yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fascinate Accessories] donepate:
Chalk up another vote for the Commuter case. My wife has had it on hers for about two months and can't kill it. If she can't, it would take an action by god to break it.
[Fascinate Accessories] emtee_skull:
Trident Cyclops

Hello everyone. First post!

I just got my Fascinate 3 days ago. I looked at the otterbox versus the Trident Cyclops.

When I seen the video demo on the cyclops I was sold.

I got the case from eBay. Since I can't post links yet just go to eBay and search for "trident cyclops Samsung fascinate". The link to the YouTube demo is in the auction.

I got the case the same day as the phone was delivered. The phone went right in and hasn't come out. The screen protector makes great contact with the screen.

It does add some size to the phone, but I think that would be expected with any of the good cases.

So as of right now I am very happy with the case.
[Fascinate Accessories] scottzirra:
Posted this in another thread:

Honestly I have not had any issues with the silicone shell coming off, other then slipping a little on the face, by the earpiece. The hard silicone piece under it was biting my ear a little, but I just filed that edge a bit (rounded it out) and it works great now.

As for the screen cover, it definitely does not sit entirely flush, but mostly around the edges. That being said, it lowered the sensitivity of my soft keys down at the bottom, so I no longer accidentally bump them, and yet they remain easy to hit when I want to.

My only complaint is that about once a week I have to open the case and clean the screen/screen cover due to dust getting under the cover, but I also do not usually use the clip, and have it sitting in a pocket full of lint.
[Fascinate Accessories] textron:
I ended up just popping the screen protector off and putting my own on the phone. The bottom buttons just didn't work right. I have the defender though.
[Fascinate Accessories] cvs0115:
I bought 3 of them and they are the best. I only buy Defender Otterbox Cases. They are the best.
[Fascinate Accessories] Cheetohz:
What is everyone opinion on the sedio convert? Also looks to be strong. Looking for something possibly with the ability to attach to a car dock. Is the clip removable to be able to slide the nub into other attachments such as a car dock with the same nub?
[Fascinate Accessories] glsteve:
Just bought one can't wait till I get it.
[Fascinate Accessories] BIBUBO BCJ:
I have Otterbox Commuter for my Fascinate,and I felt it was good. It's thinner than Defender Case, but about aegis, durability is still secured.

At last, I dropped my phone while talking in a stairwell of my house, and it's still okay. OtterBox Commuter is a good choice for someone who isn't careless to the point dropped his phone in places higher than 10 meters. I don't think that someone might drop the phone in a place higher than 10 meters
[Fascinate Accessories] glsteve:
Well I got my defender today all I can say is that this thing is fricking sweet!!!
[Fascinate Accessories] glsteve:
And I found a way to fix the low sensitivity on the bottom take a small piece of paper fold it a couple times and put it in the plastic part of the case on the bottom and u will be good to go.

And shouldn't have to say this but don't cover the speaker.
[Fascinate Accessories] Cheetohz:
Can anyone recommend a car dock which works with this case?
[Fascinate Accessories] glsteve:
anybody wanna buy 1 i just got the droid charge so i have no use for it?
[Fascinate Accessories] ixgameov:
How much?
[Fascinate Accessories] glsteve:
25$

Edit:

Its been sold.

Sent from my gummy charge.
[Desire General] Didier Misson:
Hello

I have a HTC Desire (gsm).

Already rooted, with Cyanomod Gen 6.0.1

I upgrade using Rom Manager application, to CM 6.1.1 + Google Apps.

Download CM 6.1.1 and install seem normal.

But after reboot, when the HTC white screen change to Cyanogen Blue logo, after some time the blue logo start again :eek:

Impossible to boot ! My HTC Desire loops on CM logo...

I remove battery, try to reboot on recovery (holding the "down" key when Power on).

I have the menu.

When I select "recovery", after some second, the screen go black with a HTC picture and a /!\ RED ! :mad:

It seem I'm blocked. :mad:

How to put a rom on SD-card, and reboot to install this Rom ? :confused:

I download CM 6.1.1, try to put it as "updade.zip" on the SD-card, but I don't know how to install it ...

