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[Atrix 4G Accessories] KryptosXLayer2:
Well, after as much as I loved my Samsung Captivate that I had previously wrapped in 3M Di-Noc Carbon Fiber vinyl, I decided to wrap the front and sides of my Atrix, as well as modify the back of it a bit. Here's the work done:

Wrap the entire front panel using one solid piece of vinyl, pre-cut prior to installation using templates - including the cut outs!

Cut out out the front camera hole, the speaker, the proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, and the status indicator light - then trimmed down the bottom with the microphone port - all prior to installation so as not to scratch the screen!

Wrapped over the excess on the sides to enable a better grip of the phone since the 3M Di-Noc material is TEXTURED just like real carbon fiber, then cut a relief cut on the edge of the screen so the vinyl could wrap successfully around the edge, went around it a bunch with the heat gun to seal it all up

Cut out the volume buttons but left the panel over them - we'll see how long it lasts in my pocket, but I heated it pretty well to ensure it wouldn't lift....

Wet sanded the back cover to remove the AT&T logo, the "HD VIDEO" text by the camera, and the word "blur" next to the Motorola logo for the ultimate in clean....

And now for the pics......

You can see higher resolution pics by going to my album on Picasa:

https://picasaweb.google.com/garciam25/MotorolaAtrix4G3MDiNocCarbonFiber#

Now remember.... I am not taking any commissions on doing this to your phone, sorry.... the other vinyls available on eBay will just have to do because this stuff is too expensive and this was too time consuming to do for any customer, plus, I am NOT soliciting my services on here to do it, so don't ask! I do this professionally and install the material, I do NOT sell it for you to buy. Google it if you want this for yourself, but expect to spend well over the 2 hours this took me to do if you don't have any experience. Don't forget your heat gun and X-Acto knife with lots of fresh blades!

Again, all the buttons function exactly as they did from the factory. I have NO issues with this, so don't try and bash this concept because you think the buttons don't work - if they didn't work, I wouldn't leave this on! FUNCTION over FORM

What do you think? Better looking that my Captivate? Yeah, I think so too.... I am a carbon fiber junkie - if this isn't your thing, that's okay! I appreciate you being able to appreciate my hard work on the day after this phone was officially released!
[Atrix 4G Accessories] loztboy:
That looks sick bro. I'm assuming it's 3m Di-noc film. Can you see the touch buttons when they are lit up through the vinyl?
[Atrix 4G Accessories] davidusr:
Veeeery nice! Wish I had the patience.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] KryptosXLayer2:
It sure is 3M - first line of the original post - and no, you cannot see the softkeys. I liked my Captivate that way, especially since I used NoLED and it required you to hit the Home key in order to bring up the screen if you had received a text, email, missed call, etc, as the power button didn't work any longer. With this phone, I guess my security is a little tougher with a fingerprint scanner!

Thanks for the compliments! First day "road testing" it with my younger cousin messing with it and she went out to buy one with me after 5 minutes of messing with it, so I guess it didn't hinder much of the stock capabilities, haha
[Atrix 4G Accessories] LaZ8787:
Really like the clean look on the back after you wetsanded the logo off. I'm definitely going to attempt this myself, I hope it turns out just as nice!
[Atrix 4G Accessories] cegna09:
looks good.

any advice for trying to do the back cover? I can't get it to wrap nicely on the corners. It just seems too thick to properly pull cleanly over the rounded bits.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] KryptosXLayer2:
I used 2000 grit and a decent amount of water from the faucet. Just take your time and remember - NEVER press too hard when wetsanding. The whole point of using such fine paper is to let the grit do the work when it's good and ready, not pressing too hard that it burns up the material you are sanding! Good luck!

Heat gun. I could have done the back too, but I liked how it came out so far and I love the cool home desktop "dock" I have, which is more of a stand with a cord to plug in manually. The material will bend around just about anything, as evidenced by the fact that I bent the material 90 degrees around the two sides of the phone, as I applied heat to it very carefully.

