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[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
Gorilla Glass, Sapphire Glass, it's all the same. These hardened glasses are nice, so your keys don't scratch the screen. But the truth in how they make the glass (Extreme Heat hardens and messes with it on a molecular level, actually restructuring and shaping the molecules) actually makes the glass more brittle - thus more susceptible to shattering into a million tiny pieces.

Recap: Good for keys, bad for drops.
[Epic 4G General] Last-Chance:
you can still put insurance on it. If you take it to sprint, even the sprint employs will tell you to put insurance on it, and call it in after a 1-2 weeks. Thats what they told me when I deleted my 4g rsa keys.
[Epic 4G General] jrsprdnc:
Thanks for the thoughts

Thanks for your thoughts. We'll see if Samsung wants to stand by their warranty and Samsung Epic 4g, or defend a suit in small claims court.

The folks at Best Buy pulled off the screen protector and the glass is fine. It appears the AMOLED screen is what split. The phone is in mint condition externally, and it is available for Samsung to inspect to learn why their product failed.

The initial response from Samsung is that "there's been no recall" on the product, so they're not going to fix it. I'm awaiting Samsung's ECS response: 1-800-726-7894

Here's my demand letter as a sample for those of you who might benefit...although I don't know how effective it will be, yet.

September 17, 2010

SAMSUNG

VIA FACSIMILE ONLY

XXX-XXX-XXXX

RE:	Defective Phone: Samsung Epic

HEX: A00000[XXXXXXXXX]

To Whom It May Concern:

This letter is to demand a replacement or repair to the above referenced defective phone. After a conversation with your customer representative in an attempt to have the phone fixed under the applicable warranty, your agent refused to facilitate the warranty fix.

The phone is available for your inspection. There is no physical damage to the phone except the interior screen cracked during normal wear and tear. The phone was less than a week in the owner’s possession when the screen broke. The phone was handled responsibly and the broken screen is a manufacturing or design defect.

Insurance to fix the product is available, however a deductible of approximately $100 applies.

IT IS HEREBY DEMANDED that Samsung either replace or repair the phone at no cost to the owner. Samsung may choose to cover the deductable, or Samsung may choose to fix or replace the phone under Samsung’s supervision.

Failure to meet this demand on or before September 24, 2010 will result in further legal action.

Your response is anticipated on or before September 24, 2010 by 5:00 p.m. at the contact information provided below.

Sincerely,
[Epic 4G General] LordLugard:
If i were on Samsung's legal team, i would convulse in laughter first while practicing dustbin hoops with your letter.

"You demand"...."failure to meet this demand".... This is your way of getting someone to even listen to you?
[Epic 4G General] Khemul:
err....

Good luck. :rolleyes:

It doesn't really matter if the glass shattered. A fall can still damage internal hardware just as well.

But out of curiosity. When you were talking to that Samsung customer service rep, did you mention any combination of the words "drop" "carpet" or "fumbled"? Because those will definitely get a request for warranty repair refused. The warranty (both expressed and implied) does not cover those words or related words being used in answering 'why did the screen break?'.
[Epic 4G General] shp13:
lanyard hole thank you!

THANK YOU!! I didn't catch that this hole was there and was thinking I might wind up in big trouble! Fits with the Seidio case in place as well. (had to take case and back of phone off to attach the lanyard handle, but it works.) Now many camera doesn't have one.........will buy a nice purple one to match my case and switch it back out :D.
[Epic 4G General] jrsprdnc:
To demand is formal and polite

If i were on Samsung's legal team, i would convulse in laughter first while practicing dustbin hoops with your letter.

"You demand"...."failure to meet this demand".... This is your way of getting someone to even listen to you?

This is formal language...I understand that it doesn't sound normal to non-lawyers.

Who knows. I'ts $100 to sue in small claims...it would cost Samsung several thousand dollars just to defend the suit. I'm willing to try to prove that a slip to a carpeted floor is normal wear and tear.

