yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnmyster:
No error messages at all after I attach a photo, the little wheel on the side just keep spinning after I press send I tried comp, and handset but its the same in both
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TJDuckett:
I don't know what comp and handset refers to, but did you wipe everything before installing the Rom?

All spelling errors thanks to xt9 on my Evo!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dark_dj27:
I think he means ChompSMS and Handcent SMS
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnmyster:
I did wipe everything prior to installing the booted stock 2.2 froyo.( the official version, not the leaked one)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnmyster:
Well, I was able to fix the problem. I'm almost sure its due to error on my end by trying to delete Sprint stock apps. although I can't say for sure which one I wasn't suppose to delete. Anyway, if anybody ever run into a similar problem here is how I fixed it.

1. I backed up all my app.

2. boot into recovery (clockmode) and wipe everything twice. (user data , and cache)

3. re-installed Froyo (the rooted version), and rebooted.

4. restored all my app. via Titanium backup.

5. verified my latest radio, and winmax. (didn't needed to reinstall these two)

6. tested MMS with Handcent MMs, and Chomp MMs, and with the original htc mms and they all worked.

I would like to thank to all that reply to my thread at my hour of need. hope the above will help another Evo user.

ben
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ninjalikestoast:
Thanks for that. Trying it now. Hope it works as I have the same problem.
[Vibrant General] AlexSochi8:
Hello Everyone.

I saw a a video proving that galaxy s has a gorilla glass but that was the internation version not the vibrant!

Is there any official news that T-mobile vibrant has the same glass?

Because a lot of people assume vibrant does beacause it looks similar in design. Similar doesnt mean anything! Euro galaxy has a front cam while vibrant doesnt.

Can anyone confirm that vibrant has the gorilla glass or doesnt?

Because I applied a t-mobile screen protector and its very poor quality makes the screen look very grainy!

Thanx to all!
[Vibrant General] Nullnvoyd:
If you go to the corning website it states that the galaxy s has gorilla glass.
[Vibrant General] AlexSochi8:
what is corning website?
[Vibrant General] AuraspeeD:
Corning is the company that developed and manufactures gorilla glass.
[Vibrant General] Nullnvoyd:
Corning dot com I cannot post links yet. Go to the corning site and look up gorilla glass. It tells you what devices are using gorilla glass.
[Vibrant General] AlexSochi8:
It says Galaxy S... it doesnt say T-mobile vibrant! Galaxy S could be any phone! Note since its a Korean website and samsung is a a Korean company they might only be making it for European/Korean Galaxy S models
[Vibrant General] mightykc:
How about this. Take a key and scrape the hell out of your screen and then see if it does any damage. Then you'lll know
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
It does... and you really needed multiple threads?
[Vibrant General] AlexSochi8:
ok thanx I guess... feel free to close the thread.
[Vibrant General] martin0641:
Ohh noes! The datatubes will run out of space because of the multiple posts!

Sent from fone.
[Vibrant General] rwbarnes67:
You can go to http://engadget.com and search for Gorilla Glass and it will bring up the story that they did last Tuesday on the VIBRANT.
[Vibrant General] AlexSochi8:
Lol u read my mind
[Vibrant General] Smokexz:
It does not, but they did add their own super tough screen onto it... I don't know if it is just as durable, but durability is better than no durability, especially on this huge gorgeous screen!
[Vibrant General] rogerchew:
the big ass scratch right down the middle of my screen begs to differ, put it in my backpack when went to the beach, took it out later, and bam, huge ass scratch. good thing i have gorilla glass huh? fail

oh nevermind, post above me says tmob doesn't have gorilla glass. no wonder. was gonna say, this glass is pretty ****ty imo
[Vibrant General] javacody:
I don't think the vibrant is gorilla glass, because I have several small scratches on my screen from only having it and my wallet in the same pocket.
[Vibrant General] engineer14:
i think it has chimpanzee glass, not too sure though :D
[Vibrant General] SSJ_Gomike:
It's not gorilla glass.....mine is scratched already and it was from the metal clip on my belt...
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
wow. so many people complaining about scratches. i though i was the only one.

