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[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RiNo808:
well, i have been using the phone for a few days now and it is an awesome phone, but T-mobiles reception is just killing me. Compaired next to my N1 on ATT, thats another story. ATT has better reception on my N1 then on MT4 on tmobile. i can only wait for tmobile to update their reception.

Its a double edged sword.

with Tmobile you have a great phone with an okay reception, and a phone that is not locked down...

with ATT you have crappy phones with better reception, but phones are locked down. And to get a better phone you have to wait and pry that there is an unlocked vanilly phone that has the ATT frequencies...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heygrl:
Where are you located?

The myTouch 4G doesn't have good reception. It drops over to EDGE next to my Vibrant on 3G, same for the G2. But T-Mobile's 3G network isn't fully developed in Las Vegas yet and that's part of the reason. Certain towers don't have 3G yet, apparently it's on track to fixed soon. AT&T's network quality is truly garbage here. You can have all of the bars in the world but the worst call quality out of all the carriers. This isn't universal as there are hotspots where this problem is exacerbated (ie the Strip) Latency over 3G is pretty bad too.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nmw407:
I'm noticing that my MT4G has really horrible reception here at home. I have it side by side with my G1 and the G1 has full bars Edge and the MT4G has nothing! Sometimes it'll go to 1 Edge bar, but that's it.

Now I know location-wise the house is bad and can only pick up Edge, but I would expect the MT4G to at least display the same amount of bars as the G1.

I'm glad I have wifi-calling capability on this thing, otherwise I would have a nice phone that can't make calls!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] werk:
Man, bummer for you guys. I've had my mt4g here in New Orleans and all over NYC since it came out and reception and speeds have absolutely blown away my old iPhone 3gs on ATT in both areas.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heygrl:
That speaks more of the T-Mobile network than anything else. The MT4G next to my Vibrant was dropping 3G. Happened often in the same place with the G2..
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chopjaw:
I was also having problems. I went and got a 3G sim card and that fixed allot of problems I was having with reception. Not sure if it will work for you but worth a chance if you dont already have a 3G sim.

Chop.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foo_Blyat:
you're holding it wrong
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sputnikk23:
I use realvnc for my pc. Good pwd encryption. Good monitor driver. I love it. I"m a network admin so I'm also security conscious. I'm willing to replace realvnc for another good vnc software that is compatible with a droid as long as its secure. AndroidVNC claims to work with Real but I don't think they are negotiatng encryption properly. Has anyone come up with a VNC solution?

Also, is there a better FB app for android? I hate that theres no chat and after digging down one level on things it tends to open stuff in the browser.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glen4cindy:
I've had great luck with UltraVNC. It seems to work really well with Android, and it also works well with Windows and Mac. It's given me no problems, and is pretty fast even over 3G.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sputnikk23:
will it support encryption?

ultravnc on pc and androidvnc on the phone?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamensterms:
Hey guys,

Just getting acquainted with my new Desire.

Looking on the HTC site, there is an official Telstra ROM update available for me (in Australia).

Just wondering if anyone knows how to obtain information on the changes HTC have made from one ROM to another...

http://www.htc.com/au/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=312&cat=2&dl_id=1048

... is the updated ROM.

and...

http://www.htc.com/au/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=312&cat=2&dl_id=1027

... is the version im running at the moment.

is this an Android 2.2 (Froyo) update?

any help is greatly appreciated.

thanks dudes.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoemeistah:
Maybe I've been overlooking but I've never seen change logs on the HTC website.

As I look at the release date it should be Froyo 2.2 because 2.1 is pretty old now.

If you really want to be sure you can check the version by yourself by opening the RUU update executable installer you've downloaded. Monitor/scan it while for a rom.zip file which will be inside a temp folder and extract that, then extract a small user image file with 'unyaffs' to see the 'build.prop' file which includes information about the build etc..

Sent from my HTC
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamensterms:
Hey guys,

I finally got around to upgrading to the latest Official Telstra ROM.

