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[Droid X General] dsteinschneider:
Thanks for responses. I agree the Captivate seems less well built. The reason I went with the Droid X is my hope to avoid some of the problems I've had with HTC phones the last 6 years. I was fine until I broke something, after that I was in Assurion hell with refurbs that all had issues.

It's reassuring to know that there will be ROMs. As long as there is at least one it should future proof the phone.

The GPS issue with the Galaxy S phones does not seem to be resolved whereas the Droid X is apparently one of the best GPS phones ever.

The more colorful screen and faster 3D performance doesn't mean that much to me given the Droid X's performance out of the box.

I only burned ROMs on my HTC phones to solve major problems caused by carrier bloatware, pointless restrictions and failure to update. I guess the issue I'm worried about is Motorola/Verizon failing to update to a new version of Android sometime in the next 2 years.
[Droid X General] will2live:
Well that should be the least of your worries when discussing the X or any future Moto devices running Android. I also know for certain they are already working on Andorid 3.0 for certain devices already. Part of the problem the mfgs and carriers are having is that Google keeps pushing Android out so quickly they can't keep up with updating all current devices to the new OS's let alone work on and designing new devices with the most current OS. I mean think about Google has had 3 major updates (2.0,2.1, currently 2.2) to Android in less then a yrs time, and they are working on the 4th (3.0) already. It's no wonder the carriers and mfgs can't keep everything up to date for all devices.

Anywhoo as mentioned already with the X having Root access, and custom ROMS in the works personally I wouldn't be to concerned at all.
[Droid X General] dsteinschneider:
Thanks for the supportive posts, because the Android modification world is new to me it wasn't clear to me that ROM developers were working with the Droid X. I read all the posts in the developer section here and understand that people are already running alternative ROMs.

I went over to the GPS threads regarding the Samsung and that was enough to convince me to stay with the Droid X. I'm careful when picking out new phones as I try to stay with them for 2 years.

Anyway, my Droid X (ordered on the 22rd) is on its way.
[Droid X General] will2live:
Good to hear and welcome to the Android community, hopefully you will enjoy the fun moving forward. I'm running a fully modified ROM myself already also and it is much nicer then the ROM that was sent out on the device that is for sure.

I've gotta say give you credit tho. To keep a device for 2 yrs is a long time this day and age. I'm lucky to make is 6 months and I'm on to something new as I'm bored of the old device by then. I've enjoy the Droid long enough and currently using the X for now, just waiting for the D2 to show up so I have something else to mess with and swap back and forth between. Once it shows I guess it will be time to let the Droid go as it had a good run in my book. Peace
[Droid X General] dsteinschneider:
Making it 2 years on the same device takes discipline and with my latest phone it may have been counter productive. The Touch Pro's screen is 2.7 inch and the only browsing I did on it was Opera Mini with bookmarked sites that happen to display well on the tiny screen. If you go out 2 years they usually have stopped production so the refurbs are old themselves. The last few Assurion Touch Pro refurbs all developed an oily patch on the screen after a few months. Good riddance to the Touch Pro although it was a big improvement over the XV6700. Verizon has lowered the impetus for holding on for 2 years now that the every 2 is only $50. I think the TP was the last phone I'll keep that long.
[Droid X General] gerelee:
i can tell you from experience, sometimes my vibrant's GPS doesn't work AT ALL and i really do miss the camera flash that i have on my droid x....not so much for the camera but i use it all the time as a flashlight, really handy feature. of course that will be a moot point with the fascinate as it will have the led flash.....it's a tough choice, i do like both phones though i rarely use my vibrant, mainly because i have NO tmobile 3g where i now live.
[Droid X General] dsteinschneider:
I've now had the DX for 4 days. Absolutely love it. I installed both Logmein Ignition and Xtralogic Remote Desktop. Today a customer needed help, no need to pull out my netbook and tether, just went right to her desktop and fixed the problem right on the DX. I rooted and renamed the crapware apps to .bak, installed what I think will be most of the apps I'll be using. This phone took me 1/10th the time it took to get a Windows Mobile phone to do what I needed. One thing I'm appreciating is the better build quality of the Motorola vs the HTC's I've been using the past 6 years. So far there really is nothing negative for me about the phone. That's a first after years of tussling with Windows Mobile and Treos.
[Droid X General] xliderider:
Good to hear that you are enjoying your X with no issues. :)

