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[Captivate General] Dani897:
we dont know for sure what that is. someone may but theyre not posting in the treads about it. i have tried cover on vs cover off and there is no difference in wifi or cell signal or gps that i can get repeatably. a ground plane could have a positive effect on reception as well.

i know for a fact that the round pin is ground but i guess there are loop type antennas and the connection to ground is through a plating on the pack of the plastic, im too lazy to trace the other contact but i have a feeling it is a ground but is of little importance
[Captivate General] RockRatt:
They are both grounding points for the antennas. One for the gps.and the.other for the radio signal (for the 3g signal not radio as in fm). Someone.on the post about.cleaning them looked at either the schematics or a pulled apart phone to verify. It has been a while so I am not.positive on which method they figured it.out. and it only seems to help with gps and such.if/when they build up a white film/corrosion on them. Then in that case keeping them clean will help.

Sent from MY Perception 10.2 Darkness 2.5, Glitterballs v.4 1280 Oc/Uv, UGJL2 MODEM on XDA App
[Captivate General] boborone:
Me and the guy below you posted what they are
[Captivate General] bzmotoninja83:
I just figured it had something to do with grounds or radio. I wonder tho, where can I get a connector for the antenna next to the sim card? Not that its necessary tho
[Captivate General] taKuto555:
As previously stated the 'buttons' are related to ground, a larger ground helps the electronics work better since having a weak ground has an effect on the high frequency signals. It is definitely not an antenna. The small connector looks like a MMCX connector or some variation might fit.
[Captivate General] SlappyMcGee:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=876179&highlight=eraser
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] MaxwellT:
I have question for all the TP2 owners out there. I'm on my second TP2, after VZW replaced the first one under warranty when the headphone jack broke (no sound when headphones plugged in - phone did not recognize headset plugged in etc.). Now my second phone has the same problem, except the inverse - can only hear things when headphones are plugged in (headphone icon is still there when headphones are unplugged). VZW will not cover this one under warranty, and basically told me I'm welcome to buy a new phone, if I like (I reactivated my old Moto Q instead).

Now the question(s); How many of you have had to repair / replace your phone for something similar? What path did you take (repair vs. replace)? Where did you go for repairs? Replacement? Are you happy with your choice or if you had to do it again would you have done something different?

TIA for any / all feedback
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] stevov:
contact htc directly if still under warranty period.worth contacting them anyway as they may repair as a goodwill gesture as its already been repaired once.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cajunflavoredbob:
The carriers' warranties are normally for one full year. HTC offers a 15 month warranty concurrent with that one. This mean that you have three months of warranty service with HTC beyond the end of your carrier warranty. See if they will help you with it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] PuckMercury:
Depending on your plan, they sometimes offer a lifetime warranty on premium smartphone devices.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cajunflavoredbob:
Yes, but this is only available normally for the first three months that you have the device.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] MaxwellT:
thanks stevov - I did end up contacting HTC, who directed me to contact PCD (pcdphones.com) to get the phone repaired. No charge and they turned it around in less than a week - very impressed.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] eik:
any idea what the cause was? I had earlier similar experiences with a phone and it turned out to be dirt in the head phone jack stopping it from "switching off"
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] MaxwellT:
In both cases it was the sensor tab in the headphone jack itself. First time it just broke off, so no headphone could ever be detected. Second time it flattened out inside jack, causing ther phone to think it had headphones attached all the time. I do use headphones every day (music and talking) so I wasn't terribly surprised at this wear-point, but maybe just disappointed at how quickly it failed. As PCD took care of me quickly, I feel comfortable keeping the phone (I went back to my old Moto Q while it was out, ugh!) and just dealing with this as needed.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 160bpm:
Hi All,

I'm using RA-desire-v2.0.0 reovery.

When i do a backup everything goed ok.

But when i want restore it.. i get a error:

Error: run 'nandroid-mobile.sh restore'via adb

Can someone tell me why the restore will not work from the Recovery itself?
[Nook Color General] gotnookie:
From what I have read, the overclocking kernals can only be installed through CWR. But if I use Autonooter 3.00 it appears that CWR is not an option.

Is there a way to still install the overclock kernal if I use 3.0 or if I cant, what is the best option to root and overclock.

I am due to receive my nook by the end of the day and I am looking forward to ramping the thing up.

Also is there a consensus of what is generally considered the best tweaks?
[Nook Color General] mattcosta7:
go to market, install rom manager. Flash CWR.

