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[General Questions and Answers] trojjanhorse:
Hi, welcome to the forum. Unfortunately some requests are left unnoticed.

I had the Vibrant for 1.5 months and switched to the Fascinate.

Why?

Although Vibrant has more roms, root is all I need + launcher pro. Root is now attainable on Fascinate

I loved how the Vibrant screen was gorilla glass (scratch proof), but the home button was so susceptible to scratches and just didn't like the home button there. Now the fascinate has a screen that covers everything + i get a search key which is important to me. This way I don't have to worry about the phone getting scratched since i have a case covering the back, and gorilla glass at the front.

Front facing camera... sounds very appealing but I never got around to using it since there is no real support for it with apps.

If you're worried about ROMS, it's just a matter of time.

I'm keeping myself sane with these phones until I get a hold of Nexus S.

Hope that helps buddy,

Trojjan
[General Questions and Answers] Diamond_dawg:
Bell Vibrant has more resale value as its compaitable with At&t 3G
[General Questions and Answers] trojjanhorse:
That's incorrect.

I own a Fascinate and I'm on FIDO with 3G+ speed. Fascinate has come out with Telus which means you could use AT&T, Rogers, Bell, etc...

The unlock is a bit of a hassle since you need to use ADB and toy around with nb_data.bin file. The market app didn't work with non-root and root method.
[General Questions and Answers] Diamond_dawg:
You may be right,as i'm not familar with these carriers, but correct me if i'm wrong, the facinate has a 16gb memory card and the vibrant has inbuilt 16gb + sd expansion. and atleast some of the bell vibrants that were sold near my area had more value
[General Questions and Answers] trojjanhorse:
The fascinates from Telus also have the 16gb internal sd storage, along with the expandable sd slot.

In short, The fascinate is an exact replica of the vibrant but it has 4 buttons, and no front facing camera. My case from my vibrant fits the fascinate, and also the back covers are interchangeable
[General Questions and Answers] ccrows:
Does Froyo kill this phone like it did to Bell's Vibrant?... :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] ccrows:
Anyone?...:confused:
[Fascinate General] azturbomini:
Edit:

Well I lied...

I brought home a loaner X to check dbm readings against my facinate. The X is -15 to -20dbm better everywhere in my house which has the new 2nd generation verizon network extender. I think I am going with the X until April when my upgrade is due. My advice to anyone trying to decide between the 2 is, if you live and work where you have a strong verizon signal the facinate is great. If you have less than average signal (like I do) get the X. The voice and speaker quality is also better on the X.

Good luck

To make a long story short. I can trade my facinate in for another Incredible or a Droid X due to reception issues. If the Inc had a 4" display I might consider it but it doesn't and I can't wait until the Inc HD is out (My verizon store won't let me wait that long). After messing with my friends X, the picture or screen seems very "washed out" not near as vibrant as the facinate. I'm sticking it out and banking on Samsung to step up and support this phone more than they have done in the past on my previous Samsung phones...
[Android Software Development] Rynet:
Is there a way to disable what url is loading with webkit/webview. I don't want the user to know the web address that is loading.
[Focus General] Ratcamp:
I am using Outlook conector is easy and seems to be the solution. I HAVE MORE THAN 3,000 contacts in my Outlook and the Hotmail Contacts has a 1,000 contact limit !!!!

I suppose I have to wait for a third party SYNC APP.

I WANT to sync Outlook CONTACTS (and notes and tasks) with my WP7, Is Microsoft serious about this?
[Focus General] rhart20:
I know this is not the best answer but you could spread your contacts across multiple email services outlook, gmail, hotmail, & yahoo. You can then sync all of them to your phone. Is there a phone limitation to the number of contacts it can hold?
[Focus General] surrealmethod:
I only know like 5 people... lol
[Focus General] emjee87:
Enjoy your new phone !!!!

Please be sure to post a corresponding "Purchasing the phone!" thread when you find the phone suitable to house the information of your 3,000+ friends.

Maybe THEN you guys can CONVERSE while using RANDOM words CAPITALIZED. I'm serious about this.

