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[Epic 4G General] sweepingzero:
thanks . i have a friend that works for sprint but i cant call him . oy
[Epic 4G General] Caballero777:
how did it go???
[Epic 4G General] Erica8123:
I second that, the guy that replaced my 1st Epic when it was stuck in stock recovery said "just rate me 5 stars so I get my $5 lol). I was reluctant to go in for no reason, didn't even charge me the $100 deposit. Hope it worked out

sent via XDA app on my now stock EPIC
[Epic 4G General] johnyardavid:
Yeah, I went to Sprint with the computer/android icon and they gave me a completely new phone in the box.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Glad things worked out. :>
[Epic 4G General] Kitteh298:
Thaats not the OP..

From My Samsung Epic Using TapaTalk.
[Epic 4G General] sweepingzero:
lol going to try and go to sprint tommorow hopefully this is quick and painless. ill let you guys know, and thanks for the help
[Epic 4G General] sapperpipo:
I did have a similar problem and all I did was let the phone sit for about an hour with the battery out and then put the battery back in and was able to turn the phone back on and boot into downloader mode and used odin to recover my phone. now it works like a charm,
[Epic 4G General] j3m4090:
yea i just went threw that last month just had my phonee eplaced xD i was so mad for a week because i couldnt use my baby<3
[Epic 4G General] sweepingzero:
my phones been off for a week and still wont do anything.
[Epic 4G General] 063_XOBX:
Then it sounds like you may just be the first person to actually brick their Epic.
[Epic 4G General] sweepingzero:
okay so i just almost had a heart attack. randomly decided to try download mode again after taking the battery out for a very extended period time and it went into download mode but odin isnt working :( im trying dl18-8gb-rel.tar.md5 and its hanging up on param.lfs im downloading every odin file i can(10-30 minutes eta)
[Epic 4G General] rocket321:
I always seem to have to reboot my pc before odin will actually run properly. I'd try that and maybe try switching usb ports and run it again. Another trick is to remove the "md5" from the file name so odin will skip the file check.
[Epic 4G General] sweepingzero:
rebooted my phone. ones i can get to pass the md5 all hang up on param.lfs. eb13 and dl18 so far. dk28 keeps failing checksum

edit removed md5. on dk28 stuck on param.lfs again. wtf is param? and how can i get past it, every odin attempt each different odin files all stuck in same place
[Nook Color General] nauska:
Has anyone tried TetherGPS to bring GPS functionality to the NookColor? I read about it on Engadget, but I can't post links yet.

I have not got my NookColor yet, so I can't try it out.
[Nook Color General] nauska:
Just found out that this is already discussed in another thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=983939

Let's keep the discussion there.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] rrohanjs:
hey frnds .. i jus need a vote on which is better for r milestones .. in terms of performance stability and all tht jazz

CM7 RC2 or CM6.1.2 ?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Ubermicro13:
CM7 RC2 Is amazing.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] adamz667:
I think that CM6 is more stable than CM7 and have a more free ram memory. But CM7 is almost 2.3.3 ... and it's works pretty well.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zeppelinrox:
I still don't know what the big advantage it has over the rock solid CM612...
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] eldouche:
Biggest for me: copy and paste.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Caz666:
I like the way that that gb prompt/lists apps for redownload now.

Easier to setup on a different phone, if you use more than one.

i also find the whole thikng more stable since 2 releases ago.

I never had major issues with cm6, but cm7 just flies.

Forget the crap about lower ram, etc. My phone feels snappier. But i dont play games...
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] motion_blur:
for me it's the screen off animation.

Try the iceandfire versions of CM, they are pretty speedy
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] rudybikerpunk:
I love gingerbread on my Droid so far very solid. It doesn't quadrant score very high but hell the phone runs just awesome
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vesparados150:
I am on CM6 currently.... in it had been quite stable..been using the rom for almost a month now and could not find a better rom that cm6 in terms of stability(ignoring the long pause that require you to press sleep button and then unlock back to continue issue).

I had not tried cm7(although tried it once). just wondering can cm7 match the stability that cm6 provide?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] dimicom:
the Cm7 and Cm6 have still the same bugs as the official 2.2.1.

