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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DesireOwner10:
Thanks for the contributions all

So according to the above it would seem the problem is more fundamental to the phone itself thinking it is up to date..perhaps it records the last date of its latest "update" and checks that against the current date? If that's the case, the moving the date forward thing might work but there doesn't seem to be a way of doing this.

Besides..it was only 1 day between my 1st & 2nd failed update attempts so unless this changes, one should only need to wait a day between attempts?

Anyone with any further thoughts? Thanks.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beavis82:
Another possibility is that the phone just says it's up to date unless it receives a message from the update server saying otherwise? So that no reply would still result in that same message.

If I knew how to inspect the actual data being transmitted and received by the phone, I could investigate further. Any ideas?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmitch18:
I have this same problem.

The update was available for my phone but I was out of the house and real low on battery so I decided to wait until I got home to put it on the charger and update. However, after rejecting the update and then searching for it again I get the message saying my phone is up to date :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xephrey:
Same problem here. Was rooted, but the guy I'm selling this thing to wants the warranty, and I don't think he knows about the whole root thing, so I restored it to 2.1 stock. "RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4. 06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.exe" to be specific. Everything works fine - but I don't see any updates available. Any more tips? Thanks guys!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gascanieto:
i found this. http://www.geekword.net/manually-install-froyo-htc-desire/
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xephrey:
Thank you very much! That did it for me. I'm gonna miss these forums.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oursoul:
THank **** for this thread.. just updated my mates phone.

Works great cheers.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snakemaycry:
I've checked if there is an update a minute ago, just because of boredom in job and .. Hurray, there it is. I've checked it on mobile internet, without changing dates, etc. So this is probably, just question of time/luck. Hope You will get this also.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beavis82:
Same here... just checked when I got home and the update was found. I guess they're just rolling it out in batches. Now running Froyo, update went smoothly!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DesireOwner10:
Thanks for the link above....Rightly or Wrongly (probably the latter since they would be covering their butts), the HTC support people said it wouldn't be a great idea to use the one online in case it isn't right for my phone..

..so I went to route of hard resetting the phone and getting it updated OTA (ask if anyone wants the instructions for it).

Thanks all for responses - solved it the harder way which I was trying to avoid but that said, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be..Android has a nice backup/restore system which isn't "blackbox" to the extent that I can't confidently get everything back.

Thanks again all! :)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] wingman25:
When I first got my vibrant there was a folder option, looks like it was something from THinkfreeoffice (not sure) that allowed me to select a folder on my SD card and it would automatically create links to those documents in a folder on the home screen. I loved this because I could keep powerpoints that I frequently use as notes in a, say "my documents/powerpoints" folder on my SD card. but ever since I rooted, that folder has disappeared and I can't seem to get it back. Anyone have any clues?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ar3ohdee:
Guys,

My Evo says Froyo 2.2 is avail for download when I check HTC Updates... I hit accept, it downloads, then asks if I want to install NOW... I HIT YES, and it takes me to the boot loader page, THEN DOES NOTHING.. It doesn't boot into recovery mode like it is supposed to, and it just sits on the Boot loader screen, NO TRIANGLE, NO BAR on the bottom showing the progress, IT JUST SITS THERE on the boot loader page with the 3 Androids on the bottom... I have already tried to hard reset the phone, BUT that didn't work... PLEASE HELP !!! Is there a way to HARD reset my EVO BACK to BEFORE ALL OF THE UPDATES??? IS THERE A WAY TO Force boot into recovery to apply the "update.zip" ??? Please advise...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cardiox:
Mine did'nt go no where near the bootloader screen...

I hit the download...then it just installed like any other app...except it brought me to a bar progress page a couple of times. Then the phone rebooted and whala...froyo.

I must say this...I was previosly rooted but unrooted to do it!!!

