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[Hero CDMA General] Shelnutt2:
Tell me about it. First they got rid of the government sector. I use to get 30% off accessories, 25% off phones and 20% off plans. (This started with Nextel, but Sprint kept it up for a few years). Then what was it? A year ago or a little more, they switch everything to "corporate", consolidation I get it. We lost the discount on accessories and phones but still had 10-15% off plans. Yeah now that's all gone too. I'm actually tempted to see if another carrier will give me a government discount, however my work phone I only get 350 minutes, but free mobile to mobile sprint, so I need to keep everyone on sprint. Nextel never should have merged with Sprint.
[Hero CDMA General] stayclean:
Yes yes, poor Sprint. :p
[Hero CDMA General] thoughtlesskyle:
actually sprint should have never merged with nextel, the iden network is part of the reason why they got a bad rep (along with poor customer service), and i am finally glad nextel will be dying for good in 2013. that network was becoming obsolete even when sprint bought them.
[Hero CDMA General] garbonzo134:
So, my upgrade is on 2/1(fee begins the day before:( ). If i upgrade my phone to a evo 4g, does that mean i pay $69.99 + $10 fee + $10 4g charge, making my bil go up to 89.99?!
[Hero CDMA General] stayclean:
There is no double fee. This fee just applies to non-4G phones.
[Hero CDMA General] garbonzo134:
awesome, thanks! looks like im getting me a evo 4g...
[Hero CDMA General] techn1:
yeah its just another small fee for unlimited data not like the other guys that have a cap on data plus i did research sprint has the most spectrum than every one else so i believe that still a lot better remember what happen to ATT with the Iphone there network could not take the overload of all those Iphone users it bogged the their network
[Hero CDMA General] crash447:
I have a family plan with 5 lines. If I upgrade 1 line, does that mean my bill goes up $10 or $50?
[Hero CDMA General] thoughtlesskyle:
10 till you upgrade the others i believe
[Hero CDMA General] wireless.praying.mantis:
Just remember that Virgin Mobile devices cannot roam off Sprint's National Network and offer very few smartphones. The $10 Premium Data service charge is being applied across the board to all smartphones and not just the current 3/4G handsets. This charge is neccessart for Sprint to be able to continue to offer unlimited data usage while on their network and not have to place a cap on it like at&t and allows them to continue to expand and beef up their wireless data footprint as well as technological platforms.
[Hero CDMA General] wireless.praying.mantis:
If you upgrade one line to a smartphone from a feature phone, only that line will incur the $10 Premium Data service charge. Two line, $20, three lines $30, etc.
[Hero CDMA General] Quis89:
Have fun with that. Oh...fyi...Verizon did away with their yearly upgrades at random.....and AT&T tiered their data. So all this crybaby crap about Sprint changing their rules is retarded. Let's not act like Sprint is unique in this....

But like I said....have fun shopping. Your reasoning is soooo justified
[Hero CDMA General] thoughtlesskyle:
im glad their are people on here that actually understand this, just because you're used to it doesn't mean they HAVE to give it to you, and also they are still cheaper than everyone else
[Hero CDMA General] aven_soulgazer:
Yes it is. What if you break it and have to replace it? $10 monthly fee added as well.
[Hero CDMA General] thoughtlesskyle:
that would bring in a loophole, they likely will have to exclude reconditioned phones then?

either that or they will have to work something into Eticket or have a special hotline, they dont seem into screwing their customers that much
[Hero CDMA General] whoiswes:
OK! :rolleyes:

Yeah, let's save the carrier money so they can pass that along to their executives and shareholders! **** that - I'm paying for a service and I'm damn well gonna use it. FYI, I use less than 1 GB a month - I don't stream movies, music, or TV to the phone, I use it for email, nav, browsing, and the occasional offline game.

If you think for a SECOND that Sprint will ever reduce it's fees if we all start using less data, you are delusional. Most likely, they will create another fee for "underutilized capital improvements." Corporations exist to make money for their executives and their shareholders - that is all. The customer is a means to and end, and if you believe otherwise, I have some lovely oceanfront property in Montana that you should invest in.

