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[Vibrant General] PathogenX:
I couldn't understand how OP was campaigning about that I hate using my case because it makes it thicker. I love how thin and light it is.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
I think the vibrant is damn strong. The only plastic is the cover, which there's a extra one. Where as if dropped and scratched or cracked, just put on the other back... other than that there's a chrome trim and screen...

Volume buttons feel fine also. My phone makes no noises using it, no creeks or etc...
[Vibrant General] talltexan:
My mom always said

1. If you cant say anything nice about someone don't say anything at all.

2. If you must say something then say he is a nice whistler.
[Vibrant General] zephiK:
Mom also said not to talk to strangers.

The OP is entitled to his own opinion, hence the "freedom of speech" for people to voice their own opinions.
[Vibrant General] talltexan:
however most people seem to believe if you don't think like "Me" then your wrong.
[Vibrant General] xsilvercivicx:
hey guys i have had the phone for awhile now.. before launch.. and i absolutely love it... despite the minor gps issue.. no biggie.. design wise is brilliant so i dont know what this dude is complaning about...

if u dont like how it looks then dont buy it.. plain and simple!

the phone itself has a coating to protect it from the natural oils in your body so for it being a slimy mess its not going to happen.. the slimy mess is actually you! haha

anyway just wanted to back up the vibrant because it is truely a lovely device minus the stupid complainers...... lame
[Vibrant General] talltexan:
I do agree with OP that the cheap plastic on the chrome sucks, i already scratched mine, but my biggest problem is the side bar power / lock button. It is just not ease to access and when you turn up the volume some times i hit it with my thumb and thus lock it. verry frustrating!!!!
[Vibrant General] Breach:
You know, you can't make everyone happy. I bet all of the people whining about this phone being thin and light, were once *****ing about thick, heavy cellphones of old.

I love the phone. It fits in my pocket without making me look like I have wood all day. It not so heavy to pull down my levis like a pocket full of quarters the morning after poker night. My ONLY suggestions would have been a camera flash. I would also have liked a camera above the lcd.

As for the cheap plastic back cover.. who to hell cares? It's the easiest thing to upgrade when they aftermarket covers come out.

Either you like the Vibrant better than any other phone out there, or you go buy the other phone.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
I laugh when I hear this .. lol. You really can't figure out how to change volume without hitting the power/lock button?

Lmaoooo I happen to like it there.

Hell if it were on the screen I could also figure out how to now accidentally touch it there either...
[Vibrant General] talltexan:
I guess it could be because the G1 was the power button bottom right of screen and then when i used an iphone it was up top. It seems not to be as bad naked but when you put a Jell case it intensify the problem of hitting power when hitting volume.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
I've noticed this happening any time I tether via USB or use GPS navigation while plugged in. Even though I'm connected and charging, I slowly but surely discharge. This weekend I used Google Nav for 2 hours and lost 20% of my battery while charging! On Juice Plotter, I notice the green charging glow at the bottom is a more transparent shade of green (as opposed to solid green when solely charging). Any ideas what causes this or how to avoid it? It seems to be recent.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprocket87:
Let me guess, you're charging off a USB port in your laptop, or using the data cable that came with the phone in your car charger?

Not all USB sources (or cables, for that matter) are created equally. Most PC/laptop ports put out 500mAh, half of what the Evo is designed to take (the factory AC adapter, the wall plug, is 1000mAh, aka 1amp).

Since it's only getting half the draw it can't quite keep up with how much power you're sucking away from the battery. This is usually only present when using the device heavily, such as with the screen on and GPS or WiFi/3G actively running.

The charging indicator (at least on Sense) indicates if it's getting the full "AC" charge (1amp) or if it's getting a reduced current charge. Sounds like that's what you're noticing.

My wife's Samsung Moment charger is 700mAh/0.7amp, and it can keep my Evo steady during use (it's powering it for 3G+WiFi tether right now), but it doesn't really charge fast at all, basically it just keeps it from depleting.

I've been meaning to try one of the USB Y-cables that join 2 standard USB ports to one female port for combined power of 1amp, but I'm not sure it will work as I hope. Anyway, I'll report back if I get around to it.

Otherwise, use an actual 1amp AC adapter whenever possible. Shop on eBay, chargers are stupid cheap. Just look for one that says it can do 1amp/1000mAh. If you're using the phone at work and want to have a convenient charging source, get one of the $20 docking cradles with an AC adapter on eBay. If it's in your car, any 12v USB charger should work, as long as you use a proper pass-through charging micro USB cable and not a "data cable". There's a slight difference in how the pins are wired inside. The Rocket Fish brand of micro USB cables are known to work (that's how I charge mine at full power in my car).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtkansan:
Way to go GT. Are you a student? I'm an ME phd student.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
I'm using the included charging cable. Doesn't that have full capacity? I also use a standard USB adapter in the car. It seems like that would be able to output the correct amount of volts.

