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[Android Apps and Games] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Alright, I've got it fixed. Unfortunately I'm at work so the app doesn't have the proper signature. Because of that, I'll attach it here instead of in the OP. If you use this you'll have to uninstall the previous version first, and then uninstall again before installing any new versions. I'll be putting up a correctly signed version tonight.

That said, the first upgrade crash is, as far as I can tell, fixed. Enjoy!

Oops again. Probably should have tested this one a bit more thoroughly. It fixed the health upgrades but not the spine ones. I attached a new one that fixes both here.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gotan:
hi guys, please help post how to setup mms and gprs for htc desire. please support, we need to get as much information how to setup the mms for others using htc desire. thank you.
[Hero, G2 Touch Accessories] macolli:
Hi there

I bought a larger capacity battery (2200mAh) but the back cover that came with it is pretty cheap looking.

I have had a look but only seem to be able to find covers for regular battery sizes or batteries and covers.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for good quality larger back covers?

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Accessories] chachi:
Mutually exclusive terms unfortunately ...

haven't seen any good covers, or any suitable oversized gel cases, so haven't gone down this path
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cartier23:
Because I am quite disappointed with Samsung Galaxy S, I will sell it and buy another phone soon.

I am very fond of HTC Desire HD but is it worth to buy another Android phone or is better to give a try to iOS, Symbian ^3 or maybe Windows Mobile 7.

What are your suggestions?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
From personal experience, I doubt the iOS beats android in any way. Symbian is too simple and plain for my taste. However, I don't know much about the latest symbian, but the N8 works on a much slower CPU than the SGS. As for windows mobile 7, since it's new, it might be worth a try but we can never really know till reviews start flooding the net... Personally, I think you're being a bit hasty with throwing away the SGS. With froyo just around the corner, it would really improve the phone overall, and would certainly be comparable with the Desire HD. After having done my own research, I concluded and opted for an android phone by choice, for IMHO it IS currently the best upcoming mobile phone OS. Ultimately, you just have to be patient with new technology, so irrespective of the OS or the manufacturer, there's really no point rushing. You will NEVER find 'The Perfect Phone'.... Just my two cents.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alovell83:
Hold out for Meego if Symbian ends up on top of your list, but that'll be 2011. If you want something with everything laid out for you and a good app store, iOS is a fine option, but it definitely depends on what your problem is with SGS and how much of that is Android/Samsung based. iOS has high satisfaction rates, but most people who get in there have stuck along, knew what they were getting into or don't know any better. Android, some people who aren't technical enough or like tinkering and having options just bought in because it's popular and they hear enough about it, but they didn't know what they were getting into. Still, as far as I know, Android has the second highest customer satisfaction, so if you need a decision for the here and now, go with Android or iOS. If you can wait until WP7, read up after the devices launch, it's not ready to compete with all things either platform can offer, but it does have long-term potential, particularly with gaming/MS integrations, but thus far from what I know I wouldn't buy it in the first 12 months of it's launch even if they start with the best hardware.
[General Questions and Answers] GvoSer:
Good afternoon.

Tell me whether it is possible to change the MAC address in Acer s200?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonoflux:
Howdy.

I've purchased a Class10 16gb kingston badboy and am having rather the trouble copying everything to it. I'm sure i'll work it out in the end but just in case I don't I thought I would ask if there's any amazing solution to SD Card Replacement out there... e.g. Ghosting an SD Card?

Currently an 8gb with fat / ext3 / swap (sadly)

Im in the process of backing up everything again from the 8gb and re-formatting the 16 while trying to copy shiz over. Fun times to their respective places on sd-ext.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TieT:
Dont ask questions like this in the development thread.

Desire Q and A is more the place for these kind of questions.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Moved to Q&A as not development. Please do not make new threads in development to ask questions.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mercianary:
Try plugging in both sdcards to your pc (Linux, if using windows get a gparted livecd) then use gparted to copy the partitions over, then resize the fat partition to fill your sdcard.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonoflux:
Sorry guys, my bad. Realised my mistake of placement after pressing post.