You have some good points, and I'll admit that I'm pissed off about these changes, but you sound like a shill for Sprint with comments like those above.
[Hero CDMA General] thoughtlesskyle:
Trust me im not happy about it either, and its not users like you that are the reason I put that. Its the users streaming hd movies constantly and downloading large files while tethered.

For my statement I get it they are a business out to make money but people need to stop assuming that everyone is always out to get them.

Im sure sprint isn't happy about losing subscribers over this fee and even looking at this thread it seems apparent that their will be backlash, but if its needed to keep the company afloat and sprint hasn't exactly had a huge profit margin lately then they have to do so, its not like they are the first network to have to do this
[Hero CDMA General] 8er:
wth

I hope you are kidding. Sprint is sticking it to all of us. Your phone breaks, you pay more for the same level of service you had with the dead/lost phone.

Using less data and hoping it will go back to the way it was? Not happening.
[Hero CDMA General] :
Watch Out the man is out ta stick it to ya!

Sent From My Pedal-to-Metal Hero
[Hero CDMA General] 8er:
Just a casual observation, but it seems the "man" has came and gone.

However, Sprint will 30 January 2010.
[Hero CDMA General] scifan:
IF they'd have had the same deal on a 4G phone when I renewed my contract a couple of weeks ago, I'd have bought a 4G phone... but they didn't, so I didn't.

I've never used more than ~ 2GB per month total... > 50% of the time I'm up each day, my phone's connected to WIFI anyway... which is generally faster than most wireless options...
[Hero CDMA General] Cetus Corr:
Im thinking about getting rid of my hero and going back to a dumb phone. But in order to quench my thirst for android, I will get the galaxy tab, pay $30 for data(or will that go up?) and get the basic $30 talk plan for the phone.
[Hero CDMA General] Quis89:
The $10 fee doesn't apply in this situation.
[Hero CDMA General] aven_soulgazer:
Do you mean if you go through insurance or if you buy a used phone elsewhere? Either way you're activating a new phone. The second one I'm sure they'll hit you with the fee. I don't carry the insurance as its not worth it to me
[Hero CDMA General] guitardoc64:
According to the Sprint rep I spoke to, It won't apply for insurance replacements. I don't know about doing an esn swap. I suppose I could call back and ask about that. Technically, since it is not changing the contract I think you could get away with it and if they slap the fee you could cry foul and they's back off, but until someone actually does it I guess nobody knows. It pisses me off because I was planning on getting the LG Optimus S in April. :mad:
[Hero CDMA General] Quis89:
Go thru insurance and you're good. Buy a used phone and you'll be paying the $10 fee.
[Hero CDMA General] aven_soulgazer:
I'm pretty sure they will hit you with it. Ive been out of contract for over a year.
[Hero CDMA General] guitardoc64:
Yep they will. Dammit! If I do an esn swap to check the latest CleanRam on my WM phone and switch back, it will incur the fee according to Sprint. I told them that would violate my contract. Theyre supposed to be getting back with me on it, meanwhile I'm talking to my lawyer.
[Hero CDMA General] aven_soulgazer:
If you got the money for a lawyer go for it, I'd be interested in what he/she says about it.
[Hero CDMA General] rrasco:
Well that sucks. I just ordered a used Hero so I could get off this crap Innuendo. Phone won't be here until Monday or Tuesday. I'm on SERO, so the Hero plan is only supposed to be $40 and the EVO's is $50. Does that mean I should have just got an EVO or 4g phone because now my Hero's plan will end up costing me $50?
[Hero CDMA General] aven_soulgazer:
Probably so
[Hero CDMA General] codec1O1:
Pfft

Yeah that's just not right. There isn't even a lick of 4g available anywhere in the whole state of IN according to their map, but yet want to make everyone pay for it. I have the everything data plan and my early upgrade would be in June in which I will get screwed out of b/c of the 4/1 change of their premier gold and silver.

Also talked to a buddy of mine that manages a Sprint store, that $10 extra also applies to any smartphone upgrades, not just new account activations.

