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[EVO Shift 4G General] jddalrymple:
Is anybody else experiencing weak WiFi signal in hotspot mode? Any way to boost the signal or change the WiFi channel?

I just got my EVO Shift last week. I really like the speed and funtionality much better than my old Hero.

My 3G signal seems much weaker than I had with the Hero. I'm dropping calls and data connections in loacations where I never have before.

I guess I should take the phone in to a store and have the Techs check the radios. 4G radio works pretty good, though it too doesn't get the throughput that my Sprint Overdrive did.
[EVO Shift 4G General] JKILO:
Is the PRL up to date...when I got my shift there was already a new PRL..check settings>system update>update prl

Sent from my HTC Knight using MikRom(again)
[EVO Shift 4G General] jddalrymple:
I did a PRL update when I recieved the phone, but it did do a new update just now. There may be a slight improvement... I think that I'll still get the radios checked today.
[EVO Shift 4G General] jddalrymple:
I finally got my phone in to the Sprint shop so they could run some diagnostics on the radios and they tell me its fine... I know its not, but I'll try to be patient and wait until at least the first major update to the phone before I make a rwal stink about it.

Is anybody else experiencing weeker signal levels for voice & data with the Shift? I'm dropping calls and data connections in places I never used to. Plus the signal output in hotspot mode is weak as well. I can be 10 feet from it with my tablet and only get 2 or 3 bars on my wifi signal level.
[EVO Shift 4G General] dumper1234:
I compared mine to my wife hero, her is more than double my speed. not sure why, I will think a newer phone should be faster. anyone has any ideas?
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
If all you want to do is bring up your 3G speeds. Do the mod on THIS post. It should fix the issue for you.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Enraged21:
Anyway to improve 3G speeds on AOSP?

Evo SHIFT
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Just flash back to a Sense rom. Make the changes, then flash back to AOSP.

MikShifted on XDA Premium APP

TEAM MiK

Mik ROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] linuxman008:
I do believe if you flash to sense, then go back, it has to be a new rom flash, not a nandroid, otherwise it restores those settings from the nandroid, not the changes you made in the sense rom.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
You are correct ;). See now that I forgot to mention that :p .
[EVO Shift 4G General] Enraged21:
Ahh, I'm guessing there's no way around that?
[EVO Shift 4G General] Evil_DevNull:
sprints wifi tether is dependent on the signal strength.

on 3g avg dl speed is 45k upload 13k

4g is 950+kb 720 upload

IF your PRL is up to date AND you aren't fair from a tower
[Captivate General] sarcasmo:
Don't click on the links as I'm not sure where they lead:

Most recent posts include:

Be the first to have the all-new ipad tablet 2 Cost-free! http://bit.ly/eoYtx0

Be the first to own the all-new apple ipad 2 Free of charge! http://bit.ly/eoYtx0

Report: Samsung rethinking Galaxy Tab 10.1 http://bit.ly/h0PKqC

These posts don't seem very Samsung-like (and all the previous posts did).
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
Alright, I'll bite, I don't have anything better to do ....

I'm fairly certain that is not an official Samsung account, sorry if you thought so.

And if you are not comfortable posting the links because you don't trust them, please don't bring them here.
[Captivate General] PriTel03:
I clicked all the links ( I ain't scurred!) and all the sites they lead to are shady... What's a Twitter?...

j/k
[Captivate General] swedishcancerboi:
Did you give the AntiVirus Software (I think it was called Security Shield?) your credit number like it asked for? I had to give it 2 different card numbers before it would let me move on.
[Captivate General] ConeyKiller:
Um.....i hope you are joking

I kill coneys, not phones.
[Captivate General] PriTel03:
hmmm it didn't ask for my credit card number, just my social security number and home address :p
[Captivate General] bigsmitty64:
The third link does have a legit link to the cnet report about samsung rethinking the Galaxy Tab

It is HERE

But ya, the other two do look fudgy.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fingers6:
Hi,

I would like to keep my phone menus in English, while having the news on locale language, Hebrew in my case.

