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[Fascinate General] ptfdmedic:
I agree with you. The problem is I have been swapped out 3 times and I promise I'm not a droid x ninja :) I live in Canton Ohio very close to the pro football hall of fame. So you are right about the infrastructure. I honestly don't know what the problem is but it is only happening on the fascinate and not the droid 2 that my wife uses. All 3 of the phones have had the same reception issues. Maybe there is a bug in the code for reporting signal strengh as been suggested. I did try the 3g fix and pushed the file to the correct place but it didn't appear to make a difference one way or the other. People have had mixed success with that.

Get yours works great and that's awesome but for me I can't pull anything better then -96dBm and usually sit right around -106dBm. Verizon keeps telling me its the phone and gives me a new one and it performs the same way.

My intention was not to cause an a problem but to share what I had been told with others who are experiencing the same problems. Not everyone seems to be having the issue but there are issues. I had image retention on my Epic but not on the fascinate. However, there are many people having the retention with the fascinate as well. Just cause I haven't had it doesnt mean its not a problem for others. I really hope this is a software issue but I was told it wasn't. I was just trying to help others with the same problem by sharing what verizon told me. I'm glad your phone works well for you and honestly I'm envious because I wish mine did. Aside from my Palm Pre this is the best phone I have had. I just can't get it to work. The x should arrive soon and I see if there is a difference in performance regarding the network. My guess is that it will work better but part of me is really hoping that it has issues as well so verizon will put in a trouble ticket. They say my area is not having any problems and so they haven't put in a trouble ticket. I truly hope its a network issue or something else that can be fixed.
[Fascinate General] imnuts:
Motorola is known for having the best signal strength/connectivity in their phones/devices compared to other manufacturers. I personally haven't had an issue yet, but I'm getting similar download speeds to my old TP2, which is my comparison and there were places that signal and internet were terrible, and they are just slightly better with my Fascinate now, so I'm content with what I have.
[Fascinate General] ptfdmedic:
Glad it is working well for you. The other thing that occured to me today was maybe my wifes phone is reporting the signal incorrectly and there is actually a problem in my area that just hasnt been reported. I had just assumed the Droid 2 was working better cause the numbers were better and it seem to connect calls faster and data was more stable.
[Fascinate General] imnuts:
It could just be a combination of things. Poor antennae placement in the Fascinate would lead to slightly worse signal strength and translate to lower data rates. A software error could make it seem like the problem is worse than it really is. I think the highest signal that anyone has seen reported on the Fascinate is -86dBm (or close to that). Compared to a Motorola device which has what may be one of the best systems for signal, and a similar software error may make it so that it appears that the signal strength difference is much greater than it really is. To go along with all of that, signal strength and data speeds are so dependent upon the environment and a ton of other factors that could make either go up or down from one minute/hour/day to the next.
[Fascinate General] ptfdmedic:
Thanks. Makes sense.
[Fascinate General] blazingwolf:
I to have been experiencing signal issues. This is a distinct signal difference between my Droid 1 and the Fascinate. While the signal received seems to be similar I have call quality issues on the Fascinate I have never had on the Droid. I to will end up returning this phone because of the issues unless Verizon can find a way to fix it.

The Fascinate is a great phone but poor signal is not an excuse for Verizon.

No, I'm not saying my market because it doesn't matter. The fact that there is an issue is the reason for this thread. If you happen to live in an area that has perfect signal every where you go then goody for you.
[Fascinate General] Mylt1:
Having not owned another droid phone, i have experienced just the opposite as some of the posters here. I came from a TP and had problems talking on the phone in my house. The Fascinate has no problems inside the house or any other area i travel in. Where i work has spotty coverage as best but as soon as i step out the door i have signal, whereas with the TP i had to walk across the street to a vacant lot to get signal.
[Fascinate General] ptfdmedic:
Well I set up the droid x and as i suspected the signal was better. However to be honest the numbers were better but the network performance didn't improve. I think i will stay with my fascinate. Maybe there is a bug with the numbers being reported on the fascinate.

