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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hot_Hands:
I was in the exact situation as you. Loved my EVO but Sprint's customer service is absolute ****, 4G coverage is poor, reps constantly lied about when coverage was coming to my area, and the battery life of the EVO was horrible.

1.) Base plan is $79.99. I get 10% off through student rate and talked customer care into giving me Android preferred web plan which is $20 instead of $30. So my net bill is quite a bit lower than my Sprint Everything Plus bill was.

2.) Don't know. I've personally never gone over 5 GB of data on any phone I've owned.

3.) Galaxy S 4G and MyTouch 4G. Both have FFCs. Neither have keyboards. GS4G has faster data but poor upgrade history and it's yet to be seen if the Vibrant dev community efforts will be compatible.

4.) Don't know. This is better handled at whatever other phone your considerings respective community.

5.) T-Mo 3G is 1700 MHz downlink and 2100MHz uplink. Coverage is fair in Eastern Washington. Certain areas are still EDGE only. Haven't had any issues keeping a decent 3G signal indoors in dense areas. My EVO actually roamed indoors in a few places which I thought was pretty pathetic. My average speeds range from 2-6 Mbs down and 1-1.8 Mbs up.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirmx:
I was in the same boat. Wanted to leave Sprint for T-Mobile.

It's 2011 and all T-Mobile could give me was EDGE indoors and out. Not worth the money. Especially when the coverage map showed HSPA+ coverage. I live in Tampa, FL.

Sprint isn't any better (claims indoor 4G, can't get it outside or inside), but it was cheap at the time. Not so much now since they keep jacking up prices. First removal of employee discount on almost everything, and then the stupid +$10 premium data on EVERY smartphone.

I guess I'll be letting AT&T or Big Red milk me for money in the near future.

TL;DR - Coverage maps are bull****. You have to take the hard credit pull hit and try the phones out for yourself. I returned my T-mobile phones in less than 24hrs with no questions asked.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tekmoe:
Man I am LOVING my G2. And believe it or not, one of my favorite things about it is the battery life!!!! I've gone almost two days without much charge at all and I'm still sitting at 22%. Seriously impressive. I am running the cyanogenmod 6.1.1. It's pretty damn smooth but it seems to have a few quirky behaviors. But then again, most custom ROM's do too. But for the most part it's simply the ****. I show this phone off to the iphone 4 followed by plenty of questions afterwards. ;)

It's a dope phone. Go for it. You won't be disappointed.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
Could you give a little more info on the $20 Android Preferred web plan over the normal web plan? never heard of this.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joemm:
I also have have the $20 andriod preferred web, you have to ask to speak to customer loyalty dept. And you have to have been with Tmo for a certain number of years, I don't know how long the requirement is but I have been with Tmo for Nine Years.

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hot_Hands:
I believe the requirement is 1 or 2 years. I was a customer for 4 before my EVO misadventure so I smooth talked them into letting me have it. You must talk to the loyalty department. No other department will be able to do it and will probably have no idea what you're talking about.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
Alright thanks, well I got a while to go before I'm there ;) . It just seemed like they were pretty reluctant to make my plan any cheaper than it already is. The Even More+ $59.99 plan is pretty cheap already and I can't argue with it.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hot_Hands:
I'm not sure if it'll apply to Even More Plus plans since the data plan is included and not a separate add-on.
[Ideos S7 General] RenadaGraves:
I am new to this forum. My husband just purchased this tablet while out of town and we are tryong to video chat on yahoo messenger but the invite to web camera is not an option to click on. On my laptop it says that he is not using the current version of messenger for video chat. Can someone please, please help me figure out what he needs to do. Thanks in advance.
[Ideos S7 General] Moshe5368:
I have attempted to run the yahoo video chat from my S7 but the app requires android 2.2 or higher. The S7，at present runs 2.1，and video chat is not available. The tech support folks are planning an update soon to 2.2 so we should be in good shape then. I have been told that fring video chat will qork but have no experience with it. Might be worth a try

if you can find the app for the laptop.
[Ideos S7 General] xdonx6:
i would also want to know
[Ideos S7 General] xdonx6:
plz anyone
[Ideos S7 General] mymyway:
i've upgrade to froyo 2.2.2, but video call plugin for ym can not be installed (not compatible they said)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sLiKK:
I just flashed Bionix V 1.2.1 over Bionix V. Everything went well until I rebooted into recovery to flash AOS MMS app. I was unable to find the file in recovery. Then I selected ‘go back’… as soon as I selected the ‘go back’ button…. A black screen came up which said the following

