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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genoki:
The end of the saga?

Well, its Oct 28, and I just got my HD2 back from HTC from its 2nd RMA repair. So they replaced the mainboard again! That makes 3 mainboards inside my HTC HD2.

Quick chronology from where last post left off:

It took about 12 days from date HTC received my 2nd repair by UPS for them to 'find' it.. it was in their receiving area in warehouse? In a box of phones awaiting repair?

In any case, at every step of the way, cust serv agents where exceedingly attentive, polite almost to a fault, if their computer was slow (and it seems that HTC cust serv agents all have slow computers poor guys/gals!), they apologize for wait. It was a bit awkward imaging these brave Americans being so attentive, sorry for wait Sir, thank you for your patience Sir, but they were champions at it. So no complaints there.

They also obviously have a system in place, it was clearly organized, well thought out, they often escalated, escalation team got back to me, by phone, to say they were on the case. They clearly appear to have a volume of repairs/returns in their Stafford Texas repair hub that it is pushing limits of super fast turnaround. They also obviously keep everything in queue, eg no running down to warehouse to find my phone now, instead sticking to process. Ah well.

Anyways, no reply on my request for courier fee refund, I have to follow up on that.

When I got my 2nd repair back it was also locked (my original phone was unlocked). So i guess they are using their T-Mobile stash of mainboards to repair all phones. I called today for unlock but they have to escalate, which means email to a person/team, then wait for them to work their way through inbox, and respond, whcih means 24 to 72 hours.

So far, my HD2 is working fine. Crossing my fingers.

Wish me luck with my 3rd mainboard! Wish me luck with my courier fee refund ($120 for two courier sends to HTC for repair of defective device .. one I can hack, two is pushing it so I wouldlike it back).

Now i have to get re-acquainted wiht my HD2 after nearly two months of separation.
[Nexus One Android Development] jscoobyced:
Hi, I am using Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) and having got my Nexus one yesterday from a grey market (I live in Thailand so that's the only easy way). It was supposed to be factory new but I found it was loaded with the amon_RA-1.5.9 stack, and a cyanogen 2.1 android version. I felt like I had to upgrade all this.

Thanks to this forum, here is the way to update to froyo and update to amon_RA 1.7.0 on Ubuntu amd64 (versions lower than 10.04 should be similar):

Download Froyo

I used this /showthread.php?t=686631 XDA Post (sorry, I am new and can't post links.... or dunno how to do for inside xda links)

Update Froyo

I followed the tutorial:

- rename the file 'update-nexusone-FRF50-signed.zip' to 'update.zip' (make sure no quote and no '.zip.zip' issue occurs, but if you are on Linux 64 bits I trust you know what you're doing so far)

- copy to the sdcard root folder (use the nexus one USB cable then slide the top panel on the screen where it shows the USB symbol, then select the option to mount the SD card as storage, or use a sdcard reader/writer :) )

- disconnect USB if connected, have the sd card in the phone, reboot on bootloader: hold the trackball while power on.

- Select recovery

- flash from sdcard and follow instructions.

Note: search this forum for more details on this part

Build 'fastboot'

- I actually created an Ubuntu 10.04 amd64 in VirtualBox in order to have an uncorrupted environment. I just ran the standard updates after installation

- Download from 'source DOT android DOT com/source/download.html' source. Follow EXACTLY what they say on the Linux for 64 bits EXCEPT that now you can use Java 6 (if you spend time adding the JAUNTY multiverse repository and install sun-1.5.0-jre the SDK build will fail immediately telling you to use Java 1.6.0...)