The problem is the i can either choose to have both in Hebrew, or both in English...

anyone? :confused:

ty,

Yaron
[myTouch 4G General] kryptik06:
Who else is Sitting back waiting for the glacier release! http://bit.ly/hsNMQz
[myTouch 4G General] samsd:
I am!

Why hasn't glacier got one while most other phones have? Are we abandoned? :(
[myTouch 4G General] koshtaru:
I am now! 11 other devices versions are out so hopefully the glacier will get put up shortly ;D
[myTouch 4G General] xdviper:
I keep refreshing the page like ups or fedex tracking page. I can't wait
[myTouch 4G General] koshtaru:
Is RC2 just the combination of the latest nightly build or something different?
[myTouch 4G General] samsd:
Its out!!
[myTouch 4G General] samsd:
Had to wipe dalvik before flashing cm7 so that it does not boot loop. And did a battery pull right after getting into the system for the first time.

First time trying gingerbread. Works smoothly so far!
[myTouch 4G General] knotrkr:
Yea I can't wait either..
[myTouch 4G General] TheBiles:
I'm staying on #13 until I see actual improvements.
[myTouch 4G General] ayk07:
coming from a droid 2 i am still not sure if i want to use the cm 7 release which is not the final one. how stable is the new release running for you guys?

i unrooted my phone back and it runs perfect just no 2.3 but hope they release the final version soon. i love my mt4g more than the nexus s but hate that it takes so long for htc to push the update to us.
[myTouch 4G General] neidlinger:
Honestly i've ran nothing but Cyanogen Mod ROMs on my Magic (MyTouch3G) and my MyTouchHD. I've never had any problems with them. The only thing that i wished worked, and i've yet to test it on this build, is 720p video recording.
[myTouch 4G General] ayk07:
oh ok, if the 720- video recording works then il do it, cant do it at work now though lol. no gps problems either?
[myTouch 4G General] Saad1115:
The new release is VERY stable for me and I love it! I've run nothing but CM7 on my mytouch 4g. And the official stable release should be coming out in a couple of weeks hopefully.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ATrueJesusFreak:
Hey, I have an USA T-Mobile Vibrant.

It is rooted and running the Vibrant edition of Darky's 9.3 Final ROM.

I am also using the latest overstock kernal and the honeycomb 2.0 theme from the I9000 forums.

Enough background info. This isn't really a problem as much as my curiosity.

My phone almost constantly is switching back and forth between 3G (UMTS) and H (HSDPA) on my data connection.

It doesn't seem to affect battery life or service too much (though H might be faster), so I'm not worried; but does anyone know what the deal is with this?

Thanks ahead of time!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrazyCharlie:
Mine has been doing this lately as well. It's only been happening since I installed my current ROM (Trigger 2.7).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sdobron:
Noticed this just now as well...might have something to do with the mods to show H or 3G.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrazyCharlie:
I wonder if it has anything to do with signal strength. I know that shouldn't make a difference but I can't think of any other reason.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ATrueJesusFreak:
I would agree, but I went to my settings/ phone info/ signal page and the reason it was changing was because it was physically switching between UMTS and HSDPA.

Why? I have no idea.

I do live in a T-Mobile 4G enabled area, though I am not on their so called "4G plan".

I did notice that it did not have this switching problem on Bionix Frost-u2.

So, if anyone has some insight, please help us all understand :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ATrueJesusFreak:
I was just watching my signal strength change and it doesn't seemed tied to the change from 3G to H.

For example, it would be around 67dBm and be on UMTS. Raise to up to around 75dBm and be on UMTS. Then it would switch to HSDPA and still be at 75dBm or sometimes lower down to 69-72dBm and still be on HSDPA.

So with that type of cross-over stats, I would be skeptical of that solution.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RCinFLA:
HSDPA is a temporary data link. If it was on continously the phone would have very poor battery life.

When network server has a data packet for your phone it 'pages' up your HSDPA capability. Your phone can also request HSPA to initiate a data transmission.

The HSPA paging process is similar to receiving and initiating a voice call.

