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[General Topics] cheeseslice:
Hi,

I am just about to send off a few htc phones that I had lying about the house, it just occurred to me that I have custom roms on 3 of them.

The phones are fully working, turn on and off etc. and it doesn't mention anything about custom roms on their terms and conditions page but I was hoping someone might have the answer to this.

I can't really be bothered having to start searching for stock roms for each of the phones. I'm hoping I don't need to.

Thanks
[General Topics] flyboyovyick:
it shouldn't make a difference but they might return it if its not stock.

Depending on what phones they are and how old they are you might get a better price if you sell them on here or ebay.

mazuma give really low prices.

they offered me £60 for a £110 brand new phone.

if they are old htcs and are in good condition there might be people on here that might be interested in them.

Hope this helps!
[General Topics] dr_strangetrick:
Or try Computer Exchange

I had a handful of old HTC phones (Hurricane, Hermes Virgin lobster tv) and Mazuma offered me just £35 for the lot :(

I had completely forgot about CEX as I hadn't seen them for years but I happened to stumble across one in Birmingham city center and they offered me £80 cash!! for the same phones :) and £105 for exchange!!

Dont bother with any of the ones on tv and if they are in good/mint condition and you still have the boxes, manuals, cables etc then you will get even more.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ppd0526:
I recently upgraded to Stock Froyo but rooted and every time I plug in my device I get the popup asking me about the virtual CD-Drive and if I want to install some drives. I do not want to do this and it is very annoying to have the pop-up and was wondering if there was a way to get rid of it without using a new custom rom.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ppd0526:
Solved. Solution is:

Dial ##7764726

Hit Call

Type Password 000000 (that's 6 zeros)

Hit Feature Settings

Choose CD ROM

Click Disable

Hit menu, commit modifications (it will say no item changed)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frank@:
can I buy a unlocked, but soft branding SGS (branding T-Mobile or Vodafone), if I

want to update to new android versions (without waiting for T-Mobile)

maybe want to root my phone

or should I buy a more expensive, but without any branding phone?

any tip is welcome, Frank
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Serikiito:
If it's unlocked that means you can use any sim card, no matter what the carrier.

With the branded firmware, all you have to do is flash an unbranded firmware/rom and you're good to go.

You don't need to flash an unbranded firmware/rom to be able to apply a lag fix or root but who likes branding when you can easily flash a non branded firmware/rom? ;)

I would say buy the unlocked but branded phone. It's cheaper and easy to flash.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frank@:
howto get and do this?

hmm, I am really new with android

sorry for the silly question, but what is the easiest way to get an unbranded firmware/rom and howto easily flash this ? :confused:

and how can I backup old branded version, in case of guarantee ? I think a flashed phone will not be supported any more, or?

Frank
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tidewaterns:
I have a my touch 3g 32B and I have the 2.2 Froyo update from T-Mobile. I am trying to root the phone because I do not like this update. Can someone please tell how to root 2.2 on this phone or how to go back to 1.6 Donut so I can root this phone. I am stuck and do not want to buy a new phone because I like this phone and I am short on funds as well. So if someone can please help I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks!!!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
There's a few one step root programs out there that work for the update. Just Google it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaTiCeK-:
Hi, I used to have a HTC Desire before switching to the SGS. The Desire had a Sync now app, which basically allowed me to start/force the sync process for my calendars. Which was especially convenient when I wanted to edit some events on the computer and wanted to.see.the results immediately...

I can't find a similar function on my SGS. So I'd love to know whether it burried somewhere deep in the menus or is it really not there at all? If the latter's the case, I'd like to know if there is any third party app that can force start a sync process.

Thx.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PPeterC:
Try Settings > Accounts and sync > select the account you want to sync under "Manage accounts", you should then see options to Sync Contacts, Sync Calendar, etc.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcdeoferio:
you could also use the Power control widget on Froyo to disable and re-enable the sync. It usually forces the applications to sync.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaTiCeK-:
Almost, once I was in the account details I had to press menu key and then a sync now option appeared.

Thx for the suggestions.
[Epic 4G General] glen_e:
http://twitter.com/Samsungtweets

"We want Galaxy S owners to have simple/reliable upgrade. We r running tests due to complexity/unique functionality."

Heh...
[Epic 4G General] kenvan19:
People need to stop posting this.

Sent from my Epic 4g running Nebula Rom
[Epic 4G General] DiGi760:
Didn't they just close nearly the exact same thread by someone else?

ibtl?
[Epic 4G General] herzzreh:
In before thread is locked and using this opportunity to direct the OP to this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=863587
[Epic 4G General] crabjoe:
Samsung is all talk and no action!! They need to prove themselves by doing!