No, but seriously, why make another post about this? You already have a thread detailing this supposed issue. Would it not have made more sense to edit your original post there saying you were just giving up and returning it? Maybe the people who attempted to help you there could stop trying to come up with solutions for this "problem"? Or maybe just return the phone, go back to whatever phone meets your needs, and stop creating threads to air out your grievances when the first one you made probably would suffice. Stop me if I'm making too much sense.
[Focus General] Ratcamp:
It's a disaster on their part. How the heck can you forget about reminders???

I have 5 reminders a day.

Also, 1000 contacts is the maximum you can sync over!

What a joke.

They blew it again.
[Focus General] rhart20:
See this link. support(dot)microsoft(dot)com/kb/2454811. It says "Windows Live has a storage limit of 6500 contacts per user." All you have to do is upload the contacts from outlook csv file in 500KB chunks. This should work. Report back if it does.
[Focus General] ryotgz:
Why would you need and/or want 3,000 contacts on a phone. Heck I wouldn't want that many in Outlook.
[Focus General] Ratcamp:
Are you kidding me?
[Focus General] Ratcamp:
You are serious about what?

I am not here to praise your toy in order for you to feel good about your purchase. A legitmate complaint helps educate the potential consumer with an understanding of someone elses experience. This is what forums are about, right? And capitalization inside the body of a post does not warrant a cat-like repsonse from you.

The phone is a great outside of the fact that you cannot sync reminders, one note, cut and paste, and there is no flash. The junk mail and filters makes the phone unusable without instilling filters through outlook.

MS will fix this. They have to. And when they do... I will buy the phone again, because right now I am back on the HTC Fuze until this is fixed.

Has anyone used Companion Link?
[Focus General] markgamber:
LOL...that last line sounds about as enthusiastic about the Fuze as I am about my Fuze. I still have it but only because it probably wouldn't be worth my while to sell it on eBay. I'm with ya, I hope this alleged January update addresses a lot of the shortcomings in the Focus, and there are plenty, but even as it is it works well enough to cover my needs so I'm keeping it. Early adopters alway go through this kind of torture but if Microsoft takes too long or adds a lot of stuff of dubious value while overlooking obviously needs and shortcomings, WP7 will be as dead as the Kin by this time next year.
[Focus General] emjee87:
At no point did I attempt to revoke your right to express your displeasure with a product that I own, and have likewise express some complaints about. My point of contention was that you insist on making new threads on an issue that is already identified in another thread, created by you no less.

Also, I'm familiar with the idea of forums, but thank you for reiterating. Likewise, I'd be remiss if I didn't remind you of the purpose of the "reply" button in threads you previously created. It's probably more efficient for compiling the important data you wish to educate the purchasing public with, as opposed to creating a new thread on the same topic every time a development with said issue arises.;)

I honestly don't care what you think of a product I own, since clearly you and I have different expectations of our products. I even stated in a previous thread that you should just return your phone and purchase what works for you. The part I don't understand is why in doing that, you also need to create a thread stating your return of the device...who were you helping with that input? You didn't raise any new issues, since like I pointed out, you already brought them up in previous threads you created.
[Focus General] jeffgeno:
FYI: I got $100 for mine just last week.
[Focus General] blues01:
No, capitalization do warrant you to get a cat-like response from anyone. You know what is the meaning of the capitalization in forum, right?

But then again, you're free to use your right to express your feelings, anger, dissatisfaction about your phone in this forum. Just do it in a good manner, okay?
[Focus General] wspaw:
My Focus syncs reminders and OneNote.

If you put your OneNote notebook on SkyDrive it syncs automatically - just do a search and you'll certainly find the instructions to do this. I synced my calendar with Hotmail via Outlook Connector and all of my reminders synced just fine.
[Focus General] EddieG:
I am not having any issues syncing my Focus with my outlook, you just need accept te cloud as it is the future. It is hard to get used to but after using it for a few days it seems to be worth it. you can have access to all of your contacts worldwide without your phone, make realtime updates etc.
[Focus General] Ratcamp:
Okay Captain. Now that you have released some estrogen, do you have any thoughts as to why we need a cloud when I have a PC in my left hand and a phone in my right?

