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[Droid Eris General] Phaded:
This is in fact true! I'm currently on my 4th Eris. My speaker went dead last night. Called Verizon today. Incredible in my hands Wednesday. Cost me zero dollars. It's warranty only, not through Asurion, and I believe you have to have had a few replacements already. Woot! Incredible on Wednesday!
[Droid Eris General] PimpShit420:
i just called in and they are sending me my fourth eris. Guess we dont all get a new incredible.
[Droid Eris General] lukesdiesel:
Verizon offered me a Devour or some other POS today.
[Droid Eris General] Mackattack:
So, If I am not happy with my Eris(mainly because of the lower end hardware vs even the Droid), should I just get the OG Droid off ebay for like $200 and then sell my Eris for $125. Then wait until October-November to call in and see what I get? Or should I try to call again and again to see if I can get something besides the Devour/Ally? BTW which has the better audio quality the Eris, Ally or the Droid?
[Droid Eris General] taap:
It just comes down to what they have on hand. I'm currently waiting on my fourth Eris but if the stars align I'll make a post. I had to ***** like hell to get this one because the water damage sticker was pink.
[Droid Eris General] bubba1114:
wait so this is for people that have insurance on the eris to? i wanna upgrade super bad and im on my 3rd refurb but i seriously am starting to hate the eris. so does insurance count to, or do you get sent another damn eris?
[Droid Eris General] taap:
Just call and tell them that but no guarantees on them giving you a different phone. I didn't even bother to because I hate talking to costumer service. If you are out of contract your best bet would be to talk to a customer retention specialist about your issue.
[Droid Eris General] Phaded:
Talk to tech support, not customer service. Let them know your disdain for the phone and how you'd upgrade but your upgrade date is so far off. Maybe I got lucky with a cool tech, i dunno. One more day!
[Droid Eris General] DaveDragon:
Going to the Verizon store tonight to get a replacement for my left turning trackball problem. We'll see what happens.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MLBZ521:
So.... Been playing with this for the last two days trying to root this phone.

I've rooted a few other phones, so I do have experience with the overall process, but I am unable to even boot this phone into Recovery. I have tried booting into recovery by holding down both volume buttons + power and from adb terminal "adb reboot recovery."

Neither method works. The phone will boot (or reboot from adb) and brings up the "at&t World Phone" screen and then nothing else appears. The first time I tried this it actually wouldn't boot up even after pulling the battery and trying to start normally, it still sat at the same screen. I let it sit all day today at the screen until the battery died. I was finally able to get it to boot up earlier.

If anyone can help, that'd be greatly appreciated. Let me know what info I need to add.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgo564:
I usually just press and hold both volume buttons and power then release just the power button and keeping the volume buttons still pushed on the 2nd time the white at&t screen pops up... Works for me every time.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labbu63:
hold volume up+down and power key btw this is wrong section to post supposed to be in general
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MLBZ521:
Oh sorry, didn't realize it was supposed to be posted in general.

I've tried the Volume Up/Down + Power and this does not work, as I stated originally.

I've also tried to do it from the adb shell, which also does not work.

Does anyone have any idea why I can't access recovery?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phishie:
I"m having a similar issue. Holding volume up+down and power and releasing in any combination just boots the phone up. If I just hold volume up+down and power the phone alternates between the AT&T World Phone screen endless.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksizzle9:
Yes u have to let go of the pwr button when the phone screen turns on
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MLBZ521:
I've tried just about every combination of the Volume Up/Down + Power and no luck.

I've also tried the following ADB commands, with no luck, it just reboots the phone:

adb reboot recovery

adb reboot-boatloader

When I hold Volume Down + Power I get the a Yellow Triangle with a Android guy with a shove with the text "Downloading... Do not turn off Target!!!"

When I hold Volume Up + Power I get an Android guy with the following text: "POWER RESET or UNKNOWN UPLOAD MODE"

For kicks, I tried to to flash a rooted update.zip via the Volume Down + Power way with the Samsung update software, the same way I have done with the Samsung Moment. Wasn't sure if it'd work, but worth a try.