Clockworkmod recovery v 2.5.1.3 voodoo lagfix

Back menu button disabled

Now my phone has been stuck on the same screen for the past fifteen minutes.

Does anyone know whats going on with my phone?

Thanks

Nevermind the question. I took the battery out…booted the phone …it rebooted into recovery from where I was able to boot it in normal mode. : )
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treyvaporizer:
Just turn off your phone. Or keep trying to go back.

Sent from Bionix powered vibrant! If I helped, hit the thanks button!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Apocalypse:
Turn off or pull battery...it happens sometimes....you're not bricked
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickjw:
OK. Im new to XDA and i have read alot of articles trying to fix my screwup. Hopefully someone can help. I was once rooted and i had redemption rom on and i tried to install cm30 nightly and got stuck somewhere and started to try to do wipe and clean amopngst other things and almost bricked it totally.The main thing that happens is when i press power i get 5 vibrate beeps and a blinking green light. i can go to hboot by pressing power and down but i cant go into recovery. Among other things i can plug usb and shows hboot usb but computer only shows android boot loader under device manager.

Now here's where it gets even weirder. I tried to install the pb113img.zip. when i did everything said ok while installing and when i got the choice to reboot it went to a green recycle looking thing then it went to a blank screen and 3 beeps with green blinking light.

I went into fastboot and hit reboot and it did boot into the stock 2.2 rom but if i disconnect a usb cord or when plugged into the wall the phone dies and goes to the blank screen with 5 beeps and blinking lights.

while in hboot the recovery choice is not working and neither is factory reset.

I hit fastboot the choice for bootloader takes me back to hboot.

Now while the usb plug is in the hboot says hboot usb but when i did get it to boot and plugged the usb in it doesnt show on my computer it does however show android bootloader interface on my device manager. Also the sdcard will not read on the phone but the sd card will read in a sdcard adpater where i can transfer files.

I have 2 sdcards and a sd adapter and htc usb cable and htc outlet charger and 2 batterys.

Here are my stats:

S-On

H-boot 0.92

touch panel-ATMEL224_16

radio- 2.15.00.07.28

Please somebody help me i been trying different methods but running into circles here.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrismx98:
If your S is on and it looks like it is and your running the stock 2.2 bring it in to the store and they will warranty it for you.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickjw:
I did think about that because stock rom looks to be on and s-on as well just wondering if they could be able to tell through h-boot
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Penguissimo:
Unfortunately this is a hardware error code, and you'll probably have to get it replaced.. My Inc came out of the box doing this (had it shipped to me), and the only option I had was to take it right back to the store.

I was able to boot mine normally if it was plugged into the computer at the time, so you might want to try that and see if you can at least verify the installed firmware. Otherwise, a warranty exchange is your only choice.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinder:
My incredible started doing the same, it all hapened when i mounted sd in recovery mode and then i was playing with diag mode to flash it. Since then its doing the vibrate and green light thing. Also I rooted it and my s is on. Also I can use the phone if i plug in the usb while turning on and then quickly take it out. Only problem is the phone doesn't detects the internal or external storage. I even got phone to be detected by unrevoked, but it is stuck as pushing recovery since phone doesn't detects the storage. BTW I already tried the Official PB31IMG zip.

Please any help is greatly appreciated.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FinalBoss:
Same issue flashing CM7 RC2. Could not fix it, Verizon is replacing it.