It isnt included in the autonooter process. You have to add it manually
[Nook Color General] Tripb3:
You could also create a bootable CWR micro sd-card.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] kqe:
Hey,

here is a great time killer for when I'm dropping a deuce! :D

Android Market Link:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hg.dynamitefishing

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hg.dynamitefishingfree

Best fishing game on market

hf
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jensf:
will give it a try!

Thanks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] britoso:
https://market.android.com/search?q=super+dynamite+fishing

free: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hg.dynamitefishingfree
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] uscgpsykro:
0 productivity

I now have this game to thank for 0 productivity at work. LOL. This game is so addicting!!!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] BikerBoy030:
funny game funny music:)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt2053:
When my contract runs out, will I have to choose between renewing and losing service? Or will my service continue and I will be billed month-to-month?

I am 100% certain that I have signed my last two-year contract with ANY carrier, and I want to know how Sprint handles off-contract service. I will not be renewing, but I'd like to stay with Sprint as long as I can get the same service at the same price.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elegantai:
I am pretty sure you just continue month to month. I am on a family plan and my 2 year contract was up on my line back in September. Not positive but I am pretty sure it just continues and you can either re-up for a discount on a phone or cancel at any time with no etf
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt2053:
Cool, that's what I was hoping.

Also, any chance on getting a lower monthly rate since Sprint would no longer be subsidizing my phone? I think T-Mobile does something like this (lower rate if you activate your own phone).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elegantai:
I don't think so. Thats why they lock you in a two year so they can make their money back, but after that they are making more profit. One of my lines has been on the same phone for like 6 years without an upgrade, lol. Another used an old phone (used to be mine) to activate on their line.

You might want to look into a discount depending on where you work though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSilverStig:
Doubt it. My grandpa does this because he doesnt want a new contract. (he jokes it will last longer than him) He had to pay full price for a new phone because his old one crapped out.

Swyped from my Evo on steroids.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt2053:
I think you misunderstood what I was asking. Obviously you cannot get a discount on the phone if you are not on a contract. I was asking about getting a discount on the monthly service rate since I would pay full price for the phone, instead of splitting it with Sprint.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkrodgers:
No, T-Mobile is the only one who does this. Your logic makes perfect sense, but they don't do it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt2053:
I guess I will have to consider getting a G2! Thanks for the info.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] donn123:
Is anyone else having issues with the XDA app?

I installed on my A43 from the market. It launches fine, I can navigate to forums but as soon as I try to view a thread is crashes.

Anyone have thoughts or suggestion on how I can make this App more stable on the A43?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Zinloos1:
Excactly the same problem here.

Also with the A43IT, can do everything except for opening a thread.

I just installed it, but if you find a fix I would really like to know.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] minterbartolo:
it doesn't remember my login and force closes all the time on my A70 (8GB), most times I can barely even get to login and open a forum before it crashes.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] fisha21:
Yep, has been a problem for a while now. There's even a thread about this on this very sub-forum:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=882940

Towards the bottom of the thread is a post by txtmikhail, who has attached an APK for version 0.9 of the app. This one works fine on the archos, just has very few features compared to the newest (1.3.2).
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] donn123:
Thanks for the thread, 0.9 works for me.

However, is there a way to figure out why 1.3.2 FC's? It would be nice to understand the crash to see what, if anything, can be done about it.

Secondarily, does anyone know if the tapatalk app works on Archos Gen 8?

...

Don
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] mdcykkk9:
I am using tapatalk and I never had any problem with it .

Sent from my A70S
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] donn123:
Thanks for the input - I may buy it then. (I use it on iOS and it does a good job there)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ILikeBubbles:
just wondering peoples' views on this! what are your favorite Ringtones? Notifications? Alarms? do you use MP3's or do you use stock? do you download them? use Zedge?? From all the roms that you've been through what is your favorite ringtone set?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doogald:
I have to believe that this is completely subjective, but I used Garageband to pull a 30-ish second sample from the Eric Clapton song "Signe" and saved it as an MP3, which I use as my ringtone. I use Vector as my calendar notification, Ascend as my default notification (though those may be reversed...), and I grabbed the "New Mail" sound from Apple's Mail.app, converted it to MP3, and use that as the new mail sound in gmail - so every device that I have uses the same ringtone to tell me that I have a new mail message. That makes things much easier for me.

Those are the only ones that I use.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pokelover980:
I use Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles for my ringtone, and I use the Xbox 360 Achievement Unlocked tone as my notification tone.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ILikeBubbles:
Wow that's a lot of information! Lol I think its awesome that you pulled iPhone ringtones and are using custom mp3s!!!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ILikeBubbles:
Sweet! I never got into the beetles but I super dig the Xbox achievement tone!!!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labnjab:
I have a korn song for my ringtone and nokia dead for notification.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Good idea/choice for The Beatles "Here Comes the Sun"!

I ripped and edited from original CDs/downloads mostly instrumental portions of three songs:

1. From The Crow soundtrack, "After the Flesh" by My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - for an upbeat mood, and specifically for people who I WANT to definitely hear from.

2. From the song used as the theme to "House M.D.", "Teardrop" by Massive Attack - for people I'll take calls from depending on my mood.

3. From one of my all-time cult favorites, and also one of my favorite music videos by Planet P Project "Why Me" - for people I usually do NOT want to hear from. :D

Oh, and I use the high-quality version of "DROID!" as my notification tone.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan46n2:
another one here using the "droid" as a notification.

I have a bunch of different notifications and ringtones that I use to aurally identify people without having to go to the phone or physically look at it to know who's calling...

Family members get something star wars, like my parents and mother-in-law have the Imperial March as their ringtone, and my wife has the Mos Eisley cantina band song...

Friends of mine usually get something from a Tool song or a Dethklok song.

Some of my other notifications are from Big Lebowski "this aggression will not stand, man" or Grandmas Boy "your bed is a car. yeah, but its a ****ing sweet car"...

Gotta love ringdroid for making your own tones!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pokelover980:
Lol, I love that line. There are some amazing quotes from that movie I've though of using as notification sounds XD
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I'm really liking that theme idea! I could see myself using either Star Wars OR The Big Lebowski as a theme.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Wow. Nice necro of a forum thread that hasn't had activity in over 10 years, and in a section for a phone that came out roughly 12 years ago.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ulumia:
I like Over the Horizon by Samsung and Nokia Tune Remix by Nokia
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
OK so I did something dumb and accidentelly deleted the email.apk file and no longer have it as an app so if someone has an HTC EVO running Froyo and HTC 3.70 with Cynogenmod 7, could you post the email.apk file so i can put it back on my phone thanks. its located in system/app/email.

thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elegantai:
You mentioned froyo and cm7 which is kinda contradictory, so are you using the cm7 nightlies?

THis is from cm7 nightlies b.26:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20221226/Email.apk
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
nm i got it to work
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejmeier1:
So with flashing a custom rom with 2.2, there's obviously the "mobile AP" function that's built into 2.2.

But my question is this: with ATT coming out with a $-per-month wireless tethering plan, will there come a time when they will be able to detect if we're using our phone's built in tethering, and automatically opt us into the $X a month plan?

Also, I've read other plans where you may get 2GB for the phone's data, and then an additional 2GB for tethered devices. How can they keep track of this? Can they tell if I am using my phone's tethering capabilities.

Obviously I'd like to continue to use my wifi tethering free of charge, and not have to pay ATT for their own service, much like Google Navigation vs ATT Navigator.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trekie86:
Curious about this as well. Came up in a conversation today at work. There was debate between tethering on Android and the iPhone. Any one have insight?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
AT&T won't know if u tether through ur phone using android API. But u got to be careful as they can make out based on the amount of traffic u use.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mxracer101:
Well, I can speak for the android phones but the never detected me doing it with my blackberry for the last 4 years. ;)

Once they release their "version" I'll be able to report on the captivate as I will use it as much as possible. :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tawtao:
Unless u have unlimited data plan, ATT should not care about it at all.

Power by Perception 10.3, FB2-0.8, KP1
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AtoZ0to9:
i have the $30 grandfathered unlimited plan... i hooked up to wifi last month to download a 4.6gb torrent... they havent said anything...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
Excellent example of why grandfathering will be phased out. Already doing it to the old blue plans.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
But here he said "hooked to wi-fi", not cell network. Well, unless he means to have enabled tethering and connected it to his laptop.