Are you rooted or unrooted to start off with?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ar3ohdee:
Was rooted, but then I did the "update of June 29th" and ruined ALL of my fun... Is there even a way for me to root my phone now??? How do I get it to go into recovery?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whitezombie:
Same issue

My EVO ISN'T ROOTED, and I'm having the same exact problem
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sk63:
You're hosed root wise until someone cracks the rom, if they crack the rom. Most likely you'll need to update to the official version once HTC releases an upgrade as they claimed they would eventually do on Twitter.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whitezombie:
im not trying to root my phone, i just want froyo :P
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ar3ohdee:
right, I WAS rooted, the update in JUNE fixed that for me =(... NOW I just want FROYO which is available from Sprint/HTC OTA, it just wont install?????????? I think I can install it as an update.zip if I could get my phone into RECOVERY mode... When at the bootloader, if I hit Recovery, it just boots back to the BOOT LOADER????
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cardiox:
I would suggest using this unroot program and make sure you use the 1.47 one because there are 3 different roms. This is what I did as I had the june update as you. This will guarantee that you have the right stock rom and are not rooted. Then try the update again...

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g-roms-hacks/19278-how-unroot-return-stock.html

This is the route I took and was just like you...I had no probs this way!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whitezombie:
This is a great recommendation, but I haven't done any ROOT or ROMing to my phone since I've owned it, I've stayed true to the true image they released, and I'm not comfortable downgrading it to some other image that wasn't on the phone. I attempted to do the instructions outlined and I was unable to get pas the stage of pushing the:

RUU_Supersonic_1.47.651.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_release_CL195459

to the phone. It says USB error, and I have debugging mode enabled.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ar3ohdee:
I RE-Loaded this version, as the other "older" versions would not work (re-loaded, as this is what I already HAD on my phone)... It wiped the system, and ALL of my info/apps (make sure you back up) and then I was able to do the Froyo Update... YES !!!! Thanks... :)

http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Sup...51.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_release_CL195459.exe
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whitezombie:
I did the same, thank you !
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cardiox:
No prob...have fun!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolverinexc:
Froyo Update Won't Install

To start off - I have never rooted my evo - my phone is running Android 2.1 update 1 supersonic - and I did not try to do the "pre-release" update put out by HTC. Since late last night, I have been trying to install Froyo through system updates (settings, system updates, htc software update). I am able to download the upgrade, which is about 80 MB, but for some reason the update will not install. When I click install now, my phone restarts in the bootloader. If I click on fastboot, it searches for an image on my SD card but can't find one. If I hit recovery, it just returns me to the main bootloader screen. The only thing I can do is reboot or shut down my phone. When my phone boots back up, it says the update is downloaded and ready to be installed. I have tried redownloading the update but the same thing happens. Any help would be appreciated, preferable without losing contacts and apps. I'm trying to save a factory reset for a last resort.

Thanks,

Nick
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ar3ohdee:
Nick,

Please read the earlier posts, and follow the link from Cardiox... He said the following...

"I would suggest using this unroot program and make sure you use the 1.47 one because there are 3 different roms. This is what I did as I had the june update as you. This will guarantee that you have the right stock rom and are not rooted. Then try the update again...

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-...urn-stock.html

This is the route I took and was just like you...I had no probs this way!"

Then read my posts, and you will see that I had the SAME problem you are having, and this worked for me... I posted the thread... It is pretty easy if you follow the instructions... Let me know if it works for you... Good luck !!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cardiox:
I am not a genius by no means thus I am only sharing info that I have from personal trial and error. If you are going to a bootloader screen during this update process and your SD card is mounted then you most likely will need to bite the bullet and either do a factory reset or follow the link instructions so given. For some reason this update can not find the original factory code or RUU that it is trying to update. Sounds like your SD card is mounted but it can't find it...I would strongly consider just starting over with that link program. It does not root you it just puts you back square one with factory code. Then the update will have something to build off of...which you apparently don't have for whatever reason.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolverinexc:
Ok, this is what I needed to know. I'm backing up my stuff with bitpim and will just do this. Thanks for all the help and the speedy responses!