Thanks for your help.

:rolleyes:
[Desire General] Meaple:
You need to get a custom recovery. You can use either ClockworkMod or Amon. You need to flash it through fastboot (I think) or you can do it through recovery. Command is something like

fastboot flash recovery filename.img

I am not sure though so you might want to check it out on here.

Once you have the custom recovery, boot into it and then you can navigate through the menu's. You can mount your SD card as USB so then you can transfer the rom across, then just install the rom by going to choose zip from SD card (or something like that).

**EDIT**

Comes to my attention that to flash via fastboot you need to be S-Off to do this.
[Desire General] TheGhost1233:
The update.zip is your fake flash recovery image so you probably removed it. Get the CWM (same version as you were using) update.zip and put it back on the root of the sd. Next time don't rename anything to updated.zip, just keep the file name and use "install zip from sd".
[Desire General] Didier Misson:
update.zip

I have yet this file (normaly).

I just rename it, not delete it. :rolleyes:

Ok, I will try this evening.

Thanks for your help

;)
[Desire General] Didier Misson:
Fastboot flash ? ...

Hello

Does the recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-bravo.img is compatible with the HTC Desire (not HTC Bravo) ?

I simply copy this recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-bravo.img to the root of the SD-Card (from my Ubuntu PC with a micro-SD usb reader) ?

I have the Android SDK on my Ubuntu PC, but not the "fastboot" utility

(not in /android-sdk-linux_86/tools and not in /android-sdk-linux_86/platform-tools) :confused:

What is "S-Off" ?

Ok, I find the explication : S-Off = partition signed off ...

Probably I'm NOT S-Off, because I never read about it before.

Do I need the fastboot utility ?

I read several pages, but all use different methodes...

Thanks,

Didier
[Desire General] Didier Misson:
Manually upgrade from SD, but always loop on CM logo

Hello,

I don't know what I can do ...

So, I explain exactly my problem :

- CM 6.0.1, update to 6.1.1 seem to failed : loop on Blue CM logo

What I can do now on my HTC Desire :

Boot with the "Volume down key" : I have access to the menu :

BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.80.0000

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-5.10.05.17.2

Mar 29 2010

HBOOT USB PLUB (this change when I plug or unplug USB)

...

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

CLEAR STORAGE (I try to clear storage, but doesn't solve the problem)

SIMLOCK

----------------------------------

I can go in Fastbook menu :

...

FASTBOOT USB (change when I plug USB)

...

BOOTLOADER

Reboot

etc ...

------------------------------------

When I go in the Bootloader menu, after some secondes, I see messages (fast, difficult to read)

No Image !

Loading [...]

No image or wrong image

------------------------------------

Do I need to copy an image file to my SD-Card ?

Which file ? A CM 6.1.1 file or a ClockworkMod Recovery img ?

------------------------------------

Do I need to use "Fastboot USB" ?

How ?

I don't have the "fastboot" utility in my sdk on my Ubuntu PC.

------------------------------------

It's probably not difficult to solve... but of course I not know how :confused:

Thanks for your help.

==================

Oh, ok ! I find (remember) that when I have the black screen with the /!\ Red, I can access to the Recovery menu with the "Volume UP key" and "Power" (not down key) :o

I try :

- erease Date : not solved

- erease Cache : not solved

So I try to manually install CM 6.1.1 :

- I copy the CM 6.1.1 zip file to the SC-Card

- rename to update.zip

- reboot the HTC Desire in recovery

Installation of Cyanogen MOD 6.1.1 seem ok :

...

Installing update...

Welcome to CyanogenMod-6.1.1-Desire !

Install from sdcard complete.

- Reboot

arghh.. NOOOO ... :eek:

Always LOOP on the cyanogen(mod) blue animated logo :mad:

I hope you have some ideas to help me. :rolleyes:

Thanks

:o

Didier
[Desire General] Didier Misson:
Solved

I flash again and again ...

