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[Epic 4G General] drekosh:
I understand some people's hesitation to charge since it is open source software and you didn't make the ROM, but you would charge someone to upgrade their computer or install a program for them. At minimum you should charge for your labor/time to do it.

Personally, I think I would charge them about $25-$50 for my time and an extra $20 for the software. The $20 for software would go to the devs of the ROM I was flashing and the rest would be for my time to show them how to do it. Basically explaining to them what I'm doing so they are a little bit smarter and if they get into it; they can try a different ROM later on.

Then I would show them this forum and androidcentral.com so they could learn more on their own. Hopefully that would help curb stupid questions later. Even with explanations it should take less than an hour to get it rooted, flashed, and get them registered on both forums. $25-$50 for an hour of easy work seems pretty sweet to me.
[Epic 4G General] smeyerhuky:
Truly epic story :)

I am a computer engineering student, I for sick of people telling me about there computer problems and asking if I can fix it.

I now charge 30 an hour. With a minimum of 1 hour. (that means I charge 30 even if it takes only 10 minutes.) But I usually eat the cost of a few minutes into a decking, third, fourth... Hour.

I get a lot less calls but make done money out if it and my wife doesn't mics me sitting on the couch effinf with someone else computer/phone anymore
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
+1 to the 'not telling people your are in IT or even IT savvy'. I made that mistake a while ago. Just this past weekend I had THREE different people bugging me about their computer problems. I especially hate the ones who think you can fix things over the phone when they can't even tell you specifically what is going on other than "it's not working right, it's slow, etc".

Hell, my mother in law was having trouble with her iPod/iTunes and I just told her to reinstall iTunes. Simple right? Turned into an hour long conversation and she still couldn't get it done correctly so they brought their whole friggin desktop to my house, just to install iTunes. :/
[Epic 4G General] HeisRisen:
If somebody gave me a lawnmower for free, it wouldn't be ethical to charge people to mow their lawns with it? Likewise, say I got a laptop donated to me, it wouldn't be okay to charge people to do their taxes, even though they could to it themselves for free?

Your logic doesn't make sense to me.
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
Yet if you are just doing it to your own phone, you are not harming anyone are you?

For example, you get a new android phone, and now have your old one lying around, couldn't you just clone the new one, so you have 2 phones working off the same account, with the same number and everything?

Would be super nice for when I wanted to redo my main phone, I could just use my backup until I finished the reworking process.
[Epic 4G General] mrzorbatron:
As long as you aren't going to end up married to the thing, in that he understands that you made neither the phone nor the software, it is very simple in my belief. I would say a hamburger etc at a very good burger place or $20.

If he will be bugging you about everything it needs for essentially forever, $75. It's not the sale, after all, but the After Sale Service that's the ass.
[Epic 4G General] ptfdmedic:
Mystery's right. I don't have issues with getting paid for the labor part of it. But just look at the treads for the ROMs. They are thousands of posts deep and all these posts are by people that flashed their phones themselves.

Just imagine the issues you will have with someone who can't even root their own phone. ANYTHING that goes wrong with their phones, including Samsung issues will be blamed on you...... More power to ya man man but there could be a lot of worms in that can your about to open..

Just a thought....
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] websitefandude:
hey everybody out there its my first time posting here but im an avid reader on the forums so heres my issue , a co worker of mine recently gave me her old htc magic and i want to give it to my Gf cuz shes always on my Mytouchslide lol so the issue is this it wont boot pass the rodgers logo , i have access to the SPL , and recovery mode but no matter what i do i cant seem to boot from the sd card so can someone please help me out!!! PS I DONT THINK THE PHONE IS ROOTED

here are my spl specs (SO I dont get YELLED AT LOL)

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H

HBOOT-1.76.0010 (SAPP50000)

CPLD-12

RADIO-6.35.10.18

JAN 14 2010, 00:1458
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
When you boot into recovery using (home+power) do you get a triangle with an ! or do you get a menu? If you get a menu, does it say anything at the bottom of the screen?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] websitefandude:
i get the triangle with the ! and when i press power + home again i get the Android system recovery utility

this is what i see

Use trackball to highlight:

click to select.