So, ladies and gentlmen of the jury, do you think a $500 phone should ordinarily be strong enough to withstand a 30 inch fall to a carpeted floor? :-)
[Epic 4G General] greengoldmello:
I was wondering why they said the galaxy s phones had gorilla glass yet my vibrant scratched so easily..luckily I've been more careful with my epic..i want to know what glass the iphone is using
[Epic 4G General] sultan.of.swing:
I use no screen protector. Im a mechanic so my phone sea lots of abuse, grease, and dirt. I constantly wipe my screen with my shirt and have not seen a single scratch. So far the glass is the toughest i have ran into in a while.
[Epic 4G General] badasscat:
Nothing any tougher than the Epic. Do a Google Image Search for "iphone screen broken" and prepare to be horrified (or delighted, depending on your outlook).

It's probably the same idea as what the Epic's using. Gizmodo I know dropped one of their iPhone 4's from a height of about 2 feet with a bumper on and the screen shattered.

btw thanks to whoever brought up the lanyard thing... I used to always have some kind of a strap on my phones and hardly any phones make this possible anymore. So that made me happy! I had no idea what that hole was for, since you can't see it without taking the cover off.
[Epic 4G General] Tonythetigger:
Samsung's legal team will crush you? Do you think the company that owns half of Korea is worried about a small lawsuit from one guy?

Your email will probably be read by a minion then deleted.

1) In a court you would have to explain that you dropped the phone

2) They would explain to you that any LCD screen dropped sideways tends to crack, it isn't a defect it's how the screen is composed.

3) GG
[Epic 4G General] jordan23945bulls:
my phones screen didnt break but all i see its a black screen when i turn it on and like a purple pressure point. what would be the right replacement? anyone help me?
[Epic 4G General] Scott Summers:
No imgs? Would like to see the damage.
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
I doubt that as they would have to hire an attorney to represent them in a small claims court. And I'm not positive you can sue an international company in that venue. Since the letter was in 2010, what happened?
[Epic 4G General] Pvt WhoOkid:
Look guys a "MASTER TECH" he knows it all!!!!!!!! lmfao
[Epic 4G General] Xerloq:
Sure you can sue. Companies are generally bound by the laws end transaction occurred in. The judge will tell you if they have jurisdiction.

The clincher is getting Samsung to "pay up" if you win. They probably won't respond to the suit at all (too expensive). They won't show up, then you'll have to get the court to force them to pay. They'll argue you didn't notify them properly, or did it in the wrong venue, etc. There are endless ways.

Besides, how are you going to serve them? How are you going to collect? They can make it a lot more expensive for you than you know.

I'd just buy the replacement screen, and not drop my phone anymore.
[G1 Android Development] mindstormmaster1:
So I noticed there are a lot of Android parties going on and I was wondering if there is anyone in the Fredricksburg, VA area that would be interested in a meet or if anyone would be interested in teaching me some stuff about how to cook my own roms. I know this might not be the exact right place to put this, but Im looking for devs mostly.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sareen:
hey, im considering getting rid of my itouch and now use my sgs as my pmp (personal music player) so all is in one but i was wondering what software should i use? i like using itunes as ive used it since the the ipod mini and i perfer this to kies for defo lol :) but i would like to put my playlist onto the sgs and i heard of these two software double twist or isyncr and i was wondering what do u guys perfer and think would be better for me get? but i would prefer to keep the stock player as i quite like it. thanks again
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] aridoasis:
if ur usibg windows, connect in mtp mode and sync using windows media player. yes, playlists are copied too. this is what i use right now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ProximaC:
I bought isyncr and love it. It works perfectly. It even syncs my video podcasts so I can watch them.
[HD Mini General] myhdmini:
TCPMP Finger friendly for HD Mini

I tried searching the site and have found various versions but none like in the version shown in this link...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5657963&postcount=1

Can someone who knows how to convert file resolution plz create one for HVGA (HD mini) and share the cab file.
[HD Mini General] fighter7139:
Take a look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5685536#post5685536
[HD Mini General] myhdmini:
Done...

Thanks for your quick response ...

I searched the thread you gave me and the TCPMP works well now on my phone because of the new skin.

For others here is the link for HVGA version.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6071639&postcount=284

Thanks
[HD Mini General] makarena18:
skin's not working

Hi, guys!

i've got a problem...TCPMP v0.72 RC2 works but the skin doesn't!

