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[G2 and Desire Z General] Pr.TOSHIBA:
I haven't had any problems with my hinge. I bought mine used about 3 weeks ago, and it has been fine. I don't have any problems with flicking it open or it being wobbly or it falling closed or open. I don't even notice any problems when I text while lying down. And if people do have problems with texting while lying down (this shouldn't be a big deal, because how often do you text upside down?) I have a solution: close the keyboard and text the way that those poor souls with iPhones or EVO 4Gs do.

Am I seriously the only person who thinks the Z hinge is awesome? Yes, OK, it could be more robust, or maybe HTC could've somehow made the hinge tightenable for when it gets loose.

But, look at the good aspects of the Z hinge: it makes the phone unique (that doesn't really matter, but I felt like throwing that in there), it makes the phone really thin compared to most sliders and it doesn't require much effort to open.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Turboprop73:
I like the hinge quite a bit too. It is unique, and mine isn't too loose (had the phone since it came out),but I dont really like how it makes all the cases large and weird. I still haven't bought a case for the phone because they all make the phone so big.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ChronoReverse:
I like the z-hinge a lot too. It basically completely mitigates the rotating that you can get with regular sliders. I've never even managed to pick up my G2 in a way to make the hinge accidentally open up either. It takes real effort to not grasp at least part of the bottom.
[G2 and Desire Z General] broomsti:
Desire Z

I got a Desire Z yesterday, and the first one went back because the speaker was broken, and just got the exchange.

On the new one, when closed, the top screen part wobbles a bit in the left hand corner and gently hits the bottom below. It does it on the other edges of the screen too but not quite so much. If you lay it flat you can wobble the two sides about half a millimetre in a see-saw action. The reason seems to be about a 1mm gap on the right hand side between the two parts.

Now, the wobble isn't that big but it's bugging me. The old one with the broken speaker didn't wobble at all (at least, didn't notice it!) and "snapped" into place. There were no gaps at all.

Does anyone else have the same problem?
[G2 and Desire Z General] setspeed:
Yes, me. Highly annoying. I have solved it by buying a case that keeps the two halves separate at all times, cushioning your fingerstrikes on the screen.

Poor design in my opinion, but there is no other qwerty phone on the market that I can put up with, so I have no choice but to live with it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] semifly:
Yeah it's an interesting, but fully functional design that really seems bother some individuals. Personally, it's never been an issue with me. When I hold it vertical, it never slides, and when I have the physical keyboard out it stays in place. It might be lose if you hold it from the top by the screen, but I can't think of a reason to hold it that way.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ariballaban:
I'm curious- what case do you use?
[G2 and Desire Z General] romdroid.:
the question is: can i get my "hinge" fixed under warranty? its loose and it annoys me so i want to return it so they can repair it but have HTC made an official statment about this?
[G2 and Desire Z General] trance2315:
Yes they did. They said that it was part of the design (able to open/close easily) and they're not responsible for it. Even then, I've still heard of people returning it for a new one which I think is pointless because that one will just get loose as well.
[G2 and Desire Z General] broomsti:
Yeah, I'm also curious. :)

I exchanged the phone and got one that doen't have the wobble when closed, BUT the new one has a wobble when the keyboard is open, which means it suffers from the "upside-down texting" problem (which it kinda annoying too, although IMO less annoying than the wobble when closed!).

Aftering testing another one in the shop, and the ones that wobble when closed didn't seem to wobble when open, but also vice versa.

I don't really understand why you seem to have to choose one or the other.

In the end, I decided I could live with a little wobble when open, but not when closed, however I have to say this is not the build quality I would expect from HTC.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Gooler:
Loosy loose
[G2 and Desire Z General] senser1080:
Loose as a goose. I had a case on it which kept it barely open slightly and this contributed greatly to how loose mine is. I played with a friends, the one at the tmo store, and my dads, they all have crisp hinges.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Skellyyy:
I just bought mine and it's fairly loose. Not that loose to the point it's annoying but nice loose. I feel like if I keep opening it, it'll get really loose. :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] cloakster:
After owning my DZ for 4 months, the hinge has not gotten any looser, but the wobbly screen when open is kinda annoying. I wish they would atleast address the wobbly issue properly.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Zanney:
I have been using the desire z for 14 months.

I can say that the hinge is loose, but in a normal use, you don't notice.

It's sturdy, i have dropped the phone on a number of occasions, face down, closed, open, you name it, one of the more strong phones i've owned ... except the 3310, it has to be the strongest phone i had.

Not using a case, not using anything, no pouch, nothing.

Still works like a charm today, as it did from day 1.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
i modified the hinge with a 25lb spring rate spring and it works beautifully. no accidental closing, no "hanging hinge" when the phone is facing down w/ kb open, and no wobble at all.