Any one else have any ideas or suggestions?

Phishie, do you have a final release version? Or anything special about the phone you have?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] commander2k:
I just press the two volume buttons first (to make sure theyre pressed before you hit power), then press the power button, as soon as the screen turns on, I let go of everything and it works just fine, no need to have ridiculously complicated instructions.

The trick is to make sure both volume buttons are pressed BEFORE you hit power. Then release. Easy as pie
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] commander2k:
Also, if you guys are having too much trouble, just download the one click root/unroot. It will run, boot your phone into recovery, then all you have to do is scroll to install packages with volume key and hit power. Done.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MLBZ521:
Trust me, I am making sure I'm pretty the keys completely. I've literally tried it fifty times by now.

And I've also tried the One Click Root. This does not boot the phone into recovery either. It just sits at the AT&T World Phone screen forever and will actually get stuck here and will not boot up normal even by pulling the battery and powering it back up. It'll just get stuck at the for-mentioned screen. I have to connect it to adb and reboot it there to get it out of the loop it's stuck in.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] commander2k:
that doesnt sound good. Maybe you need to try a factory reset? are you running stock rom and everything?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MLBZ521:
When I first got the phone I did a factory reset.

Yea, it's completely stock to my knowledge. But I have a different ROM than the final release version that everyone else has. This is a pre-production device.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teletech:
same problem

I try all the combos as well, no luck, would the combos be different for 2e vs 3e recovery?

I try combo, it powers on, the same thing happens, the at-t comes up, goes for a second, then screen brightens, wait a bit and then the home row buttons light up, hangs there... doesnt matter which kernel or which rom I flash, same thing, adb and other stuff wont work as they need usb debugging enabled, which mine isn't.

Is there a way to mod the phone files and flash to enable usb debugging? Anyway to remap the buttons to 2 button vs 3 button?

Everyone post your methods for entering recovery please?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcarr622:
Anyone have any experience yet getting a Captivate replaced through the warranty department at 800-801-1101?

My sister got her phone on launch day, past few days the screen has really been acting up, and it's now just outside the 30 day store return period.

Anybody try getting a replacement from the warranty department? I'm figuring they have replacements available but I want to check before I waste my time calling in.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ricparr:
When my first captivate was randomly shutting down and the store I purchased it at was having a hard time keeping them stocked I called ATT and the guy said they absolutely could just send me another, but urged me to go to the store, call him back, and let him on the phone with the clerk so he could credit my return immediately and I could go elsewhere to buy another that same day, thus not eating anymore of my 30 days. So yeah, long story short, they can replace it right away from what I was told.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeanHacker:
screw att. lol
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mengbo:
go to the nearby att service center and replace it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
Several months ago, I woke up one morning to a phone that refused to charge, power on, or otherwise do anything.

Walked into an AT&T Warranty place, 30 minutes later, left with a new phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubba9004:
I purchased a captivate back in December at Sam's club and luckily haven't had any real issues with it(1010 build). My wifes been bugging me since then, that she wanted one, so I just bought another one off craigslist (0610 build).

I was curious to see what anyones thoughts are on this.

1st) The craigslist one has a small crack in the plastic casing around the charger door, so the door is kinda sunk in a little, but still works properly. I'm just a little worried that down the road it may become an issue.

2nd) It seams to have some of the gps issues. When running stock it will hardly pick up anything. I flashed a few other roms on it incorporating the various gps fixes, and Paragon seams to work best. But it still wont pull in a tight lock.

