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[Epic 4G General] Toast95135:
The GPS is finnicky but it's an EASY fix. If you're rooted just download CacheMate... I have it set up to delete the phone's cache every 3 hours, it gets rid of the old gps cache data and GPS works flawlessly everytime. If you don't believe me try it. It's easier then giving up and switching to an Evo (which isn't exactly problem free either).

For the people (like Hydralisk) getting horrific battery life with the screen off, are you checking the time without signal? If a quick airplane mode toggle doesn't fix that then either something is wrong with your phone or there's an app constantly updating in the background. I don't do a lot to save battery (screen at 20%, lots of web browsing) and I get at least a full day from when I get up to going to bed on one charge.

My screen wobbles occasionally (if you hit the left side when clicking it taps slightly), just open and close the slider a few times and it's fine for a day or two. Annoying, sure but it's easily remedied.

The keyboard wpm thing is a legit concern, although I can't type enough for it to mess up on me. No HDMI out I don't care about either. My back button works fine, I know some people had defective buttons but a lot of people don't press them right either. It takes a deliberate push, tapping on it lightly and quickly usually won't register, personally I like that because it's annoying to hit them on accident.
[Epic 4G General] houkah:
What app is that?
[Epic 4G General] imwillzillla:
Yea man I hear ya. I do miss the evo and the forum. (I would kill to have Myns 2.2 on the Epic.) But what is uttery frustrating is the fact that the Moment has a well documented history with GPS issues so I wish it would have been fixed on the epic. So I take my out today and go driving around using GPS for the first time and it worked flawlessly. I wonder if it has to do with reception or something. *knock on wood* mine is working fine...

I disabled Touchwiz launcher and bought Launcher Pro Plus and the phone is def great. Maybe you'll be back to the land of Samsung again at some point.
[Epic 4G General] zombiematt:
for those complaining about battery life, i felt your pain. but there is a fix. download juice defender. you can use this program to disable data when you are not using the phone. also if you have a live wallpaper running shut it off. keep your screen brightness to its lowest setting and use a simple wallpaper. i took a pic with my thumb covering the camera lens completely , giving me a perfect black background. , also go into your settings and disable any autosync/ data in background options. do NOT use any widgets except the power settings to turn your wifi gps etc on and off when needed. doing all of this while still actively using my phone i went almost 2 whole days without having to charge my phone. ( 42 hours). and yes with data disabled when your phone is on stand by, you will still receive calls , voicemail, and texts.
[Epic 4G General] Electrofreak:
In terms of actual hardware, the Epic runs a far more efficient 45 nm Cortex-A8 SoC than the 65 nm first-gen Snapdragon Android phones (like the EVO, Incredible, Nexus One) and those running older 65 nm Cortex-A8 chips (like the Droid). Real-world power savings of the 45 nm chips is supposed somewhere around 20%-25%.

Primary source of power consumption is the SuperAMOLED, which actually eats less power than a regular AMOLED of the same size. Regardless, AMOLEDs eat energy particularly when displaying whites and light colors because they actually light up pixels to create colors. LCD displays run a backlight when turned on and adjust whether colors show by changing the orientation of LCD pixels in relation to a polarized filter, which means they actually are most efficient when displaying whites.

Turn down screen brightness and run a darker theme and you'll see a significant improvement in battery life.

You can also download and run a kernel that emphasizes battery life, but that's not something specific to the Epic 4G, but rather the Android operating system and the ability of that kernel to capitalize upon power efficiency features of the CPU.