Merc that would have been an epic solution :D However after much fustration, I got the great idea to do a backup of the current install through rom manager, copy that over to the other sd, load up in recovery and restore.

Somehow that made all the correct partitions and everything too. Ohhh what a mission.

Cheers for the help :)
[EVO 4G General] investinwaffles:
So I just got my evo back from BB black tie for a screen replacement (took them 40 days!).

Anyway, before I sent it in everything was perfect - the screen was just cracked. I was completely stock 2.2, no root no nothing, 100% sprint stock. When I sent it in I had all my apps, data, etc on it and when I got it back it was wiped. Now I cant even get through 30 mins use before it locks up on me and I have to reboot. It will absolutely not work with a memory card, and every time I try to charge it the screen flickers and it locks up.

I have reset it like 20 times and I still cant get it to work worth a damn. At first it would work for a few hours, but it seems to be locking up more frequently. It seems to be getting more unstable by the day.

What the hell?? Is this a hardware problem or a software problem? I cant figure out if it is the port on my cell phone or something else but it seems to charge fine when its off. :mad:

I want to root it, but I dont want to brick my phone if it locks up or something! Its really random, sometimes it will work for 2 or 3 hours and sometimes it will lock up within 5 minutes of turning the phone on.

Best buy pretty much told me to wait 30+ days or **** off, and I absolutely refuse to use the htc hero they gave me as a loner. What should I do, try to revert back to 2.1, root, then flash another 2.2 rom and see if its OK? Or do I pretty much have to submit to bestbuy's absolutely ridiculous service and waiting period??

What would you do in my shoes? :(
[EVO 4G General] a_swellguy:
um?

take it back and tell them that! I have dealt with best buy and they are always willing to work with people. Maybe its just in my area. but if they broke it they should fix it. thats the way things work.
[EVO 4G General] deathsled:
have you attempted any sort of factory restore? I would start there first since your phone was completely stock as you say
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
Take it back to the damn store and be done with it. Over.
[EVO 4G General] vietfobulust:
Hey I work at Best Buy in the mobile phones department and in my opinion you should take it back to the store and speak to the manager of the cell phones department. Get him to understand your situation because as a last resort we could make an exception and replace it with a brand new EVO. However that is up to the manager's call because they take a big hit. The policy is to send it out to service 3 times and after 3 times there is still problems we would replace it with a new product. Just go there and speak with them, Best Buy always aim to deliver good customer service even if it means losing out on couple hundreds of dollars.
[EVO 4G General] evocalante:
Im having the same problem. I just got my phone back from best buy and my phone has been acting wierd ever since.
[EVO 4G General] Sporkman:
easy fix FACTORY RESET !! start over
[EVO 4G General] matthewjulian:
As someone else said, maybe its just my area(Arlington, TX) but if you go to the cell department and speak to the manager and explain what you told us, they should help, think of it like this, right now we have new hardware releasing almost every month, that means to them that you are ALWAYS a potential sale, especially if you have been a long time customer already, they don't want to lose that, they should help as long as you can remain calm!:DGood luck, worse comes to worse drive to Arlington, I know the guys at my store will take care of you:p
[EVO 4G General] investinwaffles:
I have reset the phone several times with no success :(

And I'll go back today. I talked to the "head" geek and they didnt even look at my phone. They were just like, we'll send it out and hopefully it wont take 40 days like last time. I was about to flip a **** so I just left after they told me there was absolutely nothing they could do to speed up the process or give me a refurb'd unit.

Looks like im going to just have to send it in and wait. Im really regretting this **** black tie protection plan. ****ing best buy, they should put that on the warranty chart "Black Tie: 30 days, Sprint: 5 days" for replacement. I never even considered weather they would give me a refurbished unit of make me wait.