EDIT: forgot to mention this was all with the otterbox commuter case on it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kbeezie:
Mine doesn't come out all that much but I find it difficult to grab the phone in such a way for the keyboard to fall down on its own I usually have to take effort to slide out the keyboard so I guess I'm lucky with this second hand g2 in not having a lose hinge.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Guys,

I'm in need of help fast.....

Just tried to do the Froyo Upgrade and have hit an almighty problem.

Kies downloaded and went to the next stage 'Upgrade'.

It got about 5% into doing this when the bar stopped moving and the phone switched off.

It's been like this now for over 30mins..... The phone won't power up (it's still connected to the PC).

HELPPPP.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sargasso:
Well you get my sympathy vote! But other then that I think you know yourself what to do. You've been around... Good luck!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Yes..... Bloody Phone, Bloody Kies, Bloody Samsung.

I unplugged the phone in the end and Kies offered to do a Firmware Recovery so I thought why not give it a try.

I went into Download mode, reconnected and Kies started the recovery procedure only for again the bar to stop moving again and it's stopped doing the recovery.

The screen on the phone remained a constant bright Yellow.

I unplugged it again and tried once more... It again stopped about a quarter way into the recovery only this time the screen has turned a constant Green.

Damn.................
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sargasso:
The sad thing is that this reminds me so much of my sinclair zx81. 25 years later and we still have to deal with the same problems. Never sure the data gets from point A to point B.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Right.... Now I need to find the address for UK returns.

Don't have my warranty card info with me either so looks like I'll have to Google the returns.... but I'm busy as hell and have an Op to carry out soon.

If anyone comes up with it (or the link) I'll be grateful.

Bugger....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Geryatrix:
I'm probably teaching the teacher, but are you using the USB lead supplied with the phone? I tried to download some music using another lead and the download stopped halfway.

Sorry if this is too obvious.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
No problem on the 'techer', any advise or assistance is better than nothing.

Yes, I used the cable supplied by Samsung... Nothing seems to sort this out.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sargasso:
As you are thinking of returning it, I conclude you can't get to any recovery/download mode. I don't know if Kies messed up the bootloader or keymappings but there is still the diy jig you might try. Also I have come across many devices in my day that needed repetitive flashing to get to the 100%. It would be bad if this was the case with a 2010 phone but hey its a Samsung.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Well I've tried the Firmware Recovery at least a dozen time, each time it starts and stops at different parts.

I nearly got to three-quarters through when the bloody thing hung again.

No problem with the 3 Botton access and getting the Yellow Android Man on screen.. No problems connecting to Kies but as soon as you try the recovery it stops at some point during the process simply saying "An unexpected error has caused firmware upgrade to fail. Do you want to perform firmware recovery now?"....... and that came up whilst doing the firmware recovery.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xExisioNx:
Doesn't work to flash with odin either?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
I don't want to use Odin if possible.

With that many different phones and ROMS available I don't want to end up screwing the phone totally.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sargasso:
Well Kies does not have a reputation to be very functional but there are two or three other tools to flash your phone. Although I am not a compulsive flasher, I did use Odin a couple of times. I am not sure exactly why you are having stage fright (referring to your other post on this matter).

Bringing it back to Eclair with a stock rom, using the rom, pit and instructions on http://www.samfirmware.com might help you to restore sanity. Once you are sure you haven't lost your phone you can then retry to use Kies.

The problem for you might be a partialy broken bootloader or incompatibility between the rom mappings and your phones current setup. Flashing a low rom might solve that. (As I understand from heimdall there are high and low packages, the low packages contain a bootloader and are more risky to flash since replacing the bootloader might truly brick your phone)

Also I read about people just flashing a pit file to force a repartition and format of the phone.

Make sure to get it fixed before op, I wouldn't want my doctor to worry about his phone, stiching me up with a pair of siccors stil in me ;D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oswade:
Don't be scared of Odin. It has recovered my phone a million times :)

Really, the time and effort of getting a replacement when you can fix it in 2mins with odin in your own home... seems crazy.

You can flash a UK firmware if theres one available, or otherwise flash any firmware and update to UK firmware using kies reg hack, as far as i understand.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Thanks... Need to find out now which is the right PIT to download.

I was on JF3.

God... if only I had more time on my hands.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Okay... got to go guys... Surgery to do.

I'll do the Odin later.

To save me time searching could someone please post below the relevant links I need to get Odin and the procedure....

Cheers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MaestroSeven:
When you flashed did you remove your sim card? I had that same problem with ki es. Removed the sim card and redid the flash and it continued on it's way.

How this helps.

Sent from my GT-I9000M
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sargasso:
Well, if you have an account at samfirmware you can use this link http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9000.htm.