3rd year CmpE.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwilbur3:
I had the same problem until I noticed how hot my phone was using the nav. 13 hour drive. I purchased a vent cradle for the car and so that it can stay cool while in use and charging. While the other guy may be right theoretically, its not right practically. The evo will shut off its mini usb hub once it starts getting dangerously hot so that it won't damage your phone. Long story short make sure your phone is at safe temps no need to buy another charger for your evo. keep at cool temps so that phone won't cut off power supply will even shut your phone down if its way to hot, happened to me in atlanta not fun.

"Insert Fancy Quote"
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprocket87:
When you say "included charging cable" do you mean the wall plug that came with the Evo or just the cable with a USB connector on one end and a micro USB on the other end? Because THAT cable is pinned as a data transfer cable and designed to relay only half voltage no matter what you plug it into. I know, because it only charged my Evo at slow speed when plugged into my USB car charger. Once I replaced it with the Rocket Fish cable it charged at full speed.

See above. While I agree that heat will kill the battery and possibly trigger a shutoff, I don't think that's his problem. If you use the wrong cable or charger you will only get half charging current.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
I mean the USB cable that comes in the box with the EVO that plugs into the AC adapter. Maybe I will look into a new cable then. Hmm.

Edit: Those Rocketfish cables that you mentioned seem to be ungodly expensive. No way in hell am I going to pay more than $5 for a USB cable. Any alternatives?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprocket87:
This is the one I got: http://cgi.ebay.com/ROCKETFISH-MOBI...ARGING-CABLE-/350384355972?pt=PDA_Accessories

$3 shipped

And there are 2 USB cables that came with the Evo (mine anyway), a thick one that was bundled with the wall charger and a thin one that's intended just for data sync. The thin one doesn't seem to charge at full speed.

If you're using the other one and it's STILL draining then maybe there is an issue with heat or something, like the other guy said. Is the phone SUPER hot at the base, where the kickstand is, when this happens?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berardi:
OP - I am having the same problem. I'm 95% sure it's caused by something wrong in CM6 regarding how it handles USB charging. Past few nightlies I have been leaving my phone on the charger doing NOTHING overnight and it goes dead.

This CANNOT be due to lack of charging strength:

#1 the same exact charger worked perfectly in the past, before I flashed a certain nightly - not sure which one exactly it started in

#2 if it was charging, but slowly why in the world would the battery drain when I have it underclocked to 245 mhz and the phone is sleeping with screen off?

On my standard charger that came with the phone it is working fine even though it's a USB that plugs into an adapter - not sure why this doesn't work with my other one that I had from another phone since it worked perfectly before. Something is definitely odd with CM6 and USB charging.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
That's odd, because my EVO only came with the one cable for the adapter. Phone stays cool.

I've also noticed lately that my phone will charge insanely fast. Like from 30% to 90% in half an hour.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
Sprocket - stupid question here... do these Rocket Fish charging cables also handle data transfer just as well as the stock micro-usb cable that came with the phone or would someone want to have one JUST for charging and keep their stock cable for data transfer purposes?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berardi:
Sorry I was unclear - the other cable I have that is the problem is one from another phone but the same type, and up until recently it worked perfectly.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahgao:
Hey guys, I've been searching around the forum and on google the whole night, but haven't managed to solve this problem I'm having.. I'm using Energy rom aug 10th version Cookie gtx.. I'm trying to use my laptop to browse the net using phone as a wireless router. Managed to connect, but it always shows "Limited Connectivity" on my laptop.. Meaning to say, I can't browse the net... :mad: I've gone through what some others have suggested eg. turning off "N" mode in bsb tweaks, making sure that the 2 adapters are one "Use server-assigned IP address", making sure that connection is to "The Internet" instead of "Work", updating the drivers for the wireless adaptor on my laptop ... but still, no joy for me... It's been a long time of searching, and I'm pretty worn out, so thought I'd post this question here before I hit the sack.... Anyone knows how I can solve this issue?? Sometimes my home network can be pretty buggy, so I thought that if I could use my HD2 as my router instead, I should at least face lesser problems, but turns out, I can't even connect properly! Help guys... Thanks!

*EDIT* Solved! Peeps who are having issues with using your Leo as a wireless router, follow the steps below!

