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[XPERIA X10 General] mikegia:
Solved

Well, solved might be the wrong word. But I figured out what I was doing wrong.

I think the first account setup had to be through the settings screen from inside Timescape settings and not through the Email client itself (didn't even work when I hit 'Add Account' in the spline GUI though, had to be in that settings menu for some reason).

Now I can add other accounts properly and do that right through the Email app itself.

Strange hiccup in the setup... at least, that's the only thing I did differently this time to have it work.

Anyways, whether that was actually the problem or I was doing something else wrong that hasn't crossed my mind I'm really not sure (seems like an odd way to have to set this thing up considering the Add Account button on the spline GUI should have taken me through the correct setup you'd think! But, at the very least it's working now ha)

Never been so excited to see blue, touchable buttons.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ajones7279:
Is there any way to make a multitouch version of this keyboard based off the new one on Froyo? It's my only gripe with it. Or perhaps a way to add the new Froyo multitouch version to the theming kitchen. http://www.gimpsta.com/themer/main.php
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] davebu:
no, i tried asking the devs and it would require it to basically be rebuilt and no one was interested in doing it.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ajones7279:
Well that sucks. I honestly just want a more convenient way to theme the new one. But if I have to manually do it then that's fine too. Just thought I would ask first. Just gotta learn how to change the colors with the xml files. The images I've done a couple times.

Sent from my Evo on Tapatalk
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chazglenn3:
I know that one of the numbers that I have is my MSL, but I'm not sure which one. What is the format? How many digits? Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nenn:
6 digits xxxxxx format.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chazglenn3:
Cool beans thanks!
[XPERIA X10 General] fjnty5:
Just curious

i bought that $9.99 web2go plan from t-mobile and it works great

my only concern is about the data limit and yes i know it says unlimited but it was that way for AT&T customers on my friends plan he had unlimited but got charged a small fortune for going over 5gb

my question is to those who have the web2go unlimited plan for 9.99, how much data have you used to the max and were still okay and if t-mobile every found out that your using an xperia and charged for a smartphone plan.

Any insight would be great

thanks!
[XPERIA X10 General] suzed:
I have an UK Tmobile contract that has 3g of data a month. Spoke to their customer service and they said that whilst it is fair use they don't charge if you go over they just restrict when you can download from the internet. You end up with a restriction between 4pm and midnight when you can only browse.

Don't know whether its the same in US but might be worth a call to find out.
[XPERIA X10 General] njfpolyr6:
@fjnty5

i believe you are the one who asks for the web2go setting for t-mobile USA, correct ?

I read someone at t-mobile forum said the web2go plan has a limited of 10 GB per month, after that it will automatically switched to Edge network. I am using the 9.99 plan as well, and my monthly usually is about 2 GB max so far (sometimes it is less than 1 GB)

so as long as you are not abusing their data using such as crazily wifi thethering or internet sharing i think you wont use up to 5 GB a month.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
http://twitter.com/Samsungservice/status/21089686644
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Awesome .. good news ....
[Vibrant General] masterotaku:
I sort of figured that it'd roll in with the Froyo update, which is supposed to drop within the September timeframe too.
[Vibrant General] joe.kerwin:
I hope so. I'm actually pretty surprised they let a device go this long with this problem. Mine works much better after some HACKS but honestly, the phones' gps should work right out of the box in my opinion. And if we get towards the end of September and the only update addressed is to fix something that was broken in the first place thats going to hurt Samsung seeing as there's been talks about September Froyo.
[Vibrant General] rramey23:
Great, thanks for the update! Looking forward to it!
[Vibrant General] Dougefresh91:
Good stuff. Hope it comes with froyo.
[Vibrant General] zoid_99:
Notice how they don't mention that there is a problem... "Samsung is testing software to optimize GPS on Galaxy S phones."
[Vibrant General] kizer:
Sounds some what promising. Thanks for the update.
[Vibrant General] tweak89:
They've been very careful about how they are wording their responses on this issue. They are trying to pull an Apple, by admitting there is a problem without admitting there is a problem.

