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[Defy General] mindlessdrone:
Must say it's a little worrying reading about this issue. I guess the advice ought to be to simply avoid using the headphones socket! Out of the question for some perhaps, but I would point out that bluetooth headphones/headsets are actually very affordable now. £20-£30 gets a fairly good pair of headphones, which will render this issue kinda harmless (if usage of the socket is indeed the culprit). Plus, who wants cables trailing out of their mobile phone anyway? Unless you absolutely need to use the onboard FM radio, you may as well just leave the 3.5mm socket alone, especially if there's a risk of breaking the earpiece speaker.

Despite this minor issue, I think the Defy is an awesome android phone, and highly recommended. Perhaps in the coming weeks Motorola will acknowledge this problem and sort it out completely - fixing the jack properly for future production, and maybe offering free bluetooth headphones to those who've bought a Defy with this weak socket/earpiece speaker issue (well it would only be fair, certainly cheaper than furnishing all early customers with new Defys... or would that seem to be a far-fetched dream? - help me out, I've no experience with Motorola's aftersales support! Lets hope they feel obliged to do the right thing for all of us who've decided to go for something a little different to the iphone/bberry/htc crowd)

;)
[Defy General] tim440:
I love the phone too, but we shouldn't have to work around problems like this. What's the point in having a jack if you can't use it?
[Defy General] scrannel:
Except I believe the radio (FM) will not work unless earphones are physically inserted because they act as antenna.
[Defy General] koerc:
Germany: 2Points

Sent my first back because it was everything but waterproof.

My second has got the earpeace prob after a week usage now. Can remember after your discussion that I had my earphone plugged in for jogging just before defect. Can "work around" though: when pressing hard on the back cover it kind of still works.

Great deal with A...on: They don´t mess around so Im waiting for my 3rd phone now. As I really fell in love with the DEFY I will give it another few tries :)
[Defy General] scrannel:
Would like to hear from someone who had the phone repaired (not replaced) to see if they actually fixed it.
[Defy General] jk1234:
Are there any owners who have used the jack and not had the earpiece problem? Must say I'm slightly concerned now especially as I was planning on using the jack quite a bit.

Also it seems Germany have the worst of the problems, I know there is one Spanish user here who has had the problem, are there any UK models that have had the problem?

Also as it could be a faulty batch are those that have had it network branded phones or unbranded?
[Defy General] d210:
Bought from Germany (unbranded) for a couple of weeks, used the headphone socket quite extensively for the first and last days (but without moving much), all fine for now.
[Defy General] Higgsy:
the other night I pulled the headphone socket in/out about 100 time wiggling it about and all that so see if it caused a fault and I have no problems with the earpiece.
[Defy General] RickPinto:
Bought mine, from France (I'm Portuguese) and used the headphone as well, all fine for now.

I do hope to have no problems with my defy, or else i'll have to send it to France...

Besides that concern, excellent device!!

Lovin it!!
[Defy General] tim440:
I've been using the headphones to make calls since the problem started. When I take them out, you can actually see where it's loose inside and it blocks the little rubber protector thing from going back in.
[Defy General] Higgsy:
so its actually a fault with the headphone socket? maybe thats breaking and not actually the speaker itself then
[Defy General] scrannel:
I do not have this issue, but was told on the non-us Motorola forum that, if you do, you still have use of both the speakerphone and the headphones. So, how many speakers does the phone have? Has anyone found images of it torn-down, like a service manual? I presume when the headphone is used it "mutes" the main speaker. Could that physical act somehow "stick" the phone in mute?
[Defy General] mitsgsx:
Ive used mine pretty much over the month ive had it and so far have had no problems
[Defy General] mata_mosca:
Is this serious enough for a recall?
[Defy General] scrannel:
Well, my G1 had a total POS email app famous for not being able to download anything but pictures and music, and for never being able to delete, deleted emails. It's ability to do bluetooth file transfer without being rooted was essentially nil. To load enough market apps to make up for its shortcomings was nearly impossible because it had so little memory. Just to make the thing run properly I had to go in to various apps and purge their caches on a daily basis. The list of offenses is much longer. It was such an inefficient piece of junk it probably should never have been released. Did anyone ask for the G1 to be recalled? I think the Defy is a truly great phone. It does every single thing the G1 could not do, and ten times better than expected. If the earpiece goes, I'll get it fixed. You know when it was apparent that the iPhone was having signal problems because of a poorly designed case, Steve Jobs responded immediately by essentially telling his loyal customers to go **** themselves. Those with the issue are waiting for Motorola to make a statement -- and if you read the non-us Motorola forum some of the whining is truly pathetic. Virtually all these people are still under warranty. If something on my car broke, I would get it fixed. Wouldn't you?
[Defy General] richtrabing:
I recently had a dead earpeace on my Defy MB525. As this is a clear hardware issue, and nothing to do using CM7, I decided to try getting it replaced under guarantee.