reboot system now [Home+Back]

apply sdcard:update.zip[alt+S]

wipe data/factory reset [alt+w]

E:cant open/cache/recovery/command
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Your going to have to make a goldcard unless that SPL will let you boot a custom recovery. Let me do some searching give me about 5 minutes. Or you can add me on Google talk. Bob692006@gmail.com
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] opas_k:
Dear sir

i get same problem after i had up radio from 6.35.07.29 to 6.35.10.58 by change name from update- radio-6.35.10.58.zip to update.zip & use old recovery after my phone will start again & suddenly it shows pic...white box with white arrow ...phone... After 5-7 sec. It's disappear ( black screen )

same as this thread...htc magic bricked after update of radio...pls.advise pls.pls...thanks you very much..
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] brandonpavo:
restore

take batt out and back in. Hold down home button and power at same time untill restore comes up. (hopefully clockworkmod recovery) scroll down to backup/restore.click on ADVANCED RESTORE.

Hopefully you have some nandroid restores on phone. however the restores PROBALLY WONT RESTORE normally. you have to click on one in advanced restore and restore each section from very BOTTOM TO TOP.

EXAMPLE.

1.RESTORE SD-EXT

2.RESTORE CACHE

3.RESTORE DATA

4.RESTORE SYSTEM (NEED TO REBOOT TO RECOVERY NOW BEFORE STEP 5)

5.RESTORE BOOT (REBOOT TO RECOVERY ONE LAST TIME AFTER RESTORE BOOT)

6.REBOOT SYSTEM NOW

IF BOOT DOES NOT RESTORE(STEP 5) AFTER ALL OTHERS RESTORE, REBOOT INTO RECOVERY AGAIN, AND NOW USE NANDROID RESTORE NORMAL(NOT ADVANCED) FROM THE SAME FILE YOU WERE JUST RESTORING ADVANCED.SHOULD RETORE. REBOOT GOOD LUCK. reson for all this is your boot loader is prob not unlocked. I hope this helps.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Are you running stock or do you have a custom ROM installed? Can you get into fastboot by holding back+power to turn the phone on?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] opas_k:
Dear sir

thanks you very much for your kindly answers....

1. My item seem to be brick... I can't go to fastboot or recovery...because of when i take batt. Out & put in ...my item will start up & show white box & white arrow to device ...go to black screen....i tried to do same as more than 10 times..it's still like this....

2.my items up rom & flash recovery hero before brick ..last time i up rom from custom rom hboot..1.17.2007...radio 6.35.07.29...

Thanks you very much
[Atrix 4G General] robwscott83:
just picked up the atrix today and looking at sites to give me the unlock code they all say 2-3 BUISNESS days... is there any site to get a code INSTANTLY . please help i really dont want to wait till tuesday-wendsday to use this beast of a phone...
[Atrix 4G General] robwscott83:
srsly noone can help me??
[Atrix 4G General] Plh36:
Not yet, the only option at this point is the 2-3 day wait. I used cellunlock.net and it was less than 2 days.
[Atrix 4G General] Geraldous:
i found this quote somewhere in the atrix forums, hope it helps.

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[Atrix 4G General] robwscott83:
uggh.. thnx for the replies guys... pretty dissapointing... i can KINDA use the phone on my wifi at home but cant really fully utilize it till the weekday i guess.... :( pretty ****ty
[Atrix 4G General] pandablue:
IMEI xxxxxx040xxxxxx could get unlock pin less than a day, that's wot i've heard
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demize!:
Im looking for a voice to text note app. Preferably one that works with google voice search. I've been using Koemon but all of a sudden it is very inaccurate on transcribing voice to text and its pretty bare bones. Id appreciate any suggestions. Thanks.

Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jstew83:
Is there a link for all the roms and kernels available for the epic?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
Click Me!

Try to search next time, took all of 30 seconds to track down.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
It's called the wiki too

Sent my from IPad!
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] dman2266:
anybody know were i can get a copy of lg camera pro private msg me thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tankrat:
So I go take a nap for a couple of hours and find that my phone had lost 30%.

I checked system monitor found that it was on the last 30 min of my nap that it happened.