The dude that sold it to me just kept repeating "deductible deductible deductible" :rolleyes:
[EVO 4G General] omegasun18:
not to be a devils advocate but you did break the screen and that means you had to do something to the phone. how are you so positive that whatever broke the screen didnt cause additional issues? Also no tech support is going to test a phone for hours on end to see if it freezes up. If it works when it turns on and runs a few minutes it is likly sent back.

Not trying to say that you shouldnt have recieved your phone back in working order just not sure you have a right to say that best buy wreaked your phone when obivously you had to do something to it to break the screen and it could easily have caused additional damage.

Anyway take it in talk to the Cell Phone dept manager. the geek squad cant make the call to give you a new phone all they can do is tell you what they are allowed to do for servicing it. Be respectful and explain the situation calmly and there is a good chance they will help you out. I agree 40 days is rediculous for having a phone get repaired! hope they can switch it out for you.
[EVO 4G General] nxtech3:
just take it to a Sprint S and R center, they will AE it, youll have a replacement within two business days. HUrry because S and R centers wont cover warranty come Nov 1st youll have to have ESRP or TEP after then.
[EVO 4G General] ndraiden:
at my best buy i would be able to return it for another evo.. it out of stock i would get the epic and pay the difference.. i got the black tie protection its 10 bucks a month
[EVO 4G General] mrono:
I never let BB or geek squad touch my stuff unless it's to replace it for a new one, you never know if they know what they are doing or if they are just some retard they hired 20min ago.
[EVO 4G General] investinwaffles:
I know, I dont want to come off as rude but he barely glanced at he the whole time I was talking. He seemed more interested in fiddling with another phone he was working on I guess.

The phone was really fine when I sent it in, I was using it or about 3 weeks with a cracked screen and everything was perfect. The charging port was perfect before I sent it in, and now it causes the phone to freeze if I so much as look at it while its plugged in. There is obviously something wrong with the hardware and the crack in the screen was fairly small and not really a factor in the function of the device.

Im going back today and ill try to talk to the cell phone dept manager. There is only a regular sprint store in Boulder and I dont have a car to get around (bus system is great here), should I not even bother going there?

What should I say when I go to BB? I feel like last time they trapped me into 2 options (send it in and wait a month+ for service, or deal with it. What other options do they have?

Do they have the ability to issue me a refurb? Can I pay for faster service?
[EVO 4G General] azneon:
Those Best Buy plans are awful. I had one on my droid, and when the microphone stopped working, I took it in. They had it back in 2 weeks, but they changed the speaker. I made them test it in the store, and of course the microphone still didn't work. They said they will send it back out and "escalate it". Yeah right, 4 weeks later, it still wasn't back. The "manager" at the store said there was nothing they could do. I finally had to report them to my state attorney general's office to get my phone back. I wouldn't take one of these plans for free, and will never have anything to do with the incompetent geek squad again.
[EVO 4G General] vietfobulust:
First of all, you spoke to the wrong person... Do not speak to Geek Squad, talk to the cellphone department manager...
[EVO 4G General] Mark_Hardware:
This is why you just stay the hell out of a worst buy....

jus sayin...
[EVO 4G General] investinwaffles:
Success!

Went back to bestbuy, they told me the same thing as before so I went to the sprint repair store (about 30 mins away).

They looked at, and told me it was a defective charging circuit, swapped out a new phone for me, and gave me $5 off my otterbox. I was in and out in 25 mins and I got to play with the Samsung Epic. :D

No questions, no receipt, and absolutely no hassle. It was almost unbelievable.