I have to call verizon cause they didn't give me a way to ship anything back. But it appears the numbers may be in accurate. My next step is to have a trouble ticket put in so I can maybe get this issue addressed. This is really frustrating but if the network performance is the same on the x why downgrade.
[Fascinate General] garywojdan81:
Do you, by chance, live in former alltel area? I do & when I got my fascinate it was setup to only use vzw towers instead of the hybrid mix of alltel/vzw towers in my area. A call to tech support brought this to light. The fix was simple - *228 & changing the mobile data setting from automatic a to automatic b. Network/email problems all but disappeared.
[Fascinate General] ptfdmedic:
hot damn. That is a really great suggestion. I do live in an Alltel area. In fact someone was just saying something about having issues with the exact same thing the other day. I'm going to now. Thanks again for the helpful advice.

Where do you find the Auto B setting. I only have Automatic and Home.
[Fascinate General] garywojdan81:
Mine had the auto b setting after vzw tech support had me do a *228 option1 while I was on the line with them from our other phone. After I did it they had me go the sys select menu under mobile data & the auto b setting was there. Maybe they pushed it to the phone?
[Fascinate General] theraptscallion:
My wife also has a Droid 2, and it seems to have better voice capability all around. Both of us have very similar data rates, and I actually get much better signal with the fascinate than my old Touch Pro 2 or XV6900. My market is lousy for service (rural SW Virginia), which means Verizon or silence, but my fascinate definitely pulls in the sam amount of signal as the D2 or my coworkers Droid 1
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
They're running ads during the world series. Not cheap! It was just the "Really?" ad that has been shown before. Good to see them committing to the platform.
[Windows Phone 7 General] risq:
IIRC, $1 billion worth of advertising in fact, split between Kinect and WP7 :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Phone Titan:
Yup.

$500 million (aprox) is going to be spent on advertising WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
$500 mil, means ads everywhere. WP7 will sale regardless of anybody's opinion with $500 mil of marketing. All they have to do is keep it in everyone's face.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RustyGrom:
Sad but true. Well not sad for WP7 but it's sad that people will buy pretty much anything if it's advertised (well) enough.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ericc191:
Sad for power users like us..

I want some form of USB mass storage and a file explorer. Give me those two things and I'll be a happy camper. All the other issues people are complaining about, I wouldn't miss.
[Windows Phone 7 General] AceofSpades25:
I love those ads!

My wife think they're hilarious as well, cos she thinks I'm like that with my phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Phone Titan:
The advertising does seem to be quite good. I have seen a few ads on YouTube :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] Smokexz:
Ads usually bring in more users, Android wouldn't even be acknowledged as a platform if it weren't for the millions Motorola spent on advertising.
[Windows Phone 7 General] evolutionqy7:
good dear their spending not enough cause i only seen one carrier in Ireland advertising WP7 and that was only on the shop windows with a general advertisement including all phones :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Phone Titan:
They are probably not targeting people in the UK etc as much as people within the USA.
[Windows Phone 7 General] evolutionqy7:
And thats the reason why they will fail here and rest of europe lol

lol we cant even access zune music store haha

And they want to make a profit without full service availability lol
[Windows Phone 7 General] lip:
Give it time...I would imagine they will ramp up the advertising all over the world when they release in the US in time for the holidays...

They are spending half a freaking billion dollars...that must buy some nice ads one would think?!
[Epic 4G General] dwallersv:
Okay, before I get flamed, I searched and read, a lot. Didn't find the answer to my specific questions on this issue -- at least a definitively clear enough statement to assuage my lingering fears as I flash things to my new Epic.

Quick context-setting: I'm a very experienced hacker, SW engineer, over 25 years developing drivers and apps on Unix, Linux, Windows NT and derivative platforms; I've hacked for years on Winmo, have developed apps, drivers, and other things there as well. I'm new to Android.