I checked advance task killer and an app I have not seen before was on it, "com.samsung mobile tracker.ui". I longed pressed the app, clicked stop/details and it was listed as "mobile tracker settings".

Does anyone have a clue what it does?

Sent from my Bionix V 1.3.1 machine using the XDA app
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] |Melvin|:
Hmmm I Would Like Too Know Too
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tankrat:
Bump still looking for an answer

Sent from my Bionix V 1.3.1 machine using the XDA app
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] |Melvin|:
Mee too
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjerkruyter:
It's an background service from samsung which enables you to track your phone when it's lost or stolen in combination of your samsung account.

Sadly enough it's only supported in a few country's due privacy laws.

So i've disable it with the nitrality app (tool). And i'm using lostphone app from the market as an alternative.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Sebring5:
You can download it here. I like it.

http://www.miui-dev.com/miui-weather/
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] ksekhar:
nopes, install just fails. it gives no reason. Donno whats wrong.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] link12245:
Same here.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] PiTT:
that's three in a row, same here
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] PGenneken:
when i go to install it - the android system ask me to allow this application to :

read my gps to get my location .. .ok

access to my personal information.. hmmm ok...

Network access.. ok

directly call phone numbers? ... umm - no...

and access to system tools to issue system level alerts.. ok.

Why would this program need to directly call my phone numbers?

I'm not even going to try it...

Or am I being too paranoid?..
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Sebring5:
Here are the installation instructions:

step by step using root explorer

move miuiweather.apk to sdcard

open root explorer and navigate to /sdcard

long press on miuiweather.apk and hit COPY

navigate to /system/app

hit menu - PASTE (if it says you can't because its read only, hit the top right button mount r/w, then paste)

longpress on the miuiweather.apk in /system/app

select permissions

make checkboxes look like following: (where x indicates check, 0 indicates unchecked)

Read Write Execute

X ---- X ---- 0

X ---- 0 -----0

X ---- 0 ----0

(all three checkmarks in first column, first checkmark in second column)

same thing with the db file, except instead of /system/app, navigate to /data/data/com.miui.weather/databases/ to paste it

and permissions should look like this

X ---- X ---- 0

X ---- X -----0

0 ---- 0 ----0

you SHOULDNT "install" anything, just move the files to the proper places with proper permissions, and reboot.

Here is the support thread:

http://miui-dev.com/forums/showthre...ATHER-Help-amp-Support&highlight=miui+weather
[EVO 4G General] makaveli0622:
No advertising paid apps with intention to sell
[EVO 4G General] SolsticeZero:
Don't crucify me for this, but if people want a free alternative, the Team Win HDMI beta just came out and it works fantastic. Sure it's a little buggy at the moment, but it's in beta. And you do need root, but 9/10 of people on here have root anyways. :p
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Good for bamas

Sent from my spaceship!
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Hmmm do I buy this or wait for team win....decisions decisions
[EVO 4G General] wingzfan:
Installed on cm7 #17 and got a bootloop. Had to do a restore and by the time it finished the stupid 15 minute return rule screwed me
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
11. Don’t post with the intention of selling something.

Don’t use XDA to advertise your product or service. Proprietors of for-pay products or services, may use XDA to get feedback, provide beta access, or a free version of their product for XDA users and offer support, but not to post with the intention of selling. This includes promoting sites similar/substantially similar to XDA-Developers.com.

Do not post press releases, announcements, links to trial software, or commercial services. unless you’re posting an exclusive release for XDA-Developers.com.

Encouraging members to participate in forum activities on other phone related sites is prohibited.

Off-site downloads are permitted if the site is non-commercial and does not require registration.