So my question is:

Do you think I could do a warranty exchange on the Craigslist one through the Att repair center? Basically pretending its the one I purchased through Sam's or will they be able to figure out that there 2 different phones?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ConeyKiller:
Well, that's fraud but if you feel you must I would just play dumb like you didn't know and must have mixed up the phones. Heh
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
Not likely since they will have the IMEI record of the original purchaser. But go ahead and try. Come back and tell us how it worked out.:D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
I have seen where many have gotten at&t to warranty their phone even though it was not purchased from them.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sepherian:
Try samsung, their stupider
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
Of course they will warranty a phone purchased by the original owner from another authorized retailer (I bought mine from Radio Shack and AT$T replaced the first 2), but they have zero obligation to warranty a phone to a 3rd party purchaser that bought the phone used. Most warranties are not transferable and are only good to the original purchaser.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
I was referring to people who have bought via Craigslist and eBay as that was what was being discussed. I know they have no obligation but have read many people say they have.

Thanks anyway for your expert insight :/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
Fried my phone the other day and had the power off issue.... went into my local AT&T warranty center and they hooked me up with a Refurb in about 20 minutes - no questions asked.

IF you have insurance and it's within the 1rst year of the phone's life they should replace it as long as it's not water damaged related.

(And... I had Serendipity back on it when I got home much to my wife's chagrin)

Note: The kid actually seemed to know what he was talking about too strangely enough. Knew about the IMEI range issue and claimed that the refurbs - even if they have the problematic range should be find as they replaced teh internal hardware.

I have a 1011 build now - and it seems to be working great (sans typical GPS BS)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miami_Son:
There are authorized AT&T resellers on eBay. Craig's list is pretty much used only. Since AT$T has acknowledged a manufacturing defect issue with some of these phones, they will probably replace ones that fall within the affected IMEI range regardless where/when it was purchased. You may have to badger them a bit, but they generally prefer to just exchange it rather than lose a customer. Unfortunately, as the OP has told us, this particular phone has some visible physical damage. On that basis AT$T is unlikely to replace it for free as they will probably say any malfunction is related to that damage and not any manufacturing defect. That's my expert insight on it.:D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eelton:
If you don't know how to spell "they're," maybe you shouldn't be calling anyone stupid.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawlage:
:p

tenchars
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oztrip3d:
phone return

i bought my phone off craigslist used, and when i bricked it as a newbie, called samsung for any info. as it was under a year old they took it back and repaired it free of charge. thank you! lol!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aus_Azn:
You'll either be completely out of luck and get a refurbished phone that will break in 91 days, or get a brand new phone with the same 90 day warranty that will take roughly 10 months to break.

I got lucky; the first refurbished replacement that I got was dead on arrival, so it gave me leverage to scream at ATT for being crap.

You can tell if your phone is refurbished or new by looking at the label under the battery cover; if it is white with ugly font and no indication of the Samsung logo, it's refurbished. If the logo is present, your phone is new.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] Taha25:
Anyone tried? In Settings-Applications-Manage-Touchdown I see only Uninstall updates button. When trying to remove it says Unable to uninstall...
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] kwaaq:
Need to delete the /system/app/Touchdown.apk directly.

Means having to remount the system partition in adb or the like.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] Taha25:
Done that but can't install it back. "Touchdown could not be installed"
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] Retroactive:
have u tried using titanium backup its a free app ive used it on galaxy w/ 2.1 and also on streak with 2.1 uninstalled some att crap from galaxy and i think amazon app on streak....
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] Taha25:
Titanium backup gives error on Streak 1.6 although it says that 1.6 is supported in the latest version.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] uvz:
I successfully uninstalled from my rom 1.6 with titanium backup v. 3.4.1 free

maybe you need kill the task and service of touchdown before to uninstall..
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] Taha25:
I understand the reason now - it looks like I was trying to install the Android 2.1 version of Touchdown when my device is 1.6.

Thanks for support!
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] jbirney:
Wow thanks for the tip as titanium backup woulded well to remove some of that stuff :)
[General Questions and Answers] msr4:
I set up a password on my Dell Axim X50 (Windows Mobile 6.5) and backed up my data with Resco Backup. When I needed to use the backup I made, it ran successfully, but my password doesn't work!

It keeps telling me my password is incorrect when I KNOW for a FACT its correct.

