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[Vibrant General] leechdweler:
What exactly did you say on the anitial phone call about not paying for express shipping and how did you get $100 off the device?

I called up last night after my post on here and I talked to some rude ass chick that would not express it for free.

I'm not really good with words. If you could help me out on what to tell hem about he shipping issue I would definitely appreciate it.

I'm paying monthly for my phone since I got it retail price.Not sure if that makes a difference.

Also I have been with T-Mobile for more than 10years.

Thanks.
[Vibrant General] kolyan:
I got my replacement. Make sure u factory reset right away.

Ps. I only have compass issue with mine. GPS, I am not sure....when I tested with default setting it worked fine, when I switched them I ran in to a problem, but maybe I messed something up, or maybe it was just the timing. I don't use gps often enough to comment on its reliability.
[Vibrant General] hockeyrcks9901:
As soon as the automated system asks you "What are you calling about?" Just say "cancel". That will get you to customer loyalty and they will immediately pick up the phone, you should not get put on hold. (I do this every time I call just to avoid the wait.)

Then explain that you are being sent a replacement and you currently cannot use your phone. You don't feel like you should have to wait for ground shipping because the phone is malfunctioning. If they have already shipped it then ask for a credit to your bill for the amount of time you can't use your phone. If they haven't shipped it they should offer two day shipping at no cost. If they don't offer, then ask them of they could give you some form of express shipping or some sort of compensation. Either a credit for the time you can't use the phone or a discount on your texting/data plan. They love doing discounts on plans because it keeps you in a contract and I think they get a sort of commission on evey call that wants to cancel that they prevent from canceling.

Through customer loyalty, I've received free two day shipping, $10 off each of my two data plans, and $5 off my family texting plan. In a little while I'm going to call and ask for $5 off my minutes. With all that plus a corporate discount from my school, I pay less for my contract plan than a non-contract and I still get subsidized phone.

If you don't get what you want from the first person then tell them thank you, hang up, and call again. Eventually you will get someone to give you what you want. Of course, you'll need to have been a customer of a few years to really get this to work. I've been with t-mobile for over seven years and never had a late or missed payment.

Typos and other gibberish courtesy of Swype
[Vibrant General] quetwo:
Upgrade it

In all honesty, I was getting the same way. While the hardware of this phone is second to none so far, the software was really bugging me. Email was flakey, battery was short, GPS was broken, frequernt 'freezes', and camera is 'eh'.

I ended up flashing to Hybrid2, and it's a totally different phone. quick and nimble, GPS works, battery now lasts about 48 hours with moderate use, and email is really nimble now!

I still am waiting for FroYo with baited breath, but Hybrid2 is at least holding me over, and preventing me from switching back to my Blackberry :)
[Vibrant General] speoples20:
Hahaha man this made me laugh. How could you possibly be with T-mobile for more than 10 years? Please tell me you didn't call up demanding a new free phone overnighted because you've been with T-mobile for more than 10 years? No wonder the rep didn't want to help you.
[Vibrant General] cashless:
Surveys says?!!! This is your problem. There's nothing particularly difficult with rooting, lag fixing, etc. Odd that you're even on XDA at all.
[Vibrant General] Gr8gorilla:
I had a Nexus before I had this Vibrant. I like the big screen, but really that is about all that is better with this thing. Sure we have the humming bird and we have a dedicated gpu but we have samsung's awful rfs and modified os. The Nexus was really better with froyo. I bought my Vibrant and paid full price. I have already had a warranty exchange. The GPS sucks. Even OC'd and running RyANZA's fix it is still not as glitch free as my nexus was.

So I called T-Mo today. I said cancel. I got a rep named Michael. I told him about my issues. I also explained that I lost my Nexus and due to the fact that my sim was in my Vibrant at the time, the Nexus wasn't covered under warranty. If I hadn't lost the Nexus, I would have sent the Vibrant back and just kept the Nexus. He said if I you have 2 warranty exchanges within 90 days you can switch phones for free. I haven't had that. I got my Nexus with a new 2 year contract in January when it came out. I am about 7 months into my new two year contract. Michael said he would give me a full discount on a new phone if I extend my contract. So now I have a full discount on my account waiting for G2 pre-orders.

