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[XPERIA X10 General] karendar:
Actually, the new law in Canada doesn't permit cancellation fees. What you pay is a pro-rata of your remaining phone price (Split between Voice plan and Data plan) so for example, if your phone is worth 500$, you you would pay 300$ for voice and 200$ for data if you cancelled after the first month. 1 year into it, you'd pay 200 for voice and 133$ for data, etc.

So all you'd end up doing in the end is pay what's left balance wise for your phone! So sell it on ebay, get the money and pay the cancellation fees!

And anyways, the old method of working was up to 400$ max fees (Like most service providers)
[XPERIA X10 General] iconata:
Yep.. I'm selling allright :) I've even managed to find a buyer. And currently I'm looking towards HTC Desire or HD2, or even Nexus One. Everything BUT the X10i CAN run Android 2.2. So if you're stuck with the X10 I'll tell you one thing - GOOD LUCK and PRAY for the devs that are trying to crack the bootloader.. or you'll be seeing 2.2... well... God only knows when ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] karendar:
I got the hd2 for dual boot goodness... ;) I didn't want to wait for the desire z
[Touch HD General] Kaherdin:
I’m looking for a way of making my device prompt for a password as soon as possible after powering it on. If I would compare it to a normal PC it would be optimal to have a BIOS password or a hard drive password… :)

The best solution for me would be the equivalent to the TrueCrypt encryption of a system hard drive! …but still no luck in finding out if that ever is going to be a reality. :confused:

To encrypt the storage card is not enough for me because it still leaves my contacts, sms and mails decrypted (to the best of my knowledge). :rolleyes:

I have not yet found any posts or articles about the strength of the windows mobile password function, and this would also be interesting to briefly discuss here.

Any thoughts about this, anyone? :D
[General Questions and Answers] zack070789:
ok well i successfully installed my root on my new samsung captivate and decided to go all out and do a lagfix... this to installed correctly. While running MCR scripts it had an issue while uploading and rebooted my phone... after the phone started to reboot it stayed on the galaxy "S" screen and continued to glow. after a min the screen went black and the lower key stayed lite up.

After numorious trys i finally got the phone to return to the home page after i deleted cache and deleted all user data in the reboot menu of the phone. once the home screen came up i got a bunch of SORRY, force close... continually, after a hard fight i was able to get the phone to connect to my pc and manually reformatted the G drive. i lost all my downloaded apps and now i cant access any apps at all.. ex google maps, web browser or even the Market store.

so now my G drive is empty... can anyone give me a link to the factory folders and drives and all the good stuff? Or maybe the correct way i should had went about doing this lol thanks
[General Questions and Answers] zack070789:
also, one more bit on new info, the internal sd card on the phone is showing unavailable
[General Questions and Answers] zack070789:
sorry thats not true, i had it mounted to my pc lol, once unplugged to shows a full 13.4g
[General Questions and Answers] zack070789:
BUMP? any way to install a custom ROM instead, i have full access to the internal sd card via my pc but i just need to know what and maybe how to put the ROM data back in
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Keefo:
Yo all!!

ok.. i have been trying to get my phone to connect Via HTC sync V2 and latest V3 but have been told that it will not work as we are not using Sence? (FroydVillain 1.5)

if so... i need a little help....

With HTC Sync (before Froyd..), i could get the phone to use the computers internet.

Is there any way of doing this without Sync?

Cheers all
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ExMM:
Simple as that! You have FV 1. 5!!!! Just connect the usb cable and enable tethering under >setting >wireless connection, you can now use wireless or 3G with your pc... ;-)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Has ukinok misunderstood? Google. Reverse Tethering apps, I'm sure you'll find something.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] SiL3nTKiLL:
lol i had issues before, google solved my problems :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Keefo:
yup yup, he/she did haha

Reverse tethering is exactly what im after!!

but not having much look googleing about!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ExMM:
Yep!!! Guys I misunderstood.... apologies!!! :rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
For reverse tether, this info might be of interest:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8334976&postcount=1
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jake_in_notts:
Im confused why would anyone want to use the computers internet connection on a phone when they are tethered?