(Its the last 4 digets of my credit card number...) Why is it doing this, and what IS the correct password? It won't unlock with my password... :confused:
[Captivate General] Joe1981AL:
Using JH3 with SuperRooter and lagfix.

Did play with LBSTestMode and change settings, but those settings did not change "jupiter.xml" which I believe is where the GPS stores its settings, since that is where we turn off the GPS Log File.

Even with decent locking, tracking doesn't follow very well. Attached images show the differences between the Captivate (Yellow Pins) and Treo Pro (White/Black Squares).

Will try a few things that I've seen and post up some more results after I drive to work in the morning.

Does anyone know name of a good NMEA logging app, to log the NMEA statements directly.

Attached images are snippings from google earth, showing tracks...
[Captivate General] Joe1981AL:
Only changes made is used Epic 4Gs jupiter.xml file from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=759641

I did see some improvements in tracking, previously all recorded turns or even lane changes resulted in an overshot track by over 100 ft, that took 10+ seconds to return to active track. These are from today's test with above changes, I drive 45 minutes to work, interstate, US Hwy, and city streets so its a decent test.

(EDIT) Red is Treo Pro recording NMEA with VisualGPSce / Blue is Captivate running GPS Logger from market (/EDIT)

Cap 1 is the only truly overshot at speed turn, at about 40 MPH, but the previous turn was perfect (in the same image)

Cap 2, only appeared on interstate @ 70 mph (on there 11 miles), had about 3-4 lil bumps like this that went off track by about 100-150 ft and returned, seems to last about 6 seconds but could be enough to throw navigation program off track

Cap 3, examples of improvements

Cap 4, examples of improvements
[Captivate General] dougp.me:
Joe, what's the red and what's the blue tracks? That way we can compare properly :)
[Captivate General] Joe1981AL:
Edited post, that kind of slipped my mind since I knew the colors, but others need to know too DUH...

If anyone wants to know I used gpsvisualizer.com to convert the NMEA and GPX file to a track/waypoint based KML. I know I could get KML from GPS Logger, but I wanted to files with same format
[Captivate General] TexUs:
Good research...

For comparison purposes do you also have a tracks of the PRE-Fix??? Like to see how much the GPS actually fixes it, that's not a placebo effect?
[Captivate General] Joe1981AL:
I didn't save any tracks before laying around in the 1472365 (LBSTestMode), but I believe any changes made in test mode are only a placebo affect. The first post is before changing jupiter.xml. I'm playing on the angle that that menu/program is exactly what it says, a "Location Based Services Test Mode" for testing different settings. Changes made there are saved in system.db but not in jupiter.xml

From the fact that you have to edit jupiter.xml to disable GPS logging in JH2/JH3 means that settings are definatly being pulled from that file.

I'm actually going to change the SUPL settings in jupiter.xml to the google ones and see what happens.
[Captivate General] TexUs:
The first set of images is pre-fix and the second is post-fix?
[Captivate General] Joe1981AL:
Yes but last night record some more data and it was back to the tracks over shooting turns and accuracy being off by up to 100 feet so not sure what's up with this thing.

Can see all the satellites with decent signal, so I doubt its a hardware issue but more likely firmware or drivers depending on where the calculations are done.

I know the devs over in the kaiser and vogue forums did work to improver gps accuracy in the kernel.. It may just end up being a wait and see since we don't have source for the samsung kernel
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
Apologies if this has previously been covered at length... My Vibrant came with Avatar pre-installed. Can anyone tell me how to view this file on my laptop or television?
[Vibrant General] nonzeropossibility:
Just drag it off the 2gb external sd card onto your computer.
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
I did that and I got a .dcf file which I can't figure out how to play.
[Vibrant General] bstromberg:
Buy a tv out cable that goes from a 3.5mm jack to RCA
[Vibrant General] jeremiah_mn:
The file is DRM protected and will only play on that device...

