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[Captivate Accessories] Hydro360:
this one has no color speckles. its pretty clear it just looks dimmed down let me see if i can take some pictures to show you.
[Captivate Accessories] Hydro360:
Here's the phone with the Steinheil on. Pretty clear just not quite the same pop as without
[Captivate Accessories] TRusselo:
sure is a toss up, clearity or smudges, i guess in a way either way its a clarity issue. hmm i think i may look for a stenhil tho. ebay is good for small crap like that real cheap.

you really need the silver speaker mod tho.
[Captivate Accessories] TommyZee:
Why would u want to cover such a beautiful display?

Use it Dude :eek:
[Captivate Accessories] Hydro360:
I really hate smudges
[Captivate Accessories] samtr87:
I had the Steinheil Crystal clear screen protectors before and it was impossible to get the corners and edges to stick no matter how much squeegeeing I did. They weren't cheap either. Currently have AT&T ones and I like them, although there is some rainbowing.
[Captivate Accessories] mprinceiii:
never been a big fan of screen protectors but this may change my mind. thanks!
[Captivate Accessories] Dante04SRT:
I've had 3 Captivates now and all have run the simple protectors you can buy at AT&T stores.

They're easily installed and if the screen is cleaned 100% before installation, they are completely transparent - I don't know why anti-smudge is a 'feature', as you don't see the smudges when the screen is ON and if you see 'em when the phone is asleep, wipe 'em off.... Plus, I've never been a fan of the protectors that need to be squeegeed on. I've seen the videos where people are wetting down their screens and that crap just scares me doing it with electronics.

My $.02.
[Captivate Accessories] geokilla:
So going to bring back this thread...

I had a Reallook screen protector and well, so called anti-fingerprint >.>

What should I buy for my next screen protector? The SGP anti-fingerprint which I heard is real anti-fingerprint, or the ultra crystal clear for $2 more?
[Captivate Accessories] gephross100:
skinomi > all

very good clarity, self heals all the bubbles and **** after 1-2 days of installing, they even have a full body skin you can get for the captivate so nothing gets scratched, good easy grip rubber feel and it comes out of the pocket easy still. smudging is minimal
[Captivate Accessories] brendanmurphy:
Same problem here. Normally steinheil are great but i am waiting for my third set in the mail because it wont stick on the edges.
[Captivate Accessories] SeanHacker:
awesome. thanks for sharing.
[Captivate Accessories] Bender33:
I use the att ones. Nice and clear. And hard to scratch!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sdobron:
Is there any way I can check to see if my PBL is corrupt? I've used Odin a few times and want to verify my PBL is intact.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbeez:
does your phone still boot up?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterotaku:
Corrupt PBL = "phone no worky" so I think you're fine...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sdobron:
No, afaik if your PBL is corrupt then it will boot off SBL...if you have a corrupt PBL and then have a bad SBL flash then you're hard bricked.
[Droid X General] rmandujano76:
okay i got a deoid x and have nto done anything to it as far as root etc goes . i dont cause i am not very familiar and do not wanna mess it up. BUT now i am gonna be without home internet and the data verizon gived sux so Is there a way to use my phone to tether to my laptop and use my unlimited data ? Can someone please help me
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
You cannot tether without root access if you havent purchased the hotspot package through verizon
[Droid X General] rmandujano76:
Ok how do I root is there an easy way? When I had the capttivate I flashed the rom and rooted but I had help lol
[Droid X General] bobabc:
You can tether without root using pdanet(available in the market). It doesn't, however, work as good as wireless tether.

Rooting is extremely easy though and it's hard to mess your phone up doing it.
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
You can tether wirelessly without root by turning on 3g hotspot and toggling airplane mode on and off.
[GT540 Optimus General] B4Me:
Hi guys

Im new on the LG540 (had a HTC HERO before)

And I find the steps for installing recovery very hard to understand :-/

I rootet the phone before, and its confirmed that its rooted..

But I dont understand how to install the recovery even though I'm following the guide from the reference thread...

I have downloaded everything from the thread post 1.

I power off

Then holds Camara+power

But my phone keeps booting up as normally

whats wrong ?
[GT540 Optimus General] fishears:
First of all you need to have fastboot enabled on your phone. This is a special boot mode that is disabled by LG. To get it you have to flash your phone with a fastboot-enabled rom. After that, camera+power will put your phone into fastboot and you will be able to flash recovery.

