yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raven_raven:
I bought mine HD2 on Tuesday. Man, I'm so freaking happy with this device, I'm sitting on xda all the time (even though we have Christmas right now), I just can't seperate with this phone :D. It's so great! And those customizations, I mean you can run WM, Android, Win95, 98, Ubuntu, Maemo and God knows what else! And this device is only one year old!

King of Windows Mobile devices (I'm talking about WM version <6.5, cuz WP7 isn't really a Windows Mobile, it's Windows Phone).
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] rayhand:
Hi, i´m running Cyanogenmod 6.1 in mytouch 3G, but the market just open, shows then "searching" label and then closes without any further notification. (it does that even in the original Froyo 2.2)

I know i'm in a blocked country (cuba), sites such as code.google.com are unavailable to me. Hower i received OTAs through wifi, i have no data :(

I tried Market Access and Market Enabler and does not work, could you please tell me any workaround, vpn plus market enabler perhaps?

Thanks in advance

Rayhand
[Nexus S General] JupiterDroid:
Can you own an HTC Phone again after purchasing this beast, its got everything;)))

JD;)
[Nexus S General] tominater12:
I don't know either.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
I love my NS, in just about every way shape and form but the feel of how solid my N1 was, cant beat it :)

an BTW any way you can kinda shorten up your sig, maybe make it longer width wise :)
[Nexus S General] kolyan:
Cant even compare with N1. if N1 had 4'' SAMOLED, I would even look at NS. Ton of thought was put into N1, and yet ZERO though in NS (just plain Galaxy-like phone).
[Nexus S General] BlackOtaku:
I like it's design and build a lot better than any HTC phone, I'll give it that.

That being said, I'll be getting a Droid Incredible HD when it comes out on Verizon to replace my OG Droid. The Incredible HD is probably the only HTC phone with a design/build that isn't just 'Meh' (or 'Ew') to me.
[Nexus S General] ogdobber:
i agree:D hardware kills on this thing. do you notice anything extra on the uk version? any dlna? I know it's supported as I am sure video out, but we don't have on the us version..

btw, i have to wear sunglasses at night with this screen (even at lowest setting)
[Nexus S General] brianbrain:
Ditto! The way this feels in the hand..the way it performs..its all around a fantastic experience! I...I can't keep my hands off this thing....
[Nexus S General] Darrien13:
I agree with ya.
[Nexus S General] JupiterDroid:
No i dont think so mate, seems like exactly the same beast that you guys in the US have;)

JD
[Nexus S General] JupiterDroid:
I like the pictures, so much more personal;P If a mod asks me to shorten it i will, untill then i will keep rollin;)

there are plenty of dudes out there with bigger sigs

JD;))))
[Nexus S General] sinatosk:
So damn glad I didn't get the HTC Desire HD...

3:56 am. Only had 4 hours sleep ... rest of the time I been on my NS

Only got it today. Coming from HTC Hero to this... Phone... awesome...

Cannot catch up with how fast it is
[G2 and Desire Z General] jcizzle:
Hi. So noticed my g2 is changing color. I'm talking about the rubber part of the phone. Its starting to look like a green(ish) color. Anyone experiencing this? Any suggestion how to fix this (if I still can)? Or how to avoid further discoloration. Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z General] cdrk:
pics?

....................
[G2 and Desire Z General] xl DIGITAL lx:
Put on a case on maybe.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Bishybob:
Same thing is happening to mine. :-(

I started a thread about it a while back. A few other people are getting the same thing.
[G2 and Desire Z General] helloelan:
Interesting. When I first picked up this phone, I immediately thought yellowish discoloration might occur on the rubber. Unfortunately it appears my suspicions were correct. Maybe we should be wiping our devices down with isopropyl or something daily to remove oils from our nasty hands. I don't know.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Bwhite4801:
I am starting to get discoloration as well. Mine is starting to turn brownish around all of the edges. I have tried everything to remove the color but to no avail. Anyone?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Flippy125:
If you are referring to inside, beside the keyboard I suggest looking under the screen where it matches up with the discoloration. There are two rubber pads that rest on it and cause the discoloration

