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[Q] Samsung Caliber?

Hey guys and gals,
I used to frequent these forums years ago when I had my T-Mobile Wing (HTC Atlas). Now I find myself with a dumb smart phone via the Samsung Caliber, and am wondering if anyone has found a place even half as good as xda for that phone.
Thanks,
-Simplicity

This. A hundred times this. (from reddit)
Simplicity,
Agree with you 100%. I've rooted all my friends phones and I now have one with this peice of... well, anyways, I want to do the same kindness I've done for everyone else and putting some android (1.5 even) on this phone.
I'll try to look into what I can see in the SDK and poke around a little bit with ABD but... I know nothing google doesn't tell me ╡.
Good luck whoever can do this, or whoever can tell me what I'm doing wrong later on!
Edit: I just looked at the date and realised this is pretty old. Sorry for the bump, but this is an issue with me, little lonely guy over here and was looking through here and google how to do this. Got lead here... Anyways, long story short;irrelevent link.

Help!! Bricked tab !! Worst case yet!!

Here the what i think happened.
I tried to flash a some firmware onto sprint tab that I got working for a day. i then wanted to try a different rom. something went wrong and my tab didnt boot correctly. i couldnt get it into download mode, although ive done it about 100 times prior. Nothing worked but the flash was on. i couldnt turn it off. it would come on when i pluged the device to the comp or the charger.
i figured ill let the battery drain and try again to recover with the no_modem.tar everyone has used before. no luck .
a week past and now ive tried hiem and this time i was able to get a read. i must have tried the same files and same order 20 times out of desperation. to tell you the truth i didnt even notice when it made the connection. i just saw the process complete.
i thought like many other times before im back. however i cant get a sign of life from this device. i tried everything. if i had to put it into words this thread will be 3 pages before anyone can attempt to give me some input.
i want to give up. if it wasnt for this forum and all i have learned here before with my ppc8700 years ago , i would have mailed it in. so please. give me some advice. im too tired to continue. just spent 5 hours and missed dinner holding the 3 buttons and well getting no response from the tab.
please help..excuse my grammar . i didnt even proof read....

And this is relevant to the development section????

Dude how is this a dev project? Use some common sense, go to the question forum.
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if it doesn't go into download mode your done. You're going to have to send it in unless youre good with a soldering iron and have some serious JTAG skillz.

kenside34 said:
this thread will be 3 pages before anyone can attempt to give me some input
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akmzero said:
if it doesn't go into download mode your done. You're going to have to send it in unless youre good with a soldering iron and have some serious JTAG skillz.
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Sorry guys.took everything I had that night to put my problem in words.appreciate the move...

[Q] Bad Cricket Flash, What do I do??? please have mercy

Ok, i just bought the phone under the impression it was new (still had plastic wrap on it), However, the girl took it to Cricket and they supposedly tried to flash it. I didn't realize at the time of purchase.
Charged up, it went thru the motions and into the OS fine, but would not activate. The Verizon Tech said there was no way to recover it. Called it Toast. I called "XDA" on him.. he said "umm maybe". So here i am... begging.
Please be gracious... i have spent a couple hours now searching and my eyes and brain are throbbing with numbers and acronyms...
Can someone PLEASE lay out a ROADMAP for me on what i need to do to get back to a useable phone???
I've got minimal experience with flashing, some WinMo5/6 back in the day, and i know its gotta be different but not too damn difficult. If someone would like to be my Obi-Wan, and show me the ways, i would be forever grateful.
I dont know much of anything, but with some (VALID) links, lol, i can learn. i'm just burnt out at this point.
Thanks Guys n Gals

PM me your gtalk name and I will walk you through it.

thanks so much in advance.... i am on sporadically but i hope we can link up soon!!

[Q] Samsung Note Issues

I just found the Samsung Note GT-N7000 lying on a wall by my job. what perfect timing seeing as my other phone broke. unfortunately, I'm having a few issues.
1. Phone will not perform a hard reset. I've done the volume up+ home+ power keys and the phone will not respond. I've tried doing it through the settings and can't seem to figure out the password.
2. WLAN fails to enable
3. I'm on T-Mobile and the phone will not recognize my data connection. I receieve calls and texts just fine. But, I cannot connect to the internet.
Is it possible the phone is region locked? would I have to go to T-Mobile and get them to unlock it? any help is greatly appreciated asap. I rely on my phone for work and really need it to perform.

I hate to be that person. But, bump

Could you not ask the original owner who put his phone down for a second, whether its simlocked...? As I am sure he/she will love to answer that for you..
I'm guessing by now, chances are the phone has prolly been reported stolen and de-activated by now... And will end up just being a Tablet very soon...