Post your pics when you get stuck or done with it, I'll see if I can help remotely, haha! Just cut more than you need so you have something to grip onto, heat smoothly and evenly, do NOT overheat the vinyl, and pull it straight around the corners and edges. It can EASILY stretch too far and ruin the natural looking 2 x 2 weave of the carbon, and then you mind as well just have bought the cheap stuff....
[Atrix 4G Accessories] Deleted member 2488575:
Very nice I love carbon fiber as well

can you at least post instructions on how to remove the blur and HD logo on the back please.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] kylegeisler:
thanks so much! i was going to ask you for some advice. but no need now. thank you for being so thorough.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] neotekz:
another method to remove the logo is to use a penny. took me about a minute and didnt scratch the surface.

where do you get the 3m tape? have you thought about putting it on the back cover to give it more grip?
[Atrix 4G Accessories] TfzSCVang:
Gonna have to try this! Thanks for the detailed instructions also! That'll prove to be very resourceful when i do this for my Atrix!
[Atrix 4G Accessories] KryptosXLayer2:
The best place to get it from (cheap plug for the awesome staff over there) is Carbon Fiber Gear's sister website, CarbonFiberFilm.com - best prices hands down!

Someone asked earlier HOW to do the back, and I guess I didn't get into WHY I didn't do the back on mine. I kinda like the tacky fake carbon on the back of the phone! Plus, with wet sanding, it gives it a TINY bit more grip, but then again, think about where you grip the phone anyways - the sides. These sides are wrapped and have tons more grip, so I haven't dropped it since I pulled it out of the box.... a couple times.... haha!

You're welcome, good luck and post pics when you're done!
[Atrix 4G Accessories] Tennis11:
Just scratch it off with a penny, took 5 seconds.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] joeryu:
another recommend on the penny method, literally took me less than 1 minute to remove "hd video, at&t, and blur", left the moto logo on there.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] Tennis11:
I couldn't get the lock and power logos off the top of the cover. I think they're different paint.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] neotekz:
i just got the tape and cant seem to figure out how to make the outline for the sides.

i did the battery cover by putting the tape on first and then cut the holes after but i cant do that with the sides and dont want to scratch the phone.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] KryptosXLayer2:
Just PM'd you about the same question you asked here - there isn't an outline or template you need to make first, you cut the vinyl once it is heated ON the phone, not beforehand, using an X-Acto
[Atrix 4G Accessories] neotekz:
i just finished. i found an easy way of making an outline for the sides. i put teh tape on and then take it off which leaves a good impression of all the holes and made it easy to cut.

here's teh finished product, i did the sides and battery cover as well as my candyshell case. thanks for the great idea GarciaM25
[Atrix 4G Accessories] KryptosXLayer2:
Looking GOOD! I love that you took my idea and went one step further with the outer case! Awesome job, seriously!!!
[Atrix 4G Accessories] Supish:
nice, it looks just as good if not better than my skinomi skin, and you probably spent way less than me D:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1007269
[Atrix 4G Accessories] neotekz:
it was $17 for a 12x12 inch sheet and took me a few hours to do so its not really cheaper i just like to to this kind of stuff.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] Supish:
Oh nice, I'm just lazy haha
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brian85:
Has there been any announcement of the official OTA gingerbread for the incredible? I'm coming from the fascinate, so I'm not used to any support, but I heard HTC is really good about updating their phones.

I understand there is a gingerbread rom out, but I think I'm done flashing ROM's on my phones. They seems to cause more problems than they're worth.

Thanks.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smokeey:
As of now, no GB for us. We just have to wait to see what the future has in store.

Sent from God, who uses CM7 RC1.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smoonyheim:
No announcement.

But in terms of flashing roms causing trouble?

Not sure how it really can. Directions are easy enough to follow, and nandroid backups are really the only thing that you need to keep in mind.

And cm7 has been pretty good so far, stable, good battery life, etc.

No trouble at all for me.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kathand:
Almost all of the roms I have played with on my phone are very stable. I have been running Incredibly re-engineered for about 10 to 14 days with no resets or forced closes. Im constantly adding in apps or changing themes and what not. If you want GB pick a rom and go for it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POQbum:
Well to be honest there is no polished GB ROM.

If you're the type to look for a one-time update, I'd wait a few more weeks.