Sent from my HTC Vision using Gingerbread
[G2 and Desire Z General] Bwhite4801:
No my color is on the edge of the device. You can notice it the most when looking at the front of the device along the bottom rim.
[G2 and Desire Z General] eneka:
the discoloration marks next to the keypad seems to at the same place the rubber pads under the screen contact..
[G2 and Desire Z General] theratdude64:
Yep, no pics but I have same thing. The minute I bought it I put a hard case thats blue/black gradient and looks quite nice... But when I take it off to open the battery door I see that around the USB port and volume buttons it's a nasty dark shade compared to the nice pretty gray.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Bwhite4801:
Has anyone had luck removing the coloration?
[G2 and Desire Z General] KiNG OMaR:
I was at it for a good 30 minutes with rubbing alcohol and had no success. I decided to replace my full body coverage zagg shield with a maximum coverage one... And I noticed when I took of the old shield it had a yellowish tint to it, it was completely clear when I put it on. I think it's a result of dirty hands on it so the gray back of the phone changing color was bound to happen, I mean it could pretty much happen to anything...

But for what it's worth, the zagg invisible shield had protected my phone from discoloration completely, except of course where it didn't cover...
[G2 and Desire Z General] te5ter:
I think this is what OP is talking about. I've had a case on my phone for a while, and the volume notch was uncovered. Also tried rubbing alcohol to remove without any luck.
[G2 and Desire Z General] MacaronyMax:
You've all scared me now.... Anyway I could prevent this ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] KiNG OMaR:
The max coverage zagg shield :p
[G2 and Desire Z General] xdviper:
Even though I don't see it, but when I compare another G2 to mines, I can see mines and the fact that it has changed colors. There is a flaw with this, just like when the White MacBooks first came out, they started turnning yellow within the first month.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hot_Hands:
Has anyone tried taking a magic eraser to it to see if the discoloration comes off? Worked on the MacBooks...
[G2 and Desire Z General] ein4290:
i'm experiencing this as well, mates. mine is turning blue around the trackpad, like a blue ink.

is there any solution for this?
[G2 and Desire Z General] chevy383surfing:
Had a ZAGG from day 1. Or maybe day 3.?

http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield...es-screen-protectors-covers-skins-shields.php

Qty	Description	Replacement Status	Unit Price	Subtotal	Refund Authorization

1	HTC T-Mobile Google G2 (Maximum)	$24.99	$24.99	Not eligible

Order Totals

Subtotal:	$24.99

Mine still looks like new. And it seems I have been using the G2 more than my pc.

chevy383surfing
[G2 and Desire Z General] adavis159:
I don't mind discoloration as long as the plastic/rubber doesn't get brittle and come apart
[G2 and Desire Z General] ImmortalZ:
Same thing happened to my phone today.

It's oil, folks. It seeps into the teflon coating and gets stuck there with whatever color is there with the oil. I had some really spicy food today and didn't soap off my hands properly today. Some of the residual oil quickly got absorbed into the cover and it's now tinged green.

I wish I knew some way to clear it off...
[G2 and Desire Z General] daaango:
Maybe theres some way to recolor it black or something instead of trying to clean it off? I wouldn't mind a black G2 lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] Carloswithac:
Do you all sweat abnormally or something? I don't have this issue.
[G2 and Desire Z General] opensourcefan:
My plan when it all starts to look ugly is to take it apart and have the metal anodized in some cool color... a bit drastic of a solution I know but hey...
[G2 and Desire Z General] te5ter:
Yep, thats it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] helloelan:
I believe the discoloration is due to the Teflon coating absorbing all the nasty from our hands. Perhaps we could try a bit of light dish soap or vinegar. Use common sense, of course...
[G2 and Desire Z General] Bishybob:
I agree it's probably from oils on your hands that's causing it. Mine is worst around the volume rocker and power button.

Doesn't matter how clean your hands are. Skin is oily no matter what you do.
[G2 and Desire Z General] KiNG OMaR:
So the solution must be to take the skin off :rolleyes:
[G2 and Desire Z General] MacaronyMax:
I know!!! :D

Grey OIL!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :p
[G2 and Desire Z General] vtran03:
ive had my g2 for about a month and ive started to notice a brown tint near the camera button and the charger.... its only noticeable in bright light but still annoying. this sucks!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Bwhite4801:
http://img828.imageshack.us/i/img0930z.jpg/

Check out this pic
[G2 and Desire Z General] MacaronyMax:
Me = VERY scared :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Y49Si:
I have kept my G2 in an original G1 sleeve since day 1 (have had the phone since presales)

The only discoloration is to the left and right of the keyboard...very minimal...but hey its just a phone - still works good right?