It can be said that popular phones like the EVO have a stronger development community and possibly better support from the manufacturer, but from a strictly hardware perspective, the Epic is on the cutting-edge when it comes to power efficiency.
[Epic 4G General] sling:
SystemPanel

http://www.appbrain.com/app/systempanel-app-task-manager/nextapp.systempanel.r1
[Epic 4G General] Illustric:
My phone seems to no want to recognize its trying to be used sometimes...its kind of embarassing because I take my phone out to take down a number and I keep swiping my finger over the screen and it does nothing until the 3rd or 4th time I lock it. Also the GPS is insane, I was just going to a place 2 miles away from the destination I was at and I turned on the gps for the first time in downtown chicago and this phone literally started telling me to turn at every street and would keep "rerouting" even though I was following the directions given. The battery life is my last complaint, I have to charge this thing 2-3 times a day, at home, in the car, its just annoying....

I would root my phone but I am just clueless on how to doing so
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
If you set up your phone correctly, the battery life should be amazing. The only people who should have poor battery life with this phone are people who literally need data to be on all day and NEED push email and NEED automatic syncing with facebook/twitter and any other nonsense. If you don't need INSTANT email arrival and the weather to be checked every 15 minutes, then the reason your phone is getting horrible battery life is that you didn't set it up correctly. There are a half billion posts on here about how to get amazing battery life. No other Android phone that can even come close to comparing to the epic hardware wise is going to give you any better battery life if the setups were identical on the phones.
[Epic 4G General] stir fry a lot:
I agree. I am getting excellent battery life with this phone after stopping a lot of apps that run in the background. My email checks every 15 minutes and the only widget I have is the weather channel running in my notification bar. I keep my brightness set to low and use the top bar to boost it only in harshly lit environments. I can easily get through the day with plenty of life to spare with moderately heavy use. This is this first smartphone I've owned that I do not feel the need to have an extended battery for. For those complaining about getting bad life out of it, either you have a faulty battery or you're simply doing it wrong. I get a lot of time from my battery without feeling like I'm crippling my usage just to get through the day. I think a big part of it is not relying on Widgets so heavily. I use Facebook a lot but just keep a shortcut key in my dock. It refreshes when I open it automatically and I found that every widget I have tried for it are usually pretty inaccurate anyways when it comes to updates anyways.

I'm using Baked Snack's Tom with Ultimate kernel btw
[Epic 4G General] ErlyD:
Does anyone have a probkem with screen going brifht even after moving slider down to 10%??

It always jumps up randomly. Is there something im missing? I also unchecked autobrightness and battery save mode. Hoping it would just stay set where I placed it.
[Epic 4G General] anthony219:
The problem I'm having is that the calendar stays running all day sometimes at 70-80% battery usage I have to force close the calendar to get the percentage to go down and sometimes that doesn't work also all auto sync is off
[Epic 4G General] anthony219:
Also when the battery usage is so high the back of the phone gets really hot
[Epic 4G General] XtaC318:
I've never had this issue; usually when the phone get warm its due to massive amounts of data being used in a short time.. if your phone is getting 'really' hot and not just warm..id suggest a return before ya melt it (:

I've never had a single issue aside from battery life, which has been fixed thanks to the epic devs we have before us (:
[Epic 4G General] kynetx:
My problem with the phone is the goddamn "Your battery is fully charged" popup paired with a notification sound a 3:00 in the morning. I use my phone in the dock as an alarm clock.
[Epic 4G General] Dulanic:
Most roms have this fixed. Or just put your phone on silent at night. The alarm will still go off.
[Epic 4G General] prodigyplace:
I had a similar issue. The problem is the feature where you can swipe on the task bar to adjust the brightness.

I wish I could turn that feature off too.

:(
[Epic 4G General] ErlyD:
Never knew it did that. Maybe I cause it when looking at notifications.
[Epic 4G General] sauron0101:
Added.

I just had the phone shut down myself while charging when I was playing a game. I tried opening the window to keep it cool.

