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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phederico:
I've read on multiple occasions of a little trick with some rice. As I understand it, if you take a large bag of rice (dry/uncooked obviously) and plunge your device into it for a while...the rice will pull the moisture out of the device and hopefully get all things running smoothly again. Never had to try this, but I sure hope one way or the other you get your device up and running.

Oh and i would suggest NOT to turn on and use the device untill you're 100% certain that it's as dry as it's going to get. Just one bead of water on a circuit somewhere can spell disaster for the entire device. Good luck!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
The rice trick is legit, but I think it's too late :(

You should have avoided turning it on for at least a day, maybe two or three. Also, now that you're already seeing problems there is likely corrosion already built up, or things got shorted out when you turned it on.

But don't feel bad, the rice trick is usually a long shot.

I'd say go ahead and submit for a replacement and get ready to fork over the $100 deductible (surely you have insurance right?)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraginMagik:
try the rice or other similar absorbent material. I'd avoid putting it in the oven...that type of heat would concern me.

the tortoise will win this race...not the hare.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kufer:
Take out battery

Don't turn on

Rice in Ziplop bag for 2 days -

Worked once for me
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamaa:
the rice thing works. worked for my old iphone. I left it in the rice for a week though. and the screen still had a blotch on it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
Rice, definitely. Do NOT put the battery back in until it is totally dry.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverStone641:
thats absolutely right. i recommend this to a buddy that dropped his iPhone in the sink. worked wonders. took him about 3 days total(he wanted to be extra careful)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pierceye:
The rice trick works but I think there is one better. As small a box as possible that will fit your phone and a box of baking soda. The box should be made as air tight as possible, to prevent humidity from spoiling the baking soda's absorbency.

The baking soda does as good a job pulling out the moisture as the rice but it doesn't have the same problems with dust intrusion.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
Or you could use the silica beads that come in packets with shoes and the like
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dj91205:
Silica beads also known as dessicant it pulls moisture out of anything I work for a packaging company and we sell and use them everywhere when shipping large electronic components over-seas. For anyone who drops their phone into water try the rice if you can't find Silica gel. You can find some Silica gel packets the size of small bean bags at sports authority, or any sporting goods store used for gym bags to suck the moisture and o and moisture hope this helps.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaWhip:
I have heard (but never tested) that taking the battery out of the device and dunking it in rubbing alcohol helps. The alcohol displaces the water and it dries out extremely fast. It just seems so wrong to intentionally dunk something like an evo though that I dont know if I would have the balls to do it.

The rice sounds legit and much less scary that a redunk
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaaaas:
i highly doubt there is any corrosion in less than a day

do the rice thing now and hope for the best
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
Rice is a placebo. Sorry about offending anybody that thinks it works. The best thing you can do is leave it in front of a fan in the driest possible environment, not seal it.

Probably too late to really help now though. Let it sit and hope. You shouldn't have turned it on so soon either.

Regarding rice. It isn't very absorbant. Leave some rice siting out. It will not change size. Rice is placed in salt shakers to agitate the rice, not remove moisture, like the agitator in a can of paint. It breaks it up when it's shook. That's where the myth/rationalization tends to come from.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
Mixes actually, however the stuff you have laying around your house likely has a lot of water in it. You want the 99% stuff. A full dunk followed by a fan would be beneficial soon after a submersion.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
Silica gel is legit in that it really absorbs water readily unlike rice. However the amount needed to dry a water clogged device isn't feasible for most people to obtain. Moving dry air is still going to be more effective. Silica gel is more for controlling humidity, not for active drying.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic6:
Hmm... these phones use lithium ion batteries right? I don't know if submerging them in liquid is a good idea. When I was in the military I've seen some batteries make some pretty big explosions and I think that's how they did it.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
Lol, you disassemble as much as possible before any method of course :p
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seventyfive:
You need a massive amount of desiccant. Go buy a bag of "Fresh Step Litter Crystals". You must buy this exact brand and formula.

This product, and only this product, is 100% silica gel. Put some painter's tape over the usb/hdmi holes, the speakerphone holes, and the ear piece vent. toss it in a plastic bag filled with fresh step crystals and give it a couple days. If you're impatient put it on your window sill where it'll get some sunlight to warm it up a little and help evaporate the water so it can be easily absorbed by the crystals.