If you're somewhere in Europe, here's the current Europe Open ROM with fastboot:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/wld8b005fczc49a/Europe_Open_V20B_FASTBOOT.kdz
[GT540 Optimus General] B4Me:
Okay thanks

And now the next stupid question :-/

On my HERO I flashed new ROMs using recovery

How do I flash a ROM on my LG ?
[GT540 Optimus General] eoghan2t7:
you can flash custom roms via fastboot or if the developer has made a recovery backup you can flash with that
[GT540 Optimus General] B4Me:
After alot of googling, I found KDZ_FW_UPD

it got it to work :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] TehLamz0r:
Hi.

I just compiled a kernel for my HTC Magic (32A/EBI1), and flashed it. But, my problem is that with this kernel, the screen has a greenish color. It's almost as if I activated a cyanogenmod render effect (to green), which is not the case. Other kernels do not have this problem (for example, the kernels at droid-basement.com work just fine).

I used the instructions on the cyanogenmod wiki to build the kernel, and when creating my .config, I used all the default settings (and just changed the line referring to EBI1).

Does anyone have any clue as to what is happening?
[General Topics] madnish30:
Hi folks,

This is the official thread to discuss what your next phone/tablet should be ?

OR

Which device is better than the other and why.

All threads found in General with this topics will be merged into this one, please use the quote to make sure a follow up can be done

Thanks,
[General Topics] osirisHTC:
Please HTC .. make a 10 inch Tablet with Android !

Anyone know if HTC is considering getting into tablets ?

I'd like a wireless Tablet to do light surfing, read google news, and interact with my media.
[General Topics] dcarr622:
I would buy one in an instant...dual booting Android and Windows Mobile 7!
[General Topics] coldpenguin:
What I would like, is an advantage, (which is almost a 5" tablet), with a proper earpiece
[General Topics] Tsktsk:
Android with lowest SAR

I'm deciding about my first Android phone. I want a phone with a very low EU SAR (0.20 - 0.60) and Android 2.1 - 2.2 . Can you help me?
[General Topics] osirisHTC:
Looks like they are !

HTC Upcoming Android Based Tablet Expected to Run Tegra 2

http://androidcommunity.com/htc-upcoming-android-based-tablet-expected-to-run-tegra-2-20100920/
[General Topics] deltree:
and im sure it will be priced at 600-700 bucks which negates the whole purpose of a tablet....
[General Topics] egrep:
[Q] Archos Android - 7" vs. 10.1"

I snagged a 7" Archos tablet, and it works pretty slick, but is only version Android 1.5 - very old. The 10.1" due out on 12/1/2010 in the US is reported to have Android 2.2 on it. Anyone have any comments on if the 7" will be upgraded, or should I return the 7" and wait for the 101?
[General Topics] Anderdroid:
The 7" is only on 1.5? Is this the NEW 7" or is there an old one? o.O

I personally will be grabbing a 10.1".
[General Topics] tbohnert:
Archos has 2 7" models. The Archos 7" Home Tablet and the Archos 7" Internet Tablet.

The 7" Home Tablet only runs Android 1.5

The 7 and 10" Internet Tablets will be running Android 2.2 once a firmware update comes out.

My recommendation would be to return the 7" tablet you purchased and wait until the 7" Internet Tab or 10" Internet Tab comes out.
[General Topics] egrep:
Yep, you nailed it.

Thanks tbohnert! Yeah, mine is the home tablet, not the internet one. Ouch. Did not even notice the difference in the store... Wondered why it was only 1.5...

Taking it back today... They should accept the return with the usual stupid restock fee. Sorry, this was not the 'droid I was looking for...

;-]
[General Topics] cajl:
the 7 HT is on 1.5 Android

the 7.0 IT is on 2.1 (i have 2.2 on test.... IT IS GREAT)
[General Topics] Graeme:
Shame the 101 is not the same spec as the 70, no option for 250gb hd. Is that being held back for the 101 mk2?

