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[Wildfire General] Tritonio_GR:
I just bought my first droid: a wildfire.

I wanted to run orbot (TOR) deperately so I rooted the device the second day after I got it... (using rEVOked)

Well orbot didn't work but I didn't care that much since I had already found many interesting app to play with. I was generally pleased by android. It is by far the best OS i've tried on a mobile. I does what I expect it to do even though I had never used it before.

At some point I noticed that my compass was useless... I could find some specific headings where pointing it less than 5 degrees to the left would turn the shown heading by 180 degrees.

So I though it just needed calibration. I tried all possible ways found on the internet to come to this strange results:

1. Calibrating the compass with the fast 8-like motion would almost fix the compass. It wasn't perfect though. For example turning it 180 degrees would change the heading 185 degrees. I has also found a 90 degree turn which changed the displayed heading by 100 degrees, even after a calibration, which is pretty inaccurate for augmented reality apps like layar (which btw rocks).

2. Even after the calibration, just closing the compass app and reopening it would result in the compass being completelly uncalibrated. For example I placed the compass on my table over the edge, perfectly aligned. It shows 255 before the calibration, 265 after the calibration, 255 again after restarting the app. When I say "app" I mean ANY app that uses the compass, from google maps (which don't show arithmetic heading of course) to Super Compass and Wigle.

I then decided to return my phone back to the shop (I bought the device without any plan) but I read that rooting probably voided the warranty. I still don't understand WHY people argue about rooting voiding or not the warranty when they haven't tried it. I've never read about a single HTC user that tried to return the mobile and it being rejected by HTC because of rooting. Has anybody got personal experience about that matter????????

In deperation I restored my mobile to factory defaults. After the reset, the compass was almost perfect. Only minor mistakes like +-4 degrees over a 180 degree turn. After 2 days the compass is again useless. WHY???

Why doesn't it store the calibration data?

Why HTC neglected to check the compass before releasing the phone? And why do they consider rooting harmful to hardware? Is there even a slight chance that rooting messed my compass up?

What do you suggest I do? Is there a way to unroot the phone and return it for service? Will installing the 2.2 update take me back into the warranty?

I have a second Wildfire with exactly the same firmware as mine. It's not mine but I can take it for a few days, so, is there a way to transfer the firmware from it to mine? (because it's a Greek firmware, which I haven't find the "unrooting wildfire" thread)

I accept condolences, advice, tips, donation or whatever you've got for me.

Please guys, I need your advice here. I really don't want to keep the phone in this condition... :(
[Epic 4G General] HeroMeng:
If you don't know what that means, it probably won't affect you. So... I'm gonna try compiling. Anybody wanna help?

Sent from my brain using telekenesis.
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
Already repo syncing ;)
[Epic 4G General] mxcoldhit:
Woohoo. Keep us updated!

Sent from my shoe, I mean....Epic shoe... I mean Samsung Epic! http://mobilehighway.blogspot.com/
[Epic 4G General] ecooce:
Im glad someone is starting this,,,noobnl also said cm would be essential to having gingerbread before any such Epic code came out...you guys should be working together so your not both attempting this at the same time.
[Epic 4G General] jeffyv2:
Zomg this would be nice...

Sent from my Epic 4G
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
Starting anything right now would be a waste. The kernel back ports wouldtake forever with our current base. I'm just going to see if I can get it to compile without issues. Not saying we won't see it, but I have way to many other dev projects to do this and support it right now.
[Epic 4G General] HeroMeng:
I'm not trying to compile it for the Epic yet, but I need to learn to compile. Epic development sucks, so I'm gonna chip in.
[Android Software Development] skel4877:
Hey everyone i have an evo which is getting errors when i update my apps. I think it has something to do with the fact that those apps are located on my sd card, does anyone know how to update apps that are on the sd card without moving it to the internal phone storage? Thanks
[Desire General] fuyajo:
I really find it difficult, solve a simple problem with HTC-Support.

there seems to be no special htc support for htc users in germany. and this problem with my phone, is developing into quite ridiculous story.

well, there is support via email and phone in german, but those people dont really understand, anything.

to cut a very long story - short. i keep sending my phone to htc to repair. but i am getting it back and its still defective :eek:

i just talk to someone from htc in london today. and they tell me to sent it to them for the 4th time. wtf i think by now, i should just get a new one. i mean they try to fix it now for 3 month. :mad:

i am getting some repair-report, telling me, "phone tested, works perfect" But its not, i just dont hear anything! the damn speaker is broken. i am out of ideas, and believe i j should just dump the desire & walk away.