I can see wanting your computer to use 3G but not the other way around. Am i missing something something here ?

Jake
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
You're definitely missing something,... For people without unlimited data plans maybe?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jake_in_notts:
Or maybe turn off the phone and use the computer?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
What about for Market and syncing?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jake_in_notts:
yes i can see that aps will cost if you've got no data plan with a smart phone, i did have to abort a few auto updates when i was on holiday and being charged roaming rates and now routinely set them to off. If it was me I would look for the apk files from and load them from the sd card or failing that walk the streets looking for an open wifi :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jake_in_notts:
had a quick google and found this , hope it help the op

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f41/reverse-tethering-possible-on-g1-20957/
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pulser_g2:
Repost from desire forum: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8334976&postcount=1

Not heard if it worked for anyone, so thought I'd bump this link again. It sounds like what you're after.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] generalExpert:
I feel bad but I just un-rooted my regaw_leinad rooted EVO using djR3Z method so I could apply the new update. I know there were other ways of doing it but it just seemed the more sensible way for a noob. I really wanted to root to get rid of that FPS cap anyways. I didn't do one single thing to my EVO while rooted besides download a screengrabber app that I didn't even use... I am still learning all about what is possible with root on Android, and until I find something totally mind blowing I think I'll keep stock.

Can anyone give me any reasons why I should have root besides custom roms??? I love the idea but not the headaches it gives me...

And, if custom roms are the big idea, what benefits will that give? Don't they run a little finicky anyways? Not all features are enabled, e.g. 4g?

Please list here.

********update12/26/10******

Just rooted again with unrEVOked 3.22 on Ubuntu 10.10.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
Custom ROMs are usually faster and have more features and customizations than the stock ROM. There are also tons of root-required apps that let you do crazy things to your phone like get free wireless hotspot, backup all of your apps with data and Market links, and change the apparent density of your display.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ripalsanghani:
I'm somewhat of a noob and just made the switch.

WiFi tether

Remove some sprint apps

Custom boot animations

Like the above said, custom roms show a performance increase

Love the Quick Boot app

There are a bunch of threads around with more root apps you will most likely like.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rileyd5:
General, the benefit is freedom. if you waited a litttle bit you would already be able to flash the exact same rom rooted which is readily available. http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=653

Good luck though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
Also, rooting takes like 2 seconds now that unrEVOked Forever is out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halorin:
A rooted phone nets you more options. There's no drawback to it. Why not?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigmoogle:
Not everyone roots their phone - just the people here :) So, if you feel no need to root your phone, then don't.

I'm not a power user or speed freak so uncapping the fps isn't a big issue for me. I originally rooted my phone so I could use wireless tether. I'm staying rooted because I can play around with my phone a little more - change the boot animation (and turn off the sound), remove the Sprint apps that I don't use but that turn off automatically, and back up my apps and data and monitor my battery usage.

The custom roms are a quick way for me to accomplish my needs. I don't really like the Sense UI (which surprised me because I always though it was great-looking), so the roms give alternative ways to set up my phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michael338:
Help with OTA

Hey guys. Okay I saw there is a update on xda. I'm using unrevoked3. Do I need to delete Unrevoked or just download the zip file that was released. I'm talking about about the deodexed and rooted.Im still lost on how where to put the updated file at? Please if anyone is in my boat and have had good results please tell me,im a noob,beginner,novice.

There is got to be someone who can explain in plain english lol..

Thanks everyone
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] generalExpert:
Yes, I do feel crappy about it... I wish I was still rooted. I know the rooted update was available, but just thought that the OG update would run a bit better..?.. I guess I wanted to unroot to learn how among other things too. Believe it or not, doing that taught me a lot about hboot and recovery. At least I know I can always root again.

