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I was using Torch to help my friend install his car stereo and I guess I had it on too long, because when I went to use it again the LED wouldnt light up anymore. I tried taking a picture, recording a video, different settings in Torch, but nothing works. Is this something that can be replaced/fixed or do I have a phone without a flash now? I thought LEDs were indestructible...
LED flashes can overheat and burn out.. Oddly enough, their normal lifespan is 20,000 hours. :O So either you were doing some serious lighting, or it was a manufacturer's defect.
try flashing a different ROM and see if the flash works afterwards, if you've been using a custom ROM and are rooted.
If either it does not work after a different ROM, or you have not rooted and flashed a different ROM, i would recommend backing up your stuff and getting a replacement phone. A burned out flash after little, if any heavy use, is a reason for a factory exchange. Definitely.
Good luck, there.
I have the same problem. I will be getting my phone switched out soon. I guess I won't use death ray anymore...
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I was using Torch to help my friend install his car stereo and I guess I had it on too long, because when I went to use it again the LED wouldnt light up anymore. I tried taking a picture, recording a video, different settings in Torch, but nothing works. Is this something that can be replaced/fixed or do I have a phone without a flash now? I thought LEDs were indestructible...
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Have u tried reboot?? Sometimes reboots fix this kind of problem..
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I tried reboot. I am rooted and using a custom rom (Villain's gingerbread 1.2) so I'll try backing up my current setup and restoring a backup from when I know it actually worked. I really dont want to send my phone off, its my only phone line but I may have to.
I think you should just exchange it.
Keep in mind that when you exchange a phone with t-mobile they send you the replacement before you have to send back your own, so there's practically no downtime.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
Oh I didn't know that. I'll get it swapped. The flash makes the camera so much better.
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Damn, but torch clearly gives you the warning that after 45 minutes the LED started glitching. I guess you shoulda thought of that before.
The lifespan of a product might be of many many hourse, but not on one use, just like a normal bulb.
I definitely didnt leave it on for 45 minutes, maybe 5 continuous minutes at the most. I'm thinking its lose or it was going bad anyway. It went out once before randomly (not using Torch that time) and just started working again on its own, so I ignored it. It still hasnt come back on, so I think its dead this time.
I've left mine on strobing at several house parties for at least 3 hours each time (while charging). Now I read this... I'm scared to do it anymore!! Lol
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I have found that different apps produce different levels of brightness. For instance, the app "Tesla LED Torch" uses the full brightness of the flash compared to "LED Light" which uses a much less intense and most likely more sustainable level of brightness.
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The Torch app that comes with most Roms now has 2 different levels. Death ray, and normal. There's a disclaimer when you select death ray because its inviting impending doom upon your phone.
Tmobile has a new one on its way. They were really good about sending me a new one, I just had to follow a few troubleshooting steps and pretend like it wasnt rooted. I told her (helpdesk lady) my original G1 was rooted and custom romed and she started going "nahnahnahnah cant hear you!" Probably the funniest thing any customer support has done with me on the phone.
XpoX said:
The Torch app that comes with most Roms now has 2 different levels. Death ray, and normal. There's a disclaimer when you select death ray because its inviting impending doom upon your phone.
Tmobile has a new one on its way. They were really good about sending me a new one, I just had to follow a few troubleshooting steps and pretend like it wasnt rooted. I told her (helpdesk lady) my original G1 was rooted and custom romed and she started going "nahnahnahnah cant hear you!" Probably the funniest thing any customer support has done with me on the phone.
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Lol! That's funny.
I haven't gotten a new one yet, but I could have sworn that yesterday it turned itself on for a few seconds while I was a few feet away from it lol. I know I saw it, buy I removed all traces of the torch app from /system so i don't know how that's possible. I haven't been able to reproduce.
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I told her (helpdesk lady) my original G1 was rooted and custom romed and she started going "nahnahnahnah cant hear you!"
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Hahaha, I love it!
Good example of a person doing what's right, instead of just what is in her job script.