Seems like they don't want anyone to upgrade their phones...
[Hero CDMA General] stayclean:
Yes, there's no reason to go a Hero. Especially with a SERO plan with a EVO only being $50 for a while now.
[Hero CDMA General] user7618:
This makes me laugh because the $120 extra a year that you would have paid Sprint just bought an hour of your lawyers time. Time enough for him to review your contract and see the part that I'm sure is there that says that Sprint reserves the right to change the price if they want.

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Froyo-on-Hero action here!
[Hero CDMA General] BlaqkAudio:
Yes, they reserve the right, but they still changed the terms of your contract and you should be allowed to get out of your contract if you wanted to. I can't remember if I was on Sprint or T-Mo, but one of them raised the price of incoming texts and people used the price raise to get out of their contracts.

I'm considering jumping to T-Mobile and picking up the G2 if I have to pay $80 a month. HSPA+ is fast enough for me, and coverage is pretty decent in NY metro/LI area.
[Hero CDMA General] guitardoc64:
Sent from my hotrodded Hero using the XDA app
[Hero CDMA General] wbaker:
I may be wrong, but I think 4g does exist in Indiana. I have a child at Ball State and the Evo is showing 4g coverage there.

Just my two cents, but Sprint is still the best value around; if you don't go prepaid. I have not found any prepaid phone that will work consistently while traveling. Other carriers are putting caps on data usage and eliminating upgrade discounts.

One advantage to choices- if you aren't happy, switch when your contract is up. Sometimes the devil you know is better than the one you don't.
[Hero CDMA General] kwahomba:
OK, I've got an android phone I'm using now under contract, and I have an old blackberry I want to use for a while before letting someone else have it. So, if I switch service from my android to my BB, am I "activating" a new device? This will not sit well if they attempt to re-draft my contract mid-service.
[Hero CDMA General] Silverskull:
Let us know how it goes. If you can get out of your contract I'll be trying as well.

Yep, they count that as an activation and you'll get hit with the fee.
[Hero CDMA General] drthunder:
I beat this awesome change by one day. I was crossing my fingers waiting for a phone to show up that I bought online.
[Hero CDMA General] rrasco:
The main reason I didn't get an EVO was the hardware cost. $100 for a hero or $250+ for an EVO. I was on a budget to get away from my feature phone.

In addition to that, I am glad to bring news to this thread that SERO plans are not affected by this. Activated my Hero yesterday and the plan only went up to $40, not the EVO's $50 tier. Another win for SERO.
[Hero CDMA General] pizzachef:
I missed out on the $40 SERO deal :( I had a $30 SERP plan for 2.5 years, and now I'm on the employee referral plan, the $60 sero replacement plan, same plan, twice the price...but I figure I'm still ahead. No big deal. Good luck hanging onto SERO as long as you can.
[Omnia II Android Development] chelsea_fc:
Just tried and its works great
[Omnia II Android Development] killerkarara:
problem

there is a problem when it is runing the linux help:(
[Omnia II Android Development] djsolidsnake86:
Fantastic guys
[Omnia II Android Development] l3ong91:
What problem you faced? Did you follow the instructions provided?
[Omnia II Android Development] bobzero:
Here is some information for people who don't want to read the whole thread on Modaco.

Video of Beta on Omnia II by Rapid81:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8khXDEOO96Y

Download beta release here:

http://o2droid.phj.hu/index_en.php

Download 2d/3d drivers and install here (you need these else above beta will freeze every 5 mins):

To install 2d/3d drivers download o2bupdate.tar.gz and place in "My Storage\o2bupdate.tar.gz" , this should stop the phone from freezing every 5 minutes:

http://rapidshare.com/#!download|482l3...ate.tar.gz|1480

http://www.filesonic.com/file/60103983/o2bupdate.tar.gz

To manage ext2 partitions from Windows PC and to correctly format your SD card:

To delete ext2 from Windows PC I use EASEUS Partition Master 6.5.2 Home Edition. It is freeware, and seems to work well. Then to format the micro SD I turn on mass storage in samsung settings, connect to PC and use the SD formatting tool 3.0 from sdcard.org. It uses FAT (not FAT32) and 32kb cluster sizes. I do quick format...

