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[G2 and Desire Z General] flarbear:
From reading that article it sounds like the laptop hinges were falling apart. Of course that's a problem that needs to be acknowledged.

The G2's hinges are not stiff enough for what some people want to do with their phone, but they are stiff enough to meet the design goals of HTC. That's not a manufacturing defect, that's a difference of opinion over the usefulness of the design tradeoffs.

Gosh darn it, my phone isn't nearly stiff enough to smash open a concrete wall. What the heck were they thinking? Yes, I know that is an extreme example, but somewhere between "stand upright with the phone facing upwards, flip open the keyboard and type" and "smash it into the cinder blocks until they are a pile of dust" lies the set of activities that HTC intended the phone to be used for.

Not everyone texts in bed on their backs, or wants to use a hip holster with the phone (and have the phone in the holster with the volume keys facing up so that the screen flips downward as one walks). Even on the rare occasion that I do hold the phone above my head, I don't find the floppiness of the screen to be that much of a stumbling block - I just use the sides of my index fingers to grip the display, or I use the onscreen keyboard when I need to type something...
[G2 and Desire Z General] unforgiven512:
Shut up. There is not a thing wrong with the hinges. I'm so sick of whiny people filling this forum with crap about the hinges.

IT'S BY DESIGN, GET OVER IT!

Note to mods: I apologize for my rant. I'm just getting really sick of "oh my hinges!!"
[G2 and Desire Z General] senone:
I agree...

like my ex said like lump it or leave it alone.....whatever that meant but I left her alone !
[G2 and Desire Z General] xile6:
I feel the same as you hinges are as designed, people just fine something to cry about
[G2 and Desire Z General] meltedmoops999:
Yeah im going to have to say that my hinge is fine. Im not going to hold the the screen or back part alone and shake it till it drops open. NO ONE DOES THAT. Using it on a daily basis, never once was i irritated with the hinge on my G2. NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE HINGE!
[G2 and Desire Z General] byrdman164:
The only problem I saw with the hinges was when the snap on cover was on it..I didn't feel like it closed properly...maybe it's just me...seems fine though otherwise
[G2 and Desire Z General] ibemad1:
I must agree with that. Nothing's wrong with my hinges. If you hold it upside down by the bottom, guess what? The screen falls down! Oh noes! That might be happening BECAUSE IT'S A HINGE. HINGES ARE SUPPOSED TO MOVE.
[G2 and Desire Z General] g_grey:
well why didn't HTC create an anti-gravity device with this so i can precariously hang my phone upside down by two fingers and not have to worry about the screen moving?
[Off-topic] Master™:
Hey, I remember back with ubuntu 8 the wireless didn't work (Atheros AR5007)

I am now wondering if it works with ubuntu 10, or if I need to do something extra?
[Off-topic] Master™:
Never mind, yes it does.. I am using Ubuntu now!! Yeah!

Anyways, does anyone have any good themes for it that they would like to share?
[Off-topic] anthony_:
Yeah, it works fine.

I'm using it right now =P.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] womandroid:
Searched the G2 forum and didn't find a topic like this.

I am on my second G2, and although I don't necessarily like this one better than the first it was way cheaper than the first.

I am contemplating sending this one back too because I randomly keep getting messages saying "SD Card Unexpectedly Unmounted" and the only way I can get it to "mount back" is removing the battery card and manipulating the card in some way.

It's really annoying, and if it wasn't for that one problem I wouldn't exchange the phone.

Anyone know why this could be happening?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcp2009:
happened to me once. All I did was click the notification and it mounted it
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] womandroid:
Hmm, I will try that next time.

Has it happened again after that?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcp2009:
No not at all. What sd are you using?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilnotdie:
Happened to me a ton of times, until I got annoyed by it.

I reformatted the card and re-loaded my data back on and the prob was gone. There was a couple of corrupt files on the card.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ze_p3dr0:
Hi,

I decided to reinstall the software of my x10i on SEUS (1.6 R2BA024 i think).

It installed, said that the 1st boot should be longer, but the phones run into a reboot loop. I mean, it starts the phone, connects to the sim card, but then restarts itself, and again, and again. Tried to reinstall the software, nothing.

Ideas?