Make sure before you do anything to check your phone model is the one I linked to. Making a backup of your efs directory is not possible anymore but normally that should be done also. As a precaution I always remove my external sd card and sim card before flashing and - as you know - have the battery loaded to the max.

It might be an idea to skip jf3 and go to JM8 with a 512 pit and repartition on. This because it seems to be the recommended way of doing things at samfirmware as preparation for the flashing of current froyo releases.

I have never had problems with their way of doing things but opinions differ.

[EDIT]

I downloaded their JF3 package to see if there was a pit file included as there is some discussion what PIT file to use 512 vs 513. The package contains no information on that. It does however contain the word LOW in one of the filenames ...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Fornowagain:
I don't think you need to use a pit, odin should use the information from the phone assuming partitions remain intact. I've flashed a dozen times without one. If you do use one then use 512.

First off, get into recovery try and clear, reset what you can. Remove the sim and external SD as a precaution. Then back to download mode without the phone usb connected.

Grab the JPO firmware > http://www.multiupload.com/MX8XW7BG24

Grab odin 1.3 > http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MADK0XTB

Extract the firmware somewhere, open odin then select JPO_JPO_U_JPP.tar as PDA. Leave everything un-ticked except reboot. Plug the phone into your PC make sure Kies is not running and the battery is charged. In odin you should see a yellow window under ID:COM with a COM port open. If you do hit start, if all goes well a green bar will move across until the phone reboots. Leave it to do its thing at the big S (I usually unplug USB by now, to avoid problems) wait upto 10mins first time. If it hangs try a reset and cache clear and reformat SD. That's all I do, worked with all the firmwares I've downloaded from Samsung's FUD server.

The PIT files are templates for partition information so Odin can manage the size of the internal device partitions. Your standard device should already be on 512 layout, the other PIT's were development hacks. Like I said you shouldn't really need to repartition, but if you do > http://www.multiupload.com/I5WICSBFJ1
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Surgery postponed until tonight so I have some free time.....

Okay, I got Odin 1.3 & JPO Firmware.

I loaded the JPO into Odin (in the PDA section).

Next I put the SGS into Download Mode and connected via USB and sure enough the ID:COM came up yellow with COM7 so I hit Start.

The green line went so far across under KERNAL but just as it was about to finish that box the SGS screen changed to a solid Blue screen and nothing further is happening in Odin.

Any advice??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Fornowagain:
Odd never seen that before, maybe your root problem. Should have rebooted automatically once the progress bar reached the end assuming you had the reboot option selected. Try a manual reboot, hold the power button down until it restarts. My next step would be the repartition and try again, load the PIT file (as PIT). Same flash procedure as before just using the 512 PIT, reset it all and try again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sargasso:
I don't think it was the best advice to just retry a JPO flash while the phone was in unknown state. You should have gone back to the most simular stable state first which was JF3 or a more recent but simular eclair. Same with not repartitioning, as we don't know why the write operation failed it might have well overwritten or otherwise corrupted the partition table as the filesystem.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Fornowagain:
Kies is an awful program, its hung at least three times on me during an install. Giving the appearance of a semi-bricking phone. Beards stick with it, not once have I been unable to restore a phone with a working download mode, using odin with a low level firmware and possibly a repartition if needed. You describe Kies not completing a single run, so any update has not been applied which is shown on screen during the recovery phase, before final reboot. I'd be more inclined towards an underlying problem, possible internal SD write failure or comms (driver, cable, port).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Just got out of theatre.... Will try again tonight.

Thanks again for the additional info.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Intratech:
First just get the 512 PIT and flash it using ODIN, don't tick reboot. Once done, using the power button to power down, reboot to download mode and then flash JPO ticking reboot.

edit, Also try a different USB port.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Well......... I got there in the end.

I should have listened to you all earlier about using Odin. You were all right, it saved the day.

I shall now 'politely' inform certain parties who told me not to use Odin that they need to think outside of the box.

Well it certainly was an interesting day that's for sure.

What with an early morning Op procedure to carry out and another this afternoon with right bang in the middle the Phone upgrade problem, it certainly kept me on my toes.

Normally I am an extremely calm and calculating person but that upgrade nearly took me to the 'funny farm'... In keeping myself solely focused on my surgery for the day the phone took second base and as such I found I could not think straight when it came to the upgrade.

So yes.... eventually when the day job finished I managed to put my mind to the phone and loaded Odin once more.

This time I made a few changes on the phone... I had already taken out both SIM & Memory cards but in Recovery mode I did all the tasks (reformat, delete cache etc.) and changed the USB cable just for safe measure.

Anyway, it went through and all looked great... right until bang at the end after the phone started to load I was getting force close after force close.

So, I switched it off, removed the battery again and left it out for a good couple of minutes.

Reinsert, switch on and this time it booted correctly..... So whatever cured it in the end heavens knows...