For more information and to report bugs:

http://code.google.com/p/omnia2droid/

Almar's (one of the developers) twitter:

http://twitter.com/INB2ENSECURITY

Big thread on Modaco:

http://www.modaco.com/content/i8000-omnia-ii-gsm-rom-discussion/322429/android-on-omnia-ii-i8000/
[Omnia II Android Development] killerkarara:
ummh when installing the heret.exe for the second time it stops for some reason
[Omnia II Android Development] luthor_70:
I had similar problems, stuck on the linux part. It said it couldn't mount mmcblk0p5, wich is the SDcard. I solved it by reformating my SDCARD in fat32 and it worked.
[Omnia II Android Development] dac2009:
ive done step by step on what to do but its stuck on the linux boot screen last line displayed is jumping to heart and it stays there. any help would be awesome. ive installed everything to the my storage section on my phone
[Omnia II Android Development] mtorres:
First of all: INCREDIBLE WORK!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I've tested and it is working, but unfortunately it is freezing time after time...

I have tried this:

... but no difference
[Omnia II Android Development] sabianadmin:
is this done using harnet?
[Omnia II Android Development] bobzero:
yes it uses haret.
[Omnia II Android Development] l3ong91:
bobzero, there's a new updated kernel release by Almar...have you tried that out?
[Omnia II Android Development] Soul_Master:
Is there any plan for supporting Omnia Pro (B7610)? Most of components are equally identical.
[Omnia II Android Development] bobzero:
yes, it's working even better! battery drains slower now.
[Omnia II Android Development] maverick_endit81:
definitely agree with the sentence
[Omnia II Android Development] l3ong91:
B7610 currently not officially supported by Almar's android

Currently Almar and his team only focuses on omnia i8000, perhaps there maybe a tiny possibilities that they will release a android for other samsung phone...try checking out forums and google

Below link is maybe useful to B7610 users: http://www.modaco.com/content/b7610...-android-on-b7610-thnks-to-devs/#entry1566239
[Omnia II Android Development] bobzero:
i noticed some b7610 users on the modaco thread saying that it works, but with some additional glitches... wifi doesnt work, no menu button mapped...

try it out :)
[Omnia II Android Development] htnprm:
"This video contains content from Believe and Sony Music Entertainment, one or more of whom have blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."

:mad:

EDIT - Ah. Been a while since I've tried, but you can use an anonymising proxy (I used http://www.hidemyass.com) to get around the restriction on YouTube.
[Omnia II Android Development] emptyara:
Thanx Almar and other devs team..~~

just to share my method to make android working in my omnia..

format SD card thru samsung setting.. download and combine 1gb 18jan android + 19jan zImage update + 2d/3d patch together. after that I copy that bunch of files into omnia 'My Storage' root. (It content o2beta, default, ext.tar, haret, zImage)

first, run the haret.exe from 'My Storage/o2beta' !! . after press RUN wait till it finish with the partition. more or less than 10minute to get this done. after that, ur phone will auto restart.

after restart, run haret.exe from 'My Storage' root. !! press RUN...

Kabbooom... new life begin :p

I installed pro launcher n make it my default home screen n it run smoothly..

angry bird is playable too.. :) to make it short, Am AMAZED with this 1st beta..

just my 2 cents..
[Omnia II Android Development] l3ong91:
Sorry, I have no idea whether it can be a stand-alone installer or a fixed system files. But for now, I think the dev team are starting to work on B7610 too (see Under Active Development, first post).

So most likely it won't be long for a functional Android B7610.

If I'm not wrong, they currently listed Omnia i8000 as their top priority and then maybe followed by B7610 and so on.

My advice: Just checked out official website and this forum regularly for updates.
[Omnia II Android Development] justdl:
I had the same problem but today, I wiped out the beta1 and tried the beta2 version and no problem now.

Anybody tried angry birds? Can't seem to make it run. Lots of "white patches" on screen.
[Omnia II Android Development] scott4:
i've installed beta2 from clean and it works well. however, I have more than 1980 contacts but it sync up to 1920 contacts only. have tried sync several times but same result.

also, can change the hardware button like this? this is very practical and logical, please consider.