As for ROM's causing problems.. I've been using SR 3.5 with chad's incredikernel for a couple of months with no problems at all. Battery life is so much better than stock and it runs faster too.

All up to you though, it does take some research to get through all the steps. As long as you take precautions like backing up (takes maybe 2 minutes), the risk is little to none.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaysckap:
If your looking for gingerbread this is the most stable and supported build out. http://t3hh4xx0r.com/?page_id=1151

Enjoy!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POQbum:
Almost forgot about OMFGB.

They were kicked off this forum for some reason, not sure why.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaysckap:
Have u tryed the latest build

HTC Incredible OMFGB 2.3.2
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rick_V:
The file size seems kind of small compared to other roms 68.4 mb.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2776902:
Yup it is. From the changelog:

"Nightly Build 2/ 6 |1 .1 .1 | Extremely optimized, resulting in 60+MB being cut!"
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] najaboy:
Just to answer the question and not start another endless debate... the dev was axed initially for allegedly including warez in a ROM and/or allegedly not crediting the work of others that he used. The subsequent bans were for his creating new accounts to circumvent the original ban. The last time, he undid himself.

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[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rick_V:
Thanks I will give it a try.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnzara:
+1

10 char
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rick_V:
I installed it seems pretty good. Got a few questions though I am a relative newbie when it comes to this stuff. There was a GAPPS.zip file with it how do I install that? There is no market and I think that the GAPPS fixes that. It has a meta-inf folder and a system folder inside the zip. Also there is a little Android dude that is looked on the home screen that has little comments is there some way to remove that? Thanks in advance.

Rick
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] najaboy:
Boot to recovery and select install zip from sd card.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rick_V:
Thanks I wasn't sure. Worked perfectly I have see posts talking about meta and having to install them with another program. I am liking this ROM a lot.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AKHincredible:
Cm7 has been good to me so far.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpwhitty11:
OMFGB fo lyfe.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pickleman77:
OMFGB is the best ROM I've used. It's close to stock and really fast. I use the newest incredikernel, and it's amazing.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rick_V:
I really like the OMFGB and would like to try it with incredikernel. I have never flashed a kernel. I have a question if I back up my existing OMFGB and decide to go back to it will it have the existing kernel or the new one I flashed? I would guess that since the default kernel was part of the original install it would revert back to that I just want make sure. Also to flash the new kernel I go into recovery,wipe cache,dalvik-cache and then just install the kernel from the sd card zip.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cryous:
Backup like your gonna install a rom, then in cwm select flash from sd, select the kernel file and flash it, then reboot a few times so it settles. Also make sure your using a sense kernel for sense roms and aosp kernel for. Aosp ect or an aosp gingerbread for aosp gingerbread rom
[Atrix 4G General] FerraraZ:
Anyone else having issues with SetCPU? Superuser is saying it is given root access but the app constantly closes for me. I've contacted the developers but figured I'd make a thread on XDA to see if anyone else was having this issue.
[Atrix 4G General] Ciloteille:
set cpu

it will force close because its an app based off another type of processor. These dual core processors need a different type of "clock" modification app. Someone will write on of these soon.

I get force closes, thats normal considering. I was wondering if there was a way to keep the processor clock 216=>500~mhz to keep good battery. Wonder if there is a shiney undervolt in the future. :)
[Xoom General] Nattawat:
I'm from Thailand and I'm really interested in buying Xoom, but its Verizon-only bothers me.

I was wondering if I purchase Xoom and bring it to Thailand, where we use GSM SIM card, will I be able to use 3G from here? Does Verizon lock anything so that non-Verizon carrier cannot be used? Or is the device physically incompatible in the first place?
[Xoom General] Tweakrr:
The hardware for verizon uses different frequencies from what you need in Thailand. Locked or not, it won't work for you. I think your best bet would be to get either a gsm version when it is released and unlock it at some point, or just go with the wifi only model.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] SupaSupra:
Hey guys, lately I have had my HD2 running the CyanogenMod 7 Gingerbread. With the lastest HSPL. I have the T-Mobile US version. But recently it would randomly freeze and I would have to pull the battery and turn it back on only for it to either get hung at the Go! Go! Go! part of MAGLDR 1.11, Or it wouldn't even get that far. I was told by a few people that my battery may be failing. But I believe it may be my motherboard. What do you guys think? I could replace the mobo myself as I have no warranty, but I would like to know the cheapest, and best course of action before I do anything. Could I buy a OEM mobo or would one out of a cracked screen phone work? Thanks in advance guys!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] serbiadiablo:
Put MAGLDR 1.13, it fix go go go issue ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] SupaSupra:
I tried that. I'm still getting stuck at Go, Go, Go. Or just random freezes.