And YES, I HATE SENSE!!! But, I was reading on Cyanogen that CM6 had problems with the 4g and had a few bugs. But that vanilla android look is what I want!

Also, when non-rooted, is there no recovery? I clicked back into it just to check and it gave me a red exclamation mark over a phone...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] generalExpert:
Hey, thanks for the info... But along with all of the "Customness" and features aren't there also, bugs that go along with it? Like random reboots, and battery issues, and some other stuff?

Yes I love hacking stuff and know that this is all part of the fun, but I think I just need to research a little more. If you can't tell already I'm kind of paranoid about screwing things up. I rooted and really wanted to flash CM6 but didn't have the balls to. Maybe in a month or so i'll redo it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
Most of the custom ROMs are very stable and have better battery life than the stock ROM. As long as you make a nandroid backup there is ZERO risk to flashing a new ROM (assuming you don't like pull the battery out while flashing or something), so you can try one out for a few hours, and if you don't like it you can instantly go back to what you had before. Simple as pie. Give the major ones a whirl and see what you like. I know that there are some HTC ROMs themed to look like CM6 that have working 4G.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigmoogle:
I also avoid cm6 because of the lack of 4g. Instead I use Vaelpak because it has minimal sense but enough so I can have my 4g. I'm thinking of trying Virus' mostly senseless rom.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mizzos4:
When you mention the vanilla android look, what exactly are you referring to?

Is it the Vanilla theme and icons? -De-Odex roms would allow for custom themes that give the vanilla android look i.e. MrPuffin's Vanilla AOSP and Vanilla theme for Sense UI

Is it the android launcher? -Launcher Pro and ADW launcher are quite nice replacements to the Sense launcher

I'd think that if you didn't like the HTC Sense look, you would have kept root and just themed your phone to look Vanilla. Then again, it all comes down to what you believe provides the best user experience.

And regarding recovery, I believe Clockwork and Amon Ra require root.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] generalExpert:
Yes, by Vanilla Android i'm talkin Nexus One. Those themes look pretty good though. I'm already jonsen for root again and it's only been a half day.

Launcher Pro? Doesn't that just overlay Sense and therefore cause a bit of a slow down, use more memory, and possibly more battery. (probably not noticeable though..)

Yes, Clockwork and Amon_Ra require root. I was just wondering if there was a recovery in NON-ROOTED. When I'm in a non-rooted EVO at hboot, and select Recovery I get that red Exclamation mark over the phone and have to pull the battery.

Thanks for all your help!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fenixjn:
Whoa thr new kernel allows up to 53 fps but std is 8+... on netarchys' kernel it was about 54 - 56 with a std of 4... at least that is how it behaves on mine.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraginMagik:
there may be security drawbacks to those that are not cautious with the apps they install.

- why feel bad?

- if the next statement is true, then the FPS cap must not have been an issue; else you would have done a google search on the issue and corrected it.

- if this statement is true, why feel bad?

- i dont find the need for so many custom ROMs (not like back when i was running on WinMo6). once you have 'root', adding/removing apps is straightforward and most of the ROMs are just a "here is my theme and apps, it's built on someone else who did the low level tweaking". custom ROM just makes it easier to get closer to what YOU want for an applist and themelayout. i like cm6 and dont' like theme's so life is easy for me. :)

- CM6 is AOSP. this means they will not use propriarty code (like Sense). for the EVO it also means the 4G radio software has to be written from scratch since there is no opensource 4G stuff to use yet. if you pick a Sense based rom (ie: anythign that doesn't refer to itself as CM6 or AOSP based).

Note: AOSP Like means that it is a Sense based ROM but it's been made to look/act similar to the CM6 or AOSP ROMs. 4G and Radio and such should work normally.

enjoy the free time associated with being Root-less.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] generalExpert:
Well, I'm re-rooted. Used the unrEVOked method. It was just so easy, there was no reason not to. Really want to get on cyanogen but waiting for the 4g.

sent from my bad-ass EVO!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] engops:
Ah well, it was only a matter of time. I was rooted with Reflash 3, loving it, and then I got too comfortable... I tired to add the Incredible Revolution mod, and "POOF" an endless cycle of rebooting over and over again. I guess I need to go to Verizon today and plead insanity! Unless someone has a last minute idea?