this is the FIRST phone (out of Nexus, MyTouch, iPhone, and few others) that has a deep scratch on the screen, and in LESS then a month, and with bodyglove ON
[Vibrant General] SSJ_Gomike:
Yes i think you said it....it's one thing to get small lights scratches......but this is indeed a very deep scratch and you can see it no matter what you are doing with the phone...
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
I guess once again we got ripped off and this time its Gorilla Glass......

oh well, I am getting my replacement Vibrant tommorow and already have Steinheil anti fingerprint screen protector.
[Vibrant General] Smokexz:
All screens get scratches, the gorilla screen ie meant to keep the screen functional, peoplebget this confused sometimes, it is not a shield for every single scratch.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ LOL... OMG, logic in this thread? Thank you!!
[Vibrant General] dattaway:
Its the surface hardness. Even diamonds can get scratched (by other diamonds). Just keep the screen away from harder surfaces, such as sand, ceramics, clay, glass, or stainless steel.
[Vibrant General] tundra84:
Riiight is that why my screen got scratched by me cleaning it on my shirt? Seriously, this screen is soft like butter. Trust me when I say my clothing usually isn't made of diamond or sand. Gorilla glass = marketing bs. :mad:

Edit: Also, a fine scratch on the camera lens. Maybe that's made of magical gorilla glass too! I keep the stupid thing in a clean pocket dedicated to it and yet it still looks like it lost a knife fight after only a couple months...
[Vibrant General] motorjonny:
I have cleaned mine on my shirt and kept it in my pocket for 2 months with no scratch whatsoever... Seen people rub keys against them in person with no scratches...
[Vibrant General] 12paq:
***** *****. About scratches? Mines cracked. I never dropped it or did a darn thing to it that I know of and I'm darn anal about it. Sure it still could have happened without my knowledge, stranger things have happened. One thing is for sure what ever the glass is it is by no means indistructable nor was it ever ment to be.

But 3 months and a mystery crack in the corner, bummer.
[Vibrant General] PolishDude:
scratched my "gorilla glass" quite a bit and im super careful with my phone....oh well
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
I haven't had a screen protector on my phone for months. Lots of light scratches only visible in certain sunlight. No deep scratches that you can see with the screen on. If it didn't have Gorilla Glass it would be cracking left and right on everybody.
[Vibrant General] oka1:
Vibrant ahs gorilla glass

People go figure Vibrant HAS gorilla glass

http://www.corning.com/gorillaglass/devices.aspx

Scroll down to samsung last in the sentence is Vibrant
[Vibrant General] opiomorph:
I think there's a bit of common sense that has to be applied here, like "don't put your phone in the same pocket as anything else." I've had mine six weeks with no screen protector or case and there's no damage to the screen whatsoever.

The other thing that irks me is that people seem to think that because the glass has some badass brand name that gives them the right to abuse the Hell out of their phones and then moan that there's scratches on it. It's a $500 phone. Treat it like one.
[Vibrant General] reddragon72:
I can tell you that keys have scratched my vibrant face. I saw the info months ago and decided to show it off to my friends and low and behold my key scratched the front. It is not super noticeable but it is scratched. Actually can only really see the scratches if the glass is dirty but when wiped clean it is clear. So be careful with your phone but no real need to be overly protective as it can withstand some light scufing just fnot full blown scratching.
[Vibrant General] ELStiko:
Gorilla glass does not mean it is indestructible. It means it has the capability to withstand more abuse than the standard glass that is commonly used.

I fail to believe that those who are saying they are "anal" about care of their phones have major scratches on them. Scratches DO NOT come out of nowhere. If that was true, then your human flesh, which offers no real scratch resistance would sliced up to hell.
[Vibrant General] 12paq:
I could not agree more. Well said.

I take extreme care, still ended up with a small crack in the glass in the corner.:( I don't even know how. Anything can happen even if your careful, but be careful. I guess I was not and blew it. This is simply an amazing device, even with its small problems I am still in awe.

My friend bought a Vibrant after fooling around with mine. The day he got it he was holding his new phone up to the sky over his driveway, showing his wife Google Sky. Then oops, dropped it on the pavement from at least 7' up. Shattered like a wine glass but still back lit so we could see the carnage real 'vibrantly' at night. I thought I was going to see a grown man cry. His work bought him a new one, so alls well (minus the lecture he got). But still anything can happen.

