yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G General] S0ckM0nk3y:
I'm looking for an elegant type of look. Maybe some text icons or something along those lines. Got any Screenshots of yours I could look at?
[Epic 4G General] sprice5:
This is with AOSP screen locker and 3d app drawer.
[Epic 4G General] S0ckM0nk3y:
Yeah that's pretty sweet I do like that I might have to flash DK28 now so I can get that gingerbread theme. How do I get that AOSP locker. I had that one when I had the Samsung Moment. I liked it. I don't like the epics too much.
[Epic 4G General] sprice5:
I'll PM you on how to get it.
[Epic 4G General] S0ckM0nk3y:
thanks

10char
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stillka:
Hello,

I don't believe that I am first asking this but I didn't found answer in this forums so I must ask in anew thread...

I hate this 2 LED diodes under HW keys, they are killing my eyes in dark, it's possible to disable them completely? I hope it's...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devein:
http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Xperia_X10#Kernel_.2Fsys.2F_settings_in_1.6

for 1.6, the settings most probably work for 2.1 - check it out and update the wiki by the way ! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtluis:
Hello, I need help from someone who has JPA...

I had installed it on my SGS and I loved the default ringtone, now I upgraded to JPU and that ringtone I loved isn't there anymore.

Maybe it was a ringtone set from TMN,

could someone with JPA tell me if they have a default ringtone other than the samsung one? Since I had the firmware version from TMN probably that ringtone was customized by them.

if anyone using this firmware, could you please post that ringtone? I would really appreciate it.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muscleshop:
Anyone know the standard ringtone length (5 sec, 10 sec, etc??) for the Streak? Anyway to adjust it?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muscleshop:
Bump. Really interested in finding out before I start making hundreds of ringtones..lol
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rvbarton:
**** deleted because it actually didn't work. sorry ****
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvin02:
On AT&T you can control the amount of time your phone rings before it goes to voice mail.

You can call and ask that they change the setting OR try this. The steps outlined there work for my Moto Flipside on AT&T. The minimum is 5 seconds and the maximum is 30 seconds.

On my phone if I assign a ringtone that is too short the phone repeats it. Notification tones play once.

Edit: I believe the default is 20 seconds.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muscleshop:
Thanks Marvin02, the link's instructions do indeed work for the Streak. The default is also 20 seconds as you said. Here are the instructions from that link:
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spectre51:
Great tip. Used this before on my iphone. Thanks for posting forgot about changing it on my streak.

Sent from my Dell Streak
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lufc:
If Its a Question then can you please post in the Q&A Section

Moving to Q&A
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RicoATT:
Not working on the Dell Streak

Any reason this doesnt work on a Dell Streak 5? I've entered *61*555555530#

where 5's represent the area code and 7 digit number and 30 represent increasing the seconds from the defaulted 20 sec to 30 followed by the pund sign.

I am getting "Call Forwarding: Connection problem or invalid MMI code."

Ive checked the forwarding phone number and it is correct.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC HD2 MAN:
If it doesn't then I'm hopeless....

So no one has internet on their phones (me and my dad)

He has a blackberry and i have the samsung memoir

I can't upgrade, but my dad can.

He upgrades to Nexus S + the required line he has to get in order to get the phone.

I activate internet on my line.

My dad gives me the nexus s

I give him my Samsung memoir....

results??? and this is the question I need answered. if it will work

(this is my last thread i will make regarding this question about getting around t-mobiles contracts and stuff)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j.bruha:
The only part I didn't understand about your situation is this line:

"He upgrades to Nexus S + the required line he has to get in order to get the phone."

If I'm understanding correctly, yes, you can use your dad's upgrade to purchase the Nexus S for $200 with contract (which will consequently add data to his CTN), pop your SIM card into the Nexus S, pop your dad's SIM into the Memoir, call T-Mobile, have them add unlimited data to your CTN with the Nexus S, and have them drop unlimited data from your dad's CTN with the Memoir.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC HD2 MAN:
whats CTN?

ooops i meant data/internet plan. by the way whats the difference between them?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j.bruha:
Customer telephone number.