So, here's my issue: I'm not clear on what is getting changed when I flash a ROM, vs. a KERNEL, vs. a MOD. In all cases I use the same procedure -- put the zip on my SD card, boot into clockwork, update via the choose zip interface.

Everything's cool so far. But I get nervous every time, because I don't know with certainty what is being changed via the ad-hoc definitions of these terms.

Here's what I think is the case: [ROM[KERNEL[MOD(s)]]].

That is, a ROM is a complete change of the entire platform -- that is, the kernel, and the software layers that sit on top of it. This is the equivalent to what a "ROM" is in the Winmo hacker world.

A KERNEL flash is something unique to Android as compared to Winmo. Because Android and Linux are open-source, we hackers can modify and build Android device kernels, and replace just that part (the core operating system, minus the Andriod layers above -- frameworks, apps, etc.), leaving the rest intact. So, when I flashed the MixUp kernel and replaced the stock DI18 kernel, my phone looked the same, configuration and customization wasn't changed, all files, apps, messages, etc. were still there, configurations preserved, etc. HOWEVER, there were some noticable differences, exactly as intended, by the kernel developer (allows OC to 1200Mhz, brightness controls are different at the endpoints, voodoo color changes are there, some other stuff). We can't easily do this in the Winmo world because it's not opensource.

A MOD is pretty much the same as mods offered in the winmo world. Can consist of any combination of config changes/tweaks, applications, modified stock apps, etc. The key point is that when applied, it adds/changes/fixes something without replacing the fundamental nature of the installed kernel and the Android layers that sit on it. In winmo, mods are usually deployed through CAB files, and installed on a fully booted device (sometimes requiring reboot). Mods on Android can be deployed through the bootloader update mechanism, hence my nervousness for those I've applied :-)

So, is that it? If so, I will flash MODs with much more comfort.
[Epic 4G General] AndrewZorn:
I think you got ROM and kernel right. I say "think" because I am in the exact same situation: not used to being able to change them independently (WM) and have a new Epic. Haven't heard of 'mods' though, unless you are referring to the general term that applies to tweaks and whatnot.

Without derailing, are the overclock kernels actually safe? Aside from the fundamentals of overclocking, which I am totally fine with, I do not understand how a single profile can be assumed safe for every phone in every situation.
[Epic 4G General] dwallersv:
There's a convention in the xda Android forums for prepending the subject title with [ROM] [KERNEL] or [MOD] to identify the type of change. Check it out.

As for the MixUp OC kernel, I've been using it for only 24 hours, but have had no problems with it at all (other than being a bit annoyed with the brightness changes, but it's a minor gripe), and it definitely improved overall performance.
[HD7 General] xma1e:
Hi

Does anyone know how to store documents and PDFs to the HD7? I can create documents on the phone but not transfer anything from my old HD2.

People on other threads mentioned skydrive, but I can only find an option to load photos there.
[HD7 General] konnexion:
We need Dropbox !

I think for now the only way to work with the storage of docs is via SharePoint

Ian
[HD7 General] Will101:
I was wondering how to go about doing this myself!

I little testing later and here are some options that worked:

Ahem!emailthemtoyourselfAhem! This does work and you can save the files to your phone after downloading the attachments (by default the attachments weren't download when the email was synced).

How WP7 does this is quite different to Windows desktop or Windows Mobile 6.5. Clicking on the attachment in the email will only open it; a long press does nothing. If it's a word file, there is then there is the option to 'save as' which allows you to modify the file name should you wish but only allows you to save to 'Office Hub'. Once you do this, the file is added to the second pivot list or column in the Office Hub (‘Documents’).

Note: Adding further office files such that the list will no longer fit on the screen will make the list vertically scrollable.

Skydrive and Office Live seem to be fully functional using the included WP7 IE browser. I was able to browse through my Skydrive files and folders and was even able to create and edit a new word document - all from within the browser.

