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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suchevent:
a fellow telus dhd owner here in edmonton. i'm using the latest radio (check sig) with g ril on cm7 with great results. i was using hm ril's for a bit and the device had very poor performance (calls cutting in and out, slow gps sat lock, wifi/3g sporadic disconnect/reconnect, etc). all that has been remedied by just flashing a g ril instead of a hm ril.

i think it'd be good to remind everyone that matching your radio and ril to your rom type (i.e. sense vs asop) is also important. from what i've read, use g for asop and hm for sense roms. it sure made a difference for me.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaboobla:
Thank you for the good advice. I switched up to the newest radio and ril and they seem the best for me :) I am still interested to know what others agree having success with here in Canada
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wwphil:
I'm a fairly new user, got my Telus DHD (first Android) in the beginning of april, I live in Montreal, and took the entire phone apart within the first week. Tried a whole bunch of roms, then learned the hard way that Sense roms are like beautiful girls in bars at 2 am, they get you excited at first but then it's all disappointment... Lately I've been playing a lot with cyanogen nightlies, and I've been trying to find the best battery life possible.

So far the best I got was CM7.1 RC1 with Radio_12.35d.60.140f_26.06.03.24_M2 - TELUS WWE 1.84.661.1

That would last me over 35 hours very consistently with heavy use, screen on and lots of data (3G)

I tried pretty much all other radios on the latest nightlies (right now #170) and haven't found anything as good as 26.06.03.24_M2. I am in the process of reflashing that one while on this nightly to see if things will go back to what I had.

When you know your rom (and apps running) are not draining the battery, is the radio/ril the only other variables that affect battery life ? In other words, would the same radio/RIl drain the same regardless of the rom you're using ?

(forgot to mention I flash Alienmind's stuff over that, so I also use LordModUE v6.9.2 kernel and I change the OC to 122min/1.3max and use Brazilianwax (that governor seems so far seems to be the best)
[Fascinate General] m91-30:
I think I updated clockwork successfully before trying to update, but clockwork has been acting funky. first it wouldn't auto install my new ROM, then when I went to manually do it, it failed!! I say I think I updated it because I used to have clockwork recovery with green? text, now it has orange, but I just remembered orange has its own problems (or so I read on here, somewhere). now rom manager won't run in android, it always force closes after giving me the annoying four vibrations. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling it, but it won't work. now I have a useless rom, as things don't want to work after I wiped user data and cache (obviously), and I can't update!!
[Fascinate General] m91-30:
I got rom manager to install and run, but the latest version is orange, and I am on the latest version. it still will not automatically install the superclean (non voodoo) rom, and I am afraid to try the manual update in case it just messes things up, again. does anyone have any idea of what's going on?
[Fascinate General] Juno_Reactor:
1. flash the rom in clockwork mod

2. go back to clockwork mod and wipe caches

3. install rom manager from your new rom

4. reflash the rom using rom manager......this will wipe out every trace you have.
[Fascinate General] BrwnSuperman:
Juno's steps should solve your problems. This discussion belongs in general.
[Fascinate General] m91-30:
I had to go in and manually replace clockwork recovery orange with red. problem solved. I know how to flash these phones, but apparently orange is not compatible with this phone/ROM combination.
[Fascinate General] uslacson1:
CWM orange only "partially" works with "Edify" which is only on Superclean 2.7
[XPERIA X2 General] esad (SE Xperia X2):
is it impossible to autorotate x2 UI without sliding out the keyboard, i mean rotating the phone make the UI rotate too...if possible, the teach me how
[XPERIA X2 General] orejas666:
=D

same question here!!
[XPERIA X2 General] fire-warrior:
i think you should read this
[XPERIA X2 General] esad (SE Xperia X2):
its just working for certain app..i mean, only by tilting the phone, the entire UI is rotated just like sliding out the keyboard
[XPERIA X2 General] fire-warrior:
to make windows also rotating >>> search for file called shell32 in windows folder >>> this will make home screen and starr menu auto rotate
[Windows Phone 7 General] art0605:
I've been looking for a slideshow app for my HD7 for a while now, trying out as many as I can. But honestly, they're all pretty crappy.