The 250 hd doesn't seem to drive the price up too much in the 7" version, would have been v useful to have it in the 10".
[General Topics] RSchmauk:
How does the Archos 70 IT works as an ebook reader? I'm between buying this one, or the nook, but if the nook is not rooted, it won't be of much use to read comics...
[General Topics] xfernand:
I just got a Archos 7"... Where did you get the 2.2 test version? Thanks.
[General Topics] Jester4424:
[Q] Google Nexus S vs Dell Venue Pro

Basically I am deciding between these two phones (assuming I can get a functional version of the venue pro). I want your guys' input.

MOD EDIT:

Due to the increased Next phone advice / models comparison multiple threads we are creating this one to place all your topic related posts so we can keep them on a single place to help others to find it easy.

I will be moving all that threads/posts in to this one, if you need to discuss anything regarding your thread moved please PM me.

Thanks for your cooperation
[General Topics] Akulamenuri:
If you need a keyboard get the Venue Pro, otherwise get the Nexus S. I like Windows Phone 7 but im going to wait for it to mature first before I jump from Android.
[General Topics] N8ter:
Venure.

After the WP7 update in Janurary many of the qualms will be eliminated with the platform, and the Nexus S is, IMO, worse than a Vibrant.

It just runs stock Android instead of TouchWiz.

The biggest advantage Android fans spout over WP7 (the ability to expand storage) is not there in the Nexus S because it lacks an SD Card Slot.

WP7 has a better user experience than Android, runs better than Android does on factorably better hardware - with the same major capabilities. Has better battery life. Has better Exchange support.

WP7 devices are infinitely better media devices than Android phones.

If you use mostly just basic phone/internet browsing stuff on you phone any would do. If you want something a bit more flexible (probably a flamebait term... /lesigh) then go for WP7.

The keyboard is not that big of a factor. I wouldn't base any decision on just that.
[General Topics] johng75:
Thunderbolt slaps NexusS

unofficial specs for the Verizon Thunderbolt posted over at htcpedia...

http://htcpedia.com/news/unofficial-htc-thunderbolt-specs-are-insane.html

is this HTC's way of slapping Samsung and letting them know who should of really been the next Nexus?
[General Topics] hijackerjack:
If this is real, I may actually gain some respect for VZW lol. They finally decided to put out a high power Android phone like T-Mobile. Lets just hope its not Bingified and locked down haha.
[Off-topic] what25:
Hello everyone, I have some stuff to sell, as well as a couple of others I would like to purchase. Is purchasing and selling through ebay safe? I really don't want to sign up for Paypal, so do you think it would be possible to conduct business without a need for Paypal? Thanks
[Off-topic] Gahh Its Lee:
You need PayPal for eBay that's just how it works... As far as safe goes I've never had a bad eBay experience and I have bought upwards of 50 items.
[Off-topic] souljaboy:
follow the "tips for sellers" and tips for "buyer and seller protection" and u should be cool with paypal

ud be much safer if u do paypal only , as most scammars use other methods .

also , if a guy with -1, 0 , 1 or 2 bids an unreasonable amount on your stuff , it should raise a huge red flag in your head(too good to be true)
[Off-topic] aamir007:
eBay is perfectly safe and i've bought and sold lots of things. Paypal is safer than other payment options. If you do have any problems you contact paypal or ebay and they will deal with it.

If it wasn't safe million of people wouldn't be using it.
[Off-topic] ketan555:
Having recently bought and sold a few things on ebay, I would definitely recommend it!

So long as you put some effort in to your sales (good quality pictures, and good descriptions) then you are bound to sell.

Just be wary of VERY new users, and those with no activity in the last year or so.

I was selling my Galaxy S on ebay, and had to list it THREE times because scammers had won the auction. and then tried sending me fake paypal emails and getting me to send the item whilst 'payment was processed with Western Union'

I would suggest that you ONLY accept payment via paypal, and that you take control of your auction.

I cancelled the bids of people I didn't trust, ended the auction early and sold to the current high bidder. £20 less, but it was clear from their ratings that they could be trusted.
[Off-topic] wakekitty:
I've been buying stuff at ebay. I got this phone there too.

Paypal is required if you want to be entitled to the Buyer's Protection Program.

Haven't tried selling though.
[Off-topic] conantroutman:
Im currently hooked on ebay......