I ended up performing the upgrade OTA (Over The Air), which was an absolute breeze. I didn’t have to do any backups prior to the upgrade, and it maintained all my settings/apps/data with no loss… of anything..

It ended up being the Froyo update (popup on device explained, though nothing mentioned on HTC site), and also included an updated version of sense.

So OTA updates for official ROMs are the way to go.

Cheers.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kratos313:
Got this Dock app from the Mytouch4g It installs fine but i can not get it to launch

i just downloaded the apk and installed can anyone help with this?

This also has the New (updated) Desk Clock app as well
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Angrychair420:
Most likely will not work unless ported for the evo. Nice ichigo avatar tho
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clue11:
Planning to buy the MyTouch 4G off contract and use the Even More Plus plan.

Currently the Unlimited Text + Data + 500 Min = $59.99

But it looks like T-Mobile will be coming out with new tiered data plans on Nov 14th with no restrictions on smartphones and plans:

http://www.tmonews.com/2010/11/t-mobile-adding-data-plan-to-new-data-lineup/

Will I be able to switch to the new data plan (ie. $10-15 for 200MB) once the new plan comes out (so $39.99 for Text + 500 Min.. and +$10-15 for data)?

Or should I just wait until Nov 14th to buy the MyTouch 4G?

One last thing: Are there any 3rd party retailers that will sell the phone off contract? Seems like most places I checked (wirefly, costco, Target, etc) all require a 2yr contract.

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floepie:
Costco will more than likely do an Even More Plus plan in which you buy the phone outright and open up a new account. You get more minutes and/or a cheaper plan in return. You usually save around $20/mo. The EM+ plans are contract-free. Costco still requires that you open up a new account with new phone number, which you can always terminate anytime. I did that with my Vibrant.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArcticWolf91:
Well since the Even More Plus plan is no contract, you can get the unlimited data plan now and switch to the cheaper data plan later. Also your numbers might be wrong since both add up to $60 a month, and it wouldn't make sense to get unlimited and tiered data plans for the same price...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clue11:
@floepie: I actually stopped by Costco today. Was told they will only sell on contract. I've purchased phones from Costco before. If I was going the 2yr contract route I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them again.

@ArcticWolf91: Yeah the ability to switch is what I wasn't sure about since I've never been with TMo and am new to these no-contract plans. But most likely that's what I'll do. And yeah I had the pricing wrong..and looking at it now I think it'll only save about $5/month between the tiered and unlimited so not really worth it.

Thanks for the help guys!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diversificationied:
You won't be able to use a full android phone with the lessed data plan.

They have two classifications -

"Media oriented" android phones aka mytouch 4g - $30

Basic android phones LG Optimus/Huwai - $10
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clue11:
According to TmoNews, the data plan restrictions might change on Nov 14th:

http://www.tmonews.com/2010/11/t-mob...w-data-lineup/
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordLugard:
So you're saying even the T-Mo stores refuse to sell to you at full price? That's not cool. I would say go to BestBuy, but they usually inflate their off-contract price vs carrier MSRP so as to weed out non-contract sign-ups.

**EDIT**

Dude, i just went to Tmobile.com and you can buy it off contract for $449.99, plus sign up for the EM+ plan.

Why not do that?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ESKIMOn00b:
Nov 14th 200mb data is 10, ultd is 30 for ANY phone... you CAN Chang to it whenever... its a promo so requires contract extension, but doesn't mess with equipment upg eligibility date... also tethering drops on the 14th for 14. 99
[Galaxy Tab General] ConceptVBS:
http://androidcommunity.com/galaxy-...on-the-roadmap-claims-samsung-india-20101103/
[Galaxy Tab General] ianford10:
Thought we was going to get Gingerbread but didn't think Honeycomb was coming to us!!