If no more packets have qued at their server or received from your phone after some period of time it will revert to normal 3G battery saver cycling. It has to be re-paged up to reinitiate HSPA data link. The wake up HSPA function does add some initial delay.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4rp0on3r:
So is there a way to force it to stay on HSPA while tethered, for example? (Or always)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] znewman99:
Why does cyanogen mod not let my phone vibrate its never even worked
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dased14:
Someone told me that a rom doesnt effect that, but I flashed a rom once that did the samething to me. Try flashing a different rom and see if thats the problem and if that didnt fix it and you really need vibe only option is to unroot and take it in for repair
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] znewman99:
Its just the rom every other rom works except cyanogen mod
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
try a different kernal, or reflash the rom.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dased14:
did you contact cyangon maybe he will be able to tell you whats up. and you could try and re-download the rom and re-flash maybe its a bad donwload, i just stopped using the rom that gave me problems
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] znewman99:
Tried all of the above I think cyanogen hasn't fixed it or something
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
So, are you saying the vibrate doesnt work no matter what rom you are using? If so, then the motor has failed. unroot and take to a sprint store for repair or replacement under warranty. If you are saying it ONLY doesnt work with cyanogen, then you need to re-wipe and reflash the rom. There are thousands of people running CM with the vibration working.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] znewman99:
No it vibrates when I get calls just not messages
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
Ok, well assuming you are using the stock messages app, then it's a problem with the rom. re-download it, do an md5 check on the file, then wipe EVERYTHING in your recovery and reflash.
[General Questions and Answers] xuyuantr:
what is the Stock animations & icons (CWM flashable framework) mean?

this is LeeDrOiD HD v2.2.2 's Optional Add-on's

the file name is Stock_icons_trans_notification_stock_animations.

What's the mean?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
source : http://www.dailytech.com/Report+Mic...D+to+Stay+Away+from+Android+/article21069.htm

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

Nokia ruffled more than a few feathers when it announced that it would be shacking up with Microsoft when it comes to smartphone operating systems. Feeling the heat from smartphone operating systems like Apple's iOS and Google's Android, Nokia is winding down its efforts with MeeGo and Symbian in order to embrace the nascent Windows Phone 7 (WP7) operating system.

Now, a new report from BusinessWeek suggests that Nokia was offered a sweet deal to go with Microsoft’s WP7 operating system over the rival Android OS. BusinessWeek says that Nokia will receive roughly $1B as a part of a 5-year deal with Microsoft.

Microsoft, of course, will also profit handsomely from its $1B investment if Nokia's WP7 offerings take off in the marketplace. Unlike with Google's freely available Android OS, Nokia will pay Microsoft a royalty fee for each WP7 handset that it sells.

“This gives Microsoft scale and allows Nokia to rip out costs,” said Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Partners in New York, who recommends buying Microsoft shares. “Microsoft is getting the platform boost.”

Although $1B USD is a nice motivator to adopt WP7, Nokia's Stephen Elop claims that Nokia would have gotten lost in vast sea of me-too Android devices, and that the Microsoft partnership gives it a chance to shine. “A decision to go with Windows Phone creates a very different dynamic. Windows Phone is a challenger. It becomes a three-horse race,” said Elop according to Mobile Beat.

Nokia’s Symbian operating system has been under a constant assault from Android. Android overtook Symbian as the world’s best-selling smartphone operating system in Q4 2010 (33.3 million units versus 31 million units).
[Windows Phone 7 General] dgaust:
The thing they forget to mention is that the $1b payment also gets Microsoft access to Nokia's immense patent library.

Which in itself would be worth the $1b payment.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
do you know where a pdf can be found ? at this point its all speculation... but man it would be in.teresting !
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
I love when the fact that the people who operate these tech blogs are android fanboys shines through. It had nothing to do with them buying them away from android. 1 billion dollars is fair towards R&D from the company that they partnered with. They stayed away from android because as it says, if they embraced the lag that is android then they would be just another OEM in the sea of android OEMs, nothing special about them. This way they're not caught in a hardware battle since that's the only thing that sales android phones anymore.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dgaust:
You're right, it is all speculation (based on two people leaking) but the same sources that state the $1b also say the patent portfolio is included.