After restoring an original Motorola SBF, the phone was promptly repaired and returned within 2 weeks, all under guarantee.

Very Happy!
[Defy General] avs84:
I also had dead earpiece. I replaced it myself with the guide in this forum. Worked perfectly.

Sent from my MB525
[Captivate General] M3Armand:
Does anyone know how to or know of a tool for me to sync my Outlook Notes 2007 into my Captivate Memo? I have so much information (maybe 200+ notes) stored in my notes that it would be a major pita to copy and paste each of them into a WORD doc to send into my Captivate.

Thanks in advance.
[Captivate General] siliconvalley785:
Yes, this is definitely something i need researched as well. I'm doing it from Notes as a part of Microsoft Exchange, but all we really need is a way to sync between Outlook - Captivate, even if it's via USB for now. Wireless would be strongly preferred, but either or at this point. Maybe there's some Samsung Software out there that handles this?

Pritesh
[Captivate General] M3Armand:
From the www.nitrodesk.com website:

3.8 Does TouchDown support Notes ?

No, TouchDown does not support Notes syncing since Exchange Servers prior to 2010 do not support this. However, NitroDesk has a separate product which handles Notes and lets you synchronize them over the USB to the device. More information on this can be found HERE . TouchDown itself will support notes only in a future version which will add 2010 extensions. Work on this has not yet started, and we dont have an ETA for that..

My company uses "Touchdown" which syncs Outlook pretty well....except for Notes! How annoying.

When I looked up "NitroNotes" from the "HERE" above, I would have to hack my Captivate in order to install "non-market" applications. I don't want to do that. Further, the NitroNotes, although free, is a beta only.

So, I still haven't found a non-hacked solution to my getting Notes imported from Outlook.
[Captivate General] biochemgod:
I believe the Note Everything app has an import for Outlook notes.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] LlabTooFeR:
Here RUU for HTC Mondrian aka Surround

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b48...S_1.03.502.07_5.51.09.06_22.30.50_RELEASE.exe

Enjoy!
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] jwzg:
May I ask where you came up with this? Is it new or is it the first shipping ROM?
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] franzese:
New ROM

I agree, its a new a ROM.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] MOster:
Thanks very much for pulling this out!

Color me stupid, but I can't figure out how to flash this. I've run Chevron as well as the file explorer registry hack. The phone is connected and Zune shows things that are only on the phone. It waits about 30 seconds in "Verifying the information..." before coming back with a 260 connection error.

This is pretty rough. I really wanted to be the one to start posting differences.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] jwzg:
Until the OP lets us know from where the ROM came or whether or not it is new, I wouldn't flash or attempt to flash anything. Although he might not be able to tell us where he got it, he can let us know what's in it.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] MOster:
The risk is half the fun, though. ; )
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] MOster:
But you're right that it's odd. The file is only 200MB; and the flash utility still talks about ActiveSync. The update utility is 3.27.4.3, which is the same as what was going around for Rhodium.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] jwzg:
;)

However, I can't dump the ROM using the normal toolset, so I think it indeed is a Surround ROM. I get my device tomorrow, so I'll check it out. BTW, does anyone know how to get to the bootloader screen on this thing yet in order to see the version?
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] MOster:
Start, Settings, about, more info gives you a fair amount, including the bootloader version. I see

Model:HTC T8788
Software: Windows (R) Phone 7
Total Storage: 14.63 GB
Available Storage: 6.32 GB