Thanks guys :confused:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bilbobrian:
Restore a nandroid backup. That'll fix it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MMBosstones86:
either remove the battery and let it sit for a few minutes and then nandroid backup.

if that doesn't work, i'm pretty sure you can factory reset from Recovery and start over
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unreal2k:
Your phone is not bricked. As mentioned do a nandroid restore or put the rom on your sd card, factory reset/wipe cache/wipe dalvik and flash the rom. You are going to be up and running in no time!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillyCheez:
yeah... that aint a brick. i just hope you followed instructions and have a backup waiting to restore through recovery. i always have at least 2 stable rom backups on my sdcard.
[Epic 4G General] compuw22c:
So, I'm not very happy about the 150kbps upload, the crawling 3G overall and the crawling of the phone along with it. I love the phone itself, but I essentially hate the CDMA Golem that's attached itself to it. And I notice this has been the case with almost every one of my old CDMA devices. GSM has historically been slower but development was always MUCH faster for GSM devices, and GSM variants. And every time I get a new phone I go through this and end up back on CDMA with Sprint (plus cheap Verizon service, via roaming agreements) mainly because of the data speeds.

But T-mobile has an AMAZING new data network at least in my area (Chicago) that seems very impressive. Apparently the Vibrant can take advantage of HSPA+ up to 7.2MBPs which is faster than what I'm averaging now on wimax (although I understand the EVO got quite a boost in wimax speed with froyo as well). So the way I see it, Vibrant has the following things going for it:

+FROYO NOW (unofficial, but still its progress)

+Same data speeds

+Better overall developer community

+Gets 4G speeds IN BUILDINGS (to me, this is a HUGE advantage. Yes I understand there is still signal loss and therefore speed loss, but I'd imagine this is still much better than wimax dying after 2 inches of concrete or evdo's lower speed)

+TV Out

-No Keyboard

-No Front Camera (although supposedly this can be fixed if you're really risky)

-No Flash

-Entire network not 3G like Sprint's is, only some

-5GB "soft cap" (edge-only after 5gb)

I'm hoping the upload speed issue gets resolved. Also, I can't help but think the Epic MAY get left behind like the moment was in terms of updates. My friend has had a motorola cliq for about a year now and he's still stuck on 1.5-1.6 (they promised 2.1). I really don't want to commit to a phone for a year that may not be supported past a few months.
[Epic 4G General] herbthehammer:
Not this topic again.
[Epic 4G General] itsmebryan:
Please go get the Virbrant. It's a much better phone. It will make you much happier. Then you can talk of your love for the phone on the vibrant thread.
[Epic 4G General] hydralisk:
Yup. I say go get the Vibrant.
[Epic 4G General] compuw22c:
Sorry, I didn't necessarily see a thread (made AFTER both were out on the market for a week or so) actually comparing the two. This is not meant to slam the Epic (my current and possibly will remain my current) phone. If you notice there are both advantages AND disadvantages listed. I'm simply trying to get people's opinions, especially if there is something I missed. I think they are both great phones, just trying to decide between them. I don't generally get "attached" to hardware to the point that I'll try and "defend" or "attack" it, just trying to discuss it. If this thread still bothers you, by all means, there are many others.
[Epic 4G General] greengoldmello:
Id say go for the Vibrant, because you are correct about the 3g data speeds, also even though we have wimax, it seems in alot of areas you need a damned directional antenna to get a signal, and you can pretty much forget about inside the house service. With tmobiles 3g, you dont have to worry about bad spots in a metropolitan area for the most part, and it penetrates houses MUCH better. Also, while the epic has great hardware, the battery life is horrendous, and the vibrants is a bit better.