Both companies have mentioned that things like OVI maps will be integrated into Bing services, so it's not far fetched to believe that assertation.
[Windows Phone 7 General] radeon_x:
And what the hell is the WP7 ecosystem if not a hardware battle? If anything Nokia could have applied their own customizations to Android alà SE Xperia - but if done properly they could have had a killer hardware software combo. If anything the MS deal is like an easy way out. A huge cash influx and a guiding hand from MS. We'll see how much value add they bring to WP7, but for now the deal just looks like a giant marketing move for a fledgling platform.

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Rather than hardware and apps selling an OS it's an OS selling an OS. Tel me, how well has Xperia done with their custom OS. Is it half as big as Samsung's unbelievably laggy touchwiz UI? Regardless of customization the Os is never it's own. Every intelligent person downloads a new launcher, even my mom figured that out and it took her 2 days to learn how the market worked. Two companies that were steadily falling downhill revamped themselves and joined forces, not to own the market but to get their piece of the pie.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
oh please

let's try and keep it two notches above petty this not an android, wp7 or ios bashing thread.

id really like to see more leaks (if this one is true/real) and more detaols. a billion dollars and patent right to either companies portfolio is incredible.

on the vone hand, symbian is declared vdead... but good lord look at the patents... there has to be amazing tech ms and nokia could employ. wowzers !
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Oh yeah, I have no doubt that both companies are going to come out hard. It's going to be amazing. I do apologize for my previous comment but that is the case with most tech blogs. Nokia had denied android long before Microsoft ever put themselves on the chopping block. I can't wait to see what comes of this partnership. I see a bright future for this infant OS.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nicksti:
When Elop stated the reasons why Nokia choosing Windows Phone it did seem like he was contradicting himself. But here is why it makes sense:

HTC is the king of Android, with Motorola coming in 2nd. I would argue HTC does seem to have an unfair advantage because of the close working relationship they have with Google since they developed quite a few Google branded and marketed phones, including the very first one - Google G1. I think because of this that is why they have the largest percentage of handsets on the latest firmware. If Nokia entered the Android space where would they be in the heirarchy?

Windows Phone is pretty wide open right now. They are trying to jump on the wagon before it leaves them at the station. The nay-sayers will say that is a dead wagon, but with Microsoft's money, Nokia's marketshare, and Windows Phone's potential it may very well work.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
this has more to do with the allowed patents (assuming that part is real) than a phone. the patents could deal with windows8 (desktop) or current versions. keep in mind, companies don't normally toss a billion with a b around unless they are serious.

symbian does some pretty incredible stuff, and if ms were to absorb (we all are familiar with this) symbians stuffs, wow.

if anyone finds more relevant information, please do post it. remember, this is not a bash, nor a hardware thread. this is about the contract !
[Windows Phone 7 General] Michael-Dallas:
Yes, it doesn't have to be in the form of cash. At a previous company I worked at, MSFT invested $30 mil in the form of software and services. So some of that $1 bil/year could simply be software and services licenses to Nokia.

As for why Nokia chose WP7 -- IMO, Android is reaching a maturity level where Nokia will not be able to compete w/ other OEMs. Since WP7 is still very young, Nokia has a chance to still get in early and reap the potential for great reward. The market is saturated with Android phones, even if Nokia adds their customizations to differentiate themselves, there's still alot of competition in that space.

Michael.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
^ how is that any different than the WP7 competition?

Nokia is just another OEM isn't?
[Windows Phone 7 General] dgaust:
Not according to Nokia, part of the deal was that they could make changes to every part of the OS.

These changes would need to be rolled into the trunk, and made available back to MS (and the other OEMs), but they are allowed to do that.

The said they wouldn't initially as this would delay updates coming from MS. But I can see them working collaboratively with MS to make WP7 better. It doesn't make sense with other OEMs but leveraging Nokia's experience will be off benefit to MS in the long term.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Michael-Dallas:
How is that different? Well, AT&T has 7 Android phones and 3 WP7 phones. Verizon has 10 Android phones and no WP7 phones. Sprint has at least 8 Android phones and no WP7 phones. T-Mobile has at least 10 Android phones and 2 WP7 phone.

