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The Cingular forums are now shutting down discussion re the new ROMS ... nice ... just trying to keep us from helping each other out (you would think it would be to their benefit, so folks don't bug their non-existent customer service)
see here for all the gory details.
This is getting more and more ridiculus by the day
Hallllllo M$ and providers. when we buy a device we ALREDY get a licenced WM, what's your problem???????????????????????????????????????
weinson said:
The Cingular forums are now shutting down discussion re the new ROMS ... nice ... just trying to keep us from helping each other out (you would think it would be to their benefit, so folks don't bug their non-existent customer service)
see here for all the gory details.
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the thread has been resurrected for the time being...no idea how long that will last though.
This is just like Cingular, I have been told that this update would be out since Dec. by Cingular sales and it never has. We cannot help it if Cingular is so slow on getting updated services out. If they would put more effort in service and less on what they are going to call them selfs maybe they could supply better service. I have 19 cingular accounts and may move all of them if they don't get there act together.
Steven -
Do what my wife did, she is part of the State of FL gov contract on Cingular and she has a fair bit of power in moving accounts so she basically said if you can't support your gear with updated ROMs maybe she would move accounts somewhere else.
I doubt they care but who knows...
so many dumb-ass flashed their phones w/o reading the instructions, bricked their phones and start to call Cingular/ATT for help/repair/replacement. Next thing we know, MS is trying to remove all ROMs, ATT removing thread about new ROMs....
That's y we should make this community go underground, ban the suckers who don't read, link ROMs to rapidshare or other similar sites instead of this site's FTP server.
It's sad to see we have to remove the ROMs but I wouldn't blame MS or ATT for asking XDA-developers to do so.
Oh, btw, if you guys care go sign the petition, show us some supports even if we dont get what we want.
peace.
It's the War on Common Sense. And since all of us are a minority here, ignorance and misinformation prevail.
The main reason Big Business does this is because the executives are a much older generation that is scared and terribly confused by the Internet. So to them, we're all looking to ruin their business by making their phones work in ways they didn't intend for them to be used. What they don't know is, our solutions are much better than the ones they provide (hence the void we're filling by being here, supporting, and working out their phones for free) and if they were to release even just half of the ROMs the XDA community cooked up, they'd have a much happier customer base.
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This is just like Cingular, I have been told that this update would be out since Dec. by Cingular sales and it never has. We cannot help it if Cingular is so slow on getting updated services out. If they would put more effort in service and less on what they are going to call them selfs maybe they could supply better service. I have 19 cingular accounts and may move all of them if they don't get there act together.
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Cingular/AT&T is pretty much the only carrier with even a _leaked_ rom... so how are you going to say that they're slow? They're actually ahead of the curve, in my opinion.
The 8525 came out in November. I'm pretty sure that there must have been some miscommunication if you recall someone in December told you the Rom would be out tomorrow (or any specific immediate timeframe). "Soon" is not necessarily "one month" or less. I think sometimes we hear and preceive what we WANT to be the truth based on what we actually _did_ hear. I mean, as far as I can tell, HTC just released the 3.3 rom to carriers a matter of weeks ago. Cingular has been working on things other carriers aren't doing, too (PTT, Cingular Video, etc.) So they're putting more into the rom than most of our European counterparts need to (with the exception of video calling... yet.)
I guess what I'm saying is that we, as enthusiasts, expect more than the average customer. And as for Cingular / AT&T, of course they don't want to be providing support for an unofficial and likely unfinished rom. Honestly, having inexperienced and impatient Cingular customers reading about this leaked rom and trying to put it on their devices prematurely would certainly cause a terrible amount of problems. Again... it's _leaked_ and _unofficial_, so they should not feel like they have to support it.
Just my 2/3 of a nickel.
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It's the War on Common Sense. And since all of us are a minority here, ignorance and misinformation prevail.
The main reason Big Business does this is because the executives are a much older generation that is scared and terribly confused by the Internet. So to them, we're all looking to ruin their business by making their phones work in ways they didn't intend for them to be used. What they don't know is, our solutions are much better than the ones they provide (hence the void we're filling by being here, supporting, and working out their phones for free) and if they were to release even just half of the ROMs the XDA community cooked up, they'd have a much happier customer base.