Is it so much to ask for a flexible slide rate (1 to 60 secs), random slide option, or the ability to start in the middle of the album if not using random, all in one app?
[Windows Phone 7 General] biernes_atrece:
have you tried picture frame already?
[Windows Phone 7 General] art0605:
Yes sir. I don't like the cropping.

Maybe I'm just being too picky :(

I'm currently using "SlideShow" by WPS. Doesn't have a random option and can't start in the middle of albums.
[Windows Phone 7 General] exisapps:
..removed
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B2L:
Well it seems like my browser on my phone is being a pain in the ass. Every time I download something it will download to 100% then all the sudden it says download unsuccessful. It does it every time no matter what site im downloading from.

I'm using cm7 rc1 and 1.2.4 bfs netarchy kernel. Has anyone else ever experienced this problem? Maybe I just need to do a fresh wipe.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlost24:
Same here bro, honestly all these little bugs are pissing me off especially coming from a very smooth experience with my nexus one, but yea its been happening a lot to me also

I am completely stock running 2.3.2 (waiting on the update)...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CB620:
i get that sometimes as well what u normally do is go to the downloads app in the drawer and delete everything i downloaded already when i do that it normally works for me.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlost24:
Anybody want to help with this download unsuccessful situation?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tempera:
I only got this with 2.3.3, it was fine before.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CB620:
Delete everything in the download aop and try again.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenvan19:
I had this problem beginning with 2.3.2 and ending in 2.3.3. Never could explain it but themselves update fixed it for me

Sent from my MattedBlues CM7 Nexus S from the XDA Premium app.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bcorra19:
Well to get started what is needed to get clockwork running or what is/isn't working so we can start a development thread
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Lint6:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=975636
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
From my knowledge, constant roaming can reault in Sprint terminating your contract. Is it possible to use roam control to get out of a contract? Lmao. I was just curious as this thought occured recently. I like sprint and wont do this!
[Epic 4G General] djbacon06:
perhaps. although you'll get at least one letter asking you to knock it off first
[Epic 4G General] swanysto:
From what I hear, you not only get out of your contract, but you are awarded a nice 5 year ban as well.

Not willing to test that theory since I prefer sprint.
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
I roamed for 2 months straight while I was in upstate NY with my hero. They never said anything. The online statement had my data usage in red tho lol
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Really? Rofl. Has anyone done it and blogged about it?
[Epic 4G General] Leviuqse:
i dont know about the 5 year ban..but yes they kick you out if you use a looooot of roaming for 2-3 months

I remember seeing somewhere that if you use more than 50% of your data in roaming for 2 months they cancel your contract..no ETF

some get a letter, some dont.
[Epic 4G General] RUMC:
Is this due to the fact that sprint doesnt charge for roaming? I am always being forced into roaming around my area and i live in a "huge" sprint area.
[Epic 4G General] zyklonbee:
Not sure, but you can easily leverage them into a free Airave CDMA hotspot. They overnighted me the hardware for free and it costs me no money per month. I have two Epics in the household and only had to speak to a couple of representatives to make it happen.

As a result my battery life at home is much better, and no more roaming.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
They didn't come to your house and install it themselves?
[Epic 4G General] BWFBezerk:
By install, you mean plug in? lol
[Epic 4G General] Atlienzz:
I have received said letter recently because my sister in law is at college in a non-sprint area. That was about four months ago and they still haven't terminated her line. So I have no idea if they actually go through with it or not.
[Epic 4G General] Product F(RED):
Use the Verizon PRL. Roam Control will give you slow, 1x data. If you use the Verizon PRL hack, you'll get full 3G, which means you'll use data a LOT faster. The ban makes sense, but if you're leaving Sprint, why does it matter?

