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[G2 and Desire Z General] k0mpresd:
that sucks, ok, thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z General] nricci:
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[G2 and Desire Z General] k0mpresd:
^ thanks. guess they are out there. but im not a tmobile customer. :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] o>c:
I just bought one in ebay and the seller will get the unlock **** for me:)
[G2 and Desire Z General] carlsbad0331:
Let us know how that unlock **** works for you... Not that I am personally interested in ****, but hey... maybe someone is!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Superfrag:
LOLOLOL. Bad typo? ROFL.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jashsu:
I got my code from T-mo. If the service rep tells you that the G2 is not in the system yet, suggest that he make the request with another phone (ex. G1) and write in the notes field that the phone is a G2. HTC is the one that actually processes the request. I received my code in about 24 hours (on a weekend, no less).
[G2 and Desire Z General] Android1126:
I have been unlocking all of my phones from T-Mobile directly for the past few years. I personally have never had any issues, and I travel overseas quite frequently.

Although I've read some horror stories on here, I'm just glad I haven't had to experience anything of the sort!
[G2 and Desire Z General] GuestK00102:
http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision

Scroll down to Rooting G2 and Desire Z

If you root it you can turn off the sim-lock, in other words, unlock your phone :) no need for an unlock code.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Danny.B:
I used this guys method:

hxxp://g2hacks.com/g2-hacks/how-to-root-g2-phone/

The Wiki instructions and his instructions are similar to begin, but stray from the Wiki once gfree is mentioned.

I'm rooted, but not unlocked, which I need to be. Can I install gfree for unlock? Would there be any conflicts?

Cheers,

Danny

Edit: Sure enough there was instructions a bit farther down the Wiki page that walked me right through. I'm unlocked and blazing around the interwebz at EDGE speeds with AT&T. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] jaoyina:
Is this permanent? what's the difference to unlock it with code?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Danny.B:
Im pretty sure you can roll everything back if you want via gfree. Follw that wiki link and read up. It worked for me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jaoyina:
I will try that, it seems better than the unlock code, I saw someone lose signal after using code even with t-mobile sim card.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Danny.B:
We got this G2 through an upgrade with T-mobile. I called T-mobile to get the unlock code 1/23, so I could use this phone with my AT&T plan, and have yet to receive it. ( Not that I need it now anyway:D )

It recognized my AT&T sim, and my cell service was instant. The data was hesitant to work so I had to manually enter the APN info via settings. Other than that it worked as advertised.
[EVO 4G General] rejectedkid:
I just got my evo traded in my hero for this sexy phone! Just wanted to say hello :)
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Welcome! Came from a Hero too.
[EVO 4G General] dwertz:
Welcome to the Evo's Anonymous forum. Flash flash, root, root, mess this up, fix it, update update, new prl, new pri, new radio, new kernel, gotta have it.
[EVO 4G General] Royvin:
HAHA So True!!!

And Welcome!!
[EVO 4G General] rdwing:
It's like a drug, I swear. Go a few days without anas you start to feel the withdrawals. I'm addicted for sure.

Sent from my EVO
[EVO 4G General] rejectedkid:
My hero felt so cheap compared to the evo. I'm actually proud to whip this bad boy out in public lol
[EVO 4G General] intel i7 quad:
i came from an htc fuze

good times energy rom/keyboard
[EVO 4G General] secondskin:
Hey Rejectedkid it's great to see you!!! You went out of your way to make a circle battery mod for me on the Hero. I love my Evo as well. The Hero was nice for what it was and treated me good for a year but I'm definitely proud to wip out my Evo.

Best luck to you.
[EVO 4G General] eniamg02:
Welcome! To the best side :D
[EVO 4G General] Wire P. Snyder:
Welcome... Nothing but knowledge and quite a bit of humor here! Happy Flashing!!!!
[EVO 4G General] jesusprice:
I'm in the same boat. I moved from the hero to evo.

I'm a happy happy camper
[EVO 4G General] keanpndx256:
Welcome aboard kiddo!

