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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skipper86:
I have tried to search for an answer, but can't find any using the search criteria I tried, so please don't blast me if I am asking something that has been answered, just point me in the right direction.

I just got my Captivate today, and am having problems with some texts. I have sent several texts today which went fine, but when I send to one contact it returns error message to use 10 numbers. When I look in at her contact it is in there as 10 numbers 111-222-3333, but when I click on send message it only brings up 222-3333. My other contacts are formatted the same way, but when I click on send message it brings in all 10 numbers, or +1-111-222-3333. I have used Unleash the beast to root etc, but this happened before and after I did this so is not related. Is there some specific format for the number that I am missing?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikiedr83:
I'm new to the whole Android thing........ I'm not completely happy with a couple of things with my phone... I have the Samsung Vibrant from T-Mobile. The music player is good but not quite up to par in my book and was wondering if anyone knew of a different one I could use? And if anyone knew how to sync the phone with my computer or is this possible as well...... Thanks in advance!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shagman68:
I use MortPlayer. As for syncing, do you mean contacts, music, photos...?

Sent from my Vibrant using the XDA app.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikiedr83:
with the syncing I'm just trying to get my calender and contacts and everything..... I guess the normal things you would sync with your computer from a windows mobile device......
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disturkis4u:
It syncs your calendar and contacts to gmail. As of today I'm sure if you use hotmail you can set up hotmail as your ' corporate' mail and sync calendar and contacts

If you want to do old fashioned way and sync to outlook you can use samsung kies program
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikiedr83:
Thanks i really qppreciate the help! Do you know if there is a way to gey rid of the tmobile screen on start up and power off with out having to root or anything like that? Im not quite brave enough to atempt that yet........
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raduque:
I use MixZing music player. You can specify what folders you want it to use for music, has a homescreen widget, and a lockscreen widget (that actually takes over your lockscreen, i don't like that part).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikiedr83:
Thanks I really appreciate the help from everyone........ I'm still curious about the t-mobile screens on start up and shut down and if they can be changed without rooting.....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamtimmah:
Tmobile has the double twist app. Looks alot like itunes. Haven't really messed with it to much though to give a solid review.

Sent from my SGH-T959 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikiedr83:
Thanks so much for the last one! So far the double twist seems the most promising! I greatly appreciate the help with the music player!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdveteran18:
First off welcome to Android. In answer to your question, no I do not know of a way to remove the bootup screen without rooting.

Also I am using Zimly player at the moment. Had it for a few days and it works quite well. Love the look and feel of the UI
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_bot:
those are system files, so you will need to have root...... unfortunately.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikiedr83:
Thanks.... I was really hoping I wouldn't have to root but everything so far is leaning towards having to root!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aksoutherland:
Unfortunately, You will have to have root to change those. You can use the One Click Lag Fix in the market. This will allow you to root your phone. I have used it and it worked quite well. If anything goes wrong, You can use the same app to unroot your phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikiedr83:
Thanks I really appreciate all of the help!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maydaysos:
Root is cake on the vibrant nothing to fear. Easiest device I have ever rooted.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aksoutherland:
Yes it is. I have rooted the G1, the MyTouch 3G and now the Vibrant. The Vibrant is by far the easiest to root.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dashed:
I haven't tried it but I imagine the Samsung Kies would work the best for any kind of syncing, including calendar. You can download it from Samsung > http://www.samsung.com/ae/consumer/...XSG/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=support
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_bot:
+1 on this, the vibrant is by far the easiest phone to root, AND it is almost impossible to brick.....ALMOST.

Also once you root, you can remove all of that bloat-ware curtesy of samsung and tmobile.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aksoutherland:
That is one of the primary reasons I rooted, to remove all of the bloatware!!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maydaysos:
About how much app space is taken up bloat ware
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aksoutherland:
I am not real sure how much space the bloatware takes up, I don't think it is very much, I wouldn't think it would take up more than 5-10 mgs, and you also have 2G of space reserved for apps.....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MV10:
The stuff I removed that I considered bloatware, along with the stock start-up and shutdown animations and audio, comes to 13.6 MB. I did it for convenience, not really about the size.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikiedr83:
Just one quick question before I attempt to root the phone....... What would I do if by some chance I bricked my phone? Is there a way to go back?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MV10:
They call it "brick" because your phone is dead, like a brick. That being said, a lot of people use the term brick when their phone is not dead. There are quite a few threads on the subject of whether and when this phone is truly bricked -- go read them. Sometimes it may appear to be dead but really isn't. If you get any lights or other signs of life, it probably isn't bricked and is probably recoverable. If it's truly dead, then only Samsung can fix it.