I'll take some phone advise over reprimands if you don't mind so.
[Focus General] mfarlow:
"FYI: I got $100 for mine just last week."

Really? Where did you sell it? I hope to be selling my FUZE shortly, and I would be more than happy with $100 for it.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] briankyarb:
I write this topic this evening to inquire if anyone encountered the issue of the Yahoo! Mail and Messaging apps not syncing contacts after configuring the feature.

It seems like it works for awhile, but then I noticed that it stops syncing and the Accounts and Sync menu no longer shows my Yahoo! accounts after a period of time.

The main times I noticed it are when my battery gets low or I have to restart. Other times I check my contacts and my Yahoo! contacts are gone.

I hope to get advice and support from fellow users and await for your replies. Thank you in advance for assisting me.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] jdwash11:
This happens to me too, don't have a fix though

- White MyTouch 4G -

Permaroot + S=Off
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] briankyarb:
I called Customer Service yesterday. All they suggested was to exchange it at a T-mobile location - which I'd done today. This is a new handset. We'll see.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flex420:
Heya Guys,

I'm completely new to SGS and Android in general ;)

Bought my SGS a Week ago and im quite satisfied with it so far. ( Got almost stock froyo -- TouchWizGTG launcher and a voodo lagfix )

I wonder now, if there is a major speed improvement with a class 10 microSD Card with the the SGS over the class 6 card. Is the device even capable to handle a class 10 card and is it worth the buy, will it reduce lags? oO

Well, thank you in advance \o/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nwsk:
The speed of the microsd won't affect your system speed, because no critical files are placed on it.. (long time ago there was a lag fix that moved stuff to sd, but the newer ones don't do that).

The only difference would be reading/writing to the SD, and unless you're going to be doing stuff like high res video recording to the sd or something, I really don't think it matters.

The internal SD card is class 6 or so btw, and it works fine. You probably won't notice a difference.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baste07:
i have my external SD card at class 4, 16 gb, no problems seen in terms of read / write speed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flex420:
Oh! Thanks for the fast answers!

Think I will buy a class 6 then. Thank you very much! U saved me alot of money ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] userdefind:
hello there i flashed my x10a to the generic 2.1i but now the rogers update is out and i would like to know how to flash it back so i can do the rogers update. the reason why i would like to do this is because i am having some small problems with the Internet on my phone. when i am at the main screen and status bar says im on 3g but when i go into the market and browser it then go into (H) with out the ( ) i dont know if thats what its suppose to do or what but yeah and some times it doesn't like to even go on the Internet it takes like two three even 5 times befor it works or i have to reboot plz help free free to PM
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwyan Benton:
The "H" your seeing stands for HSDPA...which is actually better than 3G. As for the browsing problems, after you flashed the 2.1 generic and started your phone up for the first time did you properly add the rogers APN settings or did you choose automatic internet settings?

I flash my X10a with the nordic 2.1 firmare and I also get the "H" and I added my rogers apn settings manually and my phone is absolutly perfect. No problems at all.

If you need the proper rogers apn settings to use you can pm me.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pratishk:
I upgraded to 1.6 Generic UK to then get the 2.1 upgrade last week as could not wait for Orange...

Yesterday, Orange came out with 2.1 and so wanted to get the new Orange update that just came out, so I followed the debranding method from xperia.net but instead of using generic UK db files, I used my old ones I did a back up of! Took me about 6 attempts but finally got the timing right and hey presto, old 1.6 Orange was back.. and then it told me I had a new update waiting.. :-)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BluechipJ:
H = 3.5G = faster than 3G. In 1.6, there was H, but no icon to differentiate.

