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[Epic 4G General] 9kracing:
Ya, mine is "blown" too... but it happened one day while I was at work... on silent. I was also kinda thinking it has more to do with software than hardware... but it hasn't fixed itself yet and it's been almost 2 weeks.

Looks like I might be doing the Odin thing soon, thank goodness for TEP.
[Epic 4G General] futureprospect:
Well, mine started to sound blown too. It happened overnight, I wasnt even using the speaker. Im farked too because I dont have insurance on this thing. Is this a software issue or what?
[Epic 4G General] mustangdvx:
Just for the record, if your wire wont attach again, its because the technicians have a special tool to pop in on and off.

If your speaker isn't working, take it into a repair center. If they can fix it in store and it's under warranty, it will cost you $35. If you have insurance, then it should be no cost. The store I went to was cool about custom roms and rooting, was even asking me about it.The store I went to was not a corporate store as there are no corporate stores in the area that do repairs.

Forgot to mention that if they can't fix it in store, they will send to Samsung and Samsung will send a refurbished model. So in that sense, it may be a good idea to Odin.
[Epic 4G General] Imaperson:
I was hoping it would be a software issue but no amount of flashing back to stock would fix it. It started when my alarm went off one morning. Started out fine then turned to crackly death sounds all at once.

So far so good on the replacement speaker however.
[Epic 4G General] futureprospect:
yup, exactly how mine malfunctioned. I set the alarm, worked when i set it, then woke up to a gawd awfull crackly noise, and the speaker was blown.

Since i don't have TEP, should i just try and buy it and replace it myself or go back to stock and have the techs look at it at my sprint store?
[Epic 4G General] incisivekeith:
I am experincing the "blowing" or "bursting" speakers, too, all of a sudden. I am on Bonsai 4.0.1, but I experienced that on stock ROM, too. I wish we can find a solid solution to this intriguing issue.
[Epic 4G General] Timelord_DrWho:
It might not actually be blown!

Long time reader, first time poster.

Ok, here is what I discovered about the Epic speaker. Like everyone else here I had my speaker die the same way, suddenly was distorted at any normal volume and no sound when you turned the volume to low, after awhile it just up and quit.

One thing i did discover was the if I tapped the speaker module it would start working again but blown sounding, so I thought "hmmm, seems like a loose connection". Got bored the other night and decided to take the speaker module out and see if I could spot a loose connector. No, no such luck, so after tearing the speaker module apart and playing with it, I narrowed it down to a bad solder joint in the ?diode? array under the red goo. when i would flex the cable it the speaker would suddenly start working again normally (no distortion, nice loud volume).

Now, as near as I can tell, Samsung is only using 2 leads of the connector hence the diode array (best guess due to the wiring pattern), voltage one way and the speaker plays, voltage the other way and the vibration motor runs. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Unfortunately, I cannot say if this is a permanent fix or not, my diodes appear to have taken some damage due to me continuing playing around with the speaker module while it was on (Either cumulative from running it messed up, or maybe I shorted them while I was poking around; but the speaker volume decreased gradually over time, no distortion though). But I do know for awhile everything was working fine, and my speaker worked like it was supposed to.

If any of you have the same problem, and can manage small surface mount work, this might be a way to save a few $$ or get it working again in short order since the only replacement speakers in can find right now appear to be coming out of Hong Kong with a long delivery time.

Hope this helps someone. Thanks for all the help that you guys have given me over the years.

As in everything in life, YMMV.
[Epic 4G General] Imaperson:
Hmm, I did not think to check out the wires while i had it out. I no longer have the broken part so if i encounter the issue again i know where to start looking.

Thanks!
[Epic 4G General] goblue30093:
I had the same problem. Thankfully i have best buy black tie insurance.
[Epic 4G General] TEC602:
dead speaker repair

Just got a used epic phone which had no audio from speaker, headphones worked fine. Was going to buy a replacement speaker but kinda broke so I figured I would tear it apart. what I found was the connector going to the speaker module powers the vibration motor and the speaker. the motor is like the first two pins and is around 25-30 ohms.

My speaker had an open connection so I wasnt getting any resistance reading on the other pins.

I opened the speaker and saw that its output wires are very fine single strand wires which run across the cone to the side of the speaker where they are covered with black glue. One of my wires was broken around the halfway point from the voice coil to the speaker edge. I was able to pull these two wires out the closest side of the speaker and solder jumpers to the speakers output solder point, all is working now. I can now read about 10 ohms for the speaker resistance at the connector around the center pins.

This was one of the smallest things I have ever repaired and I commonly work on surface mount stuff. I am surprised they used such a fine wire which is exposed to constant flexing from the speaker cone, guess thats why they fail.