I got a Fascinate on launch day last Thursday, but I am planning to return it tomorrow and order an X. I will reactivate my Droid 1 while I wait for the X. I will miss the 4" SAMOLED screen on the Fascinate for sure, but I'm sure I will like the X too.
[Droid X General] Robodude288:
I had similar thoughts when I ordered my X but all doubts were whipped away once it got here, Im not even rooted yet and I already love this phone my only complaints have been how short the freaking charging cable is. also I've been less than impressed with the camera but I think that can be tweaked.
[Desire Themes and Apps] mikeymike123:
ok i have these two launchers ADW.Launcher and LauncherPro that im currently playing around with.

What id like to know is how do I add the HTC Sense clock and weather widget?

The OEM widget that came with the phone.

My phone is not rooted and im on 2.1

thanks
[Desire Themes and Apps] GANJDROID:
You can't. No Sense widgets can go on anything but Sense UI.

However, Google search 'Fancy widget 1.3.0' and download that. It's a great clone of the clock widget.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Themes and Apps] mikeymike123:
Thats it !!! thats exactly what im seeing people use with these launchers. Thou I thought it was the OEM clock/weather widget.

Thanks
[Desire Themes and Apps] MarcusBremen:
or search for beautiful widgets, much better than fancy and you can custom it with over hundred skins...;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teddyh2o:
I purchased MicroSD 16GB Class 10 card and i used SD Card Sped Test app to test. It is saying it is class 2/class 4 card. Once it read/write it moves quickly but it stalls too often. I tried formatting again and same thing happns
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martyzidek:
I have never reformatted my SD card. Its a class 2 but says its in the class 6 category. Its a 16g card
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saintnate:
I'm just wondering if any of you guys can confirm (or deny) that the newer Samsung Vibrant models were manufactured to not respond to the volume rocker during reboots, thereby disabling manual reboots into recovery or download modes.

Does anyone know if this was an official move by T-Mo or Samsung, or if this was just a defect with a certain batch of Vibrants, such as those stamped with the 10.07 date? Have any official statements been made? Any resolutions?

I'm simply curious...feel free to respond with pertinent threads that I may have missed discussing the matter. It just seems like there's a small handful of us who aren't able to manually reboot (I've seen a small handful of threads, but no solid explanations or resolutions), and I'm sort of interested if anyone knows any solid reasoning behind this anomaly.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MMcCraryNJ:
Can't really say for sure. All I know is that my replacement Vibrant that I received from T-Mobile in the beginning part of last week boots into recovery and download mode just fine. I was actually worried when I read those threads and tried it out for myself, and yeah, both are fine.

Could be a defect, or I could have possibly received an older-dated unit.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saintnate:
I'm hoping that it's more of a defect if anything...somehow, I hope that it being a manufacturer's defect would help my case in asking T-Mobile for a replacement Vibrant, despite the fact that I can't get past the "Phone--!--Computer" screen.

I've got my fingers crossed, and the fact that this is a fairly uncommon occurrence is mildly reassuring.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr2t32:
well, so far me and my girlfriend's phone aren't able to get into recovery or download mode through the volumn switch method. We got both phones last week, 8/25 shipped out from tmobile. The date on the phones are 8/13/2010 The only way to root was using the one click with adb.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaSmittyman:
My phone doesn't go into recovery either but o just use the rom manager when I need to get into it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
That's nice but sometime when it's starting up, you WANT to be in Recovery mode without relying on ROM Manager. Mines can both go into download and recovery
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demize!:
Try this: power down, when you get the charge batt.graphic hold down vol up/down+power you'll see the batt icon blink a few times let go, you ahould enter recovery then.
[Droid X General] gw4k:
Would anyone be willing to explain the process completely with explanations of each step? I'm no noob to flashing but I am rough around the edges with Android.

