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[myTouch 4G Accessories] crxtasi:
Thanks for the compliments guys :D I actually learned this mod thru RC forums as they have been dyeing RC parts for years now, just took the plunge to see if it would work.

***I take no responsibilities on what happens to your case, Doing this mod means you cannot return it to the store, you cannot blame me if the color you desire didn't show up the way you wanted it. (YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your case, I will laugh at you.) <---from cyanogen :D ***

Here's a small write up:

Needed:

Rit Powder Dye

Pot - I actually bought a cheap small one cause I dunno if its toxic or not (the wife didn't want me to use hers :p)

The Case

String and Stick

Paper Towels or Micro fiber shop towel(I used this one)

Water ;)

Now make sure the case is clean from oil, finger prints or other residue or it might ruin the case when the dye sets in.

Basically string up the case to a stick, heat up water to a boil, turn stove off, mix in the dye(stir it in) put in the case, let it sit there for 15mins(check every 5mins to see color desired, any longer than 15mins didn't help darken the color for mine) after 15mins take out the case and wipe it down then dunk it in cold water. Wipe it down again and you are done.

My Inspiration in doing this mod

Hope this helps!
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Uchennadi:
Wow good job on the dye work. It looks awesome. Think I'm gonna dye mine black cuz I have a black phone. Thanks for the instructions btw :)
[myTouch 4G Accessories] bobsbbq:
Same here, just wondering if the dye is a glossy or flat color. His red looks like it maintained the glossy color like the white had. I have never bought the dye so I don't know if there is a flat or glossy dye?
[myTouch 4G Accessories] bobsbbq:
Ok well I took the plunge and tried to dye mine black. It turned out a very dark burgundy, which actually looks pretty good. I'm not sure if I got too much water mixed with one dry package or what. I let it set in the water almost 30 min. It would not get any darker. The instructions are good and I wiped it off and put it in to cold water and wiped it off again and it was just as shinny and slick looking as before.

While I'm a little disappointed it did not turn out more black it is worth the effort and looks better than the white.

I debating on whether I could try again and maybe use 2 boxes of black dye with the same amount of water? I think if you are going darker the same color it might work. But you can't go back to a lighter color I'm sure.

PS Don't worry if you see what looks like debris on the case and is not shinny smooth while in the dye. It comes off when you clean it.

Here are my pictures, I took them in a rush.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] lghorn:
Looks pretty good! I was about to try black tonight, but got off work too late to pick up supplies. Too bad it didn't turn out true black, but this color definitely looks better than white with a black phone.

Wonder if it's a combination of the materials in the plastic and the color that's already dyed that makes the color come out more purple. Looking @ the picks of the red one, it appears that the color may not have turned out uniform, our maybe it's just the picks.

I may give this a shot anyhow. Thanks for posting your results.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Lakeshow423:
That still turned out damn sweet bbq!
[myTouch 4G Accessories] dustrho:
Wow, that is awesome! What products did you use and how exactly did you accomplish that? I have the exact same case, and would be quite eager to give it an alternate color other than the stock white (which is still good & all). Great work on that!
[myTouch 4G Accessories] bobsbbq:
Yeah my pics are not that good but it does a good job. I think I might try again with a more concentrated mixture. What do I have to loose, it can only get darker. The fact that it did not get any darker after 10-15 min tells me the dye was too weak. I used 1 box of powder and probably to much water, so who knows.

You could if you really wanted to get into mixing the colors to get the red to match perfect but I think it looks good the way it is.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] crxtasi:
That's the good thing about dye it comes out even throughout what you are dyeing...been doing it to my RC parts for awhile now but I think there's something in the case that didn't adhere to the dye maybe the shiny material they used? (I've dyed white RC wheels and they turned out black but they weren't as shiny)

Sorry to hear it didn't come out darker than expected but it does look good on black than the white case on a black MT4G. Maybe you should use less water with one or two packets. But you are right, same thing happened to me, anything after 15mins it stops getting darker that's why on my tut that was my suggested time.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] bobsbbq:
I tried again with 2 packs of dye and less water. It still comes out the same, I think it has something to do with the finish. I even did it twice tonight and no luck. The color is very nice though so I'm happy. If anyone else tries and gets jet black let me know.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] lghorn:
Got closer black, but not jet black...