I certainly hope it gets fixed as it is really aggravating. Tried using the GPS today with Flixster and all I got was a black screen for my efforts (had to pull the battery to turn it back on).
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Just turn off GPS and use network-based location for the time being. It's worded perfectly, but it does promise an update. It's no different from what other manufactures do. "an update to improve functionality" and etc.
[Vibrant General] j0hnZ:
I haven't heard of anyone's GPS completely not working, so you could call it optimizing. My Vibrant has the same issues as everyone else it seems, the issue is still on my old Mytouch and my friends Droid. So I would personally call it optimizing and not fixing.

.02
[Vibrant General] tissimo:
Is that gps freezing common? Most reports I've seen have just been lock and accuracy issues. Mine is slow to lock and doesn't have the best accuracy (25-40 feet), but doesn't freeze the phone.

Sent from my SGS Vibrant
[Vibrant General] tweak89:
Today was the first time I encountered this issue, although it has been mentioned on this forum as well as others. Doesn't seem to be widespread, but it certainly is annoying.

Heygirl,

Forever the optimist :p Disabling a major feature of the phone is a poor workaround for a problem that really should never had made it past whatever QC Samsung has. Darn shame as this really is a good phone. It will be a great one once this issue if fixed.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
What do you want from me or anyone else? A fix that doesn't exist yet? I said to avoid the GPS and likely, it's driver from crashing the entire phone - to DISABLE it and this goes for anyone else having the same issue but not knowing the cause. If you have a problem with that, you can finish this sentence yourself.
[Vibrant General] Mark271:
Well this is what we all were waiting for. Of course people are still going to *****, but we shouldn't care. This phone is clearly the best investment you can make in terms of a phone, let's celebrate.:)

Now that this issue is addressed I hope their sales increase and development increases for these trail blazing phones.
[Vibrant General] applebook:
Typical corporate spin...just the iPhone 4 fiasco. Companies don't want to be legally liable by admitting fault.
[Vibrant General] tweak89:
Wow,sensitive much? Not sure where I asked you or anyone else for anything (expecting a company to back their product and make it right isn't too much to ask, though). You gave me some advice and I commented. You seem to be taking it as a personal attack. Oh well.:rolleyes:

Now that's optimism!! When the patch is being downloaded on my phone and the GPS is working properly, then I will celebrate, you can be sure of that :)
[Vibrant General] Breach:
Actually, Apple would say "Our problem is inherent in all phones of this type, if you don't like it, simply return the phone and move on"
[Vibrant General] PathogenX:
Now, all they have to do is bundle it up with froyo and it's all good!
[Vibrant General] NWolf:
I have 4 of these phones in my family and not a single one works GPS wise. None of them will lock on to any of the GPS sats here in Kansas. Occasionally there will be a blip on one of the satellites to 15 - 18 dbHz, but then it'll return to 0.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
I used navigation for like 3 hours today. Never lost route and always found me instantly when I went off course . It didn't even skip at all. No blue circle, just great ...
[Vibrant General] southpaw773:
mine locks up about 50% of the time when using gps with any location aware program like maps, foursquare, etc.

also, turning off gps and using only wireless networks is even worse. it almost never works ever (network location). i even did the "gps fix" that has been posted on blogs and forums and it made no difference.

all my other phones put me in my general area using wireless networks but this phone fails with gps And wireless network triangulation.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Take it somewhere else, don't criticize me for making a suggestion to a problem I can't fix and we won't have any problems.

That should never happen as it's not reliant on GPS at all but rather Google.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
It happens. I can confirm this as well. Locational Services in Maps (or Nav) using Cell towers locks the phone quite frequently -- if not as frequently as it does with GPS-enabled.

But I do agree, that should never happen. Sadly, it does. And so, we wait for the update in September to see if this fixes anything. I really hope that it does.
[Vibrant General] down8:
Very common. Mine chokes & dies 50%+ of the time GPS is used.

Eagerly awaiting a fix....