But as others have already said, rooting this phone is easier and safer than probably any smart phone ever made. Personally I wouldn't worry about it. Virtually all of the Vibrant bricks out there are from off the wall stuff like trying to flash ROMs from other devices. Samsung is believed to have *wanted* to encourage people to build on their platform and appears to have intentionally made rooting and unlocking very easy to do.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aksoutherland:
"rooting this phone is easier and safer than probably any smart phone ever made"

Well said. I wouldn't worry about it too much. With that being said, should you have questions or issues, just post here and we will do our best to assist.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_bot:
more than likely nothing will happen, most of the time with the vibrant when people say they have "bricked" it, all it takes is an ODIN restore and they are backup and running. Not saying its impossible to brick, but it sure is hard. I have rooted tons of phones, form the G1, mt3g, droid, n1, droid incredible, even jailbroken a few iphones, and by far the vibrant was the easiest. I did it with out a computer in a car pool on the way to work hahaha.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikiedr83:
Just an update to everyone..... I rooted the phone last night and it went flawlessly! thanks for everyone's words of confidence!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
The sims data alone is 73MB... I guess u got about 100MB if you remove a lot of the bloat. I put all the apps you can safely delete in the sticky.

Sent from my Vibrant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MV10:
Ah, yeah -- when I said my deleted bloat was 13MB, I forgot that I completely deleted The Sims and Avatar and didn't bother keeping a backup copy around.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_bot:
cool man you have now entered the realm of unlimited possibilities. Enjoy customizing your phone to exactly how YOU want it. Isn't android great! :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmomoman:
In Brief:

Got New Phone due to light leak. Finally after 2 months :)

Came with 2.2 on it.

Used the new 2.2 Root Guide with Unrevoked. Worked great.

Installed VirusROMX - working great.

Wanted to try out the Final 6.0 ROM from Cyan.

NanDroided the ViruxROMX

Got an error 7? So I found this link that was to correct that issue.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=752832

Flashed the new Hboot and it allowed me to install the CYAN R6.0.

CYAN ROM - Keep on Rebooting and Reloading the CYAN Boot Screen after setup and scrolling some apps.

Removed it and went for a Nandroid Restore.

I get the MD5 Checksum message and then trying to reload boot image. And Boot Image cannot load.

I have tried to reflash the recovery(Clockwork) and still no good.

My working Daily with all my updates and apps are on the Nandroid. I would hate to lose it.

Any help would be appreciated.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmomoman:
Anyone?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomh1979:
instead of re-flashing the recovery, have you tried to do a restore via a nand recovery, or is that what your talking about that you did.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmomoman:
That's is what I tried to do. It would say boot image unloadable and spits me out to the HBOOT options. With no ROM loaded and messes up my current ROM in place.

At least for me when I restored in the past and I have done it often is that I would just restore and not wipe or anything since the restore does all of that for me. Well in this case it does not and when it cannot restore I have to reload a new ROM again in recovery and start the process all over again. I have tried the NANDROID again after going through the entire ROM reload again and still a no go.

I can't nandroid restore my old daily which has text messages and everything that I wanted to reference. I can live without it but the inability to restore any Nandroid is driving me crazy.

It happened when I flashed that HBOOT update on the link I provided in OP. I am just trying to figure out how to reflash the old image back so I don't have to worry about it. The only reason I did it in the first place is to test out the Cyanogen R6 and that wasn't a good experience.

I guess I could post in the thread that started all of this to ask. But I thought I would keep the SECTION POLICE from hounding me about posting in the wrong section ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomh1979:
about the hboot, did you try the PC36IMG.zip, or did you do the flashable zip file through recovery?

I did the flashable file though recovery last night had no issue with that, maybe that's the problem, what is it showing for you current hboot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmomoman:
The PC36IMG.zip - I will try the flash.

The Hboot through PC36IMG.zip worked fine. It's the nandroid thats fuxored. Will try later on and see. Thanks for the suggestion.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmomoman:
I had to redo the second part of the Froyo 2.2 update with the Rooted Froyo and the 2.2 unrevoked. It finally worked and I was able to restore. I really want to try out the CM 6.0 again in the future but not at the expense of time to restore to get it back.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] m52power:
After reading such great reviews of this case I ordered it. I've been using it about a month and it's great. The rubber feel is nice, the case is durable and protects the phone well, very thin so it doesn't make your phone too bulky.

BUT

The damn rubber coating is flaking off all over this damn thing!!:mad:

I take pretty good care of my phones, there is no reason for this. It lives in my front shirt pocket by itself or placed on a flat surface.