OS Version 7.0.7004.0
Firmware revision number 2250.09.10307.502
Hardware revision number 0003
Radio software version 5.51.09.06_22.30.50.09H
Radio hardware version A.26.0.D4
Bootloader 1.3.2250.7(111288)
Chip SOC version: 2.2.5.0

Holding down the volume down gets you to the tri-color screen (I'm ashamed to say that I just tried this) and I get:

PD26100 SS-BC (4K)
SPL-1.3.22500.7(111288)
MicroP(LED) 0x09
TOUCH C1(v69)
SD SANDISK 15193MB Class0
Partition Info-v211v413

Attaching the USB connects the QualComm CDMA Technologies MSM, which gives me HTC USB Sync as its driver. You have to pop the battery to reboot, which is a pain in the ass on this phone.

I will be Googling the Qualcomm part now.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] MOster:
So, opening the bootloader and then running the RUU will allow me to flash this; but I don't think I want to do it. The update utility doesn't have any actual information:
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] jwzg:
Radio looks the same. I can't tell about the ROM version. Check in your settings and see what you can find.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] MOster:
Did you flash it and it booted? If so, I'll give it a shot when I get home from work.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] mslug:
any brave souls try this update yet? i'm too scared since i will prob return my surround. wp7 is slick and all but i need tethering and wifi routing.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] MOster:
I, too, am too scared. The flash utility will flash a Rhodium ROM when the Surround is connected via straight USB.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] mslug:
Trying to dump os.nb for a look but no luck with any of the tools over at wp7 development forum yet.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] LlabTooFeR:
There is no wp7 dumping tools avalible yet...
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] ceesheim:
it simply flash or not flash , even if he wanted to edit wp7 rom's we will notice it (the rom simply won't flash, due to security check ) .

don't forget that we don't have Hspl or goldcard or something that bypass the spl check

so if you want to flash just go for it (at this point in time it is almost impossible to brick your phone with stock rom's, or lose your warranty)

there are allot of people who updated there rom with a new rom posted by Football (on the hd7 threads).
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] MOster:
Thanks for the reply, cessheim.

I appreciate all that you're saying--I actually went and looked at his posts and didn't see any people with problems--but I'm a student of Murphy and Murphy says that I'll be the one to be screwed by the whole deal.

When you talk about the security check, when does that happen? When I open the booatloader and connect the USB port, the flash utility was one click away from loading a Rhodium image onto the phone. Is it at that last point where it would stop me?

If the flash is for the correct device, then I'm not worried about bricking my phone. What really stopped me was that it seemed ready to flash a ROM which I knew was wrong. And since nobody even has a dump of a stock ROM yet I'd be back on my Tilt2 until the community worked out things for which I was not sufficiently patient to wait.

I guess now that I'm in my 30s I'm more of a coward.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] ceesheim:
it will check when you are in the Gray screen with the progress bar (actually flashing ) and normally then it will gif a vendor id error .

but the most important is: way do you want to flash ?

the only difference is the bootloader , Radio and some OEM updates (no wp7 updates).

the way wp7 (and wm6.5 but never used) is build is that it CAN update the "bootloader" , "Radio" , "OEM ****"and everything else that is in the rom , and that by air (or by ZUNE)

so only when your phone is in demo mode ( shop phone from ebay) I would flash it .
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] MOster:
How did you learn that those are the only differences? That's what I want to be able to figure out.

Being used to the 6.5 threads with new runs on multiple SYS platforms less than weekly, I had anticipated a new Windows build. Weekly Energy builds has kind of gotten me addicted to flashing, and even a small advance might have a couple of improvements or fixes and I'm chomping at the bit for this thing to become more of an actually-enterprise phone.

Regardless of all that, thanks very much for your insight.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] ceesheim:
because I heard that from the people who flasht those rom's and the build number is always the same.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] azn6929:
Hi,

I have it in DEMO MODE, so I can flash it with this ROM. Correct ?