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Hahaha, I love it!
Good example of a person doing what's right, instead of just what is in her job script.
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That's why their customer service is #1
Haha, but no they r great.
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Anybody know where i can buy G2 parts such as the flash, (i know its a led but i dont wanna sodar) my G2 went swimming with me in vegas (5 minutes under water in a swimming pool) and has sever water damage (all stickers are pink) it works fine and the LED lasted forever, (allways used deathray) but it went out a month or two ago and i been waiting to find parts for it on http://www.cnn.cn but doesnt look like they will have them any time soon.
Thanks.
Since upgrading I have never again managed to regain the stability I had initially with Stock O2 1.6. Steve's roms improved performance but suffered increased instability. Now I'm on Froyo 318 it's a fair compromise between performance & stability, but I still don't feel right about the one or two automatic reboots I'm experiencing daily, notably when I'm using the browser for a fairly long time. I'll be browsing for about an hour or more, then the touch control lights flash and the device reboots by itself. I have no task manager or setcpu installed and no performance fix flashed - just 318 rooted with a few apps from the market.
Do I have to accept the reboots as a streak limitation or characteristic of Android 2.2 similar to windows mobile (which initially edged me towards android) ?
Or do I have a faulty device (overheating perhaps) ?
Anybody else experiencing this?
I have this problem also, and I noticed a few times that my phone was just off in my pocket, a few times I noticed it stuck at the dell logo and had to pull the battery and reboot it. I love this phone and all bit the sang thing has little thing that really tick me off
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It's issues like this that makes me not want to do the manual upgrade from the locked 1.6. I had talked myself into maybe doing it today, but now I'm going to hold off and wait a little longer for the official update after reading about people having issues like this.
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It's issues like this that makes me not want to do the manual upgrade from the locked 1.6. I had talked myself into maybe doing it today, but now I'm going to hold off and wait a little longer for the official update after reading about people having issues like this.
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I don't blame you for taking that standpoint, but it looks like there's only 2 of us that have this problem
Could just be we are of the unlucky ones with defective units, whereas you may have no issues at all.
i have this ussue as well.as others do....
mine restarts after unpluging from charger after overnight session... but,to tell you the truth,it is pretty random sh..t so i do not know what to blame-i do not use fixes-just stock 318.
i read that it is not rom related which could suggest h/w issue of the specific sample.
i dont know - one restart every 2 days is not big issue for me so i will wait after next dell upgrade with my fingers crossed.
aaaah,one more thing - some guys posted that loose battery cover was causing their reboots - they solved the problem by placing something (paper?) between battery and the cover in the battery corners. maybe you give it a go too?
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Hey i tried the battery cover solution, it did improve on the number of reboots i was experiencing per day, went down from about 7 a day to 1 maybe 2, but unfortunatly didnt solve the problem completely
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Oh also btw use something slightly thicker than paper (i used a train ticket)
the idea being that the card pushes down the battery so that there arent any loose contacts, hope that helps
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Updated to 318........I guess 5 days ago. Not one restart here. I'm normally the one that always get's issues so I'm thankful I dodged the bullet on this one if it's really that common.
I can't see the battery cover being the culprit in my case, it fits nice and snugly. Thanks for the suggestion though
Just 3 of us with the sporadic reboots?
I'm considering digging out my HD2 from retirement again (I abandoned it due to instability in windows 6.5 and android on sd at the time), but looks like people say Winmobile 7 on HD2 is very stable. If only HD2 had the screen size of this Streak...
seems that others are having the same problem, just that you didnt look hard enough
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914333
As a reminder... Be sure to completely wipe previous versions of your Rom on your streak before doing the QDL. If your streak aint completely clear, traces of the old rom will contaminate the QDL version and you will have glitches and hang ups.
Your reboots are caused because there is a instability problem in the Rom on your phone conflicting within itself causing the unit to shut down crashing the CPU. You need to do a Clean install.