Anyone else? I'm just going to find a new motherboard and see if that fixes it.
[Atrix 4G General] panflute:
Yesterday i noticed a change in DESKTOP VISUALIZER not showing the icon packs any longer. I rooted my phone and all looked OK. I installed CMP player with ASTRO file manager and opened up from within ASTRO and all looked ok. I looked for the CMP icon in the app list and it was not there.

I went to run Titanium backup and the icon was missing from the app list. I went to the market, uninstalled it and installed it again and the icon was still missing from the app list.

Does anyone have any idea what happened or how to fix?

thanks
[Atrix 4G General] kgeissler:
By chance are you running Launcher Pro? If so, check to make sure it is not a "hidden app" there. I was missing the Music icon and found it was hidden there.
[Atrix 4G General] panflute:
launcher pro

Yes I am running launcher pro. There is nothing checked in hidden apps. HOWEVER I did find the CONNECTED MUSIC PLAYER icon in the app list. I found it when i noticed there were 2 identical "MUSIC" icons in the list. The second icon was the newly installed app. BUT, Titanium backup is still not there. The only thing i can think of is i installed Titanium before I rooted the phone though I did not run anything in the program. I'll try uninstalling it again and rebooting the phone and reinstall. The icon packs are still not showing in DESTOP VISUALIZER.
[Atrix 4G General] END_OF_FLESH:
Try toggling the option to show hidden apps... unless the apps you're looking for do show up in the "hide" list, and are unchecked.
[Atrix 4G General] panflute:
oops

End of Flesh......this is embarassing......I installed the PRO version (key) of titanitum without installing the program itself which is why there was no icon...

I can be dumb sometimes ((((

However, the original problem still exists. Desktop Visualizer allows you to chose an application to put on your homescreen, then allows you to choose an icon to use with the app. It gives you 3 choices of where to get your icons: Image File, App Icon, or Icon Pack. Previously when i choose Icon Pack, about 15 of my installed apps came up in the list. When i choose one of those apps, a window would open showing me a picuture of icons that particular app draws on. I simply selected one of the icons and it was associated with the app i had chosen. Now when I select Icon Pack, i get a message saying no icon packs are installed, which is true, but something changed since those apps using their own icon packs no longer appear. I got some pretty neat icons that way, but am hoping nothing got messed up somewhere along the line. I didn't un-install anything or do anything out of the ordinary that i can remember.

Anyway, thanks for your help...greatly appreciated.

panflute
[Epic 4G General] sventen:
Just upgraded (update.zip) Epic 4g to Froyo and have started having bitrate capping issues where the stream rate caps out at 375k. I am using a Monsoon Vulkano app streaming live TV over 3G. Before the update (on Android 2.1) I could get steady rates of 1.0-1.5k and it was a great picture.

The first time I started the app after the upgrade it was getting a fast bitrate but the video kept stopping because the app kept "optimizing". I thought it was an app issue.

I tried to test other app versions…. reinstalled 1.0.70 from the market, tried 1.0.54 and 1.064 and 1.0702T. Also tried restoring the app from my pre-upgrade backup. All versions have the same issue. I previously re-set the Sprint RTSP proxy to 0's to avoid the possibility of a proxy issue.

I thought it might be the 3G connection I also tried the 4g connection but same issue.

This issue wasn't present until I upgraded Android.