So which marketspace will offer a greater potential, one that is saturated with Android phones or one where there's only 5 WP7 offerings for the entire U.S.

Michael.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skim3993:
Is it possible to change language while its running the voice search?

I use it a lot when I am driving, and it seems like there is no option to change language in voice search unless you actually go into the settings.

I wonder whether it is the way it is or there is something I don't know.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CentiZen:
Hey guys

I've been really happy with the performance of the HTC desire and had no real thoughts about rooting it and upgrading the ROM untill I realized that it was possible to connect a Wii Remote and play games on the phone. However, this does not work on stock Desires, apparently due to a bug in HTC's software.

So since I have a long plane ride to look forward to, I really want to get this gaming solution going, since playing emulators on a touchscreen is borderline masochistic. What I need to know is what is the latest ROM that has not been touched by sense and will work for sure with the Wii Remote

Thanks, I really appreciate the help.

Michael
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appox:
Any AOSP (non sense) rom should allow Wii-remote connection using the 'WiimoteController' app from the market. I've personally used Cyanogen, Oxygen and a few other non-sense roms, all worked.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevAmiga:
Hmm so its sense that causes the problem?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appox:
Yeah, the Bluetooth drivers that come with Sense do not allow you to pair a Wiimote, I remember Dev's complaining to HTC about it.
[GT540 Optimus General] Frandroido:
Hello, I tried to look this forum for similar cases but I did not come accross one, which makes me wonder if I am the only one to come accross this specificity.

Everytime I plug my phone for charging it, even if the phone is turned off it turns on the phone again. Is it normal? If yes doesn't it affect the quality of the charge? Is there a way to avoid it?

So many questions I know lol, I'd be thankful to have an answer though! Thanks!
[GT540 Optimus General] underdog2k9:
If you are using a Custom-Rom like the 2.3.3 from mur4ik it is normal that the phone turns on when you plug usb in.
[GT540 Optimus General] Frandroido:
Alright thank you very much for the answer!

I guess the most efficient way to charge is then to put it in Airplaine mode, so the minimum amount of energy will be consumed while it is charging
[GT540 Optimus General] random3:
I am not sure where the q&a is so I will just ask, why does my optimus
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Drzfr3shboialex:
I just rooted for my first time. I flashed CM7 and used rom manager to backup, does it take long to restore a backed up rom? And must I wipe before restoring?

sent from HTC glacier running CM7 and overclocked to 1.5ghz
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] bsbachert:
not too long, depends on the size of the backup.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] bsbachert:
not too long, depends on the size of the backup. Always a good idea to wipe if your switching roms.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Drzfr3shboialex:
Thanks man

sent from HTC glacier running CM7 and overclocked to 1.5ghz
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Drzfr3shboialex:
I've restored after wiping and then it takes a long time to boot I turned it on, and it stayed in the mytouch logo for a long time

sent from HTC glacier running CM7 and overclocked to 1.5ghz
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] KCS05DC:
yes it may take some time, and yes full wipe/wipe cache/wipe delvik are things you need to do. As stated with flashing most custom roms formatting boot, system and sdcard are good ideas too
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Drzfr3shboialex:
Thanks a lot guys I appreciate it

sent from HTC glacier running CM7 and overclocked to 1.5ghz
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mskks64:
Ok I through this together in photoshop in like 2 minutes just for an example:

I was wondering if there was any kind app that would show your droid screen on the xoom. I think there are apps that do this for the computer. I don't no if it would be even possible, but it would be awesome. There would also be like a million permissions haha.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] cannafix:
that would be cool..
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Just-in-time:
So like what the atrix does in the laptop dock?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Facegarden:
You can probably already do this, though it may not be the best experience.

You need to use VNC. Get a "VNC server" for your phone, and a "VNC viewer" for your XOOM.

Then get them both on the same wifi network, and set them up to connect to eachother. The viewer probably won't be like a widget, but I'm sure the developer could make that happen if you bug them. The real problem is that it is choppy. And someone needs to make a VNC viewer that includes the android buttons, since normally you just have the screen and thats it.

-Taylor