Wash ur hands u dirty people...LoL ;-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] CB620:
I haven't had this issue yet *knocks on wood* had my g2 for almost 2months now. Put in a case right away after taking out the box. Never removed it either.
[G2 and Desire Z General] daaango:
damn it, the g2 looks too good to be put in a case (transparent or not)

but this discoloration is scaring me :/
[G2 and Desire Z General] smjfosho:
I got mine the day it came out, and haven't had any case on it, and haven't seen any discoloration at all.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Android1126:
It has nothing to do with "dirty people" or "dirty hands", it's just a flaw in the choice of material HTC decided to use for this phones plastic casing. There is NO AVOIDING IT, the teflon used is a human oil sponge, it will happen, unless of course you handle your phone with latex gloves.

And for those who say it hasn't happened to their G2, compare it to a brand new one out of the box. Then you'll see the discoloration. I can accept it's happened less, but it's going to discolor and will get more noticeable, eventually.

Anyways, I've totally accepted it, and am not even conscious about it anymore. So much so that the discoloration has goteen more evenly distributed and is actually starting to look like a grey with a touch of bronze. I can live with that.

Where's my G3??
[G2 and Desire Z General] LaNsLyDe:
I wish I could say the same...sigh .

The bronze color is in weird shapes now from where I took off my invisibleshield . I keep a case on it to hide it, because it's pretty fugly now. :/
[G2 and Desire Z General] convolution:
[SOLUTION]

Caress your phone everywhere 24/7 to get a uniform bronze colour.

Then say it came like that.

Le Fin.
[G2 and Desire Z General] eneka:
here's how it looks on mine...

i noticed that the discoloration seems to match the soft plastic piece behind the screen
[G2 and Desire Z General] Android1126:
That's too bad, I guess since I've never used a case, the discoloration on mine is evenly distributed. Hey, as long as the device is still kick ass and functions the way I want it to function, I could care less about the discoloration.

I hope HTC decides to use a different material going forward. I knew this would happen the moment I unboxed it. I had a Motorala PEBL wayyy back in the day, and the teflon/finish was similar and it did the same thing.
[G2 and Desire Z General] digital_exhaust:
I've heard of this, but haven't seen it on mine. I have to wonder about the oil and dirt theory though. I work at a vocational college and therefore am in a less than clean environment daily. Greasy oily hands and I use my phone constantly as part of my job..... no discoloration at all.

Had this one for about two months. Strange.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ohgood:
blemishes, on a phone ? oh my !

reminds me of the commercial with the drill sergeant as a therapist, throwing the kleenex box at the patient.

it's a phone. just a phone. use it up.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Android1126:
I agree with you.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Android1126:
Do you have a case or inivisi-shield, or whatever it's called? Compare it to another brand new G2 out of the box. I find it hard to believe it hasn't happened, every single G2 I've seen in the wild has had some sort of discoloration. Some more than others, some less. It's not that I think you're lying, I think maybe you have to see a brand spanking new one to really see what everyone is talking about.

Like many people have already stated, who cares, it's just a phone, which I agree with, although HTC should have had a little more insight when deciding to use this material for the casing.

BTW, I'm very particular about my things, and I definitely don't have 'dirty' hands. I sit in an office all day and very rarely have to go to our NOC, where there would be even the slightest chance of 'more' grime. The only other thing it could be is the fact that I used to clean my phone like a mad man for the first few weeks until my aunt told me it would just ruin the finish.

Maybe that's what us "dirty" people have been doing? Anyone else clean their phone a lot and now have discoloration? I typically use a damp tissue, and an occasional spritz of windex. Although now I just wipe it down with a microfiber cloth here and there.

Any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z General] bruceko86:
I got a Bell Desire Z and my friend got a G2. His is also discoloring, but my desire z is fine. I think HTC might have realized the problem and changed the color or material for Desire Z (they have different color).
[G2 and Desire Z General] Android1126:
Hmm really? Interesting.
[G2 and Desire Z General] YuBlue:
Maybe, but not really sure because I saw pictures of a Desire z that changed colors too. I got a European Desire Z and no discoloring YET
[G2 and Desire Z General] GhostZini:
You all got some dirty digits, go wash your damn hands sum more.