Of course, part of this could be that I overclocked my processor - but if people who don't do so are also complaining, then it is a design flaw.
[Epic 4G General] ErlyD:
Thanks now that iam aware of it. I don't feel as if I have the problem as much. I do wish I could turn it off.
[Epic 4G General] sauron0101:
I'd recommend leaving the phone on manual brightness.
[Epic 4G General] ErlyD:
I did the update to 2.2.1 and no longer have the problem. Thank you samsung for pulling that out. Biggest thing to look forward to in the update. Very sad but true.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komatoes:
Can anyone recommend somewhere to unlock the X8 without having to take out a bank loan please? :D

Everywhere I have found so far costs a lot of money! :(

Any help appreciated! Thanks.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bitye:
If you can root it you can unlock too I think try to search in X10 forums not ahve big differences from x10 mini pro
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komatoes:
Not every site does the X8 though even if they do the X10\mini. Maybe it's because it's a newer phone? $40 to unlock a phone is too much! ;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l0v0d0:
bitye are you sure you can unlock it if you root the system? my wild guess is that the network lock trigger must be somewhere within the system, or at least the system can access it, therefore it pops up. does anyone know where this file can be found and how to edit it?

i've been searching the hell out of forums and never found any info relating to that. please share
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] step0011:
I had my X8 unlocked by http://www.htccode.com/, was unlocked within 10 mins of payment :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] machode:
what network was your phone locked to?

did they send you software to unlock your phone with or did you send imei and they sent you an unlock code to enter
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] step0011:
my phone was origionally locked to o2 - UK
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] machode:
did they send you software to unlock your phone with or did you send imei and they sent you an unlock code to enter?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] step0011:
basically they send you the software for the phone, but they do remote session you for a min, was a bit dubious at first but all was good :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] machode:
i tried that through someone else but didnt work and said remote dongle server not working, were you given credits to unlock? if so do you know how many you had/used to unlock?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] step0011:
they dealt with the unlock remotely, I just sat and waited till it was completed :P
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] machode:
well its worth a go for the price.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] step0011:
but i do advise u wait till online supports online, it cost me $40.00 USD initially :P see here http://www.htccode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3160
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] machode:
were they online today when you did it then?

it isnt working for me but then i only paid 20$ because thats the link i had, do u reckon i need to pay another 20$ to have a total of 30 credits?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] step0011:
they were online the night i done it, sorry i should have said that sooner, erm i'd suggest messaging them regaurding that, i'm sure you would be able to get it unlocked with the additional $20 :\
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] machode:
anyone know what the hours are for the live support on htc code?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komatoes:
For anyone in the UK

$40.00 USD	= £25.1969 GBP at time of posting...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] machode:
£25.82 through paypal to be more precise.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] step0011:
Hehe I have no idea :p get it unlocked in the end?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] machode:
yeah should have it unlocked tomorrow, they sent me all the remote software stuff and all the login details, i'll report back tomorrow.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] step0011:
Sweet :) glad everything worked out :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] machode:
Yeah, got it unlocked had to get up at 4 in the morning though which is when the sever was turned on or something.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] step0011:
eep not cool lol think i was just lucky then, mine was about 8pm :P
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] besay:
My xperia x8 is unlock now, thanks a sudarshan (htccode) great support and very easy liberation.

Here the log of my liberation:

EROM "R8A029" AID: 0001

SOFTWARE AID: 0001

LOADER AID: 0001

FLASH ID: "0020/00BC"

LOADER VERSION: "R4A038"

PHONE IMEI:0124480041****

Checking for signature...

Waiting for calculation process...

RESPONSE: "SUCCESS" [1122]

GESTURE LOCK RESET

UNLOCK DONE

Elapsed: 20 secs.

:D!

Besay (Madrid, Spain).
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XperianPro:
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[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konio25:
is not that easy as u thing that is a remote session and the man connect to your pc via team viewer and he put the code to the software wich unlock ur phone so if u wanna pay for somebody 30$ put 10$ more and do this right way :P
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komatoes:
Found somewhere that will do it for 25 Euro's (includes 5 Euro discount if you register on the forum for free = about £21)

http://www.mobilephonesolutions.ie/forum/showthread.php?32-Pricing-amp-Discounts-(updated-23-11-10) Seems they have a real shop too... I suppose that's not bad when the X8 is now £100 on O2 PAYG... a good price for a big name Android phone, even if it's not the highest specified phone about. :D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badboybiky:
hey guys i have done it through htccode.com but it cost me 32pound he he.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komatoes:
That's a lot of money to unlock a phone! :mad:
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avers:
The O2 promised, that they can do that, but not now. I could have to wait for weeks, but I couldn't.

I did it with the htccode.com. It was a couple of minutes and my X8 is unlocked now! :)

It is not cheap, but works well.

http://www.htccode.com

by Avers
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrcyco:
anyone found any cheaper options
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gully666uk:
Yeah I also would like to find a cheaper option, since I only paid £80 for the phone.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csengoi:
I've heard that if I root my phone, I can unlock it too. But how?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferraripassion:
Rooting cannot unlock your phone.

Rooting and unlocking are completely different.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komatoes:
How did you get it for £80?

Also I'd still like to know where to get it unlocked for a sensible price too... ;)

TIA
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gully666uk:
I got it from CEX I wanted a cheap phone obviously it is used but it is in great condition.I'm on Vodafone so it being on o2 is no good for me.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Boyzdad:
I would also like to know how to unlock my X8 cheaply (or free! ;)) as I think all X8's in the UK are on o2, I am on Vodafone aswell.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asad_k321:
Can I have a code to unlock x8 please?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komatoes:
I think I'm right i saying that the X8 is coming to Virgin Mobile and T-Mobile in the UK soon, so maybe it will get cheaper to unlock it when there are more about? Lets hope so! ;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dakore:
+1

As easy as pie. Just wait till support is online.

Unlock server is online from 1 AM to 1 PM GMT.

If you get "bad username/password" error, contact support and they will help you through Teamviewer.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohsin01:
My phone is also locked to O2-UK, i need to unlock it, how do i do it?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bence2393:
Turbosim

hi guys

i think turbosim is the easyest way to use ur phone with any sim
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chora:
A Scam and A Poor Service

I tried UnlockFreedom. Is a scam! (unlock-freedom.com).

At fist the ask for your IMEI, pretend they check their database and they reply that Unlock Code was found for this IMEI.

They say they reply in 12 hours but "allow 24h...". After 24 hours they send an email saying "We have been unable to obtain an unlock code.... bla-bla".

Then they offer a refund in 7 days or use the credit to unlock another phone. (This will give them anoher 7 days).

I don't know if they will actually refund. The whole setup shouts 'SCAM'.

I am now trying htccode.com. NOT happy for now. I got incorrect login/password and as I see this happens A LOT!

No Live Support since 5am GMT (Now 8amGMT). They are supposed to be located in Asia and now they should be available.

Sent a couple of emails to support. No reply yet.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cionn:
I guess that I'm lucky :D

I unlocked my X8 via HTC Code for about 50$.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maciupeq:
Polish portal simlock24.pl has an ofert from 25 USD to 79 USD, depending of the network.

T-Mobile UK - 50 USD

Vodafone UK - 28 USD

payment via dotpay.pl (english version of portat too) VISA, MasterCard, EuroCard, JCB, Diners Club
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferraripassion:
Hi

Is your problem with htccode sorted?

Shoot me a PM if it is not.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fencer:
Paid htccode to unlock my mum's X8, waited an hour or so and got remote dongle reports error (DONGLE AUTH ERROR), later I found out this: http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f473/how-unlock-experia-x8-setool-1197946/

hope I get a refund!

Update: Situation now is even worst! Its saying no server found and getting no response from htccode other than a stupid reply "Check your firewall" :mad:

Update 2: After almost 24hrs managed to get it unlocked!!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thctase:
I found this spanish site:

tianya.es

23€ any worlwide xperia by imei

GL
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gugz:
Hi guys

I have the unlock code but I dont know how to insert it .. anyone know?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ripsy:
i found this, but i don't test it because i don't have have unlock code

How to enter code Sony-Ericsson Xperia X8 ?

To enter unlock code to Sony-Ericsson X8 insert foreign sim card and enter recived code.

WARNING!!!

Check counter of invalid attempts.

You can try only 5 times to enter unlock code.

How do you can check codes counter

1. Turn on the phone whithout sim card

2. Lock screen

3. Press sequence: Menu, Back, Back, Menu, Back, Menu, Menu, Back

4. Select Service info

5. Select SimLock

6. Check where is X

7. If X is on NETWORK and value is diferent than zero, you can unlock phone.

8. If it is zero unlock by code is NOT available.

The counter is blocked
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerosmith1:
anybody succseed with unlocking?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XperianPro:
In some menu write marlin (key OK) what that mean phone is bootloader unlockable?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sexan:
how do you get that menu in cyanogen?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
If bootloader is bypassed does that mean, we can use any sim card?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerosmith1:
unfortunately no. the simlock is in the trim area, not int the kernel.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blagus:
Cheaper unlock - 20€, from Davinci Team.

Buy here: https://davinciteam.com/orderselect.html

Select "CSCA Activation", not "Unlock"

.

Update (24th April):

CSCA is a special key in EMMA dongle. With that key new unlocked security zone can be written in phone.

With most unlocking tools in the market, definitions of these terms are as follows:

Unlock means using security vulnerability in phone's loader to reset security zone, while CSCA unlock/activation is using SE's servers to calculate new security zone. CSCA activation is also used in phones (generally S1 phones) to repair tampered Trim Area.

CSCA activation can take some time due to possible overload of servers, so you're put to the queue and your operation is scheduled.

So don't worry, CSCA activation will unlock your phone.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aerosmith1:
how do you know that with csca may unlock too? and what is csca exactly?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blagus:
CSCA is a special key in EMMA dongle. With that key new unlocked security zone can be written in phone.

With most unlocking tools in the market, definitions of these terms are as follows:

Unlock means using security vulnerability in phone's loader to reset security zone, while CSCA unlock/activation is using SE's servers to calculate new security zone. CSCA activation is also used in phones (generally S1 phones) to repair tampered Trim Area.

CSCA activation can take some time due to possible overload of servers, so you're put to the queue and your operation is scheduled.

So don't worry, CSCA activation will unlock your phone.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androf:
No other solution?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilsey:
I ordered this service yesterday morning, Downloaded the software etc and the CSCA activation wasn't available. So i emailed them and asked why, I got a response almost instantly asking why i wanted CSCA so i answered.

That was the last i heard from them, 3 more support requests go unanswered and they seem to be ignoring me. If i don't hear a response by days end i will request a refund.

So anyone else going to do this, just a warning. Will keep you updated.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stan40:
so whats happen man, did you unlock ot for 20 bucks
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilsey:
Hi, No i didn't get to unlock it, this is the email i received in response to my query as to why there was no CSCA option.

Hello,

I think this dev is mistaken - as the E15 runs Android it is unlikely to have

COM interface possibility, meaning that CSCA cannot run on it. In any event,

please do go ahead and give it a shot, I'd be curious to know the result.

You will need to connect the phone while powered on in order to access CSCA.

Thanks,

Chris

Davinci Support Team

They also wouldn't grant me a refund, also sent a PM to blagus but got no response, so i have lost out on €20/£18.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonyse1:
From wher to get and how much does it cost? Thanks
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilsey:
type #290550528261 into google :)

Ebay, £5, works as i also have one, 2G/3G etc also working
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggiannop:
a friend of mine used this sim , did the unlocking but she can only make calls but not recieve ... its very strange ..something new with the unlocking ??? if davinci is not working what solution do we have ?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lockieio:
so that means with this card you can put another provider card in your locked x8?

does it work?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androf:
;)

..........
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggiannop:
so androf ...its not working good ? :(((