Only problem is my phone is now a revision 003 (used to be 002) and it has some light leak issues along the bottom under the buttons but I think I can deal with it. :)

**** Best Buy, last time ill ever not go through Sprint :D
[EVO 4G General] omegasun18:
I know it doesn't help and wont change your mind but in all fairness the geek squad itself doesn't actually do the repair it is shipped off to a 3rd party repair center. Only repairs done in store are actually touched by the geek squad and trust me they hate the 3rd party repair station as much as you do. When i ran a geek squad about 5 years ago we begged best buy and our district every month when we saw them to get rid of the repair centers or at least try to find ones that could handle the repairs instead of sending back things in the same or sometimes even worse condition then we sent it to them. Best buy has always done this for the repairs and warranties and it does give there geek squad some what of a bad name since you have to go through them to have it sent out.

Just thought i would point out that it isnt actually the geek squad that is doing your repairs and they normally have their hands tied on what they can actually do to help on anything but basic computer repairs. Whats funny is they used to (and may still) grade the geek squad on there turn around time in store (they always wanted 24 hour turn around time for in store repairs) but have never seemed to care about the ridiculous times for service center repairs.

glad Sprint helped you out OP.
[EVO 4G General] azneon:
I understand people make mistakes (they changed the speaker and not the microphone), but what made me mad, was they didn't want to do anything about it. I did talk to the manager of the cell phone department (I waited around until she came back from lunch), and she would do nothing. She even asked what I wanted her to do for me, and I wanted the phone replaced since the Droid was in stock and it was past 30 days. She said "I can't do that." I will still shop at Best Buy for little things, but never a phone or major purchase, and definitely not a warranty. Just read their customer service website forums on warranty issues, many people have problems getting prompt service.
[EVO 4G General] investinwaffles:
Seriously, this was the only part of the process that actually angered me. The rest was still bearable but both times I went in I was shrugged off that they didnt even pay attention to me. I stood in line for 10mins its not like I just walked in and started hassling the guy about ****.

The second time was OK, I waited for the manager for 5mins and he was pretty polite with me. He even made eye contact :rolleyes:

But in the end he told me that it he pretty much was not allowed to issue me a replacement phone until the third repair. At that point I threw my arms up in the air and thank god, went to the sprint repair store :)

I dont hate bestbuy, I think they are just as incompetent as the rest of other retailers when it comes to actually serving the customer. Got my Corsair H50 for $60 bucks there 4 or 5 months ago so at least they have good prices on stuff now and then.
[EVO 4G General] omegasun18:
Oh i know i was a manager for geek squad like i said the actual geek squad staff hates the service center just as much as you do if not more. most of them will tell you the service plans are a pain and that unless it is something repaired in store or replaced is a lot of hassle and takes entirely too long. The problem is that all best buy stores (and most retail stores) are run on a score card. they get ranked for things like revenue profit service % and accessories %. The big problem is these are stressed over customer service. (it is actually one of the reasons i left long ago). While managers could switch out your phone inside of the 3 repairs if they wanted to it hits those numbers. If they have low numbers they have problems and can get fired or demoted. (there were 21 different managers in my store over a 3 year period even though we had very high customer loyalty our numbers were not where the district thought they should be) because of this a large percentage of the managers will stick 100% to the policy so that it doesnt hit there store numbers and doesnt bring down there performance in the eyes of the district staff (their bosses).

The funny thing and the thing i always tried and failed to get through to the other managers when i was there is that while you may take an initial hit to those numbers you make a customer happy who will probably come back and buy more and be more likely to buy service plans and accessories because they see the value. Most people can see this and understand this. Most managers they promote cant. Part of the problem is that they promote sales people (normally those producing the best numbers). While this isnt necessarily bad, They dont seem to get that not all sales people (i would wager most in fact) do not know how to do is run a business.

anyway i am in no way defending there warranties. I personally do not buy them. I would however rather shop at a best buy then walmart and as far as strictly a retail store (not going into warranties) they have always done fine for me. I also know exactly what the policies are though and know exactly what i am buying. I guess to each there own. I have honestly never had great service for warranty(or service plan/insurance) issues with any actual retail store for anything it always takes to long. I partly put that to the fact that we are in the age of self entitlement and instant gratification. I know i want things done instantly and feel like i deserve it even if it is silly.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Godo_PPL:
So, launch day is here..