I tried with 2 packs of dye and only about 2-2.5 cups water in a small sauce pan - it was a bit tough to get the dye dissolved, and a bunch of it caked on the bottom of the pan while the process was going on so it left a little imperfections where the case was resting on the bottom.

The color appeared to be a solid black at first, but as I rinsed off the case I could see a purple tinge in bright light. In lower light and mostly indoors it looks black; only in bright light or outside in sunlight does it look more dark "eggplant".

Only thing I did different was to keep the stove on during the whole process - I didn't keep it at a simmer because the case will then float to the top, but I did keep it on medium (after bringing to a boil) the entire 15-20 mins.

You can see slight imperfections in the case, part of which is due to the case resting on the bottom in the dye "cake" and not getting complete coverage, and what looks like scratches may have been there before and only more obvious on a dark color. This case is going to get scratched anyway, dye or not.

Here are some photos of the results (sorry if the pics are a bit blurry). The white specks on one shot are just dust.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] dustrho:
I have the two-piece case that I purchased from T-Mobile (the one that has the slim rubber sleeve/condom and hard white plastic back), and noticed that there's already tearing on that rubber sleeve. I'm sure it's happened because I've taken the phone out of it a few times, but seriously for $30 one would think that would be better made. Total bull**** that it's torn already, wasn't even expecting that to happen.

:mad:
[myTouch 4G Accessories] xderekaustinx:
Out of curiosity, where can one purchase Rit dye? I tried to google it, and found places online...I assumed fabric places or maybe even lowes/home depot types of places? Wal-mart?
[myTouch 4G Accessories] clue11:
Where was the tear? Can you possibly post a picture? I just bought the case yesterday as well...
[myTouch 4G Accessories] dustrho:
I can't because I exchanged it yesterday for another one (same case). So if you're looking at the front of the phone, it was in the upper right-hand corner of the gray rubber skin. I'm certain it was torn by the white plastic corner/edge there, as it's somewhat sharp. As soon as I got home with the new one I sanded down any sharp/pointy edges to hopefully prevent this from happening again.

Aside from that, I love this case (minus some lint that gets stuck on it).
[myTouch 4G Accessories] krazy_smokezalot:
Yeah i bought this case also. I ran into that issue but i solved it by just wiping it on my jeans a few time gets it clean again. And it don't wear the rubbery feel it has
[myTouch 4G Accessories] evannole:
Thanks, ighorn and crxtasi, for the dyeing tips. I bought one of these cases yesterday and dyed black it this afternoon. It came out looking great - so much better than the white on my black phone! In ambient or even under bright fluorescent lighting, it really is pretty much jet black; under bright incandescent or halogen light, it turns a deep red color - much like Florida State garnet, which works for me, since I'm an FSU alumnus!

I followed the instructions in this thread, though I made a couple of adjustments, as the instructions on the box of dye suggested adding salt and liquid detergent to the dye mixture. I also let the mixture come to a boil a few times while the case was in the dye bath, as the first time it boiled (accidentally) I noticed the color saturation of the case suddenly improved significantly. I kept stirring the mixture and moved the case around in the liquid with my stick to keep the pot from boiling over.

Thanks again for the great tips.

E
[myTouch 4G Accessories] raeef:
I got this one too, I didn't want to leave the phone naked for more days and didn't have the time to look for something good on the web. I tried this in the store and I liked it. I like the texture and holding the phone is really nice.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] splat matt:
Where did you get this case? Who manufactured it?

I went to several t-mobile stores and none of sales associates have seen or heard about this case.

