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[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruce Inman:
I'm gonna point you to the link in my sig, "Inman's Start to Finish" which is a different forum, but it breaks things down to a pretty basic level.

To briefly respond to your questions;

1. You can back up PIM Data (Contacts, Calendar, E-mails and Texts) with M$ MyPhone. For full system backups you need a backup program such as SPB Backup or Sprite.

2. ROMs vary by build#, WM Version and chef, 21XXX ROMS have the start menu button on the top left, 23XXX ROMs have the bottom left start menu button. To ask which ROM is best is like going to the bar and asking what beer is the best, so don't ask.

3. Go to bootlaoder mode (tri-colored screen) by soft restting your phone with your stylus while holding the Volume Down button. Do another SR to get back to Windows. If your SPL version has "Olinex" as a suffix, you're probably on a custom ROM.

If you have all of the AT$T bloatware, you're on stock ROM, also looking at your device info\software in settings should tell you.

4. Manila is TF3D, if you have a programs tab - you're on 2.1, if you have programs icons on your home screen - you're on 2.5. the build number can also be found in device info.

5. Generally, if its a theme or something that interfaces with your home screen, you install to device, games and other apps can be installed to SD Card. If you backup your data, there is no risk, however you have to read about HSPL and flashing ROMs before attempting that, or you could potentially brick your phone.

Again, take some time to read the my guides in the link in my sig and you'll understand alot more.

Peace!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] everrain:
Can anyone post some good quality and long videos demostrating Android on HD2, so we can watch the speed, estability....

Thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tinuz97:
Uhm,is that so hard?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=android+hd2+video
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Proz00:
there so many on yt

just sort by date and u get the most update android

enjoy :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pestilencec11:
Just a quick question. I just got a class 2 16gb SD card and was wondering if I need to do anything special for this card when I put it in /before/after??

Do I need to copy all the files from my other card? I mean is there anything that sprint or HTC do to the 8gb stock card that will hinder my phone in anyway?

Thanks :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
All you have to copy to the card is anything on your old card you want on your new one
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pestilencec11:
Sweet, thank you!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darpz:
so last Saturday my hero kinda went for a lengthy swim in Lake Michigan with me. I wrote it off immediatly and bought a new one on craigslist the same day. I did pull battery immediatly after I got out of the water and set it on top of my comp to dry ever since.

well I popped the battery back in and to my huge amazement it booted right up and works perfectly. only thing wrong with it is it seems the screen looks like its very smudged (like when you use your phone with greesy hands) but its under the glass. how hard would this be to clean? or is it permanent damage? wouldn't mind fixing that and selling the phone I bought on CL to recoup the money I just spent. or at worse selling the waterlogged phone with the disclaimer it was wet for a big discount.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RocStar629:
I would get a precision screwdriver Kit and just to to town on it. As long as you are careful you shouldn't break anything. At worst case you still have one that works.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raz699:
Put rice in the battery area and put it ina warm dry place. The rice pulls the moisture out. Even though it works now the moisture will ruin connections and things will start to fail.
[Vibrant General] joecooler:
OK, so I had a Vibrant and spend some time trying to tweak it to resolve the short battery life and GPS problems, however, at the end of my two-week "buyers remorse" period it still wasn't working very well (in fact, the last day it was working significantly worse - using Google Nav crashed the thing 4 times in a row!), so I took it back rather than get stuck w/it for a two-year contract.

However, looking at the alternatives, I'm not convinced there is anything better than a WORKING Vibrant, and reading more on various forums it sounds like I may have just had a bad unit ... or not applied the right tweaks to it. So I'm thinking I may get another unit and give it another try. But before I do I'd like to know the best way to prep/tweak the thing straight out of the box so I can start from the best possible baseline. I'm pretty tech savy so I'm not afraid of rooting or removing bloatware but I also don't want to spend the whole time trying to install some esoteric custom Android build. Can anybody provide a short list of the best things to do to improve the over all phone performance and reliability?