Slowly the rubber coating is deteriorating and I'm left with a cheap plasticy case. I contacted seidio about this and received a "copy-and-paste" computer response to send in proof of purchase, pictures etc. It honestly isn't worth my time and am really upset on the garbage quality of the case. I'm going to pickup the silicone verizon case next...
[Droid Incredible Accessories] infamous24:
I recently bought this case too, but I haven't experienced any of the problems you're describing yet. I don't notice any peeling on mine whatsoever, but then again I've only had the case for a few weeks. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
[Droid Incredible Accessories] WhosToBlame:
Haven't had that happen to me. Had mine for about a month now.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] m52power:
I probably got a bad batch then, but if you notice it happening update your posts in here.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] partizan81:
Had two of these (black and purple) for my wife and me, not had this issue on either and bought them in early July.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] seanmcd72:
I have the same case, I've seen a few spots where it's flaking off or rubbed through. I will have no qualms about making them send me a new one when it starts to really look bad. I know some people that have already gotten 3 or 4 replacements. They are a good company, let them fix it for you - even if they have to fix it over and over again.

Rather than coming in here and claiming the case should not be bought by anyone, stop the drama and send them what they want so you can get a brand new one. Why would you spend that kind of money and then blow it off because you're too lazy to send them a few things??
[Droid Incredible Accessories] infamous24:
It's good to know that they will cover it if this ever happens to my case, thanks for the info.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] MrCDWJR:
does this case push up the screen protector? i recently purchased a case from ebay and thats the problem im having. im having a hard time finding a case that will protect my phone without pushing up the sides of the screen protector
[Droid Incredible Accessories] pardonmyfreedom:
Same is happening on mine and I've had it for about 2 months. In the bottom left corner, the soft rubber is coming off significantly. My first Innocase was too loose so this is my second one. After they cancelled the car dock I don't see myself using it for much longer.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] das7771:
Unforturnatley it does push up on my ghost armor screen protector. The screen protector itself is slighty a little to small . But it is just enough for the case to catch the edge of it and push on it. If the screen protector was an exact fit it might not do it. But all of the protectors that I have tried are never an exact fit.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] mikedmeyer:
I don't have this case, but was seriously considering buying it. On amazon there's a review of a guy who said it scratched his phone all up (inside the case). According to him it's happening to everyone - "just check the forums" he says. When I saw the title of the thread I expected it to be about that, but it's something totally different. Soooo... what's a good case for this thing?
[Droid Incredible Accessories] TheColorRed:
It's true.

I have this case and all around the front housing (the black edge) are scratches.

Mainly they are at the top part of the case and I don't even understand what caused them.

Though I still use the case.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] sheepforwheat:
i am experiencing this flaking too. it's looking like ass.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] shamowfski:
No issues with mine. Had it for 6 weeks or so. If it starts flaking, I'll buy a new case. Not like it cost me 50 bucks or something.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] unreal2k:
Not trying to get you all fired up or anything, but a good company doesn't only mean they have good replacement warranties. In my mind at least it means they make a good product too. I would definitely not be happy with any company if i had to replace their product every few months and get another one. Building a brand name starts with a good product and good customer service together.

I'm not a big fan of cases and sleeves because in most cases you can "see" and "feel" the phone; i have the zagg shield on mine and i have been absolutely happy with it.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] jtcarnes:
I don't think I've had any of mine long enough to have the rubber flake off. Mine have all fit like ass, especially at the top left corner. I'm on my third case since June. The bezel of my phone is all scratched up due to the poor fit allowing the case to rub dirt/dust/debris into the phone. Seidio has been very prompt in replacing the cases... The first 2 times. Now they've apparently realized they're losing their asses on shipping (the same poor quality) replacement product and are expecting me to advance ship the case at my expense before they'll replace it. They're also refusing to replace it with a different Seidio product that, I've heard, doesn't have the same issues.

In short, I agree with the OP. Don't buy the case.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] mikedmeyer:
Do you have the Zagg screen only or the "full body?"
[Droid Incredible Accessories] unreal2k:
Full body. Be aware though that the curved edges and sides are not covered. So in other words if you drop your phone a lot this might not be the solution for you. It's also really easy to install the zagg shield on your own but if you prefer them to do it then its $10 extra. Cheers!
[Droid Incredible Accessories] drmbdrummer:
This is not to attempt to discredit the OP; I've had my case for 2+ months and it still looks great and functions well. There is some contact rubbing on the corners but then again i take the damn thing in and out of the holster 100 times a day and have dropped it a few times as well on brick.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] W4LLY:
Hey guys,

This is something I see alot of with iPhone cases at the Apple Store. The most popular cases, similar to how Droid seems to favor Siedio, is the Incase Slider Cases. These are generally plastic cases, with a matte-finish paint on them (my friend has the Innocase, and it's the same material). That paint is known to, over time, deteriorate.