Sent from my G2 running SparksMod HotSauce!
[G2 and Desire Z General] WDawn:
Not true, I have a Desire Z and allthough very well taken care of, it discolors at the sides, probably the grease/sweat of my hands. Get a kind of green shade instead of the nice gray.

Edit: what i've found to work to limit the problem is clean it with those lemon smelling tissues used for cleaning your glasses. It doesn't completely remove the coloration, but it limits it nonetheless.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jpbl1976:
Frequent but not excessively harsh wiping of the device with a damp cloth should prevent or at least minimize the problem. I'd take care to wipe the parts held in-hand frequently. Part of the issue with these coatings is that they sometimes interact differently with the sweat of individuals (believe it or not but some people have more 'acidic' sweat than others). HTC aren't the only culprits here. Sony Ericsson, for instance, are notorious for having the coatings on their devices rub-off.

Also, I'd like to point out that some people 'enjoy' their devices quite a bit more when they look pristine rather than when they're tarnished. That's why there's a huge market for cases, invisible shields and so forth. Also, others are concerned about possible re-sale value.

Comments like 'it's just a phone' aren't really helpful. In the first place, if that doesn't really matter to you, why bother posting on a thread unless you're only trying to be snarky?
[G2 and Desire Z General] no6969el:
I find that if you wash ur hands daily your keyboard won't turn yellow or green...lol!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Rosco911:
Got the same on mine, but mine started turning blue!

Then I noticed that was happening because it ewas always in my unniform suit coat (its blue) so im guessing the rubbing of the rubber (lol sounds funny) against the fabric caused the decoloration.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dhkr123:
A dirty, ugly phone is less likely to be stolen.
[Nexus S Android Development] momohammed20:
I created a Nandroid backup of the stock Nexus S Rom. This includes the latest OTA GRH78 that just got pushed out today 12/22/10. This is 100% stock.

Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?ontvvh8z9h9lb7a

WARNING: This will wipe everything on your phone

Requirements:

-Clockwork recovery or other custom recovery

-The nandroid backup from here http://www.mediafire.com/?ontvvh8z9h9lb7a

-Transfer cable, to transfer contents of downloaded file to phone's internal memory

Instructions:

1. Download nandroid file from link provided above

2. Extract the .zip file on your computer

3. Move the folder "2010-12-22.21.06.07" to the clockworkmod/backup/ directory of your phones internal storage

Note: if you have never used nandroid you wont have the directory clockworkmod/backup on your phones internal storage, so you will have to manually create those folders, then put the folder "2010-12-22.21.06.07" in the new folders you created

4. Now go into your clockwork recovery manager, you can do this by typing in "adb reboot recovery" if you have adb setup on your computer, and the phone is connected. Or while the phone is turned off hold the volume up+power to get into bootloader mode, then go down to "recovery" by using the volume up/volume down keys to scroll up or down, then press the power button to launch it, and this will launch the recovery manager

5. Once your in clockwork mod recovery select "backup and restore"

6. Then click "restore"

7. Now you should be able to choose and select "2010-12-22.21.06.07"

8. Clockwork will now restore this nandroid backup

9. Reboot system

Note: This version of android build "GRH78" will make sure you have the stock recovery manager everytime you reboot the phone. So after doing this, after you reboot you will no longer have clockwork mod.

Edit: According to xda member Luxferro the new update introduced /etc/install-recovery which may have not been in 2.3, but anyways, it runs this on bootup, and if the MD5 of the recovery doesn't match what is expected, it reflashes the stock recovery back over, so if you dont want the stock recovery to be flashed everytime you boot if your on clockwork or another non stock rom, just rename it to prevent it from running on boot. And for those of you who want to return your phone back to stock this nandroid will do that for you since it also flashes the stock recovery.

Video on how to unroot the nexus s and return to stock

http://theunlockr.com/2011/01/20/how-to-unroot-the-nexus-s/

Video via xda member dcogen
[Nexus S Android Development] yungfresh:
will this method rest the phone and erase phone info?
[Nexus S Android Development] momohammed20:
yes this will erase everything, this is meant for people who want to go back to stock.
[Nexus S Android Development] yungfresh:
I unlocked the bootloader and flashed clockword mod only. I didn't flash any custom roms. If I do this method, will it lock the bootloader and remove clockword mod?
[Nexus S Android Development] momohammed20:
No, this will not touch the bootloader, or the recovery. The phone bootloader will stay unlocked, and the recovery manager will stay in tact.
[Nexus S Android Development] nxt:
Hi there, your "stock" nandroid is screwed up.