Lister Of Smeg said:
Could you not ask the original owner who put his phone down for a second, whether its simlocked...? As I am sure he/she will love to answer that for you..
I'm guessing by now, chances are the phone has prolly been reported stolen and de-activated by now... And will end up just being a Tablet very soon...
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You act as if I made no attempt at finding the owner of the device. But, I don't think I need to explain myself to you.
if the phone was deactivated, would I still be able to receive calls and texts? because I can.

Who would lose a note and not want it back.however long it takes I think u should find a way to return it.return it to the network provider they will know the owner as I'm sure he or she is registered
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It is true, you dont have to explain yourself to me... However, I am sure many other people see this post in the same way. As you've not extactly made your post appear as though you've tried all you can to return it to the rightful owner. No mention of this... Only that you found it on a wall and it comes in handy as your other phone has died? And barely 3.5 hrs after posting the initial request, that your bumping a thread for answers, which shows your desperate for that quick answer...
Some times it can take a couple of days before people see or will reply to a post, not hours...
Not wishing to be mean or anything, but ya gotta see it from other peoples point of view too... Not saying you didnt try to return it... But nothing in your posts express that, only your eagerness to Restore the phone into a working state that you can use...

Don't return it, there stupid fault for losing it... Keep it and enjoy it did.
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awes0me1 said:
Don't return it, there stupid fault for losing it... Keep it and enjoy it did.
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Seriously? Really?
If so, then let's move further - if someone is stupid enough to keep the phone accessible in public, he just deserves to have it stolen.
The difference between pavement and somebody's pocket is negligible, isn't it?
PS. To the OP - usually, with a found phone, it's enough to dial one of the most recent calls to find who is the owner.

Well said p107r0... My thoughts exactly...
Its not hard to just dial the first person in the phonebook, or recent calls...
My dads mate lost his phone, ok so it wasnt a Smartphone or anything to be proud of finding... just ya old basic call/text type... But he uses it for work, all his contacts and would be lost without it...
Yet one day I was in a pub, enjoying a drink and I get a random call from his phone... The person who found it in the street dialed my number as it was alphabetically first and told me he found it and where he could return it too. I was so pleased to hear honesty from him, and told my dad who passed it onto his mate. This person even waited around for when was a good time for my dads mate to see him, he was so pleased to get it back he rewarded him....
So before anything says its their own dumb fault, they deserve it... Just think if it was your own phone... Would you be happy if you lost access to all your data?? Knowing someone has got something of YOURS?? If your that kind of person, well lets hope they take something from you or your family.. and see how it feels????
p107r0 said:
Seriously? Really?
If so, then let's move further - if someone is stupid enough to keep the phone accessible in public, he just deserves to have it stolen.
The difference between pavement and somebody's pocket is negligible, isn't it?
PS. To the OP - usually, with a found phone, it's enough to dial one of the most recent calls to find who is the owner.
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[Q] Need some help on updating this stupid phone UGH!

I got an HTC Vivid today, After spending an awful amount of time looking this thing up and o.s. and yadda yadda to make sure there are updates to get it up on ICS. I need something to run 4.0. and this is driving me NUTS! I get the phone booted up and check for an update. Said error, not unusual for where I live SO.. I turned to HTC. Downloaded the HTC Sync, will not even register my phone. Phone can not locate it either. I talked to HTC, finally got fed up with them as I guess they did not understand I just needed my phone updated. After HTC, I called ATT tech support. After wasting 45 mins of my time they tell me to go to a store. So, I go to the store. Mind you our car blew a rotor yesterday and this ATT is out of town. We get there, they tell me they cant help me because the update needs to be done over wifi and this certain ATT does not have wifi. Great! then i proceed to show them the error message. They tell me it's some kind of software malfunction. Well, now I'm back home beyond frustrated and asking for some help here seeing as this wasnt as easy as I had hoped it would be.
I know the general idea of all this but I have never done anything with a phone yet so if someone can help here, BABY STEPS LOL! Talk to me like im 10 I dont care Just want to get this done so I can go about doing the things I need to, whole reason I bought the phone. Thank you in advanced!

NEVERMIND
I finally got it!

BrassKnucksBarb said:
I finally got it!
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That's great to hear! Would you mind posting the steps that fixed your problem? It may help someone with a similar issue in the future!

Solution, at least for me
projectisaac said:
That's great to hear! Would you mind posting the steps that fixed your problem? It may help someone with a similar issue in the future!
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This is what I did, it forced my Vivid to download the update
Easy peasy:
Open the dialer and dial: *#*#682#*#* and hit send. Might have to do it a few times, took me 2 times but it worked for me an my phone is running 4.0.3 now HTC sense version: 3.6
Hope that can help someone else down the road if need be!
I was personally ready to kill my phone though as I only had a few hours lol
I wasn't attached to it yet. So make sure if you try it, you are ready for the possibility it wont work.