Here's a few threads to follow:

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/18381-bricked-my-incredible-installing-cm7-rc2/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=808294
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enferrari:
Hi,

My tmobile G1 wont load any roms for some reason.

I flash a rom to it and it updated but when I reboot it gets stuck at the rainbow "X" screen.

Its a cyanogen rom.

Any clues on what to do?

The way I flashed it was by powering on the phone, holding the home plus power, then flashing the rom. Any suggestions?

Thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiehairspray:
I've heard of people refer to the stock bootloader screen as a rainbow screen, but Rainbow "X"? Can you take a picture of it and upload it?
[Hero CDMA General] kfreshx:
Everytime i try to reinstall or redownload launcher pro from the market, it says it is installed. but i can't find it in the app drawer whatsoever.

I just want to replace the ADW launcher, and in the past it has worked flawlessly, but this time around the launcherpro app isn't even located in the app drawer, thus i dont even know where to begin. When i check in market, it says app is installed and confirmed.

edit: this on asopCM7

Many thanks.
[Hero CDMA General] ickwonder:
I think think happen to me before I just uninstalled adw and launcher pro Popped up. I'm sure there are other methods. Maybe uninstalling launcher then reinstall it it should ask to make it default
[Hero CDMA General] user7618:
AFAIK, lp does not show up in the app drawer, neither does adw, for that matter. Whatever launcher you are currently using clear the defaults in settings>applications>manage applications. Then hit the home key. Should be able to pick your launcher again

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Froyo-on-Hero action here!
[Hero CDMA General] kfreshx:
did what you said and it solved the issue. thanks so much!
[Hero CDMA General] user7618:
No problem, glad I could help.

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Froyo-on-Hero action here!
[Hero CDMA General] c00ller:
In the future, use the free app, Home Switcher to easily switch and choose the default.
[Hero CDMA General] user7618:
Why? Clearing defaults is just as easy, and saves on internal storage.

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Froyo-on-Hero action here!
[Hero CDMA General] c00ller:
Because on slow phones like ours, just getting to settings>applications>manage applications takes a long time to even populate the list.

Home Switcher opens instantly and takes up 157 kb, so internal storage is hardly threatened :/ But to each his own.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gman901:
I went to my local Best Buy tonight and tried out the device. I wasn't too impressed with the speed of it, but a BB sales rep pointed out that the device is slow because it is on 1.6. So I tried accessing Marvel.com to read a digital comic, which failed due to lack of flash. The rep told me to try it on the Galaxy Tab, which he said was much more powerful than the Streak. I was able to pull up a comic on Marvel.com using the Galaxy browser and when I tried reading the comic, the screen went grey and showed an exclamation point in the middle. The sales rep started downloading an update and then tried it. I was able to open a comic, but again, when moving to the next panel, a greyed out box with an exclamation point. The rep told me that the device probably needed to have Flash 10.1 to be downloaded to make it work. At this point, I just left thinking that Froyo and Flash is useless on Android for Marvel.com. Can anyone please tell me if they are able to read a free digital comic on Marvel.com where the screen does not go grey with exclamation points when navigating? Is the BB rep correct, in stating that it probably just needs Flash 10.1 downloaded to work correctly? If so, then I definitely want to get the Streak.

Also, does Netflix work on the Streak with Froyo and will movies encoded for the iphone/ipad using Handbrake play smoothly on the Streak?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p00kienrayray:
I have 2.2 froyo with 10.1 flash player on my streak. I tried loading a digital comic and it got thru the first 2 pages, but the 3rd page was the gray exclamation point. I was running on att's hsdpa 3g, so idk if it would've performed differently under wifi.

However, idk if its flash player or simply the streak being unable compute all the data from the marvel flash site.

