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Besides use as a cell phone...

What can it do? I was going to activate it on Sprint, but its way too expensive. I decided to just get an HTC Maple on the SERO plan.
So what can this do? I have it controlling my music on the PC already, but I don't know what else I can do with it. So far I keep either this or my iPhone4 in my pocket for use as a:
Music player
Flashlight
Music switcher
Camera
Web Browser
Game player (rather Doodle Jump player)
Clock
What else should I make it do?

Isn't the maple a Windows mobile device? Geeze...

How about a paperweight?

What else would you need it do...? Short of controlling your car and printing money.

if you got a maple, why are you posting here? do you just have an unactivated evo?

The Maple is indeed WM. I hated the phone until I got my Droid stolen and was pleased by the battery life that it had, and I realized it I didn't hate it at all, I did prefer the older stupid-smartphone for various reasons, it works better as a phone to me anyways and I always preferred the keyboard to a touchscreen. I do have an unactivated Evo that I don't think I'll use for cellular service and I'd like to make the best of it. I realize that its like castrating the phone, but I really don't know what else to do with it. Is there a way to forward texts to it and reply from my Evo?

You could just give it to me and I'd make really good use of it.

I can't give it away, I already spent like 100 bucks on it fixing and stuff.

why did you buy this instead of the new itouch? why are you in the Evo forums without a real service providing Evo?
This is dumb

Because it was on sale? I bought it and an iPhone since they were bundled. Why are you so mad? Ignore me if you don't have anything useful to say.

The GPS should work. It's an expensive alternative to a TomTom, but you already have it.

Check my sig.

you can also watch porn! lol

Lokifish Marz said:
Check my sig.
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Oh my god, thats beautiful. I'm totally doing that. Thanks! Wow.
cranbiz said:
The GPS should work. It's an expensive alternative to a TomTom, but you already have it.
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Do I need data to use the GPS? I didn't know there was an offline way to use it!
davidv001 said:
you can also watch porn! lol
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Haha, I think I would have to convert a lot of videos!

Download CoPilot via WiFi and you can use that offline, just download the maps on to a SD card and you're golden!
I use CoPilot all the time during road trips and is awesome!
Also, not sure what area you're in but if you're in an area that has MetroPCS you can activate the EVO on their service. I know in Jacksonville, Florida they had this thing where they would charge you 10 dollars for flashing your phone over to MetroPCS as long as it had a clean ESN.

Man, I'm confused. Are you planning on using it for some of the things it's intended to do? Or are you planning on using a crappy WinMo phone?

[Q] Yall will prolly hate this question.

Bought a Evo 4g in 2010, rooted it, loved it, got run over by a truck, received a replacement from asurion today (still have the busted old one...but need to send it back). Admittedly haven't been to these forums in awhile, so just figuring out now that rooting doesn't work on 2.3.3. Bummer.
To be honest, the only thing I ever used root for was wifi-tether (sad, but true). But I used it a lot, pretty much every day for work.
So in a nutshell, what are my options?
1. If i'm reading the various threads here correctly, I cannot root my device. True?
2. Are there any other free wifi tethering options that don't require root, and support 4g?
3. Am I crazy to consider taking my phone apart and replacing just the components of my other phone that are broken, so I can stay on whatever version I was on previously to keep root? This new android seems a lot snappier than whatever version I was on previously (I didn't do any OTA's since oct '10 on the phone that got run over).
Thanks for the tips.

You searched! congrats on being one of the few!
There are no wifi tethering options for unrooted devices...only usb tethering.
From what I've seen, its not worth the hassle to remove the components from one phone to another.
You will either have to wait for root or pay sprint $30.00 a month for the feature.

Use easy tether its usb tethering and its really fast on 4g I use it everyday
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Get comcast its a lot faster brotha...

thlinx said:
Get comcast its a lot faster brotha...
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Not necessarily. Comcast sells very slow internet as well as their more modern options. More likely is that he uses it outside.
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Refurbished Lapdock For $102 Shipped!

http://www.all4cellular.com/dailydeal/

That is a murderously good deal. If I had a spare $100 laying around I would take full advantage of it, alas we are in dire financial straits and are running out of bread for butter sandwiches

Thanks i finally got my laptop dock.

Never thought I'd buy the laptop dock but at this price I couldn't pass it up.

Dual_Everything said:
Never thought I'd buy the laptop dock but at this price I couldn't pass it up.
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Same here, means I've got to ditch CM7 as well. Oh well.

Wife just said Merry Christmas. Kick ass! Also been on CM7 since the first pre-alpha, can't imagine I'd be able to use CM7 AND the lapdock together soon, so may have to switch back for a bit.

I can't justify getting rid of CM7 to just use the lapdock.

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I can't justify getting rid of CM7 to just use the lapdock.
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Neither can I, but it kind of makes me think about it!

With any of the tethering programs, like Barnacle, I'd be able to use the laptop dock, is that correct? I've got the unlimited data plan, but no tethering plan. This is a great price!