Downloading an individual file takes a bit of careful finger work – just clicking on it automatically opens the file or folder but if you long press (which brings up the ‘open in new tab/share’ dialogue) and then click again in an empty part of the screen to hide the popup again, it will only highlight the file (as mousing over would do on the PC). This then allows you to select the more > download options.

The best and least pain free option for transferring files from Skydrive is to simply put everything you want on your phone in one Skydrive folder and use the ‘download folder as zip’ option. This method allows you to then open and save each individual file in the zip to the Office Hub. The limitation of this method is that the zip file doesn’t appear to be saved locally – it appears to open in the browser and only lets you open each file individually.

Note: It looks like currently there is no way to ‘save’ a pdf file on the device apart from as a downloaded email attachment. Hmm, not ideal if you like looking at large pdfs!
[HD7 General] wheresmybeaver:
Each WP7 app has it's own isolated storage area. Unfortauntely, apps cannot acccess storage space belonging to other apps. The only exception here so far seems to be the Pictures storage; many apps can read and write to this.

I would expect in future OS updates we will have better access to shared storage areas (well hopefully).

The solution I've been using for now is Dropbox. I upload my PDF files there, then navigate to http://m.dropbox.com in IE. Use your WiFi of course. When you tap on a file in your dropbox it will open in Adobe Reader.

Later on, if you open Adobe Reader from the app list then you will have access to previously downloaded PDFs. Simples!
[HD7 General] churchwa:
In the next software update they are going to bring skydrive into the office app.
[HD7 General] sijarvis:
Has there been any advancements yet?

It does seem silly that I don't have a documents folder or indeed that WP7 doesn't mirror my computer architecture.

Am uploading my PDF's to drop box, once i've accessed and opened them from my phone, am I then able to save them on to the storage card?
[HD7 General] danmoz98:
How the hell do I get a PDF on to my HD7?

I've tried emailing it to myself. I see it in hotmail, but every single time I attempt to download it, it fails.

I tried Dropbox. I see it in the browser, but no option to save.

I uploaded it to Skydrive, again, I see it but no option to save, only 'open in new tab' and 'share'.

This is utterly ridiculous, only MS could take a task as simple as saving a PDF to a device and turn it into a nightmare.

I'm usually quite apt with computers, this has me completely stumped though.
[HD7 General] poopilot:
Are you sure the PDF file is not corrupt? Do you even have Adobe Reader installed?

Picking a random smallish PDF file:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf

Entering that into IE on the phone downloads it, and offers the option to view it.

Having viewed it, it now appears in the Adobe Reader app. Long press on the filename gives me the option to delete it.

The same goes for skydrive (accessed through IE), and if I email the PDF file to myself.
[HD7 General] Trimegisto:
Although the methods previously suggested might work, and they do with several limitation, I wouldn't advise them as they will either leave your files lost in the middle of hundreds of e-mails or pile your office hub in a completely unorganized fashion.

My solution is much better; simply create OneNote notebooks, organized anyway you see fit, insert your files and sync them to SkyDrive.

When you sync them with your WP phone you will have your pdf files organized and always available.

Cheers
[HD7 General] kpmblue7:
Brilliant. I shall have to try this.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sag.misc:
I was upgrading to Cog 9.1 using 2e recovery and I think my captivate is now bricked. It does not display anything (only black screen). Even after connecting to USB I do not see the battery charging symbol. Is there anyway out of this mode?

I have tried all the different key combos to try to get into download mode. I could always get into download mode earlier using down button + power button combo.

Any pointer will be very helpful.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
How did you flash, and when did you realize there was an issue

Captivate

Cog 2.2
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sag.misc:
I flashed using ROM manager and I realised the issue after the screen remained black for around 30 mins.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRomero09:
the volume buttons and power combo are used to put it in recovery. Mine got stuck on the at&t logo. I pulled the battery after about 40 minutes, turned it on into recovery, wiped my data, rebooted, then worked flawlessly. My advice -> pull battery, put it back in, hold volume buttons, then connect the usb while continuing to hold up/down volume buttons, this should get you into download mode.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sulphur4724:
This sounds like i9000 rom button combo. Won't work with COG. For recovery hold both volume buttons and hold power button in. When at&t logo shows up, wait about a second and release the power button but continue to hold the vol. buttons. Should get you there.