-some apps are not working

and also they both are even more unstable.

If you want a stable Phone the only way right now is 2.1 official.

I have tested cm7 and cm6 and returned back to 2.1 since, the phone chrashes to often.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zeppelinrox:
erm....

Maybe you're doing something wrong. Widgetlocker crashes too often on your super stable, 2.1 official, certified, and blessed by motorola, phone, after all.
[Nook Color General] FrayAdjacent:
I thought a while back I saw an application on the Market that would enable or disable the lock screen based on what SSIDs the device could see. I thought this would be a good idea for my Android devices, since I'm usually either at home or at work, and both places have WiFi. It would be bothersome to have to enter a lock code every time I want to use a device, but would be great to require that if I'm away from home.

I know I saw an app that does this, but for the life of me, I cannot find it!

Edit: Should clarify, it doesn't disable the lock screen, it disables the passcode - basically when it sees particular SSIDs, it disables the passcode. Then when you're not in range of those SSIDs, the passcode is required.
[Nook Color General] jherm:
Yep, I was looking for this too and found your post. Then I remembered something I'd seen before:

www

.

symonds.id.au/marcopolo

/

There's a link on that page for a modified version of it for Snow Leopard, you'll need to get it if you want to lock/unlock your PC based on your AP's MAC/essid and run 10.6.

Let us know how well it works for you! I'm using it for a simple case: keeping my computer locked at work, unlocked at home.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrimReaper24:
Does any one know if cm7 is gonna make a better camera apk or a video one thats the only thing that bugs me i love cm7 battery life and all the extra features just sucks that you cant use all the EVO Eye candy camera and vid cause the camera on cm7 kinda makes your phone feel like a 5 dollar web cam. I love the stock cam and vid. Hope someone has some info and what do you all think about it? I love using my camera.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devonparrish:
The camera will come around. Right now cm7 is technically still a beta so not everything is going to be 100%. So just hold out for a little while, it will get better :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrimReaper24:
Gotta say everything is running great on the RC 2 cm7 right now im using it with theme mixer i love the features in cm7 just really really want some better sexy camera features that the evo camera has to offer, :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devonparrish:
Have you tried vignette? Best camera app out there, I wont use any other one evar haha
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrimReaper24:
I tried demo version does it also do video too ? I liked it and does it do 8mp pics wide screen.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadicthoughts:
Yeah it looks like trash too. Good thing the devs have included ADWLauncher in CM so I just redirect it to Vignette
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrimReaper24:
Still looks like ****? Does anyone know if there gonna work on a fix for the fugly camera.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrimReaper24:
Does your camera make a lil clicky sound after you snap a photo or two off?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devonparrish:
I PMd you, you can set it to widescreen in the settings, go to frame and click on fullscreen. There's tons of settings to try. Unfortunately it doesn't do video :/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrimReaper24:
Thanks man
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devonparrish:
No prob, let me know if you have questions :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GrimReaper24:
Thanks works great man now all i need is a hd camcorder option lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devonparrish:
Awesome I'm glad you like it! Yeah I'm missing my 720p haha
[G2 and Desire Z General] andrewklau:
Anyone noticing random crashes with the g2 cm7? Atleast once a week when I take it out of my pocket it doesn't power on and requires a battery pull to turn it on. (No lights, nothing)

Battery voltage issue?
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
Different people have been having different issues. What nightly/RC are you on? did you do a full data/cache/dalvik wipe before flashing the ROM? did you try fixing permissions?
[G2 and Desire Z General] andrewklau:
Yup, I know there are some issues but it seems strange that the whole phone goes into a stale state which requires a battery pull. I believe its happened once or twice with cm6 as well.

I have done all the wipes and fixes etc. I am right now on nightly #15, I previously was on nightly #7 for a long time so maybe it was just that release. Thanks for your reply.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tackleberry:
Haven't had one random reboot. Still using nightly 6. My mytouch4g has not had this problem either.

From my permarooted 1209mhz G2 with CM7 nightly 6
[G2 and Desire Z General] ibemad1:
Are you overclocked?