Off-site downloads from sites requiring registration are NOT encouraged but may be permitted if the following conditions are met:

A) the site belongs to a member of XDA-Developers with at least 1500 posts and 2 years membership who actively maintains XDA-Developers' support thread(s) / posts, related to the download,

B) the site is a relatively small personal website without commercial advertising/links (i.e. not a competitor forum-based site with purposes and aims similar to those of XDA-Developers.com.)
[EVO 4G General] detcup4evr:
I picked it up. It works good.
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Are you guys running it on cm7? I'm so close to pulling the trigger on it.
[EVO 4G General] Lokifish Marz:
Search youtube for TheLokifish. Vid of the beta running Gran Turismo 2 Demo at 50FPS
[EVO 4G General] Lokifish Marz:
Here's the url the the benchmarks for the beta and market versions as well as CM7 HDMwIn beta

spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AnUBli-2u2lbdFpVNlhQSXU2VE5OSG5yZmh4ejFhM1E&hl=en&pli=1#gid=0
[EVO 4G General] Saturn2K:
I think the reason that other guy had a bootloop is because CM7 doesn't recognize HDMI. I think this app requires that the rom already have the normal HDMI implementation.
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Makes ton of sense thank you, I guess ill wait or at least until I find a custom kernel pulled/compiled from the latest branch.
[EVO 4G General] Tilde88:
this one root + kernel

"FullHDMI requires root and a special kernel for full functionality,"
[EVO 4G General] pulser_g2:
Closed due to rule 11.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Michael Anthony Johnson I:
Sent a request to lookout requesting a tablet app got this in return thought I would share.......

The reason why you're having trouble finding Lookout in the market on the Xoom is due to the fact that the Xoom doesn't support SMS messages. We rely on SMS messages to initiate a connection to a device in the event it's lost, stolen, etc. Without the ability to receive SMS messages the missing device features would be greatly hindered, however, device based backups and malware protection would work normally.

Until we release a version that's more compatible with the Xoom you can install it using this alternate method:

The first thing you'll want to do is enable the installation of non-market applications. To do this:

Go to settings > application > and check the box next to "Unknown Sources." Go ahead and disregard the warning (by clicking OK), we can uncheck it later.

Next, back out of Settings and open up the web browser.

In the address bar delete everything that's there and type this in (minus quotes): "m.getjar.com" and hit enter.

Now click on "Android" under "Or, Choose your platform." This will bring you to another page where you will see a search box in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

Tap the search box, to insert the cursor, and type "Lookout" and tap "go". The search will produce one result, which is "Lookout"

Tap on the link "Lookout Mobile Security with Antivirus".

You will now be on another page that displays a grey "Download" box. Go ahead and tap on it.

The Xoom will show that it's beginning to download the file and you'll see the progress, of the download, in the notification bar.

Tap on the download icon (it looks like a downward facing arrow pointing at a line) and a small window will populate above with the word "lookout-production-signed-aligned.apk" Go ahead and tap on that.

A window that says "Package Installer" pops up. From here you can read the permissions that Lookout requires. Go ahead and tap "Install".

Your installation will start. Tap "Open" once the installation has finished to open Lookout.

Finish setting up Lookout as you normally would!

Thank you for using Lookout.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nbowes:
Well, the SMS thing certainly makes sense. I'd still like to have it for it's antivirus abilities. I wonder if we would get the latest virus detection updates if we install it this way.

Thanks for sharing this.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] zone23:
worked thanks for sharing.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] slshults:
thanks for this.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Droid-Xer:
AV isn't needed on android devices. Just watch the permissions of the apps you install.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] slshults:
http://bit.ly/fIbCRq
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Droid-Xer:
Yes and AV caught how many of these infected apps? Probably zero since there's no database to compare viruses found to known threats on android. If these viruses ran exploits then maybe you got a warning otherwise android AV programs don't look for anything else. Guess what z4 root runs exploits as do any other root apps. I guess it's a virus too? Sorry but AV is useless on android. Lookout "found" these viruses afterwards.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Xezuka:
True but remember that's how virus definitions grow, unfortunately.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] slshults:
true, but if I have an infection (unlikley because I'm cautious) when lookout updates their definitions it will find the infection at next scan. so while it may not prevent new threats, I'd rather know I'm infected after-the-fact than to just be infected and accept it as unavoidable. besides, it's free.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Droid-Xer:
I think AV will be needed eventually on android but right now all it takes to stay safe is a little precaution and common sense. Maybe on the xoom we wont see av take up too many resources since this tab is a beast, but you'll notice battery drain issues on a phone. Oh well thats just my 2¢
[Xoom Themes and Apps] papapena25:
worked thanks
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jondwillis:
A lot can be said for reverse-engineering. How do you think google/whoeverreportedthevirus found all of the Droid Dream infected apps?