Sent from my GT-P1000
[Galaxy Tab General] AnttiV:
Oh I really hope this is true and they will update us to Honeycomb!
[Galaxy Tab General] xexes:
Samsung Hub updated their original post after they were questioned on it... they now say:

"Samsung India just contacted us stating that they cannot assure about the future upgrades but will be working hard to keep the Galaxy Tab updated."
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
apparently they have now doubled back again and in fact will be offering both updates for the tab
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EVOme:
So I am about to flash a new rom but I am far as hell on Angry Birds...If I save the apk and data, will it restore me back to where I am??? Using either app...I have both.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shdwboy:
I've used my back up pro and everything seemed to save and restore just fine. Dont hold me to it tho, but everything worked out for me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EVOme:
Thanks...I'll give it a shot...**biting nails"
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terrel_b:
I just used Titanium Backup and flashed. As long as you save the app (apk) and the data, you should be fine.
[HD2 General] gafadi:
Hey guys ,

so i am sending a HD2 to my cuz in Asia , i need to unlock the phone to work there. What should i do .

Thanks
[HD2 General] ashasaur:
Get a SIM unlock code for it from eBay or someplace similiar. Should be about 15 bucks.
[HD2 General] GTRACER88:
Or as a T-Mobile employee I can tell you to call customer care and ask them for the unlock codes. They will give it to you after 90 days of being in service with them.
[HD2 General] gafadi:
There is no other way ?i bought the phone from someone else
[HD2 General] ashasaur:
? What do you mean? You have 2 options, either call T-Mobile if you are a T-Mobile customer, or purchase an unlock from somewhere like eBay or http://www.HTCunlock.com.
[HD2 General] gafadi:
ok , i can call the Customer Service but one thing. this Phone i am trying to unlock is not the one i took out on their plan , i got it from diffrent person. I have 2 phone that i got from Tmobile and this is third HD2 that i bought from another person to send to Asia. I can unlock this third one from Tmobile ? Or i can only unlock those phones that i purchased from tmobile on my acc.
[HD2 General] ashasaur:
So wait, are you trying to unlock an iPhone, or an HD2? And are you actually a T-Mobile customer, and did you purchase the HD2 DIRECTLY FROM T-Mobile?
[HD2 General] gafadi:
Sorry for a whole lot of confusions .

Idk where you got the Iphone from lol

I am a Tmobile customer for last 5 years, i have 2 line and i took out 2 HD2 when they came out this year . I bought a 3rd HD2 from a friend which i am sending to Asia.

I called Tmobile CS , told them i need to unlock and gave em the IMEM number , the CS Rep was very good , he told me i will get a email in couple of days.
[HD2 General] ashasaur:
Oh wow...I gotta lol at myself on that one..."Phone i" somehow turned into "iPhone" gawd I am dense sometimes!
[HD2 General] GTRACER88:
Sorry for the late response. It doesn't "really" (in quotes for a reason) matter if you bought it from us or not. If you make a credible excuse to them we will help you unlock it. Example: You call customer care and say I am traveling to Asia and I do not want to take my HD2. A friend of mine sold me his because he didn't like it. I want to take his because if I lose it then I will not have to worry about it as much because it is not my primary number. Boom there you go.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laurido92:
I'm having problems with my google maps. It keeps downloading the update and trying to install but it never does. I uninstalled it but it still trying to update even though it's not installed. When I hit cancle download it force closes on me. Any ideas??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
Clear the market cache in the applications settings.

Sent from my supersonic yea....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laurido92:
I will try that. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th3_g00b:
being logged into gtalk seems to help with those issues as well.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topdawgn8:
If clearng the cache doesn't work and you have root, from adb:

adb shell

su

remount rw

rm /system/app/Maps.apk

Then re-install from market
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
Can I use performance setting or only conservative
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djdiablo:
Stick to conservative ONLY...anything else causes problems..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
Will it ever be able to use on demand on a stock kernel? Without flashing anything
[myTouch 4G General] Mftek1:
For those of u that have your mt4g. Are u guys happy with it??