Thanks.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] jwzg:
Give it a whirl and see what happens.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] squidbutt:
if i flashed this would i have to re unlock my surround for tmobile?
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] ngphucok:
No, you won't need to.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] squidbutt:
anyone tried it yet?

im fixin to but idk if i wanna risk it
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] jwzg:
Well, my phone simply died on me today. Wouldn't boot; only charge and not start up when I plugged it in. After several attempts to revive, I followed the instructions and flashed this ROM. It is good to go, and my phone is once again normal, and on the charger right now.

This ROM is the real deal, but it is only the original shipping ROM, not an upgrade.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] squidbutt:
Was it running this when it died?and is there any difference between the two?
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] jwzg:
Yes, it was running, and I think the battery may have just gotten so low that it wouldn't boot. However, even after it spent some time on the charger, I couldn't get it to boot. There are no noticeable differences between the original and this ROM which leads me to beleive that it's just the shipping ROM that is flashed at the factory.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] manu81:
What language is it? display and keyboard?

Thanks
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] jwzg:
English...USA, of course. All 3.7 oz. of AT&T goodness:rolleyes:
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] LITANG:
i'm AT&A Surround （T8788）! Are you shull update the ROM? pliese sent it for me！i dont downd it！thanx！
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] fraztto:
Thank you. I was able to revert my locked surround with no backup to 7004 to use ChevronWP7 to unlock my device, once again, thank you, it worked flawlessly (At&t Surround)
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] Laquox:
Same thing here. This is the original 7004 Stock rom. I recently had to file a warranty claim (bjorked sd card I think as no solution got past the white HTC screen) and the phone I was sent had 7390 which just wouldn't do for me. So on a prayer I flashed this and it worked brilliantly. Phone is now unlocked and happily running 7392. Haven't decided to take the mango splash just yet.
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] 11nn93n9:
Did you have AcitveSync or Zune running when performing this ROM update? Thanks.

---------- Post added at 08:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:11 PM ----------

My surround was updated to 7392 and lost the unlocking possibility. Do you have 7392 unlocked still? Is it the NoDo version?
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] Qwerty123 \m/:
I keep getting error 260 :/

How to fix ? :)

THANKS
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] CarloAguilar:
how to i pass the part where it says connect to active sync if wp7 doesnt support active sync?

---------- Post added at 09:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:46 AM ----------

what do i do since active sync doesnt work for wp7!! how am i supposed to do the process?
[Surround Windows Phone 7 Development] thanhmi1:
link to die, can you update link again?
[EVO 4G Accessories] jhoffy22:
Where can I find a good car charger that charges my Evo at a good rate? This weekend I was traveling and was in Detroit for a few hours and my phone died, I get out into my car and plug the phone in and I have to wait about 10 minutes before I can even turn the phone on. Then I use it for about 10 minutes and the phone dies WHILE BEING PLUGGED IN!

Any recommendations?
[EVO 4G Accessories] jhoffy22:
Anybody have recommendations?
[EVO 4G Accessories] teamgreen02:
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehicle-Adapter-MicroUSB-Charger/dp/B000Y8IH2Q/ref=pd_cp_cps_1

Been using for months. Works great, shows as A/C charging. Max output of 950ma. I went through multiple chargers that didn't work quite right before settling on this one. Works great on my BB Pearl Flip for work also.
[EVO 4G Accessories] HTCRALEIGHFAN:
i have 2 of them my wife and me and it sucks...slow as crap
[EVO 4G Accessories] ryohei47:
i have this one as well, great, charges even faster than the htc wall charger imo
[EVO 4G Accessories] goodboynyc:
http://www.amazon.com/Kensington-Mi..._1_3?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1291530230&sr=1-3

I bought that for my phone. I didn't want something to bulge out when not in use. I just leave it in the cigarette lighter since I don't smoke :D
[EVO 4G Accessories] ryohei47:
the problem with that one is it's twice as expensive as the motorola, needs a usb cable, and the usb cable wont retract nicely like normal car chargers
[EVO 4G Accessories] PGRtoo:
When you connect your Evo to this charger does it show up in Battery Status as Charging (USB) or Charging (AC)?

Battery Status can be found by tapping Menu > Settings > About phone > Battery.