I don't see buttons at all...some of them shows after i click on them but it is useless.

could you help me please?what version of TCPMP are you using?

thx a lot
[HD Mini General] myhdmini:
apply the skin

using the menu within TCPMP apply the skin and see.

i away from my phone and home comp... so cannot check exactly... but from memory all i can suggest is to apply the skin and check.
[HD Mini General] shammanCZ:
Still can't play any newer files, got the "missing MP42 codec" message, couldnt find the plugin for TCPMP, yet the only fully working player for me remains Core Player .. goody gumdrops :o
[HD Mini General] fighter7139:
Coreplayer is better, but it's not free. Also it doesn't support AC-3 and subtitles, so the best is using both of them.
[HD Mini General] martinreay:
looks like portrait/landscape got mixed up - try attached 'modified skin.xml' rather than original.

HTH :)
[HD Mini General] hohlbollen:
Hello,

I've got the same problem: TCPMP works, but the skin doesn't.

Does anybody have a working one? (I like the look of the WMP12-look-alike-skin and would like to use it for my HD Mini).

@mrkuki: Where can I find this 'modified skin.xml'?
[HD Mini General] Tedo:
Can you post here the right skin....?

I trouble a lot to find it. :mad:

I'm looking for a skin to have this standard skin on my HD Mini....
[HD Mini General] Tedo:
Need a Skin

Sorry double post! :(
[HD Mini General] englaender2000:
A Working TCPMP Finger Friendly Skin for HTC HD Mini

Made some minor adjustments in templates and skin.xml for HVGA Resolution based on the TCPMP Finger Friendly from this link:

http://xdaforums.com/show...63&postcount=1

WM12 is good, but sadly the buttons a bit too small for my liking. Hope people who have an HTC HD Mini can now enjoy this good player with the friendly finger version.
[HD Mini General] miko23:
Refined TCPMP Player Skin

Attached is the refined skin with minor editing from the skin posted by englaender2000, thanks for your ref files so that i can re-arange the skin to avoid overlapping of the screen and the video title while playing...Enjoy the refined skin for your mini.:)

Updated with buttons OPEN FILE + PLAYLIST, enjoy!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] FintaruS:
I am considering to install a custom roms (CyanogenMod) on my htc desire,

but i just have a little question.

I live in Denmark, and we have no paid apps, but if I install a custom rom, will i then just have to use a market enabler or i'm i still locked to the Danish market ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ano8:
Ok, so I followed instructions somewhere about how to force apps to install on the sd card on froyo, with "pm setInstallLocation 2" in the command prompt adb shell thing.

I moved most of my apps to the sd card but when I went to update some apps in the market it says "installation unsuccessful" or "update unsuccessful" on all of the apps on the as card. I also can't install new apps from market or apk file.

I tried changing it back to "pm setInstallLocation 0" but I still have the same problem.

I've got a froyo Desire (not rooted)

Thanks :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ano8:
Has anyone else had this problem?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K900:
1) Root

2) Use A2SD+
[General Questions and Answers] Kurt Linderoos:
In my brand new HTC Desire I found an essential problem when trying to broadcast seminars to Bambuser or Ustream.

THE BLUETOOTH MICROPHONE DOESN'T WORK - and the phone's mic gives too little volume from 5-10 m distance. I never have has that kind of stupid problem with my Nokia 5800 or even with the old Communicator.

I've tried to find some pluetooth widget or app to open the mic line for video streaming. I've looked for solution from Bambuser. And I've contacted HTC.

But this seems to be a challenge of the Android 2.2 developers.

Ofcourse I can skip my new Desire and go back to Nokia. Their N8 has a fantastic camera and the Bluetooth mic works as always.

But I think Android developers are interested in all those millions of mobile broadcasters:

Please give them (and me!) the bluetooth voice and get their voice!

Inspiring Interactivity!

Kurt
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schwalbach:
Hey,

I think this is mainly only on 2 applications, but very often I get that the application has crashed/shut down on a message about my Clock application and more often than that the SuperUser application.

