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[Vibrant General] zoid_99:
I'm one of those fed up with the GPS. I have heard of many people saying that they lock in on 8 Sats when they see 11 but the only videos I've seen are those that lock into a max of 2 or 3. Please post a video of your vibrant locking into more than 2 birds. I think this may be important for all of us.
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
for what it's worth, I agree with heygrl.

If the GPS is *that* important to you, and you're NOT satisfied, then return the phone. Especially if you don't trust Samsung to fix.
[Vibrant General] frankencat:
C'mon people, get some perspective here. This is a PHONE. If you don't like it, return it or sell it but don't let it cause you any more grief.
[Vibrant General] Jdom58:
Hey 8 Sats, I would like to see some proof of that also beacause that's freaking awesome:eek:

Best I have done to date is 4 on a clear night outdoors and it didn't last very long before it went back to 3. For me the norm is usually 3 outside and it locks fairly quickly. Indoors is another story though, if I'm near a window I may get 2 and anywhere in the center of the house there is no lock:mad:
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
There is a thread dedicated to capturing video of such performance in the wild:

Please post GPS lock video

So far no winners. You could be the first to claim the glory!
[Vibrant General] The_Ravager:
It's not about liking the phone or not liking the....we should never even have to explain our reasons for making our purchases...who cares...sammy?...yeah right...point is...if we did get less than we paid for sammy is legally liable to correct it...get on board that train....for whatever reason!
[Vibrant General] Bjd223:
I'm just hoping that the combined U.S. carriers can put enough weight on them to make them fix it. Sadly Samsung (as a company) does not have the highest ethical reputation, or track record.
[Vibrant General] garyham:
Inaccurate GPS

My GPS always reads "Current Location Unavailable". In the instances where it does find it, the dot is moves all over the map, rarely staying centered over my location.

My HTC G1 did the exact same thing....and that thing was a real piece of crap.

Love the Vibrant though.
[Vibrant General] spacecasespiff:
i beleive they will fix it just think about what would happen if they didnt. They said they would by next month. If they dont there will be a huge amount of peaple giving up on samsung and the products to make some waves in the direction. I dont think they are that stupid to not make good on there statement. We will see what happens.
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
When the G1 came out, it experienced almost the exact same symptoms as the Vibrant is showing now. It was later fixed, but it took about 3 months.
[Windows Mobile] FezzFest:
I'm trying to make a custom WM6.1 ROM based on my likings. WM6.5 works too slow and there a few apps that I use that don't work on WM6.5 because of UI-issues.

The only thing I do like about WM6.5 is that the 'Start' button automatically opens the programs list. I'm trying to get WM6.1 to have the same behaviour. I thought it should be possible by unchecking all apps in the Start Menu (they show automatically in programs after that), mapping the 'Start' button to 'Programs' and creating a shortcut in 'Programs' to 'Settings'.

Only problem is that I haven't found the right regkeys or tools to do this 'mapping'.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alto101:
I am currently rooted with Unrevoked 3 and want to finish the full root with NAND unlock. My plan is to use netarchy's 2.2 ROM and 3.7.6 kernal as I do not want to lose the FPS fix (been using it on 2.1 and LOVE it!!)

Anyway, there are a lot of different methods out there to root and I am trying to determine which method is going to be sucessful following Unrevoked 3 and will not be overly complex. I would appreciate any input.

I am assuming that I will lose all my settings/programs/etc so I should do a complete backup first? I have MyBackUp Pro which I have used before but I am open to suggestions for a better method.

Thanks:)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohseedee:
Did you ever get an answer to this? I'm in the same situation and what to determine the best solution.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] energizer1389:
I finally got my hands on an evo with 2.1 update 1 and have read about every method out there. Wich rooting method should I start with if I want full root?