- after you run the 'make' command, wait for a while.... depending on your RAM/CPU, then open another terminal and check if the 'fastboot' binary is already built (<repo>/out/host/linux-x86/bin/fastboot). If so, you can CTRL+C the build (except if you really want it)

- copy fastboot to a location in your PATH

- create a file (as root or 'sudo' it) /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="xxxx", MODE="0666", OWNER="username"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="yyyy", MODE="0666", OWNER="username"

where:

xxxx: is the value returned by the command 'lsusb | grep 18d1', after the '18d1:xxxx' when the phone is turned on in normal mode

yyyy: is the value returned by the command 'lsusb | grep 0bb4', after the '0bb4:yyyy' when the phone is turned on in fastboot/bootloader mode

username: is your login name

- save the file

- run 'sudo service udev restart'

- restart the phone in fastboot (hold the trackball while turning on the phone)

- run 'fastboot devices' and it should show something like:

Update amon_RA

- Now you just follow showthread.php?t=611829 from amon_RA himself

I attach my 'fastboot' version if you prefer the shortcut. Do it at your own risk, I provide no guaranty. It worked on my machine, that's all.
[Nexus One Android Development] samir5421:
im running the same thing as u. i just downloaded the sdk and it came with fastboot.
[Nexus One Android Development] jscoobyced:
From the developer.android.com/sdk/index.html page, 'fastboot' isn't in the 'android-sdk_r06-linux_86.tgz'

What package did you download and from where?
[Nexus One Android Development] bernabap:
Thanks a lot man, now I can fasboot with my ubuntu 64!!!! ;)
[Nexus One Android Development] Schyz:
Thanks for the file, fastboot was removed from last Android SDK (r08).
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
IF YOU HAVE A GPS ISSUE... I DO NOT CARE. THIS THREAD IS NOT FOR YOU. THIS THREAD IS FOR PEOPLE TO POST WHO DO NOT HAVE AN ISSUE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE SOME OF US OUT THERE!

I guess androidmonkey ran with my idea and made a poll (shocker, guess who is leading at the time I posted this, those with no issues...)

I'm so freaking tired of post after post about the same people having a GPS issue. It makes the phone look poor and you guys are certainly greasing the wheel well enough. Who is the minority here?

So I thought a thread of those reporting no issues would be a welcome site.

*I am not stating anything about the compass, frankly, not sure I have ever even noticed it... *
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Instead of creating a boasting thread, as part of the Samsung Defense Force, why don't you post helpful information that could help every other owner of this phone?

For example: Manufacture date, ship date, actual statistics / proof of your GPS performance and so forth.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ post helpful information? Are you serious... all I do on here is help answer questions and write guides.

I am rooted/stock. There is nothing special done, no fixes, no tweaks.... I don't feel the need to make a video of my phone as proof of this, lol.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
My gps works good enough to get me somewhere ... that's all I need it for..

I agree. There's some slight downers here...
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
Go for it! I think a rah-rah thread might have value. It helps beat the drum to drown out the critics and all those annoying tests and facts. That way, if a GPS fix does not materialize and I have to resell my Vibrant used as a lemon, there will be better demand in the open market.

Caveat emptor. Carpe diem.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
^ Cool story, Bro.

So, I post a reasonable request, and you respond by being a douchebag. Way to help people all the time.
[Vibrant General] dalepa:
How long does your your gps take to lock? If its a few seconds, then i would like to know what's different with your phone

Gps is a HUGE issue. My gps is still taking minutes to lock which is basically useless and I've turned mine off.
[Vibrant General] androidmonkey:
I hate trolls as much as the next guy but the Samsung Galaxy S series has MAJOR issues with GPS. This is not BS, *****ing, whining, etc, its a REAL issue. I sent a link to my location to a friend the other day and the GPS said I was 30 miles away. Sometime though the GPS is spot on, im talking about within 10 feet. Other times its miles off. I know 3 people with this phone and all have the same issues. Not to mention the hundreds of people on this forum.

Please tell us your firmware version, kernel version, baseband version, manufactured date, etc.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
FW: 2.1 update 1

Base: T959UVJFD

Kernel: 2.6.29

MD, I do not have my box with me.... I got it on 7/15/10.

JonC... 1/2 of your posts are whining about GPS. I'm not spending the time to make a video for you dude.
[Vibrant General] ram100987:
How bout people quit making NEW threads about gps?! There is already a thread with a fix, if someone has something to say about gps issues post there and stop clogging the forum with the same ****!
[Vibrant General] iunlock:
Dude you read my mind! GREAT POST. I'm all for it. Heck, why be anti something when you can be pro something right?