For download, hold volume buttons down and plug in usb. Should put ya right there.

If you have a cappy that has the no buttons bug, you're pretty much hosed.

Designgears has a thread in the development section about the 3 button issue, with a mod that fixes it. Give it a read.

If you had usb debugging enabled and the computer sees the phone, you should be able to use adb to reboot recovery or download too.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cancermeetscorpio:
I am using ADW Launcher for 2 weeks now, how do I fix the lag or do I have too much things d-loaded to my phone?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ylwsub68:
I've looked through this forum for this question, but I haven't found a thread that straight-out asks it.

How would you go about changing ONLY the fonts on the Epic? The idea of theming piqued my interest, but after seeing a bunch of themes on here that don't really fit my taste, I thought I'd start by changing a few fonts around before actually editing any images.

Any tips, tutorials, or other help would be greatly appreciated for myself and others on this forum, I'm sure.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MysteryEmotionz:
Just change the font files in system>fonts

I looked into this for my theme just haven't pulled the trigger yet

Sent from my Emotionless Beast of an Epic using the XDA App
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asj2583:
I know the evo has a thread with over 100+ fonts that can be flashed in recovery, would one be able to grab one of these fonts and flash it to the epic the same way?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
Yes
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomasskull666:
adb push whateverfontyouwant.ttf /system/fonts/DroidSansBold.ttf and so on and so forth...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ylwsub68:
So I assume this would take a font you wanted and put it on the phone, in that folder, renaming it to and replacing DroidSansBold.ttf? Are there other fonts than DroidSansBold? Does a font you choose have to be in a certain format?

Etc, etc, etc...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomasskull666:
Pretty much, there are other font files on the phone just use adb to look and see which ones you will need to replace, just do adb shell and then once you get the prompt, type cd /system/fonts and then type the command "ls" which will list all of the font files in the folder. I would recommend taking whatever font that you want to add and copying it as many times as there are files in the /system/fonts folder, and then renaming each copy to match the ttf files in the the fonts folder to replace, and then just push them all to the phone with adb. If you need more instructions just pm me and I can help you out in more detail :-)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makskylan:
There is a thread on the EVO 4G forums that have over 100 flashable fonts. It's pretty cool but they change the entire system font.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MysteryEmotionz:
They're a thread on here with flashable fonts threw metamorph

Sent from my Emotionless Beast of an Epic using the XDA App
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decalex:
Attached is a font I really like (and use on my Epic). Here's the zip that you can flash using Clockwork-- that will flash the font only.

Here's the source of the font: http://www.dafont.com/comfortaa.font

But ya, you could really drop any fonts in this zip and flash them, as long as they're .ttf (true type fonts), and you rename them to match what's already in the file.
[Captivate General] weirdboy09:
After rooting and updating to leaked froyo

Will I be able to upgrade to the official update?

Is there a chance I wont be able to?
[Captivate General] fiveoneooo:
You can just one click odin back to stock and you will be able to. I believe there is no way you wont be able to unless you brick your phone of course
[Captivate General] Mrpotato00:
Not trying to scare u but I don't think u would be able to. I heard once u root and ur files have been messed with, u will no longer be able to ever update. Not even if u flash back to stock. This happened to me with the update they recently released.I researched why my phone didn't update and came across that info. But I could be wrong and why would u want to go to stock?
[Captivate General] echonc:
Above info is incorrect. If your rooted you can still update. If you kernel hoped you need to flash back to stock to do the OTA update. I have tested this.
[Captivate General] weirdboy09:
So its safe just so as long as I flash with Odin and don't brick my phone right

Thanks for helping me out with this
[Captivate General] Barsky:
Tested with which update? Froyo hasn't been released by ATT yet, has it? Sooo Sick of Waiting :mad: