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[Focus General] markgamber:
I did the opposite and ordered a Solo. If you have a classic you get $50 off the price, making it $130, plus you can get a few bucks for it on eBay, making it probably $80-90 and I knew it was going to happen eventually. I figured when they released the iPad version sometime in the 2050's that would enforce it for iOS so either way I'd need a modern box. It'll be interesting to see how it stacks up against the classic since I have two.

It WOULD have been nice had that restriction been known before buying the Slingplayer app for the Focus. After all, it does state that there are no refunds for the software. That's kind of bulls**t in my book.
[Focus General] Ren13B:
It's in the description on the Marketplace. I don't know if it was there when you paid for it but it's there now.

I have a slingbox AV so I wont be getting his app anytime soon. Even with the $50 off a solo I still have to pay $30 for the mobile app which I think is way too expensive.
[Focus General] rexian:
I handled one for few minutes today and liked what I saw. I am already eligible for an upgrade but I can probably get a better deal from Newegg or Amazon during black Friday or later so holding off for now.
[Focus General] emjee87:
I picked mine up today, and I can say as far as build quality goes, it feels great. I read a lot of reviews saying it felt cheap or plasticky, but I get none of that. I'm coming from an iPhone 4 and Samsung Captivate, and this feels like a very good balance between the size and feel of the iPhone 4 and the light weight of the Captivate. The curves on the back make it feel very nice in the hand. And this isn't specific to the focus, but I absolutely love having a hardware camera button! I can't wait until I have an excuse to use this camera now. Going home to bootcamp Windows 7 on my MacBook so I can get Zune installed and get the legit Windows Phone 7 experience.
[Focus General] ryotgz:
I just got an email a little while ago and it says:

To use SlingPlayer Mobile on your Windows Phone, you'll need a Slingbox SOLO or Slingbox PRO-HD. If you have a Slingbox PRO, Slingbox AV, Slingbox TUNER or Slingbox Classic, you will need to upgrade your Slingbox.

Yea I just paid $200 for the phone. I don't have any more to spend on a new slingbox. I may just look into the AT&T uverse subscription. Yea it's more expensive in the long run, but the first 30 days is free.
[Focus General] markgamber:
I just dropped $500 on the phone so I feel your pain. :-) I don't think the U-Verse thing is more expensive in the long run...well, maybe the REAL long run...but the reason I don't think twice about dropping $30 on the app (again...I have it for the iPhone and WinMo, also) and another $100+ for a Solo is that I have a ton of sports and premium channels here so it makes more sense for me to go the Slingplayer route. I never tried U-Verse specifically but I tried Sprint's TV service and it was rather nice. I didn't actually subscribe because I have some 600 channels here and they carried what....25? No contest.

Just FYI, the warning about the A/V was definitely NOT on the marketplace description when I bought it or I would have held off until the Solo was here and set up.
[Focus General] enjoythemusic:
Singbox never thrilled me versus the Sonos system. Sonos also has great customer service, their product work without constant fiddling and their apps are free. No app for WP7 yet, though i bet it will be free when it does come out. JMHO.
[Focus General] ryotgz:
Now that you mention it, it would be a long time before it was more expensive. Maybe I should get on that free 30 days to see if its worth $10/month.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Jdmrichieej8:
Hey this is the first time I'm on the site as well as with this phone. My friend gave it to me as a gift and like the title stated I'm stuck on a red green blue white screen. On top of all the color it says "security unlocked" and in the red it says "KAIS1*0 MFG, SPL-1.0.OLiPof, CPLD-8". Is there anyway I can fix this? Please no bad comment cause like I said Im new at this I found this site threw google and seen solutions for bootloader issues not "security unlocked". Thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Jdmrichieej8:
The phone is a tilt/kaiser for att
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
Just because you are new doesn't mean you don't have to search.
[Fascinate General] Domush:
I've figured out all apk files are really just zip files, but why am I not able to unzip the framework-res.apk file, edit the images within, then save it again without causing my phone to hang on boot?

Is there some step I am missing? I've tried rezipping with normal compression, store only, and only photoshopping and resaving a single image within the apk and still it fails.

How are images edited and updated? What am I missing?
[Fascinate General] goldenstorm:
I use apkmanager myself for most theming. You might look into it :)
[Fascinate General] jt1134:
An apk is a zip, but it's a *signed* zip ;)
[Fascinate General] Florynce:
Here is the way I do it. I use 7zip to do this and I think it is the only program that can do it.

The way you can do it is to extract the drawable-hdpi folder within the framework-res.apk then do all your edits and save them with the exact same file names. Then you can go back into your framework-res.apk and drag and drop the drawable-hdpi folder back in and it will over write the original ones. Now just hit the Up (like to move up a directory) button until you see the message "framework-res.apk has been changed. Update it in the archive?" then click yes. Now you can put it on your phone without force closing. If you were just editing framework-res and it was not within another .zip file then you won't get that message and that is fine.
[Fascinate General] s44:
APK Manager.

You can use extract/zip (2/3) for image-only edits, but you need to decompile/compile (9/11) to mess with xml files.

Do *not* sign system apks (like framework-res.apk). Do sign other apks.

Btw, this is in the wrong forum.

(Next step: learn about the update.zip packaging script. Remember to name it something besides update.zip afterwards, because on the Fascinate we're installing everything through Clockwork, which should be the only file actually called update.zip.)
[Fascinate General] Domush:
Oooh! I didn't know this app made xml's editable. That opens up a whole new set of theming fun. I can't wait to release my new theme. It should be well received (I hope)

I considered putting this in Themes, but this was a theme development question, so here it ended up. If the Theme and Development forums ever hook up and have a few drinks, then spawn a sub-forum, Theme Development, I assure you it would have been a much easier decision to make ;)
[Fascinate General] Domush:
Thanks everyone for helping me out. My last time playing with a phone is an old WinMo 5 device. Anroid seems limiting in it's own ways (no dedicated theme files (can't update without losing the apk theme), but much better for customizing for a 'look' of the OS.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Steve.Beanz:
Both before and after the ota update, my internet icon will disappear, making my phone unable too use the internet (obviously), send texts, and sometimes even not let me make our receive phone calls. Why I do not know. I am sending this message on wifi right now, because my phone has both no internet and also no radio signal. I'm at my house and my house always has full reception and I get H for the internet. If anyone can help or direct me too something I can do that would be great.

I did call tmous and they said I had the my touch internet package and switched me to general android, but this did not help my problem. Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z General] Bishybob:
It can take up to 4 hours for any web changes to take effect. Maybe give it more time.

Also try *#*#4636#*#* - Phone information - and WCDMA preferred. Make sure wifi and wifi calling disabled because it will keep it at GSM only.

Hope this helps.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Steve.Beanz:
I called and did the internet switch yesterday morning. As for that stat number thing, after I pressed it everything came back on. Don't know if it was coincidence or not.

Will have to check again when out happens. What early am I looking for?
[G2 and Desire Z General] bobsbbq:
I'm having the exact same problem. In my house I can get fair hspa+ 2-4 bars, 3G who nows as we don't have a 3G notification icon. Edge when it works is 4-5 bars. My wife has the Blackberry Bold also from T-Mobile and she has a solid 3G all the time.

I already changed my device once and the new one now 2 days old has the same issues. It is really starting to annoy me as many times I get ready to use the internet and I just have a signal bars with nothing to the left and internet and email are not working. This also means my email does not sync up properly when the connection is lost.

I'm going to try and spend some time in another area and see if the problem is the same. If so I might have to give up on this device, I hate to as I really like it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Steve.Beanz:
Unfortunately being in different areas does not make a difference. I love this phone as well but this is very aggravating. What causes this to happen? No other htc phone I have used or friends have used have this problem.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Bishybob:
Sorry I am having a hard time understanding what you are asking.

You go to the the dialpad on your phone. Enter *#*#4636#*#*

As soon as you do this it will bring up a menu. Tap on "Phone Information"

Then at the bottom you will see a dropdown box under "Set preferred network type:"

Set this to WCDMA preferred. Then hit the back button (the back arrow).

You will see that your signal has been disabled for a second, then will turn back on. Also if you can note down what it was set to before you changed it to WCDMA preferred and post that here.

