with 3G network acquisition, but it won't make up 3G coverage. I'm supposed to have 3G too but I don't for 1 reason, my servicing tower is not 3G.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rosevilletoyota:
Have you gotten a new sim? did it make any differnace? I too have the same sim for 8 years. thanks
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] kentoe:
Hey everyone, just finished installing the 2.2 froyo leak and was wondering if anybody had tested the wiimotecontroller application with it.

I know previously, the incredible couldn't use this program due to problems with bluetooth stack but I wasn't sure if this update would fix it. Going to test it later on but was wondering if anybody had already tested it.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] nightxda:
Were you able to test?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] kentoe:
Yeah :( unfortunately the application doesn't recognize the Bluetooth
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] nightxda:
Lets hope Cm6 works out all the bugs soon.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] kentoe:
Well, supposedly any sense ui messes with the bluetooth. I saw a few people running CM5.0.4 on the incredible that were able to use the wiimotes.

Why in the world would sense ui affect bluetooth's ability and functionality?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] SoCalMiles:
Wiimotes work on CM6 test 8!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] kentoe:
Really? Oh well isn't CM 6 vanilla?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] bearmacerick:
Man, this is a major bummer. I was really hoping it would work now. I like Sense a lot, and I use a lot of the Sense widgets, but I really want to use a wireless controller to play games on my phone. I guess I gotta use CM6, but I dunno if it's worth it. >:|
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oRAirwolf:
I was wondering if it is possible to install the vanilla lock screen on my EVO. My phone is fully rooted, but only running the stock firmware with root. I dont have a problem installing a custom firmware like Fresh to get it, but I was just wondering if its possible with the stock+root firmware.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alcaron:
http://geekfor.me/evo/21/vanilla-lock-fix-for-evo/

Search his site. You need to have root possibly NAND unlocked (don't think so).

Personally I chose Option 2.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alcaron:
Oh and if you install Fresh 1.0.1 he has a tool called Fresh Updater that lets you simply and easily apply the patch without any fuss.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oRAirwolf:
Can you install that lock screen without having the Fresh rom installed?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tj gamino:
if you have fresh already installed go to the fresh updater.. press the themes.. hit menu to give you some options.. update the servers.. i think its only one server.. go back to the main menu in fresh updater... then you will get all kinds of options.. now you can just install whatever kind of tricks you want...

i dont think you have to have a fresh rom to do this.. but fresh just makes it so easy.. and i really like the Fresh ROM..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteelH:
See this THREAD
[HD2 General] jriv:
Hey guys i was wondering how everyone likes their hd2 because i have a mytouch slide but this guy is willing to trade his hd2 for it and i know nothing about winmobile. Is it good i heard a lot of bad rumors about winmobile so just want some input from people who actually own this phone thanks.

Sent from my super badass rooted slide that all the chicks love
[HD2 General] ddgarcia05:
I wont lie. I never really liked the phone until after I flashed it. There were to many freezes and to me the start menu looked plain. I know the new tmobile rom fixed some issues but a custom really did the trick for me. Now, I don't think android could really satisfy me like windows mobile does. So, if you're not willing to flash I wouldn't trade.

What do you like best about the mytouch slide? I'm actually interseted in getting one cuz I miss having a real keyboard.
[HD2 General] jriv:
The keyboard is the best on this phone its actually fast as hell and the camera with flash is nice my only problem is there is only like two people deving for it so there arnt a whole lot of roms to choses from thats why im thinking about trading it.

sent from my super badass rooted slide that all the chicks love
[HD2 General] ddgarcia05:
I'll tell you this much. The worst thing about the HD2 is it's keyboard. I don't care what anyone says its impossible for me to get use to it. Fortunately, the amount of the support for the phone is awesome. And I love that I can play avi movies, use as a wifi router, and customize everything about the phone. There is a lack of support on the Microsoft market but almost everything can be found on xda or the net if you look hard enough. The one app i need is an age calculator for the hd2, which I'm convinced does not exist. If I were you I'd keep the mytouch and buy an HD2 off craigslist. I believe they're running about $250, which isn't bad.