Also, they might take your phone number, but I'm sure they give you a warning beforehand to find another carrier, so you might be able to port it over, or at least to Google Voice first.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Where can I get ahold of this hack? :)
[Epic 4G General] Product F(RED):
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=696073
[Epic 4G General] BWFBezerk:
What did they say in the letter?
[Epic 4G General] daddymikey1975:
pics or it didnt happen
[Epic 4G General] mgfootballer:
My buddy came from the middle of Minnesota and moved to Wisconsin in some area with no coverage andwas always roaming. They called him telling him that he was usng to much roaming, so he let them cancel it and went with a different carrier. He was happy though because he could not stand the battery on the epic, which I have haha. O well hope this helps!
[Epic 4G General] Atlienzz:
It said exactly what a poster earlier said. If you use more than 50% of your data while roaming they reserve the right to terminate service on that line free of any ETF's. My wife called and said she was in college and we were helping her out by paying for her phone. Maybe that worked, I have no idea. Maybe they'll cut off her service today...honestly I hope they just leave it alone.
[Epic 4G General] BWFBezerk:
So you can sign up for a new account, roam like nuts, have the account canceled and sell the phone to make profit.

I'm going to test this ' if you roam too much, you're canceled'.

I'm going to use roam control and only roam next service period.

Anybody know of an app I can download to keep a constant data transfer going to rack up some gigs?
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
If you can put up with 2g speeds....try downloading every rom in the dev section, or streaming full length movies.

Sent from my Epic Epic.
[Epic 4G General] jnadke:
BitTorrent a few legal ISO files?

https://market.android.com/details?id=hu.tagsoft.ttorrent.lite&feature=search_result

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.DroiDownloader&feature=search_result

Like the app shows, go find some Ubuntu image torrrent files.

Oh, and seed the files back. They'll love you for the uploading.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
On that line? So they wouldn't boot me unless all my lines were roaming. :p

Sent from my Epic Epic.
[Epic 4G General] zman519:
set up a torrent app & download every Linux .iso you can find & keep seeding them then maybe delete a few & redownload:D But only seeing/download the legal stuff for this little test of your heehe

just start googleing open source torrents

hear you go http://www.osst.co.uk/category.php?id=3

Or an other idea i just had :D Set up an FTP server on your PC and or your phone & just send files to your self ROFL
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
There is a 300mb cap on roaming data. Going over that will flag your account to be watched.
[Epic 4G General] Leviuqse:
I know that the contract for broadband cards and dongles say the above..but I dont remember seeing that in the contract for phone lines
[Epic 4G General] ichefae85:
I remember when I signed up the small print on the contract said that if more than 800min and/or more than 300mb data is used while roaming sprint can terminate service with no warning
[Epic 4G General] tyl3rdurden:
Is that mbs or MBs?

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
800 minutes of voice roaming and 300 megabytes of data roaming per month
[Epic 4G General] BigBrotherMotown:
Better be careful with that!

They offered me a "FREE" airave because I kept complaining about dropped calls at home...

10 days after I received it I was CHARGED an activation fee, Equipment fee, and informed that there would be an early termination fee that applies to the device too.

I told customer service about it and they rudely replied that they "cant give away stuff for free"

So I PROMPTLY RETURNED it....

SPRINT IS THE DEVIL!!!!!!!!!
[Epic 4G General] zman519:
Ya verizon is the same way. They all suck my problem with the mobile telcoms is they need to get OUT OF THE HARDWARE BIZ stop selling phones let us buy from the oem and be done with it

Sent from my ComBadge..
[Epic 4G General] Product F(RED):
That's weird. Only 4 months into my contract and as a customer at all with Sprint, I called them because their signal won't penetrate my home and said "listen, I heard you're giving away free Airaves with no monthly charges. I'm don't get signal inside my house, plus I'm paying $10 for useless 4G". And the lady was like "Yep, we can do that for you" and sent me one. No monthly charges, activation fee or anything. Proof:
[Epic 4G General] -javier-:
i dont get it why would they get mad for roaming? what does roaming really do to hurt them....?
[Epic 4G General] Product F(RED):
Sprint and Verizon have roaming agreements. They have to cover each customer's roaming overages by paying each other.
[Epic 4G General] -javier-:
now that make sence..thanks
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Alltel and Sprint do, not verizon. Sprint can only roam onto the old alltel towers
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
That's very ineresting! There must be ALOT of Alltel towers near me, because I'm on roam almost every day. LOL
[Epic 4G General] Product F(RED):
No way, because I'm in NYC and Alltel doesn't exist over here. It's definitely Verizon. Also, Verizon roams on Sprint. My friend has a Droid Incredible and he jumps to 1x data and gets the roaming triangle.
[Epic 4G General] logikgr:
What? Your bandwidth and no unlimited calling? Sucks!