I know there are guides already telling you how to do this but nothing written for 'pre-schoolers' like myself. It would be greatly appreciated.

Anyone up for it?
[Droid X General] DivinityCycle:
You want a guide because you can't handle following a guide?

You're pretty much gonna need to SBF Flash.

The fun part is that Motorola went down and did takedown notices on the SBF file pretty much everywhere.

The file you need is VRZ_MB810_1.13.6.2_1FF_01.sbf, which is 439 MB.

This seems like the best place to go:

http://rootzwiki.com/index.php/Smartphones/Motorola/Droid-X/Droid-X.html
[Droid X General] iB4STiD:
Go to my thread CLICK
[Droid X General] dr154:
Go here - Return back to stock Android 2.1 and follow the instructions; its pretty simple.
[Droid X General] DssMaster:
Not Simple If you was on OTA 2.2 and you did try to get back to 2.1 sbf and brick your phone than use a 2.2 sbf to fix you will not be able to get back to 2.1.

I hope this help others that had the same problem i had, if is a way to do it i want to know i have a sbf 2.2 that i want to downgrade to 2.1 sbf or any other 2.1 in my situation.
[Droid X General] LexusBrian400:
Just so this is clear for other people visiting this thread -

You cannot downgrade to 2.1 if you took the 2.2 OTA*​

*-Yet
[Droid X General] aohus:
Quick question, I did the leaked 2.2 update some months back, but afterwards installed various custom ROMs. It is correct that I can still sbf back to 2.1 and then upgrade to OTA 2.2 via 'System Update'? I want to do this to update the baseband/radio kernel. As of now, current ROM offerings on the Droid X does not update the baseband unless you take the 2.2 OTA update correct? Thanks.

Step would be to:

SBF to 2.1 stock

Take 2.2 OTA update
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] egyptshun:
Deleted it with ti backuphow do i get it back on the phone?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] BingoRingo:
I can send you the .apk if you want, not sure if it's going to work. Give me your e-mail by PM and I'll send it to you. Another option would be to reinstall the firmware...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] egyptshun:
Oh thanks but I backed up all apps before so I just installed the stock YouTube and that fixed it, if anyone would like me to post it up I could or I'm sure someone else has already posted it..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] desire888:
Hi all,

Im surprised that there is no proper pc desktop sync program for the HTC android devices.

Im used to backing up everything on my pc such as with Nokia Pc Suite (which is still better than ovi suite in my opinion). Im presuming Samsung, Blackberry all have similar software suites which back up contacts, sms, mms, photos, etc etc.

For legal reasons I need to have backups of my sms messages.

Ive tried using Android Manager (by Mobile Action), but it seems to be very buggy and simple. Also the android manager apk seems to 'hijack' the phone, and not allow selection of disk drive etc.

The only other desktop sync suite I have seen is by Mark/Space, but they dont even have a demo to download to try first!!!

Are there any other programs out there that back up with a viewable GUI that allows you to browse the backed up sms etc

I dont want to backup to a cloud. I need the actual hard copies backed up to the pc for legal reasons. Even better if sms messages could be saved individually in non-editable format.

This is my only gripe with android so far!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gautam.malik:
Have you tried HTC Sync for Android.

It's available on their website.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmfreak:
htc sync definitely works for me! never had any problems.

G
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] desire888:
I require a software suite with a GUI so that I can browse through txt messages etc. With HTC sync you cannot view anything....it just backs it up
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malctron:
Have you tired this application?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=574677

I use to use it with my HTC Hero and haven't got round to trying it on my HTC desire, but this allowed you see texts and write texts via you PC, but you don't do it via USB you do it via WIFI.