They can start by recalling all Galaxy S variants that say they have a GPS issues and fix the antenna contacts in them.
[Epic 4G General] bigray327:
You should make a new thread about every random thought you have all day long. That would be very useful.
[Epic 4G General] JMMusic:
Isn't that what Facebook and Twitter are teaching people these days? :p
[Epic 4G General] iil:
Yes..much more useful than this post and the one above it.
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
i less than three lamp
[Epic 4G General] xTmDarren:
We are working to make the Android 2.2/Froyo upgrade available to all U.S. Galaxy S owners as soon as possible. 4 minutes ago via CoTweet
[Epic 4G General] kenvan19:
This thread needs to be closed. Please stop posting useless, already known information.
[Epic 4G General] 063_XOBX:
Bumping it back to the top of general doesn't exactly help
[Epic 4G General] iil:
Exactly. Much better to ignore the thread and let it disappear than comment how the information is already known or how it shouldn't be posted.
[Epic 4G General] xTmDarren:
Why did you highlight mine like I was the one that started this thread.. I just posted what they just said on the twitter account that was posted 4 mins before hand..
[Epic 4G General] herzzreh:
Because it was posted somewhere else already and because it's essentially the same damn thing as in op. Please see the link I posted earlier in this thread.
[Epic 4G General] boominz28:
wait, Ive looked for the other threads about the tweet posts, can you please post the links in here so that I may read each and everyone of them since there are so many of them.
[Epic 4G General] kenvan19:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893570&page=4 Original post of the tweet when it first hit their twitter account posted 3 days ago in a thread pertaining to using social media to elicit a response from Samsung and/or Sprint.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=897373 Posted the same day as this thread and closed by forum mod because, in his words
[Epic 4G General] othan1:
Yeah! The nerve of people. Everyone who's with us, post here so we can make sure people see how much we hate this being bumped up to general!

/don't do that
[Epic 4G General] iil:
The other thread is too large, I now prefer this one.
[Epic 4G General] themirthfulswami:
Corporate speak translation : we don't know what we're doing so we can't tell you what the hold up is.. but we want you to not be mad at us or buy a competing product.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Torayem:
Hello everybody here i have a picture to my phone and it shows where my phone stuck where i was trying to update to a new system version, can you please expertise advise weather this phone can be fixed or its gone for no return.

Thanks in advance hopes yall have a good new year

please check below picture
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] offdutyninja808:
I can tell you now that you should post ALL info from your fastboot screen.

Can you get into recovery?

What were you doing to cause your phone to do this?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
He included a picture of his phone in fastboot, I think that would qualify as providing all his fastboot info.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
This has been answered SO MANY TIMES now... like 5 times THIS week alone...

You don't even have to do a search... just look at the first 2 pages.. Come on!

I think you can fix this by only looking at the first 8 posts or so...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Binary100100:
Jeez... another one?

Use fastboot to flash the recovery.

Reboot to recovery, flash stock (s-on) spl

Flash rom.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] offdutyninja808:
The 3 phenoms back to back to back. I know he included a picture, but can't really see it.

BTW, I love being able to hook up two phones. When things get boring with one, the other is willing and ready.

Sent from the other side if the Galaxy!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mimo1969:
I rooted my Magic before a few days ago, put some ROMs 2.1 update1 and everything is working correctly. When I tried to put any coocked

Froyo rom did not work. Then I threw in a last-ver.SPL 1.71 (it seems to me, but otherwise it was 6.35 ... working with SPL 1.6) Recovery mode is

changed and installation Froyo (Magician 6.1 I believe) was duly passed, but the problems emerging. Phone could not normally turned on and I could go into Recovery and fastboot. However the installation of any Rom was impossible. Radio has changed (I think it happened after the trial

Vodafone launch 2.2.1. ver.) at 2.22. I tried to go back to the SPL and 1.33 Since then I have more or Recovery Mode or Safe Mode. When you turn on

(my version of Magic is 32A) phone only appears HTC Magic no reaction on the computer when it shackles via USB. I guess what I was wrong (SPL's) but how it if possible to save?

P.S. Sorry for my bad english ...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lifeisfun:
I'm more and more concerned about the quality of the NookColor due to countless complaints about the display and charging issues.

I have NC on order and it makes me nerves since I'm not located in US :(

Did you have to replace your NookColor ?

PLEASE PEOPLE VOTE, even if you have nothing to say to get large sample of users to see if this is real problem :)

THANKS

107 votes now and about 30% failure rate is very bad :eek: Looks like it is not unusual to return the device several times. Shame on the manufacturer to have this kind of quality control!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musicmama:
Yes, I had to replace my NC (Christmas gift) within the first 2 days. However, it was due to a sound issue - also discussed on several websites - and it couldn't have been an easier process. My local B&N said that of the hundreds of NCs they'd sold, mine was only the 2nd exchanged. I think that's a pretty safe ratio. My new one has had no quality issues at all. Given that I've had to replace PCs, smartphones and other electronics for quality issues, this doesn't seem too out of the norm.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecrispy:
I've had to replace mine as well. First due to sound issues. Now the piece of plastic around the "N" button isn't completely flush with the screen. I'm not taking it back for that reason because the rest of the hardware is fine. I do, however, have to get a new NC cable since the one i have now won't charge my NC. If it's not one thing, it's another.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jetsamrover:
Had to replace mine too, xmas gift, due to screen quality. There was a lot of light leaking along the bottom edge and a dead pixel. Super fast and easy, even transfered the extended warranty right over to the new serial. New NC is perfect so far.

