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Where should I start?

I owned the vibrant maybe for a month or less, ever since then I made a lot of errors, I had freezes that made me delete all personal data, once or twice I had to reisntall google apps. The one thing I hate is when uninstalling stuff data stays there. As of now I cant open google maps because it will force close, I haven't tryed deleting it and reinstalling it, anther problem is my connection, I have full bars but.i dont get edge or 3g, I have walked the streets and the problem stays there so I want to restore it completely, where should I start?
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I would say after that many problems and errors I would have to admit defeat and reuben the phone under warranty and see what t mobile or samsung would do to resolve the issues...
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Not sure what you've been doing to your phone to have all those issues, but why not do a factory reset to the phone, and start from scratch?

Lol yeah actually probably a better option than returning the phone, at least to start.
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JakeRadden said:
... admit defeat and reuben the phone ....
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At least he gets a sandwich out of the deal.
Some very interesting typos since getting the illustious swype keyboard.
When my 3G says it's working and no map data arrives, my GPS just sits there and my screen lags after all fixes, I fumble when someone calls as I don't know which widget to use...I just smile to myself and thank God I don't have leprosy. Just be grateful you have a phone that makes calls LOL...sorry for sarcasm.

Lol thats what I mean by a complete restore,.i know I need to use odin but "where to start" btw thanks
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Badass App

https://market.android.com/details?id=visidon.AppLock
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It sounds like a good idea but I wonder how well it works in a real life setting.
Will try and report back.

Been using it all night works perfectly
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DirtyShroomz said:
Been using it all night works perfectly
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Under a low light setting it obviously doesn't work.
Maybe it should set the screen as white to try to act as a light?
Also, no feature to use it in replacement for a lock screen

Hope u live in a place that has daylight 99% of the time or you're sol when it's dark
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Hope u live in a place that has daylight 99% of the time or you're sol when it's dark
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It allows for a password bypass.
At least try it before you knock it.

DirtyShroomz said:
https://market.android.com/details?id=visidon.AppLock
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Pretty cool app, thanks for sharing!
Pocket posted....

Another problem with the app.
If I cant get into someones app (whatever it may be) all I have to do is uninstall this app.
lol

mattykinsx said:
Another problem with the app.
If I cant get into someones app (whatever it may be) all I have to do is uninstall this app.
lol
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Protect all apps that have access to this like the market but under low light settings use the bypass
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i tried this last weekend when i saw a similar post. it seemed to take 2-3 seconds, no matter how good the pic. but with a pattern/lock, i could have the app/device unlocked in >1sec. so it has a HUGE cool factor, but it takes more time than its worth IMHO

I played with this app, I found it works well, however, the implementation could use another option.
Right now you basically choose any apps you want to lock, and if you launch any of those apps you have to wait a few seconds for the face to get recognized and the program let you in, which is a pain in the ass, forcing you to wait a few seconds to open a program.
There is not option to unlock on phone wake, which is what the main feature of the program should be, IMHO, so that you can just unlock on waking the phone and be done, otherwise it's a bit of a headache waiting to be unlocked on per-app basis.
Mind you, once you unlock on any app you can be unlocked to use the other apps that use the face recognition to lock. Still being forced to wait on app launch, I do not like.

mattykinsx said:
Another problem with the app.
If I cant get into someones app (whatever it may be) all I have to do is uninstall this app.
lol
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ya but if you uninstall the app and re-install you'll need their email and password to set the app back up if its google voice or a gmail account or something like that. Google voice would be the app i would want locked so nobody can see the messages i have... so if they uninstall and re-install they wont get my messages still without my info.. Good application

Google Speech To Text 2.3.3 Quick Fix

If any of your are like me it was driving me nuts not having this option working properly well i did a little digging and came up with easy solution just follow directions below and bam your back in business.
this is how i did it on my evo sure same concept on different phones running 2.3.3
Click Menu
Click Settings
Click Manage Applications
Scroll Down Til You See Voice Search And Click It
Now Click Clear Data
Ok Now Click Your Home Button
Now I Want You To Click And Hold Your Search Button Til A Box Pops Up Saying Complete Action Using
Select Voice Search Another Box Should Pop Up Just Click Ok
And Thats It Your Speech To Text Problem Solved.

What its the problem you guys are having with speech to text? I'm on 2.3.3
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If any of your are like me it was driving me nuts not having this option working properly well i did a little digging and came up with easy solution just follow directions below and bam your back in business.
this is how i did it on my evo sure same concept on different phones running 2.3.3
Click Menu
Click Settings
Click Manage Applications
Scroll Down Til You See Voice Search And Click It
Now Click Clear Data
Ok Now Click Your Home Button
Now I Want You To Click And Hold Your Search Button Til A Box Pops Up Saying Complete Action Using
Select Voice Search Another Box Should Pop Up Just Click Ok
And Thats It Your Speech To Text Problem Solved.
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ahh thank you very much, I've been looking for a fix to this as I use Speech to Text quite often and couldnt since the stupid update

I have to do this every time I use voice search. Just a temp fix.

