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[Fascinate Accessories] ivorycruncher:
I am absolutely loving my Fascinate (rooted, lag fixed, and de-Binged of course). Awesome upgrade from my Droid Eris! However, I have one major gripe with it so far, and that's the battery cover, or back plate, whatever you wanna call it. I am definitely not a fan of the glossy finish on it. If my fingers are the least bit wet or greasy, it makes it very hard to hold onto. The battery cover on my Eris had some kind of slightly rubberized matte finish, and I never, ever had trouble holding onto that phone.

So, I'm looking for a solution. Ideally, it would be in the form of a direct replacement for the OEM battery cover that is made of the grippy material like the Eris had, but I might settle for some kind of stick-on skin, if there's a good one that will eliminate the slipperiness. I've searched a bit, but haven't found any good solutions yet. Anyone suggestions would be appreciated. Oh, but please don't suggest cases of any kind. I have a good leather belt holster already that the phone fits in perfectly, and adding a wraparound case of any kind would be redundant, and also would prevent the phone from fitting in my current case.
[Fascinate Accessories] ivorycruncher:
Actually, I think I found a solution, thanks to a thread on the Android Central forums. Stealth Guards is apparently giving away all their screen protectors away for free for a limited time. You pay only the cost of shipping, which for me was $2.85, and the protector was originally $14.99. It's actually a full body protection skin, not just a basic screen protector. I'll probably just use the part for the back, and not mess with the front screen protector part at all. Here's the link:

http://www.stealthguards.com/index.php/cellphones/samsung-fascinate-full-body-protection.html

Note that they have free protector kits for most all the popular phones available right now, and if you like their Facebook page, you could win prizes (such as iTunes or Best Buy gift cards) on the way to 1000 likes, and after they top 1000, they'll hold a drawing to give away a new 6th-gen iPod Nano.
[Fascinate Accessories] mxpxrobbie:
THANKS!!! Just ordered one for me and one for my girlfriend... I didn't want to add a case, but this will keep our phones looking fancy!
[Fascinate Accessories] illtema:
hey this looks really cool. can you let us know how this works out after you get it? i was just at the bar the other day (you know how when ur holdin a cold beer and ur hands get wet) i was like god this phone is slippery
[Fascinate Accessories] demo23019:
I got full body invisible shield.

I removed the SP and got realook because i didn't like the rubber feel on the screen.

But i left the back piece on it makes the back feel allot better and gives it a kind of rubbery feel and reduces finger prints and also helps protect from scratches

It and makes the over all phone feel solid.
[Fascinate Accessories] jselden:
Thanks for the link. Picked up 2 of these for my phone.
[Fascinate Accessories] Protonus:
Thanks for the link too, got one for me and two coworkers. Hell of a deal even if it's mostly crap. I just want it forthe back cover too. Way too slippery.

I'd like it if Seidio's innocase for this phone just protected the back/sides and left the front alone. I like the soft touch on those...

Even my HTC TP2 had a soft tough battery door stock.
[Fascinate Accessories] ivorycruncher:
Oh dang, I forgot to reply back to this. I got my Stealth Guard as expected (just an envelope in the mail, almost thought it was junk mail at first). Sadly, there NO instructions (except for a YouTube video on their website, which was a joke), but after digging up some info online, I washed and dried the battery cover, sprayed it with some slightly soapy water, and applied the skin. I rubbed out most of the bubbles fairly easily, and as others have said, after 2-3 days, all remaining bubbles and odd-looking film went away, and if not for the ridge at the edge of the skin, you wouldn't know it was on there. Oh, I did have a bit of trouble getting the corners to stick down to the curved corners of the battery cover, but I kept working on them, and they did eventually stick as the water started to dry up a little. So far there's no evidence of peeling or anything.

I do have to admit that it's not as grippy as I expected, but it is some better than the bare surface, and should prevent the back from getting scratched up, which I was starting to see evidence of, even with careful treatment of the device. I'm undecided if I'll ever apply the front piece or not at this point, but seeing how clearly the back piece applied, I wouldn't expect it to affect visibility at all.