Best thing is: HTC argues they only change the phone, if 3 repair attempts fail. but they are not counting the attempts so far, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT REPAIR ANYTHING. incredibly but true, HTC broke the speaker

email from today no.10000
[Desire General] fuyajo:
well, shouldn't start a threak without a question.

am i just unlucky or is the htc-support in europe not very good.

And, does anyone have an email adress, because the normal online support proved useless so far

i already asked in german forum but without any result
[Desire General] owziee:
They must be idiots, sue them! I can't think of any better option atm...
[Desire General] Lennyz1988:
Bring it back to the shop where you bought it. It's european law that the shop that sold you the product should get it fixed. Not you. So that would be my best bet.

Or you could try to fix it yourself, not that hard and not that expensive.
[Desire General] tp-archer:
Don't bother. Take it back to the shop and ask for a replacement. Bring over a printout of your e-mail exchanges and proof the phone was already out for repairs multiple times. If I remember correctly, the European law is the item must be replaced if three successive repair attempts fail or the total duration exceeds 30 days, but I could be wrong on that one.
[Desire General] SeToY:
You can go back to your shop and you will get an replacement.

I'm a german user, too, and it's german law, that you only got 2 attempts to fix "a broken thing".

As your phone was tryed to be fixed three times now, you can ask for a new one.

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German:

Nach 2 erfolglosen Reparaturversuchen hast du das recht auf "Wandlung":
[Desire General] Cpt_Chaos:
I agree with SeToY , Lennyz1988 & airwave88

By German and EU law they have to take it back when you bring it back to the shop where you bought it.

I had a similar phone with my previous phone and when I couldn't get it fixed, I brought it back to the shop where I got it from and they exchanged it for me. At first they weren't happy about it, but in the end they did it (because they had to do it).

I would do it and see what they tell you. In the end, it just depends how long you've had it. But I can't imagine that you had it for so long.
[Epic 4G General] maxhax2000:
I have recently finally got froyo with GPS working on my epic! then i figured everything was good and GPS working, so now time to flash roms w/o worry about dead GPS.... Nope.... my GPS broke again flashing these roms:(. But i figured out a way to get it to work. maybe its just random luck but it has worked 100% of the time as long as i didn't forget to do these easy steps. Ok first, when i figured out my GPS was dead. I done everything from recovery, to loading back to original froyo, then flashing modem and crap using odin, ect.. nutting worked. i had to bring it back to the original D18, eclair, and then i got GPS fixed and tested again. So here are the "easy steps" i been doing to prevent my GPS from takin a **** when i flash roms, or updating to froyo.... I ALWAYS GET A GPS LOCK "get navigation working to closest mcdonalds, THEN SHUT OFF THE PHONE, don't exit navigation just hit the power off button and turn off the phone from there. reboot in recovery and FLASH THE ROM of my choice:) YEY GPS WORKS!!, and hopefully this helps u from having to go back to "Dk18/eclair" just to get the GPS to work again. im not sure why this is or even if its random lucky but its always been working 100% as long as i didn't forget hehe.
[Epic 4G General] stir fry a lot:
Would Burger King work as well?
[Epic 4G General] maxhax2000:
hmm

naa burgerking taste like cat ****! and it reminds the GPS system of the bouts of explosive diarrhea it had last week. So for some reason i have trouble locking onto burgerking hmmm. ;)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] DannyDroid:
Want to dig through 2.3 and see what all the fuss is about for yourself? Well, you're in luck, because Gingerbread has just hit the Android Open Source Project's repository, which means you can set up your machine to download the code. It's great news for hardware companies that don't care to get Google's certification to include Android Market access -- but it's also great news for casual and serious hackers alike who are looking to craft some seriously wild, wacky custom ROMs. So, what are you waiting for? Get to it, folks.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/17/android-2-3-gingerbreads-source-code-now-available/