Sent from my HTC EVO
[Vibrant General] androidmonkey:
This notification just popped up in the bar about 30 min ago. It still says "Connecting to DM server". Is this the update trying to download?
[Vibrant General] lqaddict:
Connect to USB and run

adb logcat
[Vibrant General] androidmonkey:
What does that do? I dont have adb installed on my work PC. Is there a portable version of adb so I dont have to install it?
[Vibrant General] lqaddict:
It's a real-time log from the device.
[Vibrant General] androidmonkey:
Thanks.

It is the update. Just go the notification update is ready. My phone though is not ready, not enough juice. Postponed! NOooooo!
[Vibrant General] Yankee0750:
I just got it too but it dissapeard. Im not stock though, Im ussing bionix 1.4
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
This just popped up on my phone also. I am also at work so am not able to adb. Isnt there an app in the market for logs?

I have the oc/uv kernel from JAC... I suppose the update will go fine?

Anyone able to instruct me how to show the URL from where it is downloading?

Trying to install aLogcat from the market now.... doesnt seem to be working. I guess my phone is downloading the update.
[Vibrant General] dashed:
download logcollector from the market.
[Vibrant General] kmull:
What do you do when you get the message Connecting to DM Server

but nothing happens after that. The message dissappears in a few minutes...along with the icon with the blue and red arrows. I have no data connection. A few times I have turned my vibrant on and the message was there(even though my wifi wasn't running. If I switch my wifi on or not...makes no difference...the message still disappears and nothing more happens. What should I do?
[Vibrant General] Zylograth:
Why is anyone still waiting on the OTA? Just install Kies mini from Samsung and install the update, OR create a shortcut to the update process and force it. There is absolutely no reason for anyone to still be waiting for this OTA to JI6.
[Vibrant General] kmull:
Will we be able to install the Froyo update with Kies mini also when is is available...just in case thats the only way I can get it. Oh and I still would like to hear if anyone knows the answer to my question in the above post, please.
[Vibrant General] parahelium:
I searched and found no answer. My Vibrant is just rooted to turn off the boot up and turn off sounds. Nothing else has done, is the OTA safe for my phone?
[Vibrant General] lqaddict:
There are reports that it works with RyanZA's lag fix and root in some instances.

There are reports that the OTA update bricks even virgin stock phones, so it is a shot in a dark.
[Vibrant General] AgentFour20:
Personally I think I'm gonna wait till some one uploads the update and does some testing to see what is making the phone soft brick .
[Vibrant General] dublued:
Root is ok but you will have to undo any lagfixes if you applied them.

It will most likely unroot your device but you can use the same method to root again.
[Vibrant General] gancho:
Not to be a downer but not necessarily. I was rooted with no lag fix (currently or prior) at all and it soft bricked my phone. I had the Samsung AP installed but that is about it, didn't remove bloatware or change the startup/shutdown sounds.

Got the phone running again with ODIN so I am back to stock now, without the update :(
[Vibrant General] iunlock:
What a bummer...I'm rooted w/ Ryans LagFix....hope to hear some good news in a few on a solution...
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
does the virgin stock phones mean that it is unrooted or nothing is changed in the out of the box phone?
[Vibrant General] jksloan:
No Success Here

My Rooted Vibrant that also went through OCLF failed to boot and hung on the Vibrant splash screen. Had to use Odin and the stock build to get it back and running. Thankful I had made backups prior to trying the OTA.

I've since renamed /etc/system/otacerts.zip to stop the OTA update but I would love to get rid of the OTA update icon. Anyone have any ideas?
[Vibrant General] motorjonny:
mine was rooted with just the ji6 modem flashed from odin.. and some other mods like mobile ap and metamorph..

so i got the update.. and it failed on install... ahhh.... flashed back pure stock on odin.. waaaaiiitning.. praying it comes back again!
[Vibrant General] d01100100:
Stock phone, rooted with no lagfix ever applied.

Phone is toast. I'm at work so waiting for Odin to download slowly so I can reflash the phone to stock.

Might just say skip it and apply one of the custom roms. It seems neither TMO or Samsung can get their **** together. I waited patiently for the OTA and got screwed.
[Vibrant General] atatistcheff:
Updated ok with root

My phone had the OCLF v 2.1 plus root installed. Yesterday I removed the lag fix since most folks recommended this prior to updating. Crossed my fingers and hoped my update would arrive soon.

