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[Epic 4G Accessories] m5james:
The magnets are what hold the phone to the Touchstone, so removing them would defy the whole point. Besides that, the magnets are not near strong enough to hold it onto the Touchstone while driving down the road...if I bumped my desk hard enough, it'd slide off the Touchstone. As cool as this mod is, the bump on the cover for the magnetic portion is one thing, but once the excess wires are run under the cover, the hump becomes even bigger, almost making it a point instead of a nice flat surface. In hindsight, I wish I wouldn't have done it, as here is why....

I've had to replace my phone because the soldered connection broke the entire USB connector, then having to pay $35 for a warranty replacement and not having a phone for 3 days...I could have just bought the Epic Media Dock off eBay for the same price and been done with it. I've been waiting for them to come down in price, and since I got the Touchstone for free, I figured why not. In the end, it caused me more trouble than good and I could have paid the same price and gotten the media dock without all the frustration.

You've already spent the $35, but if I HAD to spent the money to buy the Touchstone stuff, do the custom soldering, etc OR just purchase the media dock...I would have just gotten the media dock. The only reason why I wanted any dock to begin with is so that the screen is tilted upright towards me vs just sitting on my desk. The media dock tilts the screen up much better than the Touchstone ever could, plus the MicroUSB will be able to use the headphone jack once 2.2 comes out next month.

It may be too late, but if you can, return everything you bought and just get the media dock from eBay and call it day. Whenever I take my phone with my in the car, I prop it up nicely with the charging cord and the headphone jack plugged in and set the phone in the ashtray area. Since the media dock will enable sound via MicroUSB while charging at the same time, I'm considering buying two of them and somehow grafting one of them into the dash of my X5 so I don't have to fumble with cords anymore.
[Epic 4G Accessories] d94:
Well this is your personal opinion and your skill in soldering. my touchstone has been working flawlessly on my phone. As indicated in one of my steps i sanded down the back and when i go over bumps my phone doesn't move from my touchstone. I had two friends return their media dock's and are much more preferring the touchstone experience.

For anyone else attempting this mod, if your going to do it make sure your good at soldering and can route the wires accordingly to ensure there isn't stress on them so you dont run into issues down the road and deffinetly make sure you sand down the back plenty so the magnets have less distance between the back cover and touchstone to ensure the phone will stay on the dock.
[Epic 4G Accessories] lepapirriky:
^^^ that's what I'm gonna use, I'm gonna open the touchstone and integrate it to the buttom of the cupholder, so I'm looking at dismantling it and take them apart, my guess is the touchstone will have the same coils at the cover do, so if can move tha to the top, I don't have t worry about the magnets since what you see on each side are adjustable. Once I see the phone is charging I'll just lock the phone on it.

Now I'm just making the assumption that the touchston charge is the same as the cover, so we'll see. Everything cost 53.90 which I don't mind using just to confirm if my idea can be true or not and I'm capable of. I own a soldering kit so I have all the tools needed.

Sent from Maxwell's shoe
[Epic 4G Accessories] m5james:
I'm not insulting the procedure man, it worked great for me for at least a couple of weeks. It just suddenly stopped working one day, and then I noticed what happened. I'm just saying for that all the effort and similar cost of the media dock, the dock is faster & easier to use, has a better viewing angle when on a desk and provides more abilities since it'll also put the headphone jack to use as well, meaning one less connection I have to make everytime I throw it into the dock.

Now that I've been playing with the idea more, I'm considering buying two docks...one for each car and incorporating it into the ashtray's, similar to how the iPod docks are intergrated.

http://www.bavariansoundwerks.com/product/516/282/BMW-iPod-Kit-E38-by-DICE/ in the 7 and http://www.bavariansoundwerks.com/product/517/282/BMW-X5-iPod-Kit-by-DICE/ in the X. I've taken both vehicles center consoles apart for audio upgrades, so I know the amount of room I've got underneath there.
[Epic 4G Accessories] lepapirriky:
D94, did you weld the wire straight to the cover? Or you use some conectors? Even tho is not a big issue, I don't want to be limited by the wire. What awg did you use?

Thanks!

Sent from Maxwell's shoe
[Epic 4G Accessories] m5james:
I soldered the wire straight to the cover, and to limit excess wire bulging under the cover, it only gives about 3/4" of wire being exposed...not a lot of room left for soldering, battery removal, etc.
[Epic 4G Accessories] d94:
Forsure bro i feel yeah. make sure you snap some shots when your done!

when you soldered the wire to the + did you have it going toward then headphone jack then bend in towards the opposite direction?