MT4G (HTC Glacier) using XDA app.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] k0shi:
I would also like to know this
[myTouch 4G Accessories] bobsbbq:
It's called a flex Protective Case. I have seen them in all T-Mobile Stores. Usually only white and a purple. don't get the flex protective case with screen protector it is not the same.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] godwearsgucci:
Hello all. Recently I had found my perfect combination of rom/theme/layout. I'm running cm6 with the black mod theme and an android phone seven layout. I'm getting great battery life and clean crisp activity with no bugs or lag. But one thing doesn't match and that's my keyboard. I downloaded an IME blackmod keyboard but I'm so used to using the stock keyboard I simply cannot bear it. I saw in a Eris post while looking for keyboards the Droid x keyboard. It was very similar to the stock key board but all black. Do we hero users have a ported Droid x keyboard and if not is it possible? Let me know.

GwG
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ranger61878:
Haven't seen one.

Sent from my FroYoed Sprint Hero
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] godwearsgucci:
Aww man. That's a hope killer
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ranger61878:
There are many geniuses here...someone could maybe figure something out for you. I wouldn't give up hope :)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] godwearsgucci:
Well I have a Droid Eris version of the keyboard, can anyone port it?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Vrekk:
There are a few working Droid x keyboard on if forum if you search. But I don't recommend it, the keyboard works well and is very responsive, all but for space bar, that doesn't work 9 times outa ten
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] swishersweedz420:
this guy bad4u6669 themed swiftkey its a good keyboard.

send him im he should send it to you

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=799012
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] knowah:
I didn't know people were theming swiftkey yet. I'll keep an eye out for others. I would never text/email without this keyboard now that I've used it for the past 4-5 months.

BTW ZenExp has the option to download/apply the droid x keyboard within the rom config, but I couldn't get it to work. Maybe someone else has had it work for them.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] robbiep:
I'm currently using smart keyboard pro with a droid theme. looks very similar.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lawliett:
I tried to apply whiskybro's JM9 version of Dena's Galassia Theme(sorry if not spelled right) onto my i9000. After copying all the files over, and replacing the existing framework and settings files, I had the theme working, but I could no longer add widgets or wallpapers without the launcher (both Tw and LP) force closing. Also, my settings application seems to have disappeared. It seems obvious that there is a problem with the settings.apk I put, but I can't figure out what to do? Do I have to reflash my phone to get the original files back or can I download the 3 files from somewhere?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nintrick:
My settings disappeared to while using [ROM][S.U.R.F.A.C.E. 3.2] ♣ JVR ♣ Sam's Ultra-lite ROM Fast And Completely Expandable. did you happen to find a solution?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jezebabe:
Same here

I'm also running [ROM][S.U.R.F.A.C.E. 3.2] ♣ JVR ♣ and have just had the same problem after updating from one version of Galaxian Kernel to another using SGS Kernel flasher (I have done many updates before without any problems).

The phone seems fine except when you press Menu key --> Settings nothing happens.

Did you find a solution?

Thanks

Jez
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biplabbose:
To access the Internet using Wifi I need to go through the proxy server of our organization. Usually in a Windows Desktop we configure to get the DNS server automatically and use a proxy.pac (some thing like: http: //SSS.SSS.SS.SSS/proxy.pac).

I have rooted my Xperia X10 mini and tried anProxy and TransProxy, but failed to go through the proxy server.

Is there any way out or work around to access the Internet through our proxy server?

Thanks in advance!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtothesquare:
I know this is old, but this is an ongoing problem and I figured out how to use a .pac proxy file! After reading about proxy's and what .pac files are, I stumbled upon a little hint and after a little tinkering I was able to use my work's wifi that uses an auto-config .pac file and my phone and tablet has full internet access with browser, apps etc including Netflix for example.

Here are the steps you need:

1) Your phone has to be rooted to take advantage of the proxy apps on the market, I personally use ProxyDroid, which is free and has a feature to bind certain proxy profiles to automatically turn on when a certain wifi network is connected.