Also if you connect the phone to the tv via the cable, when you try to play it, it will display that this media is not supported in TV out mode... easier to visit the redbox for $1 and get the movie to watch on your TV. ;)
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
ahhh. yes, that would be one good way. Then what? just switch the TV to "video" and see whatever's displaying on the screen of my phone?
[Vibrant General] nonzeropossibility:
In that case it's a DigitalRightsManagement Content Format file, getting it to play on your computer is going to be a pain in the ass if you figure out if not impossible. You're better off going with bstromberg's solution or torrenting it as you already legally own it, having a copy of it for backup purposes isn't considered stealing.
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
boo, so there's no real workaround or hack... it's true though, movies are cheap. :) I just got excited after watching the first 8 minutes of the movie on my phone.
[EVO 4G General] dreynam2:
just update my phone and it has the 60670 prl version also pri is 1.34_003
[EVO 4G General] infamousjax:
Thanks brah~
[EVO 4G General] alvintimothyjr:
Good lookin'

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[EVO 4G General] cocobongo77:
Confirmed PRL 60670 PRI 1.40_003
[EVO 4G General] ryohei47:
also confirmed PRL 60670 pri 1.40
[EVO 4G General] Daft Punk:
also confirmed
[EVO 4G General] nunyabiziz:
Just wondering what PRL have to do with PRI? Why are people posting PRL and PRI version as if there was an update for one so there must be for the other too?
[EVO 4G General] om4:
i called sprint tech today about an issue with the network in my area and he suggested a prl update and it was still 669o and he said it was the most recent, he then pushed a remote profile update but im not sure what the changes are...there were no noticeable changes
[EVO 4G General] bludragon742:
Hmmm....I'm getting the dreaded 1012 error when I try to update. Oh well.
[EVO 4G General] om4:
have you tried profile update first? i dont know why but it sometimes helps when i get network errors
[EVO 4G General] bludragon742:
Yup same thing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izzyforreal:
Does anyone know of a ROM in which the PPTP VPN actually works? I've tried 6 or 7 different roms today and have yet to find one that works. Is this a Google issue, or something else? Surely some developer must have tested this function and can speak to whether or not the VPN works. I recall that in WINMO only a few roms had reliable VPN functionally, Mighty Mike and Silence come to mind. Just to be clear...here is what is generally happening; the VPN connects without a problem. The RAS server displays the connection and shows packets in and out. Some roms will not route one packet properly to the device. Others will appear to work great, pinging remote resources, but as soon as you try to do anything else, i.e. RDP, the connection crashes.

Thanks
[Droid Incredible General] Kipphh:
I have hulu in my sky raider 2.5.2 rom but it wont work. Do i have to do something special? The app opens but when i click a video i just the the lego saying i dont have flash or i though thats what it means. How do i fix this?
[Droid Incredible General] htc_woe_is_me:
Read the OP.

You have to go into your sd card and look for the skyraider folder. Enclosed is the install flash file you need.

Sent from my HTC Incredible «•»Rooted/S-off/Skyraider 2.5.2 Vanilla«•» http://www.unrevoked.com/forever
[Droid Incredible General] Kipphh:
What is a OP lol? I have searched the fourms for another HULU app thread but cant find any. Since it sounds like there is a thread out there and i cant seem to find it does anyone have a link? I found the file inside the skyraider folder but I cant open it i cant flash it, what am I suppose to do with it? And if this is something that needs pushed with someone please for the love of god direct me to a thread that will explain and teach me how to do that. I feel silly everytime I have to ask how to do it, I use a mac and everything i find talks about a PC. I have just had to copy exact line commands when i end up wanting to push items.
[Droid Incredible General] dadicus:
You need to install the modified adobe flash apk to watch hulu in the app.

Here is a link: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7734690&postcount=223
[Droid Incredible General] Kipphh:
I have SDK but i cant seem to get anyone to point me in the direction of a thread that teaches you the commands to push things like apk's
[Droid Incredible General] s197:
If you want to remove the stock flash, flash this from recovery

http://www.mediafire.com/?evi93q9t1fgya3z

Then install the hacked flash .apk

Thanks to scuccia for providing the .zip a while back.