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AT&T Froyo 2.2 ROM v.318 + Perf Mod
Win 7 x64 bit Superuser Rooted
1. Wipe delvik cache via custom recovery via streakmod or clockwork.
2. Format internal sdcard
3. Pull battery for 1 minute
4. Replace battery
5. Use current qdl tool to update to 309
6. Update to 318 via dell update.pig
7. Root with super 1 click 1.5.5
8. Voila
Dell Streak, 2.2 froyo (318), custom kernel, OC to 1.2ghz, quadrant 2002, hspda signal mod,
reset spontane power off
what a problem with my dell streak 5, but after the contacts of battery put paper on the backside paper and sides but it bowing a bit, pressed it back, now the switch on the rear is not working anymore but spontaneously power of or a reset when I got my dell in the bag is gone , the dell is packed in a Otterbox defender case .
so i hope its now gone my power off resets , i loved the dell , but its a messy s*** build.
so don't try this at home !!
Ok, Now i've had a mogul for the past 4-5 years, didn't wanna spend more money on a phone that will be old hat in a few months. anyhow, i gave in and now i've got an epic on it's way, today.
I want to get the most from my phone and it's battery life, I also want to use my phone as my mp3 player. so can someone direct me to the best step by step directions on how to do everything. I d/l'd this link
firon.net/xda/one.click.root.exploitv2.5.5 ( ) zip &
32-bit drivers: firon.net/xda/Samsung_Mobile_...00_Epic_4G ( ) zip . . but not to sure what to do from here.
Maybe someone can direct me to the easiest steps to follow as i'm really clueless on what to do and what i'm looking for. any help would be great and thanks in advance!
I'll let someone who knows more about what you need answer, but I just wanted to comment on the Mogul. That was my first "pda phone". I had 2 other windows based pda's, so it was a natural fit. I really liked that phone, and it worked well. I had wi-fi issues with it, so Sprint gave me a Touch Pro. I liked that phone as well. I had some other issue with it and Sprint replaced it with another Touch Pro. The tech said my phone was the first he's seen that the user actually uses it to its fullest potential. I like to get the max I can out of the phone. I had Android on the Touch Pro, but didn't use it for day-to-day things because it ate the battery. I decided to get the Epic because I didn't want to wait for Windows Phone 7, and I didn't like the direction MS was going with it, so Android was the obvious choice (iPhone wasn't even in the running).
I'm glad you joined the Android ranks. What are your impressions of the Epic/Android coming from the Mogul?
It depends on what you want to do with your phone as far as staying on eclair or updating to the froyo leak. If you want to stay on eclair then I would root it with the one click root plus cwm. Then you can install a custom rom/kernel to help with battery life. If you want the froyo leak then I would root it with the one click with cwm version 3. That cwm version will change your filesystem over to ext4. Then you can flash a froyo rom since most are compatable with ext4. The only thing is there are no custom kernels for froyo since we don't have the source code yet. Tell me what way you want to go and I'll help you out.
I've played with a few friends phones, but they were not rooted, and they always kept their power cords with them. I hated that. but i like the keyboard, the screen resolution, i honestly haven't touched any apps yet to date. I am very vanilla when it comes to learning the phone and the whole android process. I have read different forums/blogs and they all direct me back to here for the best help. so I'm here. The biggest thing I really want to do is use the phone as my mp3 player and take advantage of having a very simple os and get the most out of my battery. I do use the inet on my mogul with skyfire but it just doesn't work anymore. I will need to use my calender, fb, things like that, i do like the neat icons that i've seen on different pages. i also was told they even have apps to design your own ringtones with music on ur phone. that's really cool too.. I really feel like a dinosaur with this stuff..
ok, the phone just got here, i'm gonna charge it 1st and then call to activate it after it's finished. also, for xtra cords, any site better than any other?
ok, the phone is here, i've added some apps. and contacts.. now what?
jrjpoohscell said:
ok, the phone just got here, i'm gonna charge it 1st and then call to activate it after it's finished. also, for xtra cords, any site better than any other?