2) Usually there is an option that gives you an http proxy pac file to manually input to your browsers or what not, so whatever the link is, put it an active internet browser to download the pac file (an example of the url with the pac file would be something like http://internet.xxxxx.com/proxy.pac)

3) Where ever you download the pac file, open it with notepad or wordpad and this will reveal all the proxy info you need in order to access the proxy enable wifi. What the ProxyDroid app needs from the PAC file is the Host url and Port number. When you open a PAC file in notepad, you'll see something like this near the top along with a bunch of other things under it:

"Cisco Remote Envelope Service

if (dstHost=="internet.e-mail") {

return "PROXY internet-x-x.xxxxxx.com:9090""

- So in "Host" under Proxy Settings in the ProxyDroid app you would input: internet-x-x.xxxx.com

- For the "Port" you would put input: 9090

4) After inputting those 2 pieces of info into the ProxyDroid app, turn the wifi on for your Android Device then enable to ProxyDroid app, you should able to connect to the proxy enabled wifi!

*Some notes for the ProxyDroid app.

- It allows for Authentication, but since my work wifi does not use that, I'm not sure how it would work

- For Proxy type, I set it as an HTTP

- I binded the specific proxy profile to my work wifi so it would ProxyDroid would automatically enable when work wifi was detected

Hope this bit of info helps other that have Android devices and were unable to use a proxy enable wifi to finally access them. Hopefully in the future, Android will make using proxy and pac files a lot easier like how it's done on the ipad where they allow you to manually set up proxy settings by having the device download the PAC file.

This works on both a rooted AT&T HTC Inspire and a HP Touchpad running CM7 Alpha
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moronig:
This looks like a resolved issue, but if anyone else is reading this, there is an easier way. Check out Autoproxy on the market. You can add a new proxy, put in the address to the proxy.pac file, and it will connect to the current proxy.

That's also good if you're on a network where they keep changing the proxy (like the place I work).
[S740, S743 General] estpaul:
I have tried several times to talk to t mobile tech support about my pictures being resized and they say they dont tech non t mobile phones. Whenever I get a picture message it does not fit to screen like a branded phone and I can not zoom in its very small. I am using a s740 unbranded and un locked, does anyone else have this problem? It really annoys me
[S740, S743 General] sasiskas:
many things may cause it.

the maximun dimensions and size (kb) supported:

1.by the receiver's phone

2.by the sender's phone

3.by the receiver's provider

4.by the sender's provider

any of these factors may cause a resize...personally I used to own an unbranded s743,but I have never used the mms service.

My advice is to try to find out which of these 4 factors causes the problem and if it is your phone then you can ask again for help here.if it is the provider that does not allow big pictures,then you can't do much...
[S740, S743 General] sasiskas:
I think I accidentaly found it!

start-settings-more-more-mms setting-photo resolution-original resolution

*a similar setting must be configured at the sender's phone too.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dani897:
thanks to helpful members evilspawn and h8rift and the origonal developer of the modified libflashplayer.so

i believe this is also covered in another related thread as well. im not a dev at all and im trying to learn this stuff. i will try to put this in an update script later with a browser.apk that has user agent option added to the settings that i found. if it works and i post it i will credit the dev of the modded browser and the dev of the libflashplayer.so file but i cant remember their names at the moment. now we need to beg our devs to cook this into some roms!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mindbullet:
Dolphin Browser lets you change the user agent to android, iphone, or desktop in its settings.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] nkrick:
Actually hulu doesn't own the license to make copyrighted content available to portable devices. Blame the studios, not hulu. The premium pay service that will be available is to offset the licensing fees they will be paying to the studios.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dani897:
^As much as that doesn't make sense thank you for clearing that up. I don't mean you didn't make sense I just mean the laws don't make sense.

Copy right laws are stupid. The browser is html, so why should it be classified as mobile. As far as I'm concerned this is a computer that makes phone calls. I guess its only fear of the lawyers that makes them block android browsers. it seems like it only take more work and trouble and limits the user base by charging people.