For every customer that comes in with it flaking away after 2 weeks, I have one that comes in a whole year later with just a tiny flake. It depends on the batch, sometimes, and from what i've been able to see exposure to heat, sweat, and sun. The more it's exposed to those elements, the more it flakes away, I believe.

Also, if you're having problems with a case pushing up your film screen, you might not have it properly aligned. With the same aforementioned slider cases and the anti-glare film screens, if you're screen is even slightly off center to the right by a smidgeon, the case is super tight and pushes it up/causes those nasty bubbles.

So, you might want to try re-appling it and making sure it's perfect center.

Hope this is some helpful information.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] BABABANG:
It really isn't a very good case. It looks like seidio didn't spend too much time designing it.

Honestly I like the glossy silicon case I got from Verizon way more.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] ToyTank:
I bought the verizon case/holster combo. It is very slick and I like it very much. Have had it and screen protector since launch day, no issues.

About $30 but pretty easy to get a discount. Google companies that get a verizon discount. I work for one of them I get 25% off everything. Online I had to verify it, but in the store they didn't ask for company ID or anything.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] mihneagabriel:
My girlfriend and I have had the innocase since the first day we got our phones (~3 months) and we don't really have any problems. The only problem I have is that debris builds up between the case and the phone at the top and has scratched the phone a bit. I have become more careful and clean in between there more often but working in construction there is all kinds of junk everywhere. My girlfriend does not have this problem at all though. I would definitely recommend getting this case, it has more than paid for itself considering how many times I have dropped this phone
[Droid Incredible Accessories] ecltech:
I had the flaking occur on the case. Contacted Seidio and they sent me a replacement. I was within my 180 days of warranty period. Not sure if they will replace it if it happens again and I'm outside of the 180 days warranty period. Phone is in a leather case most of the day so wasn't sure how/why it started flaking. Hopefully this one is better.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] patches152:
Horrible thread title. Just because your clammy hands are causing the paint to erode doesn't mean we ALL should shun this company. They make great products. I've had 4 or 5 of their cases for various phones over the years and had minimal issues, and they were always right on top of it when I let them know of said issues. For every one complaint on this or any forum, there are 13 happy and satisfied customers.

It's ok to voice an opinion. But please change thread title. The poor n00bs will be misled. Won't somebody think of the n00bs?
[Droid Incredible Accessories] gbishop18:
I've had mine for 3 months and no issues. doesn't push up my screen protector. I also have the innocase rugged I out over it when working, I work construction, and it its awesome. haven't gotten a single scratch on the phone.

incredible w/ virtuous 2.6 and kings 4, s-off.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guptavar:
Hi,

I recently got an Htc Desire on a 3 year contract. Now, I have to unlock my device for which I have already bought the codes but before doing so, I wanted some knowledgeable people like you to tell me if I unlock my android 2.1 Htc Desire, would I lose my applications and other data. The problem is I bought an application which was quite costly for me and I do not want to lose it because I have to unlock my device. I know on Android 2.2 Froyo, I probably could have backed up my applications but is there something I can do now?

Will I be able to get updates to froyo or other updates later on from htc.

The reason I have to unlock is I will be gifting this device to my wife as her phone stopped working and I already have other phones I can manage with.

Thanking you in advance and waiting eagerly :)

Varun
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
if your just sim unlocking your fone then it wont touch the software in any way, you phone will be exactly how it was just sim free :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guptavar:
Thank you "AndroHero". I appreciate your reply. I shall take your advise and unlock my phone now.

Also, as I asked in my original post, would I be getting updates directly from my service provide or htc's website later on whenever they are available.

Thank you!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samiulhassan:
hi,

i wanted to update to froyo, but i guess due to rooting it fails. can anyone please advice how can i unroot my phone or upgrade to froyo.

mine is 2.1 with bootloader 0.8
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
Went back to CM6 today after a week of Fresh, and I am shocked at how laggy ADW is with the exact same settings! The only difference I can think of is that I'm using the included ADW and not the Market version. Are they different? Any tweaks I can make?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halorin:
With CM6 final, ADW Launcher runs very well. Out of the box, and with the settings I've used for myself.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
My favorite ADW tweak is replacing it with LauncherPro Plus, it runs great now!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
Normally I'd agree with you, but LPP can't give me my 5 columns that make my homescreen look awesome.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clamknuckle:
Did you try the settings from the nightly thread?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
No; what do they suggest?