I would recommend just buying the replacement speaker module unless you are good at surface mount scale soldering :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrlamar09:
Hey Guys im sorry if is this is in the wrong spot,but im wondering if any body is working on a port for The Thunderbolt Rom i was looking around for roms for my brother for his MYTOUCH 4G and found this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=968057

Once again i do apologize if this is in the wrong spot
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VinceOB:
So you put [Q] in the title and you're wondering if its in the wrong section? LOL im pretty sure someone is working on it...just gotta have patience...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrlamar09:
no i that was my first actually posting so bare with me i might make mistakes im still kind of new to this
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=910652&page=13

Just watch the thread...its being worked on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrlamar09:
thanks man
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Never a problem compadre.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marzban123:
Hello everyone,

I think this might be my first post here.

Anyways, I have a rather depressing problem. I have my phone rooted running cm 6.1, and when i was about to go to sleep last night, it randomly started to reboot. At first i did not think anything of it because i have had my phone do this several times with cm. But then i became more concerned, it would go into a boot loop at the splash screen (htcEVO4g). Once again, i have had this happen before and i would do a wipe and reinstall the rom, but this time it did not work. I could not get into recovery. I am able to access only the boot loader.

So, i tried to install the stock pc36img. Now when i start my phone, it vibrates 5 times followed by the flashing green led. it also does this when i try to go into recovery. I am still able to get into the bootloader.

i tried doing the ruu thing, and different pc36img

I just got back from the sprint store. After waiting 3 hours, they were not able to fix it. I had told them it was rooted and everything.

If there is no way to fix it, is there at least a way i can turn s-on? That way, i can send it back to sprint.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
That is odd. As far as I know, if you used unrevoked forever at any point, the only way to get s on is to flash the unrevoked s on tool, using recovery. But you don't have recovery. If I were you, I would use your computer to format your sd card to fat 32 ( after backing it up, of course) , then put a pc36img on your sd card, and try to flash again using the bootloader. You could also try putting a pc36img of amon ra recovery on your sd card, and flashing that with the bootloader. Maybe you can get recovery back, and flash a rom, or the s on tool. Hope you get it worked out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
If I were you I would try the newest pc36img.zip and if that does nothing a pc36img.zip of Amon ra. If that doesn't work go to the last link in my sig about splash screens. In that tut I give, I say how to manually run an ruu. Use the pc36img.zip with the fast boot commands from the thread. Hope this helps.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marzban123:
i tried formatting the sc card, and that did not do anything. How can i connect my phone to adb?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TF1984:
Just Download the android SDK and follow the steps. There are some pretty excellent tutorials on XDA and other sites that will walk you through the whole process.

I want to weigh in here for just a moment. There is no way your phone is completely botched, unless it has experienced physical damage (including any overheating). By the way, you running any SBC kernels?

I would look into learning your way around ADB, I think it's a necessary tool for anyone who wants to flash and alter their android phones, unfortunately things have become so easy that many out there haven't had to learn these tools and how to use them.

Seriously, go mess with ADB, I am sure you can get it running again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmony0:
Some good info here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865204 on using ADB and other methods that may help you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erik077:
ouch... they should give you new phone for being honest :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marzban123:
ok, so i connect the phone, and in device manager i see "Android Bootloader Interface"

i opened up command prompt, and tried to push a file to the phone and i got this

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]

Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Andrew>cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb push PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/

error: device not found

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
you sure your usb cable is good? id run the RUU to go back to stock & unroot you. then start over from scratch.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marzban123:
i just tried a different cable. No luck

I have already tried a stock ruu, that still does not let me get into recovery or turn s-on
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
your sorta up ****s creek here if you told sprint you rooted. they probably flagged your account.

is your sd card good? try another, fully formatted for fat32 only. then try the s-on flashable zip. that's all i can think of for you to do. if you need another evo, im sure you can pick one up for cheap on craigslist.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marzban123:
nobody ever took my information
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marzban123:
Is there an s-on flashable zip?!?! where can i find it? i have searched before with no luck
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
first of all, adb doesnt work in bootlaoder. select fastboot, then plug in. you should see fastboot usb come up on the phone. now try using fastboot commands instead. not sure where to download fastboot commands. i have the mac ones if you need them. then do this

with the pc36img.zip ON YOUR COMPUTER:

after flashing s-on tool http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/current/unrevoked-forever-son.zip

fastboot oem rebootRUU

you should see a black screen with silver htc lettering

fastboot flash zip pc36img.zip (do this command with the pc36img.zip in the same directory as fastboot)

you should see a green bar appear under htc and a bunch of lines on the comp. make sure it successfully completes, then type:

fastboot reboot

done.

but make triple sure you are s-on first.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marzban123:
thank you very much, that makes things ALOT clearer.