I hate seeing all these posts about the gps issue as well. It does make the Vibrant look bad....so to them gps minorities, keep your problems to one thread instead having multiple threads that just spreads bad vibes across the boards...

For the record, I have ZERO problems with my GSP. It locks on pretty fast and works like a charm...

Two thumbs up for this post...
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
Then go make it for the hundreds of other people experiencing the issue with the exact same device, on the exact same baseband and kernel version. Out them as the HTC sleep cells that they all are.

Also, just to get serious for a second here:

Nobody ever said that the Galaxy S wasn't a sweet device. It's simply disappointing that Locational Services are severely busted, and we worry about having to trust Samsung on their word.

You know: their word.

So, it apparently works perfectly for you. That's neat. Congratulations. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for the majority of us here. Instead of showing us how this is an isolated incident (with your seemingly 'perfect' phone), you've chosen to boast on an internet forum. This provides us with less hope than actual evidence that it could be our individual phones that are defective (which would point to hardware).

Not really sure how that helps anyone, sport.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ blagh blagh blagh... more posts about GPS... this thread is not intended for you, you are the reason I made it.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
^ Cool story, bro!
[Vibrant General] Jdom58:
Man what dissapointment I thought someone had finally received a phone with a working GPS :confused:

The Vibrant is a great phone but let's face it, the GPS software just plain sucks and I'm sure that goes for everyone. My G1 could lock on 8 sats in my house where the Vibrant can't find a single one. Outdoors I may get 3 after 5 minutes and even then the map program is not that accurate.

I guess you started a thread to make yourself feel good but get ready to be flamed:D
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ Flame away. Or, wait for others with no issues to post. Either way, I'm tired of the GPS whining threads.
[Vibrant General] MrGibbage:
I too have been wondering what all the fuss is about. I would like to know a repeatable symptom that makes people think there is a problem. If it's just time to lock, well there are so many variables to consider. Sometimes my phone locks on in seconds, usually if I have used the GPS recently. If it has been longer (like days or weeks), then it takes my phone longer (five minutes???). It also depends on the weather, and if you are moving while trying to get a lock. I have owned several stand-alone GPS devices, and have used military GPS receivers too. They ALL have these same issues.

Now if the complaint is something other than lock time, then that would be a different story.

I really don't see the GPS in this phone operating any better or worse than any other GPS that I have ever used.

I got my phone the day it came out, and my serial number ends with 10.07, and using stock FW (rooted of course). No lag fix applied either (I have heard of a lot of people having issues with g maps and lag fixes).
[Vibrant General] XfooYen:
I guess this thread backfired on the fanboy OP.

Not sent from my Vibrant using XDA App 'cause I returned it.
[Vibrant General] Jdom58:
I can't comment on the past phones or gps units you may have used but I can comment on mine. Using the programs GPS Status or GPS Test:

My G1 within seconds can lock on 6-8 sats sitting in my livingroom - this phone cannot locate one that's a (hopefully) software problem.

Outdoors my G1 locks on 8-10 sats in seconds - the Vibrant barely finds 3 (I have had 4 but the signal was so weak I don't count it), again software problem. Now even with 3 sats locked, using maps it will at times show me off the road that I'm on (example, travelling on the FL Turnpike and it shows me on a parallel service road, or I exit and map shows me passing the exit before it begins to show the turn.

There is a problem with the GPS and Samsung has acknowleged it and is working on a fix (again hopefully). I certainly don't think the software on the G1 should be so far superior to the one on the Vibrant don't you?
[Vibrant General] tweak89:
I don't think people are being downers for wanting a major feature of their phone to work PROPERLY. Just good enough, is not good enough.

It's like saying well, while they put a nice transmission in my car, it doesn't include reverse...but that's ok because I mostly drive forward.