I ordered another one of these for my brother-in-law's Droid Incredible, and would recommend them to anyone else as well, unless you want to try a different brand, in the hopes of getting an even grippier surface for the back side. But I think that for a mere $2.85, you really can't find a better deal anywhere.
[Fascinate Accessories] Protonus:
Well, I ordered the Verizon / OEM, "kickstand" hard case in hopes of a good solution for the slippery back. Looks like this case only covers the back and sides of the phone and leaves the front untouched which is what I wanted as far as a case, and it looks quite thin too. Plus, it has a kickstand built in which I really wanted since my TP2 had a sliding/tilting screen. The back of this case is grooved with like a patchwork pattern so I'm sure it's a lot grippier.

Verizon wants $20 for them, but I got it for $10 including shipping on eBay! I'll post back how it is when I get it, but I think it's the best solution i've seen.
[Fascinate Accessories] garywojdan81:
Have the kickstand case & it's pretty good. It also has 4 raised "feet" at the corners on the back which give it some speaker clearence when flat & act as friction points for your hand or loose pocket. The kickstand is a good alternative for a desk cradle & makes utilizing the alarm clock easier.
[Fascinate Accessories] ivorycruncher:
Bulky cases like that don't work for me. I use a belt holster case that I picked up from Best Buy, and any other protector case would make it bulky to put into the holster. That's why this stick-on protector was attractive to me, as it adds no unnecessary bulk. But that's just my preference. If you prefer a hard case, you'll get no argument from me. :-)
[Fascinate Accessories] suzook:
I just ordered 3 brand new covers directly from VZ...They are only $3 bux each...Ill just replace them when needed.
[Fascinate Accessories] tcub:
I'd do that if they made some with a matte finish.. Where did you order them from? Just curious..
[Fascinate Accessories] suzook:
Directly from the VZ site....I am gonna experiment with one...Im looking for a sort of rubber spray paint...If i can find one im gonna spray it.
[Fascinate Accessories] keith.mcintyre26:
Maybe with the white fascinate coming out at best buy I can buy the white back. Looks nice.
[Fascinate Accessories] jbrdr985:
How did you get them for $3? It says they are $5.
[Desire General] lefnut:
i put the opendesire rom on my phone now i can not put any other rom on my phone and i diding make a backup of the oringal rom need help.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy6280:
I need unroot official hk 2.2 Rom, anyone have 2.1 or 2.2,hk official ruu. Rom for me?I use pre-root offical 2.2 Rom andthen use the recovery update to ota 2.2 offical Rom,but the superuser can't deleted,but the image is change to original image now
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] healthpellets:
I have about 13k text messages stored on my EVO and need to clear them. Don't really wanna do a reset or NAND restore b/c i'm outta practice and would probably find a way to break something.

anyway, does anyone know where texts are store internally? attempting to delete them via Handcent and HTC messaging app creates FC and kills my phone.

any help is appreciated.

thanks.

hp.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phobos512:
Sms backup and restore in the market will let you delete everything in one shot if that's what your trying to do.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waterboy100:
i know this is a huge bump, there are other similar topics but this was the easiest for me to find.

Looks like the official gingerbread update from sprint lets you delete messages A LOT faster than froyo.

Just put my phone into airplane mode and turned off the screen timeout so i could delete a 500+ message plus conversation. it took like 3 seconds.

THANK YOU HTC.
[Palm Treo 750] Sylpher:
Hey guys I was wondering if it'd be possible to port PSFreedom (a PS3 jailbreaking exploit) to the Palm Treo 750? It has been ported to a number of devices (mainly Androids as well as the Palm Pre although that's running webOS).

Thanks

Sylpher
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonfitch:
Is there an app that has the ability the give us a fancy screen rotation? Back when I first had a Hero....I remember there was an app that gave us a fancy screen rotation, instead of going from portrait to landscape with no smoothness.

Just curious if someone knows something I don't....or if an app developer wants a good idea for a cool app that is not currently available :-)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mudhi:
I'm out of idea, any help appreciated!!! :)

When I'm trying to modify or delete any file inside the operator pkg, the default configuration for gprs internet is gone, modify the dsm file doesn't help.