I'm not against them charging, if its consistent, its just you can get a lot of it for free on tv and you can get it free on the internet, it doesn't make sense to make a distinction between one flash and html capable device and another based on arbitrary specs and fcc classification, what's the difference to the studio if I watch hulu on a net book over 3g our if I watch I on my phone or tablet over wifi? I didn't pay a studio when I bought my pc, I don't pay studio fees when I use my pc, why do I have to pay them when I use my phone to do the same thing?. It should be illegal to make these laws, infact I'd bet it could be easily beaten in a court, just no one will put up the legal fees to challenge the studios who would just find another way to make life miserable. Some times I hate what this country is becoming.

Ok that'd enough ranting from me for tonight.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Themes and Apps] iphonekillers:
does changing the settings make hulu work.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Shovelhead84:
I could be wrong but...

Hulu uses Silverlight rather than standard flash. My understanding is that our current Android situation prevents us from having support for Silverlight and it will be some time before we do. It is something you can be sure WP7 will have due to Microsoft's connection but we will just have to wait.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] gunnyman:
Netflix uses silverlight Hulu uses Flash
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Shovelhead84:
Thank you for the correction. If this thread was about Netflix I would be very informative. ;)

At least I made a bold statement of my potential ignorance in the beginning of the post :D
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Drew489:
Curious too...

And too lazy to try it out. Does Hulu work on this phone w/ Dolphin browser?

That would be pretty huge...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] JPS81:
Changing the reported User Agent in Dolphin HD did not work for me.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] iphonekillers:
boomer thnk 4 taking tha time too see
[Captivate Themes and Apps] nkrick:
Flash 10.1 is not available for eclair, froyo is required. I personally have not tested froyo + dolphin + hulu, but in any scenario, froyo is needed.

There is information in the following thread about using the stock froyo browser and changing the user agent to get hulu to work: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819930 (I have not tried this either).
[Captivate Themes and Apps] evertec:
yeah, i have not once run into an instance where changing the user agent actually helps the situation... somehow the sites still detect as mobile and deliver accordingly
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dani897:
I'm using froyo, tried dolphin hd, tried changing user agent in stock browser, tried sky fire, tried fire fox beta, tried opera. None work.

Problem is that even if you get past the "your using android ..." Screen it doesn't recognize the flash player. Even though it is flash player 10.1 hulu says you don't have the flash plug in.

yes I have flash 10.1 installed, and yes I have it enabled. Rather than checking if the version is greater than the minimum version they must have a way to block the flash player build for android.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Themes and Apps] smeltn:
I have been trying to get hulu to work as well, tried all the different browswer tricks for each browser on the market and none work..
[Captivate Themes and Apps] kevinmayer86:
You can try surfing anonymously that way the server doesn't recognize you're on a mobile device. Try something like anonymouse.org
[Captivate Themes and Apps] avgjoegeek:
Hulu disabled the ability for folks to be able to use their service on mobile devices awhile ago.

I thought it was due to the fact that the mobile carriers were freaking out over the potential bandwidth jump in their networks?

Either way - your going to have to find some type of proxy that truly tricks Hulu into thinking your browsing from your desktop. I think it is doing some pretty hardcore checks now (OS, Browser, Flash Version etc..) and then it will let you watch.

Don't blame Hulu... blame the carriers that whined about it.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] friedCELLS:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=782169&page=9 go to this page. There's a post there with a hacked version of flash player that is made to fool hulu to think ur on a windows machine. I did it and now I watch hulu on my rooted evo! Just make sure u follow instructions. Uninstall ur current flash first then download and install hacked one and also change the UAstring in whatever browser u use from android to desktop. Instructions are on the same post as the hacked flash file as to how to do that. It's slightly easier in Dolphin browser. One less step. Just go into settings and I think advanced settings and change UAstring. Enjoy!

Sent from Evio super Rom on XDA app!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bamonkey:
followed instructions fully. tried both the hex edited and fixed version of the apk. changed useragent to desktop....still nothing from either the hulu app or the website. worth a shot i guess:mad:
[Captivate Themes and Apps] nammyczc:
tried installing the fixed flash hulu says I dont have flash