Sent from Evo 4g
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imiddlet:
some people use simpleroot.. the most 'foolproof' way in my opinion, is toast's method.. just make sure you do part 1 and 2 ( it should be in wiki ).. 1 does root, 2 does nand unlock.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpearl:
This thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=761307

In particular this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7780604&postcount=2

And for more detail, this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7780857&postcount=6

This will allow root access and unlocked NAND without downgrading the PRI or otherwise messing with your system. Everything will be the same, save for root access and unlocked NAND. (what the people of this forum have decided to call "full root" for... err... still confused on the reason for this stupid term).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohseedee:
So it sounds like unrevoked forever is the recommended method for getting full root after rooting with Unrevoked3. My issues is I'm having trouble flashing certain roms with just Unrevoked3. From what I've read not all roms can be flashed with Unrevoked3. I want to try a different root method, but I don't want to screw anything up. It seems like Unrevoked Forever is the best option at this point, but seems kind of extreme. Does anyone agree or disagree?

I've already downloaded forever on my phone...just waiting to get the courage to install it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestD1010:
I used Unrevoked Forever and didn't have a single issue. I've flashed a number of ROMs since then, and still no problems. I'm currently running Baked Snack 1.3 with Netarchy's latest kernel and Clockwork. Hope this helps you with your fear.

Sent from my Baked EVO via the XDA app.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpearl:
There is no difference between the recovery unrevoked3 installs and one installed by flashing an image after using the leaked ENG bootloader.

Some roms had problems with the unrevoked3 exploit because it did not unlock NAND and they made the assumption that NAND was unlocked. With unrevoked forever (or, if you wish to lose your 1.40 PRI, the leaked ENG bootloader), this is no longer an issue.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noxious Ninja:
+1 for Unrevoked Forever. Unrevoked 3.1 + Unrevoked Forever worked flawlessly on my phone. You can even flash the ENG bootloader as a separate package if you want, so that you have the fastboot commands without downgrading the PRI.

The only downside is that there is currently no way to completely undo Unrevoked Forever. If you have to get the phone replaced, a tech who knows what he's doing could easily tell that you've rooted your phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohseedee:
Thanks for the info. Yeah I'm a little worried about the lack of undo, but I have Sprint's insurance on the phone so I guess I could always get it replaced (+ deductible). I think I'm going to do the Forever method.
[G1 Android Development] yarrow:
I have been having an issue with my Mytouch 3g voice search. I have tried many roms on the phone, and ever since I tried an eclair rom, I have this error message. It comes up after a voice search that has local results for example if I say "T-mobile" it comes up with the results but I the scrolling is patchy. Then comes the message,

about:blank

Google has disabled use of the

Maps API for this application.

The client id provided is not

valid for this site.

OK

I have tried doing multiple wipes, and different roms. I recently went back to the stock OTA 1.6 so that I could take it into the store and it still does it.

I have insurance on the phone and they could send me a new one, but I would rather fix it. The smartphone help guy at tmobile said a 2.2 update would be coming soon that might fix it.

Anybody know what I should do?

Thanks
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] v_lestat:
I have tried several apps that claim to map your cellular 3g signals but they either do not work or they only map the fact that your phone says its on 3g.

The problem is that were i am 3G must not mean 3 g for several areas of town.

So i am looking for an app that will map your signal based off the available RSSI/RSSL that is readable in the phone.

Anyone have any suggestions?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SteelH:
I use a signal mapper on my phone. Search for 'Sensorly' in the market, it maps 3g, evdo, 4g, wifi, and it's based on each carrier. Seems to work fine for me.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] v_lestat:
i did try sensorly and it didnt work, after days of running the app for hours at a time nothing was showing, all i had was a grossly oversized bubble around my house and i barely ran it at home it was ran most of the time on the way to and from work, going out on lunch, etc. but nothing would ever show on the map.

reading the user experiences on the feedback posts for the app show the same, it rarely if ever shows anything on the map.

so it got uninstalled.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SteelH:
Weird, mine works fine. Shows signal mapping all over. Even when i go down a previously unmapped road, 1-2 days later the signal mapping overlay shows up over the roadmap.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] v_lestat:
see thats part of the issue, the mapping upload should never be uploaded anywhere as a 1st course of action, it should be saved to your phone as an instant read out showing the coverage. then upload it to a server where everyone can see it.