Today my update arrived. It installed with no issues, after which my phone is still rooted. It did pause for several minutes at the Galaxy S screen, I was wondering if I had bricked it but I waited and it came through ok.

I'm not planning to reinstall the lag fix anytime soon as I don't notice that much of a change - except in the Quadant scores ;-)
[Vibrant General] dublued:
That's what I ended up doing. I didn't want to potentially wait until the end of October so I just went ahead and flashed Bionix. I don't think I'm going back to stock ever.
[Vibrant General] michaelh99:
How many "minutes" did you wait? The notice before the update said it would take 10 minutes. I'm willing to wait, but not all night :-)

The update portion with a status bar went my pretty quickly. My phone's been sitting on "Vibrant" for about 5 minutes and I'm starting to sweat.

I had been rooted and had OCLF but reversed both before applying the update. I also had the mobile AP, customized swype skin and custom battery meter but everything else was stock.
[Vibrant General] kboater:
i want to remove mobile AP just incase that is what is causing the soft bricks. ive noticed many people have problems have flashed the mobile ap. is there a way to remove with like uninstalling an application?

--without odin or flashing back to stock
[Vibrant General] J3ST3RM4A3:
I was rooted and removed some of the Samsung bloatware apps such as MediaHub etc...saw the update was available this morning and started it, phone was stuck on the Samsung Vibrant screen ever since. I put in for a replacement, could probably fix it with ODIN but new phone should be here tomorrow. I was actually having issues before that, so it could have been the phone itself...no way to be 100% sure.
[Vibrant General] d01100100:
For the people who had issues with their OTA, did you have a file named update.zip previously on the /sdcard directory? It's the only thing I can think of that might interfere with the OTA download, causing it to truncate. Phone is recovered and re-rooted, but the Update Firmware shows no update available. I'm going to Odin flash the 9-28 JI6 image.
[Vibrant General] parahelium:
That is what I am thinking as well. I have removed the update.zip from the internal storage now. The OTA is here and I postponed for a day just to be safe. I really need the GPS fix.
[Vibrant General] reaton33:
fine over here

My phone is rooted with RyanZA's one click lag fix and the update worked fine for me. I've never removed bloatware or anything though. Total I think it took about 8 minutes from start to finish.

I received the update this morning but my battery was below 10% and said I need more juice in order to install. I recharged and it kept saying the same thing after postponing a couple times. I restarted my phone and all works good now.

I'm noticing very good improvements in signal strength and flawless gps now. Maybe a speed increase also? I'm not sure about the speed thing just yet. Seems a bit snappier to me.
[Vibrant General] Nightfall983:
Lost Root

I updated to JI6 using odin based on the info in android development section, and I most definitely lost root.

Trying one click root/unroot to see if I can get root back
[Vibrant General] d01100100:
Using the recovery mode / update.zip (the classic root method) worked for me after Odin flashing JI6.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ihod:
Hey all, have the Vibrant with root and lagfix. Got a popup today and I got so stoked that I hit accept without disabling the lagfix. I have read here that there are issues trying to install a new rom on lagfixed phones. I have no idea what odin is, and im using stock recovery which I can boot into. The phone hangs at the Vibrant screen but I hear the TMO jingle.

How do I go about bringing this phone back to stock so I can apply the update without lagfix/root?

Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j0hnZ:
Use Odin..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domtru:
OTA with RyanZA laf fix still applied

So I did the OTA update with RyanZA lag fix still applied (root as well), did lock up on Galaxy S screen for a while but ended up pulling out of it and loaded everything fine. (remember, the update did state that it would take ten minutes) Eventually, I noticed that the media scanning of the external sd card is stuck scanning. Wont let me access media or media hub. Everything else seemed to work. Shut down phone but phone got stuck on custom shut down. (droid peeing on apple). I pulled battery, restarted with custom I9000 startup...same thing..stuck on media scanning with a line through a SD icon on the top left that I havent seen before...any suggestions?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domtru:
***Update****

For some reason I had to reformat my 8 gig SD card after OTA update, now working fine. I now have access to Media Hub which by the way...is the ****!! I cant wait to show iphone users....Also, HD recording, voice with swype, still running 2100 on quadrant, task manager now available, GPS seems to be working fine. In all, the update looks good! I did with RyanZA lag fix still applied. Not sure if that created the problems but after a couple of hard resets everything is working fine. VIBRANT ROCKS!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryfter:
It's not Froyo. It is 2.1-update1 in the Firmware. It is probably the GPS fix released earlier this week.