Note: Credits go to DN41 as he was the one who walked me through it. Please thank him.. =) I'm just posting this as I'm sure that there are others who are also looking for a fix to this.. This may not be the best method, but in my opinion, it's better than no method at all... This should be the last resort if after trying out everthing else, and you still can't get it to work..

First step - On your Leo go to "Settings ---> Wireless Controls ---> Wi-Fi ---> Advanced ---> Adaptor and networks ---> Network Adapters"

You should see the Broadcom 802.11 Network Adapter and also the Broadcom 802.11 DHD Network Adapter...

Tap on them and change both these IP addresses to "Use specific IP address" and punch in 192.168.1.1

When you're done, go out of that screen and it should be saved...

Second step - On your notebook, go to "Network and sharing centre ---> Manage wireless networks ---> Adapter Properties"

Untick the "Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)"

Click on "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) ---> Properties" and click "Use the following IP Address"

IP Address: 192.168.1.2

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1

Preferred DNS Server: 192.168.1.1

Click ok, and then close the box. *NOTE: Do not use alternate IP's etc. It won't work.*

Start your Wireless router on your Leo and wait for it to start up, and from here you should be able to

connect to your Leo using it as a wireless router! Hope this has managed to help you guys! Thanks once

again to DN41!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahgao:
bump, anyone knows how to solve this issue? =( desperately need help!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p107r0:
not sure, but seems more of a PC problem,

what system are you running - I vaguely recall, that in Vista you could define the Home/Public connection type or sth like that
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahgao:
I'm not sure but I guess PC problem might also be the issue... I'm using Vista Home Edition... Do you know how to define the Home/public connection type and what kind of connection type should be set? Thanks a million!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p107r0:
I use Vista only sporadically, but the last time I tried to use my HD2 as a router for Vista laptop, I only succeeded after several attempts, what helped for the final and successful one was deleting the "Wi Fi router" from network list on PC, soft reset of HD2 (just in case) and start from the scratch
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahgao:
hmm.. so you deleted all the wireless routers?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p107r0:
no, only the HD2 one, which accidentally is named "Wi Fi router"
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahgao:
ok, will try and update here.. =)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahgao:
=( Still no joy... Sigh...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Airborne Aircrew:
The Wireless Router I used last week asked which provider to use at the bottom of the main screen. Vista will tel you that you have limited connectivity if you are associated to the WAP but don't have internet access. This implies that you have the wrong provider selected at the bottom of the main screen.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DN41:
so you are using dhcp?

its worth to try static ip's, or not? :P

for example: LEO has IP 192.168.1.1 and your pc 192.168.1.2. make sure, that the gateway entered on your pc is LEO's IP..in this case 192.168.1.1

also make sure, that you have disabled IPv6 on your notebook.

that should really work...i dont like dhcp configurations and so i always use static ones...that ever worked!

DN41
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahgao:
okok.. this is getting a little confusing... Can you elaborate a little on what steps to take?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DN41:
i think you should first check the advice one post before :)

DN41
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahgao:
Ok, which means to say, when you set up your wireless router on your Leo, you are given a choice to choose which provider am I right to say? Let me check and update you guys again.. =)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahgao:
I've tried changing the settings on my wireless router on my leo to the one's which my provider uses for internet, but still, no internet access on my pc.. =( Going mad trying to configure this... anyone else knows how to fix it?? =(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DN41:
now you could try static ip's.

i'm not sure, if wm asks you which ip to take while configuring the wifi router.

if yes, then you can give your leo the ip 192.168.1.1 - that should be everything for your leo.

on your pc, go to the settings of your wireless lan adapter. disable ipv6. then go to ipv4 configuration. set ip to 192.168.1.2, subnetmask (is this right translated?) is automatically 255.255.255.0 - finally set as gateway 192.168.1.1

that should work...

DN41
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahgao:
Ok, slow down a little here.. =) So on my Leo, the only place which I can see my IP is under the Settings ---> Wireless Controls ---> Wi-Fi ---> Advanced ---> Adaptor and networks ---> Network Adapters

and I see the Broadcom 802.11 Network Adapter and also the Broadcom 802.11 DHD Network Adapter... So I'm to change both these IP addresses to "Use specific IP address" and punch in 192.168.1.1 ??

Next would be for my notebook, where I follow as above to configure the Ip address is that right? I'll update again after I try.. =)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahgao:
ALRIGHT!! You're da man!! =) Managed to connect and I'm now typing this using the connection from my Leo as the router! Great! Thanks a million DN41! =)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DN41:
it's a pleasure =) have fun ;)

DN41
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pie21:
Hi guys,

Since I flashed Energy Nov13 on my HD2 I've had the same problem. Previously, I would just switch on the wifi router and connect automatically from my laptop, as if with DHCP, but now DHCP isn't working.