Yep soldered it strait to the cover..you can probably find some kind of connectors if you look around though, and i can still easily take the back cover off to pop out the battery or memory card
[Epic 4G Accessories] m5james:
I pre-bent the wire so I could use one hand to hold the iron, one to solder and used a heavy set of pliers to hold the phone in place on my glass desk since it wanted to keep moving around anytime I even touched the phone with the iron.
[Epic 4G Accessories] lepapirriky:
Hey d94, how hot does it get? Because just charging the cover get somewhat hot on the microusb and battery.

Sent from Maxwell's shoe
[Epic 4G Accessories] d94:
Then you did it right as i did it the same way. i used tape to hold the wire after i was done soldering so there wouldn't be stress as i was bending it to go through the correct path.

Doesnt get hot, just a little warm as my pre did :)
[Epic 4G Accessories] m5james:
As did I, but it somehow still happened. Oh well.
[Epic 4G Accessories] lepapirriky:
Edit: so I got it today both, I'm gonna start working on this.

Both will arrive today or tomorrow, I'm so anxious to have it already and put myself to work.

Sent from Maxwell's shoe
[Epic 4G Accessories] d94:
woot! how'd goes the project?
[Epic 4G Accessories] m5james:
I've got a Touchstone and battery cover if anyone is looking to do this. Feel free to PM or email me at m5james@yahoo.com.
[Epic 4G Accessories] lepapirriky:
it was a fail lol

well i just got my replacement and play a lot with the other epic i will try it again. Everything was perfect but my biggest mistake was using a too rigid cable and because of that the little leg snap out from the board. either way, i know what im doing now and i found the best way to charge it w/o soldering it directly to the cover.

i'll have some updates soon.

btw i fixed it, i solder it back, but when i try to turn it on the screen was showing like i was charging the phone(monday), today the phone turned on but there is not info of the battery.
[Epic 4G Accessories] natataka:
i was able to do this mod and it charges as if it were on a computer connected to the usb. its giving me the option of select usb mode: carging, mass storage, or tether. anyone else having getting this?

seems like the magnets are not strong enough to hold the phone tightly for my install. i was looking at adding a stronger magnet on the touchstone itself. i have a few earth magnets laying around. im just looking for a dissassembly vid for the the touchstone.
[Epic 4G Accessories] m5james:
You were warned...
[Epic 4G Accessories] m5james:
D94 said he filed down the cover a little so that there was less plastic material for the magnets to have to work through.
[Epic 4G Accessories] lepapirriky:
Hey I'm not regretting it one bit, dont get it wrong and I will still do it to my new phone.
[Epic 4G Accessories] monkeyracer:
I know this isn't anything new, but I figured I would bring this thread back up from the dead to show off what I did for it.

Here's what I did for my epic (see attached)

I wanted to retain some kind of warranty (and if it is replaced, it's really easy to bring the touchstone to the new phone.) and be able to put this on any phone I might switch to later.

It's just got a tiny bulge on the back cover, and the connection is the smallest I could make it.

Since the magnets aren't strong enough to hold it alone in the car, I am going to make a fairly simple mount for it.
[Epic 4G Accessories] latinmaxima:
Interesting way of getting the job done. I wonder has anyone tried this with an extended battery? The bulge I think would allow more room for the back cover.
[Epic 4G Accessories] jeeb75:
Touchstone Charger for $5 at Verizon

Just saw a slickdeals, the Palm Touchstone Charger is only $5 at Verizons website.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2988721
[Epic 4G Accessories] charliehorse1967:
This post makes me feel better about having carried a Pre around for far too long. That said, it was a good transition from the Instinct to the Epic. It's nice to have a real phone!:D
[Epic 4G Accessories] deadlyescape:
wow this is cool :)
[Epic 4G Accessories] rajeeva:
Hi guys.. this is a nice mod, but anyone consider what if you plug your usb while you connect with touchstone? don't you required diode to place for stop usb reverse voltage which will damage your coil pack circuit. may be nice to have smb type diode.

cheers.
[Epic 4G Accessories] SUCCESSOR:
I was wondering if the mA output of the touchstone would be too much for a 850mAH battery or the circuitry on such a device.