Hope this helps and I'll quickly see if it works on mine so I'm not sending you on a goose chase. :

*Update* The applications works, and it also allows you to change the settings on the phone and look at photos you have taken as well as change contact details. ^_^ Going to start using it more now I know it works on the HTC Desire :D. Hope this helps
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] desire888:
Great! will try this 2nyt when I get home. If only HTC put some effort into a desktop suite, not just some crappy backup/sync application.

Thx!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malctron:
No problem, Yeah I agree that HTC should add some of these features into their software and keep their older phone up-to-date rather than creating new phone, but hey that's common sense I suppose haha.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Cooze_:
I'm trying to flash a splash screen but I'm getting the following error..

writing 'evosplash1'... FAILED <remote: not allowed>

Any ideas?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
you dont normally flash a splash screen ussually you have a file named evosplash1.rgb565 (see if when you open the zip file you have this)

you then place that file in your android sdk/tools directory.

Boot into fastboot and in adb enter the command

fastboot flash splash1 evosplash1.rgb565

once done reboot the phone and you shoudl be set.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vballboarder:
It's likely you have hboot 0.79, and you need to have hboot .76

when you boot into bootloader, look across the top couple lines, it says something like hboot or eng boot and then the number.

if you have .79 that's why you're getting that error.

Do a search for "splash" there's a lot of threads about this exact issue and how to go from eng boot .79 to .76

Or, click here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=752832&highlight=engineering+hboot

or here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=769841&highlight=splash
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomh1979:
There was actually a good bit of people last night who were also running into this, though we all worked together to figure it out about the hboot version, and now i'm rocking a better then stock splash screen.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vballboarder:
Yeah, I can't even get my computer to recognize my phone while in bootloader.

ADB works fine while in the os, but when i boot into bootloader, no devices show up...it's driving me nuts.

glad to see it finally worked for you guys though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapa55:
How would I go about changing the colors of the text in Latitude? I'm guessing that I would have to edit the XML, but I wasn't really too sure what was going on when I opened it up in a Hex Edtior.
[Epic 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
My current call - right this moment "I want a $129.99 credit (month free) for having to call in because you guys sent me a letter in the mail stating something changed" "Why yes, what changed was us fixing your contract, so this is a letter stating we fixed it" "Well, I have to take time out of my day for this so I want a credit" .... "No, let me get you over to my voicemail"
[Epic 4G General] xenx:
Those are my "favorite" customers. I'm just glad I only have to fix their internet connection and not their bill.
[Epic 4G General] herbthehammer:
Yeah. There's a lot of jack asses out there that believe they are entitled for something because of whatever lame excuse they can think of. "You owe me..." I don't owe you anything lady, now shuffle off or I will call the police for you harrassing me and my customers and for loitering too! "I don't like your attitude. What's your name? What's your boss's name? What's their supervisor's name? What's their phone number? What's your full name? What's your last name? Why won't you tell me your last name?!

stfu & gtfo
[Epic 4G General] herbthehammer:
I liked a bumper sticker at a local taco place. It said, "some people call them a pain in the ass, we call them customers"
[Epic 4G General] iampepito:
Well, Sprint can be a push over, you gotta admit that.. for those who push hard enough will usually get their way :D
[Epic 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
True, but you definitely don't want to get to that person that will call your bluff (me) because your account will be cancelled before you even know. You will be talking for 20 minutes and your account was cancelled 15 minutes ago
[Epic 4G General] REDFOCZ:
Got to loveworking customer service, I currently work for ATT but was business account retention with Sprint for a while....