Regards
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f41z:
i am facing the same issue...a workaround is to remove the battery, sim and sd card for 5 minutes and then put them all back and start

although the phone starts sometimes when i connect to my computer or try to restore the backup it gets into the loop again :mad:
[Droid 2 General] gongbaifei:
Hi, I am fresh to android community. I just got my droid 2 one month ago, and used 1-2-3 to root it.

I heard about 2.3.20 is released via OTA. So I checked my phone many times. But it always says "Check for updates is not available for now." or just make me wait for ever.

Is there anything wrong? If yes, how should I fix it?

Thanks in advance!
[Droid 2 General] JDunc:
I personally flashed the SBF but I read it should be available to everyone. Maybe do a backup and try wipe cache and wipe data/factory reset you could get the OTA. That may or may not help.
[Droid 2 General] gongbaifei:
Thanks a lot man!

I tried factory reset. Then I was able to get a OTA of 2.2.20. But failed when installing. So I just downloaded the 2.3.20 sbf from a thread (don't remember which one)and flashed the phone. Then activated it by *228.

Looks great now!
[Droid 2 General] JDunc:
Nice to hear things worked out for you :D
[HD2 General] ashwanimishra:
Hello,

I'm on HD2 and since i installed Andriod Mdeejay_FroYo_Revolution_v._1.4, all my emails are gone.

When i press send receive button, it shows that its downloading headers for new mails in the progress bar and tells the no. of headers it is downloading, but then no mails are visible.

I reinstalled the ROM, it started downloading mails back again but as soon as i booted into andriod and bacnk to windows all the mails dissapeared.

Although i am able to send emails using the same device but even the sent mails are visible only on pc, HD2 doesnt shows anything.
[HD2 General] ashwanimishra:
OK, i reinstalled the ROM 4 times now and confirmed that this problem starts appearing only after installing android, if there is no adroid installed the mail in windows works perfect. I can download, see and send mails normally. And as soon as i install Android and boot back into windows, hit send/receive button first time and all mails they go away when it updates the headers.

It downloads the mails also send them from my T mobile HD2 but does not shows them.

Any help/suggestions here?

I have tried the following 2 versions of Android:

1. cmyFroYoMooStone.Bluetopia.v.0.6.1

2. Mdeejay_FroYo_Revolution_v._1.4
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
Well I've been showing my phone off tio my friends and most of them say they think the new mytouch is better than the vibrant and some guy thinks his ipod touch 2g is better because his pocket pond app has better graphics
[Vibrant General] blasian shadows:
its all about personal preference.

vibrant has best gpu,samoled screen.

mt4g has flash, hspa+, and a ffc.

id personally stick with my vibrant. once its lag fixed and oc'd its a beast.

and that ipod 2g is not better than the vibrant lol that guy who said that has to be a noob, the reason pocket ponds looks so good on it,because its optimized for the hardware.
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
Yup! What's ffc
[Vibrant General] hellcatrydr:
Front facing camera
[Vibrant General] Dragoth12:
1. Vibrant will have full flash once 2.2 hits.

2. Hspa+ is a backwards compatible service, so the vibrant will still benefit from it (up to the hardware limit which is like 7 mbps)

3. You can mod a ffc onto the vibrant if you really want it...but there really aren't too many practical uses for it right now anyway.

The vibrant is by far still a better device imo.

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[Vibrant General] lqaddict:
I think he is talking LED flash :)

From the last Apple announcement:

Reporter: What about flash support?

Steve Jobs: Our phones love flash, that where we store things.

I do think Vibrant is a better choice, even though the Snapdragon 2nd Gen processor in HTC phones (G2 and MyTouch 4G) is a beast on its own, but if it weren't for somewhat childish looks of MTG4 and the fact that you cannot mod the damn thing (only temp root, and no RW access to NAND) makes it a bit of a downer.
[Vibrant General] C-4Nati:
Will you have to get the official update to get flash? I'm running Eugene's froyo and my phone won't receive any updates at all for other reasons so if i can't get flash that would suck.
[Vibrant General] blasian shadows:
my mistake i should have said led flash.

and yea once the banding issues are fixed i am buying a Ffc lol
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
From a majority consumer point of view, the MyTough3g is better.