I just tried it right now and TONS of apps are missing from the market with your nandroid.

PayPal, NYTimes, aFile, Fios Mobile Remote, TONS of stuff that I had are gone from the Market.

I pulled out my SIM card, and still all missing.

I restored my Nandroid of my current system, and they're all back in the Market.
[Nexus S Android Development] momohammed20:
Hmm, very odd. Anyone else having this issue?
[Nexus S Android Development] bogdi1988:
so... for people that want to fully return to stock:

apply this update. go to fastboot mode and then do a fastboot oem lock. this will reset the phone and recovery partition to full stock.

you can check this by rebooting into recovery and now the recovery will be stock.
[Nexus S Android Development] chris6278:
I don't think his nandroid file is messed up, there's a different market version its now 2.13 not 2.12 like on the previous build. I think that has something to do with it
[Nexus S Android Development] chris6278:
Now I'm having a problem with everytime I reboot the phone I lose clockworkmod recovery an I got to reflash it with rom manager. I don't lose root tho but I lost it when I did his nandroid an had to reroot
[Nexus S Android Development] beetlejelly:
Yup. I tried it, and I'm missing those apps as well.
[Nexus S Android Development] sec6:
Yes, me too. I lost many of the apps available in the market and the ability to go into recovery.
[Nexus S Android Development] Anderdroid:
*Facepalm

These apps were missing from the Nexus S originally on day 1... Lol.

It's how Android market works. New builds don't get full market support. You need to wait for Google to update their system to allow the new build to get copy protected apps from the market.

Will this wipe my sd card?
[Nexus S Android Development] momohammed20:
I just checked and I don't have those apps either in market, and I'm on stock.
[Nexus S Android Development] Anderdroid:
Sigh! You're not supposed to have those apps.

It's not an issue with this nandroid, it's an issue with every single new version / update to android on any phone. You will always have missing apps until Google adds the build number to its servers.

Other than that, thanks a lot for posting this OP! Saved me a huge pain in the ass getting updated -_-
[Nexus S Android Development] sec6:
Yes, maybe the apps issue is an issue with the server not updating yet, but have you noticed any problem with the clockwork recovery not functioning after reboot?
[Nexus S Android Development] Anderdroid:
My recovery reverted to 3e recovery after flashing this. Clockwork is gone. No problem though, I wanted clockwork gone.

Now how do we root without flashing clockwork ?:p
[Nexus S Android Development] momohammed20:
I will try to investigate the recovery issue. But some people wanted to go back to stock recovery, and were not able to with the stock recoveries floating around, so that's pretty odd that this nandroid takes you back to stock recovery.
[Nexus S Android Development] distortedloop:
Really? That's interesting. Has anyone actually done this and confirmed it restores stock recovery? Easy fix for something that's been vexing quite a few people the last few days.
[Nexus S Android Development] nxt:
How long till the Market "fixes" itself and updates to 2.1.2 so the missing apps appear on the market?
[Nexus S Android Development] Luxferro:
No need to investigate this. I think I figured it out already. I'm pretty sure the new update introduced /etc/install-recovery.sh (i'm not sure if was there on 2.3.0).. but anyway, it runs this on bootup, and if the MD5 of the recovery doesn't match what is expected, it reflashes the stock recovery back over.

edit: just rename it to prevent it from running on boot.
[Nexus S Android Development] bogdi1988:
yes. i have done this before exchanging my phone.
[Nexus S Android Development] momohammed20:
This is good to know, I will update original post! Thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] nxt:
Day 1? Actually not, I d/led these apps perfectly fine.

Anyways, Google needs to get their act together. First the new Market still hasn't been pushed to the Nexus S, now that they released a new build/update to the Nexus S, suddenly they forgot to add/update their Market?

Sigh. F'ing ridiculous.

:P

So is anyone's Market fixed yet and have these apps:

aFile, Fandango Movies, NYTimes for Android, PayPal, FiOS Mobile Remote?
[Nexus S Android Development] dudeimgeorge:
New market isn't anything special man. Relax
[Nexus S Android Development] ancostel:
after update im all the time only on edge...anybody else w/ this issuw?

nvm...use only 2g was checked...probably dit it by accident : D
[Nexus S Android Development] agy1995:
I get a md5 missmach? what should i do?