Netflix is currently incompatible with any android versions. But that is netflix's fault for not developing an android app, though i hear they are currently working on it.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gman901:
Man, I really appreciate you taking the time to check it out for me! You saved me a lot of time, money and frustration! The Streak is a sweet device, but I think I will wait until the hardware catches up to do the things I want. Thanks again for that feedback
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p00kienrayray:
No prob. I think its more software related than hardware though. Just wait for the dual core or even quad cores that will spring up the rest of 2011 if hardware perf is top priority.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shinydesert:
On my Streak it looks a little small and it gets a little sluggish,I am sure it is software related.I do not think this toy would be your best option.

By the way very cool website.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aspidites73:
I'm running Froyo 2.2 v 1.5.3 by DJ Steve. I have had this version installed for over a month now. I have tried 1.6.1 and 1.5.2 but, have found 1.5.3 to be the best for me. I just went to Marvel.com and had no problems reading a comic via wifi. I suspect your problems are AT&T's ****ty 3G service. Run a speed test, as did I, and you will probably find the same or similar sub par up/down streams. As far as hardware, a quick run of quadrant will benchmark your hardware. Mine scores better than any other phone it is compared to. I do, however, have experience with Linux (what Android is based on) and would consider myself an advanced user. Simply installing the ROM is not enough. The device settings must be optimized, similar to a PC when you buy it new, the Streak is set up to keep the most people happy (ironic, I know). What you must do is make it YOUR StreakDroid through custom mods, the first of which is deciding what ROM you are going to use. I was initially pissed at AT&T and Dell (I have come to believe it was AT&T politics) for slow walking the Dell software upgrades and wanted to return the phone. After flashing/rooting my StreakDroid and freaking it my way I couldn't be happier. i~CON

Don't forget kids, every time someone buys an i~Phone, GOD kills a kitten!!
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gman901:
Okay, now you have me thinking again! So, you went through an entire digital comic on froyo 2.2 with no crashes or problems? Do you think it would work smoothly on an unlocked Streak direct from Dell on wifi?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aspidites73:
I can't say that I remember the last time my streak crashed while on the internet with either wifi or 3G. I use the internet for many things, any of which could cause a crash but, does not. I view flash, read news papers, watch movies, read e-zines, and even have the kindle app for books (they have comics there too i believe). Marvel.com was no exception. I have an AT&T locked (well, it was at one point) and it all works just fine. I have found most bugs and complaints about DJ Steve's ROMs to be the hardware sitting in front of the screen having unresolved conflics with different programs/apps. It is not enough to say you have the greatest PC on the planet. You must be able to answer the question, when asked : What can you do with it? Bottom line is experiment and learn. Run Linux Ubuntu live on your windows box and learn Linux. Consequently you will learn Android and PC in general. You will become a better user and will be able to do so much more with a lot less. i~CON

Don't forget kids, every time someone buys an i~Phone, GOD kills a kitten!!
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gman901:
You have me very interested in the Streak. Honestly- if I already have an iPhone 4, how does the Streak fill the gap for an iPad? I used to have the iPad but gave it to my wife. I was thinking about getting the iPad 2 but thought if reading on the Streak 5 was decent, I would probably prefer the Streak because it is more portable and I could swap my sim card to take advantage of my unlimited AT&T data plan. Am I way off base thinking the Streak would keep me happy with a 5" inch screen?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gman901:
Does the factory unlocked version allow the Streak to be used as a wifi hotspot for tethering?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mokokawi:
I don't think so at all.....I want a do-it-all device that fits in my pocket....with the biggest screen that can still fit .....and the streak is great at this.....after using this phone for a week now,I can't imagine going back to something smaller,and if I have to carry something because it doesn't fit in my pocket....I'm bringin my 17 inch lappy : )
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p00kienrayray:
Honestly if you dont have 2.2, u won't like the device. But froyo makes the streak a VERY pleasurable device.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p00kienrayray:
Unlocked will have mobile hotspot. But manually putting it on a locked streak will do the same.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aspidites73:
Its kept me very happy. I can access a home network server and interface with 5+ machines...all from my StreakDroid. I imaged the ROM into my network so I can reflash it in minutes if i do something too intense. You can do anything you can think of, thats the beauty of open source. You can take it, preferably share your improvements, and do as you please. Good luck i~CON