-bZj
[Vibrant General] :
"Optimizing" is an interesting choice of words. To some it might indicate that they are making a good thing even better. But to me, it suggests they're making it work as well as it can, not as well as it should.
[Vibrant General] boomerbubba:
The verbiage by both Samsung and T-Mobile is a clever string of weasel words, obviously designed to parry any warranty claims or other liability. (To call this a "fix" would be to admit that something was broken.)

Note that most of uncritical reporting of this news on the net still paraphrases the announcement to say that Samsung has promised a "fix" next month. So they get PR credit for success even though they won't make the assertion themselves, for which they might be held accountable.

The other part of the "optimization" meme being floated is that the whole controversy is really the fault of customers for having expectations that are too high.

If only Samsung's engineers were as clever as their flacks.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
I think that choice of wording is what worries me as well. They've been very vague this whole time, in saying that only 'select US customers' experience the issue, when clearly, the international phones experience the same shortcomings.

Oh well. I guess we'll see in September. I hope they fix it entirely, because it'd be a shame for such an awesome phone to be hampered by something like this.
[Vibrant General] silverwolf0:
I don't know of any company who doesn't weasel their words to cover their backs, so attacking Samsung for something that's Business 101 is just shortsighted. I am under the belief it is Broadcom's own drivers that are at fault since it seems the Galaxy S is the first to use it and that Broadcom is the one delaying the fix. If you want to bash Samsung for the sake of it, bash them for choosing a new untested GPS, but then you would have to bash them also for the super AMOLED screen which is also untested beyond the Samsung Wave that was released around the same time, and that would also be a very pathetic excuse for criticism. The Galaxy S was released back in June and is international, meaning it has sold a lot more than the Vibrant which is barely one month old. I highly doubt US customers get special treatment or attention from Samsung, so they have been pursuing this fix regardless of the existence of the Vibrant.

Keep your heads cool and settle down. If you wanted reliability and true perfection, the thought of buying the newest and most cutting edge is just full of contradictions and stupidity. If you want a good cellphone, go get an old Nokia dumbphone that's built like a tank. If you want a GPS, go get a real one. Waiting a few months for patches and "optimizations" is the price you pay for these top-end smartphones. It was true for the Droid, the Nexus One, the Evo, and it will be true for the Galaxy S.

Like talking to a bunch of dumb spoiled children with no manners and malicious intent.
[Vibrant General] jblizzard888:
Ditto recently it has been happening 4-5 times a day if I try and leave the gps on
[Vibrant General] tweak89:
Wow, seriously, how old are you? What problems would those be? :rolleyes:

I have found this to be true also. Thus, I leave my GPS ON. Does anyone else (who is having the problems) experience quick lock and mostly accurate location with the GPS when you reboot the phone that slowly degrades as the day(s) go by?
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Since you have that Evo now, it's all good.

I have to agree with this, the Evo has had a laundry list of problems and software bugs that is still growing, the DROID X is far from perfect and has lots of little bugs and the list goes on. I have yet to see a smartphone launch perfectly, especially one with the latest and greatest.

He didn't say that it was locking the phone up but that it wasn't locating his general area which is puzzling.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
'Malicious intent'? What's so malicious about "...let's wait and see what happens in September"?

Aren't you just Professor Dr. Jacob Jiles Pennyworth III, over here? What an insightful troll post, my good man.
[Vibrant General] PathogenX:
Let's take a look at the facts here

This phone came out in korea and europe in JUNE

It's august.

Samsung should have fixed the problems with the phone before releasing it in the United States but instead they released it anyway and make it look like they just heard about this problem when clearly korea and europe have had this problem for months now.

I am glad they at least acknowledged it and are planning to fix "Optimize" it.

The matter of fact is this phone was supposed to be huge for samsung but they are not treating as such. I am disappointed with them and will most likely not get another samsung.
[Vibrant General] winhwah:
Good news, thanks. You've made my day!
[Vibrant General] XfooYen:
Cool story, troll.