On another note, I'm sick of hearing this argument that iOS is safer. A closed source OS like iOS is just as vulnerable to malware as is an open source OS like Android. The main difference is that a lot of people on Android download non-market apps. Oh, and Android market apps can be uploaded without going through an approval process.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] texiandave:
updates???

Thanks for the side load link, worked for me. To repeat a question a few posts above, will we need to reinstall completely every time there is an update or is there to do a work around for updates?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] SPIDERTECH:
I would assume you'd have to reinstall each time there are updates since it's not being pushed from the market.

I have lookout on my x10 and when I got the Xoom I too saw it wasn't available in the market. I just pulled the apk from my titanium backup that I synced with my dropbox. I had to do the same thing with adobe reader. Lookout works great on the xoom.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gdogmcstyles:
I've had Lookout on my XOOM through the Amazon Appstore for a while now. Don't know if that does anything for you. Seems to work just fine and mylookout.com registers my XOOM's phone number.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] GulMiguel:
The first day that the Amazon store opened, I saw Lookout sitting there and I chose it. It installed without a hitch. I opted for Premium - just like for my DX and it works like a charm -all features. Chalk it up to Android Market isn't the end all and be all of how and where we get our apps. I never thought that I would say it, but 'thank God for Amazon'.
[G2 and Desire Z General] DragonTEC:
Hi all,

today i discovered something strange and i like to get your opinion on that:

I am not able to do s-off things in fastboot even if i have s-off!

Situation:

Phone: Desire Z

HBOOT: stock 0.85.0005

FW: 1.34..

Rooted: did root, supercid and s-off via gfree and verified via gfree_verify - even hboot showes up S-OFF

ROM: GingerVillain 1.5

Recovery: ClockworkMod 3.0.0.5

Problem:

First of all, i myself have no problem, but i started experimenting after a friend semi-bricked his desire z with same setup.

I did a nandroid backup and when i boot into hboot and do a 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' (with my nandroid recovery.img) i always get a remote: not allowed.

Now from my point of view this should only happen if I have a S-ON and should be impossible with S-OFF ?! Even using 'fastboot oem rebootRUU' does not change anything.

The thing that concerns me about that is: If something destroys both system and recovery, your pretty much screwed + bricked because hboot is not allowed to write to something other then cache and all of this basic stuff doesn't work:

- flash recovery with CW

- flash a complete zip

- flash an other hboot

- RUU

When I rooted my phone i have read everywhere that eng-hboots are not necessary any longer. But it appears that they are the only thing that helps and you have to install them as long as you have a working ROM.

Any thoughts on that issue / can you reproduce this / are fastboot actions logged anywhere?
[G2 and Desire Z General] joemm:
You need a ENG. HBoot to use fastboot commands, doesn't matter if your s-off.
[G2 and Desire Z General] DragonTEC:
yeah, i came to the same conclusion..

is there any chance to flash a eng-hboot from a bricked 0.85.0005? i did some experimentation with a goldcard, but at least remote commands didn't change in behaviour..

I think being full-bricked when something goes wrong and not having an eng-hboot already installed is not an acceptable solution for most people here ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] joemm:
maybe thru a modified PC10IMG.zip

My thoughts exactly, its kind of a safety if you can't boot into android.
[G2 and Desire Z General] DragonTEC:
i'm not sure if a PC10IMG.zip will help at all.. my friend tried flashing both 1.34 and 1.72 RUU ROMs as PC10IMG and this didn't change anything.. in fact, the 1.72 even didn' install the new .00008 hbott, so i thing there is some heavy write protection in the hboot making it more or less useless..

what i can imagine that works is aa gokldcard with sppimg.zip, but i haven't yet found one for the desire z..

i have the feeling that this is a huge problem because with a short research i have found at least 3 threads of people having bricked their phone exactly this way and are now stuck.. some of the experts here might pay attention to this problem and in my opinion you should also consider removing the 'a eng-hboot is not needed, don't use it' advice from the rooting section of the wiki..