I will be trying to grab a copy and upload it here due to a high server load at Google.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] dasilva333:
Here is to hoping that dexter comes through and ports this for us, otherwise we can just wait until CyanogenMod upgrades to 2.3 .
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] DannyDroid:
With my limited understanding it looks like we [should] be able to get a more usable "ROM" out of 2.3 (with a 2.2.1 kernel) then that of 2.2 (with a 2.1 kernel) as it looks like the only kernel changes are to support hardware that the Milestone doesn't have.

But like I said, I know nothing :P .
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] greglord:
Stop doing conclusions like this one is since we discussed about this in Android 2.3 topic.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] DannyDroid:
Like I said, twice in my post, I have no limited understanding when it comes to Android.

I haven't read the 2.3 topic.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] iFede:
I don't succeed to download the source code 2.3 from the android site :( can someone help me? have you a direct link?
[EVO 4G Accessories] p-slim:
does anyone know of a privacy screen protector that doesn't take up the whole front side and only the actual screen?
[EVO 4G Accessories] xlGmanlx:
No but i wish case matte would get off their butts and make one for the evo
[EVO 4G Accessories] _MetalHead_:
I had one of the black full screen ones and I loved it. It made the phone look bad ass, the only problem was it screwed with some of the accelerometer based games I was playing because it effectively blacked out the screen when viewing from an off angle so I had to remove it.
[EVO 4G Accessories] verse187:
I need one of these to many people look at my phone while texting
[EVO 4G Accessories] p-slim:
I bought the big one but I'm going to cut it to only screen size. should be here tuesday, I'll post back
[EVO 4G Accessories] ifly4vamerica:
http://www.onlyevo.com/htcevoprscpr.html

This one maybe?
[EVO 4G Accessories] p-slim:
Your the man. I ordered this one.
[EVO 4G Accessories] ifly4vamerica:
Let us know how it works for ya.
[EVO 4G Accessories] kratos313:
Yeah I need a new one and daydeal has changed there's now the protector is way too thick and the touch buttons don't work well

Sent from the evo collective via cybernetic implants
[EVO 4G Accessories] p-slim:
I keep reading how the buttons don't work with the big ones that's why I want one that covers screen only. I ordered 2 one long one and now that short one above. The long one will come first but I will just cut it to screen size.
[EVO 4G Accessories] kratos313:
I've bought 3 or 4 long ones 2 from ebay and 2 from daydeal.

Both from ebay did not allow the buttons to be used.

The first one from daydeal my current one works great but started peeling up in the corners so I ordered an new one from daydeal they changed up who they got it from and now the buttons don't work with it.

So now im back to the peeling one and shopping around for a new protector!

Sent from the evo collective via cybernetic implants
[EVO 4G Accessories] yessurr:
Hey let me know how well it works, on the website it didn't look like the privacy worked to well
[EVO 4G Accessories] xlGmanlx:
yeah, i am interested too
[EVO 4G Accessories] p-slim:
I got the screen protectors and they work as should but just like I thought I had to cut them. Both were long.
[EVO 4G Accessories] xlGmanlx:
Upload some pics already haha
[EVO 4G Accessories] antiphon:
Hey guys I know this is Accessories but check out Screen Filter in the Market. It works surprisingly well and I think it's way better than a physical privacy screen protector.
[EVO 4G Accessories] xlGmanlx:
p-slim, any chance you can hook up some pic's?
[EVO 4G Accessories] p-slim:
Sure, i'll be home in 30 minutes. It works much better during the day when there is light around, at night it you can still see the screen a little bit but during the day if your on the side if me you'll think my phone is off
[EVO 4G Accessories] xlGmanlx:
nice, i had one by case-matte for my blackberry back in the day. It kills me they don't step up their evo game, thanks for the pics
[EVO 4G Accessories] p-slim:
Sorry man, long weekend