Sold my old N95 and a W850i....... Reinvesting the money in "broken" phones...:D

Just look at the user feedbacks, a lot of people ask that users with a low number of feedbacks dont bid on their items. You could try that but beware you may be excluding genuinely honest people who just dont use ebay very much.

Paypal allows you to claim back you money if you dont receive an item as well so its not really a bad thing. You dont have to give them your bank details either if you dont want to.

If your selling high value items then take a not of serial numbers etc..

In case some twat tries to get a refund on his broken down crap and keep the working one you sent him.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] endurance1:
is there a way i can block all the adds on my phone? im using the bonsai rom. and what method would i use for overclocking? it seems like everything is on the old kernal still. anything for the dk28?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popper668:
Ad free.. its on the market

Sent from DEEZ
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] endurance1:
thank you, do you have any advise on overclocking?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popper668:
If you are on 2.2 there is no overclock solution at this time.

Sent from DEEZ
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] endurance1:
i think the adfree thing completely screwed up my phone with a million force closes, so much that i couldent do anything no matter what i did, i had to completely reflash it with the rom again. the addfree thing was the FIRST thing i installed agian, and i get a forceclose message again. this time it is SNS (process com.sec.android.app.sns) and it keeps displaying it repeatedly
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeremy112683:
Yep, I to had a lot of fc's with adfree
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jirafabo:
I used ad free and still get ads in angry birds and the xda app. Did I do somethign wrong? I downloaded the list and think I have it running...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vita10gy:
The ads in angry birds are brand new, assuming you mean the big pop up ones that everyone is up in arms about. Just like a antivirus program ad free just has to be continually updated with ads to block.

I wouldn't count on it blocking the angry birds ads though, or mattering if it did. I'm betting the pop up comes either way.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] running_the_dream:
I never had any FC issues with Ad Free. It worked great on Viperrom Apocalypse and Frozen, but I all the ads now that I'm Bonsai v2.0.1. A little annoying, but it's what keeps those apps free, so I can only complain so much.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] endurance1:
yeah adfree completely screwed my phone up, i get so many forcecloses i cant even do anything, like my addressbook doesnt work, and even if ai touch the screen like 4 of them pop up. its crazy, its almost like a virus....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markmensch:
Anyone having problems w/ installing angry birds? I have version 1.4.2 running fine, installed from market last Nov. But now Market hides this from me, and blocks it from appbrain. I really want to install 1.5.1 for the 30 new levels. The new updated market.android.com shows my phone (Captivate from ATT) does NOT support Angry birds.

Might this have to do with UnleashTheBeast? I've played Angry birds like crazy, and never seen an advertisement, thought UTB did that for me.

I upgraded AngryBirds Seasons the day after the Superbowl, and teh valentine levels worked fine.

Anyone seeing this??
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ardeldotcom:
credits to K'tag

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11205300&postcount=284

i tried to flash it and wow it worked but its a wrong dimension it has a black bar on both sides.. so i tried the other one you post.

but a little blury... so i did some adjustments and now its kinda more like the default splash... thanks bro....

newei

heres the file

http://www.mediafire.com/?urkjhzcugs0wex8

thank you so much bro:)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] zomgzombies:
how do i get this on my phone?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] K'Tag:
Nice work aldeldotcom!

Of course, before I saw this, I cleaned up the resized image a bit, so I may as well link to it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ts7q2t2q7bovao1

I actually haven't gotten it onto my phone yet. I lost root with the OTA and haven't managed to get it back yet, (I haven't tried too hard either... yet) but it should look pretty good.

Of course, the REAL file would still be better... ;)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] K'Tag:
"Fender" splash screen AND stock recovery

So I made it work.... I have this splash screen, root, AND stock recovery. (Ya know, in case I want more OTAs...)

Here's my story. And I'm stickin' to it.

You will need root. SuperOneClick worked for me. I did have to follow his instructions about toggling USB debugging on and off when it went into a loop. I also had a snag in that SuperUser.apk didn't actually load onto the phone, even though it was rooted. Apparently it's a lack of memory problem. There's a simple fix though; after rooting, copy the superuser.apk file from the SuperOneClick folder onto you SD card. Open it with ASTRO and install it like any other non-market app. You're good to go.

After getting root, here's what I did.