I have also heard a trick of putting it on the dash of your car on a hot day... maybe try that too.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kf2m:
These phones are RoHS compliant. That means no lead in the solder. I've seen "cat whiskers" develop on the solder joints within a hour or so post exposure. Get some high grade electrical contact cleaner and scrub the snot all the solder joints then let dry. These little whiskers can grow, and bridge the gap between solder joints and PCB lands. Had to deal with the fallout post flooding after an AC pipe broke in a NYC office rise that flooded three floors. The company had to replace a brand new quarter million dollar laser plotter just due the humidity expose.

sent from my Evo 4G using Taptalk
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrusheen:
If this happened to me this first thing I would do would be to take off the back cover and battery. Theres I believe theirs 2 water sensors that ive seen so far in the phone that will most likely void warrenties if inspected by sprint. I would dip the phone for a seccond in Rubbing Alcohol and try to get as much water out as possible with a towel making sure its pretty dry. Then to get the rest of the water out, leaving it in rice or perferrably sillica beads would be the best. And if none of those are avaliable, maybe leave it by a window with a fan blowing on it. And DONT AT ALL turn it on for around 3-5 days to be absolutly sure. The goal is to make sure your phone is in good shape, its better to have a warrently voided working phone that a warrenty voided paper weight.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walkerwde:
I actually dropped mine in the sink just last week and it's now working perfect. I immediately pulled the battery and shook as much water as possible out. I then went to Home Depot and purchased a small wrench to remove the screws on the back of the phone. I completely tore the phone apart removing every piece I possibly could following a repair guide I found online. I then took a blow dryer and spent the next 30 minutes drying the inside of the phone.
[HTC Aria General] Omarpr:
Hi:

I have my HTC Aria from about a month now. I bought it in AT&T with a 2 year contract. The problem now is that I want to use the internet of my phone in my computer. I have not found any guide that can help me 100% to do it, and almost all guides talk about routing my HTC Aria and I don't know how to do it and I'm scared that I can broke it if I do it.

So I came here asking if someone have a nice guide to do it. I don't have CM6, so I have it with the 2.1-update1 that came from factory.

Thanks for your help and sorry for my bad English!
[HTC Aria General] superchilpil:
if you can find the sideloading program off of these forums (sorry i dont know where it is anymore)

and then find PDANet online somewhere you can use that to tether your aria

its what i used to use till i upgraded to CM6
[HTC Aria General] Omarpr:
I'm reading in this forum a guide to root my phone using unrevoked3.

If I just root my phone, ¿can I tether with just Rooted HTC Aria?

Thanks!
[HTC Aria General] superchilpil:
once its rooted the only difference is that you will able to flash custom ROM's

and you will have clockwork recovery also

if you flash CM6 then you can tether without a separate program but its a completely different user interface, you would lose sense, and i would suggest using nandroid to backup your current rom because u would lose all settings and if you dont sync contacts with google you will lose those too

it takes some getting used to, but its worth it to be able to flash custom roms
[HTC Aria General] ibussa:
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[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sickpuppy:
See there's another new Samsung app... a task manager.

Have installed and it's pretty nice...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AllGamer:
weird it's not showing up in America

are you on Euro ROM ?

i make it a daily habit of checking for new freebies from Samsung Apps
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LostAlone:
I discovered what I assume to be the samsung Task Manager when I flashed to JM5 /Samset 1.9e. The icon is a little computer tower with a pie chart next to it. Think it came wired into JM5, since its on my second app page WAY before anything that came in Samset.

Honestly speaking, I wouldn't trust it. Not because its a bad app or anything, but in my experience its clunky and slow and uses a lot more RAM than my other task manager, and it can only see actual apps, not services, and finally it doesn't show 'RAM Remaining' it just will tell you (234mb/326mb) which I find to be annoying. If I could get rid of this I would but I can't find its .APK.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] hol17:
They are talking about an update within the Samsung Apps application. Yes, every ROM does have the task manager but this is an update.

I don't understand why you find the RAM display annoying; it shows you how much RAM is not in use. Isn't that 'RAM Remaining' or am I not understanding something?

What do you find clunky about it? The interface seems simple enough and it seems to load everything instantly when ever I press a new tab. I wouldn't use the widget personally since you can just press 'Back' on your phone (multiple times) to exit an application and it won't appear in the task list while giving you your RAM back.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Tehpriest:
I have had to do 2 factory resets and I am sure it is down to the update for task manager (Android 2.2 firmware). It causes the phone to go into a continuous FC loop on startup just after the big S screen. Can anyone else confirm this on theirs as well please?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Morghus:
I'm honestly more interested in an app that kills all those damn Samsung auto started apps that I never use, but just hovers in the background taking up RAM.

Anyone know of such an app?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] SysTem-X:
yup it was there, now it has been taken off it seems.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sickpuppy:
Yeah, in the UK... It's not showing in the Samsung Apps anymore but it's installed and seems to work ok, not had any issues since installing it.

After reading various articles on task killers and Android I've stopped using them anyway. Just find this useful for seeing how much space I've got for apps...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AllGamer:
i think they figured out many people were complaining about it after the upgrade

possibly a bug that escaped QA
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Tehpriest:
O.K. I have tested exhaustively and can confirm that on my unlocked UK SGS running Android 2.2 as installed via Kies this app 1.14 definitely is the cause of my problems. To reiterate. The phone works OK untill re-start at which point it gets to the big S logo gives a longish vibration and then after about twenty seconds gives two longing'ish vibrations the logo fades and the screen stays blank with the vibrations continuing every 20 seconds or so. I think it is called a "closed loop".