I followed the instructions above and I CAN connect to my phone now, except I can't access the internet through it. I changed the two adapter IPs to 192.168.1.1, my laptop is 192.168.1.2 using gateway 192.168.1.1 and the connection is eastablished. However when I try to load a web page I get an "Error 105 (net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED): The server could not be found." in Chrome.

This sounds like a DNS misconfiguration on my HD2, but nothing about DNSes was mentioned above. I can access the internet (with Opera) from my phone while the wifi router is active, but it doesn't seem to be routing that connection,

Any thoughts? This is kind of important, though I don't think I'm going to get it working today...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldman_58:
I updated busybox in /system/xbin but still see the old busybox revision when I type busy box at the ADB shell prompt, I found:

/sbin # ls -l busybox

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Aug 17 01:35 busybox -> recovery

looks to be a link to busybox in recovery, I cannot get to recovery..

Any ideas if that actually belongs there?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrynalyne:
Files from /sbin are not in the path for Android, just in recovery.

That particular recovery is a different version.

If you just type busybox from a terminal, it should give a correct version.

If not, check /system/xbin or /system/bin, because you have an old version somewhere...or never updated like you thought.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rynosaur:
Now that our NAND is (relatively) unprotected, can I use Stericson's busybox installer to place a copy that will be accessible anytime I use ash via adb or terminal, or do I (can I) simply push busybox to /system/bin to make it a native part of android's command path? OR, do I have to use ~/xbin like the OP? It seems until we got S-OFF, busybox commands rarely pointed back to busybox automatically, I always had to spell-out "busybox" as a prefix, unlike my G1, where all ROMs after a while had busybox installed natively, from /system/bin, I assume.

thanks for advice in advance :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrynalyne:
Yep, you can use his installer on the market just fine. :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldman_58:
Thank you, everything is working busybox 1.15.3 is loaded, for an added measure I ran permissions.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kidshyy:
I can't post the link but it is on youtube.

If you youtube "bigshotz" and click on my user name, its the last video I uploaded

Long story short, I used the Odin program for the captivate on accdident, but I found the Odin program for the Vibrant and got it back to stock. But I still have the AT&T Start Screen, anyone know how to get rid of it? Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinnydakid:
Look in the Captivate forums for how to remove the AT&T boot screen. It should just be a file you can delete.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bchalk:
Wipe then reflash?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kidshyy:
tried everything :(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kidshyy:
anyone? :(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leakviper:
same thing happened on my phone when i installed a captivate firmware.. did you find any solutions?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sensasian03:
same here. found this in the captivate forum, but no solution so far.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7678939
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a400meter:
Hi, I too have been looking for a solution for this. If you search at&t in the forums you will find multiple posts involving this that have all gone unanswered. I have tried installing multiple different roms, internal phone resets, various odin configurations, and probably a few other things I am overlooking to no avail.

Can't seem to find a solution...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
You guys probably need to odin 'eugenes froyo that doesnt brick' then odin back to stock. It will completely wipe everything.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a400meter:
Nice find! For those curious the file may be located in your /mnt/.Ifs directory. Its called logo_ATNT.jpg Also, the standard vibrant boot image is there named logo_T959.jpg

As that thread mentions, it seems any changes made to the file don't stick though. I have tried a few changes including permissions, rename, move, delete with no luck. ** EDIT ** From a little research, it seems that the /mnt folder represents android's current mouted systems. Kind of a 'virtual folder'. I am not a linux guru by any means so if I am mistaken here please let me know.

Fyi, the froyo that doesn't brick method has not worked for me in the past. Thanks for the suggestion though.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iynfynity:
my phones network is showing at&t even i'm not using an at&t sim card. i screwed my efs folder. any idea how to fix?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fearmonkey:
Try flashing a stock Vibrant kernel? Worked for me when I built a kernel using the CONFIG_KEPLER* options by accident.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neasoon:
I had exactly the same issue.

The problem is that you flashed the att captivate's sbl.bin which shows the first boot screen like "ATT world phone". So please find a vibrant sbl.bin and flash that through Odin.

I don't have that since I'm fine with the dual screens...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a400meter:
Thanks for the explanation on what file it comes from. I look into that. Never really been an issue for me either, more of an annoyance I guess.

Quick question/comment: why does the stock odin build for the vibrant not flash over this file? I guess it is not included in most builds?