saving it to your phone is nothing more than a logged GPS location = -78 or -80 or -99 or what ever your signal is.

then this numeric value is represented on the google map as a color.

but instead data, what ever data that is, is sent off to god knows where for god knows who to do god knows what with it and then god only knows if it will show up on the map.

the fact that you have to wait for days and then it might not even show up is just silly.

plus, does it REALLY map RSSI (signal levels) or just more of the same 3G or not 3G kind of stuff that everyone else is doing.

i also tried antennas and unfortunately that doesnt work for Sprint CDMA.

wish it did as a friends droid uses it and its pretty cool to see which tower you are connected to.

this could greatly improve my growing database of proof that i have to present Sprint that my area is completely b.s. according to their maps which say its a good area.

maybe i will give it another whack but for now i guess i need a more responsive app with faster display of signal map.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SteelH:
It does map signal strength, albeit only 4 or 5 levels of it. But Thats all your bars show, 4-6 bars of signal strength. I set mine to Sprint CDMA. The delay between mapping new areas and it showing in the map is irritating as hell, I agree. But normally I see them the next day.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] v_lestat:
funny thing i reinstalled it as i am always willing to give an app a 2nd try (even though this is my 3rd try.) and all my old data showed up on the map. pretty accurately too from what i see on my signal bars as i pay attention to them when i am out and about.

just not sure exactly why it takes so long for the data to show on the map. again just seems silly when other programs do it near instanteously.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SteelH:
Yeah like I was saying it takes at least a day normally for it to show up. Thing is, I can understand why they centralize the database, it makes sense. That way anyone who downloads it at anytime, anywhere, can benefit from past signal mapping done. ON the flip side, they should have an option to "show my personally mapped areas" instantly as well. What is cool is that it has Sprint 4G mapping.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eck0728:
Hey all,

So my 4g broke after i flashed to AVA v3.. i flashed the rom, then the new radio then the wimax update... i forgot to boot between these, so i re flashed the rom, then booted, then radio then booted. then wimax, i've tried everything and i can't seem to get my 4g to connect, any ideas? i've also tried to delete my tree.xml
[Off-topic] orb3000:
What is all about this??

http://angelverde.info/nueva-amenaza-viene-camino-rechaza-ultraviolet-drm/

In Spanish but you can translate:eek:
[XPERIA X2 General] xwing_5:
I am using Windows Mobil Device Center to upload my photos/videos that I take with the X2 to my laptop.

When they are uploaded to the laptop, the date created for each pic/video is today, not the actual date that I actually took the picture, and the info about the pic says it was created today, not when i took the pic a few days ago.

Is there any way to change this information?

Can anyone suggest a program that they use to catalog their photos/videos?

When I bought the SE C902 and K800i, there was a disk that came with the phone that had Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0 that worked GREAT!! Unfortunately when old laptop crashed and i tried to install the program on the new laptop I did not have the serial key and when i asked for a new key I got an email back from Adobe that the software is no longer available and I need to pay a gazillion $$$ for a newer program.

If anyone has a key, or key generator for this please forward.

Thanks,

xwing
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aalopez10:
Just find this app, that help out answer my own question lol,

Helps you find what apps support the "Move to SD Card", and what apps doesnt yet.

just wanted to shared and its FREE.

Search on the market for "SDMove" or scan here.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] barnacles10:
the apps that show up on your list there, is that your individual app list, or does it just include a bunch of known apps that you scroll through?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] HeartOFHatred:
Just the apps that he has on his EVO.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] HeartOFHatred:
BTW thanks for showing us this app, I was wondering if their might be a app like this around.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bludragon742:
Great app but strangely it only shows about a third to half of my programs.
[Vibrant General] Trev420:
So the day I bought my vibrant I had data issues. I talked a tmobile tech support guy and he helped me with my problem, great. But afterwards he asked me how I was liking my phone since he had one as well. We talked some about the phone and all, but then I asked about the battery life.