I'm still on my G2 but I might consider a trade in...
[myTouch 4G General] jizital:
sent my g2 back for the mt4g and couldnt be happier.
[myTouch 4G General] blitz911:
Yep. Still got my nexus one, got the g2 in october only to return it a week later..waited for the mt4g, got that today and pretty impressed with it. aside from the .93 GB of storage space, and bloatware, it's a pretty good phone...so far.
[myTouch 4G General] Mftek1:
I'm considering it.. what do u like better about the mt4g?
[myTouch 4G General] WilliamStern:
After having too many issues with the G2, I grabbed the MT4G. I'm very much in love with it.
[myTouch 4G General] Mftek1:
What is better on it?
[myTouch 4G General] jizital:
pretty much the size and weight. i found myself not using the slide out keyboard as i thought i would so i thought it would be better to get the mytouch. i was also having battery problems with the g2 and now i wont have to worry about hinge issues either.
[myTouch 4G General] Mftek1:
Any dislikes?
[myTouch 4G General] allen099:
I'm coming from a Vibrant, and while I miss the 4" screen, this 3.8" feels just as good in terms of real estate. It's not a Super AMOLED, but the WVGA is very crisp, so I don't feel like there's a loss of quality. On the Vibrant, GPS was an issue and the volume buttons were locked down on most devices, whereas on the MT4G it all works perfectly. Someone above mentioned the size and weight and I think it also feels great in the hand...it feels like metal! Camera quality is nice and uses tap-to-focus. Sound quality from the phone is average and as usual, HTC's speakerphone is tinny and crappy, but I guess there always has to be a compromise. My battery has been depleting a bit quickly but I imagine that will improve a bit as it's exercised, and hopefully moreso if CM gets their hands on it.

After playing with it for a day, it appears that any user will have a great experience with it! I strongly recommend trying it out :-)
[myTouch 4G General] thebitjockey:
What I Like

Speed

Form Factor (size/weight)

Built in camera app (it lets you disable shutter sound!)

Built in facebook app (photo tags, video uploads)

Hands free mode

Desk Dock

Car Dock

Fastboot

HTC Flashlight app

Wi-Fi calling (wife has UMA on her blackberry and it comes in handy for international travel)

Trackpad wake-up (G2 could only wake with power button)

What I Dislike

Apps I can't uninstall.

Hard buttons on bottom. (I liked the G2 soft buttons)

Boxes around icons.

Double unlock needed when using pattern.

Did a mention apps I can't uninstall?
[myTouch 4G General] Mftek1:
Cool man. I have a g2 and my wife a vibrant. G2 is a little heavy and the vibrant feels like plastic. I guess my main concern is the genius button over the regular search.....
[myTouch 4G General] jOrOdee:
life changing fone... i came from G1... myTouch3G... HD2 / FroyoStone.. G2... and very very content with this phone... couldnt be happier with what they did... :) only slight thing is the hard nav buttons at the bottom :rolleyes:
[myTouch 4G General] mgymnop:
I had a Nexus One before. OMG what a difference. The MT4G is so much faster and the screen is so much more sensitive. It holds better on 3G signal than the N1. What I don't like at the moment is the Sense UI. For somebody who had Stock android this is really confusing. Just a question of time and I become used to it:-)
[myTouch 4G General] allen099:
Yeah, this is something that I thought about as well actually. That search button is one of my main "pimping" tools when I explain the beauty of Android to others. I guess natively there's no way to change its functionality, but I know that Cyanogen ROMs allow it. Guess patience will be a virtue. Also very interesting going from soft buttons at the bottom to physical ones. With my big fingers, it took a little practice to not keep hitting the dock icons at the bottom of Launcher Pro, but still not bad. Nothing that one cannot adapt to.
[myTouch 4G General] AKSnoopy:
I've only had the MyTouch 4G for about 8 hours and I'm liking it so far. My biggest complaint really is that there's too much bloatware that I can't uninstall (at least from settings). I'm sure this can be fixed without too much trouble. The phone is bigger and heavier than I expected. It's got a nice sized screen and I really appreciate that it has hard buttons and a more responsive track pad compared to the G2. I haven't heard many complaints from other G2 owners but mine was very unresponsive and pretty much useless- I would have preferred the G1's trackball. I've been spending some time trying to play with the FFC but haven't had much luck. The Qik videos take a while to upload but I read on their site that they are experiencing server problems so hopefully that will be fixed quickly. Not having other friends with FFC's yet, I haven't been able to test it out. The games are pretty fast. TMobile TV's quality isn't great but when I connected to Wifi it became much smoother.
[myTouch 4G General] reaxion:
Coming from the G1 to the MT3G to the Nexus one.