I just got it applied to my phone. It got stuck on the "S" screen for a LONG time. I finally pulled the battery and tried again. It got stuck for a few more minutes, but finally pulled through.

Hmm, looking further down, yea, it is the GPS fix. Build #: ECLAIR.UVJI6
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bspence415:
my screen is stuck at samsung vibrant ive been messin with it all night how do i get out of this i hit the update while still rooted and lagfix applied ive already asked for a new phone but i would prefer to fix this one if possible someone please help us!!!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mentalex2:
ODIN ODIN ODIN! There are at least 20 posts with these same problems. Read up on odin. Learn to use it. Its incredibly simple. It will be your best friend!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jshug:
Hello, I'm having the same problem and took the advice given in this thread and gave Odin a shot. For PIT I used T959UVJFD.tar and for PDA I used s1_odin_20100512.pit

I hit start and nothing happens except for I get the following message:

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

Odin does seem to be the way out of the dark but this was not the desired outcome. What gives?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mentalex2:
Sooooo, you put the .pit file in the PDA field and the .tar file in the PIT field???

Go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=734475

Download the 512 pit and the JFD image

In ODIN put the JFD image (tar file) in the pda field

Put the 512 (pit file) in the pit field)

Make sure you see the yellow com box light up. If it doesnt, you need the samsung drivers.

Hit start
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jshug:
I meant to say that I had the .tar in the pda and the pit in the pit. It looks like I needed the drivers, it's working now. Thank you so much!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fentonmatt:
I have found plenty of info on deodexing the Droid X OTA but i can't seem to find anything on my phone. I have the Motorola Droid 1, rooted and running Bugless Beast V 0.5 ROM w/ SP Recovery and some other stuff. I was wondering how/if I would be able to deodex it? Preferably OTA, if possible. Thanks in advance!
[G2 and Desire Z General] jedthehumanoid:
I just spent some time at the local T-Mobile store checking this thing out in person. I'm very seriously thinking about picking one up but I have one thing I want to ask you guys that already have one....How is the sound quality when listening to music? If I get this phone, it will be my second android phone but my first htc. I currently have a samsung moment and I detest a lot of things about it. One of the things that bothers me is that I still carry around my outdated ipod because the sound quality of my moment is brutal. I never noticed with the generic ear buds that came with the phone but once I plugged in some quality cans, I realized the phone doesn't have any balls. My music sounds like I'm listening to cheapo headphones even though I have a pair of $100 dollar grados.

I'm a bit of an audiophile so if the thing can't sound high end, its a big drawback to me. I'm so tired of carrying an ipod in one pocket and the phone in another. Been doing that too many years and the idea of getting a smartphone was supposed to cure that need.

Thanks in advance for any feedback!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Superfrag:
I have the JH5's.. will listen to music on my G2 for some time and report back. I'm pretty satisfied with the Galaxy S, that has good SQ. My iPad also has great SQ..
[G2 and Desire Z General] greengoldmello:
One major problem I have with most android phones is that they aren't loud enough. That's the main reason I still carry around my touch. I hope I am able to solve this soon...
[G2 and Desire Z General] synaesthetic:
This question was bugging me, as I have the G2 on my short list of phones I want, so I went back to the T-Mobile store today and asked if I could see their live demo unit and test music playback on it.

They didn't agree, not wanting me to put an sdcard with music on it in the demo phone, but one of the employees had his own G2 with music already on it. He let me plug my headphones in (Head Direct RE2, not the most spectacular, but not cheap $20 earbuds either) and played a few tracks.

It sounded pretty good for an HTC phone.

Now, granted, these MP3s were not very high quality. They were 128kbps encodes, probably not LAME encoded. But I'll say it definitely sounded better than the utterly bass-lacking Nexus One.