Sent from my %s running Cyanogenmod.
[G2 and Desire Z General] andrewklau:
Only to 1Ghz.
[G2 and Desire Z General] andrewklau:
Today it died while charging, dead and needed a battery pull. Any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
You're not the only one with this issue (myself included), and the cause is not yet known. And it seems there may be a couple different variations of this issue with the same symptom (of the phone powering off while asleep and needing a battery pull to power back on). May be related to overclock, GPS, screen-off profiles, full moon, or who knows what. See this thread for some various thoughts on the problem.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=908095

I personally think its a kernel issue, or that the kernel is at least one of the factors. I flashed pershoot's kernel and the problem seems to be solved, so far (keeping my fingers crossed). Having the GPS on while you turn of the screen also seems to be a common trigger for many who experience this problem.
[G2 and Desire Z General] andrewklau:
Hi there,

Thank you so much for your reply! I couldn't seem to find any information on the forum.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Milady_Odessa:
I just wrote a post because I had the same thing happen to me. Phone just went dead for ni reason and I had to pull out the battery. But my phone isn't rooted. So it might not be because of CM7.

Tried to call Bell, but the wait time was too long. So will try to call them when I get home.
[G2 and Desire Z General] lost800:
There are at least two other threads about this on XDA and quite a few others on the net.

Google HTC phone freeze random crash reboot battery pull or some combo.

No solutions and it happens on stock phones as well as rooted.

Did you search?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Frostie123:
Having the same problem recently on my unlocked Desire Z from Bell, using on the Rogers network. It started yesterday and all of a sudden it turns off, and the only way to turn it on is removing the battery and putting it back in. This never was an issue for months. The only thing I updated from that affects the hardware is the new Google Maps, so I think GPS may be the case. But I really need GPS on my phone...
[G2 and Desire Z General] PPjev:
Yesterday I did an experiment with GPS. For me GPS is the case that makes my phone to freeze. With new Google maps it freezes even faster, more often.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adithefunkid:
Hi.. ppl...

Previously I was using xperia x10...

After I switched to sgs...

I feel images captured from camera lack details and look washed out...

Can anyone help me...

How to improve image quality...

Regards..

Adi...
[Xoom General] Toys Samurai:
Unboxed my Xoom today. I can't say I don't like it, but there is one thing that really pissed me off. I paid $800 for it, and I knew very well that the price will soon drop but I still bought it. I thought I would be treated with great surprises. But the moment I opened the box, I found that there's NOTHING wrapping my Xoom. Yes, there's a plastic sheet protecting the screen, but it's covered with fingerprints (and dusts.) I am not even asking for a fancy velvet bag. Just put that damn thing inside a plastic bag, please. It costs Motorola, may be 2 cents?

Oh, and the box's cover wasn't even taped (and it's very loose.) Motorola has a lot to learn when it comes to packaging.

[YOUTUBE]vR-WPcFXpmQ[/YOUTUBE]

Anyway, this tablet is still by far the best tablet experience one would get for the Android platform.
[Xoom General] martonikaj:
Agreed.

Fancy light table BTW.
[Xoom General] myagi:
Mine was practically hanging out of the box when I got it.
[Xoom General] ixobelle:
unclench the anus and just unwrap the thing. straight edge with an xacto to open the data cable? really?
[Xoom General] ChongoDroid:
Yeah not as pro as HTC... but seriously I love this thing
[Xoom General] SS2006:
ahahahh

I was thinking the same
[Xoom General] greenrocks:
Motorola should've taken down notes from Apple. Apple does pay a great deal of attention to packaging. I love how Apple packages products.

I agree. The day the Xoom launched, I was the first to come in without pre-sale receipt along with another dude who has already preordered online with his receipt, I was exciting but until I saw the Xoom... my face actually dropped when I saw a Verizon representative (inside Best Buy) bringing the Xoom out and it wasn't sealed. I like opening sealed things. What the heck. :eek:
[Xoom General] mjpacheco:
I'm with ya.

When I bought my $30,000 car, it didn't have a cover either, pissed me off.

(sorry, couldn't help it, a few goodies in the box always adds to the experience)
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
I agree with the not taping the box closed, but I take it you've never bought an apple product? They are continually praised for thier packaging which is almost exactly like the Xoom was packaged.