Video:

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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrisMCP:
Same question, very important for me! X10a, Rogers, branded, locked, un-rooted (yes, I'm just a simple user, not a crime a believe :rolleyes:) -- upgraded via seus to 2.1 rogers. Too many bugs for me to keep it, so jsut wanna go back to 1.6 rogers if possible! Is there a step by step instruction to use in this particular case? Thanks!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] stihl29:
I'm running 2.1-update1 ECLAIR.UCJH7, I want to install ryanza's lag fix from the market, my phone is currently rooted already, will this have any affect on installing this app and doing the lag fix?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Nickel Dime Bay:
Nope, youre good to go.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jb1911:
My Captivate went from 800 Quadrant score to 2200 with OCLF v2.2. It's a whole different phone.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dani897:
just disable before any updates or flashing roms/kernels
[G Tablet General] Crimton:
i installed skype and was able to make a call to my phone but i ended the call now it won't boot up all the way. it starts to boot up then says shutting down and powers off. gonna try to restore a back up now

i would advise against using skype. gonna try fring next to see if it will work. surely theres a video chat app that works with this thing...otherwise why does it have a cam?

my backup cured the booting problems, tried fring with yahoo messenger and it says yahoo does not support video chatting. i also tried the yahoo messenger apk with video chat add on and they do not work either it seems. just sucks that we have a pretty much useless video camera....for now.
[G Tablet General] wlawyer:
yeah I really want a video chat program for this thing that works. Fring displayed video but the audio was crackling. I would love to find something that works so I can chat with my family when I leave town.
[G Tablet General] Crimton:
how did you get it to display video?
[G Tablet General] wlawyer:
With fring I just pulled up the test call contact then selected video. Not much to it as long as you use the test contact or any other contact with the fringe client.
[G Tablet General] it2steve:
Can you post which apk you used and settings? I've tried a cooke and can't get it to work, needless to say when I try to pull from frings sure it doesn't recognize the device.

Will it work with skype clients?
[G Tablet General] wlawyer:
I am pretty sure its this one, i messed my gtab up pretty good last night so i cant be for sure. This is the first time I have posted a file on here but hopefully I am not a total nub.

Edit: I think fring used to work with skype but they got a cute cease and desist letter so they pulled that out. This will only do video if you and the other contact have fring installed, that is why I used the convenient test call contact to test the video. Like i said it looks like the video is working but the audio is crackling terribly on mine. It may be that I dont have the latest apk or just a bad audio driver.
[G Tablet General] aditya104:
does skype need background data enabled?
[G Tablet General] it2steve:
Skype.apk

does anyone have the skpye.apk? The crippled market wont pull it.
[G Tablet General] it2steve:
thanks for that.. now I remember what I drama was with that. After installation when it's asking for ID and such, the koyboard wont pull up to type anything?

Anyone else have that issue? any workarounds?
[G Tablet General] Crimton:
Skype screwed me up, wouldn't let me boot and I had to do a restore. I just downloaded it to my phone and sent it to my dropbox from there then downloaded on the g.
[G Tablet General] robertged2:
Steve, are you on the Zpad bulid? I also had problems with the keyboard in that one, but the workaround would be to plug in a usb keyboard. However, Fring works with CM 6.1 Beta2.

Edit: The audio bites bigtime!
[G Tablet General] insight3fl:
Skype works fine for me on full vanilla. Only voice though, it is not made for video. Fring no longer supports link to skype due to skype restrictions once skype licensed to cell providers. Fring works, but as was mentioned, audio crackle makes it useless for us.
[G Tablet General] kalvinl:
I think this has already been posted somewhere and may not be what u r looking for but the yahoo messenger and video add on has voice call
[G Tablet General] pcmtse:
I have the Zpad T2 and in order to make skype to work, I need to change the checkjni =0 in build.prop
[G Tablet General] it2steve:
Im assuming that it's working with chatb but no video?
[G Tablet General] raskell:
I am using Skype from the Toshiba folio apk and it works perfectly for voice calls.
[G Tablet General] pcmtse:
Yes, I don't think Skype support Video yet right?

and Fring can't log onto Skype right?
[G Tablet General] raydog153:
On CM6.1 I have the yahoo messenger with video working. I can't type and video at the same time, limitation in the yahoo app, but I have video and sound working just fine going both ways.
[G Tablet General] mrackley:
I've got Skype installed on my ViewSonic GTablet and can make calls, but I get no audio?? any ideas? People can hear me fine, but I can't hear them at all.
[G Tablet General] Life in LA:
odd