The office 2010 cooked and installed from market place reacts differently, the cooked one when clicking word 2010 open up a blank docx document, needs to ok out and browse to template folder to choose template, but the installed opens up the template folder directly for you to choose doc or docx document. Is there a way to modify cooked one to reacts same as installed? import registry from installed one doesn't help, replacing installed files to kitchen doesn't help.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] bigasif:
Hey Guys,

So I've been running Myn's Warm Donut for a while now, and I want to flash to the new froyo 2.2. I initially was able to backup and restore (most of) my SMS when moving from WinMo to Warm Donut using some apps that would allow me to export on WinMo and then I could import that file to Android.

However, because of the lack of being able to save the 'Backup' file on Myn's Warm Donut using pretty much all SMS Backup apps (due to I/O errors), I dont seem to be able to back up the SMS files for restoration after flashing to a different Android build.

I've been trying to back up the SMS just for reference using the SMS backup to gmail app, but everything is totally unorganized, and it only backs up 200 at a time. Anyways, I was wondering if there are any alternatives or if anybody has been successful with something similar when wanting to backup and restore across android builds.

Thanks in advance :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] MathijsNL:
?

Have you tried SMS Backup & Restore from market (free)?

This app lets you backup on sdcard, and you can also restore them.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] bigasif:
Yeah, I tried it, but I get an I/O error when trying to back up. Likely because the rom doesn't allow access to save to the SD card to save files or mount it on the PC.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] guidud:
Have you tried lifesaver2 free on market that saves phone history too.

It backs up on SD card.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] bliblablub:
Maybe "SMS Backup+" it backs up to google with label SMS. But so far I never had to restore it from there :)
[HD2 General] EgoMaximus:
Hey guys, is Swype 3.9.20.20.6343 still the latest version for WinMo?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
yea, but dont flash it if you dont have a tmous phone and you have a password set, else it will change your password.
[HD2 General] xprav:
hey sam...

can you let me know where i can get SWYPE application for my HD2? (winmo)...have heard that installing SWYPE may give problems...please help
[HD2 General] EgoMaximus:
Bumping for same question :-)
[HD2 General] fnloud:
I've been running swype for months now, all in all causes very few issues. Occasionally it wipes out my internet settings which just need to be retapped in (takes about 30secs when you know what to do). It also takes along time before you can actually type a message (sms) if you have a really long thread goingf with someone, pays to keep delelting old texts and it runs fine. Once it gets to a hundred or so gets quite annoying.

I have noticed that I can't auto log in to facebook anymore, guess that is also swype related - but being as you can swype your username and password easily it doesn't phase me.
[HD2 General] EgoMaximus:
Still Swype still developed for WinMo?
[General Questions and Answers] ericboy:
im looking for the default piano keyboard sliding sound.wav for kaiser i really cant find this, anybody has the wav files?, thank you so much in advance:)
[General Questions and Answers] stephj:
On a Kaiser device they appear in the \Windows directory as 1_in.wav and 1_out.wav

You will probably have to switch File Explorer to Show all Files to see them.

This stuff is translated via the registry under the key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\SlidingSound]
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortal7792:
I honestly cannot find the cause of this. I Have tried everything in my power to try to fix this problem but absolutely nothing seems to work. When using my phone regularly (only on froyo) my phone will get very very hot and then start a reboot loop where it keeps rebooting and rebooting and rebooting. I have the official 2.2 update. Currently not rooted but S-OFF. I wanted to see if the root was causing any problems but im still getting the reboots. I Love my Inc. and i love the AMOLED screen. I want to be able to fix this problem so i dont get stuck with a ****ty replacement. PLEEZ HELP MEEZ
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mzmartipants:
first thing would be to tell everyone what ROM you're on and if you're running setCPU.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superchilpil:
He said that he is using the stock ota update already

But if your using setcpu this is a great time to stop
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortal7792:
nope im running completely stock no rooting apps
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeymop:
I get them everyone in awhile when I recieve a text message in the background. Like if I'm in foursquare, or the internet browser for example. And recieve a text, it'll lock up and restart, sometimes it doesn't clear my uptime which is weird...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortal7792:
Sooooo no one can help?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortal7792:
Pleez
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbeas:
I get this problem all of the time and I will tell you it has nothing to do with root. In fact, I'm not sure it is even a software issue. I have done multiple factory resets to try to troubleshoot the problem.