Those with sound issues what were your symptoms?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wvcachi:
Mine's been great. I certainly wouldn't discourage anyone from buying.... I'm not discounting the issues people have had (multiple returns is certainly eyebrow-raising), but I'm sure for every problem you hear about on the forums, there are many with no problems that you just don't hear about.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duloz:
Mine has been great, aside from one dead pixel. Can't even notice it for the most part, especially since adding one of the anti-glare screen covers.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaosseat:
I just replaced mine today for sound issues!! Every time it would hibernate I would lose all sounds and the only way to get them back was to reboot.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x-web:
Not an issue in sight. No screen problems. No sound issues. My biggest complaint is no bluetooth.

Sent from my NC 1.0.1 AN2.12.18
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lifeisfun:
Thanks for all replies folks!

I feel better now :o

It will be interesting to see more votes in couple days.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GorillaPimp:
No problems at all here 3 weeks in. I visit the B&N forums somewhat frequently and never heard of the sound problem before reading this thread.

My biggest problem is reboots after rooting.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spikey911:
First one dust under screen, dead pixel dead center.

Second one dead pixel lower right corner.

If you look at various sites, you will realize that there really is a quality problem that seems to be more centralized to screen issues/plastic noise.

Also realize that most of the issues are not major hardware failures but simple flaws.

Another thing to notice is that people are willing to exchange multiple times in efforts to find a keeper because the unit is just that good.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eienkei:
3rd one is on it's way! 1st & 2nd one had display issues...!!! Stupid me bought it online & as a bonus, it can't be exchanged in local B&N shops...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MkFly:
Yep ... 5 times. 6th (current) one is great, first 5 all had dead pixels. :(

I suppose it does say something about how awesome I find the device (once rooted), for me to go through that much trouble driving around getting it replaced ...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zdrifter:
Got mine on release day and have had -0- problems ... got a second one a week b4 Christmas and it also was 'perfect' .. no performance or plastic problems ... live in a 'low demand' area I think and perhaps B&N is 'reprocessing' some of the returns that then get shipped to high demand area? Or maybe it's just luck of the draw ... anyway am really pleased with the two I have ...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamfortran:
3 weeks of hard use and no problems, but not rooted. yet.....
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clockcycle:
My front Bezel starting becoming unstuck at day 12 of the 14 day return period. It was showing the stretching glue on the left side that creaked. I noticed it warping and looked at it in landscape mode from the top.. Surprise!

-CC
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brockster:
Ok, I am B&N is sending my 3rd replacement. (Not Rooted!)

1st one would not boot/reset after plugging it in to recharge.

2nd one reboots and reloads on its own. Called tech. support and had me do a factory reset but the next day did the same thing but came up with an install failure.

My cousin bought one on release date and had no problems with her's.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cutterjohn:
My first one(Tursday) came OOB with a borked USB port on the NC. I managed to get the cable inserted twice on Thursday(almost took it back the first time that I plugged it in but the cable finally went in as I was about to give up). The next morning no amount fiddling would get the connector to insert properly.

Had a horrible time exchanging it. The idiot at the register kept trying to tell me that it was "fine" and that was how it was "supposed to be" until I made him hook up the power adapter, point out no LED, took it over to the demo unit and demonstrated there, got them to get their charger out try it in the obviously defective one and couldn't insert that cable either. Finally they gave in and deigned to exchange it. After all of that I had decided to check the exchanges connector right then and there, and lo and behold it was just like the demo unit and obvious VERY clearly inserting unlike the defective unit.

B&N have crappy QA, cs, and sales. No wonder they're in trouble... I think that if anything crops up w/this one before my 14d are up its going back permanently. I probably should've bought it from the Worst Buy literally across the street or Walmart for better cs alone.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lifeisfun:
Who is manufacturing the NC for B&N ?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtriever:
IIRC correctly , the hardware is by Inventec (Taiwan). As far as problems, none... nada... zero... zilch with mine, nor have I had problems with either of the "classic" Nook ereaders that we have.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freonchill:
Got mine refurbished from b&n on Ebay for $189 in June. There is the slightest creek in the bottom right corner of the Bezel, if I only hold it with two fingers there.but with a silicon case it doesn't do it.