Some people mention that a USB had to be shorted some way for "fast charge". Would there be a way to force a slow charge or low amp charge?
[Epic 4G Accessories] cryoabyss:
I've been trying to get a voltage reading off the touchstone receiver coils with a multimeter. I have two sets of receivers and transmitters now (I thought the first one was defective) but both still read 0.0V. Does the receiver do some sort of load detection or have you guys been able to read 5V off the receiver contacts?
[Epic 4G Accessories] creekflood:
I am having a similar problem, and like you, I thought perhaps my touchstone or coil was defective. According to the pic in this thread,

img593.imageshack.us/img593/5245/m17m.jpg

forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus-accessories/147840-guide-galaxy-nexus-mod-palm-touchstone-without-soldering.html

The backplate should show 5 volts even when not connected to the phone.

At this point I'm not sure what the problem is or even if my touchstone itself is getting power as it has (to my knowledge) no power light and of course the tight tolerance with the micro usb plug.

I am currently at a stopping point with my mod. I look forward to anyone's findings.

Thanks in advance.

PS

Since I am new to this forum I cannot embed links. Hopefully someone can embed the pic from the link I provided.
[Epic 4G Accessories] cryoabyss:
Just figured it out. I was plugging the touchstone into a powered usb hub. However, when I plugged it into a samsung usb wall wart, everything started working. I hope this helps!
[Epic 4G Accessories] tayl428:
I know it's been a while since asked, but yes, this works with the 3500mAh extended battery cover fine. I used 28AWG wire, probably the smallest possible and still provide for correct current carrying capacity. I used an old hard drive/floppy drive IDE cable from the desktop PC world and separated 2 of the wires. These wires are stranded, so it will allow a little more flex capability when the cover comes off over and over. Like the Palm Pre, it definitely charges slower, but I didn't use a huge 3500mAh battery with the Pre either. #1: it will be slower charging due to the induction charge vs direct wiring, and #2: the 3500mAh is a MUCH larger bucket of power, so it will take even longer to charge, so the charging % numbers will tick by even slower. (but don't get me wrong, I'll give my 12th born for inductive charging, I missed it SO MUCH when I first made my move from my Pre, I actually stayed with the Pre much longer just because of the inductive charging, I didn't want to let it go, and I didn't like the hardware additions of the Powermat.)
[Desire Themes and Apps] abse:
This is a theme based in REVOlution THEME for HTC EVO (more info LINK or LINK).

Only for OpenDesire, but i think that the theme works with every CyanogenMod6 based ROM.

minimalistic_font is flashable for all ROMs

.

Not finished yet, I'm still working on the battery, applications and everything else.

SCREENSHOTS:

DOWNLOADS:

Statusbar: BlackDesire-STATUSBAR-10092010-signed.zip (Tested in OD4.0.15)

Modded APPS Widgets: BlackDesire-MODAPPS-10092010-signed.zip (Power Control, Quick search, Youtube, GenieWidget, Music)

XML with Theme Colors: blackdesire.xml

Minimalistic Font: minimalistic_font-signed.zip

CHANGELOG:

11092010 Added Modded APPS and UPDATED the framework-res.apk (STATUSBAR)

07092010 Added STATUSBAR, FONTS and XML

How to apply "XML with Theme Colors":

Save it in your SDCARD in "CMTheme" folder, then go to SETTINGS>OPENDESIRE SETTINGS/CYANOGENMOD SETTINGS>USER INTERFACE>TWEAKS EXTRAS>SELECT A THEME and select "blackdesire".

Installation:

Dont extract,

Flash, all are signed.

SOON MOD_APPS, CIRCLE BATTERY MOD, AND MORE MORE MORE!! STAY TUNNED
[Desire Themes and Apps] AdamLC:
I really like the look of that! Tempted to flash open desire now :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] GANJDROID:
Looks great. Think I'll come back when a few more bits have been added.

Keep a watchful eye on it though :D
[Desire Themes and Apps] theis82:
anybody tested it on cm 6.0?
[Desire Themes and Apps] skynapster:
yep..work ok;)
[Desire Themes and Apps] mon@diac:
great works on CM last nightly...thanks...I'll follow your addings
[Desire Themes and Apps] GANJDROID:
If yoy flash the droidforum zip, then this you get everything except the lockscreen, but a bit of moving files and all is well :) hope that helps.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Themes and Apps] jumaxas:
Not full theme, only status bar :(
[Desire Themes and Apps] vnvman:
Nice job man ;)

Just one tip: the roaming icon isn't included in the theme, looks like gray against the black of the bar, when it appears. Just fix this and the bar will be perfect!