I really need a working GPS. Also I think Cyanogen said he was getting a G2 so it should be awesome!
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] archie53:
Rooted several weeks ago and running CM6 and loving it, but I need a good ROM with working Bluetooth. Don't realy care if I have to go back to 2.1, your answers and suggestions are welcomed.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anartic:
If you like the stock espresso, just go with CR's OTA rom, it's stock with root as far as i know.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slinky1914:
For me the best rom ever is SlideMr4. It doesnt have the sense launcher thus no sense running in the background but has everything sense does. I love it all the keys work everything works and has a light weight launcher included called helix which like a water down version of launcherpro. Htcclay has his themed version called RemixMr4 I think or something like that. This wont be as fast as CM6 but its not slow either.
[Vibrant General] klkarlin:
So, I happened to accidentally launch Google Sky map and found that the map auto-rotated to the direction (due west) immediately. I thought possibly Eugene373's Vibrant9 ROM had some extra GPS mojo that no one had mentioned and I was all excited until I turned my phone to landscape and saw the bearing get all jacked. After a few seconds I realized the issue with the compass is that it is not compensating for the orientation of the screen. If you hold your device in "portrait mode" and perfectly vertical, the compass works flawlessly and fast. If you change the orientation to anything off that axis (ie turn the phone to "landscape" or rotate the phone so that it is not perfectly perpendicular to the ground), the compass gets slower and further off it's correct bearing. This would explain why occasionally I seem to have "decent" compass functionality while other times it is completely jacked up. So the good news in my mind is that this should be fixable via software, and there is an immediate work around to being able to use things that require the compass to work (hold your phone in a portrait orientation).While I prefer (as I assume most people do) to view maps, google sky maps and layar with the phone in a landscape orientation, at now I can use the apps now whereas before they were completely unusable.

If someone else figured this out, please let me know. As far as I can everyone knew the compass wasn't working but noone knew "why".

K
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
my compass has been fine, but i read somewhere that if you need to "recalibrate" it, you just make a swinging motion with the phone in your hand. i guess the movement is supposed to reset it or something?

i dunno. hasn't been an issue for me :cool:
[Vibrant General] klkarlin:
It seems to be calibrated fine as long as you "hold it right" (credit to Steve Jobs for that one.... :) )
[Vibrant General] dex1701:
Nope. Even when I hold it in perfect "portrait" orientation it's really, REALLY slow to adjust to movement...even when said movement is on an axis level with the ground. You're right, though, other orientations seem to completely throw it for a loop. Laying it flat seems to work the best for me.

I can usually get it to work ok, but it's flaky and nowhere close to the performance I've seen in the compass in other, cheaper Android phones. Forget about SkyMaps...when I hold the phone pointed upward to look at stars the compass just spins to wherever it wants to.

It's not just my device, either, I've personally had 2 Vibrants that were exactly the same way, and others seem to be sharing the experience (those who know what the compass does, anyway...it has nothing to do with GPS). Calibrating helps a little, but it doesn't get it to the point of what I would consider "working well."
[Vibrant General] klkarlin:
Well, glad it worked on mine, sorry it doesn't seem to be more universal.

:|
[Vibrant General] dex1701:
Just curious...after your compass "settles" and you turn 180 degrees how long does it take for the compass to settle again? How does it compare with other Android phones?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landmine:
I miss the ability to type someone's name and have it quickly find their number. CAn this be done in CyanogenMod 6?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BB15:
I don't think so. Download Dialer One.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landmine:
BB15, Thank you. That's perfect.

I love XDA
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eecharlie:
What he said. (Thanks!)

Such a useful feature.