I am still a huge noob to this stuff so i need to ask you some silly questions:

i found out the commands for fastboot in a wiki,

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Fastboot

but i dont really understand how to use them. can someone please give me a little clarification.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
well, first check your sdk and see if you have fastboot.exe. i know the mac one doesnt come with it. if you dont google it. if you do, cd to the directory (hold shift and right click in the folder. select open command prompt here) and boot phone into fastboot. make sure it is in fastboot usb mode. then do the commands.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marzban123:
i have the fast boot exe and i am in command prompt.

when i say i am a noob, i really mean it.

for example, when i try a simple command like checking the serial number, i will input

c:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot <-s>

or

c:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot -s

or

c:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot <serial number>

it says

the syntax of the command is incorrect.

i really dont know how to use this stuff
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marzban123:
ok forget the last post,

i figured that out

what partition do i want to flash and with what file?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
No partition just use the pc36img.zip in ruin more and type fastboot flash zip pc36img.zip.

Sent from my PC36100
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marzban123:
i researched the "(remote: not allowed)" error message, and everyone says its cause when the phone is set to s-on. However, on my phone it says s-off.

what the heck?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
They can't "flag" your account, all rooting does is voids your warranty with HTC - not sprint. They may not honor a return or insurance claim if they know... but even that's far fetched... I put a claim on a rooted phone in Dec. and I didnt have any issues whats so ever... I know what they tell you - but in reality - thats just "the man" trying to keep us down :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
Oh I forgot to mention - make sure that your file is in capital letters (PC36IMG.zip) - it is cAsE sensitive. it will not read it if its lowercase... just my 2 cents

I dont know much about ADB, so I cant help you here - I know you said you tried the RUU, but you may have used one not for your version, the original version it came with when you bought it...

I was in the same boat when I got my replacment EVO (this was before the UnrEVOked was fixed to ROOT 2.10 hBoot) and I ended up running the RUU and it fixed everything just as expected... I just had to re ROOT and NAND unlock it (Which I did successfully after reading and reading and reading some more) - then two days after I finally got it ROOT'd - UnrEVOked released thier beta...lmao..

Anyway - I hope you get it all sorted out
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
are you sure you are in ruu mode? you should have a black screen with silver htc lettering. the command to get into it (from fastboot usb mode) is

fastboot oem rebootRUU
[Defy Android Development] zencoran:
Can someone please help? i was reflashing a sbf, and it said finished, then phone shutdown, when plugged into pc, it shows the white charging light, but it wont turn on with or without battery, and nothing happens when plugged into wall. HELP PLEASE!
[Defy Android Development] no clue:
take the battery out for 1 min.

get into bootloader mode.

flash correct firmware
[Defy Android Development] Beach_Head:
What SBF were you flashing?
[Defy Android Development] zencoran:
uk froyo, now it loads the M screen and then shuts off
[Defy Android Development] Beach_Head:
Boot into recovery and wipe your data/cache...
[Defy Android Development] osvatha:
You can do it this way:

Battery out

Battery in

press vol- & power

screen should show /!\

press vol- and vol+ the same time

recovery - wipe data...
[Defy Android Development] edition-:
If you only see black screen you will not make it to recovery, try the boot only or flash your old ROM again.
[Defy Android Development] zencoran:
Ok so i flashed the 3.4.3-3 UK Tmobile Blur sbf, and then i wanted to clockwork mod - flash the update for the swype and market, but it keep getting status error, how do i fix this?
[Defy Android Development] isa.ahmed:
moto logo

i have issue,,,screen stak on moto logo..

and if i use RSD to flash

the statr bootm dose not work

what to do?

try wiping and every thing..just stuck

hellllllllllllp
[Defy Android Development] jeffokada81:
Your need to be rooted... download SUperOneClick

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=489694&d=1295035181
[Android] bob001:
Can android be installed w/o SD card on at&t tilt (8925)

I was wondering if there is a installation method to allow android installation without using the SD card at all. Is it possible.

Sorry, I tried searching but couldn't find the answer and the threads I noticed are all talking copying .tar or .tgz files to SD card.

Is there a possibility of doing installation w/o using SD card at all just like customruu or romupdateutility?
[Atrix 4G General] Tehwall:
I had the Samsung Captivate before but it's gone now so I'm needing another phone and so far the Atrix looks like a winner.

1) How is the battery life compared to the Captivate?

2) Can you easily remove all of the Motoblur bloat?

3) Are the problems with the display noticeable? http://www.anandtech.com/show/4165/the-motorola-atrix-4g-preview/4

4) Are there anything bad/buggy about this phone?

5) What about the random reboots and the poor connection/radio?

Thanks everyone, especially the developers who spend their time working on mods and roms for everyone to benefit from. :)
[Atrix 4G General] waltah!:
I've also had the Captivate so I'll try to answer these for you.

1. My battery has been excellent, especially for an Android phone. I have no trouble getting through my day of fairly heavy usage.