There is a thread at AndroidForums about it that I am currently running, but I can't link to it evidently. Look in the Support section for the Incredible.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ardax:
How did you update? You're running a 2.xx radio, right?

If your problems are surviving a full wipe + RUU, the most likely culprit is that your hardware is failing.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortal7792:
It's a full wipe stock 2.2 and yes I have the newest radio
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] margelef:
I was having the same issue with my phone on Stock 2.1, Stock 2.2, custom ROMs, etc. No software updates/configurations would make the random reboots stop. Anything that taxed the CPU seemed to cause my reboots. The easiest way to reproduce was to just start GPS'ing somewhere. Within minutes, the phone would go into a reboot loop that would usually only stop after a battery pull.

I took the phone into VZW while it was doing a reboot loop, showed it to them, and they put in a replacement order for me. The replacement (yes, it's a refurb) has been rock solid over a few days of heavy use. I read that if you had an AMOLED screen, then you're replacement will also be AMOLED.

tl;dr; - random reboots on stock ROM with no mods is probably a hardware failure. Go with a refurb.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortal7792:
Decided to go to VZW and order a replacement. They told me it would be a new phone and not a refurb but I don't trust them. Anyways it comes Thursday. I shall report back my friends. I still find this problem to be so odd
[Droid X Themes and Apps] GoogleisGod:
Does anyone know if we will be getting the New HTC sense. The HD2 has it and I think the Milestone. I would love a sense rom without the bloatware
[Droid X Themes and Apps] TooHot2Handle:
if someone is willing to port it to our devices
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Breakthecycle2:
We have Motorola, so like the other poster says, unless someone ports it, no we will not.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] liamjbman10:
I'm pretty sure milestone is motorola...
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Breakthecycle2:
Right...and it's a port.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] chavist:
It would definitely be nice to have the option of sense. Especially the launcher.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] sfreemanoh:
Either ADW or LauncherPro just got a Sense theme, I don't know if it's any good or not, or if it gives as much as modification as you're looking for.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] fuzio1963:
Mine looks like this, :D but of course, it is NOT sense. Hopefully, one day, someone will port it to Dx.

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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] erwinpiero:
Hello Sir,

I've been looking whole threads and have not found it yet. I found that Da_G ROM was almost what i need, but it can't be download anymore (dead link).

If there's info (links or saved own made cooked ROM), i'm very pleased to know it.

Thank You
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] corepda:
I suggest you to go for kalhemio or ondrastar created ROM. If you are looking for direct link visit www.f1ip.net

cheers
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] erwinpiero:
Thanks a lot Sir, I'll try it soon..

Downloading now..quite little 76,7Mb only
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] erwinpiero:
Finished flashing lite ROM, really fast and responsive, but i missed some apps i need, titanium, connection wizard (still can't find cab file for it).

Now downloading lite ROM one, newly built, flashing when i'm done.

Actually i had try some kitchen, Josh kitchen and last Ervius, but till now still failed passed trough second splashscreen, still find out why.

By the way, here's link for kalhimeo lite ROM collections : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=604893

Thank You
[P3470 General] rickyex0n:
need the one origin or lite, English version

not need to be beautiful,

just phone calls and texts.

i want to save more battery.

u can give me some links.

thank u al!
[Desire General] joebongo:
I've posted a similar thread which ended up in Q&A, but nobody looks there so I'm posting again in the hope someone can shed some light.

I've got a Virgin Desire (2nd hand) which I've debranded with the 2.1 HTC ROM I downloaded and flashed.

How do I get the new 2.2 on the phone? When I do OTA checks for updates it says none available and I can't find a thread with any information on what to do in this situation.