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I disagree. I believe the truth is if they released half the roms on here, they're customers WOULD be confused, scared, and lost because they have no idea what rom they should be running. They'd have no idea why something doesn't work perfectly on one rom and better on another. Or why one radio may or may not be better. Think about how many people on here aren't reading everything they need to and bricking or nearly bricking their devices. And these are the ones SEEKING the information. The average 8525 user on Cingular's network isn't quite as interested in this stuff as we are here.
Knowledge is power, but unstable power is chaos.
Think about it.
Xda-Developers is a great source for those seeking to know more about their devices than just its typical uses. But anyone who really wants the knowledge will seek it out and find it (just as we all did). Throwing an incomplete rom at the average lawyer who needs Microsoft Direct Push and not much more is likely to cause more problems than it's worth for AT&Tingular as well as for us (because we'll be the ones trying to clean up the mess).
I think I should sign off on this before I infuriate some of those out there who just want to vent their frustration. And we all know the company with the dollars is always a great target to do that.
Does't surprise me in the slightest.
I am sure many OEMs and phone companies are sick of people bricking their phones and claiming warranties (of course they never admit to using cooked ROMs or even trying to upgrade them - 'Just woke up one morning and it wouldn't boot up').
I enjoy this forum too but don't tell me it doesn't encourage people to do things they shouldn't, and are not willing to take responsiblity for.
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I enjoy this forum too but don't tell me it doesn't encourage people to do things they shouldn't, and are not willing to take responsiblity for.
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I have to disagree with that statement... I wasnt aware that giving warnings to the users that flashing their phone could brick it and that they need to read and make sure they fully understand what they are doing before they do it was encouragement... I know that when i came to this board and saw the warnings about flashing cooked roms it freaked me out.. i was registered for several months before i ever made a post, spent countless hours reading all the threads to make sure i fully understood my device before i did anything to it.. its the people that dont read and brick their phone that want to come back and blame us for their mistake.. This is a developers board and quite frankly alot of us go out of the way of development to help people in need... we especially go above and beyond any kind of help that you would recieve from your provider
My 2c
I have to agree with shogunmark. I know I made very sure I read every last thread and wiki before I attempted anything as rash as upgrading a Radio stack. This was because of my fear of bricking the unit, because so many people warned it could. I was even willing to endure the mass "RTFM" and "RTFW" flaming if i wanted to make sure I understood everything correctly before risking my device.
I believe the largest part of this community are users that gather here in the spirit of sharing the knowledge about the device to encourage greater growth of the community- the more people, the more mods & hacks & cracks and experiences will become part of the knowledge base.
yet im still trying to figure out how "MAY BRICK YOUR DEVICE" warnings are encouraging...
Come on guys!
Sure there are countless warinings but simply the enthusiasm and excitement amongst the experienced crew, when a new possibliity appears (GPS, WM6, AKU this, AKU that) causes less experience people to get caught up in it.
I'm not for one minute discouraging XDA developing, just TAKE RESPONSIBLILITY IF YOU BRICK YOUR DEVICE AND DON'T GO CRYING TO THE OEM OR TELCO FOR WARANTY. Pay for your mistake and buy another.
I have seen, on this forum people advising others to go back to their supplier with bricked devices and try to get a warranty. It is hard for the supplier to argue with someone who says their device 'Just stopped working', when infact they bricked it, and in the spirit of good customer relations they often replace it. Why wouldn't suppliers be negative toward forums like these when they are placed in this situation.
Sigh... I've been told that HTC's single greatest returned device is the Wizard followed closely by the Hermes. Reason: bricked.
We post the warnings, but plenty of people don't take the time to fully understand then brick their devices anyway (hermes is especially bad in this respect). Then they try to return them.
In many ways, this is the manufacturer fault b/c they are trying to thwart users who try to upgrade or change their devices. Hermes development feels like spy vs. spy sometimes as we crack something and then the next bootloader/radio bootloader comes out. Consequently pre sspl hermes flashing was damn near rocket science. Problems were rampant. Heck, I even saw one poster try to flash the original signed_nbh into the OS area with the 1.01MFG bootloader
They're all gonna try it. There's no minimum IQ required to be a member here.