Edit: Just found an age calculator. It's very plain jane but it's exactly what I need for work. http://uploaded.to/file/5m2co3/age-calculator.1.0.CAB
[HD2 General] DECIM8:
I would go for the HD2 as long as it hasn't been abused. I would play with it as much as possible before making the trade to make sure. As has been already stated the HD2 really shines when you flash the ROM. Since you rooted your slide I am guessing you wouldn't be shy about that. My wife is using the latest Tmous ROM though and is happy with the phone. If you end up absolutely hating WM you might not be stuck as Android for the HD2 is moving along fairly quickly. I am perfectly fine with WM so I don't see a problem. The only downside to the trade could be non-comparable battery life and that the HD2 doesn't have a hardware keyboard. For me the soft keyboard + swype is considerably better than a hardware keyboard. Run to a Tmo store a try it out if you are on the fence, just make sure you try out swype when you do.
[HD2 General] htc fan89:
The Htc Leo is a beast it's the Godfather of Wm 6.5 phones!
[HD2 General] maxpower097:
Stock the phone is ok but a touch buggy. Replace the stock rom with Energy or another custom rom and your in hog heaven running 10 times more stable then Android or iOS. Now that being said if your used to Android or iOS, WiMo is way way different. Its like a real computer crossed with a phone, you will need to download cabs manually to install software. There are a couple markets but nothign like apple or droid. But if you search the internet theirs actually 10's or thousands more apps made for wimo then either of the other OS's just because wimo's been around a decade. Ok after all that wimo is a business phone, if you plan on needing FTP, HTML editing, GPS apps, WORD, excel, streaming TV, streaming radio, or doing anything "hardcore" on your phone wimo is your only option. Its just quite a curve. People have gotten spoiled with all the new OS's that do everything for you and lock oyu out of everything. Then they come over to a wimo where everything is open and you have to go find everything and some have issues, they juts wanna click a button adn be done.

I also agree with DECIM8 , the virtual KB is far superior to a real phone KB. Especially swype. I can actually use that. I have mutated thumbs where one is short and fat, the other is long and slender so my thumbs suck for phone typing. But with swype I can use my index finger and just fly through words.
[HD2 General] jriv:
The slide comes with swype as well so its nice. But the keyboard is so spaced out on the slide its so nice the only downfall is just the lack of support everyone is tryng to sell theirs to get the vibrant or the nexus one so it kinda feels like the phone is outdated already

sent from my super badass rooted slide that all the chicks love
[HD2 General] tritran18518:
The most thing i like hd2 is the potential to run other OS such as: android, linux or even window mobile 7
[HD2 General] xtian63:
take a lot of getting used to for WM users and even more fro those new to windows mobile, im still on stock rom and have been ok so far, i wont flash until ive experienced the real problems
[HD2 General] maxpower097:
Speed increase is worth flashing alone. I picked up about 50% more speed and smoothness with the custom roms over stock.
[HD2 General] ttownfeen:
I agree about the virtual keyboard. Swipe works only when you hold the phone in one hand upright and use the index finger of your dominant hand. It's not a very natural typing position, especially if you're used to using your thumbs. I don't know what it is about the virtual keyboard, but it is impossible to type a message quickly without mangling up the entire thing with errors (even in xd9 mode).
[HD2 General] jriv:
has any one came over from android and if so what do you think

Sent from my super cool rooted slide
[HD2 General] Tref:
Love the visibility of the screen.

Sense is nice, but not geared for those of us who need a lot of links to files on our devices.

Selection sensitivity of the screen was horrendous out of the box. I flashed Spikegotti's Unoff 23127 ROM and that helped alot, both with the sensivity and overall performance of the device.

It is very fast indeed, I think I'm going to like the Snapdragon processor a lot.