Heres the interesting part, he said after getting around 5 hours of use out of a full charge, he put the battery in the freezer over night (in a zip lock) and charge it afterwards. He claims to be getting a whole 24 his of battery with moderate use.

Is there any truth to this statement? I'm sure he was over exaggerating to some extant but he was a tech and I wanna take his word for it but dont want to try it lol.

Another thing is I want to know other ways to improve my battery life. I heard "training a battery" thrown around these forums, how do I do this?

I try to keep stupid services from running by going to settings>app>running services. Is this enough or is there a better way?

First post, hope it was a good one lol.
[Vibrant General] pittphan:
I hear ya man the battery is really bothering me too. It's basically dead by the time u get home, which is not good enough for me. I called T-Mobile and they are sending me another battery.

When I get the new battery I'll try the freezer thing.

Well, gotta go... battery is almost dead at this point. : (
[Vibrant General] funeralthirst:
when i got the phone i calibrated the battery like i did with my g1 with the cm releases. basically let the battery die completely then charge fully. don't know if that had any effect, but with how much i use my phone (moderate-light texting, browsing, gps when it works, no gaming) i could probably get through 2 full days. with playing some games i can still easily get a full day.

putting the battery in the freezer overnight shouldn't have any long term effect on the battery. it may improve your battery life very shortly because a colder battery holds it's charge better, but once it's heated up (or at regular idle temp in your phone) any small benefit you may have had is gone.
[Vibrant General] apple_g:
Try Juice Defender. It is working wonders for me. I am going on 8 hours of up time and I am at 75%. Normally I would be getting close to needing a charge.
[Vibrant General] aeox:
What settings do you use? Do you use the default settings from the setup?
[Vibrant General] kizer:
What the heck are you guys doing to kill your batteries?

I use my phone off/on all day off the charger at 6am and I turn it off and charge it at 11pm. Often I'm normally around 30-60% depending on the use through out the day.

Turn off what you don't need. I mean do you need wifi on all day? Do you need 3G on all day? I'm guessing you don't unless you are streaming video all day.
[Vibrant General] srqt:
Yeah I don't get it, this phone has great battery life for me. I get about 20 hours out of a charge and I use it quite a bit.
[Vibrant General] michael800:
Can you elaborate on your settings? I was thinking of installing this app and getting rid of the task killer since I'm getting very inconsistent battery usage each time after a full charge. Have you tried Ultimate Juice?
[Vibrant General] funeralthirst:
get rid of your task killer.
[Vibrant General] verve50:
I think its just luck of the draw. When i first got my Vibrant i was getting at least 20 hours out of a charge. I had to exchange my phone due to a few annoying dead pixels and now im lucky to get 8 - 10 hours out of a charge. Everything is set up as it was on my original phone.
[Vibrant General] apple_g:
I just use the default settings at startup.
[Vibrant General] pittphan:
I have all widgets turned off, wifi off, gps off, brightness on minimum and a solid/static black wallpaper.

I use the phone for very few calls and very few txts... mostly use it for web browsing throught the day and some news apps - with a little paper toss mixed in.

I use my phone more than the average guy, but the usage is in line with my usage on my iphone and HD2. I know how to be gentle on the battery, but I still have to charge it when I get home from work.

:confused:
[Vibrant General] Welshy992:
My battery lasted 2 days the other day. Got down to 15 percent. It's very strange. I was using it but not very often maybe once every few hours. But I played some ff7 to demo to my friends, used the gps to get directions. Most importantly I started killing all nonessential apps with astro immediately after I stopped using them. I think this is what's prolonging my battery. Sure theyre not using anymore cpu cycles but they're still taking up ram, and that is a constant drain folks.
[Vibrant General] Chalup:
This phone has much better battery life than my last smart phone. What are you expecting from it?
[Vibrant General] AVonGauss:
There is no difference in draw whether you are using 1K or 256 MB, the chip will always draw the same amount of power to maintain the memory.
[Vibrant General] dattaway:
I measured current consumption from the battery. It takes about 20 to 60 seconds for the CPU and everything to ramp down into their sleep state. Anything that wakes it up often kills batteries quick. I believe most of the power being used is idly switching sleep states. Can't wait for custom ROMs to allow tuning.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ppeccin:
Do you have to format a new SD card (Sandisk 16 Gb class2) in any special way before using it?