I flashed the 2010 SPL from the thread below by putting the zip on my sdcard and flashing it from Amon's recovery. There were some nervous moments, but it worked fine for me.

BE CAREFUL!!!! THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN BRICK YOUR PHONE. BE CAREFUL! (did I say to be careful?)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794447

This is the link to the actual SPL I used: http://rapidshare.com/files/267475618/update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2010-signed.zip

Next, I renamed the splash screen splash.rgb565 and put it in the same folder as my fastboot tool and followed the unlockrs instructions here:

http://theunlockr.com/2010/04/15/ho...for-all-320-x-480-resolution-android-devices/

Read their directions throughly, but here are the commands you need from fastboot:

And finally I reflashed the stock SPL through fastboot as instructed here:

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/topic/644-mytouch-12-tutorial/

This link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9Z7K1PAL

has the stock radio and SPL. I just put the SPL in the folder with fastboot and followed their instructions

AGAIN, BE CAREFUL!!! FLASHING SPLs CAN BE DANGEROUS.

PLEASE, read the instructions carefully and multiple times, but, here are the commands you'll need:

Then I finally reflashed the stock recovery from a terminal emulator on the phone using DonJaun's instructions from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11136815&postcount=266

The recovery file is here: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=509115&d=1296862264

Here's his quote:

So that's where I'm at. As close to stock as I'm probably going to get, but still with root!

KT

BTW: I had the OTA on my phone before I did all this, but if I were still on 1.6, I would go in the same order and not try and apply the OTA first, if for no other reason than getting root on 1.6 is easy. Use UniversalAndRoot. Done. Then:

flash engineering SPL from recovery,

flash splash screen and original SPL from fastboot (in that order), and finally

flash stock recovery from terminal.

Then I would probably UNROOT before applying the OTA. I was unrooted when I got it, and I think I might be the only person not having trouble with it. Just my 2 cents..
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
I updated my post to include the actual flash_image command argument needed for my little guide.

As for applying the update. I would do it manually. You can download the update file from here, rename it to update.zip, put it on your SD card, and flash it from recovery. Before flashing it, make sure you do a "Wipe data/factory reset". For my myTouch 1.2 the update ran like crap, until I went it and did a wipe. It seems the update doesn't do a very good job of cleaning up the system cache before updating, which leads to ridiculous lag. A full wipe will help it run a million times better.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] danxtian:
on the last part when you re-flash the stock hboot and recovery..

i flashed the hboot first according the guide then when i tried to flash the recovery it failed.. so i reflash the eng spl again then flash the stock recovery after that i re-reflashed the stock spl.. and it works... iam now left with "close to stock" fender??

about the stock recovery, is it the one when it onl shows you triangle with exclamation mark?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ardeldotcom:
yes thats stock recovery. anywei

if you like you can do manual update if you want to update to froyo thats what i did.. after doing what i stated above.. now im on my stock froyo fender running smooth..
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] danxtian:
yes but i after that i put the update.zip in the MMC but it did not read it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WoefulDerelict:
Just putting the word out...

There are people who have the original image who have visited the forum and are willing to donate their original Splash image if there is someone who can post direction on how to get it off the phone.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ardeldotcom:
did you check if its update.zip ( no wrong spelling) and if your pc showing file extension because if not maybe you have it spelled as update.zip.zip...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ardeldotcom:
i hope someone can post it on how to. but for now maybe you could try the splash imges we posted.. its almost close to the origial..
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WoefulDerelict:
I'm fine, thanks.

I don't really need to change my splash screen. People are certainly welcome to use the one that's been synthesized. I'm just hoping for about as complete a restore for the Fender as we can get and that image would really seal the deal. Getting it off just seems to be the challenge.

Also working on a clean and usable 2.2.1 image in the event one should want to go there if they happen to release this rumoured fix or try it with an overclocked kernel. Hopefully we will see some targeted at the 1.2/Fender owners with some encouragement. Work so far impressed a T-Mobile rep who was a fan of the phone when I went in to pay for a data plan. It's getting pretty clean and snappy as is.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] WoefulDerelict:
In the efforts of bringing this to a successful close I have created the following thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11341358

Seems the splash image and the entire original ROM can be fetched and reconstructed.