Didn't work for me
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Not sure why you would have to keep applying fix haven't had to and I use voice search a lot and speech to text still working great
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My voice search used to work when I first got my replacement but no matter what I do I can't get it to work anymore. It's driving me crazy too....is this a feature good enough to have my phone replaced? I would and did use it all the time but that and taking 2 pictures and having reboots is driving me insane...
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fixyourglitch said:
Not sure why you would have to keep applying fix haven't had to and I use voice search a lot and speech to text still working great
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Mine is the same except im on v 003 and no problems since i did what you posted
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Awesome. Thanks dude

mxl180 said:
What its the problem you guys are having with speech to text? I'm on 2.3.3
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same. what is the problem?

madigan82 said:
same. what is the problem?
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When you speak the microphone dosen't recognise sound and if it does then... I am more likely that my dog would understand what I said opposed to my phone.
I a quiet room
I say: test
Dog: Lays down
Phone types: Pizza and tampons bye dinner after smurf
Oddly enough, this little trick worked, now hopefully it stays working.
Thanks!!

It seemed to me that the mic was too sensitive. I found that if I put my finger over the mic then it worked fine...but that annoyed me so I went back to cm7
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This was only a temporary fix for me

Speaktoit Virtual Assistant

Has anyone got this to work on the Epic??? I installed it, and the program is able to understand my commands but I'm unable to hear any responses back. If you got this to work, could you give me a step by step on exactly what you did?
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I just installed it and I can here it speak. Make sure your have media volume up. I'm running acs frozen.
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Also I have both the speech and conversation mode on in the settings. And make sure you have pico tts installed. The app itself is not that accurate. I like "voice actions infinity" a lot better.
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Yea I think there is something wrong then. Because I downloaded other apps like Vlingo and Voice Search and again, the program understands me but when it speaks back to me, I can't hear anything. My media volume is turned up. Do I have to add something to my phone? This is so frustrating.
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Ok...go to your phone settings--voice input and output--text to speech settings--default engine--pico tts. Let me know how it goes please.
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Yea I went there and I selected Pico but it dosen't do anything. I even tried downloading espeak tts and when I go to select that engine it force closes. It seems like I either have something disabled or I'm missing something that won't allow me to use tts. By the way, Im able to hear fine while using a navigation program, its just anything else, I'm having problems.
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i think navigation is different since it's not actually reading anything to you from a text. are you running a costume rom or r u stock? have you tried restarting your phone after enabling the tts?

Im using the epic revolution fat free rom too by the way. I just sent a pm to the developer asking him was there something excluded from the rom that is not allowing me to hear from these programs. Hopefully he gets back to me as soon as possible.
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I was just about to suggest contacting the developer. As long as you have tts enabled you should be good to go. It looks like an issue with the way your phone or rom is handling its text to speech engine. post his reply here because im sure others would like to know also (if in fact its a problem the rom). I wish i could be of any more help bro.

No doubt. I will let you know what he say. If he doesn't respond, I will post my question to the actual rom thread to see if someone could help me. Thanks!
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Mine was not working either for about one minute..till i went to download that app they pretty much shove down your mouth when u first open the app. It may seem like it doesnt install..even the comments beneath will say it doesnt install...but it does..just on your sd card. It will create a folder. Go back in the app and Iris is working like a charm!!

Camera not working anymore?

So yesterday I accidentally dropped my phone in milk. I picked got my phone out of it almost immediately, and dried it off. I didn't really think much of it, because everything was still working properly. Today, I tried to use my camera, but when I hit the camera button, the camera app FC'd. I reopened it and I got an error saying "Can't connect to camera". I thought maybe something happened in the ROM, so I restored a backup from about 2 weeks ago, and I got the same message.
Currently, I've got the phone in rice, just in case. Is it possible that the milk is what is causing this? If so, is there any chance that I can fix the camera without sending it in? (I don't have insurance)
The only thing that's keeping me from thinking that the milk is what's causing this, is the fact that everything else is working normally on the phone. I've called people, texted, games, everything is working fine, but the camera.
I'm running Zips most recent build, and my backup was IceColdSandwich. In a few hours when I take my phone out, I'll try a GB rom, but for now, does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks

Yea, MOST of the time, but NOT always, you can go into the phones settings, then into Applications, select the 'All' tab, and find the Camera on the list. Clear the cache, also clear data...that usually works. If not, maybe fix permissions? I always try those methods. But I don't care for ICS so I don't know if its the same as 3.5.....but try that.
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jjbadd385 said:
Yea, MOST of the time, but NOT always, you can go into the phones settings, then into Applications, select the 'All' tab, and find the Camera on the list. Clear the cache, also clear data...that usually works. If not, maybe fix permissions? I always try those methods. But I don't care for ICS so I don't know if its the same as 3.5.....but try that.
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None of that worked. Neither did going back to GB. Thanks for trying though!
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Have you tried flashing just a camera? You can go into the Apps and theme section and there is a thread with a few camera packs that you flash in recovery?
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jjbadd385 said:
Have you tried flashing just a camera? You can go into the Apps and theme section and there is a thread with a few camera packs that you flash in recovery?
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That didn't work either :/

Well I'm out of ideas...
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Well I'm out of ideas...
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Haha so am I. Thanks for the help though, I appreciate it.

Ya it definitely sounds like you nuked a critical component of the camera. Definitely lucky it didn't fry any of the other parts. If you've tried doing a factory reset and completely wiping your disks, don't think there's anything else you can do other than sending it in or attempting to fix it yourself which would require quite a bit of skill and probably some soldering expertise.

I'm using the same rom as you and the same thing happened to me at one point. I managed to fix it though by clearing camera cache, disabling and re-enabling it, and then clearing the dalvik cache and fixing permissions just for kicks. One or all of those things fixed it for me. Try that maybe?
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AlanB412 said:
I'm using the same rom as you and the same thing happened to me at one point. I managed to fix it though by clearing camera cache, disabling and re-enabling it, and then clearing the dalvik cache and fixing permissions just for kicks. One or all of those things fixed it for me. Try that maybe?
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Alright. I'll try it haha. I've been given new hope because the flashlight is working now, so I'm hoping the camera might start working again.
One question though, what do you mean by disabling it and re-enabling it?

When you go to clear the app cache you'll see a button next to the force stop option that says disable. From my understanding its basically like turning off the drivers for the camera. When you re-enable it (same button btw) you reactivate the drivers and it will communicate with the camera again hopefully.
If I'm wrong about any of that someone can correct me. But it still worked to fix my problem anyways
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AlanB412 said:
When you go to clear the app cache you'll see a button next to the force stop option that says disable. From my understanding its basically like turning off the drivers for the camera. When you re-enable it (same button btw) you reactivate the drivers and it will communicate with the camera again hopefully.
If I'm wrong about any of that someone can correct me. But it still worked to fix my problem anyways
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Nope, didn't fix it :/ I appreciate the help though!

theholyfork said:
Nope, didn't fix it :/ I appreciate the help though!
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Np man. Hope you find some way to get it working again.

AlanB412 said:
Np man. Hope you find some way to get it working again.
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Thanks haha. I'm debating ordering a replacement camera and attempt fixing it myself.
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If you do plan on doing that make sure to search the general threads. I saw a really good video there once with someone walking through how to properly disassemble this phone.
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AlanB412 said:
If you do plan on doing that make sure to search the general threads. I saw a really good video there once with someone walking through how to properly disassemble this phone.
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Alright, I'll try to find that. The website that I'm ordering the camera from apparently sends step by step instructions.
I guess that's one thing I enjoy about iPhones. They come apart and can be repaired very easily haha

Hope?
Okay, so I randomly tried opening the camera again today, and to my surprise, the app didn't force close or give me the message saying it couldn't connect. Nothing was appearing though, so I didn't think much of it. Then I remembered in Zips build you had to turn force preview on, so I did. Nothing happened, but I tried to take a picture, and the screen turned green with a weird little brownish area in the middle.
I'll upload a picture of it later if anyone wants and thinks maybe they can help me figure it out a little more.
The fact that it's working all of the sudden makes me think it might just randomly go back to normal. However, it might not.
But the fact that the camera is actually turning on now, that means that if anythings broken, its the camera itself, right? Not the hardware around it?

Hmm, upload a picture. My camera started taking those glitchy looking photos before it died on me. If you hadn't mentioned the green and brown detail I would have forgotten.
I'm not saying I can give any more suggestions than I already did but if you're getting the same problem I had then maybe you can categorize this back in the realm of software issues. Better than a hardware failure at least...
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Here it is.
But I tried to change the megapixels of the camera, and it "died" again. So I have no idea what to think anymore lol
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Must be a picture of your phone's soul
theholyfork said:
Here it is.
But I tried to change the megapixels of the camera, and it "died" again. So I have no idea what to think anymore lol
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So, the MyTouch 4G has shown several camera issues; from a black screen to FCing when opening the app. It seemed to be like an update issue to the newest GB but even stock phones that hadn't been updated were also having issues. If anyone has anymore info on this subject please reply here or PM me. I am very interested in this issue as I have a coworker witht the same problem. It has also been shown to reoccur after people think they have "fixed" it with a factory reset or such.