I installed Spb Mobile Shell 3.5.5 and I have to say that between that and Spike's ROM, it improves the device, for me, to the point where I'll use it as my daily phone. That being said, the capacitive screen is going to take some time to get used to. It is not really geared toward selecting small things on the screen, such as individual cells in Excel, especially when they are links.

The keyboard is OK. I am not really a fan of HW keyboards. If the QWERTY KB allowed for customization (ie remapping of keys), and over time I could get used to placing my fingers exactly so to get the key I want, I could grow to love it. But without the customization if is just OK. Also, in landscape it takes too much of the screen in some apps.

I've installed Gyrator2 after trying several other rotation apps. It makes the HD2 much more useful for reading and research of the documentation I rely on.

Radio reception seems to be as good for me, in my locales as the TP2. HTC has come a long way in that. My Nokias do not do any better than them anymore.

Is it perfect? NO. Is it as close to perfect as my TP2? In most ways yes, and in some ways it is closer. Do I regret my purchase? No, but I'm not giving up my TP2 yet either, just in case.
[HD2 General] jriv:
All right looks like tomorrow im doing the trade im really nervouse about leaving android

Sent from my super cool rooted slide
[HD2 General] poweroutlet:
I would do the trade assuming the HD2 is in good condition and works fine. Winmo doesn't feel as refined as android and imo isn't as good of an OS BUT, the HD2 has tons of support and you can already run android on it fairly well and things are moving very very fast here. I would expect a fully functional android rom for the HD2 pretty soon. The phone can also run ubuntu (though still in beta stages here too) and has potential for windows phone 7.

The hardware also blows the mytouch slide out of the water.
[HD2 General] jriv:
The hardware is key for me just because all the developers are skipping the slide in favor of the vibrant or nexus one

Sent from my super cool slide that im trading for a hopefully cool hd2
[HD2 General] htc fan89:
I was using Milestone before picking up an hd2, and The hd2 is just awesome even if it's running wm 6.5.
[HD2 General] cu2cool:
Came from a MT3G rooted. The hardware certainly flies compared to my previous phone and an iPhone 3g. The things I missed most are the pull-down notification bar, gmail integration (Android Gmail App), and the app market.

Yes, you can do just about anything and everything with the HD2 as people have already stated. Overall you will get a more "PC" like experience with this phone versus a "Touch-Optimized" experience like Android or iOS. The UI will scare you in a lot of aspects once you discover the WinMO underlinings, and the apps that you will find. If you don't mind asthetics, then this won't be so much a problem for you as it was for me.

As always, it comes down to what you are using it for, and what you expect from your phone.
[HD2 General] jriv:
What to update every one so I did the trade and tried windows for a bit just wasn't my thing but this phone runs android like a beast

sent from my hd2 running android froyo!
[HD2 General] dbiggss:
HD2 is where its at. You will find yourself getting used to winmo If you use it a bit. EnergyRomz are fast, solid, and smooth-and darkstone froyo is amazing (plus it beats having to go through the hassle of rooting a phone that comes native with android). I am very picky with phones, but the hd2 has proven to be the first phone that I would say I can stick with for awhile in a long time.
[EVO 4G General] BigBallin:
I have the issue where the the four soft keys always glow.(the home key extc always stay lit but can only tell in a dark room) so i was thinking about goin in and swapping my phone for a new one. but, with the new software (the 1.47) is the root the same? i have a mac and now a windows machine so the simple root app wont work for me.

so should i just keep my phone and deal with the lights? or swap it and try to figure root out some how
[EVO 4G General] elusivebyte:
Can't you run Simple Root in a virtual PC of some kind? Alternatively, don't you have ant friends with a PC? All you have to install is HTC Sync to get it to work, and then you can just uninstall it afterward.
[EVO 4G General] BigBallin:
so you think it would be worth swapping?
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
Hi people. I am getting my vibrant back today after messing it up and being dissapinted with the battery and lag. I want to give it another try, root it and take advantage of the hummingbird processor.