Freaked, Geeked, and Tweeked Dell Streakdroid Froyo 2.2 running 1.5.3 DJ Steve ROM

Don't forget kids, every time someone buys an i~Phone, GOD kills a kitten!!
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvin02:
Yes it does.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gman901:
Thanks all! I am going to be a proud owner of a brand new Dell Streak unlocked directly from Dell for $400 plus they are sending me a $50 Dell gift card! This will be my first foray into Android, so I am pretty excited! I am still keeping my iPhone because I have a lot of games that I am not sure if they are available for my Dell and I also listen to a lot of podcasts that I have to daily download on my Air to sync back to my iPhone. This will be my iPad replacement!
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] over2land:
I went and tried the digital comics too. I'm a comics geek from way back. I mean, I bought Wolverine Number 1 new. So, I was interested (but not surprised) to learn that comics were online.

The first few I tried resulted in the grey exclamation mark. Then I went into preferences and changed some settings. Now I've read two complete Spiderman comics on my Streak with no problems.

As for the Streak vs Ipad thing... let's face it, the bigger screen of the iPad is always going to be better for reading on. However, I will say this. I too wanted an iPad. Then I got the Streak. For some reason getting an iPad just isn't on my list anymore. I like that I can use the Streak for a phone. I like it can fit in a pocket, so I can take it everywhere with me. I have also found that since I've had it, I've used my laptop less too.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gman901:
Thanks for sharing that information. I have been having eye strain lately reading off of my iPhone 4 and carrying around my iPad at work was pretty awkward. I am hoping that the Streak will fit the bill as a tablet/phone for me. I will still keep my iPhone, but will see how much the Streak grows on me. I see that there are a few games that may interest me, particularly the ones from Gameloft. What's confusing to me is where do I buy them, how will I know an update is available, will it run from the SD card and can the Streak gpu handle games like the iPhone?

Also, I would be very interested in knowing what settings you tweaked to get the online digital comics working successfully so I can hopefully do the same when my Dell arrives.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] over2land:
I changed page transitions to "simple" and changed it so it only displays a single page at a time. These are inside the preferences box in the popup when you launch the comic.

As for buying games, the android market is one place, and there are three other android-centric sites for getting apps. As to the update thing, with most apps you can select auto update. I have chosen not to, however. I check about once a day in the market to see if any of my apps have updates. I manually update apps only after looking at reviews to see if the update broke anything with the app. I'm purposely running a few old apps right now.

Some apps under froyo can be moved to the SD card, some can't. And, as for the gpu vs iPhone, I can't really comment as I've never had an iPhone. I have a few friends with iPhones, however, and after letting them mess with the Streak for awhile, 2 of them have ditched the iPhone for the Streak and the rest are thinking about it. I let them all play Asphalt HD on it, show them google maps with traffic and satellite on, youtube, facebook, and a few other apps I have. I guess it is comparable, or they wouldn't all be so interested in it.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aspidites73:
I really can't answer that for you. I was looking for the smallest tablet not the biggest phone. I need the phone to run custom apps, be my calander, my mp3 player, a GPS, an E-book reader, amoung other things. I am a very large guy so although big for a phone it fits me quite well. I like it better than the i~phone, I even joke with apple through my online name. For me, the streak is perfect and I would not change it for anything out there current. i~CON

Don't forget kids, every time someone buys an i~Phone, GOD kills a kitten!!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solarphile:
I want to operate the Nexus S as a Wi-Fi hot spot using WPA encryption. However, when configuring the hot spot settings, the onlyest encryption option (other than OPEN) I currently have is WPA2. According to the Wi-Fi certification (attached), Nexus S is capable of WPA. How do I access that encryption option in hot spot configuration?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nxt:
That WPA capability is to connect to a WPA encrypyted site, not make a hotspot with WPA.

-Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solarphile:
Thanks for the response!