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[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Pr.TOSHIBA:
This is just kinda a review of this case. I got it about a month ago off of eBay for $3.70. It was shipping from Hong-Kong, so it took almost a month to get here. It is titled "hard rubber" but its pretty much plastic with a slightly rubbery feel. It has all of the right holes for the mic, light sensor, speaker, all of that stuff. I don't think that it will protect the phone that much from drops because of the Z hinge, but definitely from scratches. The rubberiness gives you a good grip on the phone in you hand, but doesn't get stuck in pockets. When the phone is open, the case doesn't get in the way of the keyboard at all.

What I don't like about this case is that its not very removable. Its pretty much impossible to take the case off without breaking the clips that secure it. Now three of the four clips that secure the back part have broken off of mine, just because I had to access my SD. It still stays on, just kinda wobbly.

I would recommend this case, just because it's so cheap. If you need to get to the battery door, I would recommend buying a few extras so you don't have to wait for a new one to arrive if you break the back like I did. Here is a link to one on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/Black-Hard-Rubb...Accessories&hash=item2c5b6e8929#ht_2248wt_936 Its not from the same seller that I got mine from, but this this seller is in the USA so the shipping will be faster and it is cheaper.

Also, if anyone has any suggestions for repairing the clips I would appreciate it.
[Atrix 4G General] irishtexmex:
Hey guys, feel free to move this to the proper forum if this isn't the right place.

I'm new to Android (WebOS convert. Consider myself tech savvy, just haven't spent any time with Android before now) Since I live on campus, I am almost always on a WiFi connection. However, I use google voice for texts/calls/voicemails and I need a data connection to receive push notifications. The WiFi times out after 15 minutes and if JuiceDefender has disabled both the data and the wifi then I won't get any notifications.

Is there some sort of combination of Tasker and/or JuiceDefender combinations where:

when my WiFi connection times out (while the phone is asleep in my pocket) have the data connection turn back on. Then turn the data connection off when it reconnects to WiFi. *There are 3 different wifi connections that will need to be remembered.

when I turn the WiFi off (via widget) the data connection will always be on.

Obviously I just want to maximize my battery life here. Thanks a lot guys.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AthenaLod:
So, I am trying Android on the SD card of my HD2 for a few days and liking it so far. Thinking of moving completely from WinMo 6.5 (after a few years of usage) to Android. But thought I might ask you guys if there is anything major that Android can't do but WM can.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] czacha234:
Hi,

To be honest, everything works for me better in android than in WM. Looks much better, more stable, more apps and no problems at all. Android worked even better in early stages than WM in its best days. I will not miss WM. Just try it and you will see it for you self. :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] WorldWide60:
Since leaving WinMo, I haven't looked back. Now that I've become familiar with Android, I doubt I'll own another non-Android operated phone. IMO, Android is superior to WinMo.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] samsamuel:
the registry. i feel like a newb on android, 20 some years with my fingers in the registry, , all gone, , sigh.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JDM Civic EG8:
The only thing i missed about windows was the ability to charge my phone while being turned off. But since i installed clk i can do that again haha. And i'm not going to lie I do miss running custom window roms here and there.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kailkti:
The interface. The automatic APN settings. The registry. The roms. The ability to charge while phone is off. No 2 sec lag on wake up.

Yeah pretty much all the things I miss about winmo.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] akapaul26:
Nope love Android...No desire to use windows!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thehustler:
I miss how well the GPs used to work on WinMo 6.5. I have tried almost all the builds with almost all the GPS fixes out there on Android but none have given me satisfactory results. The GPS lock for me still remains very erratic even in wide open fields.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jsmccabe78:
layering. with CHT2.0 you can layer on the homescreen. allowed theme freedom. android feels so regimented in that way.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passingthru:
OK i've searched and read until my eyes crossed but even the most promising threads seem to peter out when people run out of ideas.