Pete
[EVO 4G Accessories] gear.h34d.2012:
I bought a MicroUSB car charger made by Duracell for Blackberrys at Sears for $15. (I work at Sears, it was convenient.) That thing outperforms anything I could have hoped for. Listening to podcast on the highway while using it for nav and some Vlingo text messages (with Vlingo Actively listening) and it charges through all of it.
[EVO 4G Accessories] flipper12:
I've had several and surprisingly, the best one I've found are the Sprint-branded ones. I bought mine on Ebay (I entered 'Sprint micro USB car charger OEM' for the search terms).

UPDATE: I can also confirm that when the phone is being charged by this charger, it registers as 'AC Charging'
[EVO 4G Accessories] goodboynyc:
It shows up as AC. But I'll confirm it tomorrow when I go for a ride. My only issue with it so far is, i don't know if its the device or my car, that I dont get anything above 500mAh. So when I'm running GPS, 3G, music, and navigation, I'm usually losing 10-100mAh... I'm in contact with Kensington about it to see whats the deal. I'll be trying the charger in another car seeing as though my cars been having problems starting up in this cold weather.
[EVO 4G Accessories] mizzos4:
I got two of these chargers from ebay for 4.50/each shipped. They charge as AC and I've used them with navigation. Actually quickly charges and I like the retractable cord plus comes with a wall charger. Check it out. Very decent buy for the cheap price.
[EVO 4G Accessories] PGRtoo:
The 500mA maximum you describe is typical of an Evo which is charging in USB mode. I'm very interested in what your phone says re: charging mode.

Pete
[EVO 4G Accessories] goodboynyc:
Ah, I see what you're saying now(Checked this while charging on desktop). If this is the reason my Evo is losing charge then I'm curious to know if there is work around to this.
[EVO 4G Accessories] PGRtoo:
Post #1 in THIS THREAD discusses the issue in depth and post #2 lists some chargers which charge in AC mode right out of the box.

That's also why I'd like a definitive answer about the Kensington charger: So I can add it to the database.

Pete
[EVO 4G Accessories] blkout01:
I've had the point*mobl car charger from day one and love it. I have it for both my Evo's and since it also has a usb port on the front I use that to charge my TP2 as well. Works great for me.
[EVO 4G Accessories] goodboynyc:
Confirmed, the Kensington PowerBolt Micro charger is charging the Evo as it would through a USB connection. I'll ask Kensington about this.
[EVO 4G Accessories] OneStepAhead:
I'm sure you guys have seen those hybrid TPU+PC cases that have TPU around the sides and the hard poly carb shell on the back. Well with a little force you can separate the 2 and your left with just a TPU bumper. Now at least the sides and front are protected. Sure the back can still scratch, but these extended battery doors are pretty cheap. Took all of a minute to do :D
[EVO 4G Accessories] aeo 37:
Wow never thought about that.

Does the the phone feel secure in it though, like does it feel like it want to fall out of the back?
[EVO 4G Accessories] alxrock:
Wow, that's a great find. I'd like to know how well it stays on the phone as well. I might look into grabbing one as well.
[EVO 4G Accessories] stanglifemike:
I did something similiar about a month ago. I simply took a black silicone case and took a exacto razor knife to the back of it. Just take a pencil and draw out the part that the extended battery pushes against the back, then cut that part out. I started with a small area, and made it slightly larger as needed and test fit after every cut until I was satisfied. Doing it the way I did, gives you a little more protection then just the edges, though the center of the battery cover is still exposed obviously. I havent taken any pics of it, but I will and then post them up.
[EVO 4G Accessories] mitchellvii:
That can't help but look a little ghetto.

Mitchell's EVO
[EVO 4G Accessories] DOG666:
Wow! awesome idea, i too wonder the same though. Now that the case is backless, does the phone fall thru the back? i'm using the sprint 2600mah battery, & my battery door is molded different than yours, will this mod hold true, & prevent the phone from falling out? thanks in advance :D
[EVO 4G Accessories] SouthernEvo:
With the Seidio back cover I trimmed mine till it was a snug fit on the hump seidio puts on their covers , Most looking at my phone think its a complete case at first glance . Of course if you stand there staring at it then yeah you are going to see its a modified case . But then if you did that I might be asking you " UM why are you staring at my phone so much " ROFL