Thanks in advance,

Joe
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Root

Remove bloat

Install autostarts

Install LauncherPro (runs better than adw imo)

Follow the sticky for other random tips

Don't screw around with face book sync

Install a custom rom soon (i don't think it's prime time, yet)
[Vibrant General] joecooler:
which bloatware apps can i safely remove? i have read a lot of warnings about being careful what you remove. how do you do it - is it a simple matter of deleting a file, or is there more to it?
[Vibrant General] joecooler:
so can anybody recommmend which apps to remove, and how to do it w/out shooting myself in the foot?!

thanks!

joe
[Vibrant General] zephiK:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=726637&highlight=Stock

Or just flash Eugene's Vibrant4 that comes with tweaks and removed bloatware (find it in dev forum)

A good way to start is to read the STICKIED post. it has a lot of the information that you're looking for there
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
I would just use Root Explorer to remove the apps, or Titanium Backup does this also I think. This is all in the sticky.
[Vibrant General] gancho:
I am new to Android and have been learning the ropes and tweaking slowly. I followed the recommendation to try ADW or Launcherpro and am glad I did. I happened to give Launcherpro a try first and have found its ability to customize the dock great. I would recommend giving it a shot if you are trying to customize the phone to your liking.
[Captivate General] phr00t:
Hey all,

I know we have a ton of GPS threads going on.. but this one is a bit different :D

What GPS satellite strengths do you guys generally get? My coworker also has a Captivate, and we ran GPS Test on both of them, side by side. His seemed to get slightly better GPS strengths than mine... about 3 or 4 of the satellites were above 40 SNR on his, while mine were all under 40, around 30-35. I rarely ever see more than 40.. how about you guys?
[Captivate General] iamamp3pimp:
the dbHz is the SnR??

if so mine variesd between 18-29
[Captivate General] phr00t:
Both the GPS Test values (which says it is SnR) and the LbsTestMode "Position Test" (which says it is in dBHz) give me readings of about 20-30... I'll have to test with my coworker's Captivate some more tomorrow. If you get 18-29, then we are on par.
[Captivate General] iamamp3pimp:
ive seen low 40's for a couple seconds, as well as 11's for a few seconds.

im done messing with it really. its not a dealbreaker for me.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyq12:
Ever since I started running the Aloysius rom on my Sprint HTC Hero...I've been having problems with my Google Navigation. It'll open up and pull up address,miles,eta of arrival and will even have the voice telling me where to go. But no visual of the map itself. After about 20 or so seconds...it'll tell me that the app is having problems and needs to force close.

Has anyone had this problem with the rom or Google Nav????

Can it be an issue with just Goolge Navigation???

Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwheel596:
What version of the rom are you running?

I'm assuming it should probably be one of those instead of the LWP ones. I ran Aloysius for about a month before changing and used one of the overclocked ones and didn't have the issues you do
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyq12:
I believe I'm running the Aloysius 2.1.

Not sure what's going on.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehow2:
Hi,

Unfortunatelly I started playing with my I9000 without reading enough and bricked my phone completely (?). If anyone can help please do so.

Description:

1. I tried to flash with Odin new firmware but after flasing and rebooting got message "unable to update media ...." (or something like that) When powering on I got only welcoem screen with phone name

2. I wanted to repeat flashing but Odin could not start reflashing (I still could go into Download mode)

3. I found at xda forum [STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader,

but I didn't notice that it was for Captivate (I thought it is just another name for I9000,now I don't know why)

4. I reflashed my i9000 and after reflashing got only At&t screen turning on and off, without possibility to enter into download mode.

Actually I'm stuck with this situation I feel really stupid, but by mistake I did what I did.

Is there any chance to help ?

Thanx in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
according to some users, you might get lucky, and might be able to recover

let your phone stay on on that loop, wait until it turns itself off

then try the 3 button combo again

if all else fail, contact samsung tech support, which will simply send you back to your cell phone place
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehow2:
I'll try but I'm not very optimistic
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehow2:
Waiting doesn't help - I tiried all possible 3 or 2 button configurations unsuccesfully.