The SuperUser application notification comes up often in random other programs, and the clock when I use the clock itself
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattSkeet:
Hi

Ive been looking everywhere in the forum but no one is saying anything about how does actual sat navs perform.

I Have Sygic Mobile Maps on my Desire and to be hones i think its crap!!!

Went abroad and it directed me to the dead end, so had to recarculate, than it directed me to the city centre where i could see motorway that i was heading for from the car. And this was just drive from airport to the place i was staying

Also (a part from good directions this is most importan thing for me) smoothness and refrashe rate is far from good.

Quite often Sygic updated directions after 20-30yards after a turn and i was driving slow so update rate should be a lot better. Same on motorways etc. driving with high speed sygic screen refresh is like every 100-150 yards and comparing this to Google Nav has no sense here.

Ohh and with sygic if you dont take the turn the arrow icon will turn anyway and it will go back on the road after few seconds (sometimes way toooooo late)

So my question

Is there a Sat Nav that will compete with Google Navigation or will be lets say smooth as TomTom??
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhypr:
Have you tried co-pilot?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
co-pilot is better than tomtom, i have a standalone tomtom satnav and prefer to use the co-pilot on my desire :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pravk:
Heres the wiki link

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_Samsung_Galaxy_S_%28International%29
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DagsJT:
.............
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pravk:
Thats strange. Why the whole page writeup and then a small note somewhere hidden in the texts.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] plemen:
From the wiki : "NOTE: As of right now CyanogenMod is not available for the Samsung Galaxy S. Please check the wiki or the Samsung Galaxy S sub-forum for updates."
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] denyboy:
I found tutorial how to use ext2 partition on SDCARD for haret.

http://android-devs.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=194

I created this

2 GB Fat32

1 GB ext2

1 GB ext2

so i have 4 GB disk and 3 partition just as its on tutorial

But after launching haret it should asked me

Press VolDn to launch Installer (to use ext2)

just after the

Checking for partitions

but in my case it just continue with installing without asking me and its uning only fat32

Any suggestion???
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Jonny4911:
our rootfs doesn't have the install function, someone must edit the rootfs to boot into EXT partitions first!
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Tremere:
I just copy rootfs to the / of the ext2 and system to /system, and then edit the init script so it remounts properly.

When I start doing partitioned releases I'll try and make it easy, probably by distributing prebuilt images by card size (4G, 8G etc.)
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Matzemink:
I talked to phh yesterday.. he said ext2 and NAND booting have no effect on stability, performance and battery life. (rhod nand booting has been working for one month) :eek:

Performance could change but it would be less than 20%.

So I pray that someone will find the standby killer :D
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] denyboy:
So i need only one ext2 partition

if i knew how and what to edit. Nevermind its not that important. You just focus on your work.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Tremere:
True. I think they also had an incorrect mount option on the rootfs until recently that slowed loopback performance. I think my last (unstable) release contained the fix for that.

For my own AOSP device tree I'm determined to start fresh without the rootfs and loopback crap. Maybe not a big performance gain but easier to 'get around' system wise.

off the top of my head, init.etc/init.froyo.rc and there is a line which tries to mount root as yaffs (flash). Not too hard to find.

You might want to have another ext2 for /data though.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] jizazagas:
How do I partition my micro sd card?

please excuse my bad English

I use translator
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] facelessone1:
The easyest way for me. Download a release of Ubuntu from ubuntu.com and burn it to cd or make bootable USB. Boot live cd and partition from there.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Jonny4911:
wouldn't it be easier to download a live CD of gparted?
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Tremere:
System Rescue CD is my favorite for partitioning tasks. Should work on your sdcard.

Over in the raph forum, e334 posted a guide on partitioning ext2 from Windows :)
[General Questions and Answers] Phexi:
Hi there. I need an app that mirrors the screen of my android phone to use it as a HUD in my car. I've already found an app that shows the current speed mirrored, but i would like to have it for other apps, too. So that i can use apps like Google Maps Navigation with my front window.

I googled a lot, but i sadly didn't find anything...
[General Questions and Answers] OrganizedFellow:
I'm confused.

You want this displayed ... how? where?

