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[Epic 4G General] EpicFan:
"The Decision"

​

When did you decide?

I think I decided this morning. I mean, I decided this morning I went day to day. I wake up one morning, it's this device. I wake up another morning, it's this other device. And it's a process that I felt it was I may feel like this is the best opportunity for me or not the best opportunity for me.

But this morning I woke up, had a great conversation with myself. Once I had that conversation, I think I was set. ​

The answer to the question everybody wants to know: What's your decision?

In this fall, this is very tough, in this fall I'm going to take my talents to Samsung and get the EPIC.​

:p
[Epic 4G General] agonzalez1010:
Hahaha. Wonder if there will be a letter from the Company owner of the "other device" about his decision.... LOL!
[Epic 4G General] Tarzanman:
Sprint is launching the phone, not Samsung. There is only so much that Samsung can do because they have 1 phone with 4 different names and 4 different sets of features on 4 carriers.

The commercials I saw advertised the "Galaxy S" phone. Unless you're a bit of an electronics/technology fan, then you won't put 2+3 together to realize that the Epic/Vibrant/Captivate/Fascinate are variants of the Galaxy S.

Besides that, certain other carriers like Verizon have done a decent job at branding their smartphone line.

I pulled out my Vibrant last week to show it to someone and they asked me if it was a Droid phone. Two choices:

1. Answer "no" and take 3 minutes to explain that 'droid' is a brand name and what android is and where my phone fits in.

2. Answer "yes" and avoid boring that person with a bunch of information they won't remember anyway.

Even though this phone is nicer than the EVO, I don't see it selling very big. Sprint customers are generally with Sprint because they are cheaper than Verizon and AT&T. The $250 price and +$10 "4G" fee for having the phone will keep people away.... especially since the Captivate and Vibrant are available on AT&T and T-mobile for $50 less up front, and ~$10 less per month (in t-mobile's case).

Also, the EVO just came out about a month ago or so. Its good that Sprint is getting some nice handsets, but they are going to price themselves out of their niche if they aren't careful. I expect the Epic to drop to $199 within 2 weeks of release.... I think they are just trying to squeeze early adopters
[Epic 4G General] jspielberg:
Don't they have to wait 30 days before dropping the price? Otherwise all the "early adopters" will become 2-week adopters as they en-masse return the phone and buy it again at the lower price.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
Hi guys, I got a HTC DESIRE for my Wife but I tried to root it and somehow its failed:

Its a T-mobile UK locked device

Now I cant see anything on my device its working as I can hear the startup sound and when I try to run the official tmobile uk update it detects it but failed looking for bootloader mode.

[COLOR="Red"]SOME PROGRESS HERE NOT SURE IF ITS GOOD OR BAD[/COLOR]
[url]http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7895731&postcount=44[/url]

My wife going to kill me:(

This is where the instructions I was using goldcard was succesful etc

http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-root-the-htc-desire/

The last stage I reach was n0.7

If anyone can help me I would appreciate it
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
Firstly, I'd recommend using unrevoked to root the phone. The way you are using is old and complicated.

Secondly, i imagine that your hboot is not 0.8 which means you'll need to downgrade.

It might be http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=750852 that you need to read and follow, although I'm not sure.

It would help if you knew what hboot you were.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
hboot was 0.75 tmobile version was 1.15
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
With goldcard in the device, can you flash http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_127570_signed.exe successfully?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
Device wont go into bootloader mode:( I'm trying this one now

RUU_Bravo_TMO_UK_1.21.110.4_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_127570_signed

as the PB99IMG_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed_txt.zip

1 hour to download:(

This is crap
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
The RUU itself can't put into bootloader?

If you want to try unrevoked, this is the post you need:

Q. My screen goes blank when I use custom recovery with unrevoked3.

A. You have an SLCD display and will need to use an updated recovery image until unrevoked3 itself is updated. It is safe to use this updated image on AMOLED screens too. You can download the image here: http://crop.floodbit.org/~defer/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.1-bravo-slcd.img

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=749551 - has everything about slcd rtc
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
The main problem is my screen is black and I cant see anything although windows is still detecting device:(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
Instead of the RUU, try giving unrevoked a whirl with that custom recovery image (make sure phone is unplugged whilst started unrevoked). Also, follow the instructions from unrevoked about installing the htc drivers (unless you have already installed the latest htc drivers).