Also, i'm really looking forward to see the full theme, keep it up :D
[Desire Themes and Apps] Sthlm:
I love the font but I'm now missing the Swedish letter å, Å.

*edit* The missing letter is showing as 'L' on my phone. Should be an 'A' with a small circle/dot above it. ä and ö are showing as normal.

Is there something I can do to add it?

Otherwise the theme is working well with od 4.0.4. Thanks.
[Desire Themes and Apps] abse:
Same error but with "ñ" character, my priority in this is low but i fix it.

WIP, stay tunned

Working on it

Tomorrow will be downloadable the black apps (youtube, CMSettings, Google Quick Search ...), if my internet connection works...
[Desire Themes and Apps] betalaga:
Great job work good on OD 4.0.10
[Desire Themes and Apps] betalaga:
can you change font with this?

http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Droid-Sans

with this àèò etc. work good
[Desire Themes and Apps] abse:
This is the default font, right?

Sorry for the delay, but I have no connection until tomorrow (customer service useless).
[Desire Themes and Apps] abse:
I'm thinking about do a kitchen online for it.
[Desire Themes and Apps] betalaga:
yes, yes... sorry! i've wrong :D

however you haven't font file with correct symbol?
[Desire Themes and Apps] Milamber:
the minimalistic font url doesnt work.
[Desire Themes and Apps] abse:
fixed, moved to new location.
[Desire Themes and Apps] betalaga:
Please fix àç etc and add battery percentage :-)
[Desire Themes and Apps] titus1:
Is it okay if you could just remove the antenna icon?
[Desire Themes and Apps] Milamber:
Ermmm what does this mean? What is the "next folder"? And thanks for this too, it looks very good :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] vj_:
Sweet! I'll be following this thread closely. The font makes it look really good.

When you include the circular battery would it be possible to do one with six divisions? I'd post a pic but this site keeps throwing up an error.
[Desire Themes and Apps] abse:
Sorry for my bad english, you have to save the XML in the folder "CMTheme"
[Desire Themes and Apps] deepakoffline:
will try this out tonight :)

thanks

currently on neo's rom. but will go for od for a few days now :D
[Desire Themes and Apps] abse:
updated! added apps and updated framework-res
[Desire Themes and Apps] s0k_nl:
How do I add this in the OD Updater?
[Desire Themes and Apps] ninjazin:
+1

Would also like to see this fixed.

Really love your work, looks great so keep up the good work.
[Desire Themes and Apps] crisnar:
I also have problems with some letter in Italian. And after update to OD 4.0.21 after I install the theme the phone reboot at the first start and after remain in the loading screen

ps: the black bar is beautiful
[Desire Themes and Apps] ninjazin:
Can also confirm that flashing status bar results in reboots.
[Desire Themes and Apps] LuffyPSP:
would you port this or the REVOlution theme to Sense based ROMs? Will donate if you can. :D Good job btw!
[Desire Themes and Apps] GANJDROID:
Any version of OD .18 or higher wont work as AdamG updated the framework. Will have to wait for the dev to update it.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Themes and Apps] betalaga:
..and we wait for battery %
[Desire Themes and Apps] jumaxas:
First create CMThemes folder and copy into blackdesire.xml :)

Please edit bar v 0.23, now intall it and phone sometimes restarted...
[Desire Themes and Apps] chareos12:
can't wait for this beauty to be updated for 4.0.23 !!! :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] xarda:
please make this theme for OpenDesire 4.0.25 :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] philJ:
+1 ... nice theme ...
[Desire Themes and Apps] sashajovicic:
+1 :)

i like the font ,very minimal
[Desire Themes and Apps] vj_:
> "SOON MOD_APPS, CIRCLE BATTERY MOD, AND MORE MORE MORE!! STAY TUNNED"

And he was never heard of again...
[Desire Themes and Apps] xarda:
please update
[Desire Themes and Apps] doree:
Update please...
[Desire Themes and Apps] abse:
My phone is broken and being repaired. When I have it, I will update the theme by the OD updater.
[Desire Themes and Apps] ninjazin:
Hope you get it back soon as this the best theme for OD that I've seen so far.
[Desire Themes and Apps] xarda:
I made simply rEVO theme from ClassicalGas and icons abse ( REVOlution THEME for OpenDesire). Works on OD 4.0.32.