+1

This is why at&t says that max bandwidth is used by less than 1% of their network users. And for a company this big, cutting/forcing data plan on this 1% shouldn't be a big deal, even if they threaten to leave, to ensure quality service to rest of the customers.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AtoZ0to9:
i was wifi tethering... and i checked last months usage, was wrong on the amt, i barely broke 2gb for the month, but it was all that torrent... took like 20+ hours to download it all... maybe they didnt say anything because typically i dont even break 500mb a month... only at 76mb now... who knows... i rarely tether because most places i have internet... but just casual tethering i wouldnt worry about it... not sure how they analyze the usage for each customer but i highly doubt there is an att employee watching every customer so it's gotta either be the monthly usage, huge spikes in data like i did, or both... was just saying i havent heard anything about it, and that bill has been settled... but they do catch ppl...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mxracer101:
How about they upgrade their network to handle ALL the traffic and not keep selling/pushing devices that people use to consume data? IMO there is no abuse or "using too much" bandwidth. I bought an UNLIMITED data plan to use I see fit and use a device that has the capabilities to run apps that use bandwidth, I'm gonna use them when I want and as much as I want, and everyone that has such a device and plan should be able to. If more people would stand together and voice that they wouldn't be getting rid of the "1%". Customer service and providing a good wireless experience doesn't mean turning away customers that actually use the features that AT&T SOLD to them. :rolleyes:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AtoZ0to9:
i feel like if im able to make my phone tether without their help and i have unlimited data i can do that... it's for MY USE AND ENJOYMENT.... i realize att and most customers dont feel the same, and any business model wont permit that, so im not trying to start an argument or anything... just how i feel about it all... i have an unlimited plan, that means i can use UNLIMITED DATA regardless of how i use it...

but to answer OP, stick with native android if casual tethering, just watch your back and usage... maybe look into the att plan if your gonna use it everyday
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
Right. Once in a while is ok. But there are some habitual consumers. Such accounts would get flagged. Cos they didn't complain when u consumed high a couple doesn't mean people aren't watching.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
Right. And they could charge the unlimited at a premium price. No one expects people to download movies using phone network.

Oh wow, and now I don't want to start a war.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mxracer101:
Ha... no wars here :D The yelling was more at AT&T for effect.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AtoZ0to9:
yes, please no forum fight LOL...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
Yes. That would be the last thing I would want to do with my friends here
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clienterror:
With all the customers att has I'd think you'd need an insane amount of data usage to get noticed. I have unlimited and I used 4.5 gigs last month with zero tethering. Also they may filter your usage to see if your playing an online game or something, obviously if your communicating with a WoW server or BC2 server for three hours strait you're teathering. But if your just D/Ling stuff a lot they really can't tell because your phone could realistically be doing that where as obviously it can't play BC2 ;-)

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
I agree. They don't care what u do. But they could be raising alerts to the network team if usage crosses a certain level. Certainly, many customers satisfaction in any given area is considered more than one satisfied customer. Thinking from business angle here. Most of the alerts they may not bother, but if any tower is getting overloaded, then it would create a high priority issue for them, and that is when notice of high usage could be sent to consumers choking the network.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richb500:
Technically, yes they can tell that you're tethering... but not because the tether itself sends a red flag. It's the type of traffic that your "phone" is generating that can be a dead giveaway. For example, if the user agent on your browser says it's IE8 running on Windows 7 it's pretty suspicious. If you're running p2p, gaming or any other kinds of software or data patterns that aren't really expected from your phone then it could raise a red flag. They aren't sniffing everyone's packets. However, if you are using unusually high data amounts, they could start monitoring your traffic and determine that you are most likely tethering. I guess you could deny it. I'm not sure how far you could argue that or how far they could "prove" their side.

However, they're not in the business of running customers off. They aren't looking to lose or upset a customer. If you aren't abusing the tethering (ie excessive data usage on an unlimited plan) I highly doubt that they would care or desire to upset you. I do suspect that some day they may use this as a tool to get rid of the unlimited data plans. I also suspect that if you aren't on an unlimited plan they probably would never complain, since you are paying per gb. This is all speculation on my part.

-Rich
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bugity:
The most they would probably even do if they did happen to single out a user for "unreasonable usage" is maybe ask you to stop or take away data unlimited. the fine print in the brochure does not say anything about cash penalties for over use it just says it will not be allowed.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pizz0wn3d:
Actually I think I remember something from my iphone 3.2 days about a "fair usage" clause where they could penalize you. Not sure if they charge you but I remember seeing some screenshots of at&t letters about excessive data usage back when people were first enabling tethering on the iphone. Before at&t had a tethering plan.

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