Battery pull, then turn on whilst holding volume down. Hopefully this will give you bootloader and unrevoked should be able to do its magic (if you select that custom recovery image)

This will give you root.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
ok bro I will try how do I flash the image?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
http://unrevoked.com

1. Choose desire then download.

2. Follow instructions in hboot driver.html (to make sure your phone is recognised correctly)

3. Run reflash.exe

4. File>Custom Recovery (Ctrl+R)

5. Download and select http://crop.floodbit.org/~defer/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.1-bravo-slcd.img

6. Plug in desire - hopefully you have USB debugging enabled. If not, I think you can achieve root by loading bootloader yourself (battery pull device and then vol down + power)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
I will try bro thanks again:o
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
I done everything but still dont understand what to do with this recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.1-bravo-slcd.img

the drivers were installed correctly and my computer can see my device,

But still no luck I think I'm missing something I cant see anything on my screen, I know the device alive as I can hear the atrt up sound and compuer now detect in device manager:(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
This is what hapens when I try to attempt flashing with official ruu
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
Ok unplug the desire from the pc then battery pull and then hold volume-down (on left hand side of the phone) and then press power (whilst holding volume-down). Then plug in and run the RUU again.

With that recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.1-bravo-slcd.img, you select it in unrevoked by pressing ctrl + r (on windows) and then just connect your desire.

Do the RUU first
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monyozt:
first think u sholud know about rooting is hboot version.. maybe you have hboot 083 version

read here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=749551

and here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=748498

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=762638
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
Thanks I will try, I think my device was 0.75 software version 1.15 but will try, I'm getting annoyed now
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djigane:
Did u try to flash using xp instead of Vista or seven? Hope it will help, because I've installed a dual boot seven/xp in my laptop to root and flash, as seven recognized my Desire but I couldn't detect the phone with HTC sync or official ruu
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
Its detected and ruu runs and check my current version and shows which version I'm uploading to, the problem is its trying to detect bootloader and thats where its failed
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
Did you do what i said? battery pull, then voldown + power?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
This is the failed flash ruu after trying to find bootloader:mad:

I think this is getting hopeless and I want to thank so far all those who are helping me
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
yes bro nothing see image below this is what I get every time
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
Ok...and it fails when its waiting for bootloader?

If you have adb installed (part of the asdk) do the following in cmd after navigating to the adb folder

adb reboot-bootloader

this should put your device in bootloader

then just run the RUU again and see if it works
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
should i connect my device to computer by usb mode then do this or put device into bootloader
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
yes

10char10
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
This is with putting device , take battery out, hold volume down and power buttons for 5 secs, then run command
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
just power on normally
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
still no luck no device found:(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
Does your pc recognise the phone in device manager?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
I put device in bootloader although I cant see anything on screen it shows up in device manager
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
Can you still not flash the RUU?

If not try a root for SLCD screen process
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
I am doing this one now

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=750852

17 mins counting down, :(

Its just that I cant see anything if its working or not
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
No luck yet mate, going bed now:(

thanks again for youre help
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
Ok. its quite hard to b0rk the desire. Something will work.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forelli:
Hey Dutty, Master Cook for Blackstone and HD2, how are you? Don't give up, this Desire drove me nuts when I rooted it. Nobody mentioned this so I'm telling you what prevented me to root for an hour, until I noticed thta I didn't do this one, as explained by the unrevoked team: uninstall HTC Sync, reinstall ONLY the HTC drivers, run unrevoked, 1 minute later it's done. When the rooting is done, you can install HTC Sync and whatever you want.

f.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gianton:
Hey Dutty,

Welcome m8!

I rooted mine with the Unrevoked way in ubuntu following this guide http://rootmydroid.co.uk/guides/desire/howtolinux-root-your-desire-using-unrevoked-in-linux/

I suggest you use the latest clockwork recovery http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img

In linux it's so easy mate, good luck! :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
ok guys thank you I will try all your suggestions;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
Thank you very much mate I know the device is still alive so I will also follow youre guide, i will un-install htc sync and try again
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
Just realise that last night i flashed the

PB99IMG_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed_txt

but my screen is still black, now when using unrevoked its asking for my device to be put in usb debugging state
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
The problem is I cant seem y device now its branded tmobile Uk device and somehow using this method here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=750852

it seems to work as when I try to flash a tmobile uk its showing this version on my device, but problem now if everything fails i want to put back a tmobile uk rom on so I can send it back for repairs:(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chill today:
This was the guide I have always used.