Reinstalled everything and completely set up the same way without this update and everything is perfect. Even have a stereo FM radio :-D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gmonies21:
I a noob, where do you go to look at samsung apps?? this is done straight from the phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Cicinho:
Yes, this is done by the 'samsung apps' app

which comes pre-installed on your phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gmonies21:
Thanks, I guess my phone did not come with that app (got the Vibrant from Tmo). I can download this app somewhere?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] dezshiz:
downloaded it yesterday

2.1 stock no probs so far
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] satanatos:
Mate, the issue is only on the Froyo beta that leaked about 3-4 days ago , so happens on 2.2 only ! IT relates to the pre-built task manager and its 1.1.14 (or whatever) update that appeared on Samsung apps.

I do confirm that IT causes issues sending the phone in continious FC loop, so DO NOT INSTALL IT !

I had to do hard reset last night after installing it. Phone worked great until I decided to reboot. Then it just sat on the "S" and in a few the screen went dark with the phone vibrating every 10-20 secs and touch keys lit.

See posts #5,#10 from Tehpriest - I had the same thingy going on last night and I know of two more ppl having the same
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] adirtymonkey:
Yes I can cconfirm its deffo not for the 2.2 Froyo that appeared earlier.

I've been through the loop of flashing back to basics and restoring the SGS twice in 8 hours. Teach me not to read about stuff before I hit install.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Chamallow68:
Agreed, same issue to me !
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] yabbas:
Haven't seen the task manager on my galaxy s apps list. Can someone post the apk.

Cheers :)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] imbunned:
1- click start-programs-mscrWrite

2-write your script

3- save( do not save as)

3-click MscrRun

if you rename your script,

go to \My Documents (your script here:))

For a beginner like me, not bad:)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] howdykeith:
Very nice.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] imbunned:
i am glad you like it
[Windows Mobile Software Development] mike2nl:
I like it too, simple and easy. Thanks for sharing this...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Yorick 37:
Hi! Very well, thank you! Only after the installation .cab in the start menu, nothing appears, had to create shortcuts manually (WM 6.5.3 rus).
[Windows Mobile Software Development] sv0911:
BIG THANKS FOR SHARING !!!!!!!!!

Greetings

sv0911
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Corias:
Following code:

if Procexists fexplore.exe
Close "File Explorer"
endif

will not close file explorer if locale is other than en-us. Use kill (fexplore.exe) instead
[Windows Mobile Software Development] bart3385:
Hi. Sorry to be a bit ignorant. What does it do?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] imbunned:
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[Windows Mobile Software Development] imbunned:
first post updated changed usage and icon added
[Captivate Accessories] zaures:
Well I just got my new case today and thought I'd snap some pics for everyone. The only camera I have with me at my apartment is my phone so I won't be able to show any pics with the phone in the case until this weekend when I can borrow another camera. All in all I am pleased with the quality feel of the case. I really think the only way I would go to another case is if Seidio made an Innocase Active case for the Captivate.

Pros:

- Adds a bit more size to the phone making it about .625" deep, making it easier to hold

- Texture is very grippy, similar to something like a golf club grip but a bit softer

- Nifty kickstand to prop up your phone in either portrait or landscape

- Rubberized coating on the inside with felt lining on the back face as well

- Slot on the bottom used to crack apart the two halves of the case for easy removal

Cons:

- Doesn't cover the front but oh well (hopefully the "gorilla glass" does its job

- Belt clip doesn't quite feel like it will last, the hinge part is plastic and will break, although you can purchase replacements separately if that happens

- Belt clip isn't quite as big as I would have liked it, meaning it won't be wide enough to clip onto some wider belts

Here are the pics:
[Captivate Accessories] mike_terror:
Thanks for the review and great pictures.

Do you happen to own the Body Glove Mirage Skin for the Samsung Captivate as well? (the flexible 1 piece version) If you do, how would you compare them, which would you prefer?
[Captivate Accessories] zaures:
I did for about two and a half weeks, i prefer the hard case because i think it gives better protection and the feel of the case is much nicer, texture wise. The two cases seem to be very similar as far as size goes, so if you have the soft case the hard case shouldn't be a big change.
[Captivate Accessories] mike_terror:
Thanks! hope to see those photos of the phone inside the case when you get a chance.

By the way, does the snap on case stick to your pants pocket making it difficult to put it in and out?
[Captivate Accessories] Rongvald:
Thanks again for the pictures!