Ideally, we need to find a way to bring any HTC device back to life from brick status. It's only corrupted memory after all. If the correct bytes are written, the software works. When I did SE phone hacking, there were such devices. Because of this, users with bricked phones could take them to their nearest SE phone center and they would re-flash and un-brick (for a price of course).
This ridiculous swapping of bricked devices is what needs to change. Posters need to take financial responsibility for phones they brick. HTC needs to make their hardware flashing system available to Operators at phone centers.
Unfortunately, this won't be the case. Instead, they'll go after us because they can see an ROI impact in terms of bricks. What they can't see is the intangible increase in sales that we stimulate or the intangible loss of future revenue that shutting us down represents.
Sign the petition. Get your friends to sign it. Get it posted on other forums. Get it into the news. Operators and M$ need to be able to see this intangible.
on the other hand with the hermes and returns... we just got to a point to where we could brick them less than a month ago... most of the returns before then was by manufacturer fault, i know this because i was one of them, i had a ton of bad blocks in the wrong spot....
its to bad we dont have an easy rom kitchen for these.. something that would make it damn near impossible for the person who cant read to brick their device.. i dont know.. im tired and going back to bad, my post isnt making much sense to me right now
but i do agree with you sleuth!
Wow... check out the attitude here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=294365
Kinda proves my point.
Add a success story here - mainly because I am competent enough to read and ask the right questions when there was vague information.
I am not new to flashing/modding, but the Hermes definately takes it to a new level.
The difference with me, should I ever brick my device - I would just deal with it. I came here with the understanding that the tools available to us come with an increased risk should you not actually understand what you are doing. You need to be aware that you should own up to the possible mistakes and not try to send a bricked device back for warranty....
Two individuals who make this place so great - Pof and Sleuth. Pof has done such a great job with the wiki and his tools - all you need to do is take a few days to read about the device and the steps you need to make. Sleuth brings a different element (and his programs) to the forums and has the patience to point questions to the right areas of the wiki.
My advice - if you plan on unlocking/upgrading take at least a week and read the wiki. Make sure you have all the pieces needed to complete what you want to do. Sync your device and backup all your info - be prepared to hard reset and start from scratch - twice in some cases.
Set aside plenty of time that your phone will be down during this process.
This site is by far the best there is - it's a shame that people rush into things some times.
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Ideally, we need to find a way to bring any HTC device back to life from brick status. It's only corrupted memory after all.
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HTC should put JTAG out in its new models
Seriously, it's a big flaw that every official ROM image overwrites th bootloader, even with the same version. The whole firmware history teaches that the bootloader should not be touched by end user.
So, the solution is to make custom ROMs flashable by parts, w/o affecting the bootloader. This should prevent bricking... does not revive existing bricks though...
But your overall point is good: manufacturers get angry because of a lot of returns, and care shell be taken to calm them down.
on another note about the cingular boards... i got banned there was a thread about the lack of good moderation in the HTC board over there, i spoke my piece and got banned... it wasnt even bad, just offered some suggestions.. so much for contructive criticism and free speech..
Hi all.
I have been sitting here thinking about the current situation with the roms,and have come up with a plan.........
Seeing as we always have a large amount of REPEAT questions regarding roms and our units, we should all start calling our respective carriers with even the most ridiculous little questions and start to overload the c/s reps!! We should make sure that we tell the rep that we USED to get our help from XDA-DEV and sites like this one, but they have been requested to stop helping people and refer them to the carrier!! Soooo.....that is why we call THEM NOW!!!!!
I know that this may not seem like much to some people, but having run call centers in the past, I can tell you that the message will be received by the management! Wait times will rise,irritation will rise, discord will rise,complaints will rise!!!
These companies do pay attention if it is put to them properly and POLITELY!!!!! DO NOT CALL AND ***** OUT THE C/S REP!!!!! Be polite,respectful,........and a pain in the ass to them!!!!
Later all......
what if that leads to a corporate take over of xda-devs? then we'd all be lost.
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Hi all.
I have been sitting here thinking about the current situation with the roms,and have come up with a plan.........