Mine was a generic Desire though.

http://www.android-tutorials.org/dev/?page_id=6

chill.....
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
I will try this, at them moment nothing seems to work, wife is hiiting me in the head lol::o
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chill today:
I used my official ROMS from here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=695667

chill......
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
Ok bro thanks,

I done all this I done step 8 blindly how long does it takes for update to complete also remeber I cannot see my device

Download: http://liveimage.htc.com/OTA_Bravo_F…crut4wrv30.zip and rename it to update.zip then follow instructions

(Remember to remove PB99IMG.zip from your GoldCard before copying update.zip)

1. Make sure the update.zip (NOT update.zip.zip!) file is on your goldcard and correctly named.

2. Take the battery out first to ensure the phone is powered off. Then hold vol down and press the power button, and hold vol down for about 5 seconds. That will get you into the bootloader even though you can’t see it.

3. Press vol down once. This will select recovery.

4. Press the power button once. This will start the recovery. The phone will vibrate briefly.

5. Wait 20 seconds or so. Then press vol up and the power button and wait a few seconds. You’ll now be in system recovery.

6. Press vol down once to select ‘apply sdcard:update.zip’.

7. Press the power button once to start the recovery.

8. After a few seconds press the power button once again.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
some progress, after I treid ur tip, I didnt know how long update will finish after 15 mins so I tookl battery out, this is what is on screen now

problem is now when I try to go into bootloader mode it vibrates around 4 times and show the white screen with htc logo:(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
Another update I transfered update/zip and Rename PB99IMG_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28 U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed_txt.zip to PB99IMG.zip

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7602850&postcount=1

I then press volume down and power button and happily saw this, what I should I do now

thanks guys
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forelli:
This is very good! Now follow the unrEVOked3 guide to root your Desire. It should take 1 minute or so (chrono!). Try a few times if doesn't go straight, but then in the next 10-15 minutes, you should have a rooted Desire:)

f.

"May The Dark Side of The Force be with you"
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
I will try now :o
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
Hi bro, I can only boot in bootloader as it seems my desire has no rom on it unrEVOked3 need to be done in usb mode

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...ete-evo-windows-instructions.html#post1144533
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
No luck black screen again:(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
Unrevoked can be done from bootloader. IIRC it just need debugging mode so it can send the command to reboot to bootloader.

Your problem, i notice from your screenshot, is that you are hboot 0.92. You will need to downgrade to 0.80 to get root. 0.92 has not yet achieved root.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
I also see this problem also I tired flashing

RUU_Bravo_TMO_UK_1.21.110.4_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_127570_signed.exe from computer with usb mode with black screen while monitoring device manager, when ruu reaches bootloader to flash rom, device manager shows a exclamation mark on bootloader

Is there anyway I can get this file into zip

RUU_Bravo_TMO_UK_1.21.110.4_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_127570_signed.exe

so just incase I can send back to repairs
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iinga:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=768256 new downgrade. havent tested it, but i know teppic has been working on it. worth a try?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
i don´t read the last 6 pages...i read a thread with a similiar problem...and there was a tip...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7856645&postcount=35

maybe this help
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
this mean..you don´t install the adb driver correctly...in the downloaded zip from unrevoked is a link the download and instructions to this...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
I will try the adb driver installation again
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
I got my device back upgrading to my misses laptop seems my computer was missing drivers,

I dine everything on my misses computer what I did on mines and just flashed the

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8_Radio_32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed

which bring my device back to life,

So whats the easiest way now to check boot and to root or I dont need to anymore.

my software information is

Android version

2.2

Baseband version

32.43.00.32u_5.09.00.20

Kernel version

2.6.32.15

build number

2.09.405.8

software version

2.09.405.8
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
Do you guys know the easiest way to get my device unlock / simlock , its currently t-mobile but I need for vodafone,

I tried htccode but still havent got a code yet as thier application wasnt working for me
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
i think unrevoked 3 with the special slcd file...many threads in xda dev´s..and than any rom based on ota (i read that all ota rom´s have both drivers for slcd and older display)

mmhh..don´t know much about it...i think if you flash another rom also the simlock is away..but i´m not sure

with kind regards..Alex
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duttythroy:
I'm going to keep the stock rom for now, so much drama already my misses will be happy anyways

, its still simlock so dont worry will try on net
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chill today:
This place has updated unlock codes.