Difference between what? Data and internet plan? Different terms for the same concept.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anderdroid:
Yes, this will work. Talk to a T-Mobile employee they'll help you do it the right way.

Welcome aboard the Nexus S ship ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC HD2 MAN:
oh.... YES! I can get a nexus s :) i been eying it since day one 1 when i saw it on rumors at phone arena, phonedog, etc
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC HD2 MAN:
thank you kind sir :)

I been thinking hard trying to figure out how me and my dad would both be happy and get what we wanted.
[Nexus S Accessories] nagasumi:
i had this thing on my mind ! .. what if some third party company does a very durable and good cover just like the ones made by HTC ! just to replace the plastic-y one on the nexus S !

i mean is it possible ! and would you buy it ?! : D
[Nexus S Accessories] DKYang:
I can't see why they couldn't make it.

I wouldn't buy one since I will be using a case. Once that case is on, the phone will feel solid for me.
[Nexus S Accessories] nxt:
I say no, why? Cuz the NFC reader is on the battery cover itself! Anandtech has a video review and they showed it. The NFC is glued or something onto the battery cover and there are 2 tiny metal contact points that connect onto the back of the phone.

I doubt any third party covers going to come out and tell you to rip out the NFC reader and try to paste it back exactly right.
[Nexus S Accessories] tomqman:
isnt just a aerial for the chip thats in the back not the chip it self?
[Nexus S Accessories] nagasumi:
well it's only one feature that's still not widely spread to lose ! i'd trade it for a good quality battery cover !

it's also ok i think to keep the NFC cover with u wherever u go just in case u need it !

^ providied it's the chip not an antenna or watever : D
[Nexus S Accessories] nxt:
It's the antenna, without it, the NFC will NOT work at all.
[Nexus S Accessories] tomqman:
yep so it shouldnt add much on the cost
[Nexus S Accessories] diversificationied:
The atenna on the covers are probably like $.50 at most, third party mfgs will to incorporate them.
[Nexus S Accessories] yayyap159:
yeah i agree... If there were compatible replacement back covers made from either steel like Moto or good quality rubberised plastic like HTC, i would definitely get the Nexus S.... Otherwise i'll wait for the moto olympus ;)
[Nexus S Accessories] AdamHart612:
joey3002 on the Evo forums ended up producing a bunch of covers simply because he wanted to. Granted the inside of the Evo is way cooler than the NS, but if you want it enough it can be done.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neok44:
so yeah, i just noticed this tonight that the soft keys were not lighting up, i have no idea what caused this, if it's CM6.1, or what since i don't really remember when it started happening.

however, it worked on CM6, since 6.1 i've done some morphs, installed the new market through an update.zip, had issues so i did a nandroid restore yesterday and then noticed the no backlight tonight,

i haven't done another restore, but i've rebooted it 3 times and no change. and i don't think it's any apps causing it.

SO does anyone have any possible ideas how i can get them working again? or is this a hardware issue?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fgassner:
Same problem over here :-(

Edit:

Solution found

forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/12386-random-issue-no-soft-key-backlight/
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jagr:
most of the andriod build i tried have the same problem. i'm using dutty ml v11 latest with radio 2.15.50.14

after i boot up to linux, initially audio works fine. after a while it just stops working, sometimes sooner sometimes minutes later.

anyone knows how to fix this issue?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zappomax:
Same problem here with WM rom Energy 23150 build and same radio...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jagr:
i found out that you have to turn of the screen tap sounds in windows mobile
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surfnhawaii808:
Anyone know of one on the android market that works?

Thanks.

Aloha from beautiful Hawaii
[HTC Aria General] L551:
Of course I figure it out after I post. Disregard.
[G2 and Desire Z General] lairdb:
(Yes, I looked for discussion, but didn't find; if this has been hashed out, please (courteously) link me there or suggest better search terms; thanks.)

OK, I suppose it's as much an ethics question as anything else, but I've been planning to switch to T-Mobile for a good Android phone and to support their Even More Plus philosophy.

Now that the G2 is being offered for $49, I can actually save money by contracting and immediately terminating. ($500 cash for device, or $49 for device +$200 for ETF.)