I'm clinging to the popular assertion that "if it boots it's not bricked", someone please help me prove it?

The trouble began when was i was starting over with the instructions here:

(Google - How To: Recover your G1 from a bring Bricked. - Project Hosting on Google Code, involving installation of RC29)

That's as far as i got. The flash seemed to go OK but then it booted to the white triangle with the exclamation point.

The only keys that work are ALT+L and ALT+S. I can't get an adb or fastboot connection. ALT+W doesn't do anything at all and it doesn't reboot from pressing Home+Back, i've got to remove the battery.

Message at the top of the recovery screen says "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command.

Help?

Thanks

- joe
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Effdee:
I don't think it is bricked as recovery is trying to run something ( and failing )

can you boot to the bootloader with power + cam?

what hboot version do you have?

is it 1.33.2005 ?

if it is have you got the newest adb drivers ( this is assuming you are using windows )

assuming the above is true, then get to fastboot mode with power + back ( or power + cam, then press back )

then try

fastboot erase cache

and try to get to recovery again ( reboot by pressing menu and then hold home )

if that doesn't work then supply the version numbers you get on the bootloader screen

it will help to workout what nbh files you can flash etc

also do you know what recovery version you have?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passingthru:
All i get from any button combination is the white triangle with the excalmation point and the dead phone, whatever all that is supposed to mean.

I'm sorry i don't know what that means. ALL i get is the triangle screen, i have to press ALT+L to toggle a log display with instructions for what the other button combinations (should) do. There are no numbers of any sort.

My drivers are all up to date and prior to this incident fastboot and adb both worked and i could tether my phone. But since i can't get a connection now and ALT+W (wipe) doesn't do anything, i seem to be limited to loading update.zips and watching the log as they fail to do anything helpful. Generally they fail (as, e.g., Ohsaka's Superwipe) with a "No Signature Verification Failed" or in the case of signed firmware updates, with a much longer and inscrutable error.

But thanks for the response, any advice or possibilities are appreciated.

- joe
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Effdee:
so you are trying to flash custom zips with stock recovery?

you need to flash an official update ( with official signatures ) then you need to root and flash a custom recovery so that custom zips will work

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=442480

flash the appropriate nbh as instucted

you didn't specifically say that powering on whilst holding the camera button doesn't work so I will assume that it does actually work

then follow

Rooting your RC29 or lower phone

using recovery.img from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=566669 )

that will give you RA1.7.0 , which you can then use to flash custom zips

but you will need to flash spl 1.33.2005 (danger), which is redundant , you want 2708 for extra 15mb which needs spl 1.33.0013d

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=831139

read that post a few times, the bit you need is Flashing From a Stock SPL

( which will get you to this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6510019&postcount=76 )

make sure you read all of those links a few times so you understand everything you need to do before you try to do it

Its a learning curve , but it is easy once you understand it

I did get lots of help from a couple of guys in a pub, Mike and Wil :D , especially Wil who pointed me here ( xda ) and told me who to trust ( ezterry ) and who to just ignore ( pretty much everyone else :eek:)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passingthru:
Well in my initial ignorance, yes i did try to do that but it didn't work. So i tried e.g. an official signed RC30, which failed with aforementioned inscrutable error. I can try again if the specific error is relevant, but i've tried it at least a half dozen times, with different downloads and verifying same and formatting my SD card FAT32 and only putting the update on it and then safely ejecting the card and ensuring that the file is named update.zip and not update.zip.zip and etc and so on. I've been reading a lot... ;)

I said "any" button combination gives me the same result, i.e. the screen with the triangle and exclamation point. So specifically, no the camera button doesn't work, it would be great if it did. I don't think the button itself is broke though, because it had to work in order to get me into this mess.

The link you gave is approximately the process i was attempting, (as a new user i'm not permitted to post links yet), and it was directly after flashing to RC29 that my phone booted to this triangle screen.