What about the keyboard with quick auto-correct suggestions and long-press secondary characters that came stock on Sprint Hero?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
:D :D

Ya, me too

I've been using Dialer One since my Hero, love it :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landmine:
I dont think I could find a better community to learn a new os with.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sHiNeR2:
Super Thanks!!!! I was wondering about this too. Thanks to the reply and thanks for asking the question.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bparvin:
You can always use the search button on the bottom right. Start typing the contacts name and the matching contacts pop up as you type
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
This thread has got me thinking. I like to avoid redundancy. For the second time in a week I have stopped using an app I've loved for 6 months. I'm going without Dialer One until further notice. Follow my tweets for updates on my Dialer One status.. kidding..

I knew in the back of my mind a search would include your phones content.. and I long press and voice dial frequently but I hadn't thought of tapping search and swyping a contacts name to call them. FYI, tap your contacts' icon not their info.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
nvm, wrong thread, sorry
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ReallyShawn:
I am using SwiftKey Beta (available in the market). Works great and offers suggestions for the next word too!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] SmashD:
I have installed:

Topaz 2.2 Froyo RC2.1

XDANDROID.2.2.AOSP.3.9.10.RC.2.2.system.tz

kernel&modules_wifi_battery.7z

Gen.Y DualBOOT WVGA v1.0.6.0 - Storage Card.cab

Those things that should work in Android do work. Even Telephone functions fine so far...

BUT, when returning to Windows Mobile I can not log in to the GSM provider net anymore, when entering my PIN a message "Telefon: Fehler bei Vorgang." :eek:

I do not have any clue what to try or do to resolve this problem. Resetting is no real option. Anyone able to help?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] DmK75:
Try remove battery to some time.

Because, my phone sometimes cannot boot after android - stops on "hTC" screen.

And after reset again, while i not removed the battery.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Android Development] SmashD:
I have resolved the problem... somehow...

I do not really know what exactly fixed it, but I guess it was switching between Auto/CDMA/GSM and their frequencies in the WinMo CommCenter... Maybe this helps if somebody runs into the same problem in the future.
[Wildfire General] veskusc:
Wildfire cannot install original update from htc site...

I think it's because i have clockworkmod?

sorry for my bad english
[Wildfire General] jamesrave:
Don't think its due to clockwork mod

I just bought a 3 branded (ireland) wildfire and am having trouble unlocking and rooting it. Saw the 2.2 update rom available and tried to install but because I have a branded phone it won't let me.

sucks balls. HTC need to start pushing the networks to release updates as soon as they are available...
[Wildfire General] nimrodg13:
there is 2.2 already? OO HA?
[Wildfire General] thunderskain:
I don't even think the update is available yet.. that's why you can't update it.
[Wildfire General] Forceflow:
I think this guy is talking about the latest OTA update:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=776991
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mouahmong:
Am I the only one who has received this message when trying to start Avatar?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wildklymr:
+1 me too, looks like tmo didnt spring for the unlimited license for it. Just what, 30 days?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smerff:
It's a known issue, occasionally it happens. The only current solve is to do a master reset. If you're rooted, a nandroid restore may work too.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_bot:
hmm weird i got my vibrant on release day and just watched half of Avatar today on it. but ive been flashing roms here and there would that have something to do with it?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remarquian:
avatar doesn't expire

Samsung sez avatar doesn't expire.

Google "vibrant avatar expire". it's like the second link.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0080:
I had this happen on my replacement phone. I think it was because I restored everything via Titanium Backup so the DRM settings were changed.

Either way I did a factory reset and the movie now plays. Guess I won't restore DRM this time. Somewhat of a hassle for just a movie on a 4 inch screen. :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lotherius:
Lol, the first thing I did was delete Avatar :D.. I mean... seriously, it's not essential to the operation of the phone, once you've seen it you've seen it. Must make room for the pr0n... oh wait, Allshare means I don't have to do that either... hmm...