My brother is testing my new SGS for me (I live in Brazil, he is in USA), and he is reporting that the phone becomes SLOW with just the new card inserted, and sometimes it stops and says "preparing mass storage" or something.

Nothing copied or running on the card yet. Blank.

Stock JFB firmware.

Please help me. Is this possibly a hw problem with my phone?

I have just one more day left to return it.

Thanks,

Paulo
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickyboo:
No. That is normal. Everytime you cold start/insert card or unmount from desktop it does a media scan to cache and thumbnail your media for use in Gallery or any media app. In the end it saves time as its all indexed. It gets annoying yes but without it your system would either not work or be slower. Its also on every android device.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ppeccin:
But please note the the card is completely new and blank.

How much time should my phone be doing this "indexing"?

Shouldn't it be only once just after I insert the card and then stop?

It appeard that it is doing this indefnitely...

Please help.

Thanks,

Paulo
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ppeccin:
What I mean is that my brother is reporting that the phone is slower not just when you isert the card, but forever.

And it keeps saying "scanning for new media" every now and then.

It should have stopped indexing by now, shoudn't it?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robert_tlse:
It will scan the card every single time you reboot the phone or unmount/remount the card. For example when connecting the phone to your pc for uploading new files.
[General Questions and Answers] unnddd:
Does anyone know if the HTC Desire is branded and locked on Three UK? A lot of people on Three have already updated, but someone told me that the new batches of the HTC Desire on Three are all locked and therefore can't yet be updated. I'm going to receive my upgrade on Wednesday, so does anyone know if this is the case?

Thanks

P.S. If I decide to unlock my phone and debrand it with a generic 2.2 ROM, will I have to use the Goldcard every time I want to update the software, or will I just be able to upgrade OTA like those with unlocked and debranded phones?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teddmf:
Has anyone successfully used a bluetooth headset with Microsoft Voice Command with a stock 1.66 ROM? When I press the headset button, the voice command program initiates but all audio in/out happens on the handset microphone/speaker and not the headset. I have read where the widcomm bluetooth stack is to blame. I have also heard that some custom ROMs work ok.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teddmf:
I have tried the MSVC patcher to 28008 on top of msvc 1.6.21725 but it has not helped.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yarrow:
Accidentally posted this in the G1 forum, but maybe someone here can help.:o

I have been having an issue with my Mytouch 3g voice search. I have tried many roms on the phone, and ever since I tried an eclair rom, I have this error message. It comes up after a voice search that has local results for example if I say "T-mobile" it comes up with the results but I the scrolling is patchy. Then comes the message,

about:blank

Google has disabled use of the

Maps API for this application.

The client id provided is not

valid for this site.

OK

I have tried doing multiple wipes, and different roms. I recently went back to the stock OTA 1.6 so that I could take it into the store and it still does it.

I have insurance on the phone and they could send me a new one, but I would rather fix it. The smartphone help guy at tmobile said a 2.2 update would be coming soon that might fix it.

Anybody know what I should do?

Thanks
[Imagio General] kingpin440:
I've been using HDWalls for all other tabs except the home tab because I like to keep the home tab separate, but when I installed Cookie's HDhometab&startmenu for T3FD 2.0, it completely, messed up manila. Any of you have any luck with the patch? Any or methods of getting HD wallpaper on the home tab would be appreciated as well.
[Droid X Android Development] !!CANDROID!!:
I keep reading that we need to install all the bloat ware we removed b4 froyo...is it, there is a chance of brick. Or it will brick? I only removed a few installed apps.