Seeing as we always have a large amount of REPEAT questions regarding roms and our units, we should all start calling our respective carriers with even the most ridiculous little questions and start to overload the c/s reps!! We should make sure that we tell the rep that we USED to get our help from XDA-DEV and sites like this one, but they have been requested to stop helping people and refer them to the carrier!! Soooo.....that is why we call THEM NOW!!!!!
I know that this may not seem like much to some people, but having run call centers in the past, I can tell you that the message will be received by the management! Wait times will rise,irritation will rise, discord will rise,complaints will rise!!!
These companies do pay attention if it is put to them properly and POLITELY!!!!! DO NOT CALL AND ***** OUT THE C/S REP!!!!! Be polite,respectful,........and a pain in the ass to them!!!!
Later all......
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Evil idea u got there
hdbueller said:
Hi all.
I have been sitting here thinking about the current situation with the roms,and have come up with a plan.........
Seeing as we always have a large amount of REPEAT questions regarding roms and our units, we should all start calling our respective carriers with even the most ridiculous little questions and start to overload the c/s reps!! We should make sure that we tell the rep that we USED to get our help from XDA-DEV and sites like this one, but they have been requested to stop helping people and refer them to the carrier!! Soooo.....that is why we call THEM NOW!!!!!
I know that this may not seem like much to some people, but having run call centers in the past, I can tell you that the message will be received by the management! Wait times will rise,irritation will rise, discord will rise,complaints will rise!!!
These companies do pay attention if it is put to them properly and POLITELY!!!!! DO NOT CALL AND ***** OUT THE C/S REP!!!!! Be polite,respectful,........and a pain in the ass to them!!!!
Later all......
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hell yeah thats what we do to sony u know where it gets us 1 hour on hold with an idiot who cant even a noob question
good idea i dont think htc would care the carriers would just say check htc web site for the lattest uodate
T o r r e n t s must be made wft guys put it up there
I do try my best......
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Evil idea u got there
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hdbueller said:
Hi all.
I have been sitting here thinking about the current situation with the roms,and have come up with a plan.........
Seeing as we always have a large amount of REPEAT questions regarding roms and our units, we should all start calling our respective carriers with even the most ridiculous little questions and start to overload the c/s reps!! We should make sure that we tell the rep that we USED to get our help from XDA-DEV and sites like this one, but they have been requested to stop helping people and refer them to the carrier!! Soooo.....that is why we call THEM NOW!!!!!
I know that this may not seem like much to some people, but having run call centers in the past, I can tell you that the message will be received by the management! Wait times will rise,irritation will rise, discord will rise,complaints will rise!!!
These companies do pay attention if it is put to them properly and POLITELY!!!!! DO NOT CALL AND ***** OUT THE C/S REP!!!!! Be polite,respectful,........and a pain in the ass to them!!!!
Later all......
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<saracasm> Yeah... great idea. Overload the carrier with B.S. support issues. Complaints rise. Carriers hire more customer service reps to handle the ridiculous call volume caused by ridiculous inquiries. Rates for plans and devices go up to cover the cost of the increased number of reps. Yeah.... great idea. </sarcasm>
Sorry, but you're way off. If your idea isn't just tongue in cheek to poke fun at the situation, then you really haven't thought this through at all.
i can provide all of you with a ftp server you guys can use but you'll have to manage the ftp site all by yourselves, that is, the directories, content and all will be up to you
also i won't be responsible if you take hours to upload a file and somebody else takes a few secs to delete it
if anybody's interested, pls email me at [email protected] and cc to [email protected]
any webserver or ftp server provided will be sponsored by forumics.com
i actually had the idea of complaining to my carrier about not providing all the roms whether new or old for my phone... I mean, what if the new roms doesnt work well on my phone and now i dont have the old one to fall back on after all, i do own the license to that software and would like it readily available...
<sarcasm> I'm sorry.....and what was YOUR plan again???
How many call centers have you operated?
You obviously do not understand how a call center operates! There are quotas to meet as well as call monitoring and time-on-call logs. When the t-o-c times rise,there is hell to pay! If the reasons for the delays are similar, it is noted by the c/s rep AND the call center management.