Anyone has any other idea if antyhing can be done with the issue ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seifer1975:
The exact same thing happened to me. There is nothing you can do except to bring it back to Samsung. I brought mine back and they have to replace the whole motherboard :eek:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diehard2222:
what did you tell them? is it going to cost you?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seifer1975:
I told them my phone cannot boot. Can they help to reflash the FW and see if it helps. They did and said phone still cannot boot after reflashing. Hence they have to change the motherboard. I asked and they say it's under warranty... :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehow2:
The shop where I had bought my I9000 sent it to Samsung - I will see what they do with it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masum73:
I have flashed a vibrant with a i9000S software but the radio did not work quite well. Since the two have different keys, now i cant get it to boot mode. i was able to get into recovery mode via ADB but all i can do is use vol to go up or down and not select an option. the device wont even get out of recovery mode.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] livefree2x:
Same

I did the exact same thing and couldnt get it to go past the AT&T logo i took mine to the samsung authorised repair centre and after 3 days and 49 dollars they fixed it. I dont know how they did it because i couldnt get USB to reconginise or download mode or anything just stuck on white screen but they managed to get it up and running.

So even though it cost 49 dollars to fix it via software method it is better then spending 800 on a new phone or 300 for a new chip which they originaly qouted me. So there is hope with proffessional services
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linuxbeginner:
now, the magic usb plug is avaliable in ebay, it can turn your bricked phone into download mode in a few seconds. really good!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 25011:
Hehe... ...the magic is one usb connector an 301 kohm resistor ;)

Br:25011

h***://factoidz.com/how-to-unbrick-your-samsung-vibrant-galaxy-s/
[Streak 5 General] J.Coffey:
So I was chatting with a dell support man and he said the Streak will be locked and AT&T won't be giving out unlock codes for the time being. I was wondering what are my options for trying to unlock it? Will rebel sims or anything similar work?
[Streak 5 General] koolin:
Anyone have thoughts/suggests on the US version if locked? Sort of seeming like even off contract they will still be locked to ATT. Wanted to use in Canada on Rogers/TELUS.
[Streak 5 General] fone_fanatic:
Whenever i need a phone unlocked i just call ATT. I've done this many times for a long time. I just call them up, say i'm going overseas for business, they'll pitch me the international data plan and i tell them i don't need that cuz i'm gonna use a local sim, give them the IMEI # and they tell me the unlock code. simple as that. I've done this for nokias, samsungs, motorolas and HTC devices.

Your account has to be in good standing though.
[Streak 5 General] J.Coffey:
I was talking to a guy using their chat service and he said the Streak is going to be sold locked to AT&T and he said that AT&T isn't going to be giving out unlock codes like the samsung Captivate.

This is why I was asking about the sim addons because if AT&T doesn't give out the unlock code I doubt any of the online sites would have any to sell me.

Also koolin and myself live in Canada so we woudln't even have an account to be in good standing.
[Streak 5 General] hpacura:
I don't think Dell will sell the locked version if you are willing to pay $549 US. The device itself is already network (3G) restricted to AT&T so if people really want the device they will have to sign up with AT&T @$299 US.

Who would then want to pay $549 US for a locked version?
[Streak 5 General] koolin:
Confirmed locked via LionelatDell twitter.

http://twitter.com/LionelatDell

Who knows who would buy it at 550 locked, surely not me unless we have an unlock.
[Streak 5 General] hpacura:
Thanks for the updated info. I'm with you on this.

This is a sucidal business / marketing strategy going head to head against iPhone4 ... Streak soon become strike ... and then out.
[Streak 5 General] Muo:
Although I do indeed have ATT, I will not be purchasing another Streak untill Dell launches the unlocked Streak to the US. The last thing I want is ATT to have my device information such as IMEI number...

.
[Streak 5 General] koolin:
Well I just contacted two unlocking companies here in Canada. MobileInCanada said "Sorry no", and SNTraders said "most likely yes" ...need device to confirm.