This "works good enough" or "I don't really use it that much" attitude isn't helping with the fact that this portion of the phone is not working as it should. No complaints for folks like that makes it easy for Samsung to drag their feet on a solution. I am on my THIRD Vibrant (switched out for reason other than the GPS, since that IS broken right now) and the GPS has not performed well enough for me to get any practical use out of it on any of them. Three different Vibrants with different manufacture dates.

There is a problem, a prevalent one. A few people experiencing the problem on just one version of the phone would be one thing, but it affects all models. How Samsung hasn't been taken to task like Apple was is beyond me.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] candymann:
So noticed something weird with the stock calendar app tied to my work (exchange) calendar. I have a daily meeting every morning and clicked on it to edit it, clicked to edit all instances, didn't actually make any changes, and after I had clicked save, the appointment no longer shows up in the calendar. It's just gone.

I still get the meeting reminder/alerts but it isn't in the calendar. Two other weird things--after clearing the alert sometimes it will show up again for the meeting--so I've gotten 2 and even 3 alerts for the same meeting. (This might be because I clear it, instead of clicking the alert and hitting dismiss in the calendar app). Today I did click the alert and dismissed it from the app. After doing that the appointment showed up again. After going into "edit" (to try to prevent the double alerts), and hitting save, once again, the appt. is gone.

Anyone else seeing this?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] G35tr:
I too had this issue with some of my Outlook appointments that i brought down.

I noticed that when I went back to the month (in month view) where the very first instance of a recurring appointment took place, all of the appointments would pop back up and be displayed. Kinda wierd.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] iceman4357:
I tried entering appointments through the phone and it wont save anything. Hopefully the 2.2 update will fix a lot of exchange issues, since I feel this is a very important piece of the phone.
[Vibrant General] Excelsius:
I have been reading this forum for some weeks now and wanted to thank you all for the great info here. I got my first Android phone (Vibrant) a few weeks ago.

I found out about rooting just yesterday. Since I really don't want to spend a lot of time troubleshooting the phone, I had a few questions to figure out whether I should root or not:

Will rooting my phone be overall worth it? Will I have to troubleshoot it a lot as a result? It works well now.

How will the updates work in the future? For example, I won't have to worry about Android 2.2 because it will be included in Cyanogen? Will my phone notify me when it's time to update?

This one is important: are there any instructions that tell me how to backup my current phone so that I can restore it to the original condition in case something happens?

Is Cyanogen accepted to be the best for rooting?

Will all my applications become uninstalled? Will anything else change besides my access level? I read some conflicting into on this.

Can you think of any disadvantages to rooting (other than possible voiding of warranty if you can't hide it)?

Do you guys have a list in this forum as to which applications are bloatware and should be removed (and are safe to remove)? I don't know anything about Android, so I have no idea

And finally, is there a thread/list where all the most important/useful applications that should be installed after rooting are listed? I know titanium backup is one. I couldn't understand what BusyBox does. So a list with explanations would be great.

I haven't liked the battery life of this phone and I am hoping that after removing all the bloatware from it that issue might be fixed as well. My phone starts with 160M+ memory. Even though I keep killing open applications, the performance keeps dropping over time until I can't get more memory beyond ~90M. This is when I have to shut down the phone and turn back on. Other than tethering, my main reason for rooting is 1.performance gain and 2.battery life extension.

Thanks for all the help. A lot of talented people on this forum.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
There is no reason to not root this phone in my opinion. You can unroot it. You will get OTA updates using the stock ROM. Many of the recommended apps, guides, useful information is in the sticky at the top. Please read that, then ask any more detailed question you may have.

edit: when you root, there will be NO change to your apps/contacts/settings/etc.... you will reboot and be like "well, am I rooted?"... look for the superuser app in your app drawer, there? Good, you were successful.
[Vibrant General] Excelsius:
Ok, you got an excellent thread there that pretty much answered all my questions! I will root my phone and get back here if I have any more questions, with a cleaned up list. Thanks.
[Vibrant General] boodies:
will applying the RyanZA fix stop the OTA update?
[Vibrant General] mrxela:
A lot of people have this misconception that rooting means modifying their phone. Rooting by itself is not really modifying anything on your phone, all it does is give you super user privileges.