I have used both skype voice calling and yahoo video chat successfully on my tab. (currently running TnT lite 2.2)
[G Tablet General] Life in LA:
look in the lower left corner. audio seems to be muted by default (odd!) just tap it and you'll have sound.
[G Tablet General] mrackley:
wow... that's all it was thanks... now I feel like an idiot.. :) oh well.. maybe I'll stop some others from being idiots.
[G Tablet General] bkocsi:
This is exactly what happened to me today - first time using it on the GTab. Has anyone used the Google voice?
[G Tablet General] hsparks:
No sound

Actually had same problem and it didnt look muted. Plugged in headphones from phone and walla talk and hear. ****ty that they wont fix video. I put a tech request into oovoo tonight to see if they would fix the issues with that closing then maybe we can actually have video chats!! Probably be 2-3 days till I hear back.
[G Tablet General] 17111711:
I'm having trouble finding any official Yahoo apps in the Android Market (except Auctions - Japan). Anyone else with this problem? TIA. (Running Vegan b4)
[G Tablet General] 17111711:
Never mind. You can find it by going to the Viewsonic GTablet Favorites page.
[G Tablet General] yujikaido79:
Skype with video on iphone

Just saw on the skype facebook page that skype released a iphone version that can do video chat on skype. Hopefully an android version will follow. so we can use it on our gtablets :)

http://blogs.skype.com/en/2010/12/i...=PXFB|1034_B3-_-iphone_video_calling-20101230
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrien1977:
Hi

I am trying to backup my current rom from my rooted Tmo G2(just for trying because i could get the original rom from the xda wiki.

When i click on the backup rom, my phone reboots and tries to go onto recovery mode, but then i get that black phone and the red exclamation point. after that i cannot do anything.

I have to remove the battery to reboot the phone.

What am i doing wrong here?

thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiNG OMaR:
The red exclamation means your still in stock recovery. Reboot the phone, go into ROM Manager and flash the recovery TWICE. I had this same problem and flashing it a second time solved it
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrien1977:
you are a genius.

I did update the recovery before trying, but this time, i did it twice in a row and that did the trick

thanks again
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbssimp:
Same problem but flashing it twice still doesn't fix it?

pretty much what i said above... I have the same exact problem so when i =read this i flashed it twice and still get the red ! arrow when i backup it restarts? any other ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cparekh:
If you get this image, just hit Vol (+) and Power. This will continue you to recovery and you can see whether you are still stock or CW Recovery. I am CW, but I will sometimes get the triangle image.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr3:
I think you have to flash twice because of root permissions.

My G2 did not ask me for superuser permission until after it had already downloaded the recovery and was in the process of installing it.

The second time you flash it, ROM manager will already have the superuser permission it needs to successfully install it.

I think that the initial (unsuccessful) installation of recovery is what gets ROM manager to ask for superuser access.

So if you have a way to grant ROM manager su permission before installing, it SHOULD work the first time. I don't really know how to test this theory yet though.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlCapone:
I temp rooted + flashed the recovery part 4 times now, "successful" each time, but on "ROM Backup", the red exclamation mark is the only thing that works..

DesireHD
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
Do you have Desire HD ? If so, you are in the wrong forum, this is the Vision forum (G2/Desire Z).

If you do have a Vision, then I suspect the problem is that you don't have S-OFF. Temp root is enough to run ROM Manager, but not enough to flash a custom recovery.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlCapone:
ok, thanks that might be it - still ..strange that it detects the recovery software as installed after boot - maybe it's just saving the information and fakes it. ?

yes, I am in wrong forum - just searched for this issue, and it seems like it is just the same.

Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
If you don't have S-OFF, then your recovery partition (plus others) is write-protected in hardware. So the software thinks it's writing to it, but the data is just being held in cache. When you reboot the cache is lost so you see the old image (i.e. stock recovery) again.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alienv:
Remember to have "USB Debugging" enabled, i've just spend over 2hrs tbefore i've figured it out...