Like I said this can only be done when wifi and wifi calling are disabled.

Hope I was a little more clear this time. :-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] bobsbbq:
Well I may have to eat my words. It might be my location or just crappy T-Mobile service that is varying. I put my wifes phone in the same part of the house side by side of mine and trying to surf the web it dropped out too. Lost the 3G and got a SOS for signal bars. Unlike my G2 it recovered fairly quickly as the reception came back. My G2 has been at a loss for internet for over a hour before.

I'm still going to try some comparisons in some different ares and I hope it is just my area.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Steve.Beanz:
@bishybob wcdma prefered is checked.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] ewingr:
Seems every calendar I find is quite limited.

One thing in particular I want to be able to do is when I add an event, I on occasion want to be able to add it to multiple calendars.

Of course other things such as search the calendar; copy an entry; have longer reminder times to choose if I want.

Any suggestions on an app?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] knipp21:
The calendar in launcher pro is very nice
[Captivate Themes and Apps] ewingr:
I have that, and it is not a calendar replacement, just a widget to display from current calendar. Agree, it is nice.

Since posting a bit ago, I have found that I can use the Participants box to 'invite' my wife, and then she gets an email which she has to accept the invitation. That at least will accomplish that.

Regarding search, i have found a couple widgets that I could consider.

Just have to piece it together I guess.
[Android Apps and Games] foxdog66:
so ive always wanted to learn some sort of programing language but never really had the motivation to sit and learn one. came across this app inventor beta and ended up getting the invite :D having lots of fun with it but when it comes down to it... its lacking quite a few features. one app im working on is one that will let you browse different themes, preview them, download them and launch metamorph so you can apply the theme but... like i said, its lacking the the function to actully download. i have found a way around this but it kinda makes the app pointless. app inventor has the ability to launch another program (the work around i found would be to launch the browser pointed at the download link) but if one used any other browser than stock, then it wouldnt quite get the desiered affect im going for. let me get to my point...

im hoping someone could make me a app that has just a few features that my app inventor app could call on for the download part of things. those features im hoping for are...

1. allow user to set a default directory (first time running the app) that things get downloaded to (or even just having "androidthemes" folder being the place the app would download to

2. ofcorse download a zip when the app is opened with a url directed at it

3. close once the zip has been downloaded :)

i dont really care for any kinda progress bar or anything like that, metamorph zips are usually quite small and really hope someone can wip this up for me. i am having lots of fun with app inventor and its teaching me lots. hopefully someday i can start learning java or some other programing language. fell free to ask any questions on whatever and.... thanks in advance :p
[Android Apps and Games] foxdog66:
Nuthin huh,i thought someone would help me out.
[Droid Incredible General] thesalg:
Getting my dinc replaced under warranty cause it kept crapping out on me. However its been rooted, s-off and customized and organized the way i like it. Is it possible to take a nandroid backup of it now and just restore it on my new replacement phone? Thanks
[Droid Incredible General] pete_kowalski83:
should be able to...files are just stored on sdcard...but make sure you know what display you have on your phone...slcd or amoled, slcd requires different drivers for recovery I believe u can get them from unrevoked.com if u have slcd. u should root and soff b4 installing
[Droid Incredible General] khanam:
Some ROMs do not work on slcd - be careful about that too - look at the shadowrom thread in the dev section. I am not sure if there is any issue with kernels but if u r getting an slcd device, you might want to check to be sure.
[Droid Incredible General] najaboy:
Also be aware that you may be compromising your own security by doing this. If your old phone is repaired and subsequently sent out as an FRU or resold by VZW, both phones would have the same android_id. This means, for instance, that your apps could be unintentionally pushed to whomever ends up with that phone or their apps getting pushed to yours.
[Droid 2 General] hector12t:
I have unrooted reset all the factory software. Everytime I try to install the update it gets about 25% and errors and reboots. It says Failed to update.
[Droid 2 General] hector12t:
Anyone have this issue?
[Droid 2 General] zibrah3ed:
Nowhere near enough info provided. Are trying to update via sbf, if so what OS. Trying to use the update manager from phone to upgrade via ota? Trying to flash the update.zip through recovery?
[Droid 2 General] hector12t:
trying to update using the update manager via OTA.
[Droid 2 General] Phoible:
I had this issue. I had Koush's Bootstrap (clockworkmod) installed, and I'm assuming that interfered with the process. Even when I unrooted and uninstalled, I think the recovery was still modified.