Not sent from my Vibrant using XDA

App 'cause I returned it.
[Vibrant General] larryccf:
actually it was introduced in Feb/March at CTIA, then i believe it was released in Korea first, a i know one of the first news blurbs on it announcing it's release in Korea, and that it was scheduled for release in the rest of the asian market in June. I can't find that news story, and some on here would take that as evidence that it wasn't intro'd in korea first, but i know what i saw, plus, when it hit the asian market, all the aftermarket vendors already had their silicone cases, etc online available for sale. It's doubtful sammy made the CAD drawings available so the aftermarket vendors could compete with sammy's own line of cases, etc.

and as to the poster indicating samsung is using "weasel" words in indicating they will "optimize the GPS" rather than fix it - while i'd like to see them use the words "fix", i understand them shading their choice of words - look at what steve jobs did in defending the defective antenna design. Imagine what Jobs could / would do if sammy were to state "we're going to fix" the GPS - that would be an open invitation to Jobs and others to say, with accuracy that sammy has acknowledged publicly their GPS is broken, which, btw it is

to those that keep saying, ad infinitum, that this gps issue is a "bug" - get real. For the love of everything holy, quit being fanboys. you might as well be chanting "hare chrisna". UNTIL IT'S FIXED, THIS IS A DEFECT. i don't care how many bugs other phones have, this is a complete lack of a core functionality in this phone, not an occasional glitch, or only occurring in a small portion of the population, but a widespread consistent FAILURE.

And for all the hope i have that sammy will fix this, in light of the amount of time that they've been aware of this defect, even allowing June 6th as the first date they became aware of it, the longer it continues to exist, the more realistic i have to be that it might not be fixable. Not my druthers, but a reality.

This recently leaked captivate firmware, did show some promise, but it's apparently not a complete success, and smart money would have been to not release anything that wasn't a complete & successful repair to the issue, for sure, not a second time in a row. To assume sammy wasn't aware of this issue before it's release, would be an even worse condemnation about sammy's production quality control.

just my 02 . To all the sammy cheerleaders, feel free to turn your emotional flame throwers back on and flap your tonsils to the contrary.
[Vibrant General] thunderstruck!:
It's only a defect if you use location aware services! If you don't use Navigation, Google Maps, Shopping, Fandango, Where, Yelp etc you won't have anything to complain about.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Android can use coarse location and it does work just fine for nearly all of those apps you mentioned. The only time GPS is truly needed is when your location needs to be tracked precisely for Navi, check-in apps, etc, having a precise location fix does aid for Fandango and other apps but you can use them with GPS off.
[Vibrant General] gsvnet:
But it wasn't released, it was a leak. who says that is even going to be an official firmware...perhaps the official version will have further tweaks.

There's no way Samsung is going to be able to get away with having a phone that doesn't have a proper GPS. Obviously they're going to fix this.

You people are reading into this way too much. they acknowledged the problem, and they're going to optimize the GPS drivers in the firmware, which is the correct terminology. Instead of plotting that there is going to be no fix and we're all going to be screwed, etc, how about you apply some of the temporary fixes (before some 14 year old flames me, they make things slightly better, but I realize its not perfect) and wait for Samsung's official fix? And if you can't wait that long, return the phone.

It's really not that difficult folks. No need for all of the harsh arguments back and forth. It is what it is, make the best of what you've got now and understand that Samsung's working on the problem.

Being on this forum for three years now, it amazes me how much crap is posted here. Don't get me wrong, its a great resource, but some people also need to grow up a bit.
[Vibrant General] kcshmo:
yup. i have mine lockup too. especially when switching back and forth between google navigation. sometimes it would lock up or it would just reboot by itself.

the other problem I notice is the blue circle around the arrow in google navigation comes up more when used during night time, and it lags more. During the day is usually no lag and never see the circle. this is going thru the same route over and over again.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Agreed that the blue circle seems to be more at night... I used navigation today again and it was flawless with no blue circle..

Even when I do get a blue cirlce it works decent enough for me..