Cons for the vibrant include no ffc, no flash, no keyboard (con for some), and no notification light. The absence of the latter is pretty stupid in my opinion.

Also, its not a 5gb cap, you have up to 10gb till getting throttled.
[Epic 4G General] compuw22c:
Thanks, I didn't know about the notification light missing. Also I've ONLY ever had CDMA phones. Quite a few of them on many different OS'es, but its hard to try and make an informed decision when you have no experience with the service. Not sure exactly what attributes about signal and penetration will change based on where I live and work. That's why I've got you guys/gals!
[Epic 4G General] casual864:
Go get a vibrant and make yourself happy. I am currently happy with the Epic and those issues that you have means that you must be extremely picky. Good luck. :P
[Epic 4G General] othan1:
I really don't care what you do but there's not an option for that in your poll.
[Epic 4G General] lepapirriky:
please do.
[Epic 4G General] d94:
go buy a vibrant and return your epic
[Epic 4G General] agonzalez1010:
There is a wonderful DEV team here that works their butts off to make these devices "all devices" better. Instead of throwing in the towel why don't you try their ROMs out, and donate if you can. Looking at the vibrant forums I see folks complain about other stuff so it doesn't much matter what you go with. Like I said not all phones are perfect.
[Epic 4G General] othan1:
That's the point everyone else is making albeit a bit less verbose. Sometimes people just need to go to the other side of the fence and see that even if the grass looks greener, it's still just as bitter.

And the Devs are terrific at what they do and it's awesome to see so much support for a phone less than a month old. :D
[Epic 4G General] bomix:
yeah the Epic community is not as large.. but i'm sure it will grow.

Do what makes you happy.. even if I vote it won't make a difference.

They are both good phones.. just don't get the facinate.. yuck.. lol :D
[Epic 4G General] kristv:
The problem with giving an answer to this question is that everyone's needs are different. My wife and I both plan to get an Epic in about a month or so (when our AT&T contract is up). The 3G upload cap will affect her much more than me because she likes to take pics/video and send them to Facebook, where I don't do that very much. I also work in a large metro area that will have 4G coverage, where my wife will (mostly) be in our home town that will not likely get 4G signal for quite a while yet. So I won't be as affected by the 3G cap as she would be. But this could be a deal-breaker for her.

My one gripe with the Vibrant is lack of flash for the camera. I don't mind the lack of the front facing camera or the keyboard. Those are "nice to haves" in my opinion. But I will never understand why a phone manufacturer would bother to put a 5MP (or higher) camera in a phone and not include a flash. It just baffles me. Surely, a flash doesn't add THAT much cost to the phone? It's the one downer about that phone for me, and it's something I will have to live with if things don't work out for us with the Epic. If it wasn't for the fact that I get a Sprint discount through work we'd likely be going with T-mobile, as their coverage is very good in our area.

I suspect that Sprint/Samsung will sort out the upload cap in the next month or two. It's a shame that this was even a problem upon release of the phone, but I think they will right this ship. Unfortunately, this means that folks who have their 30-day trial coming to an end soon will either have to jump ship or take a leap of faith. I feel bad for those people and am glad that I and my family have to wait a while to switch to Sprint so we don't have to be faced with the decision for a couple of months yet. Hopefully the fix will be out by then.

Good luck, whatever you decide!
[Epic 4G General] badasscat:
The absence of a notification light would be a 100% dealbreaker for me. I had an iPhone for a single day and took it back immediately in part because of this, which I didn't realize ahead of time. I use my phone for both personal and business emails, and if I have to keep turning on the phone every ten minutes to manually check my email, then it's not worth having that phone...

This really should be a basic, required feature on any phone.
[Epic 4G General] kristv:
This is exactly what I meant by my previous post. Everyone has their own needs and none of us can really answer his question for him because of this. You need the notification light for your own reason, while I am used to not having a notification light and can live without it on future phones.

I don't think anyone but the OP can realistically answer the question because our answers will always be biased towards what we think is necessary on our own phones.