Lesson: Google Sky over grass only. Yikes.
[Vibrant General] gatesmarch123:
Insurance, insurance, insurance. I watched the youtube video of the asian guy putting it in a bag with a bunch of stuff and shaking the crap out of it for 5 minutes...only to remove it blemish free. I decided no screen protector was necessary...but I still managed to get a few scratches that aren't visible unless you really look for them. I'm still not getting a screen protector...I hate them with a deep passion.
[Vibrant General] tundra84:
It's just odd though. I had a mytouch 3g, no screen protector and not a single scratch in over a year of usage. That phone didn't even have that great feeling of a screen. A couple months of babying my vibrant and it's already got several hairline scratches all over it's screen. Aw well, at least the screen is bright enough so that they aren't noticeable unless the phone is off.

I guess I learned the hard way that no matter how durable a screen is (or is advertised to be...) it always pays to have protection.

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant using the XDA app. You may thank Swype for any and all grammar errors.
[Off-topic] :
If anybody is in Chicago (or near), you should go to SuperDawg. It's good as heck. I saw it on the Food Network and we went today, AMAZING! Fries are good. Dogs are good. Service is funny. Pull up and order from the little order station thing, or park and go down and have a nice sit down. Maybe with a cheap date? It's pretty good. Milwaukee and Devon right by the Gas Depot across from the Walgreens. Try it out. I'm sure you'll like it.
[Off-topic] chopper the dog:
Yup, Good stuff....

good day.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] z33dev33l:
to toggle bluetooth, Wifi, Brightness, and/or whatever they come with

prefer a clear one but really just looking for a widget that does em all in one thats phisically appealing
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] MvP77:
these 2 builds based on CM6 have excelent toggle widget with tons of options

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=740963

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=768048
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordbater:
I have a few questions that would probably be answered by a dummies guide to rooting, I haven't found it yet.

Can someone point me to some threads that may help?

background.

I have 4 Evo phones sitting on my desk in various states of disrepair, either Sprint or Asurion have been expecting them for a few days. I've only destroyed one phone myself, the others are gifts from sprint hoping to silence me on the FroYo issues my phone has been having, or refurbished phones that are defective. All in all, I'm expecting my 6th Evo tomorrow.

Until today I've never rooted a phone. This afternoon I have successfully followed the instructions to root a 2.2 Evo from this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765496

I performed this on one of my non-enabled phones just for grins.

I am planning on performing this procedure on my new replacement tomorrow out of the box.

Here are a few of my questions as an example of my level of experience, or lack there of... Please feel free to answer them, or point me in the right direction to find my answers.

In a nutshell, what can I do with a rooted phone?

Will I be able to use the phone as a modem tethered, and use the wireless router feature?

If I wanted to use a custom rom, where do I start? What features are good to look for for a beginner?

How much hell am I going to get for returning this 'damaged' phone to sprint now that I have rooted it, and what can I do about it?

Thanks

Andrew
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sombdy:
One thing you can use a rooted phone for is to search these forums for the answers to your questions that have been posted so many times already. At least you posted in the right forum. :rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v_lestat:
hahahahah - sorry andrew but he is right.

even though i truly do believe the only dumb question is the one not asked, the best help you coudl ever receive is from yourself.

forums, including this one are a rats nest of uncontroller blabbering and nearly unsearchable threads. (unsearchable because of the countless worthless results you get) but the answers are out there.

yes you can usb and wifi tither

yes you can turn on the vibration feature, wrap it in a jimmy and give your wife a good time

expect pain and heart ache if you are a former iphone ipod touch user... you will hate android for its lack of anything even remotely like the quality of gmes and apps you find on the apple devices.