I succeed to flash CM 6.0.1, and it works... (my Desire was in 6.0.1)

but not 6.1.1 :confused:

So, I thing it must be some data corrupt, or not compatible with CM 6.1.1 :rolleyes:

So :

I copy again the CM 6.1.1 update.zip on the SDcard

I reboot again in recovery (2)

I flash update.zip

before reboot, I erease data and cache partition

And ok, it works... but no Google Apps... but my HTC Desire boot again.

:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] JLarabee:
as the title says the recovery wont boot using rom manager

it will either

1.) reboot loop 3 or 4 time before restarting or

2.) go to a screen with the android ad an exclamation mark in a triangle

i also can not manually boot it into recovery by holding home+ power

any advice is greatly appreciated

ps im a little noobie ish
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zarks123:
press the HOME + POWER...

Once you on the "exclamation mark in a triangle" screen press the HOME + POWER key to get the recovery menu. As far I know this means something about the ROM signature not being there or something.. I'm just learning myself, but I have been there before... so you just need to restore the backup image and you should be back to normal. Good luck.

I'm unable to apply a custom ROM myself... everything works but a custom ROM... :( can't figure it out yet.

- Zark
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] JLarabee:
are you using a htc magic runing android 2.1+
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Tuhoaja:
Well if you cant get it working reboot phone manyally... lol
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] JLarabee:
good job reading

i did say

"i also can not manually boot it into recovery by holding home+ power"

but thanks for the advice
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
I have a app called easytube.

It usually works best for these kinds of things but theres a mp3 I would like to download and its not showing up on the app so irk exactly what to do.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soulofkorea:
I use TubeMate App for downloading off YouTube
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
I just unlocked a brand new HTC G2 Tmobile phone. I used my sim card thats been active for years, Its Cincinnati Bell Wireless prepaid. Should work fine, but now its saying "No Service" and wont make calls/texts? Can anyone help plz?:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaszek:
Did you use gfree to unlock it? Worked fine for me. Try going into settings and manually searching for network, and restart 2-3 rimes. Worked for me.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
No i went thru a service. it was unlockthatphone dot com

ill try that tho....
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaszek:
Well there's no need to.

And I dont want to be the one to tell you, but you might not be able to get service again, even with a T-Mo card. I've read that a lot of people had that problem with the unlock codes.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
Well i couldnt figure out how to unlock it. Looked for hours and the guides here were so confusing id rather pay 30.00

How do i figure out if it will ever work again or not?

Someone mentioned I wireless might be CDMA and tmobile was not? Any clue how to check this?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaszek:
As long as the carrier uses sim cards it's a GSM carrier (99% of the time, I know Verizon Global phones use simcards too.) if that's what you meant.

And for your question try some searching. I never bothered to find/read up on that since I unlocked it without a hitch.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
I called the guy back that unlocked it for me, and he states "its impossible for an unlock code to damage 'ware in the phone, the guys on xda dont know what theyre talking about" and that he will work with me to fix this, he says hes pretty sure its my Baseband Version which is:

Baseband version 12.22.60.09bU_26.02.01.15_M2

Any thoughts on these?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaszek:
Also this is from the HTC forums: http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/99/p/7564/33750.aspx
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SRed13:
Actually I've unlocked my phone with an unlock code that Tmobile gave me. Customer Service said you just have to be paid up to date to get an unlock from them.

It may just be that the G2 is on a different carrier band than the carrier you were hoping to use.

Unfortunately, the onus is on you to look it up, I wouldn't expect the customer service for your company to know if your phone will work on their network or not.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RippSpeed:
so whats the deal ... If I unlock my G2 with a unlock code from TMobile; so I can use it when I head the Philippines on vacation ... I wont be able to get service even with Tmobile ???
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianmcquinn:
There are reports of unlock codes not properly working on the phone all over the place. After entering in the unlock code, some phones simply cannot find a network no matter what SIM is inserted (even one that might have been working before). I met one dealer who said the same thing as your guy (unlock codes can't do that to a phone and people on the internet are stupid), so I had him try inputting in the code himself---the phone became messed up and all he could do was apologize. Some phones work fine though.