FFC isn't a niche device, it's pretty mainstream considering you can now chat with people who use Yahoo Messenger from your Android phone if it has a FFC. Don't really care about Qik, but Yahoo is very much in use in the world. I suspect Windows Live Messenger will debut this feature quite soon with some Windows Phones coming out with FFCs.

The phone is snappier. Doesn't have the crappy RFS file system. The GUI looks good, and the Speech recognition works great. Doesn't feel like a paper plate in you hands, either (though I've added a cover to my vibrant to put some weight on it).

The Vibrant is a good device but the software (and I've heard FroYo doesn't really change much, outside of the fact that it's FroYo and yes I do need some of the features in FroYo so I welcome it) is terrible and some of the ommisions are just mind-boggling. No LED on front for notifications, for example. No Flash. GPS that still doesn't work correctly for half the people who have it. Slow as hell file system that makes the phone unusable from time to time. Less Application RAM than an HTC Aria. The GPU really doesn't matter because Android 2.1/2.2 still doesn't have a gfx accellerated GUI and Windows Mobile 6.5 has more games than Android (more games that you're bother installing, that is).

HTC also typically has an HTC Sync application for their phones, which makes managing them much easier than Galaxy S in the US (no Kies for us).

TBQH, I'm tired defending this phone. I wonder when others will get tired of it (prolly never on this forum, people still call the HD2 the greatest phone on earth here). This device is being completely overshadowered by other offerings and the only reason why it sold so well on AT&T/T-Mobile/Sprint is because:

1. T-Mobile didn't have anything else worth buying in the range of high end smartphones (HD2 not an option for most people with it's OS and problematic reputation)

2. AT&T Doesn't have much other high end smartphonts other than Palm Pres and the Torch that just came out with the Captivate (the Pre and Torch feel more mid-range compared to iOS/Android devices, and there was the Aria as well in that space).

3. Sprint had so many issues with Evo backorders/issues that customers had no issue but to get something else. They have no other good phones. Their Pres are 1st gen and no one wants a Touch Pro 2 or Hero, Lol...

How that there are other good phones coming out... I wouldn't expect much.

Not everyone is a power user. My mom doesn't cry about not being able to jailbreak her Blackberry and when she had a WinMo phone she didn't even install an app on it. She just used it as a phone/txt device (basically as a feature phone). The temp-root issue is only an issue for a very small minority of users - so it isn't even an issue at all in the grand scheme of things.
[Vibrant General] Henchman:
I looked at the new mytouch.

No thanks.

And I'm at a loss as to the above posters issues. This is my third android phone, and it us by far the fastest happiest android device I've used. My last phone, the Nexus one, although sexy, would need a reboot at least once a day to keep it snappy.

And I live the size if included internal memory is the Vibrant. No need for special hacks to get files on SD.

The Vibrant, for me, is a fantastic phone.

And yes, can't wait for the banding issue to be resolved for the FFC.

Oh, and it doesn't need a flash. It takes better pictures in low light conditions without one, than other phones that have a flash
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
Well, the one thing that is unmatched on the Galaxy S line is the amazing screen. Sorry, but I can't go back to LCD or plain AMOLED after this. After all, you use the screen more than any other feature on a smartphone.

As for the other things, it all depends on what's important to you. GPS works great for me now. FFC would be nice, but not necessary for me. As for flash? Meh, LED flash is barely adequate as a solution.

Personally, I picked the Vibrant because aside from the core smartphone functions, I wanted a phone that could also replace my old iPod. So for me, having 16gb of built-in memory was more important than even having a camera, much less a flash.
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
My First Impression Of The MyTouch 4G:

The screen on the MyTouch 4G is much higher in resolution. You can barely see pixels. The MyTouch 4G produces real whites, the SuperAmoled produces green/blue whites. However the SAMOLED has a much better contrast ratio, meaning colors pop since blacks are much darker.

The 3.8 inch screen is too small for me

The Build Quality of the 4G seems to be good.

The GPU seemed slower than the Vibrants PowerVR.

The CPU is faster on the 4G.

Now here is the odd part. I must admit I've noticed the same thing with the G2.

Both the G2 and the Mytouch 4G are HSPA+, while the Vibrant is not. However, side by side, running speedtest app. The vibrant EVERY SINGLE TIME had both higher download and upload speeds. It just doesn't make sense. Side by side, the Vibrant got almost 6mbps download. MyTouch 4G best it could do was 3mbps. Same with the G2, I don't get it.
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
Every phone has its fanbois. I just left T-Mo and played with an HD7.