I was able to SBF 2.3.20.
[Droid 2 General] hector12t:
I am sure this is going to be a stupid question but what is sbf and how do I do it?

I am new to droid but not new linux. Thanks for all the help so far.
[Droid 2 General] JDunc:
System Boot File. Check this section out on how to SBF. It explains the Mac, Windows, and Linux instructions.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=741
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] st90ar:
I screwed up my phone when I overwrote the framework-res.apk file, and now my phone won't boot. (duh)

I was wondering if someone could provide me with some assistance on what to write for the script, and how to put it all together in an update.zip so I can boot into ClockworkMod Recovery and restore the file. Thank you! :)

I am running 2.2 OTA (NOT deodexed) on a Droid X
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cvalle08:
When I turn on my wifi My evo will not download picturemail. I am running mynwarm rls3 had the same issue on stick rom other roms and on my previous evo's. Not sure how to fix or wondering if anyone else is having this issue. please help
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Globetrahter:
Same Thing here, Wifi has to be turned off , this is the only phone I have ever had an issue with this with
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THunDA:
I think I had that problem with my Hero too, pretty sure its just a sprint thing unfortunately.
[Captivate General] mattbeau:
so I just installed the Stock rogers Rom on My i897 and will be running some gps tests. so far all the normal stuff works, locked on 10 satellites in about 20 seconds after deleting gps data. was able to root with CL's superoneclick without too much trouble. anyone else with similar experience. Maybe we can compare Jupiter files?
[Captivate General] ademejia:
where did u get the rom i wanna try it.
[Captivate General] opcow:
Yes I did a few days ago. GPS was much improved.
[Captivate General] mattbeau:
Get it here, install with odin, put in PDA slot, you may need to unlock.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TT4RYLDZ
[Captivate General] drancid:
can we just pull out the modem file and copy it to 897?

Sent from ATT Captivate operated by COGNITION 2.3b2 Froyo
[Captivate General] mattbeau:
Tell me how and i will im currently rooted and have clockwork installed if that helps
[Captivate General] mik101:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10481943/modem.zip

This should be the Rogers 2.1 modem file if you want to give it a try.

I'm rehosting it from the captivate i896 thread.
[Captivate General] opcow:
Yeah I did that too. I only did a very cursory test, but I noticed some improvement.
[Captivate General] Yuna:
does rogers firmware work perfectly? have we no issues with anything? what about Sideloading? MobileAP?
[Captivate General] mattbeau:
Im going to do a mytracks today and try it out
[Captivate General] Yuna:
okay... cos i am going to buy captivate from at&t and don't wanna first to root it... and so i want rogers firmware cos of MobileAP and Sideloading :)
[Captivate General] mattbeau:
Yes mobile AP and sideloading work by default. I just checked mobile ap and works fine.
[Captivate General] Yuna:
okay. that's good... i have downloaded rom posted above... any other precautions? 3button mode working after reflashing rogers firmware?
[Captivate General] derek4484:
Does the Rogers Captivate have HSUPA??
[Captivate General] Yuna:
NO it doesn't

only galaxy s AFAIK support HSUPA are with european modem, but with it you can't call (if you place eu modem in us phone)
[Captivate General] mattbeau:
"okay. that's good... i have downloaded rom posted above... any other precautions? 3button mode working after reflashing rogers firmware"

Make sure you back up your EFS folder. just as a precaution. this stores information about your product code and emei unlock code ect. this is very difficult to recreate.
[Captivate General] opcow:
There is an issue with the 850 band using an HSUPA modem.bin, but there's a wor-around for that. It doesn't prevent you from making calls.
[Captivate General] Yuna:
apparently is does, noone can't hear you and you can't hear anyone...
[Captivate General] mattbeau:
thats odd, I just made a call on mine and it worked fine.
[Captivate General] daraj:
I just saw your signature.. Thats funny. you dont believe that do you ??:D
[Captivate General] Kaik541:
the T-Mobile Vibrant and Bell Vibrant also have HSUPA enabled. In fact, we've been stealing the Bell Vibrant's modems to enable HSUPA on our phones since they use the same bands as the Captivate. So yes, there are North American carriers with HSUPA on an SGS device, it's not just Europe.