Somehow through some goof up at Sprint, I got a free Evo Shift + $65 credit + $5 anniversary credit. My line kept showing I was still eligible for an upgrade, so I just cancelled it without ETF and did and ESN swap from another line. I Love Sprint!!!
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Sprint just upgraded their service in my area, otherwise I'd be using an Airave right now.
[Epic 4G General] azyouthinkeyeiz:
This is definitely not true... But partially so..

Sprint has agreements with Verizon to pick up Voice *not data*, but Verizon will not allow customers to roam on Sprint...
[Epic 4G General] Product F(RED):
As a Sprint user, when you roam, you roam on Verizon completely: Voice, Texting, and Data. Texting doesn't matter to Sprint because it uses an insignificant amount of data. It's mostly Voice and Data that matter. If you go into you Sprint account and go into Usage and then I believe "Other", you can see "Data Roaming" and "Voice Roaming". It says /Unlimited but it's really not.

The limits are:

1) Out of all of the minutes you use for a month, no more than 50% of those minutes can be used roaming. If you do this for 3 months in a row, Sprint can terminate your line (or account I believe if it's just a single line).

2) There is a 300 MB cap for roaming data. Nothing will stop you from going over, but again Sprint can terminate your line or account if you do this consecutively for 3 months in a row. Some people have been able to rack up GBs of data roaming with the Verizon PRL hack and haven't been penalized.

I'm not sure about what limits Verizon imposes on their users for roaming on Sprint, but Verizon users DO in fact roam on Sprint. My friend has a Droid Incredible and when he roams on campus, it goes to 1x data with the roaming triangle, which means he's on Sprint. It's the same thing when I roam on Verizon. You're limited to 1x by default so that you don't use so much data roaming.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Sprint must have signed another deal with verizon then, because they never had an agreement with verizon for roaming
[Epic 4G General] zman519:
Has any one with an Epic got out of there contract with sprint. Over the GPS, bluetooth, bugy eb13 update, etc......

The GPS was broke on android 2.1 and 2.2 eb13 froyo broke the cam and hardware keybord bug got wrose. But they still have not fixed the cam even after te awsome devs at xda fixed the bug in the kernel & published the code under GPL.

Maybe I should start a new theard about it. But I thought hear may be a good place to get a few numbers.

OP I hope I'm not hi-jaking ur thread

Sent from my ComBadge..
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
You're good. Don't sweat it.
[Epic 4G General] zman519:
Are you trying to get out of contract?

Sent from my ComBadge..
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Nope, I was only curious about this. It seems like another topic similar to this is in the EVO forums. They're doing a PRL hack on their devices that use Verizon's network for 3G speeds.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
OK I looked into this issue.

The rule is this.

800 minutes of Voice Roaming

OR MAJORITY

and 300 megabytes of data roaming

OR MAJORITY

That means that Sprint can terminate you if your majority of data and/or voice is roaming. Not just if you go over the cap amount.
[Epic 4G General] zman519:
I see.

Well i can tell you all that in fact you can get out of contract because of the bugs in the Epic and samsuck/sprint not fixing them;)
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
I may be able to get out of 1 line, but the 3 other phone lines on my account are all HTC Heros (and one LG Optimus S).
[Epic 4G General] zman519:
Well its not that I want to go to VZW or at&t or leave sprint. Its why should any Epic owner be under contract for a phone that has never worked 100% ? And after 25% of the phones life cycle gone with no stable bug free rom in sight from samsuck/sprint.

Sent from my ComBadge..
[Epic 4G General] leftkidney:
my brother tried the constant roam thingie - Sprint contacted him and offered to send a free airave - he said he doesent ahve the internet so it wont work and they tried to sell him a Sprint modem wifi card and put it where it can get a good signal and a router and wire that all up so the airave worked

they really didnt want him to leave and they also didnt want to cancel him - he refused this unless it was free - they offered it free for 6 months! with a 2 year agreement - he again said no, they canceled him the next month