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monoprice.com
Only site you should ever think of when it comes to cables.
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ok, the phone is here, i've added some apps. and contacts.. now what?
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Load some music up and start using it.
somehow i loaded everything on it, but it went to the phone and not the sd card! is there a way to move it over to the sim card now?
and what do i look under?
cdma phones don't have sim cards. And it doesn't have very much internal memory either, so are you sure you didn't put it on your sdcard like you intended?
sure did.. ur right. see, i am a complete rookie on this one.
Buy an extended battery
I bought an extended battery on eBay back when I got my Epic last November. It is a 2800mAh battery and I can actually run about 10-15 hours of light usage with wifi/4g/gps turned on (10-12 with wifi on, 13-15 with wifi off). If I am watching TV on my Slingbox app, it usually runs for about 6-7 hours. Pocket Legends tends to be a bit of a battery killer but I can still go for about 4-5 hours of gameplay (although the phone tends to overheat...lol). I highly recommend a bigger battery - it does make the phone bigger, but imo it is worth the extra weight. The name on the battery is "Yoobao". I have been using it for about 3+ months now with no issues.
good info. . . how much they running? i really just wanted to run some low power apps..
I think mine was about $35-40. It wasn't very expensive. I just did a quick ebay search for "epic 4g extended battery" and there are now many options for about $15-30. I may actually try out one of the 3500mAh batteries, seeing that the price has dropped! Never hurts to have a spare. Some have separate battery chargers included as well.
Thanks man, I just ordered like 3-4 new cases.. can't remember, i like to change the colors up at times bc i get bored!
Most cases won't fit over the extended batteries, sadly. I'm getting ready to sell my sweet Body Glove case because I never use it. Makes me sad, I really like that case..
Man Oh Man, what to do...
When playing Texas Holdem mainly, dowloading, multi tasking, or gamaing it just flashes all three lights and reboots. I do not know if its my 32 gb sd card but I have tried normal 16 gb sd stock and does the same thing. Its really weird because sometimes it seams like it will be trucking right along for a little bit and then BAM reboot. I have read some things like voltage problems, overheating, and possible kernel issues ... All I know is that when I hit 450 million on Texas Holdem I really do not want a random reboot erasing my chip count.
I am currently running 15609 build 351 with latest non beta clockword recovery ... Was originally bought from dell under locked AT&T 1.6 ... I used qdl tool to convert everything automatically to 2.2 then do dell factory reset to 2.2.2 then flash clockword recovery and superuser ...
When doing normal everyday tasks it never reboots even by itself. Like right now not a problem. But if I get into the phone and use it like it should be its going to reboot sooner or later.
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Do you have a lot of other stuff loaded in background/on startup? It sounds like you're running out of ram and the streak's panicing
I have 5 full tabs of applications which 4x6 per page would be total of 120 apps ... I have some system monitor programs which only show a hand full of apps running in the background? Is that way to many apps to have on this phone?
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Had this exact same problem...
running flash, watch a video, playing some fruit Ninja triggers a reboot with 3 flashing leds
(tried stock and DJ steve's Rom)
got a replacement from dell, loaded my backed up nanadroid and have no problem since.
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When playing Texas Holdem mainly, dowloading, multi tasking, or gamaing it just flashes all three lights and reboots. I do not know if its my 32 gb sd card but I have tried normal 16 gb sd stock and does the same thing. Its really weird because sometimes it seams like it will be trucking right along for a little bit and then BAM reboot. I have read some things like voltage problems, overheating, and possible kernel issues ... All I know is that when I hit 450 million on Texas Holdem I really do not want a random reboot erasing my chip count.
I am currently running 15609 build 351 with latest non beta clockword recovery ... Was originally bought from dell under locked AT&T 1.6 ... I used qdl tool to convert everything automatically to 2.2 then do dell factory reset to 2.2.2 then flash clockword recovery and superuser ...
When doing normal everyday tasks it never reboots even by itself. Like right now not a problem. But if I get into the phone and use it like it should be its going to reboot sooner or later.