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab153/p-slim/2010-12-26_152055.jpg http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab153/p-slim/2010-12-26_152039.jpg http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab153/p-slim/2010-12-26_152125.jpg
[Windows Phone 7 General] gordec:
Recent, convert from Android. I got the LG Quantum from ATT. On specs it says GPS and A-GPS but it doesn't have option to turn on GPS in settings only location on and off. Anyone knows how I can figure out whether the phone actually comes with a standalone GPS chip or A-GPS only? It's important cause I am waiting for 3rd party navigation apps to come out.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
it's all managed under "location". it's both GPS and A-GPS. It uses A-GPS for quick general positioning, and the GPS to fix the lock on. so when you turn on/off location, both get turned on/off with it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] gordec:
Thx for the reply. I guess the real question is if all Windows Phone 7 phones have a dedicated GPS chip not just using cell phone tower triangulation for location calculation (AKA A-GPS).
[Windows Phone 7 General] rexian:
I think so. GPS chip was a requirement for WP7 handsets. And the accuracy of my Focus makes me think it does have a real chip.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kapanak:
Yes, all Windows Phone 7 devices has a real dedicated GPS chip inside. Although, A-GPS is used as an assist. Actually, on LG devices you can set the A-GPS to use 2G, 3G, or both, and what purpose each would play. I think this is why the tracking and positioning on WP7 devices are faster and more accurate than most other phones.
[Droid 2 General] rodi1981:
Any Development for Motorola Milestone 2 or any working Rom for it? Anyone?
[Droid 2 General] Shellite:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=870845
[EVO 4G General] WhiteiceDMSTech:
On 2 occassion today my phone has had the incorrect time. When it had the wrong time, I could still text and make phone calls. It was 9AM but was displaying noon.

I unchecked the option to obtain the date/time from the network. I then checked it again and it corrected the clock in the top panel (place where the signal and mail icons display.) But the clock on the beautiful weather widget was still off.

Then it happened again randomly. It was 1:50 and it was showing 7:50.

I rebooted the phone and it seems correct now.

Never had this happen before. Now, I don't know if this is coincidence or not but the phone did a software update 2 nights ago.

Any thoughts?

Whiteice

Then a bit later today, it did the same thing.
[EVO 4G General] Dnomyar220:
same here

dude, I've been having those problems ALL EFFING DAY today. I have myself half convinced it's because I flashed the new rooted OTA update, along with the radio kernels posted on here. What setup are you running? Are you stock? Have you installed the new OTA update? If someone on here can figure this out you're my hero.

As a side note, when my phone time was off, it said in my settings that it was pulling time info from the "w. africa" time zone... I'm in Michigan. If I refreshed the option to "load time from network", it would correct for a second then go back to africa... wtf
[EVO 4G General] WhiteiceDMSTech:
Everything on my EVO is stock, nothing rooted. And I did the OTA update 2 days ago via WIFI.
[EVO 4G General] Dnomyar220:
well I'm somewhat glad to hear it's not because of the root, but it's still disappointing. I've tracked it down to the new radio kernels though... and I believe the reason is the cell network boosters some buildings use. My company I work at has them, and now that's the only place I have this problem. Didn't have it with the old kernels, but I do with the new ones. It's fine everywhere but at work where the boosters are
[EVO 4G General] potna:
I don't remember when hut recently my evo also had he wrong time, I don't remember and of the details but I was recently and it seemed like I notes it twice in one day....

Im on stocked rooted 3.29
[Streak 5 General] gtp20:
Hi folks,

I purchased my streak from Dell unlocked running 2.2. To be honest; I’m extremely disappointed with this phone. I hope someone can give me some advice to make the experience better. Here are the problems:

There is no spell check on this phone! I don’t understand why, or if its just not turned on. I can’t believe I paid so much money for a phone without a spell check, Email, Text, Notepad…nothing. The swipe keyboard has word prediction, but that’s not the same (its annoying). I turned on quick fixes and that doesn’t seem to do anything either.