This seems really wrong... but it's the deal they're knowingly offering. Yow.

(What if I want to stay with T-Mobile; can I just call them up and say "thanks; please terminate my contract and charge the ETF but maintain my service under EMPlus"?)

(Unless I've completely goofed, it's cheaper to terminate any time in the first year:

Month	EM	EMP	ETF cash contract	exit	better (worse) to contract
500	50
1	79	59	200	559	129	329	230
2	79	59	200	618	208	408	210
3	79	59	200	677	287	487	190
4	79	59	200	736	366	566	170
5	79	59	200	795	445	645	150
6	79	59	200	854	524	724	130
7	79	59	200	913	603	803	110
8	79	59	200	972	682	882	90
9	79	59	200	1031	761	961	70
10	79	59	200	1090	840	1040	50
11	79	59	200	1149	919	1119	30
12	79	59	200	1208	998	1198	10
13	79	59	200	1267	1077	1277	-10
14	79	59	200	1326	1156	1356	-30
15	79	59	200	1385	1235	1435	-50
16	79	59	200	1444	1314	1514	-70
17	79	59	200	1503	1393	1593	-90
18	79	59	150	1562	1472	1622	-60
19	79	59	150	1621	1551	1701	-80
20	79	59	150	1680	1630	1780	-100
21	79	59	150	1739	1709	1859	-120
22	79	59	150	1798	1788	1938	-140
23	79	59	50	1857	1867	1917	-60
24	79	59	0	1916	1946	1946	-30
25	79	59	0	1975	2025	2025	-50

)

Practical advice? Ethical advice?
[G2 and Desire Z General] flarbear:
Some technical details:

- If you cancel in the buyer's remorse window time frame they expect the phone back or they'll actually charge you the full price - (yes, you'll pay more than the ETF in that window, but only if you don't return the phone).

- Once that window is gone then the ETF is your penalty and it may be cheaper, but you'll also have to leave T-Mobile service. There is no "cancel my contract, but keep my plan". If you cancel they say "goodbye" and unless you've unlocked your phone (which you can't do until you've been a customer for 90 days) then you now have an expensive paperweight (albeit less expensive than if you paid full price for the paperweight) and be shopping around for more expensive service (hello AT&T and using my new G2 with Edge speeds).

- Your chart compares contract to non-contract and so the savings may take a while for the non-contract plans to win, but you didn't look at "total money given to them to walk away with the phone" where they break even sooner than your year time frame. Since your "cancel my contract and keep my plan" was a fantasy, the only way to measure this is "when can I walk away with a cheap phone?" and that story isn't as exciting.

- For example if you wait to unlock the phone and cancel after 90 days then the total amount of money you've given them (out the door price, ETF, 3 months of service) is probably close to the retail cost and easily more than their costs to sell you the phone so they haven't lost money, but you've gone through a few hoops to try to take advantage of their terms.

So, maybe you could end up with an unlocked G2 after 3 months of service for cheaper than someone who paid full price and stayed for 3 months, but most people are in it for the longer run and the non-contract plans win in the long run. If you are just looking to scam the phone out of T-Mobile you will have to work hard to shave the price down and get it unlocked, but T-Mobile will probably make enough that they don't care about the work you've done to get there.
[G2 and Desire Z General] EEaudio08:
I understand the desire to run without a contract. The reason I stay on contract is because I'm already paying only $50/month, and T-Mo gave me a free G2. I like T-Mo, so I have no reason to switch carriers, and if I want a new phone down the road, I'll just sell the G2 and get another one.

It's just my version of a cheap scenario. I know everyone is different, but in my situation, I'm getting out pretty well.:)
[G2 and Desire Z General] ilikepu:
dude we can sim unlock our phones without tmo
[G2 and Desire Z General] swags:
You can "cancel" and pay the ETF by switching to an Even More Plus plan. If I were to do that right now I would end up with 2 G2s for about $650 total and my plan would be cheaper. If I decide we can get by with fewer minutes, I may be able to recover the ETF for both lines in less than a year. The only cost would be that I may not be able to get subsidized phone prices from T-Mobile ever again (though they are supposedly looking at allowing people to switch back to contract plans).
[G2 and Desire Z General] lairdb:
Of course.