So like i said, i am pretty much limited to flashing update.zips since that's all that this interface provides apart from wiping, which doesn't do anything. I was hoping someone could point me to an official signed firmware upgrade (or downgrade or anything really) which would give me some sort of starting point. Or, something. Anything... i'm really in a pickle without my phone.

Thanks again,

- joe

EDIT: Just for the sake of curiosity, i see that Windows recognizes my phone as a storage device only with "no media" so i wonder if that's an ext3 partition, which makes me wonder if i could mount it with a Mac and wipe it so i could try the RC29 flash again. I know very little of *nix or Macs, i'm just going "hmmm".
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passingthru:
Something...

I managed to install the CRB43 cupcake update, or anyway according to the console the process completed. I was hoping it would make all my buttons work so i could start over but it booted right to the triangle again. :(

At the end of the upgrade process it wants me to use Home+Back to reboot but that doesn't work so i have to remove the battery... could this be the problem and if so is there anything else i can do instead?

Thanks,

- joe
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passingthru:
So are we calling it a brick?

I don't mean to be impatient but i need to know if i should let go and move on, or if perhaps there is a more appropriate area of the forum to ask this particular question.

I need closure. Or maybe more importantly to all the folks in similar circumstances who are Googling like mad and seeing similar threads just sorta fade away, it would be nice to have a definitive expert opinion like e.g. "if the camera button doesn't work and you can't get an adb connection then it is a hopeless brick". Just for example.

Thanks

- joe
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezterry:
If you are in recovery (Ie alt-L gives you some options) you are in theory not bricked)

Depending on what is installed powering on with power+camera, pawer+back, power+send (send seems only on the 2000 series dreams and only with some bootloaders) you can access fastboot and at the least use an nbh to restore a working system.

In some cases however there is a stuck home button forcing the booting of recovery and a stock recovery.. or an issue with the misc partition failing to cleae the boot mode.. In these cases booting fastboot is hard and something needs to be done with the hardware issue. in particular if you have a stock recovery w/o test keys.

Last if you are not in a recovery (stock or otherwise) and can't boot to recovery, system, or fastboot; and niether fastboot or adb works, you are "bricked" however if you power on while holding the trackball and see the led turn blue the jtag methods can restore your phone as long as all hardware buttons are operational.

Most of us (including myself) have not been stuck in recovery where rebooting holding camera didn't switch us to fastboot.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Effdee:
you need a custom recovery, ( the triangle is stock recovery and is very limited )

to install a custom recovery you need root

to get root , read the links I gave
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passingthru:
Thank you for that. I was panicked because i didn't have a phone but now i've gone out and got a shiny new HD2 and i have a G1 in my desk drawer, the JTAG thing looks like fun. I still want to resurrect my old phone because i still love it. :o

Could a few drops of water, like from getting a little bit rained on, have permanently messed up my buttons?

Thanks much,

- joe

EDIT: Also, you said,

If this were the case would i see an error to that effect in the recovery? I had hoped that "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command" would be a major clue but all the Google returns on that error were people who could still access fastboot.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezterry:
in the recovery log.. /tmp/recovery.log .. but if you have a stock recovery w/o test keys, or adb I'm not sure how to go about checking it. (without somehow getting a custom recovery installed)

misc is not cache.. so misc errors are not reported as cache errors.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passingthru:
Understood, i was just trying to eliminate (or confirm) possible issues. So i wondered if the /misc error would be reported in the recovery console like my /cache error is, and/or if they might represent a similar sort of failure. Because you seemed to be classifying that (the misc error) as a hardware issue which would need dealt with apart from the JTAG procedure.

I was researching the process and it doesn't seem worth the money when i can get a broken G1 from eBay for $35, so maybe whether it's hardware or software, i'd be likelier to get it fixed by mixing and matching parts?

Thanks again.

- joe
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlueBagodah:
I just got my Dell Streak a week ago, I really like it so far, but I've had a pretty vexing problem come up today.