(hate me for saying that but android cant come close to the graphics and games available from apps) and althoug the apps list is growing, there are countless upon countless repeated apps, all doing the same thing, and only a rare few that actually work.)

and you have how many replacement EVO's ??? for WHAT froyo issues... i find it highly suspect that sprint sent out new phones without sending you to a sprint store to have them reload the phone.

sorry but sprint doesnt send out multiple MULTIPLE phones for supposed issues....

i would love to know what issues you are having.

i think its more of a phone issue than a Froyo issue...

or maybe its the good ol "the problem lies between the keyboard and the chair" issue.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylelerner:
Hey Andrew, I would be glad to give you some guidance; however, next time try a search in the forum first, as your question may have been asked before.

To search through the forum, click on "Search this Forum" in the upper-right hand part of the screen when at the EVO Forum site: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=619

You say you have a handful of EVOs? Lucky you!

Wel first you need to find out if they have Android 2.1 or 2.2 installed onto them.

To do so, press "Menu" when at your home screen, then "Settings," then scrool to the very bottom and press "About Phone." Click "Software Information" and you will most likely either see "2.1-update1" or "2.2."

Rooting 2.1 is much easier than rooting 2.2. A rooting method for stock 2.2 was actually just released a few short days ago.

To root 2.1: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=701004

To root 2.2: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765496

It looks complicated, but I promise it's not. JUST follow the instructions.

There's even a video guide now!

Hope I could help!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordbater:
Thanks, I will read through yall's messages in more detail after lunch.

my first replacement was from asurion because I broke the screen, inside the body glove case, inside the leather carry case, dropped from about 2'..

after the 2.2 update my phone has continually reset anywhere from 2 to 15 times a day, the gmail push is highly unreliable. Sprint says it is aware of the problem and they are sending out a replacement phone which was supposed to have 2.1 on it, however, it did not. I've got 2 phones from them on this basis. I decided to finally give up and just wait for a new update.

That's when I discovered that I could in fact go back to 2.1 as part of the rooting process.

I plan on testing the push issue when my new, new, new phone arives today. This one was sent because the last replacement had a defective earpiece. It is almost unusable, I have to use my bluetooth headset, or speakerphone..

Thanks

Andrew
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordbater:
ok, I'm all read up. I think my problem with searching the forum is that I'm not sure that I'm searching for the right thing.

First of all, just to be clear, I have successfully followed the instruction on rooting my 2.2 phone.

I have just received a new phone from sprint that I have not activated yet. I guess I'm hoping to get some guidance as to how to proceed.

Should I just follow the instructions again and root it as I did my other phone?

Are there some other ROM builds that anyone would suggest that I try?

Some real time advice as to how to proceed would be appreciated..

Here is the software info, my new one is only slightly different than all the others have been, perhaps someone could explain what the PRL Version means.

my old phones:

Android - 2.2

Baseband - 2.15.00.07.28

Kernel - 2.6.32.15-g746f4f0 htc-kernel@and18-2 #58

Build - 3.26.651.6 CL218634 release-keys

Sotware 3.26.651.6

Browser - Webkit 3.1

PRI - 1.4.0_003

PRL - 60670

New Phone received today (8-30-10)

Android - 2.2

Baseband - 2.15.00.07.28

Kernel - 2.6.32.15-g746f4f0 htc-kernel@and18-2 #58

Build - 3.26.651.6 CL218634 release-keys

Sotware 3.26.651.6

Browser - Webkit 3.1

PRI - 1.4.0_003

PRL - 60669

Thanks

Andrew
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordbater:
I guess let me rephrase the q.

I am now sitting on a brand new (sprint refurbished) Evo. I have not activated it yet.

What should I do?

(also, I'm wanting to experiment more, I'm not an idiot, but I do need my phone to be reliable, being self employed, it is the hub of my business..)

a) Root it and put 2.2 back on? and then do what?

b) Root it and put ? back on?

c) Leave it stock and ???

d) ReActivate my Samsung m330 and go home, beaten with my tail between my legs and check my email on the library computer like a homeless geek?

e) eat my fill of cream of mushroom soup and invest in some kite string?

a
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j2.0:
Hey,

I've spent forever trying to figure out which Desire model (A8181/82/83) will work best for 3g on Fido, but the info I get is confusing.