So who wants to risk it ;)

edit - to add SNTraders said they would be importing and selling as well but no date/price yet.
[Streak 5 General] cue_32:
Unlocking is definitely already possible but who can do it? I'm using a Dell Streak right now in Toronto with Rogers. Am I missing something here? Were all Beta Streaks unlocked to begin with?
[Streak 5 General] J.Coffey:
Yes the Beta Streaks were unlocked but the new ones coming out are going to be locked ot AT&T. But this thread isn't about if it is locked (it is for sure) but about what can we do to unlock the Streak once it hits the streets.
[Streak 5 General] hagenuk:
22:45:40	Customer	Charles

Initial Question/Comment: hagenuk

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22:47:49	Customer	Charles

hi

22:47:55	Customer	Charles

i

can I know the new Dell Streak launching in US is it SIM Free ?

22:48:21	Customer	Charles

i mean it is locked to AT&T ?

22:48:52	Customer	Charles

Can I use it with any 3G SIM card from another country ?

22:50:11	Agent	E&A_Ronald Ryan

Currently we're only offering the Streak locked with AT&T. The unlocked version will be released next week.

22:50:39	Customer	Charles

ok how do I know the set selling next week are unlocked ?

22:51:31	Agent	E&A_Ronald Ryan

It will be indicated and no contract with a telecom company will be included.

22:51:56	Customer	Charles

ok ths

22:52:28	Agent	E&A_Ronald Ryan

Would there be anything else that I may assist you with today?

22:52:54	Customer	Charles

nope thx

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[Streak 5 General] Charles::
You realize that unlocked or not, if you're using a phone on the AT&T network, they automatically know your IMEI number.
[Streak 5 General] jgaviota:
I got the same next week for unlocked version

I also chatted yesterday with Dell

I got the same "next week" for the unlocked version of the US streak,

also they said that if you have a presale code it will be honored next week, so you get the $0.99 headset

Hope it's true :D
[Streak 5 General] Muo:
Yes I realize that. But does ATT know which IMEI numbers go to which device? If all of these locked versions have their IMEI numbers registered as a Streak to ATT, don't you think ATT will try to charge a 'smart-phone data-rate' specifically for the device?

I still have the basic phone unlimited data plan for ATT from several years ago. I would not want to mess that up with costs of mobile bandwidth these days.
[Streak 5 General] shEEEsh:
I was all excited about this news and then I realized that the Dell Agent was too polite .. this is

NOT

a USA agent, right? this is NOT USA Dell, I suspect.
[Streak 5 General] shEEEsh:
I noticed yesterday when giving several agents at Dell the 3rd degree about T-Mobile, they didn't say "The phone is

locked

to AT&T." They said "Dell

only supports

AT&T."

Maybe that was wishful thinking on my part ...

----

IF THE ABOVE IS CORRECT?

I was going to return my Streak unopened tomorrow, but if this above is correct, I think I will put my Tmobile sim in there JUST IN CASE and test it ... maybe they are all unlocked and Dell is CLUELESS .. What would be the point of having both locked and unlocked? When you order the sales person says "you want it LOCKED or UNLOCKED..." Makes no sense ..
[Streak 5 General] a042349:
I think you'll cost yourself a restocking fee (if they do that on opened product) as I'll bet anything it's locked, and the reps just don't know what they're saying.

Dell isn't a phone company, they don't really understand all the locked/unlocked on contract/off contract stuff.

Just my two cents...
[Streak 5 General] shadowro:
called now DELL, a guy prob from India, told me that there will be no streak unlocked, huh, so prob we have to get the unlock code from at&t :p
[Streak 5 General] shEEEsh:
I have a friend who has an AT&T Store. I spent 2 hours with him today while he called AT&T techs and customer service. They say they cannot provide the unlock code because the IMEI number is not in their computers. They said Dell needs to provide the unlock. So my friend got AT&T and Dell on a conference call. Dell said they cannot unlock the phone. They do not have a way of getting unlock codes . CALL AT&T .. AT&T says "I am AT&T .. the IMEI is not in my system."