How simple is the removal/attachment of the plug used to cover the hole for the belt clip standoff?
[Captivate Accessories] zaures:
Really easy, get like a quarter and put in the slot on the bottom of the case and turn it. You then have to pry the rest of the case open, i do it by holding the back of the case in one hand and using my other hand pull down on the phone and front half of the case to release the top clips. Press down on the little holster plug and it pops out, put the flat back plug in and your done.

It does hang a bit because it is pretty grippy, I'd compare the material to golf club grips or baseball bat grips.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
This is an Advanced UI SDK for developing finger-friendly Application UIs.

The reason for developing this SDK was mainly to learn about programming for Windows Mobile and the Compact Framework 3.5. I also developed this SDK because I could not find good UI controls that gave total display control to the programmer while taking care of all of the Physics, windowing, and frame buffering AND was open source.

Finally, this SDK was originally developed as part of the XDAFacebook application that I am currently developing.

I am releasing this SDK and its source so that people can have a good foundation to build finger-friendly Windows Mobile applications, and so that programmers starting off in the Windows Mobile world won't have to start from scratch when creating useful UI Controls.

Here are some of the features and uses of this SDK.

Features:

Fully customizable

Easily create custom UI Controls

Resolution independent

Full physics for rendering smooth scrolling

Uses:

Quickly create UI controls

Develop full UI SDKs

Learn basic UI programming for .net CF 3.5

I ask that if you use these controls, please provide feedback so that everyone can benefit!

Thank you and I hope you find these controls useful!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Class List

Form Controls:

XFPanelContainer - The main control that interacts with the Form.

XFPanels:

XFPanelBase - Basic building block. Handles most of the generic functionality

XFPanelList - Can add IXFItem items.

XFPanelHeader - The top header bar for an XFPanelContainer

XFItems

IXFItem - Interface that all XFItems inherate

XFItemSimpleText - Simple item that displays text

XFItemBack - Special item that allows a panel to slide back

XFItemLoading - Item that allows for work to be down in the background.

XFControlUtils: Library of static, useful utilities for this SDK

DrawAlpha - Draws an image with a supplied Graphics object with a specific level of opacity

DrawAlphaFirstPix - Draws an image and renders all pixels that are the same color as pixel (1,1) are 100% transparent

DrawJustifiedString - draws a justified string

GetEllipsisStringMeasure - Takes a string and if it is more than the supplied width, clips the string and adds a trailing "..." at the end

EllipsisWord - same as the GetEllipsisStringMeasure, except it ellipsis at the words and not at the char level.

GetSizedString - Takes a string and adds "\n" so that the string wraps according to the supplied width

Many Others!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Sense UI Example

Here is a working example. I made this Sense UI example in about 3 hours 15 hours. It isn't complete but gives a good example of how to/why use this SDK. There are 3 screenshots of what this demo looks like.

I'll explain some of the pieces of code when I get some time later today.

The other great example of how to use this SDK is the XFAFacebook Application.

The source for this project is located @ http://code.google.com/p/xda-winmo-facebook/source/browse/#svn/trunk/XFSenseUI

There are a few screenshots of the XDAFacebook application included.

Finally, a quick start tutorial.

Start a new Smart Device project.

Add a reference to the XFControls.dll

Place the following lines of code in the Form1 constructor (after the InitializeComponent();)

XFPanelContainer container = new XFPanelContainer();
container.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
Controls.Add(container);

XFPanelList list = new XFPanelList();
container.SetMainPanel(list);

list.ShowScrollbar(true);

for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++)
{
list.Add("This is item " + i);
}

Run the project and you will get an output like the "SimpleText.png"

It's that easy!

UPDATE: I've added the XFSense to the Google Code page and have made some pretty extensive updates to it. I've added a few controls including sliders, toggles, checkboxes and radio buttons. It still isn't complete but I will be working to make it a full fledge Sense SDK.

Stay tuned!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Releases:

Initial Release - 9/1/10
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
When major updates occur, the DLLs will be posted here. The best thing to do is pull the source from the Google Code page and use that.

This will guarantee the freshes code will be used for your projects

Instructions:

Download and unzip the latest XFControls.zip from below.

Add the .dll as a reference.

Program!

The source can be found at: http://code.google.com/p/xda-winmo-facebook/source/browse/#svn/trunk/XDAFacebook/XFControls

List of downloads:

10/6/10 - Updated for speed and better scrolling! - XFControls 0.2.zip

9/1/10 - Initial upload - XFControls 0.1.zip
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Other things I might have missed

Reserved Other
[Windows Mobile Software Development] kliptik:
Sounds interesting! Definitely looking forward to some screenshots.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Screenshots are up!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] joe_coolish:
Only 3 downloads?! Hmmm.... I figured more people would be interested in a finger-friendly and open source UI SDK...

Is there something wrong with my posts? Are they too confusing?

Let me know what I can do to help! This has taken me a good deal of time to write and I would hope that it would be of use to someone else...