-Nick
[Droid X Themes and Apps] b00sted:
I really like the Droid X dock bar for the ADW Launcher but I just want the dock bar stuff nothing else (I don't like the dot changes, search bar change etc) would someone be able to modify this theme to be just the launcher (the circle with the arrow up and the lil dot thing when tray is open) for me so I can go on for the rest of my life happy :P

http://androidapplications.com/94516-droid-x-adw-theme
[Droid X Themes and Apps] ixobelle:
disable everything else...
[Droid X Themes and Apps] b00sted:
how?? lol

I dont want to disable the screen dots etc.. I jsut want them back to default adw launcher ones..
[Vibrant General] tkgrrett:
Ok, first off my Vibrant has flat out awful reception.. fluctuates randomly between 4 bars and 0 bars on 3g and sometimes cant get more than 1 bar 3g in the middle of an HSPA+ city(Memphis). Its not a bar display problem, sometimes my speedtest shows download speeds as low as 150kbps. If that wasnt bad enough it takes forever to switch between 3g and edge, by forever I mean sometimes a full 60 seconds+ and if Im running a data using program (Pandora for instance) it sometimes refuses to switch at all... Is this a known issue or is it just my phone?? I know my G1 did not have these issues.
[Vibrant General] hukkguai:
Try doing a master reset on your device.
[Vibrant General] pyun:
If the master reset dosen't work, you might reflash the full stock rom from the android dev section. There's alot of people that have been reporting substantial increases in their reception and connection speeds.

And if you think it takes a long time to switch b/t 3g and edge, you ought to try owning an evo for a month. It takes FOREVA to switch the 4g radio on and off, at least 3 min for me, takes about that long to turn it on after a reset too.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Just because you're in a HSPA+ city doesn't mean you're on the HSPA+ network.

If you're having problems with it aquiring the 3G network try a new sim.

The G1 has mediocre reception but it is aided by the fact that the antenna is at the top and not the bottom like all other phones.
[Vibrant General] briankao1992:
Bump,

I am actually having this problem too, I have tried a factory reset, I also tried reflashing the T-Mobile stock fimware, but it has not helped. I have good 3g and edge reception where I live.

Oh yeah, I am using ATT on the vibrant.
[Vibrant General] PaiPiePia:
When this happens (ie. not switching between network or slow switch time), you can trigger airplane mode and then undo it and the phone will pick up the right network or switch network faster. For example, if use 2g network is checked, it will enter Edge, etc.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I see exactly what you guys are talking about, locking it on 3G will fix this right up. I was driving down the freeway and I KNOW I was passing 3G towers, but the Vibrant stayed on EDGE for way too long. I locked it on 3G and I never lost the signal and it was 4 bars for nearly all of the trip so I know 3G was there, it just wasn't switching back fast enough.

Looking under the Samsung debug mode, the Vibrant will hold onto 3G until -115 Recieve power, which is basically -115dBm under the Android network menu. Of course over -101 RSCP, it will show 0 bars so it's hard to know when reception is acutally really bad.

It should show -0 bars at -113dBm, 1 bar until -101dBm, 2 bars until -89dBm, 3 bars until -79dBm, and 4 bars until -51dBm.
[Vibrant General] hkfan:
just disable the extra frequencies from service menu and it will be super quick.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I'll try that, at any rate it should be remedied by Samsung.
[Vibrant General] ttabbal:
Are you talking about locking it to 3g or something else?
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I'm pretty sure hes talking about only having it on 1900/1700 (combi bands)
[Vibrant General] JasonCook:
Does it matter if you flash from nandroid backup or oden?
[Vibrant General] ttabbal:
That's an unintuitive user interface. sheesh. :)

Looking at Wikipedia, it looks like TMO uses 1700/2100 WCDMA and 850/1900 GSM (2G/EDGE). There's also a WCDMA 1900, but according to what I'm reading, TMO doesn't use WCDMA signaling on 1900, just GSM/EDGE.