You can fix this weird state by running gfree to get subsidy unlock (there are at least two really long threads explaining this). Check out the wiki for instructions on how to do this.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhkr234:
Your phone unlock guy just wanted to get his $30. He knows full well that the carrier-unlock function in HTC VISION is ***DEFECTIVE***.

Problem is that the eMMC chip on the phone is write protected, so the unlock needs to be relayed through to a second mechanism and applied AFTER REBOOT, but it gets corrupted and instead of writing "0000" into the specified location on the eMMC chip, it will in some cases write it ***ENCRYPTED*** -- some function of your unlock code. Ends up being locked to a (most likely non-existent) random carrier, and the unlock code will no longer apply.

Once it has been damaged like this, the ONLY way to fix it is by running "gfree" on it, which would have unlocked you SAFELY and FOR FREE to begin with.

Find the button at the top of the page labeled "wiki" and find HTC VISION in there, and FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS! This will cure your phone.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RippSpeed:
Wow Android is alot more extensive than windows phone. I'll try th e gfree but I really dont have that much experience on this phone. I barely temp rooted and overclocked this to 1427mHz. And barely reading all the perm root and s-off threads right now... I hope I can do it to mine and my wifes phone without messing something up. I tried abd and I cant seem to get it to work right. When I tried temp rooting. Can I do gfree without a computer can I do everything on the phone without abd???
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaszek:
Well for carrier unlocking, I think you can only do it with adb, but what do I know.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
Ok so the one is carrier locked or whatever. I need adb to unlock it? and gfree to unlock my unmessed with one. Where do i find these programs and instructions to use them. Im PC literate but cell phone retarded. thanks in advance! I dont wanna pay to unlock these.....:confused::confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
Ok ive done a little more research. I have the JDK and the SDK kits installed. Im preparing to use GFREE. But now im stuck. my SDK MANAGER says the following error when i try to boot it up.

Failed to execute tools/android.bat:

The system cannot find the file specified

What am i doing wrong? im trying but its a slow process.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdKeys:
Navigate to the tools folder and see if there is a file inside called adb.exe. If so, download and unzip both the temp and perm gfree zip files from the wiki into that folder. You should be ready to go. When you connect your phone to the computer via usb be sure that you have the usb debugging checked (on).
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
Im so lost. the company is willing to refund the amount i spend to unlock the phones, so im just gonna have it done that way. Will the one with the locked carrier be able to be unlocked by a professional?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
I got the temp loaded, the ADB loaded, the tools loaded. But this is what comes up

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f140/Diamondx0xEyez/wqeqweqw.jpg
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
Ok guys. Im desperate. Here is what Id be willing to do.

Im offering $20 to whomever can help me. Heres what I need.

I have 2x HTC G2 That need the FULL UNLOCK. Not the code, THE UNLOCK.

Im told its done thru this GFREE program. I am NOT smart enough to figure this out after days if trying. If someone can do the following thing for me, Ill donate that money straight to your paypal account.

-Send me a ZIP file with ALL THE NECESSDARY folders, with ALL THE NECESSARY files already placed in them, I plug in USB unlock phones, u get paid.

(I need ADK files, JDK files, all gfree files, EVEYRTHING i know itll be a big zip, but im payin so i dont mind)

I am unable to figure out these files, I am either installing the SDK files wrong or something, but I just need the files ALREADY placed in a file and just use them since im too stupid to do so desite reading many guides. Sorry ive tried. Now i just wanna use my phones.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
What is the problem you are having exactly ? Please be specific.

You don't need adb, all you need to do is get the gfree binary onto your phone, assuming your phone is already rooted. You can get gfree onto your phone by copying it onto the SD card (e.g. mounting the SD card in the phone onto your PC, or physically removing the SD card and putting it onto your PC).

You can download gfree via the links in the Wiki.