1. long press physical power / hangup button for power off function

2. physical back button for back funtion

3. long press back button for search function

4. physical camera button for camera function

5. physical phone lock button for phone lock function

6. phyiscal hexagon button for menu function

7. long press physical hexagon button for home function
[Omnia II Android Development] l3ong91:
Try to search for patched angry birds at XDA, there's a patched version whereby the fixes was made but still some white boxes are still present, but smooth and not lagging at all when running on Omnia 2.
[Omnia II Android Development] Sim Kai Long:
Hello? Can anyone help me?
[Omnia II Android Development] l3ong91:
Yes, in order to use the Beta2 Installer, you will need to have at least 2GB Memory Card. Or maybe you can copy over and rewrite the files manually with 512MB Partition Image(I'm not an expert in this, try look at MoDaCo)

For the problem you facing, I think I saw these issues before on MoDaCo forum, try check it out by yourself for answers.
[Omnia II Android Development] jimmcooper:
hi i just install android everything works great except when i receive a call after 20-30 seconds i cant hear anything either they cant hear me and calling duration keeps running
[Omnia II Android Development] justdl:
Thanks for the pointer. Have downloaded and tried it. Works smooth although as mentioned, still some white boxes. Thanks a lot.
[Omnia II Android Development] l3ong91:
Read first post under UPDATES AND DEVELOPMENTS carefully, as stated there you will need to download additional app called Call Light from market in order to prevent the phone from blackout and silent.
[Omnia II Android Development] Sim Kai Long:
I can't seem to find much info on it tho. I'll just get a 2GB card from my friend then. :D
[Omnia II Android Development] fusioncoast:
i have used the 512 partition on a 1gb card it works absolutely fine
[Omnia II Android Development] l3ong91:
Are you running on Beta1 or Beta2? If it is Beta2, then maybe you can suggest how you installed it to Sim Kai Long. It seems that he did not manage to install it on a 1GB card.
[Omnia II Android Development] jimmcooper:
unable to start wlan ? yesterday it was working
[Omnia II Android Development] l3ong91:
i faced this problem too and i had reported this issue to them. I think the problem lies on the kernel build, zImage.

the only solution i found:

delete zImage on root of My Storage.

replaced it with a new zImage and that should fix the problem.

Don't worry, data and files will still remain there after bootup.
[Omnia II Android Development] chelsea_fc:
Open file explorer and press home icon twice then input: data/log and delete the dumpstate file.
[Omnia II Android Development] n00bslayer:
Anyone know anything about the battery consumption of Beta2?

Is it still poor or much improved?
[Omnia II Android Development] l3ong91:
Improved battery life, yet it still drains quickly

Much improved battery life, can last longer now, but yet it still drains quite fast when multitasking. But as suggested earlier by slmz over MoDaCo forum, "Use 2G network" instead of 3G network will save up battery more efficiently, he commented that 4% of battery life were able to last for 9 hours.
[Omnia II Android Development] Sim Kai Long:
Oh cool, could you help me out then? It'll be a while before I can get the 2GB card from my friend, if I were to get it that is.
[Omnia II Android Development] fakhzanis:
how to turning off android?hold the cancel button... nothing happen
[Omnia II Android Development] l3ong91:
Hold the lock button for 2-5 sec.
[Omnia II Android Development] liq69ers:
Thanks :) I am running 2.1 On my Omnia2. It's a dream come true
[Omnia II Android Development] n00bslayer:
Ok, will re-install the latest Beta2 tonight.

Will perform these tests:

- Fully charged with "2G only" idle (i.e. not using the phone)

- Fully charged both "2G/3G" idle (i.e. not using the phone)

will post results afterwards.

thx
[Omnia II Android Development] sciclops:
After Adnroid Install Phone Boots to WM

I'm getting the same results. Is there a step I/m missing?
[Omnia II Android Development] l3ong91:
Most likely it's because you have not include the o2b2update.tar.gz file in My Storage.(read first post for instructions, under 2D/3D files)