As far as I know the release will contain phones from: LG, HTC, samsung and maybe Dell...

What's your pick, and why?

I would consider an HTC w/ 3.7-4" screen, really love the HTC Hub they have shown off, plus I am an HTC fanboy. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] powersquad:
hate the htc hub..

from top to bottom my choice..

Samsung GT-i8700

LG E900

hTC Mondarin

Samsung Focus (i9700)
[Windows Phone 7 General] EDDS:
normally i'd say the htc device, but the sammy does look really sexy.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Sir. Haxalot:
I don't know what to pick actually, but if there's one with 16GB storage, or replaceable miniSD (I know that all data will be lost, but that's no problem if I can replace it before first boot ;)) that'll be my pick.

Anyone know anything about other launch dates, e.g. Swedish launch :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] prjkthack:
The HTC Hub looks way overdone and too busy. Pretty, but unnecessary.

That being said, I am still hoping for a nice HTC device to show up today (with at least 16gb of storage). Can't stand LG or Samsung. A surprise Dell device might be nice too.

Really excited for today news. Let's hope for a surprise early store availability (like now).
[Windows Phone 7 General] leepenguin:
Dell Lightning for sure!

Cant WAITTTTT~~~~~~~~
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tom Servo:
I care more about when, not what. I hope that despite what's being said before, that European launch is today, not ten days later.

I have an application I want tested on a real device, before submitting. I'm already late as it is thanks to that.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Sir. Haxalot:
I'm in the same boat. I experience a bit of lag in my game in the emulator on my laptop, but not on my desktop. I want to test it so it works fine on a phone before I release it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Casey_boy:
UK Launch Date

FYI: The official UK launch date is 21st October

http://www.facebook.com/windowsphoneuk
[Windows Phone 7 General] samven582:
HTC surround :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] Godo_PPL:
I guess the HTC Mozart will be a great phone (think that would be 16Gig), but I really fell in love with the Dell Venue Pro (aka. Lightning). seems to be an US only device though..

edit: seems only the HD7 and the HTC 7 Pro will be 16 gig.. And the 7 Pro looks very nice I must say (except for the 3,6" SLCD).. but the release date was too far away altso :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] ajftl:
wondering if all this devices are gonna come out that day of release nov 8.. since i have tmo im going with dell..i dont want anything bigger than 4(dell is 4.1) i have the evo still have hd2, vibrant, nexus and i can say vibrant is the perfect size phone.. 4 inches...

so anyone knows if all this devices including dell would be release that day?

4.3 to big... period... the only way would be a 4.3 amoled screen then **** yea
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
the dell may be a bit too expensive but it may be the perfect device for me

but it may be too expensive with holiday shopping and I need extra money to travel too
[Windows Phone 7 General] leepenguin:
Can i order Dell venue pro and use in Canada?
[Windows Phone 7 General] leepenguin:
How much is Dell venue pro?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Iridox:
Dell Venue Pro will be my device... it will be at least $199.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vHatch:
I don't get why it was called launch day if the phones weren't available to be purchased yet.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ryotgz:
Focus for me.
[Droid 2 General] vcarl:
For some reason, NexTheme is triplicating all the texts I receive. It's not giving me three notifications, just 3 texts all at the same time. I saw that a few other people were having this problem, but the only solution given is to use RootExplorer to do some stuff, and I'd rather not pay $4 for an app to make my phone work as it should.

Word on the street is that it's only affecting Epic 2.5 users, something about conversations.apk vs. mms.apk. Anyone have any ideas?
[Droid 2 General] theecho:
For your phone to work as it should would mean to not make any changes as that as how it comes from the manufacturer. As with any theme, you use at your own risk. You should have a decent root explorer on your phone anyway and i would recommend getting one in case you have system issues or have to overwrite a file. Additionally, you should be able to use adb as a root explorer alternative just not as convenient since it is not on the phone itself.