It has nothing to do with the frequency band, and you can still place calls even with an HSUPA modem. But if you do not run a tweaked kernel, any voices will be over-processed and you will be unable to hear anyone or be heard.

Correct, this has nothing to do with HSUPA itself, this has to do with the fact that the A1026 chip in our device is responsible for hardware voice filtering. The problem with this is, this chip doesn't exist on any other SGS device for some reason, so all the voice processing is done in software for those devices (it's actually inside the modem.bin, or at least the process for activating it is). So when you install an HSUPA-capable modem, bot the software AND the hardware are doing voice processing. Making voices being processed twice, hence the inability to hear or be heard.

Atinm provides a fine 2.1 kernel that is capable of utilizing an HSUPA modem with the only downside being that any bluetooth microphones on headsets will not work (other forms of BT audio seem unaffected).
[Captivate General] opcow:
Lol no. I find it hilarious though that if you offer explanations people don't think they are as plausible as time travelers with mobile phones.
[Captivate General] opcow:
I see. When she said "you can't call" it sounded she meant you get no service.
[Captivate General] Yuna:
So, can i use T-Mobile vibrant kernel, with rogers firmware on a AT&T phone?

Which files i need for that, except rogers firmware (posted the link above).

rootfixed and etc. i will go later...
[Captivate General] Zukoso:
i installed rogers firm in my at&t cappy a few days ago.

The first day i inmediately went to test the gps performance....i was amazed of how well it worked compared of when i had my phone with at&t firm. I took publictransport for about 12 miles, and gps kept pointing me with an accuracy of 5-10 meters. Using My Tracks sometimes it failed drawing the red line but the gps was pointing my exact location. That day i was actually gps with gps performance, since iusually don't use it for tracking. I did the test during a very sunny day.

But was very cloudy. I couldn't get a lock. Detected no more than 4 satellites but no lock.

Despite GPS, I've experienced a lot of random shutdowns. I rooted and lagfix'd my cappy.

I'll wait for the sun to come out so i can test the gps again hahaha.

Just so you know, I'm using my phone in SOuthAmerica, with the WCDMA 850 band....and sometimes i'm getting...HSUPA? the H symbol instead of the 3G indicator...
[Captivate General] Yuna:
So, is there any SAFE way to get Rogers firmware & rom onto AT&T Captivates

with Lagfix (which kernel?), with which files i should flash it and does rogers boot loader have 3b fixed?
[Captivate General] Zukoso:
after more days of use with mi i897 cappy with rogers firmware:

After a reboot, my phone ALWAYS gets a random shutdown after introducing my PIN for SIM Card. After that, it works ok.

Regarding GPS with default options, It tends to have problems on turns, in my tracks it continues going in the samepath before turning. Also, there are some days, that GPS just don't work.
[Captivate General] DAGr8:
well I have a rogers , what I do is I try roms and then flash rogers modem on top of it worked everytime , im using 2.2 rom atm ...
[Captivate General] tomcase7:
Where do you find the rogers modem to flash? Secondly, do you flash the modem through ClockWork Recovery Mod?

I've heard of a few people employing this GPS "fix", but I'm not sure how it's done or where I find the right files for it.

My phone was originally a SGS Captivate from Rogers I896, but I've since loaded Cognition 2.4 on it, and my GPS has suffered. Flashing the new modem might make my phone run flawlessly again with all the perks of the Cognition ROM too.
[Captivate General] Zukoso:
been for a couple of weeks with rogers firmware in my AT&T captivate, and apart from serious lag sometimes(even though i've installed lagfix) the gps finally works, and it does EVERYDAY. Hope someone found why this firm has this effect in at&t captivates and port it of something...
[Captivate General] Yuna:
How much do you get in quadrant?

Which kernel you using?