Glad you got it working though ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpereda:
If you stopped the DRM service from running, you need to turn it back on.

I had stopped the service and had to reboot my phone then Avatar played.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pegate369:
What I did was:

Move avatar to internal memory

Unmount sd card

Format sd card

Move avatar back to sd card

Reboot phone

Done
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
That lets you remote control your computer? psxdroid or something of that nature
[EVO 4G General] Hanson68:
I use remote droid to control the keyboard and mouse over wifi, but there are others like gremote. Unless you're talking about remote desktop, in which case I use pocket cloud.
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Remote desktop for when I'm out and about
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Gmote
[EVO 4G General] bludragon742:
LogMeIn Ignition
[EVO 4G General] APK-1:
PhoneMyPC

http://softwareforme.com/?page_id=6
[EVO 4G General] fachadick:
+1

It's expensive, but so damn useful and easy to use.

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G General] chrishornet:
gmote is awsome
[EVO 4G General] nebenezer:
Shroomz, your questioin is pretty vague. Care to elaborate?

How do you mean "remote control"?

If you mean remote desktop then xtralogic rdp ftw..
[Vibrant General] badaphooko01:
I just want to give props to a program for windows called Android Commander. I am not sure if its been mentioned on the Vibrant forum yet, but it got me out of a major jam today.

Android Commander is basically ADB with an easy to use interface. It lets you pull and push files to and from your pc to your Android device.

Story:

I tried to MM the Androdena theme but it seems the framework was corrupted and caused me to keep me in a forceclose loop not letting mount or boot or really do anything. I did make a nandroid backup but some how deleted the CW update zip from my sd at an earlier date and could only boot up into the stock recovery. I was ok with having to reflash the stock rom using Odin, but needed some important pictures that I took for work. Needless to say I starting freaking out. I have ADB set up but only know a few basic commands and I'm sure what I needed to be done could have been done from there. I started searching for solutions on Google and found this awesome program.

I was first able to move the picture folder from my sd card to my pc, then move and rename the CW update.zip to root of the sd card in turn letting me boot into CW recovery and restoring my nandroid.

The only thing I needed to do was to make sure my device was online through ADB and Android Commander was able to find the device and show me all my files and such. Its a great program, and I highly recommend it if you are not familiar with ADB.
[Vibrant General] StrayPanda:
I will need to check this out when I get home. I want an easy way to remove the bloatware on my phone.
[Vibrant General] Salithox:
it seems like an interesting program, and would be good, but for me it doesn't show that i have root. it tells me "root no" and when i use the console in it and use the su command it tells me no. but still a good program over all, i did some looking around and i believe it will only show you have root access if you have an APP2SD installed. i might be wrong with that, but atleast if anyone else has the same trouble with it please let me know if you figure a work around.

ps, you can view root files and folders just not push or pull anything from them.
[Vibrant General] StrayPanda:
Yep, I am seeing the same thing.

I did some research on Google and this is what I came up with:

"adb remount and adb root are protected commands and need either a rooted kernel or a flashed recovery model to run" - Source: Rastaman-FB
[Vibrant General] Salithox:
ah I see. That's good to know. I guess ill be sticking with just the normal ADB. But I think the program will still be very useful for other stuff considering we don't have to mount the USB so no rescan media after the unmount. That alone is a keeper for me. Thanks again for the information pal.
[Vibrant General] Qverse:
I must say

I have been using android commander since his 1st beta on all my android rooted phone..

It is the best android tool Out there.

Im usually private about the tools I use but

Android Commander (By PanPiotr) is the best and easiest adb GUI tools out there.