Wait for final version from abse :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] danbrim:
does anyone have a link to the modded widgets or are they just the same as any any modded black widgets?
[Desire Themes and Apps] gutsbn:
er.. links and screenshots are down on "http://174.138.174.236/"
[Desire Themes and Apps] d1n0x:
bump :)

would love to see some screenshots of this, as I really like the rEVOlution theme, but I don't want to flash it onto my Desire, as it's for EVO :D
[Desire Themes and Apps] bbbbqq:
Check this out: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=817807
[Desire Themes and Apps] d1n0x:
thank you, but this is for sense-ROMs :|

I am running DeFroST 5.8, I should have said that earlier I guess :D
[Vibrant General] ProximaC:
There's a couple live wallpapers out there that I've been looking for. They show up on appbrain, but when I search them on the market they can't be found. I was thinking it's Vibrant specific, but appbrain shows that some of the users are vibrant phones. What gives? Why do some apps just not show up for me, and for other people?

There are several I've had this issue with, but the two in specific I'm looking for are Particle Storm and Giraffe Live Wallpaper Free. They're both free apps in case anyone has a backup of the APK files they could throw my way.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.eymwsoft

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.cct.giraffe
[HD2 General] cu2cool:
This wasn't discovered by me, but I've used this method and it seems to work wonders in Boston, MA. Especially areas where you get constant switching between HSDPA/3g and Edge data connection.

Go to Settings> Wireless Controls> Tap Phone> Band> WCDMA. Or if you have Bandswitch, select the UMTS option.

I usually like to listen to Pandora and browse the web during my commute to and from work, but whenever I get near the hospital buildings near my work the data connection always drops because the radio decides to switch automatically from H/3g to Edge connection. I'm not sure how much this depends on the H/3g coverage in your area, so be advised that this tip may not work everywhere.

Also, something to be aware of is when you switch between bands, the phone may not be able to find the T-mobile network automatically. If this happens I usually just go to Menu> Network Selection from the Phone Settings and tap on Find Network. Usually it will find the T-Mobile network this way, otherwise I would soft reset.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Neo3D:
I have no idea how or why that happened but it deleted all videos in the DCIM folder, even if they were in subfolders, like CAMERA. :mad:

Anyone else experience this? :confused:
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bedoig:
Are you sure this happened following a restore? Did you perhaps format and partition your card for use with apps2sd?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Bielinsk:
Nandroid doesn't write to the sd card at all in a restore operation.

It won't even backup your photos or videos.

Wouldn't touch the dcim dir.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crakerjaks:
I'm experiencing terrible 4g signal with the latest 1.40_003 pri and prl 60670. Used to get 1 bar inside my room and bathroom now I get no 4g at all!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
you could reflash the engineer PC135.img that was used to nand unlock your phone. i beleive there is a forum post caleld how to compeltly start over or somethign similar witht he 1.47 software follow that and should do the same thing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tyrnight:
The PRI and PRL have NOTHING to do with 4g..afaik

that being said.. I would just reflash the wimax radio..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crakerjaks:
you sure it has nothing to do with it? because the evidence would state otherwise..
[Captivate Themes and Apps] iceman4357:
I searched and found links on how to make a live wallpaper from scratch, but I wanted to see if I could take a small video clip and loop it as a live wallpaper?

*EDIT*- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=739512

Awesome!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] E_man5112:
try and take it frame by frame, then use one of those live wallpaper makers?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] iceman4357:
I guess you could, I just figured someone would know how to go from a video format directly.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] iceman4357:
Found the software to make it! Edited the OP.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goothu99:
Hey everyone, when i text i can see the emoticons i put, but i can't see incoming emoticons. Does any1 else have this problem or know a fix?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naplesbill:
From what I have noticed, you only see emoticons if they include the - like this:

:-)

Not this:

:)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j3yps:
How i wish we have Emoji...
[Captivate General] mwxiao:
Captivate is a bigger, better-spec phone. And it's new! I just had it for a little bit over a month.

But I am thinking about exchanging it for a Nexus one... a used N1... Am I crazy?

My reasons...

1. Nexus one is beautiful! Whenever I look at my phone, I can't stop thinking it as a thinner and bigger Blackberry storm (which I don't like). It's just not as sexy as the other phone in the market.

2. Better support. Already on 2.2. Stock OS. No dealing with Samsung anymore. No stupid waiting anymore...

I am kinda serious. I actually look it up on craigslist and try to see if there is anything...
[Captivate General] terrigan:
From where? T-Mo? Ebay? Google isn't selling them anymore.
[Captivate General] driguez:
He did say used. Inb4damove