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I had a similar issue.
My 1st streak was doing this, no matter what rom I was running (seemed to be triggered by wifi events) I was researching the issue and found there have been a few streaks that have either had reboot issues caused by battery cover problems & others that may be "just plain defective". I suspect mine was in the "Just plain defective" group. I had it replaced and no further issues (I am really careful about the battery cover just to be safe) I was less than 3 weeks after purchase so I had Best Buy replace it on the spot. since it has known issues they did not have a problem replacing it.
Cheers
BR
911! I had a random streak lying around so I copied everything over and sure enough it must have been a defective streak! I have over a million in Texas Holdem and we are going strong with not one random boot with the exact same set up ... Will be sending that other streak back per warranty ... I am loving this! Thanks for everyones help ...
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I have an issue where games and apps quit on their own when it gets too crazy.
if you go into data/tombstones you will find crash logs, read through those and you can see whats causing the issue.
I gave up my Tbolt for now and have purchased a Fascinate. I truly hate the icons and stock theme. I've been looking for the past 2 days on and off for a decent ROM but have yet to make a decision.
All i want is debinged, devzw, stock android icons, and all the phone features working. I can tell that GB is having issues on the Fascinate side as it was with the Thunderbolt so i prefer to keep it Froyo for now.
If anyone is willing to help me out and get started with this i will kindly appreciate your help!
Thanks =]
This thread has what you are looking for.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044406&highlight=debinged
Best Froyo Rom IMHO: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108991
I dropped my tbolt too. Its in perfect condition and brand new just too heavy
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CM7/MIUIGB is fully functional, I would rather flash that then a froyo ROM.
Been using MIUIGB from andmer, super snacky no problems - I love it.
>.> Here's what you need...
These are the links:
1)http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
2)http://ig33k.portzilla.com/2011/02/odin-1-3-download/
3)http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046905
4)http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116424
5)http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171948
^^^Please read this thread carefully, and might I suggest downloading the high leakage version first^^^
6)http://goo-inside.me/gapps/gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip
7)http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132236
~Download Samsung drivers for your phone (1)
~Download Odin (2), and start it up.
~Now download the CWM recovery (3).
~Under PDA in Odin, look for where the recovery downloaded to and select it.
~Download files (4-6) and place them on the root of your SD card.
*Take out the battery on your Fascinate and grab your USB cable.
~While holding down the volume down button on the phone, plug it into the PC.
~When Odin shows your phone in the box on top, go ahead and press start.
~When it is completed, unplug your phone, put your battery back in.
~Hold down volup+voldwn+pwr until you get into the recovery. (If you missed it, please go back to the *)
~(Often, unpressing and pressing these buttons while at SAMSUNG will help.)
~Go ahead and wipe/factory reset. (If you need to make a backup, do it, then go back to *)
~Under advanced in the menu, wipe dalvik cache.
~At the main menu again, go to install zip from SD card.
~Select the "update-cm-7.1.0-Fascinate-KANG-###.zip"
~Allow that to install, then flash "gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip"
~After that is complete, go forth and install CM7Fascinate-Glitch-V###.zip"
~Now boot up into your beauty, then shut if off before you fill out your info.
~Now, last but not least, go back to Odin, under PDA attach the radio (7). (you gotta extract it first.)
~Hit start, and enjoy your brand new Nexus S Fascinate DDD
Hope that helped... and might I suggest you read up on that kernel thread, because your phone has some secret tricks now
Definitely get Voodoo Control App from the Market, and have fun with that. (Adjust the color!!!!! Here's my settings in Voodoo
Color settings: Voodoo Profile
RGB Multipliers: (Red)3354165123 (Green)3333712640 (Blue)3507556800
Gamma Hack: (Red) -11 (Green) -18 (Blue) -11
If you want to overclock, definitely go with Voltage Control App from the Market and follow the thread's instructions carefully.