The Swipe keyboard. The phone won’t let me change the keyboard. I have downloaded two other keyboards and (thought) I changed the setting to use the new keyboards, but I open up to type and the keyboard is always the Swipe Keyboard. Does the phone need to be rooted to changed this?

Silent mode; I set the phone to silent mode, yet the stupid key board still clicks when I type. I unchecked all the sounds under keyboard setting and STILL the stupid keyboard clicks when I type.

When playing music the volume is at max and the song is not loud at all. When connecting speakers you can hear that the speakers are cranked up, but the music is not loud. (hope that makes sense)

I really wonder if anyone from the Dell design team actually used this phone before they release it? I have to turn on the lights and get a magnified glass to plug in the ridiculous charger every time I need to charge the phone.

Any help would be very appreciated!
[Streak 5 General] ducatisto:
Donald Knuth, ca. 1975: 'if all else fails, read the manual. ' Or just give it back.

Sent from my wonderful Dell Streak.
[Streak 5 General] gtp20:
That’s another great thing, the manual that came on the phone is for Android 2.1.
[Streak 5 General] lufc:
I purchased my streak from Dell unlocked running 2.2. To be honest; I’m extremely disappointed with this phone. I hope someone can give me some advice to make the experience better. Here are the problems:

There is no spell check on this phone! I don’t understand why, or if its just not turned on. I can’t believe I paid so much money for a phone without a spell check, Email, Text, Notepad…nothing. The swipe keyboard has word prediction, but that’s not the same (its annoying). I turned on quick fixes and that doesn’t seem to do anything either.

Download abc spell check from the market

The Swipe keyboard. The phone won’t let me change the keyboard. I have downloaded two other keyboards and (thought) I changed the setting to use the new keyboards, but I open up to type and the keyboard is always the Swipe Keyboard. Does the phone need to be rooted to changed this?

Hold your finger onto the box you are going to type in the a box pos up saying imput method click on that and change the keyboard

Silent mode; I set the phone to silent mode, yet the stupid key board still clicks when I type. I unchecked all the sounds under keyboard setting and STILL the stupid keyboard clicks when I type.

You have not changed the keyboard settings to silent go to keyboard settings and uncheck AUDIO FEEDBACK

When playing music the volume is at max and the song is not loud at all. When connecting speakers you can hear that the speakers are cranked up, but the music is not loud. (hope that makes sense)

Some say there volume is not load some say it is for me i think the sound is ok

I really wonder if anyone from the Dell design team actually used this phone before they release it? I have to turn on the lights and get a magnified glass to plug in the ridiculous charger every time I need to charge the phone.

You will get used to plugging it in its not the end of the world

Any help would be very appreciated!

Hope that has sorted a few things for you
[Streak 5 General] gtp20:
Thank-you, when I changed over the the Android keyboard the auto correct is there. Much much better.

I appreciate you take the time!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] toddvb:
I changed the number of screens and when Launcher Pro reloaded it was only using about half of my screen to fit icons onto. I tried going back to the default three screens, but that didn't fix it.

My widgets widths are shrunk and there is no spacing between shortcuts. I can move the shortcuts into the blank area, but the widgets don't resize when I do that.

I've restarted Launcher Pro and have tried re-booting.

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The number of columns somehow got change to 6.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Dungeon47:
When that happens to me, I just increase size to max screens/rows/columns, then move everything near the top center. Switching back from there seems to help, if that makes sense.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] 10tonhammr:
Launcher Pro has options to change the number of rows and columns available on the desktop screens (i.e- adding more rows/columns means you can add more shortcuts or widgets onto a single screen). You may have inadvertently changed this setting when changing the number of home screens.
[Nexus S General] GHOST99K:
no i dont own Nexus S but for the people who do im just wondering did u guys get insurance? i know that bestbuy offers insurance for $9.99 which does NOT cover lost,stolen and water damaged phones.they said if u damage your phone u have to bring it or ship to bestbuy to get your brand new replacement with zero deductible.is there any other company offering Nexus S insurance besides bestbuy?
[Nexus S General] DKYang:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=875634