I'm now busy reloading all the Apps and files I need and I'm wondering when it's going to bite me back.

As such I'm treading gently.

Anyway..... Thanks again guys. Sanity regained. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Fornowagain:
Hey you got there in the end, put it down to experience. Glad you sorted it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Yes thanks..... A bit embarrassing though, considering I like to think of myself as a knowledgeable person.

I've given countless advice to others here and it really felt weird being on the other end asking for advice.

One question I'd like to ask you if I may ~ your links for both Odin and the Firmware were spot on but was there any particular reason why you thought I would not have required the 803 pit file or even the earlier 512 pit file (I'm happy that the 512 is for Eclair as in XWJM8 firmware and the 803 is for Froyo as in XXJPO firmware)?

As it was I didn't need to load the pit into Odin but I did wonder if there was a reason why you omitted it from the links?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tt4079:
Had same problem. Take it to a carphonewarehouse repair center. You will need to check their site as not all cpw are repair centers and if you take to a non-repair they just post it off. Took mine to the one at Bluewater yesterday and they fixed it in 2 hours.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Thank you for your advice but I don't think you have been following the topic.....

If you read through to the end you will notice I no longer require the phone to be sent away; it is fixed.

Also, my phone was not purchased through Carphonewarehouse so they would not entertain my request.

I would have taken it to the nearest Samsung Centre (for me it is some 9 miles away).

Thanks all the same. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sargasso:
Good to read you conquered your phone. Soon you will find yourself flashing a more exciting rom!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Thanks.... but what ROM are you referring to?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Fornowagain:
Actually if you look at your post #19, you'll see that I did in fact link you to 512. 803 is not the standard partition configuration however, besides as I've been through this scenario several times I felt fairly sure you wouldn't need to use a PIT file. I'll refer you to this thread and in particular comments from Richthofen.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
No sorry I did not say you did not provide a link for the pit; what I did ask was why you thought I would not need it.

I was happy not using the pit file, I was just curious that's all.

I also have an excellent link titled How To: Use Odin To Upgrade Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 To Froyo

I came across it after I had performed the upgrade. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Fornowagain:
Lol, I refer you to my earlier comment :)

You didn't need to repartition because the standard partition data is stored on the device and used by Odin automatically. Also as it was a standard device, i.e. never used a developmental PIT, then by default it would have been on a 512 layout.

As an aside, I'd strongly recommend rooting the phone at this point (easy via now you can use Odin) and grabbing a copy of the /efs folder. You need the root to access the system files. The /efs folder stores the phones secure identify information and can be over written with subsequent flashes. I would recommend CF-Root-XX_XEU_JPO-v1.2-Busybox-1.17.1
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Oops..... I missed that.:o

You do realize I shall now be tapping you for further info on this....:D

But I'll give you a day off... after all it is Sunday ~~ That and I have dogs to walk, a barn to clean and a lecture to write...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Fornowagain:
Not a problem, fell free to ask :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Astral07:
Hi, i frequently need to enable/disable this option, is there a way to make a shortcut for it? Of if you know of a widget that could do that.

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] SXUsr:
Hi.

There are a ton of widgets that allow you to. I use SwitchPro Widget.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Astral07:
tnx for your answer

is this a paid app cause i can't find it on market?

any others?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] SXUsr:
It is now yes, just search the Market for "data toggle".
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Astral07:
hm, i don't think you got my point

all of these just toggle between 2g and 3g, that's not what i need

in wireless under mobile, there's an option to completely turn off any data traffic, i want to make a shortcut to that option

EDIT: ok, now it works! (data toggle)

i had data traffic disabled so nothing happened but when i enabled it, now the widget works (but curiously in wireless settings it still says that data traffic is enabled but i can't connect to anything so it must be disabled i guess)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommyjakobsen:
Hi devs,

I was hoping that someone on this forum found a way to buy and download apps/games from the Marketplace, directly from the device.

I'm from Denmark and got the Omnia 7 yesterday (great device!). I got Zune working by creating a US live account and changing the location on my PC. But when I'm entering my credit card informations, I get an error saying they are invalid. I guess it's because it's non-us...

However, I got pass that by buying Microsoft Points from a third-party seller, and I can now buy music and videos from the Marketplace, but only when I'm coming from a US IP address, so I'm using VPN for that.

But unfortunately it's different with apps and games. There I'm required to enter a credit card, because it doesn't seem possible to pay with Microsoft Points. Or am I missing something?

My question is, if anyone has found a way to buy apps and games from the marketplace, when you don't have a US credit card?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pretender17:
I need answer to this question as well.. really looking into 'buying' paid apps and games being a resident from a non launch country. I'm holding of buying a phone because of this, else Dell Venue Pro is definitely on my list.

Hey Tommy, can you confirm that free apps/games are no issues and you can download and use them without any restrictions?