To try it, go to the service menu using the steps for 3G locking and select 1700 only instead of WCDMA ALL. Then go back using menu/back (not the back button) twice and go to Combi Bands and select WCDMA 2100. That should enable just 1700/2100 WCDMA 3G service. Turning on PCS 1900 does seem to get me an EDGE connection. Enabling GSM 850 ONLY gives me emergency calls only, so it might be worth keeping on for 911 calls. 850 goes further so it might have service when the others don't.

I don't get 3G service in my basement, for example, so I would like to keep EDGE enabled. Hopefully enabling just the bands that I would use will help keep the search times down.
[Vibrant General] ttabbal:
To really get a full re-flash, you need Odin right now. It should be possible to do it without Odin now, but I don't know if anyone has put together a stock ROM that way yet.

I didn't see any difference in speed/stability with the stock Odin flash, but others might have. It seems to depend on the network more than the local stuff.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Band IV 1700 includes 2100Mhz so you don't have to enable it. From what I can tell, no.. combi-bands doesn't do much for the slow 3G requisition. I'm just going to lock it on 3G when I'm not at home.
[Vibrant General] briankao1992:
This didn't work for me. I would do this, and it would only work changing from 3G to EDGE. But, from when I would put it on use 3g, it would first change from airplane mode to EDGE, then take around 1 min to change to 3G.
[Vibrant General] briankao1992:
How do I disable the frequencies? I can only seem to enable them.
[EVO 4G General] xlrdxrevengex:
So i just finished the update and noticed that the evo will have possibly a car dock due to the new dock setting in the settings menu? what do you guys think?
[EVO 4G General] mobilemaniac:
It's supposed to come out second week of September:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/30/evo-4gs-froyo-features-detailed-in-pictures/
[EVO 4G General] xlrdxrevengex:
thanks for the leak i found it earlier today and then lost it and could not remember what site it was on.
[HD2 General] zman1858:
Just started...sometimes it shows no mail and later it will show all mail...what gives
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombiekernel:
im fairly new to the android world.

im trying to get a movie (star trek) on my phone. it's mpeg4 format. according to the samsung website that format should work. so i transfer it from the computer to my phone, and when i play it it says file type not supported.

i downloaded a converter (total video converter) and converted it to every possible thing i can convert it to, watched videos on how to get videos on it. i don't understand the issue.

it is an itunes file, but i figured it being an mp4 it wouldnt matter.

here's what i'm doing.

tvc>import>startrek>choose format>convert now

plug phone into computer>explore files>add star trek to movies folder>video player>fail.

anyone else having issues getting videos on their phone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caelestis2:
Hmm strange. Most of my movies are xvid or H.264 with mp3 audio in an mp4 container (avi didnt work) and they work fine. Even 720p videos.

What format are you using?

Also: You aren't trying to watch it by browsing with a file explorer on your phone are you? Use the gallery or video player app.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdsannihilation:
i added enemy at the gates (.mkv) to my external SD card via drag / drop and it works just fine... not sure why your mp4 isn't working, though
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombiekernel:
well it being an mp4, initially i just drag and dropped it, it showed up in gallery and it wont play. it pops an invalid format error.

so i've tried converting it from mp4-mp4 h.264,and mp4 AAC, and can't get it to play.

i really don't know what else to do.

does samsung have a certain mp4 format? because that seems unlikely.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombiekernel:
i just tried converting to .mkv, and it says unsupported file type.

btw my phone is stock, no hacking no rooting.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mesasone:
You say it's an iTunes movie. Did you buy it from the iTunes store? If so, one possibility is that the DRM implemented by Apple is restricting your playback. I don't know if Apple has started to play nice with other devices regarding movies and video content, but for the longest time I recall that songs purchased from the iTunes store could only be played by an iPod due to the DRM.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombiekernel:
its not from the itunes store. i bought a blu-ray with a digital copy, and at the time i had a 3gs, so i registered the digital copy and sent it to itunes.