Things I like about it.

1. Nice screen size and build quality of the phone.

2. The sense weather and clock widgets

3. More flash memory to install apps.

4. Lots of standard apps that I didn't have to download from the market

5. When I popped in my SIM my screen wallpaper from my nexus one was already loaded (did not put the SD card in from the nexus one)

6. FFC video chat and the media features on the phone are amazing! It came with the music controls on the lock screen.

Things I don't like.

1. All the T-Mobile Bloat wear

2. WiFi calling isn't working for me. (I might go exchange the device tomorrow to see if it helps.)

3. I like sense but only for the clock and the weather widget other than that I miss the plain vanilla firmware.

4. The fact that andriod and the hardware manfuactures keep changing the sequence of the buttoms. I was used to the layout of the nexus one... now I'm trying to relearn the home, and menu key.

Other than I think it is defintly a nice upgrade from the Nexus one. I just wished it had the 4.3+ inch screen and the resolution from the Vibrant.
[myTouch 4G General] c_licious:
It's a tough one. I got the G1 the day it came out which started a long loving relationship with Android, rooting, custom roms etc. Got the Nexus One next, then bought the G2. Since I still have a week on my remorse period I switched it for the mytouch today.

After a full day of playing with it I am still not 100% which way to lean. There are 2 things that really put me off about the mytouch

Genius button: the "genius" button is probably the dumbest thing I've ever seen. So is all the bloat ware that comes pre-installed. Granted there are ways to remove (disable rather) unwanted apps using temp root and some scripting but I'd still pick vanilla over mysense any day. You are also gonna get gingerbread pretty much instantly upon release for the G2 whereas there's no guarantee how long it'll take for the mytouch. If you're one for rooting and custom roms and stuff, you'll find a lot more development support for the G2

Hard keys: although the mytouch 4G is a huge step up from previous devises it still feels/looks plasticky in comparison to the Nexus and G2. Putting in soft buttons instead of the plastic hard ones would have made a big difference in my view. These ones just feel painfully cheap in comparison (having used the Nexus for almost a year).

Other than that its a great divice. The front facing camera is not a big factor, tried it out today and have to say even on wifi it rather sucks. But the phone is thin and super fast. And if your not that much into pure android, mysense will probably suit you just fine.
[myTouch 4G General] importflip:
I love that I can wake the phone with the trackpad.
[myTouch 4G General] Mftek1:
Yeah man that genius button was a real deal breaker for me. And I do see more support on the g2. But the mt4g still looks like a great phone. How's the sense ui? And I think I'm going in store tomorrow to check it out
[myTouch 4G General] Arcadia310:
I don't see how the genius button is a deal breaker all in itself. Its a more fleshed out search button and its not like anyone uses the search button all the time.

Personally I'm glad to see something different for once. The myTouch 4G is a truly unique phone.
[Epic 4G General] zman519:
Hello I'm kinda new to this all & i know its got to be a noob Q But........

If i have rooted with "One click root for the Epic v2.3.0" by noobnl should i remove it with the uninstaller from hear http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=770388 first & then go back in clockwork & flash the new kernel? "[KERNEL] [GPL] MixUp - Overclock/Undervolt (10/24/2010 - D'OH'ETH!)"

And will that uninstaller take care of any superuser conflicts?

Stock DI18 ROM with Mobile AP mod from i9000 ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=756804 )

I'am looking forward to the USB tethering. Hows its working out? Any comments from people using it are most welcome.

The USB tether is the main reason i'm flashing this don't get me wrong all the other parts of the Kernel sound grate to.
[Epic 4G General] Isira:
The uninstaller should completely remove root and thus any su conflicts. The steps you mentioned sound fine.

I have no experience with USB tether, so I can't say anything about that.