Vinrant fells like an 8088 PC-XT compared to that. Only way to think this phone is snappy is to have only used worse phones.
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
LOL yup so I'll wait another 2 years for a newer android phone with android 4.0 if its going there
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
Me and my roomate both had our Vibrants in the store. We were astonished by the difference, just in scrolling form home screen to home screen. The Vibrants were obviously laggy doing something trivial. The Windows phone just blew through everything. The UI is beyond polished. The minimalist look definitely works well.

Microsoft definitely took the best route short of developing their own phones: Lock down the hardware and focus on doing what you do best - software ~ namely the OS and all the device drivers. Google should take note, or Android will suffer (although I'm sure it will be prevalent in the low-mid range device market, since Nokia isn't that big a player - at least in the US).

We played with the MyTouch 4G. The phone itself is ugly and I'm not a fan of screens < 4". It has some Sense elements in it which = update churn like 90% of other Android phones. The G2 performed decently but it has a whole host of problems. If you haven't experienced that ****ty hinge I implore you to go to a T-Mobile store and play with it. The minute the phone is perpendicular to the floor the phone starts closing (more like slamming) on you. That makes the phone unusable for me if I'm lying in bed and using it (as I often do before I go to bed). I guess something like an Epic 4G or Droid 2 wouldn't have that issue, though. That hinge was a terrible idea, Lol.

Oh, and did I mention the touchscreen keyboard on WP7 is /drools/ worthy.

I can't see myself getting any other Android Phone again.

If you get a phone with a UI on it that looks decent it is bound to come with hoards of issues and update churn. If you get a stock phone the built quality is pure crap and/or half the space is taken up to lock the phone down instead.

In any case, I heard FroYo for Galaxy S in the U.S. is supposed to be coming Nov. 11 on Facebook from "Samsung Galaxy S."

I heard Galaxy S performance is still below acceptable with FroYo, though... Some people are reporting regressions.
[Vibrant General] ryan562:
i just picked up the new mt4g. i have two phone lines (one for my work) and will probably keep both phones. i will need to use the mt4g for a couple of weeks go form a complete review/opinion on the phone v. the vibrant.

the mt4g is very solid and very snappy considering all the bloatware. with its HTC Espresso UI, the interface isn't for every body. Just like HTC sense it does a huge amount of social integration, moreso than the vibrant. And just like HTC sense you have pre-set "themes" you can load in terms of personal and business preferences.

it's screen is super crisp but no where near as "vibrant" as our vibrant phones. in terms of gaming, i haven't compared the two yet as i'm sure the mt4g can handle them well to a certain extent vs. the vibrant being that it's a second gen snapdragon. but i'm sure in terms of rendering and graphic display, it won't match the vibrant. i'll probably compare the gaming and video playback between the two later this week.
[Vibrant General] lexluthor:
There's been no announcement or even real rumor of the sort, unfortunately.

The only thing that's confirmed is "by the end of the year".
[Vibrant General] Chalup:
If the mytouch had at least a 4" screen I would get it. That being said, I'm looking forward to the android version of the Dell Venue Pro
[Vibrant General] blasian shadows:
vibrant and mt4g have the same resolution. 800x480
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
You're wrong.

The source of my info is in the the sentence you quoted.
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
Yea I've heard Frito doesn't make much improvement in the terms of speed and overall smoothness of the android OS it just adds good features
[Vibrant General] Hexmaster93:
Enough about the mytouch it's not a great phone

1. If u don't see this, you have a problem. The mytouch looks like sh*t i mean seriously its a bulky phone that looks like it came from toys r us.

2. Screen- vibrant has the best screen, hands down, and on a touch screen phone the screen is an integral part.

3. CPU/GPU The hummingbird on the vibrant is the best processor out, don't let quadrant scores mislead you (fyi i get 2680 on my vibrant, better than the g2 or mytouch and it's still on 2.1) The adreno 205 gpu is nowhere near as good as the vibrant's gpu

4. FFC overrated and useless, honestly my friend's have an evo and i4 and they said they used video chat once just for fun.