Can someone comment who actually uses the Desire on Fido in Toronto or knows for sure what frequencies Fido uses here? :)

I've seen people say in this forum that the A8183 (Australia) works for them. The A8183 works on 850/2100. That seems to work since Fido is listed as using 850/2100 (not allowed to post links yet: gsmworld . com / roaming / gsminfo / cou_ca.shtml).

BUT, I keep reading that Fido uses Rogers' network, which apparently uses 850/1900 (that would be the European(?) A8182.)

I'm looking into buying from Telus, they list HSPA as 850/1900.

So,

1. What frequencies does Fido use, and does it differ between locations/cities?

2. Can Fido users use the Rogers network?

3. Is the Telus phone ok for Fido? (Let's forget for a moment that they're out of stock and that BB has dropped the $449/no contract offer for it from their website :eek: )

4. Is it enough to have one of the supported frequencies? I read that networks may use one for upload and the other one for download only.

Thanks much!

j
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d.stayus:
I am using an unlocked Telus Desire on Fido and it works great. Telus uses the same 3G bands as Rogers/Fido (850/1900) so 3G will work. I got mine without contract from Futureshop last week. Best buy refused to sell it without contract. I rooted it and installed LeeDroid 1.9 and so far I'm loving it. My only problem is I cannot get mms to work for some reason.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gr8lats:
Have you tried maually inputting APN settings on your Desire. I have and MMS works great on Rogers. Desire8183 from Aus.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j2.0:
Thanks guys. Still confused why different models should all work :) But hey, as long as it does... Gonna take the plunge asap.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glai3:
I got mine, unbrand A8181, from UK. It works well with Fido but won't work for Rogers.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sherwinchu:
Hi there, I have a Telus HTC Desire and unlocked it so it works with my Fido SIM card (e.g. can make phone calls). But, I haven't been able to get GPRS/Edge and 3G working for me. Would you mind sharing your APN settings?

Also, do you have your "Network mode" in "GSM only" or in "GSM / WCDMA auto"? Do you need "Data roaming" on for GPRS/Edge/3G to work?

I have an iPhone 3Gs and have GPRS/Edge/3G working perfectly there. I am using the same Fido SIM card now on the HTC Desire.

Thank you in advance, any assistance would greatly be appreciated!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sherwinchu:
I finally found the culprit -- my Fido SIM card. It's very unusual. I got the SIM card just March this year from Fido, and it works well with GPRS/Edge/3G when placed back in my iPhone 3Gs....but is totally crippled on my HTC Desire, except for voice.

I went to a cellphone store for help. The tech guy used his Fido SIM card on my HTC Desire and GPRS/Edge/3G worked fine. So, I just bought a new Fido SIM card from the store, and they helped me activate it. In 15 minutes, I finally got my HTC Desire working with GPRS/Edge/3G.

The APN settings I used were:

Name: fido internet

APN: internet.fido.ca

Username: fido

Password: fido

APN type: default
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdrury:
First of all, the desire you want is the 8183 if you want full functionality. The TELUS units will potentially work if unlocked but data will be crippled as they are built for different network types (cdma vs 3g). I am using a Telstra unit from Australia on Fido as it is the only one produced that matches all specs for use on Rogers/Fido or AT&T. To my knowledge, HTC has not released and unbranded/unlocked unit.

On another note, not sure why that guy said that something would work on Fido but not on Rogers as they are the same network.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htc fan89:
You are wrong TELUS is gsm only now so 3g bands are the same as Rogers, just have to change settings ..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] xheroxkefx:
Hello all,

I Really need some help.

My TP2 Can't find any sattelites for GPS.

How can i set this up?

i have bought the TomTom Software, But can't use it since i dont have any Sattalites.. please help me!

Google Maps is also saying, "Seeking GPS Sattalites(0).."

what do i have to do?

greetings!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mrcraggle:
I've had this problem too. While my dad was using Google Maps and getting great and accurate GPS location that picked up our signal inside Heathrow airport, mine was telling me we were over 3000 km away. I too would like to know.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Rajinn:
download the latest satellite map and let it get a good lock, first time takes forever.

the GPS is only supposed to work if the phone has a clear view of the sky.

sometimes it will work with small interference (a car's roof for example) but inside a building you wont have any luck

make sure to enable "Use GPS" and not triangulate by signal