Think of your Mac or Windows PC, you have administrative accounts and you have user accounts. Admins can do anything, user accounts are typically limited.

When you have root access to your phone, you are the admin. You can access features that default account can't.

With that said, once you do have su you step into a whole new world with many different paths. You can can simply stay rooted and use apps that required root access and leave it at that.

Or you can dive into custom ROMs. This is where you step off the manufacturers intended path and follow community developed versions of the operating system.

Alternatively, in between those two extremes above you can do many things in between. You can stay with stock rom but have custom (modules or programs) APKs, or other modifications that change or expand on stock ROM.

Always keep in mind that once you choose to root, what happens to your device is your responsibility. Once again, your responsibility. If you are not willing to accept that, then stay non-rooted/stock and responsibility will be on Samsung to add/remove features, provide updates, fix bugs, etc.
[Vibrant General] Excelsius:
Ok, so a few questions:

I bought Autostart and hid the system apps. Now what? I don't know what to disable from this list. There are applications, but they are listed under several categories. For example, "Application Removed." I have no idea what that category is for. Should I just worry about "After Startup"? Please elaborate.

You don't recommend AppKiller. Won't all those open applications just drain the battery? For example, if I have TeleNav open, how can I close it after I am done using it without AKiller?

There is an entire thread of various people posting various things, but I still would like to see just ONE combined list of all the "safe" bloatware to remove and "risky" ones. That thread did not help me at all since various people are reporting various things.

You recommend Root Explorer, which is kind of expensive. Is there any reason why I can't use the uninstall function of Titanium Backup? Is it any less thorough?

Where is the restart function?

How can I disable those annoying power down and power up sounds of the phone? Can this be done without lowering system volume?

Thanks!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Awesome, Glad to hear your root went well.

1. I bought Autostart and hid the system apps. Now what? I don't know what to disable from this list. There are applications, but they are listed under several categories. For example, "Application Removed." I have no idea what that category is for. Should I just worry about "After Startup"? Please elaborate.

I remove almost all non-system apps unless it is logical wht said app would need to function, aka, text received you would not want to block messanger/handcent..... if there is something you are questioning, just let me know.

2. You don't recommend AppKiller. Won't all those open applications just drain the battery? For example, if I have TeleNav open, how can I close it after I am done using it without AKiller?

Now that you have root, remove all of the bloatware and it will not be an issue. These run in the background and very likely are not using ANY of your resources.

3. There is an entire thread of various people posting various things, but I still would like to see just ONE combined list of all the "safe" bloatware to remove and "risky" ones. That thread did not help me at all since various people are reporting various things.

I used that thread because a lot of people posted the apps they removed. Almost all of them can be removed, if there is one you are questioning, let me know.

4. You recommend Root Explorer, which is kind of expensive. Is there any reason why I can't use the uninstall function of Titanium Backup? Is it any less thorough?

I mentioned in the sticky that I do not use TB. I know it allows you to remove apps, but Root Explorer does this and a lot more. For example..... #6

5. Where is the restart function?

Not sure I know what you mean? if you want a reboot option you can get Quick Boot from the market.

6. How can I disable those annoying power down and power up sounds of the phone? Can this be done without lowering system volume?

In the sticky I show where the files are located. With Root Explorer you can navigate to them and delete the files.
[Vibrant General] }{Alienz}{:
I agree with a lot on this thread. A master Guide for rooting/unrooting and usage should be made. The FAQ currently stickied is informative for the most part but it focuses on far too many things to be able to go into enough detail on each. Personally I would like a "All things root" guide or something sticked which is comprehensive and focuses JUST on that, with the most common root usage apps and things posted (including safe disabling or removal of bloat, backing up, flashing roms, etc.) so that people who have NO idea whatsoever and it is their first phone or something can just read that and feel at home. I may start working on one if no one else does it, we'll see.