If you want your phone to look like mine with an unlocked Launcher Pro (I bought the licence) PM me. Here's what she looks like. I also swiped along my dockbar at the bottom when i swiped the screen.
mmtoman said:
I dropped my tbolt too. Its in perfect condition and brand new just too heavy
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You sir are one of the few people to actually admit that the weight of that phone is too much. Most people are too proud of their new TBolt to admit it weighs more than the moon. Co-worker got one at launch and i tried it out, almost dropped it after holding my Fascinate. Everything feels heavy compared to it however the TBolt is a freaking brick! I could not comfortably walk around with it in my shirt or pants pocket, it would weigh them down so much. The sheer mass has also lead to what I believe are more cracked screens than it should. The Fascinate weighs almost nothing so their's little chance of breaking the glass from an everyday drop.
Thank you all for the helpful links and replies
I loved my tbolt but i had some emergencies and needed the cash, now that the urgency has past i couldn't stand using my spare blackberry bold. so i poped it on ebay and went ahead with a purchase of a Fascinate since that is about the only other android that is worth owing.
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Thank you all for the helpful links and replies
I loved my tbolt but i had some emergencies and needed the cash, now that the urgency has past i couldn't stand using my spare blackberry bold. so i poped it on ebay and went ahead with a purchase of a Fascinate since that is about the only other android that is worth owing.
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Well if your haven't yet you should try CM7 with the Glitch kernel. Amazingly fast, faster than any of the Froyo voodoo based roms.
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Well if your haven't yet you should try CM7 with the Glitch kernel. Amazingly fast, faster than any of the Froyo voodoo based roms.
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but does everything work? i was reading under a few roms with GB that there are still some issues. i am mostly concern with sensors working right, volume, camera, and no boot loops.
Only issue with MTD-based ROMs (CM7/MIUI/OMFG-B) is the occasional delay on sensor when pulling phone away from head and a (sadly) very noticeable issue with in-call volume (and volume in general).
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but does everything work? i was reading under a few roms with GB that there are still some issues. i am mostly concern with sensors working right, volume, camera, and no boot loops.
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MMS got fixed so now its mostly annoyance type things. My sensors and camera and all work fine. Like mentioned, call volume is a bit low....but completely usable. It is my everyday Rom now. Extremely fast. If you talk on it as a phone all day I would wait but if you use it for a lot of surfing and stuff its pretty solid now. Data connection seems to be flaky for some people but on the EC09 modem I have had little trouble and GPS is back to super fast lock.
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MMS got fixed so now its mostly annoyance type things. My sensors and camera and all work fine. Like mentioned, call volume is a bit low....but completely usable. It is my everyday Rom now. Extremely fast. If you talk on it as a phone all day I would wait but if you use it for a lot of surfing and stuff its pretty solid now. Data connection seems to be flaky for some people but on the EC09 modem I have had little trouble and GPS is back to super fast lock.
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I'll add another testimonial to this one. I'm using CM7 with the Glitch kernel and it's been a ton of fun. The call volume is a bit low, but I've gotten used to it. When I come out of the call, I usually have to press a button to recall the screen, however, because the sensor doesn't register that I've taken the phone away from my face. By the time that happens, however, the other person has usually hung up.
I've had no data outages (EC09), but Wifi's been spotty. GPS locks very quickly (5-10 seconds) and everything else has been a dream. For a while I was too underclocked and I got some random reboots, but that was hardly the ROM's or kernel's fault.
ok so i was getting ready to get to work on the fascinate when i got stopped by a brick wall.. rooted with super one click, checked root and busybox. downloaded rom manger, come to find out clockwork recovery is not working with the new froyos... i am currently on ed05 Official from VZ....anyone knows or has the files to get the clockwork to work so i can start checking out roms? thanks!
rom manager dont work with the fascinate... you have to flash the cwm3.tar thru odin!
ok so i installed this through Odin....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942021
i tried it and it works, now im going to see if i can load a rom and not screw it up lol
good luck. you wont be disappointed once you get to cm7 or miui