2. I didn't remove anything, but it's an extremely easy phone to root.

3. Not a dev, but I believe no custom roms until it's cracked.

4. I love the display, personally. There are spec nazis out there who see Pentile and will say it sucks without ever seeing one in person. It's not a saturated color wise as the Captivate but it's a very nice natural looking display.

5. I've had no bugs as of yet and I got mine the morning of launch. I've seen others mention random reboots, but have not had any.

6. The only other Android device I'd consider is the Inspire. I had that and exchanged for the Atrix and I prefer the Atrix. It's much more future proof with the Tegra 2 and it's faster overall. I also ran speedtest app today on both at the same time. Ran the test 10 times and the Atrix killed it each time even they're both hspa+ devices. Screen is bigger on the Inspire, but I prefer the look of the atrix display. Inspire build quality is very good with unibody design, but battery cover sucks (along with the battery) and the headphone jack is at the bottom which I hate. Speakers are much, much louder on the Moto as well.
[Atrix 4G General] Tehwall:
Only thing holding me back is hearing about the battery life in this thread: http://androidforums.com/motorola-atrix-4g/283111-motorola-atrix-battery-life.html

On my captivate I could go 2, sometimes 3 full days without charging with moderate use to mild use. I want to be able to forget to charge my phone and still be able to use it the next day.
[Atrix 4G General] elementaldragon:
Well... i don't HEAVILY use my phone.... but i unplugged it around noon, and by close to midnight i think it was around 70% or so (forgot to look before i plugged it in again). If you don't go widget-happy, like the one guy at Best Buy that i was in line behind apparently did because he complained about horrible battery life with his new Android phone and returned it for an iPhone 4, your battery will last a fair bit. I wouldn't exactly expect to get DAYS of use out of it, especially if you have it fairly frequently checking for new email's and such, and tend to use your phone extremely often... but you'll probably get at least maybe a day and a half... possibly two........ hard to say really without knowing how much you use your phone.
[Atrix 4G General] Tehwall:
Sounds good. :) How is the screen? Do you notice blurriness, discoloration, over/under saturation/contrast, pixelation, or anything bad? Also, can you remove all of the AT&T/Moto bloatware so your phone feels like a stock android phone?
[Atrix 4G General] waltah!:
You can choose not to use the blur widgets and the standard Android widgets are there. Launcherpro is the home replacement of choice for me if I use one. You can get really great looking widgets through it as well. In my experience blur has not slowed the phone down at all though.
[Atrix 4G General] FLAC Vest:
1) How is the battery life compared to the Captivate?

Better, and the phone doesn't heat up like the Captivate as well. It is more efficient and although more powerful and faster, it still has better battery life and temperature control.

2) Can you easily remove all of the Motoblur bloat?

If you root it you could freeze the applicarions I guess; you can't completely remove motoblur itself though.

3) What are the limits for developers with a locked bootloader?

You can have a ROM but no custom kernel. That means no overclocking and the like.

4) Are the problems with the display noticeable?

I didn't see any; the pixel density is higher and that means everything is clearer aand smaller. But... I guess you could say that it isn't as fluid as the Samsung's AMOLED.

5) Are there anything bad/buggy about this phone?

I didn't encounter any problems with mine.

6) What good AT&T Android phones are out there besides the Captivate, the Atrix, and the Aria?

The Inspire is a good one; the Galaxy S 2 will come out at the end of this month/next month.

However, if you are looking at something else I highly suggest looking at the Nexus 1
[Atrix 4G General] Tehwall:
What about the random reboots and the poor connection/radio?
[Atrix 4G General] justdrew:
1. about the same running hardcore uv kernal and dark 9.3

2. you can use launcher pro which pretty much masks it

3. the current limits for this are bad until bootloader is unlocked

4.i would say if like me you came from SAMOLED, at first it would look horrible. the screen color is pretty accurate

5. stock music player going off by itself.
[Atrix 4G General] Smallsmx3:
I too came from a captivate and i have not had any reboots or problems with the radio. That is the main reason i left my cappy. I have horrible service at work and at home ( where i spend most of my time) and i could never get a signal. I had better signal with my iphone. My biggest disappointment is the screen....nothing will beat a s amoled. The atrix will look washed out next to it but the screen is clearer especially text. I wont miss the amoled eating all the battery though. The battery on the atrix is amazing. Im a fairly heavy user and i get through the day with no issues. As far as motoblur.....its not as ugly as TW. Some things look close to stock android some dont. I have been trying to install stock android apps and freezing the motoblur ones....so far so good....if we can get kernel access and get a speedmod kernel this phone would be unreal. I recommend this if yourlooking to make the jump.
[Fascinate General] chargerfn909:
mod plz delete. thank you
[Fascinate General] KitsuneKnight:
Just for future reference to anyone that might be alarmed by the title: It's perfectly fine to have the battery in while in download mode. Taking the battery out is to assist you in entering download mode.