I had it in Silent mode, and when I woke up the screen and went to "Slide to Unlock", the whole bottom of the screen was unresponsive. I had to let the screen time out and try it again at least three times. :confused:

Has anyone else had this problem? I'm running the Stock 2.2 on Rogers, and using ADW Launcher Pro as my launcher. No other major UI Tweaks.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vwauditech:
I can confirm that I do experience that problem sometimes. The S2U moves just a little bit, but but I can't slide it all the way over. I'm also using LP+ as my default launcher. I guess it would be a good test to run the Stage UI as a test to see if it's related to LP+ or not.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kybernetikos:
I had this same problem, but I noticed that it only occurred if I had the screen facing my leg when it was in my pocket.

I think that what is happening is that when it's in your pocket it still detects screen presses by your leg, and then it gets confused, and won't detect any more screen presses for a long time.

To begin with it stopped me from answering calls and was really annoying, but now I just make sure I put it in my pocket with the screen facing out and it works fine.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleurdelisxliv:
Yall need to recalibrate ur screen that helped mine never to be unresponsive again! Search for the guide on here cant remember the button combo to get to it i think it was hold camera and power at the same time when turning on but dont hold me to that just search xda its on here
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ascheck9:
recalibrate the screen, and also its created by the friction/heat from rubbing off your leg (wahay), so either have the screen facing out, or buy a case for it :P
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleurdelisxliv:
Since i recalibrated my screen i can have it any way i want in my pocket and it never hangs anymore
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krad:
Download menu unlock from the market. It will unlock when you hit menu
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlueBagodah:
That's exactly what happened to me all day today! I had it in my jeans pocket with the screen facing my leg! I thought it may have something to do with ADW Launcher, or having it in silent mode all day. I'm recalibrating the screen now!

Mucho Thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cwrockwood:
there has got to be away to upgrade this lame 1.5...cant find it does anyone know
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beefvvl:
So I was messing with that CWM "FIX" and I was able to get back to stock using Odin and the T959VKB5-Custom file.

After messing with doing the supposed fix I decided to try to use the PIT file that troby1986 reposted what krylon360 posted on the Vibrant forum. The PIT file was named "Hawk_Sidekick_VibrantPlus_831.pit"

After running Odin with both files and Odin saying it was successful, the phone rebooted and then the Galaxy S 4G bootup screen came up but then went straight back to system recovery. I tried several times trying to use Odin with and without the PIT file and keeping the TAR/PDA file the same. I would always get the same result. It would reboot and show the Galaxy S 4G screen then straight to system recovery.

Did anyone else get into this loop and was able to recover? Also my external SD card was wiped out. If I can't get this fixed I'll try to go into a tmobile store and try to get it replaced.

Also can someone load up a zip file of what's in the SD card stock minus the movie?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nystatus23:
yes i did the samething and got exactly what u have now hope we get some help with this
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nwpro3:
From what I've read, that pit file is not for the SGS 4G its for the 3G. They have different Partition structors. The only thing you change in oden is putting the Tar file in PDA and press start after your phone is in download mode. And sorry, I can't tell you the solution.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beefvvl:
I dunno. Accord to him it is the correct one but he say maybe it was corrupt download that he loaded or it may be a wrong partition. I know for the regular vibrant it's 512. Maybe 803 also. We won't find out till we get the real one. But I'm not going to try and experiment on a pit till someone else does and verify's it...lol. I ended up exchanging mine at the store since it hasn't been 30 days yet. Anyone having issues and it hasn't been 30 days should be able to exchange their phone for a new one at the Tmobile stores.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] junkheadams:
I did the same thing. Is anyone working on putting together a PIT for this phone that works? I'd be happy to get my donation on if someone were able to help me get unbricked.
[General Questions and Answers] DA_BAWSS:
I rooted my MT4G and updated it. I forgot to back it up now i cant sign on to my google account. I tried to do it but it keeps going to exchange account settings. Does anyone know what to do
[General Questions and Answers] tattnu2:
Nook won't boot