I've searched and checked many times and would appreciate some help!

Cheers,

Joe
[Desire General] minhtuan1986:
I guess You will have to download any Froyo room and flash it manually. OTA update depends on carriers. Hope it helps
[Desire General] joebongo:
So for example, I flash the T-Mob ROM and then wait for the OTA from them?
[Desire General] Graffen:
If you have debranded and now have the HTC Generic ROM installed (with goldcard) then all you have to do is wait a couple days and keep checking.

Or as said above, download a 2.2 generic rom and flash that. Take a look around here, there's plenty of links to download available.
[Desire General] joebongo:
Thanks, I have the generic HTC ROM installed, so my final question is do I need the goldcard in there for the phone to recognise that there is an update available? I took it out at is was a 2gb card and have my normal 6gb card in there at present.

Cheers,

Joe
[Desire General] EddyOS:
If your phone WAS branded then you'll need the gold card for ALL future updates
[Desire General] teppic74:
I think you should just put that in your signature ;)
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Seems to be what I say in all threads these days, isn't it??

:D
[Desire General] joebongo:
Thanks guys - it may be what you say a lot but my search terms didn't lead me to it.

Perhaps a sticky would be good for this gem of a piece of information?

Go on, tell me it was there all the time and I missed it, hehe.
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Just need to search 'debrand htc desire' and most of the threads at some point say keep the gold card in
[Desire General] joebongo:
Yep, freshly redone goldcard in (the one used for debranding) and hey presto...

No updates. Boo hoo.

I'll leave it in for a couple of days then and see what happens.
[Desire General] minhtuan1986:
Geez, just download any Froyo rom and flash already. There are countless threads about this in this forum.
[Desire General] joebongo:
Dude, this phone was with Virgin and there's more chance of Santa Claus taking a dump in my toilet than getting 2.2 from them!

I figured vanilla HTC 2.1 would get the purest and quickest updates.

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8_Radio_32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed is what I used to flash it a few weeks back.
[Desire General] EddyOS:
So if you've got that ROM what's the issue? Other than needing a gold card to get the new OTA there's nothing else you need as the OTA should just download and install

What ROM are you on at the mo?
[Desire General] joebongo:
Just looked at that page...

Edit: this is what I have now and I'm downloading the ROM and radio files from your sig Eddy. That presumably will sort it out.

And I now realise I've been a complete spack here. It's the recent (Sept 2010) 2.2 update I want - I know I have basic Froyo already.

Android version

2.2

Baseband

32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20

Kernel

2.6.32.15-gf9c0527

Build

2.09.405.8 CL218634 release-keys

Software number

2.09.405.8

Browser version

Webkit 3.1

So am I on the latest and greatest anyway?
[Desire General] joebongo:
Oh arsemonkeys, the tribulation continues.

So I get the ROM on Eddy's sig, run it with fresh goldcard in and itonly goes so far and dumps me out with the black screen/HTC logo - first on the PC is said waiting for bootloader and a couple of minutes later it errored out - something about USB connection error.

So I search and try the white bootloader/fastboot screen approaches but get even less far in.

I've done plenty of searching but the problem is that there is so much information here it's like a needle in a haystack to work out what I need to do to get this ROM on board.

If anyone can help me out then feel free - I'm well and truly befuddled now!
[Desire General] rogershroed1991:
Wait there's an official 2.2 rom for the Desire?
[Desire General] minhtuan1986:
Dude, i don't understand what your asking for here. Isnt it on 2.2 already ??
[Desire General] EddyOS:
2.10.405.2 is the latest version, is it not saying it's there if you check for OTAs?
[Desire General] joebongo:
Yes that's what I mean Eddy, no updates show up as being available, whether a gold card is in or not and to top it off I don't seem to be able to install the ROM on your Sig.
[Desire General] joebongo:
Hi guys, I've persevered and searched more for a couple of days.

This infernal OTA update to 2.2 isn't coming still, and I get the USB error when trying to manually run the exe to install the newest files from Eddy's sig above.

Can anyone give me a pointer as to why this updated ROM won't install?