maybe i can convert it to something windows media player is compatible with...wmv? and sync it with my phone, ill see if that works i guess.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xargs1:
Generally, those digital copies have DRM and can only be transferred to devices in "sanctioned" ways.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdsannihilation:
yeah, sounds like a digital copy problem. mine was just a rip I got from phazed-dl... have you tried another movie yet?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abezapata:
and this is where your problem begins. What you can do is download a copy of the movie from the web since you already own the movie and legally obtained an original copy. This will avoid the drm issue.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxbat121:
All BD digital copies are DRMed. They are tied to either your iTunes or Windows Media Player on the PC (or in rare occasions PSP). These digital copies are not transferable to other devices that are not DRM compatibile.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cesierra:
I can not play 1080p mp4 files, is this a limitation of the phone. Is there a hack?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steeldragonnyc:
conversion settings

Cant for the life of me get smooth playback on my capti... I converted a movie with these settings

Format : MPEG-4

Format profile : Base Media

Codec ID : isom

File size : 1.79 GiB

Duration : 1h 36mn

Overall bit rate : 2 657 Kbps

Encoded date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:07

Tagged date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:07

Video

ID : 1

Format : AVC

Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec

Format profile : Baseline@L3.1

Format settings, CABAC : No

Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame

Codec ID : avc1

Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding

Duration : 1h 36mn

Bit rate mode : Variable

Bit rate : 2 496 Kbps

Maximum bit rate : 7 672 Kbps

Width : 960 pixels

Height : 540 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 16:9

Original display aspect ratio : 16:9

Frame rate mode : Variable

Frame rate : 23.976 fps

Minimum frame rate : 23.810 fps

Maximum frame rate : 24.390 fps

Color space : YUV

Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0

Bit depth : 8 bits

Scan type : Progressive

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.201

Stream size : 1.68 GiB (94%)

Encoded date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:07

Tagged date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:07

Audio

ID : 2

Format : AAC

Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec

Format version : Version 4

Format profile : LC

Format settings, SBR : No

Codec ID : 40

Duration : 1h 36mn

Bit rate mode : Variable

Bit rate : 157 Kbps

Maximum bit rate : 260 Kbps

Channel(s) : 2 channels

Channel positions : Front: L R

Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

Stream size : 108 MiB (6%)

Encoded date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:12

Tagged date : UTC 2010-08-21 15:39:12

I get occasional stutter while in playback. My HD2 plays videos MUUUCCCCHHHH smoother.. what am i doing wrong here?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
The phone records in 720P and has an 480 x 800 resolution. You should down convert your file - it is probably huge anyway.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
You have a resolution of 960 x 540 on a screen that is 800 x 480 - so that could be part of the problem, unless the phone just lops off all 4 sides.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slim6596:
I use iPOdME to convert videos to mp4. It's free and does a great job. I actually have used it to put videos on my Zune 80gb (non HD Zune).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steeldragonnyc:
I have also done conversions at 800 x 480 with the same outcome.. In fact, I converted a movie for my hd2 and it played fantastic on my hd2. I then copied that same conversion on to the capti but it showed that stutter.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
I know the movies i have converted for iPhone and AppleTV formats using DVDFab work fine. I would have to check settings when i get home. Going to try making an MKV with 800 x xxx resolution on the next converstion for kicks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wf0x:
720p mkv's (x264 w/ ac3 audio) play flawlessly, as do 480p xvids (xvid mp4 w/ mp3 audio), downloaded from the "usual" places. The only problem I have found is the 4g file size limit on the fat32 internal sd.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadow65781:
Im using handbrake with anydvd still fine tuning but it was watchable out of the gate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phytrax:
Wow, that is crazy man. You don't need a 4gb file on that little screen. I drop my movies down to about 1.5gb and with x264 they look perfect.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phytrax:
I'm not real familiar with the AAC codec you listed but the Captivate specifically accelerates x264 and that is as good as any codec out there right now anyway.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palmetto_X:
AnyDVD, then use handbrake using the high profile settings. Movies are flawless.