so yes this can work
[Epic 4G General] legendarygizmo:
Sorry to bring up this 2 months old thread, but when he got cancelled, did he have to return the phone/device back? or did he get to keep it? Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] Product F(RED):
Sprint will call you if you haven't used the Airave in 90 days and either ask that you return it if you're not going to use it or to plug it in and use it. If you don't intend on using it and you don't return it, they'll charge you $150.
[Epic 4G General] legendarygizmo:
I'm not talking about the airave, I meant returning the phone back (epic 4g). For example, I'm 8 months into my contract and if I do the constant roaming to get out of contract without paying early termination fee, and they cancel me, will I have to return my epic 4g back to them or do I get to keep it for free?
[Epic 4G General] Product F(RED):
Oh in that case I'm pretty sure you get to keep it free.
[Epic 4G General] legendarygizmo:
Only way to be sure is if "leftkidney" replies back with an exact answer before I make any decisions =)
[Epic 4G General] leftkidney:
well its been a month or so and they havent asked for the phone back or charged him for anything

so it looks like its free to keep
[Epic 4G General] legendarygizmo:
That's good to hear. Did sprint say anything about a ban? For example, since sprint was the one who cancelled, would you be able to get sprint again? Or would they ban you for a couple of years from qualifying? Just want to know what are my options before I get rid of sprint out of my life permanently, lol. Wonder if there's a loop hole in getting new sprint phones this way since they change the new device upgrade to 2 years >< (before was 1 year).
[Epic 4G General] rygran87:
^ This. I'm very curious.
[Epic 4G General] Leviuqse:
U get a 6 month ban from sprint..as far as I know

Sent via the pirated premium XDA app
[Epic 4G General] legendarygizmo:
Hey leftkidney, you think your brother can try an attempt to see if he can qualify for sprint again but don't actually sign up for it. This way, we will have an exact answer of what they will do and can close this thread for good =) , since all concerns will be revealed.

(if they ask why you want sprint again, just say you moved and maybe the service is better at the new location=) Just an idea.
[Epic 4G General] Product F(RED):
Or you can go to Virgin or Boost which is just Sprint without Verizon roaming lol. If you want to use your Sprint phone, go to Boost because it's easier to find someone who'll activate your phone on the network.
[Epic 4G General] steviee7:
can any phone be moved to boost and how do i find someone to do it? my aunt wants to cancel her sprint account and get something cheaper and boost is pretty cheap
[Epic 4G General] legendarygizmo:
I like the option of roaming onto verizon, when we go camping, the only cell tower that is out there is verizon, but we like the cheaper unlimited plan with sprint. So boost/Virgin is a no go for me. Still waiting for a response from leftkidney, since it's more catered for my situation, =)
[Epic 4G General] thedave9081:
Is it just a cdma antenna or will it transmit wimax as well. Id like to find a wimax broadcaster. Just contacted sprint to try and get one of these here dodads. I will post the results of my efforts
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
I didn't create this thread to give people any ideas - keep Sprint in business, don't try to get them to drop you. It'll only shoot the price for everyone else up.
[Epic 4G General] nadcicle:
Lol, but the title screams to me "This is how to get out of a contract early"

No, seriously though you're right and I believe the roaming thing is a form of abuse as well.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Yes, I was simply only interested in the outcome. I love Sprint and I'm tempted to change the title now haha. :P
[Epic 4G General] iamnotagoldfish:
yes, for another month or two there is an override (that you may have to ask for) that allows you a one time exception to the new two years upgrade cycle (just this once you can upgrade after one year)
[Epic 4G General] Product F(RED):
For anyone? Because they refunded me for 4 month's worth of bad service, but data is still slow and cuts off a lot of the time because of overcrowding in both my neighborhood and my campus. You're saying that, for any reason, they can override the system once and provide an upgrade after 1 year?
[Epic 4G General] joshts0:
I get pretty crappy signal at home.. so maybe I could use this hack to get them to offer me a free airwave. Don't get me wrong, I have wifi, google voice, and another true (SIP) VoIP service at home... but hey why not :)

sounds like I could also actually just complain about crappy signal at home in and of itself.. and get a free airwave... hmm
[Epic 4G General] Product F(RED):
Literally call them up and ask for one. That's what I did. I said something to the effect of "I have bad service, but only in my house. Can you please send me an Airave and wave the monthly charges?". And they'll do it.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Well there is no monthly charges for the air rave, only a one time hundred dollar free for the equipment