Can one of you direct me to the thread that had a tutorial on how to speed up your app opening and screen scrolling? no i don't want to use launcher pro or adw because they don't allow you to use the touchwiz widgets like buddy now and friend stream.

also can someone let me know a decent Rom they use? I want to enjoy this phone. Thanks so much for the help
[Vibrant General] All~G1:
There is an extensive and well put together write up on all that is vibrant STICKIED at the top of the forum. I would suggest that you read over it in full and make your decision from there. Currently there are no ROMs released for this phone. For more info on development you should follow scepter and wesgarner on twitter and you can find the thread in the development forum for any updates that come about.

Catchin' the VIBE on the XDApp
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
Thanks so much
[myTouch 3G Slide General] Gootah:
Is game data on root? If it is can somebody point me to it? I'm trying to backup my Basball Superstars data for when I switch ROMs. I'm tired of starting over.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] r0man:
Use Titanium Backup to backup an app with all it's data.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] Gootah:
AAaahh

Will do my sweet brother noomsey!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] kuzibri:
How can I add the Java application Opera Mini 5.1 as a quicklink to CHT 1.8.5?

Thanks in advance,

regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] snowblind2142:
I dont understand the question?

Do you mean as a quick link? if its installed you should be able to pick it from the programs list....

**Edit** aaa, Java program... Dont think it is possible... 9.6 and 10 not good enough for you?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] random_username_:
theyre good but opera 5 is A LOT faster on slower nerworks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] kuzibri:
There not bad. I use Opera 9.7 on a regular basis and Opera Mini 5 if want to know something very fast. Alas, Opera Mini 5.1, which is even faster than 5.0 comes as a Java app, instead as a stand alone app, therefore this question how to get it as a quick link. Maybe a reg edit/key??

thanks and regards, Kuzibri

P.S. I remember that Opera Mini 4 also came as a Java app and there was a possibility to tag it as a quick link, but I do not seem to find this solution again/anywhere. So, in principle, there is a solution for it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] kuzibri:
I have found the solution for Mini 4, but it does not work for 5.1. Maybe some of our experts are able to change the *.lnk file mentioned in that post, which I will attach (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=398567), so that it works for Miini 5.1 and WinMo 6.5.5.

regards, Kuzibri
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N_Jones:
My first post (or maybe my second) and I'm probably gonna get crucified for not asking this in the right place....... well anyway.

My internet provider uses the cable modem id to authenticate smtp. So on my phone I can't send emails unless I'm on my home network.

So the question is does anyone know of an smtp server service that I can use to route my outgoing mail through?

Thanks for you help......

Noel
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knives of ice:
Use your sprint acct smtp or gmails.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejpyle:
I researched that the ability to do exchange calendar updates with the EVO was not possible until the FOTA update which was released at the beginning of July. Does anyone use the EVO (in a corporate environment who have a lot of security implemented - kill signals and remote wipes)? Was the update that fixed it a automatic or manual update?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] aadam79:
Hi all,

I was trying to follow theunlockr.com's tutorial on how to root the Magic (I have 32A)

hxxp://theunlockr.com/2009/08/29/how-to-root-the-htc-magic-in-one-click/

I am on Step 4 of going back to Cupcake, "4. Once HTC is done syncing, double click the RUU file and follow the onscreen instructions."

hxxp://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-unroot-the-htc-magic-non-mytouchget-back-to-cupcake/

I get an error: [140] Bootloader Version Error

What could this mean?

Thanks in advance!

Adam
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] mweirauch:
Hiho,

I've been working on getting the panel to unblank faster, not stall to unblank and to not show distortions on unblank (which also happens sometimes).

Please report your experience on blanking/unblanking the panel using the given packages. If you are unsure which one to use, use the dualdie one!

For dualdie (most common) devices: here

For monodie (rare) devices: here

Please report your device (topa100, topa210,...).

If some lone Rhodium user comes by, don't hesitate to test if this breaks the known behaviour on your devices. (From the code, pretty nothing should work for rhods. Please confirm nothing is broken.)

Update: The code has been committed to gitorious. Fetch newer builds from the autobuild service. Thanks to everyone who tested!