But yes, it likes the day time..
[Vibrant General] gsvnet:
Hmm, that's weird. Why would daytime vs night time affect the GPS?
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Not sure. But I've noticed that too. May be coincidence but night I got a circle daytime I don't...
[Vibrant General] antonio91282:
did you try Eugene_373's zip file? if so, will you still be able to receive ota updates?
[Vibrant General] RedKrieg:
I was experiencing lockups like this shortly after undoing the lag fix. Every time I would try to search in maps the screen would go black (but the menu, home, etc keys stayed lit) and the only way to recover was to pull the battery. This could be replicated every time I searched nearby from my home, but I cleared my cache with CacheMate and haven't had any crash issues since. I think it might have been a corrupt cache file causing the crashes.
[Vibrant General] rogerchew:
think it'll also come with the lag fix everyone's talking about now? or is that supposed to be solved with froyo?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siteexperts:
I have been trying to read through all the threads and want to confirm if I understand the best approach for playing with different Roms (after my system is rooted).

Is the best approach to:

1) On my stock Rom, get the system into a stable state with all my apps, settings, etc.

2) Install Titanium Backup and Rom Manager

3) Run Titanium backup and backup "All user-apps and system data"

- q: Is this the correct "batch" to run?

4) Run Nandroid and backup the entire ROM so I have a stable environment to return too if necessary.

--- Now I am good for new ROMs! --

5) Run Rom Manager and install a new ROM (is this the best approach? Does this automatically do a system swipe?)

-- On first run of the new ROM --

6) Install Titanium backup

7) Restore "all user-apps and system data"

- q: Is this the correct "batch". What will not be restored with this approach? (I assume I will have to re-setup all the widgets/screens but will my apps be reestablished as expected?). Is there any potential conflicts with system data/ apps being restored from ROM to ROM?

8) Clean-up widgets/screens (assuming that does not happen with titanium backup)

9) Run Nandroid to backup if I like the set-up and may want to return to it.

Any steps I am missing? Any issues I should be aware of?

Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siteexperts:
One more question.

My phone is unrevoked forever!

To install the latest radio (needed by many ROMs), before step 5 (install new ROM), do I need to unroot the phone or can I just install the radio zip file? (last time I tried the zip file, it claim to have loaded after a bunch of reboots but my radio was not updated)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWizKid95:
everything seems to be right, well, according to me, because everything that you just posted, i do too. and as for the radio, there are ways to install the radio with and without root, just depending on your phone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLOflatlander:
make sure that when you do the batch restore in ti backup (after the fresh rom is intalled) that you have the paid version. because otherwise you gotta do each app manually and it is very time consuming. also, i have heard that it is best to redo system data and not carry it over, but i think its easier to just batch restore all missing apps +system data. i didnt have any problems with it
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siteexperts:
Thanks!

Another question:

Does unrevoked forever! mean my phone is permanantly rooted? For example, if I accept Verizon's OTA update to Froyo, am I still rooted (can I add wireless tether) or does unrevoked forever! just enable the ability to overwrite ROM's (aka if I get the OTA update to Froyo, it is locked down but I could still choose to load a different ROM)?

Basically, my real desire to root was for wireless tether and froyo (fine with sense so I don't need to go crazy with a vanilla install). If the officital OTA release will be the easiest solution, I can easily wait a week. If that won't work, I will probably install Sky Raider w/ sense.

Thanks.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWizKid95:
its kinda hard to explain, so just head to unrevoked[dot]com/forever
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siteexperts:
I read it and the q&a is open to interpretation since I also read that OTA Froyo may be unrootable.

Basically, I am trying to get a yes/no for the following:

Even if the OTA Froyo is not rootable, does having Unrevoked Forever! installed allow me via the steps listed on the forever page (under "Reinstalling an official recovery") make the OTA Froyo rooted?

Also, assuming that does root OTA Froy, those steps say to find the superuser access update.zip. Where is the appropriate thread/download link for that file?

Thanks
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wpbear:
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