5. i will give the mytouch props for flash, but your buying a phone not camera

6. Froyo is also nice but the vibrant will get it soon

7. GPS was never faulty in my experience and plus sombionix's roms really make this phone godly.

8. the RFS system sucks but that's why you use a lagfix in the first place for ext2, 3, or 4

In conclusion buy what makes you happy, however when it comes down to the essentials the vibrant wins.

Honestly though, the mytouch is really ugly and i could not get past that.
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
You are right I'm happy with my vibrant and will wait another 2 years to buy another badass phone
[Vibrant General] iTylerA:
Played with the mt4g in the store yesterday. I admit the phone is fast out of the box.

But, the screen and the gpu are not up to vibrant standards. The 4g is a joke. I stood in front of it and did a speed test and my phone on 3g is faster than both mt4g and g2.

I do like some if the features that the mt4g offers, but it's not worth the switch.

ALSO, after talking to the t-mobile rep, he says the frito update has begun rollout and should hit us any day now, so I'm betting before the month is out.

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant Overclocked to 1.6GHz. Please excuse my Swype.
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
Yes, the phone does have issues with aesthetics.

Yes, SAMOLED looks good. However, when will you people get tired of using the screen as the crutch to prop these [Galaxy S] phones up. They were probably the biggest blunder of 2010 given all the issues they've had and their laggard update cycle. The screen isn't THAT good. I used both side by side last night. It really isn't.

That doesn't matter when most decent softare (i.e. the OS itself) uses the other CPU as a primary target. Also, GPU means close to nothing when there are hardly any decent games available and the Android GUI isn't hardware accellerated. I'm pretty sure the Vibrant will not see an Official Gingerbread update. Maybe the MyTouch will, but I doubt many current phones will.

That's because the applications that use the FFC are complete crap. However, Yahoo introduced Video Chat for it's client meaning you won't need to create more accounts to utilize it. I expect more and more people to start using FFC on phones. They are still relatively new here (in the US). What you said is expected.

Yes, some people buy phones for cameras. If I have a decent Cam on my phone then I don't need to carry around my cam corder or a point and shooter. Yes, I know real cameras take better pictures, but the phone works well.

I have a hard time believing you'd have brought a Vibrant if it only had a 3.2MP Camera that did VGA Resolution Video Recording... My HD2 takes better pictures in dark lighting than my Vibrant, and since I carry it around as an iPod of sorts (Vibrant cannot read my Zune Pass music), I typically take Pictures with the HD2, anyways (dual flash FTW?).

Correct.

The GPS was faulty. Do a Google search, at least. Don't delude yourself. GPS, Lag, services draining your battery in record times, screen draining excessive amounts of battery (one of the bad things about SAMOLED, and it was touted as using less battery than other screen types... the irony!), etc. It's all there.

HackItSoItWorksLikeMine™ then GoBackToStock™ so you can install an OTA/Kies update. On WP7, Palm, iOS you just use the phone with great performance out of the box and accept the OTA/iTunes/Zune update without having to worry about hacking you phone up and potentially bricking it and then lying about it to get a freeby like probably 90% of the people on this forum.

Cool story, bro.

No it doesn't. Read you own post. It's full of excuses.

Nothing is ugly with the right case on it :P
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
HSPA+ is a complete and utter joke. If anything, it's the primary reason to not buy the phone. 3.5G devices have been handily outperforming HSPA+ handsets in HSPA+ markets since the G2 was released.

But even an HD2 would get comparable speeds to a Vibrant, so it's not like it's a big + for that specific phone (PS: I have both HD2 and Vibrant... They get the same speeds, basiaclly - good speeds, mind you :P).

I can't believe T-Mobile is calling that crap 4G. It's really going to lower people's expectations on what 4G really is. Same for WiMax.
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
The same amount of pixels in a smaller space makes for higher pixel density, which is why he's noticing the difference.

It's the same when you look at WVGA resolution on a 4.3 inch screen. It's much easier to discern the individual pixels compared to a 3.7-4" screen.
[Vibrant General] Hexmaster93:
@n8ter your counter argument is good however the vibrant has better internal specs than the mytouch and that's a fact. Im still on my vibrants trial period but im planning on keeping it because imho it's a superior phone and I'd advise anyone with a vibrant to do the same. And p.s no case can cover that ugly mytouch logo on the screen