Features

Explore files:

- copy multiple files/dirs between Phone and PC

- copy multiple files/dirs between Phone folders

- delete multiple files/dirs from Phone

- new dir and rename options

- drag&drop multiple files/dirs in to progrm

- drag&drop files/dirs between program tabs

- partitions size info

- bookmarks

Manage apps:

- windows integration

- backup multiple apps to any dir on Phone/PC

- batch/single apps install

- install as private

- update

- batch/single uinstall apps

- uninstall with option to keep data or not

Console:

- type any shell command

- run sh script from PC

and more…

- flashing zip and img files

- options to reboot, reboot to recovery, reboot to bootloader, power off phone

- screenshots (beta)
[Vibrant General] kizer:
Stupid question. I accidently deleted my update.zip file and I attempted to reflash another rom. Of course now I'm stuck at the Vibrant Logo and tried to use this app. It says its trying to connect, but never does. I have SDK installed, but I think its the version from when I was tinkering with the G1.

I got into Download mode with the BIG yellow triangle, but my PC never seems to show anything connected via USB unless I try connecting via Recovery.

This app sounded like something would help me since I'm not very good at ADB, but I guess I'm having issues getting over the first hurtle is seems. LOL
[Vibrant General] StrayPanda:
I'd say it's ok at best. I don't know of any other ADB GUI tools but this one doesn't work well with my Vibrant.
[Vibrant General] Salithox:
I'm going to have to agree with this. Is nice to have but doesn't play nice with the vibrant.
[Vibrant General] Qverse:
It sometimes is very slow in reading internal sd memory on samsung vibrant and it loads up as a blank screen. Disconnecting usb cable and refreshing does the trick for me.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] ghghgh14702:
Is it possible to odex files that you downloaded from the market? If so can someone post a quick tutorial? Few questions for the tutorial:

Will the odex apps still be able to be uninstalled?

Will the apps run faster like the system odex files?

Can this be done visually (gui program to auto convert), or does this need to be done via terminal?

Can this be done on the phone and with a pc running linux? If so can you list both?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] n2rjt:
Look for a script /system/bin/odex.sh. If you don't find one, try putting this there, but I believe kallt_kaffe has a newer and better version than this.

Frankly, I don't odex anything anymore.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] ritalin:
I would like to ask to community to help out in a request to a developer.

Some of you many not know that the 3d Gallery app on our phones is NOT present in all 2.1+ android devices. While the Gallery itself maybe present access to Picasa is missing in some Sense based roms.

There is a fix for this being developed and is available in the market under the name, 3D Gallery. Here is where I would like you help.

At present the dev is doing nothing more then trying to make a clone of the gallery. He has just added Picasa access, but you will need to give the app your log-in details. This is not something that many users are willing to do as Picasa generally speaking is tied to the users main account.

What I would like to see is the dev give access to Picasa public galleries through username alone along with the ability for full access if both user and pass are given. Granted you will not be able to upload if user and pass are not given, but thats not really a big deal.

I think the one thing Google overlooked with the 3d Gallery was the ability to view albums you mark as favorites in your account. This app has the ability to give us this function, we just need to let the dev know that we want it.

This would be the PERFECT way to share wallpaper with each other, without the need to actually take up any storage on the phone itself.

I know Im not the only one that wants this, so please help out.

Send a copy of the following petition to the devs email address.

Email: support at flikie dot com

Copy petition below
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] ritalin:
So was I wrong? Does no one really care about this?

I have tried all of the gallery apps with access to Picasa and they all have drawbacks, the main one being no ability to crop the image when setting as wallpaper.

Let me know Im not alone on this.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Satertek:
Why would you expect anyone here to care when then app they want came included on our phones? ;)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] ritalin:
Seriously? Did you bother to read my post past the first sentence?:confused:

The point is to add Picasa public folder browsing to the gallery. There are NO phones that come with this feature built into the Android 3d Gallery. There is little chance that we will see Google add this feature anytime in the near future. Since the dev I mentioned above is building a clone of the Android 3d Gallery there IS a good chance we can get HIM to add this feature.

I expect people at this forum to participate and not just take.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] ritalin:
Not sure if you can... You could always push the nexus gallery APK to your vibrant.