www.mobileunlocked.co.uk

Also try www.GSMLiberty

chill.....
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
If the phone is sim-locked, flashing a different ROM, whether it is stock or custom will not remove the sim-lock.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
Hey Dutty, happy to see you in the Desire section :)

I loved your ROMs on the HD and HD2, they were very stable and had great performance overall... does this mean you may be making custom ROMs will the Desire in the near future? :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cezarL:
+1 Me wants a Dutty Desire ROM!!! :)

Nice to see you here Dutty! My ol' Blackstone is still running one of your ROMs, mate ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epsylon5:
i made a downgrade of the Hboot from 0.93 to 0.82 i think and after that

the phone was bricked becouse i hade S-LCD version of bravo!!!

the phone goes to bootloader whith (volume down + back buton +power)

it wasen't rooted and it doesnt goes to recovery mode the unrevolked3 and RUU doesn't recognize the device so the only thing remains to flash hboot and the only version it get is 0.93 i download it and rename it

PB99IMG.zip

i pun the sd card off connect the sd to my pc transfer the PB99IMG.zip put the card back to the phone

(power+volume down+back button) open bootloader wait a little and it will ask you to flash (volume up) to agree...wait for the flash to compleet and you have a new device ;)

!!!!REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO GET A GOLDCARD FIRST!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!Now my phone is ok i thught that i brick!!!!

Sorry for my bad english
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
It seems like the number that the text is sent from changes with each person, unlike the voicemail text. I can't blacklist it in Handcent this way. Is there a way to turn off forwarding just for texts?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t3project:
open gvoice then menu/settings/sync and notifications and uncheck notify via txt msg
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
That disables the voicemail text as well, however.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
All on, or all off. Can't have just one.

Besides, GVoice VMail notifications should come in through your notification bar just like GVoice texts do.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexusdue:
So apparently voice actions doesn't work for a large portion of the installed user base (as can be seen here: http://tinyurl.com/2vcnk9l)

voice search correctly hears the commands but doesn't do anything except turn them into internet searches.

Rather frustrating (and another dumb fvckup by Google?).

Installing/reinstalling doesn't make a difference.

Language selection doesn't make a difference.

So far there seems to be no solution ... so this $600 paper weight can't even do voice calling.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeEsAw12:
There's a difference between 'Voice Search' and 'Voice Calling'

...and it does FREE voice calling thanks to Google Voice.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disgustip8ted:
Odd, mine works,i wonder if the people it doesn't work for have contacts checked in the search options
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeEsAw12:
LOL that would be hilarious.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaximReapage:
Believe it or not, I've had this problem in a very odd way. My nexus one works perfectly with all voice commands, but my dad's would not recognize anything I said. I even tried alternating between the two phones - mine would get it perfectly, and my dad's would not get anything. I think it got fixed with the voice search update.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigacgomez:
Initially when I tried it, I thought it sucked since it didn't seem to recognise my actions... would always search instead of call... Then I went to the Voice recogniser settings and changed the language to English (Generic) and from then on, it's been working like a charm!!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j3di:
BINGO! Cheers, changed to English (Generic) and works perfectly now!!!

Thanks
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty!:
Had to do the same when it first came out as well.

Google's blog says that voice actions are only available to US English speakers, but it seems what they really meant was 'available to anyone but the English'
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigacgomez:
Yeah, it's rather strange... I tried English US, English UK and English India... and I'm pretty sure I can pull off all three accents well enough... but strangely, none worked. AFAIK, English Generic seems to be the key to getting this to work ATM...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexusdue:
Tried: English Generic, English US, English UK - no difference, doesn't work.

Contacts is enabled in search.

And it definitely recognizes the command correctly since it shows it as an internet search item. It just doesn't search contacts first.

Uninstalled and re-installed multiple times as well.

Using "Send email to XXX" opens emails but puts "To XXX" into the email message body (instead of correctly pulling the XXX contact from contacts and putting that contact into the To field).
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
I have this exact same issue and it is really getting to me. I have tried to set English US but it doesnt help.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeEsAw12:
and you have made contacts searchable?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melwan:
The latest update has to be installed manually and it does not show up on the Downloads tab. Are you sure you have it updated? Search the market for Voice Actions to double check.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
Yup, i also manually installed voice actions and I'm 100% sure i have the newest version.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexusdue:
Yup. 100% certain.

Version shows as 2.0.1 under applications.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexusdue:
So I guess that is it?

No solution - just a cr@ppy bug on google's end.