Anyone else having RTSP or other streaming issues after upgrading to EB13?
[Epic 4G General] gikthechamp:
I've been having difficulty streaming youtube videos, even while on wifi. The stream will be perfect, then will buffer for 15 seconds before playing again. My wifi is a 10 Mbps connection so there's no reason for it to buffer
[Epic 4G General] compuw22c:
Try this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=791156
[Epic 4G General] sventen:
Thanks. I've already de-proxied my phone though. Still having issues.

EB13 is hit and miss. GPS fixed, Streaming issues. Install to SD Card, Camera Issues.
[Xoom General] palomo32:
Has anyone noticed verizon is showing the Xoom at $599 with one year plan instead of 2?

Click on the buy button, and it will show a option to select 1 yr, and price remains at $599.

This will make the cost at $840 (excluding activiation $35). Not bad price considering 1yr data plan, 4G upgrade, Honeycomb!
[Xoom General] dbrown2:
I just tried to add the xoom to the cart and then choose the 1gb a month (20.00) plan without success. I tried both the 1yr and 2yr in the select box at the time I added it to cart. I get an error that the plan is not available
[Xoom General] gigglebox:
Assuming that there "is" a subsidized price... would there be any reason that BestBuy doesnt also provide that pricing model?

I have a bad feeling that when I go in there tomorrow morning, they arent going to know what the hell I'm talking about...
[Xoom General] bwcorvus:
I have been trying to add for about 3 hours now since it went live. The fine print does say $599 with 2 yr plan, so we will see soon.

Now it says $799 for 1 yr :(
[Xoom General] martonikaj:
Its fixed. When you select "1-year contract" from the drop-down, the price stays at $799.
[Xoom General] TheZuneLune:
I was unable to select a plan on the website. It seems like it's having big problems. I wonder if corporate discounts can be applied to plans?
[Epic 4G General] churro7:
cause losing ability to preview of ringtones

and only vibrate works when receiving calls and other notifications
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
Yeah that's a known issue. We stopped deleting those files a while back.
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
It causes other problems as well. Hoping you took it out with something you can replace it with. ;)
[Epic 4G General] churro7:
yeah i did a cwm backup so i just simply flashed to it
[Epic 4G General] ecooce:
There used to be a trick to get it working for a day,but it would never stick...
[Epic 4G General] ms79723:
Deleting one of those also causes the music player to only play one song them freeze up.
[Epic 4G General] nicholishen:
I used root explorer to remove those and no ill effects
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] montrealguy:
Looks like the webcam is 2mp on the Galaxy S II. Does anyone know whether it will support HD video calls in 720p?

I wonder what is the relation between megapixels and video calling resolution. Maybe 1.3 mp can do HD video calls as well?
[Captivate General] sandrich:
Is there any way to take the ATK action of actually killing apps (whatever activity is engaged when you click on the ATK widget icon) and apply it to a different icon. For example Desktop Visualizer can use any image or icon and tie it to any app or activity. Was wondering what the actual atk activity is(if it even is one) when you hit the green dude.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Sure but why do you use ATK? It's not really that good for your phone.
[Captivate General] davwman:
Task killers were good back in the day of 1.6. You don't need them now as android stores unused apparently in memory without using CPU. It actually uses more energy to close out of memory and restart an app.
[Captivate General] sandrich:
Was unaware. Thanks for the heads up!
[Xoom General] AndyMan386:
Just thought of a new question. I use excel a ton and frequently need to go to my bosses office to ask questions about certain things. If I were logged onto the companies wifi, would I be able to optain access to the shared drives my NT account (assuming somehow I login from my Xoom) to manually bring the document to my boss, and have the work be easily done in one place???
[Xoom General] gigglebox:
The quickest way might be to install one of the remote desktop clients out there. Even on the 4.3’’ screen of the Evo, it can be a real pain to use, but I suspect a MUCH more pleasant experience on this.

By tomorrow afternoon, it is my intent to have my xoom talking to a dedicated Win7 vm that lives on one of my servers. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get to a point where creds are saved and I end up with a 1-click process to access the enterprise. Im REALLY banking on the idea that rdp will be usable on this larger screen.

I know that’s not exactly what you were looking for, but I’d be willing to bet that somebody is / has worked on a file browser that will see network shares and store credentials. I will certainly look around.