I'm fine with it as the entire thing was wrapped in plastic already if you didn't notice.
[Xoom General] wildcat777:
Sounds a bit dodgey to me,usually most new mobile phones and tablets have a seal on the box,and on the seal are the words DO NOT ACCEPT IF SEAL IS BROKEN. How do you know someone's not been having a quick play with it and then done a factory reset.
[Xoom General] mjbeam:
Sounds like you got someone's sloppy seconds. Either that or the model that the entire sales force for that store was trained on.
[Xoom General] nemith:
Yeah mine nearly fell out of the box as well, but it had protective shipping tape around the entire thing.
[Xoom General] pecosROB:
Man the HTC Evo package was ****ty. Minimalist, yes, but it looked like a tuppaware box (however you spell it).

I was surprised the Xoom boxes weren't even taped either. And since they had to look at the number on the back of the Xoom Best Buy totally killed the unboxing experience for me.

My gf thought I was a total nerd for thinking about doing an unboxing video, but after the unboxing cherry was popped, there was a TINY bit less of excitement.
[Xoom General] robbiev80:
WTF?!?! Did you go to Seattle to buy this thing??? Lucky bastard. :cool:
[Xoom General] wang1404:
Sorry to hear that. But was it wrapped with plastics all around? Cuz mine was when I first got it.
[Xoom General] copualt3:
Mine was wrap..quick question, does everyone xoom back cover where the top and bottom cover meet has a slight creak when depress between the left speaker and camera?

Sent from my Xoom
[Xoom General] Toys Samurai:
You know, I had them ready "prepared" to do some serious cutting to get my Xoom out, but what can I say. I am surprise by the LACK OF THINGS to be unwrapped. The tools were there, instead of wasting all my preparation works, I just put them to use :)
[Xoom General] Toys Samurai:
I've asked around, from what I can tell, this is only partially true. What I know so far is that the Xoom from Costco were all wrapped in plastic (the whole box with Motorola's sticker on the plastic wrap), but those from Best Buy were not. I also checked with someone who work in Best Buy and he told me that they didn't take the wrap out. The Xoom arrived unwrapped.
[Xoom General] Toys Samurai:
I know someone who bought one from a BestBuy and there's a picture of a sales clerk in the gallery when he logged into his Xoom.
[Xoom General] tsekh501:
Consider how "beta-like" Honeycomb is still. I wonder all these unsealed packaging + fingerprints-all-over are results of some last minute firmware upgrade?

Seeing how the Xoom was launched during CES with hardware ready, but only had video of the UI looping without the real software. I believe most Xoom that are currently selling were manufactured around that time. Just sat there waiting for Google to provide the latest firmwares...
[Xoom General] stinkyjoe:
Seriously? It was packaged just like my iphone4. The only difference was a couple plastic adhesive pieces on the outside of the box and the cords weren't as fancily wrapped. I didn't really care since the box was plastic wrapped and I got it for $600 directly from Moto.

That said, I like it so much more than my iphone - after many apple products (a mac mini, mac book air, orignal ipod touch, iphone 3g and 4, an original imac, a powerbook g4, a couple of apple routers, a bunch of other ipods all the way back to 2002) I'm totally an android convert now.
[Xoom General] ChongoDroid:
Haha nope... paid a 1000 beans for it on eBay... #fuggitilovetechnology
[Xoom General] jondwillis:
Oh, comeon, Motorola is just being green ;)
[Xoom General] kalfou:
Lolololol classic
[Xoom General] vincentm:
I understand the OPs sentiment. I would be pretty pissed off too if I had put down $800 on a device that is supposed to be the top competitor to the iPad only to find that the device appeared to be fondled by someone else when I unboxed it. For the price paid, I would expect the packaging to be a lot better then it is. However, this shortcoming is most likely a result of the carrier specifying the packaging (ie Verizon). I know Motorola is capable of designing good packaging: take a look at the puzzle box used for the Motorola SLVR L7 back in 2005.