Draw some ones post here about the n "glass" thickness not lining up with the screen. The right side is maybe 1/32 to 1/64 lower than the glass, but flush on the lower left side. Didn't notice it till I saw this post. So its not a big deal. Wish it was just one piece of glass from edge to edge, but that's just a design thing from the nook, for $300 less than the apple alternative,I can't complain.guess we will have to wait and see what the Amazon table looks like. the Amazon tablet could be a compelling option depending on the screen and processor. Might hand my nook down to my wife and get it, she already uses it everyday to read, while I am at work.

All and all, I wish it was as fast as a PC for surfing the Web. But I can't complain. It's my first Tablet and I consider it a successful purchase.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aegrotatio:
Mine had this exact problem.

Was yours a refurbished or a new one?

Maybe I got yours when I bought my refurbished one!!

Next time I'll go to the store. Thing is if you wiggle it would work and I'm guessing the store clerk would say "that's normal" and I'd be stuck with it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AngelWings8:
I know this thread hasn't been active for quite a few months now, but it was one of the few threads I found with "light bleed" when I searched. I noticed that my refurbished one from Overstock.com has always had this light spot on the middle left side ever since I got it a few months ago. I'm wondering if this is considered normal among most users and if it is worth trying to get a replacement for. Is there any concern with long-term damage or it getting worse? TIA!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peiziyu:
I have two, both rooted the day I got them, both perfect. I have had maybe 2 random reboots the whole time I've had mine (2+ weeks now). *knock on wood*
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deitiphobia:
I suggest getting the SquareTrade extended warranty. It's cheaper than Barnes And Noble, and Square Trade doesn't do refurbs from what I understand. They just reimburse you the retail price of the product. There are coupons that can be found online that will save you 10%.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cutterjohn:
I did that for my gTab a few weeks back. Their terms state that in the mfg warranty period that they'll just help you w/handling whatever the mfg wants you to do, and then after, yeah I guess that I heard that if it's under $400 they usually just send you a check...

Waiting to do this for my Nook until my 14d are up, as I mentioned that I wasn't happy with B&N cs, so if something else goes wrong before then...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lifeisfun:
I think SQUAERE TRADE is available only for US :confused:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sbarnhouse:
I replaced one in the first few days for sound problems. It would not play sound on Pandora or otherwise and had to reboot to bring it back. Second one has had no issues.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notinterested:
I dont think the failure rate is any higher than any other gadget out there.

Of course people are far more likely to make noise when something breaks than when it just works so it will always seem like things like this have a high failure rate.

I dont think you have anything to be concerned with.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markiejones:
mine was / is fine. unlike half the crap I buy...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samster786:
call me anal, but im replacing mine tmrw for a dead pixel. tried "massaging" the screen with Jscreenfix but that didn't help
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] califrag:
Gonna have to replace mine due to a 'mushy' power button. I bought one for myself and one for my mom for christmas and hers has a nice 'clicky' power button. Hating that I am gonna have to reroot and everything...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lifeisfun:
Only 60 votes ? C'mon folks, I'm sure there is more than 60 users here :)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
A mushy power button??? Do yourself a favor...keep it, you risk getting one with a dead pixel,bad touchscreen,or various other issues.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samster786:
thought id check in today here cus i returned my NC for a dead pixel.

bookseller looked at me like I was nuts but got a new one nonetheless. went home to find my new one having ANOTHER dead pixel AND some wack touchscreen sensitivity. went back to exchange again, and now on my THIRD NC, FINALLY with a full complement of functioning pixels! the touchscreen is a bit crazy... not so much as my second but definitely not as robust as my first. gonna try screen calibration thru adb to see if that helps.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samster786:
x2, i got dead pixels twice in a row. i wish i could just stick to one and enjoy it (read-install clockwork)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greenmky:
I tried to return mine for the flickering issue, but both of the units they opened did the same thing. The tech support line guy said he tried 5 there and they all did it also, and that he would submit a ticket to the dev team. So hopefully it gets fixed in an update or something.

The bezel creaks on mine a little at the bottom also, but that's not enough annoyance to return it - it's not that bad.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] califrag:
heh.. I actually returned it earlier today. Hoped and prayed and was lucky I got one with no dead pixels. That makes three total nC I've got that did not have any dead pixels. The only issue was the mushy power button with the one. Keeping it was not an option because the broken power switch kept causing random reboots. Whenever I put it to sleep the power button would stick or something and it would reboot. The new one has a nice clicky power button and is already back to where I had the old one mostly. :)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donballz:
Only problem I have had is random reboots. No way to tell if thats a stock problem or a result of the mods I have implemented. Otherwise, its been a perfect purchase.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samster786:
found another dead pixel on NC#3 after playing with it for awhile. going to a different B&N tomorrow for #4. I love the product, but quality control sucks!