One could root and unlock, but you're right that it would be preferred to stay magenta. But you're saying you can't choose to pay the ETF and just convert from EM to EMP?

That's what the "exit" column was meant to capture -- total dollars given to TM to be obligation-free as of that date, by converting from EM to EMP and staying with TM.

So, it all hinges on

- whether one can stay a subscriber and switch from EM to EMP by just agreeing to pay the ETF, and

- whether it's worth all the work.
[G2 and Desire Z General] n3rdftw:
easy

just open up a whole new line of service with t-mobile.

cancel after the first month

pay 50 + 200 etf + whatever first month of service is

take the phone, and put it onto your preexisting line with them.

done.
[G2 and Desire Z General] keenerb:
I was under a two-year family plan, with a Mytouch 3g and a Gravity 2 subsidized.

I switched to an even more plus plan approximately six months into my contract.

They informed me that I would still need to remain a customer of T-Mobile until the original contract term expired or I would be required to pay the ETF for the phone hardware.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jpasiczn:
Yup. This is exactly right. And as a bonus, if near a Costco store, you can buy there and get the activation fee waived. This is how to get the phone for the cheapest price. Now, keep in mind, opening a new line of service dings your credit score approx 5 points and stays with you for up to 2 years :eek:
[G2 and Desire Z General] eyoung1978:
I think this is true for a new of service. If add a line, it should have no affect.

Tmobile is offering free g2 for adding a line for existing customers TODAY ONLY!
[G2 and Desire Z General] jpasiczn:
Good point, I wonder if you they do run a credit check for add a line. For the free G2 on add a line, it would be the cost of half a month of service and the ETF? Not too shabby.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mejorguille:
Here's another alternative:

Open a new line and cancel it after a month for a grand total of $329. You can sim-unlock your phone using the tools here from xda, and take your phone to simple mobile. They're a third party vendor of tmobile service, and they have unlimited talk/text/web plans at $60/month. So you would still be getting the same service/signal/everything, you would just have more included for the price.

OR you could try getting one on ebay for maybe $30 more bucks and not damage your credit score lol.

http://www.mysimplemobile.com/Simple-Mobile-Plan.aspx
[G2 and Desire Z General] gun:
Tax on ETF

A lot of people forget that T mobile charges sales tax on $200 ETF and it is about $40. You may have to pay activation fee $35 also. With prorated charges for service and data plan and taxes the whole cost could be closer to $400. Orders over the phone can be canceled after 20 days(30 for cali) and at retail stores after 15 days (14 days at Walmart). In Cali you have to pay sales tax on retail value of the phone even when the phone is free.
[G2 and Desire Z General] OoTLink:
I've never paid an ETF but I'm almost positive there's no sales tax on them; it's not an actual product or service, just a fee.

The only tax you 'should' be paying is whatever your phone line is taxed
[G2 and Desire Z General] moSess:
With simplemobile you don't have to. Same service as said below.

I am on simple and unlocked.

And yes, those bastards charge taxes on the ETF.

I am with simple mobile because the taxes and small fees are too much. 165 after all was said and done with me and the wife. Simplemobile is 110 straight, no tax. Do I want to save 55 a month for the same service, yes!
[G2 and Desire Z General] EEaudio08:
Or you could do it the way I do - a few calls to retentions and a happy attitude = 2 free G2's and a monthly price of $85 after tax/insurance for 1500 minutes and unlimited text/data. I'll happily stick with that for another 2 years (at least)! And no activation fees, to boot!
[G2 and Desire Z General] flarbear:
Ah, yes, I didn't notice that you were talking about switching to EMPlus. (The original post said something about "keep my service under EMPlus" which threw me off as I simply read it as "cancel me, but keep giving me service".) I think it is true that you can switch to EMPlus and pay the ETF, which changes your billing, but does not terminate your contract (you must still stay with them for the full time period even after the switch - not sure how they treat it if you switch and then leave) but your monthly bill does go down after paying the ETF. You would eventually make up the money to them through profit on your EMPlus account, so they won't strictly be losing anything, but they'll make a lot less profit that could go into improving their network. :( It may get you the phone cheaper, but as people pointed out, there is no returning to a contract plan so it would be a one shot deal.