Please share the name/developer of the other app you've already found. Give us an idea of what you are talking about.

When you say HUD (heads up display), the only thing I can think of is some sort of projected display on your windshield :)

THAT WOULD EFFING AWESOME!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] deltaalpha23:
if i understand Phexi right, he wants to put his phone under the windshield in a way that enables you to see the reflection of the screen in the windshield. works great during night trips.

usual problem - everything is mirrored.
[General Questions and Answers] ajm2387:
wow that's a good idea!
[General Questions and Answers] Phexi:
This is exactly what i wanted to tell you :)

Yeah, the "evrything is mirrored" can be a problem, but with the help of a homescreen widget (maybe with a mirrored text :D) it should be possible to switch back very easily

With an AMOLED display it should look very good (when the rest is black), but it has to be mirrored to work.

should look like this then
[General Questions and Answers] bioan:
SpeedView - Check it on Market. It works great on my i7500. It shows speed, time, distance travelled, etc.
[General Questions and Answers] chjade84:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/speed/com.theswirlingbrain.speed

http://www.appbrain.com/app/cgspeed/cg.android.speed2

http://www.appbrain.com/app/hudy-lite/com.hudy

http://www.appbrain.com/app/gpspeedo/org.homelinux.pwarren.gpspeedo

http://www.appbrain.com/app/androhud/net.davidtanzer.androhud

I think 5 is enough. Any of these float your boat? (those all *should* have mirrored "HUD" settings so when laid on your dash under your windshield you get the effect of the BMW HUD above. I haven't tried any of them personally, though.)
[General Questions and Answers] neoobs:
He isn't looking for a speedometer, he wants to mirror his screen for all apps, so that way he can use the maps app or the navigation app or any other app of his choosing and see it on his windshield. Before you go off on your next pissy fit, read carefully.
[General Questions and Answers] rkrishnan2012:
i bet it wont be that hard to make......if no one can find one, i bet i can make one....
[General Questions and Answers] neoobs:
Maybe Cyanogenmod can incorporate it into his RenderFX mod.
[General Questions and Answers] chjade84:
Wow... feel better?

You are right, I didn't read carefully - I read looking for a HUD, scrolled down saw more HUD talk, more talking of speedo HUD's, so I wen't on appbrain and looked for some.

Just trying to help. I guess this another forum I'll stop contributing to. I don't need to deal with know-it-all jerks like you, I get enough of you people in real life.

Sorry OP, just trying to help. I don't see any way to do it unless you made the OS and all the apps (at least the relevant ones) mirrored in a custom ROM.

Goodbye.
[General Questions and Answers] flying_dutchman:
HUD

Would you be able to? I'm looking for something similar - at least have the directions (via google nav perhaps?) & speed mirrored on the windscreen.

If possible, please share :)
[General Questions and Answers] GISGeek:
BUILD IT!!!

If you are the first to do it, you could easily charge $1 and make a mint...I would recommend a trial version with a, say, 14 day trial period.:D
[General Questions and Answers] rkrishnan2012:
like so:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqtHZE-8fCw

is this it?

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.scientific.car&hl=en
[General Questions and Answers] goodhed:
Any progress on this? This would be an excellent app idea but due to my limited development knowledge someone else will have to work on it. This app will allow anyone to use their phone/tablet to project image on a semi-reflective surface and serve as a cheap full-screen navigation/media center solution.

I will be willing to purchase it as an initial customer and even make a small donation for its development.
[General Questions and Answers] rkrishnan2012:
How bout the app up there?
[General Questions and Answers] goodhed:
No, the app in the link only mirrors some text based info. We need something that can flip the display contents on the y-axis. This way when you project the screen contents the reverse text and graphics appear normal. I do not believe there's anything in the market that currently offers to do this.
[General Questions and Answers] chouck:
it should be easy to develop.

Or not?
[General Questions and Answers] goodhed:
Any updates on this anyone? There seems to be niche demand for this thereby warranting someone to do the great work.
[General Questions and Answers] shultz11588:
Just guessing here but I would think that this would be easier accomplished baked in as a feature of a launcher or a ROM rather than an app