It doesn't sound half as decent as the Samsung Vibrant, though.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ericc191:
that desire hd has dolby srs or whatever, should sound good. really hoping t-mobile brings it to the US.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jedthehumanoid:
Exactly. I know in terms of specs the iPhones don't compare to Androids, but sound quality as I said is a big deal to me. I would tolerate a slightly slower phone for good sound.

As far as people noting that newer Samsung phones have good sound...that's nice to know but I've already decided I can never buy another Samsung phone for as long as I live. I'll spare you all the self-righteous diatribe but suffice it to say my Moment's lack of sound quality is only one of a number of issues I have with it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] markdurant:
That's why I have a Ipod touch 4G
[G2 and Desire Z General] Jorsher:
Unfortunately this is all opinion so our opinion of good may not mesh with yours, however I use Klipsch S4s which have been reviewed by many different people as the best in the price range and better than many that cost twice as much...

I listen to FLAC all day on my G2 with these earphones at work and am happy with the quality.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Superfrag:
Using the JH5's, the G2 sounds decent for average listening. Not as good as the iPad or iPhone 4, but good enough. It doesn't make the music sound bad, just the bass performance is not as good and its a bit focused on treble.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Du22ty:
Kind of like the speaker for the phone.. sounds good but a little quiet.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Jorsher:
Plenty loud IMO :/
[G2 and Desire Z General] zuludelta9:
I have to admit that my blackberry bold 9700 earphone jack yielded better results as far as pandora is concerned to my auxiliary port of my head unit (even with high quality)
[G2 and Desire Z General] clivo360:
I don't know about the G2, but the Vibrant has amazing sound quality through its headphone jack. When tested by gsmarena.com, it beat the iphone on a few sound quality tests and was about the same on all the others. I've never heard better sound quality on a phone and its very customizable and pretty loud.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gjvah:
It's decent. The bundled earphones are pretty good quality, and the controls work flawless, without any lag. Perfect for gym. IMHO if you're using your phone for listening to music anywhere else, you're doing it wrong. At home a hi-fi system is obviously better, in the car... why bother. Unless you have a non-existent (or super ****ty) system in the car, why would you listen to music using your phone?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Superfrag:
Yup, the Vibrant/Galaxy S uses a discrete Wolfson DSP ; thus its Sound Quality is superb. The iPhone 4 uses a discrete Cirrus Logic DSP, whereas HTC phones/Qualcomm do not have a discrete DSP, its integrated into the SoC.
[G2 and Desire Z General] scrizz:
So to answer his question, He's still going to have to carry around the iPod.

:p

;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] dracoaffectus:
I've been using the included headset and am very happy with the sound quality and volume.

I haven't tested any other earphones yet.

On a related note, the speaker is only adequate. I wouldn't rely on it. Samsung phones seem to be much better in this regard.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Jorsher:
Included headset sucks compared to the S4s, but to be realistic you can't expect HTC to waste money including a "good" headset when 95% of the buyers can't tell a difference or don't care. I hope they continue to include cheap headsets so I'm not paying a premium for a phone with a mediocre pair that I won't use anyway.
[G2 and Desire Z General] vj80:
Are you using the stock music player to listen to FLAC? It doesn't seem to work for me. Neither does the cube player.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ml2514:
Audio quality isn't the best on this phone. I have a pair of Senn's CX500's and the bass gets distorted when listening to the default player. The mid's are okay and sometimes the highs get distorted also. This btw is coming from music with at least 192kbps bitrate on them.

But still love the phone!
[G2 and Desire Z General] jedthehumanoid:
Thanks for all the feedback guys! I really appreciate you taking the time to throw in your opinions.

I hate to say it, but I think I'm starting to lean towards getting an iPhone. It's not just the sound quality concern I have. It's the thread about the random reboots as well as the thread about the low signal in areas where that should not be an issue that has me scared. I know AT&T is not the best in terms of cell reception but I live in Chicago so more often than not, I don't foresee myself having issues with that. My current phone (Android) drops calls all the time even when other people on my provider are just fine.

I really feel like Android/Google needs to slow down the output of models and focus on making them more consistent. It seems like some Android phones are great and some are bad and I'm not interested in playing Russian roulette with my phone experience.

Maybe someday in the future I'll try Android again but for now, I'm going to try other things...