With respect to the add-a-line, they might not take too kindly to a history of canceled contracts so that may be a one-shot deal as well.

And, finally, with respect to rooting and unlocking - good point, but it probably doesn't factor into the way they set up their policies to make sure that they've gotten a reasonable amount of money to cover their costs. Even then, I would imagine that the ETF fee alone might cover their real costs, so you might have gotten away with a deal they didn't want to offer, but I don't think they would have strictly lost money in the process. That's just speculation, though...

(* - BTW, in googling about this I found reports of people that were able to switch to EM+ without paying the ETF - I think they were all reports of people who did that when the plans were first made available (some even before they were announced), but that would make this idea even cheaper if it were true...?)
[G2 and Desire Z General] keenerb:
Seriously, this is what I said many posts ago.

Get whatever phones you want, switch over to Even More Plus. As long as you're staying a customer of TMO for the remainder of your old contract term you'll get the benefit of the reduced prices AND you'll get to keep your existing phone(s).

There's no down side.
[G2 and Desire Z General] swags:
On the T-Mobile website it says that if you switch to Even More Plus in the first year of a two year contract, you pay an ETF and have no further commitment. If you switch during the second year, you pay no ETF upfront, only an activation fee, but you still have to complete your two year commitment. If you then cancel you have to pay an ETF (possibly prorated).
[G2 and Desire Z General] OoTLink:
You can probably do that under different terms through retentions, but when you move to EMP I don't think you can move back to a regular plan.
[G2 and Desire Z General] pjcforpres:
They charge an ETF on the data line as well, so it would be $400 in ETF... actually, in some states they get to charge you the full term of your contract for the data services, but most states it is the same $200 for the data line (you have two lines of service with a smartphone, one is a voice line and the other is a data line).
[G2 and Desire Z General] shortlived:
You could always steal it. That would save you some cash lol. Yall are spening a dollar to save a dime!
[G2 and Desire Z General] swags:
I have never heard of this before. I think what you are talking about is for a separate data only device (like a USB wireless modem). For T-Mobile to argue that my data package is a separate line for ETF purposes, my bill, online account management, etc. would have to refer to the data package as a line.
[G2 and Desire Z General] pjcforpres:
No, I am not talking about a mobile connect line, I am talking about their fine print, the same fine print at every carrier. When you sign a contract with a smartphone, you are agreeing to keep data on that line for 2 years as well. Most of the time, they turn a blind eye to the data ETF, but if you are trying to game the system like this, they can and will charge you the data ETF.

I work for a cell phone company, and have to go over this on a daily basis with customers when they are signing on the dotted line. Any claims to the contrary are truly ignorant bliss. Some claims are based of personal experience (I lost my smartphone, can I drop data, sure we will make an exception, or I want to switch to pre-paid, sure just pay a the base ETF and you have to keep the pre-paid for the remainder, or we will charge you the full ETF) those are all exceptions to the contract itself.

"Some Devices require maintaining certain features or Services (e.g. a data plan) as part of your Rate Plan, and cancelling them before the end of your Term will result in an Early Termination Fee." (T-Mobile Terms and Conditions Section 3)

"If your Service Commitment includes the purchase of certain specified Equipment on or after June 1, 2010, the Early Termination Fee will be $325 minus $10 for each full month of your Service Commitment that you complete. (For a complete list of the specified Equipment, check att.com/equipmentETF)" (ATT Terms and Conditions)

list of phones that this applies to(Notice they are all smartphones): http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/articles-resources/early-term-fees.jsp

Each carrier is a little different and some of that has to do with if the FCC has come down on them or not about double ETFs for the voice and data, hence AT&T's wording versus T-Mobiles. None the less, every carrier has it in their Terms and Conditions that there is an extra ETF for smartphones. Not always applied or charged, but more often than not it actually is charged when you sign up, then two months later cancel and don't return the equipment (I know with my carrier, we always offer to waive the data ETF if you return the phones).