My friend was saying to AT&T that "there is a customer in my store who wants to travel with her phone and needs it unlocked for travel in other countries." AT&T would FOR SURE have given an unlock code if the IMEI was in their computer.

So what's next? I put mine on eBay and if it doesn't sell I will return it Monday.
[Streak 5 General] webvan:
Any update on this?

Also did you get charged a restocking fee by Dell, I looked up their policy and it says "Unless the product is defective or the return is a direct result of a Dell error, Dell may charge a restocking fee of up to 15% of the purchase price paid, plus any applicable sales tax. "
[Streak 5 General] dellstreakguy:
I just bought my Dell Streak (549.00) a couple weeks ago. Called ATT and they gave me the unlock code. Right after I put my sisters Tmobile sim card in and it worked. The rep said as long as the phone isnt under contract , they'll give it to you.
[Streak 5 General] harrihippi:
dell streak unlock code

can this unlocked code be shared
[Streak 5 General] hjlow:
the code would be device specific
[Streak 5 General] technillion:
Not exactly true...

Both ROGERS and TELSTRA also use the 850mhz UMTS band...so they would get 3G too - on an UNLOCKED Streak.
[Streak 5 General] tina333:
might work???

just spotted this post in a fellow android forum whilst ploughing through google looking for a fast uk unlock solution... hope it helps :-) someone replied on the following post that it doesn't work for uk models though (something to do with the different algorythm used by uk networks and us networks...

http://www.mobileunlocked.co.uk/Dell/Streak/ Just looked AT&T dell streak it says £7.99 12-24hr electronic delivery!!!

"""no need for rebel sim anymore..it worked well though...just go to mobileunlocked.co.uk and pay $11 and give imei and select your provider, AT&T or whatever and u get code...i got my code in reply email in under 2 minutes....didnt even know email was there till i browsed my inbox 2 minutes after submitting...."""
[Streak 5 General] sfrrr:
OK. I do travel a lot and spend a couple of weeks in each place, so asked AT&T for unlock code and got it. They said I needed to remove my AT&T SIM card and put in whatever foreign one I want to use, then to input the code they gave me. But, right now, I'm at home and I don't have another (foreign) SIM. However, I do have an extra, unactivated SIM card (I took my old SIM out of my FUZE and put it into my Streak, so I have the unused, unactivated SIM they sent with the Streak.) Will this work to unlock my Streak?
[Streak 5 General] ronj1986:
No, it needs to be a non-ATT sim. T-mobile or Boost mobile customers could help provide a sim that works.

Sent from my Dell Streak
[Streak 5 General] sfrrr:
Thank you. I'll hit up some friend.
[Streak 5 General] Krisbo:
I've had three cases with AT&T now that have gone past their resolve by date with no luck. I've just paid this site US$13.99 for an unlock code. They've quoted 12-24 hours, lets see if they can come through :).

Krisbo
[Streak 5 General] Budman2K:
I purchased a code from the same site last night and it was in my email in the morning. Just entered the code a few minutes ago and worked fine, used a nextel sim. US AT&T Streak.
[Streak 5 General] Krisbo:
LOL! Just received this email from Mobile Unlocked:

Hello,

Your IMEI unlock order for 011954000918735 could not be delivered because no unlock code could be found in the relevant database for the IMEI submitted or unlock tool chosen.

One of our staff will take a look at your order to see if something went wrong or if there's another way we can get your code with this tool. If you don't hear from us within 24 hours, you can consider this order cancelled and your payment will be refunded at that time.

There may be alternative unlocking tools you can use at http://www.mobileunlocked.co.uk so it's worth taking a look.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Best Regards,

Customer Service Team

Mobile Unlocked

http://www.mobileunlocked.co.uk

http://www.motorolaunlocked.co.uk

http://www.unlocksamsung.co.uk

Unlucky for me I guess...
[Streak 5 General] lelynch:
Unlock Code

I am an AT&T customer and I just called them and asked for it. They gave it to me without any questions. I used a T-Mobile sim to get the unlock screen, entered the code and it's now unlocked.