Sent from my HTC Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
Well im not sure. Cell phones are my weak spot. So. I know this:

-My phones arent "rooted"

-The sim is unlocked, but theyre in this wierd state where its unlocked, but its not.

-Only thing i can do is "flash" them like this, but Im too simple to do it myself.

-The phones are picking up DATA like wifi. but "No network carrier"

So. Basically. Brand new phones. I need the simplest way to unlock them completely without bricking them. I swear ive tried. No steps forward, im back @ the beginning. Help me plz. 1,000.00USD in phones wasted if i cant. LOL
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhkr234:
How did you manage to do that without root?

Again... EVERYTHING you need is *in the wiki*. Its all there. Read it and understand it.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coredalae:
i think the problem you are having with adb is that it cant find java.

anyways there is an easier version to get it working ;)

i made a file for you that includes all the files you need:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2071474/MiniADB.zip

just unzip it, then press Runme.bat

from that moment on just follow the wiki here: http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2

if you follow the guide you should be done in like 20 min :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
I extracted it. and ran the BAT file. black screen flashes and NOTHING. :confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
And i Updated THRU WIFI for your information....
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coredalae:
After you run the bat you should have a cmd window that allows you to use adb..

Type: adb devices to see if it sees the phone you connected..
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grim4239:
"adb devices" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. :confused:

*** but i did get the command prompt working in the mini ADB folder some1 sent me. It needed ADMIN checked on it. works now. but i get this error.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaszek:
Hey! So I got my G2 from a member on here last night (woohoo!) but I can't seem to root it. I tried every method on here including visionary and gfree. I had some success with gfree since I was able to sim unlock it. When in bootloader I get 's-off' on the first line. But when I go into Rom Manager it tells me I'm not rooted and when I type 'su' into terminal I get 'su:permission denied'. Any help here? I really need to flash a new ROM due to ORD.

And just some info from System Info in the boot loader even though I think it's not needed here.

OS ver.-1.22.531.8

eMMC- unknown 2151MB 4407295sectors

Also under IMAGE CRC

hboot: 0x6570c0db

boot: 0x1b87420d

recovery: 0xd4af6ad9

system 0x9f52fea6
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moSess:
Any Update???
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
OK so you were able to get S-OFF via gfree but not permanent root, when you followed the gfree method, the last step (before the verify) of the gfree rooting guide on the wiki (not sure if that's the one you used) has you run a command to "lock in" root:

I suspect this is where it went wrong.

You should be able to use the same method again to get perm root, just skip the gfree parts. Summary:

1. Get all the files on your phone (they are probably already there)

2. Get temp root using rage

3. Run the command (script) that I listed above

Link to the full instructions: http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#How_To_Get_R.2FW_Access_.28Permanent_Root_.2F_.22Permaroot.22.29
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaszek:
I tried the wiki method three times, making sure I typed everything correctly. After I type the line you put up I get a series on lines that show that some files can't be shown (I dont remember the exact ones off the top of my head, I'll redo it soon so I can tell you which ones). I also tried it with two different SD cards.

SO I found the errors in another thread started today:

/data/local/tmp/root
mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists
cp: can't stat '/system/xbin/busybox': Not a directory
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: Not a directory
/data/local/tmp/root: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
cp: not found
cp: not found
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
Strange, /data/local/tmp/root is just a script that does all of the stuff to get you permanent root, not sure why it shouldn't be working for you.

I think once you are temp rooted you should be able to install CWM recovery and use that to install a new (pre-rooted) ROM. If you are not ready to or don't want to jump into a custom ROM you can load the stock pre-rooted ROM and should not even have to wipe (would advise a nandroid backup of course)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=836042
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaszek:
I should try temprooting again and flashing CWM. And The only reason I want to root is to flash custom roms. lol.

EDIT: Well that didn't help. I followed the guide for temproot. I did get the root prompt (#) in terminal, but when testing with 'su' gives me 'su:not found'. And CWM still tells me I'm not rooted and wont let me flash the recovery.