If Motorola(MMI) wants to compete with Apple in the consumer hardware space, they need to make the entire product experience better. Like it or not, part of this experience does include the unboxing of the device. As evident by all of the product unboxing videos on YouTube and even "Unboxing Porn" on Revision3, consumers do place value on product packaging. The pricing of the Xoom suggests that Motorola intending this to be a premium device; however, the packaging suggests otherwise. Having a kid at Best Buy play with the device before the end user is unacceptable for a product at this price. Whatever serial number and IMEI numbers needed are printed on the side of the box and do not require any seals to be broken. I find it very odd that these are shipping to some places like this.

Looking at the OPs video it does appear that someone has at least taken the Xoom out of the box and played with it. They placed the manuals back upside down. I've now looked at several different unboxing videos and there seems to be no continuity in the packaging. In some, the manuals are in a different order and/or direction, while the carton that the Xoom is placed in is upside down (Motorola logo is upside down).
[Xoom General] theimpaler747:
Thread cleaned. Please keep this friendly and on topic, or infractions will be issued. Thank you.
[Xoom General] hatxtrick:
Toys S.,

Sounds, to me, like you got a returned device or someone played with it prior to your purchase, either way that sucks.

I ordered mine via the VZW website on the day it was launched & received it the following day. The box was shrink wrapped & the device was in a sealed plastic bag. Once I pulled my Xoom out of the bag, it had peelable plastic covers on the screen, sides, cams & back...

Cheer,

HaTXTrick
[Xoom General] xguntherc:
that was a great unboxing. the perfect cutting open of the bags made me laugh. I'm not the only one with OCD huh.

I was surprised also when I opened mine from Best Buy to have tons of fingerprints. I wondered if it had ever been turned on, battery was 60% out of box. So far it's frakkking amazing though! oh and all my manuals were rightside up and correct. yours were not at all. lol
[Xoom General] slshults:
Pissed me off too. I bought mine at Best Buy. The box wasn't even shrink-wrapped.

When the guy got it out of the locked cabinet and brought it to the register the first thing I said was: "Uh, can I have one that hasn't been opened yet?" He said "It hasn't been opened." I said "Ok, can I have one that is still shrink wrapped?" He said "None of them were shrinked wrapped, this is how they're shipped." :eek:
[Xoom General] erzhik:
Yep, pissed me off too. Doesn't cost too much to wrap the box or at least wrap the device like Apple did with iPad. Mine still had plastic on screen and back but it was obvious it was handled by someone with stickers on. Had fingerprints all over it.

Kinda sucks that you pay so much and get a device that can easily be opened and handled by someone.

Edit: OP, did you edit that video when you turned it on? Cause that boot was pretty fast. Mine took about a million years to load up.
[Xoom General] broadwayblue:
I think my post was deleted for no apparent reason...but I agree with you OP. My Xoom also had fingerprints and small scratches all over the screen protector. I'm not suggesting it was previously used, but rather that very little care went in to packaging it nicely. I pointed out that Apple seems to get it in this department while some others don't and I guess it really offended some people. I'm not sure why. As I said it doesn't make me like my Xoom any less...it just made me realize why Apple is so popular. I mean it's an $800 device...I would expect they could wear gloves when boxing them up, or at least wipe them down before closing up the box.
[Xoom General] wizayne:
mine does the same thing! cheap. plasticy.
[Xoom General] falconeight:
I ate a baby ruth today and it came wrapped in a bag.
[Xoom General] broadwayblue:
Yeah, sure wish the back was 1 piece. But it's not the end of the world.
[Xoom General] PaulG1488:
Apple is not popular because of packaging I'm sorry but i dont see someone waking up saying today I'm getting an ipad because it comes in a nice box be real to be nagging overpackaging is pointless
[Xoom General] Lare2:
I totally agree. I even made the guy from best buy show me another one just to make sure all came like that.

I was really concerned about not being a taped box. He took me to the glassed window where they had them, and to my surprise, all of them came like that.

I think this is because Verizon will be opening the box anyways to activate it or something like that.
[Xoom General] monadzback:
Change your tampons and wipe the screen off. /thread
[Atrix 4G General] delta530:
Why is the pinch to zoom in the gallery app choppy? Is there a better gallery app I can download?
[Atrix 4G General] darkamikaze:
There's a topic about the gallery app in the themes and apps section of this phone.. In summary download an app called gallery 3d