I need help I rooted my nook color and B&N remotely reset it when I went to the shop option tried to re-root it did the factory reset (three finger method) no results any other way to get this back working?????????:mad:
[General Questions and Answers] tattnu2:
Had same issue press power button when you see the n appear on screen hit power to turn nook off do this eight times
[Captivate Themes and Apps] SSJ_Gomike:
Just leaked. Whether it works or not seems to be hit or miss.

See 2 posts down for apk.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Miami_Son:
Just leaked where? This thread is useless without a link.:confused:
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Jemack:
Where is it?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] SSJ_Gomike:
Sorry...here is the actual apk
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Jemack:
Thank you....checking it out now.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Jemack:
It let me log in and could view my queue but when tried to play 3 different movies it said could not reach the netflix service. Good find though. Maybe it will start working soon.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] itdiestoday:
Just tested, no dice. streaming doesn't seem to be working correctly

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate Themes and Apps] SSJ_Gomike:
I just get either an endless loading screen or an error regarding not reaching the netflix server...

I heard someone has it working on their Fascinate.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] antonyvijai:
I tried it on my captivate running cognition 4.1.1 but it didn't work
[Captivate Themes and Apps] jferg5:
Its the foot print the phone leaves. I logged into my account and it showed sgh-i897 as an obsolete device on my account. Any chance we can get the binary embedded in the app for a compatible device?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] SiL3nTKiLL:
didnt work for me :/
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Barbarian:
Doesn't work. Dammit.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] SSJ_Gomike:
Yeah, it seems to be a drm issue, maybe we can find a possible work around?

Sent from my Galaxy S Captivate with Serendipity
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mossination:
wont even let me sign in:/
[Captivate Themes and Apps] SSJ_Gomike:
Just found this thread with the DRM files and Revolution system dump (full):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=994768
[Captivate Themes and Apps] whiteguypl:
The day this is hacked is the day netflix removes it from the list of allowable streaming apps.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] id10terror:
Did some packet sniffing and found references to this XML:

http://uiboot.netflix.com/apps/android/config

<config>
<current_version>1</current_version>
<min_version>1</min_version>
<mandatory>true</mandatory>
<current_version_url>http://mcdn.netflix.com/us/mobile/android/01/netflix-01-release.apk</current_version_url>
<size>2943920</size>
</config>

The "current_version_url" is not found though.. Looks like they pulled it after the leak or something.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Delgoth:
It's probably due to the fact that they intially released the Netflix APK to run only on Phones with a Snapdragon Processor, not a hummingbird.

At least that's what I read in the news a week or two ago.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] iceman198:
So, I toyed around with the 'current_version_url' you mentioned and changed the end to the following "...android/02/netflix-02-release.apk" and it downloaded.

I loaded it on my cappy...I can browse around and whatnot but still no watch instantly. It just sits there...doesn't even say loading.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] iceman198:
So, everything I've read is that the app will only work with specific Qualcom processors...meaning that the DRM is hardware based and not software.

If that is the case, is it even possible to get this working for our cappys?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Jemack:
Has anyone confirmed that it will stream on any phone yet?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] id10terror:
Yea I was able to get it with this:

http://mcdn.netflix.com/us/mobile/android/02/netflix-release.apk

I attached it here just incase they remove it
[Captivate Themes and Apps] antonyvijai:
Ivan able to log in and see contents but the strange thing is that it is not allowing me to scroll down/up anyone using this on captivate?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] antonyvijai:
UPDATE : IT WORKS NOW! I am going to see if streaming works
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bulletproof1013:
Well. Still not working here. Would be nice tho
[Captivate Themes and Apps] antonyvijai:
UPDATE : Streaming not working. Looking forward to this app!