Sent from my Froyo Hero
[Epic 4G General] ravizzle:
Thats why i never threaten to cancel. i find if u are nice the rep is more likely to help you out. Im glad i dont have to talk to ppl like that all day, i gotta say you must have a helluva lot of patience. My dad used to have a little telemarketing/vacuum sales business back in the day and i remember we used to hire new employees weekly cuz so many ppl cant handle it.
[Epic 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
I do have a lot of patience, plus the $ is definitely worth it - in commission alone i've made about 10 thousand so far this year
[Epic 4G General] robl45:
while I fully agree with you, i work technical support at an inbound call center, there are plenty of businesses that are worse than the customers. You know the aggravation when you have to call ATT and you are on the phone for an hour because they screwed up. oh and then they want you to stay on the line because they can't call you when its fixed when it was their problem in the first place. then you have to hangup and eat and call back the next day for another hour.
[Epic 4G General] bigray327:
Thanks for that highly enlightening and informative post in the Epic forum. It's about as useful as the customer service we get from you jackholes.
[Epic 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
You're very welcome. Our customer service is great, you're just one of the girls that get's mad when she doesn't get her way
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] InGodWeTrust85:
I Posted a few Threads for help and there is a butt load of views but no one replies understand i am jumping off in this head first and could use some guidence if anyone conciders there self a know it all when it comes to hacking the milestone please call 228-697-7467 could use better understanding of software this is far more complex THEN THE APPLE IPHONE
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] mamumo90966:
Having same issue

I posted the following questions and no answer, I feel your pain:

[Q] Milestone xt701 not connecting to 3G need pro help!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamtimmah:
Is this even possible? I don't wanna mess with anything on my vibrant yet. If it isn't possible, is there a way to stop the bloat ware from starting on boot? I know I can use process manager to kill apps after boot but I'd rather save some time and not have to worry about it.

Thanks in advance!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkPudding:
No. You have 16gb internal memory so just let them sit in your phone a while. Vibrant has pretty good system resource management. You really don't need to worry about killing apps manually all the time.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
The answer is no, you cannot remove it without root.

And don't use task killers, they make your phone worse.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamtimmah:
Thanks for the responses. I guess I'm just so used to doing si, having come from a mytouch and g1.

Sent from my SGH-T959 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
I know you want to stay stock... but just going to point out how ubber easy it is to root, and revert back from root. There are just way too many benefits to rooting. IF you are interested, I put in the sticky (general section) what apps you can safely remove and how to root.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aksoutherland:
It is very easy too root and unroot. It is also very easy to remove the bloatware once you are rooted.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamtimmah:
I'm considering... Very hard. Maybe this weekend when I have time to research fully before doing so.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Good man/choice. Strongly encourage reading the sticky (general section).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasongthang:
What's the point in 5point? Dotty is the only app I can think of that has anything to do with it. I'm not saying there isn't a reason, I just can't think of any reason other than just to say you have it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SYNTHAXXX:
Useless???

Maybe someone will develop an app that uses multi-touch gestures... I suppose that could be handy for some security app or something... I have wondered the same thing and I don't think there will ever be much need for it... At this point, it's just for bragging rights :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattkenn4545:
Ohh...... now it's my turn. This is a question and should be in the qa forum.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlGmanlx:
excellent value add!! let the mod's be mods. Not sure as i can pinch to zoom and all my games play haha
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toneman1984:
You can play a five note chord with piano/keyboard app!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkinnison90:
I have no clue either, but I thought I've seen around these forums that some games do multiple touches? Maybe not, thought I've seen it here...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cowfodder:
"Please show us on the dummy phone the 5 places that the bad man touched you."

Couldn't help myself. Seriously though, 5-point is more a gimic at this point, but somewhere down the road it could be useful.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
Snesoid sports it which can get you out of a bind.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamiller42:
I give my EVO a five finger massage.

It could be used for a cool Android version of Rock Band or Guitar Hero.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YafaKlan:
isnt that the trick that the Black mamba used to kill bill?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Emulators.

Rockband/Guitar Hero-like games.

Five-man air hockey.

Bragging rights.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scolex89:
Great for games on any emulator with a d-pad, with more than 2 multitouch points you can walk diagonally and fire at the same time.