Hope this sheds even a little light on your concerns...LOL
Later.........
djaladin said:
<saracasm> Yeah... great idea. Overload the carrier with B.S. support issues. Complaints rise. Carriers hire more customer service reps to handle the ridiculous call volume caused by ridiculous inquiries. Rates for plans and devices go up to cover the cost of the increased number of reps. Yeah.... great idea. </sarcasm>
Sorry, but you're way off. If your idea isn't just tongue in cheek to poke fun at the situation, then you really haven't thought this through at all.
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djaladin said:
<saracasm> Yeah... great idea. Overload the carrier with B.S. support issues. Complaints rise. Carriers hire more customer service reps to handle the ridiculous call volume caused by ridiculous inquiries. Rates for plans and devices go up to cover the cost of the increased number of reps. Yeah.... great idea. </sarcasm>
Sorry, but you're way off. If your idea isn't just tongue in cheek to poke fun at the situation, then you really haven't thought this through at all.
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hdbueller idea sounds good. The carrier's rating will go down and they will have to make changes. They cant raise prices unless every other carrier does that too, which wont happen, This plan may start a price war and improve customer service. Like airline price wars, I think it was a good idea.
Thanks. I have personally seen policies get changed by using this method! TOC times are the key here! They monitor them very closely.
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hdbueller idea sounds good. The carrier's rating will go down and they will have to make changes. They cant raise prices unless every other carrier does that too, which wont happen, This plan may start a price war and improve customer service. Like airline price wars, I think it was a good idea.
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Thanks. I have personally seen policies get changed by using this method!
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You've never worked for a company like Orange obviously, having worked for them for 6.5 years I know this wouldn't change anything with Orange UK
except hold times would get longer.
Anyway as we are all on so many different carriers the influx of calls probably wouldn't be noticed by each carrier as they may only have 100 extra calls.
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Anyway as we are all on so many different carriers the influx of calls probably wouldn't be noticed by each carrier as they may only have 100 extra calls.
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That is a good point too.
I'm one of those people that bought Tower Defense for my HD2 because Handango said it was compatible with my device. IT ISN'T.
Some people have reported it working fine on their device, but MANY MANY MANY have reports of it crashing at different sections of the game and there is no actual resolve.
Unfortunately, Handango is pretty much saying they can't give me a refund, but currently am disputing this charge with my credit card company since anything that is sold needs to be usable when you buy it.
This needs to be stickied because the company does not provide a direct refund. The developers do not reply to emails. They do not provide a trial version of their game either so you can't check if it's fully compatible with your phone.
AGAIN***WARNING*** THIS GAME MIGHT NOT WORK ON YOUR DEVICE EVEN IF THEY SAY IT IS SUPPORTED.
same happened to me, game randomly crashes, thought it was just me, glad it isnt!
its expensive for a phone game, and the fact it seems like a common bug is bad!
Its definitely a problem that many customers have faced. The fact that the developers don even offer free patches to fix it feels like such a slap in the face. I come here because XDA is generally good at PROMOTING programs. I hope they can be just as good at WARNING users against faulty programs.
bump to warn people
I dont know if this will help , but might be worth a look : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=592663
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5 colors, 5 fonts....not sure if I can take this seriously.
So we have to find out your phone which is stolen?
The hell is this ?
Very sorry to hear this! Even I got my phone stolen some weeks ago. It was pickpocketed in crowd. I had all kind of docs, memories in that phone. I cried almost everyday for the first couple of week. Even imagining the moment I noticed my phone stolen gives me fearful goosebumps. Reading through your post makes me realize we are in the very same boat.
Well, following are the major actions I took after losing my phone in chronological order:
1. The night phone got stolen, went to cyber cafe to ask what things to do. They asked for phone receipt
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3. Posted on socials about the incident
4. Went to ask for CCTV recording but they denied. Also, police said the thief won't be visible enough coz I was in crowd when theft happened
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7. Put flyers around the area
8. Became religious
9. Tried inacting the scenario at the same place in hope of catching thief but police took cautious measures after my stolen report so probably thief not gonna do that anymore in that locality
10. Asked family, friends, strangers, netizens about their losing-their-phone experience
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