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With any of the tethering programs, like Barnacle, I'd be able to use the laptop dock, is that correct? I've got the unlimited data plan, but no tethering plan. This is a great price!
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I don't think so. At least, it never worked for me. what I usually do is turn off widow, plug phone into dock, open laptop, wait for the message saying that you don't have a plan show up, and then (assuming you have enabled hotspot tethering through android) turn on the hotspot. Try to see if Firefox works, and if it does, turn the hotspot off, and your data should work.
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The.Opethian said:
I can't justify getting rid of CM7 to just use the lapdock.
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On the flipside, I can't imagine getting rid of the lapdock/webtop to use CM7.

Girlfriend was.pissed I ordered it but I couldnt pass this up. Merry xmas to me. Now I'll ask for forgiveness from Santa lulz...
A wise old man once told me it's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission. That was right after he bought a new vette heh...
Gotta pass this deal along to my coworkers, it's that hot. Now if only cm7 worked with it...
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Importing into the old world right now. Prices for the dock over here are simply insane.

Daily deal has changed, but lapdock is still available. http://www.all4cellular.com/motorola-atrix-4g-laptop-dock-refurbished.html

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Daily deal has changed, but lapdock is still available. http://www.all4cellular.com/motorola-atrix-4g-laptop-dock-refurbished.html
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Awesome, thanks. Just paid about $112 with regular shipping as I don't need it right away.

Nevermind answered my own question. Ordering one now!

Coupon code "FACEBOOK20" cuts it to $87.96.
http://dealnews.com/m/deal.html/521305.html
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Wish i had that coupon. But mine arrived on Saturday so far so good.

Yea I just picked it up for $89.96 shipped. I just couldn't pass it up for under $100.
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Wow
I've been holding out until the price dropped enough to warrant buying a screen, keyboard, mouse, and battery (even 300 is asking too much) but $87? Holy hell, first person to get theirs in needs to repost and tell if the refurbished model is worth dropping the cash.
I might have to sell some useless stuff and jump on this!

[Q] anyone with a galaxy nexus + apple computer

i saw a video review and the guy mentioned bluetooth tethering is an option and i am HYPED on that, it's the thing i miss most from old school windows mobile. can anyone with a galaxy nexus and an apple computer confirm whether or not tethering over bluetooth is possible on an apple? thanks so much, and please know i'm insanely jealous of you over here in the states until they get here! lol

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You can bluetooth tether. Its just very finicky in my experiences (you could bluetooth tether with apps on 2.3). You have to make a bluetooth DUN network profile, pair the devices, and set it up. Similar to what you have to do in order to USB tether.
It ended up being so much trouble that I just wifi tethered. Its faster anyways (setup and network speeds).
Any specific reason you'd prefer bluetooth tether?

thanks for replying!
yeah, it always seemed to be much easier on the battery when i used it on windows mobile. the bottleneck of bluetooth never bothered me too much when i tethered before. i never got usb tethering to work on my apple notebook before, is it possible using the native tethering method or do i need something like pdanet?

e-dub said:
... please know i'm insanely jealous of you over here in the states until they get here! lol
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Count yourself lucky you haven't got it yet. It seems Samsung, Google and the networks have decided to use the UK early adopters as guinea-pigs.

e-dub said:
thanks for replying!
yeah, it always seemed to be much easier on the battery when i used it on windows mobile. the bottleneck of bluetooth never bothered me too much when i tethered before. i never got usb tethering to work on my apple notebook before, is it possible using the native tethering method or do i need something like pdanet?
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It will work with the built-in USB tethering option. All of the hackery needs to happen on the computer side. It takes some interesting steps and a lot of setup to get it to work. There are lots of guides online though.

Tethering with the Nitro

This may be a generic Android question and not so much a Nitro issue, but I'm new to android so I apologize if it's out of line.
I see that there are ways to tether built right into my stock software, but I'm afraid if I use them AT&T will pick it up and switch me from my Unlimited Data plan to a tethering plan. I've been told about PdaNet 3.0, but haven't yet downloaded that. Any thoughts?

They probably will. I would wait until there is a version of CWM or some other close to vanilla Android build for the phone personally.

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They probably will. I would wait until there is a version of CWM or some other close to vanilla Android build for the phone personally.
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Thanks for the reply, but it's a little over my head. From my minimal Android knowledge I think CWM means ClockWorkMod, but I don't really know what that is. I've got some learning to do.
I do get your point though.

AllstarE4 said:
This may be a generic Android question and not so much a Nitro issue, but I'm new to android so I apologize if it's out of line.
I see that there are ways to tether built right into my stock software, but I'm afraid if I use them AT&T will pick it up and switch me from my Unlimited Data plan to a tethering plan. I've been told about PdaNet 3.0, but haven't yet downloaded that. Any thoughts?
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been tethering with the native app for a while (edited the entitlement check line to activate it). No problems here. I don't abuse it though, just basic web browsing when i tether.

Yeah, CWM is ClockWorkMod. Basically, it's something dev's can use as a platform to create files to flash to your phone (including software that will take everthing back to stock if you mess up). It also provides a relatively simple, if initially intimidating, way for a user to install roms and other mods that devs provide.
Once CWM is on a phone, developers are able to make much cooler things to play with, from streamlined and customized stock roms, to completely different roms such as AOSP (Android Open Source Project) roms. These are stock android roms. You also can get CyanogenMod roms (Such as CM9 which is Icce Cream Sandwich) ported to your phone at that point. The AOSP and CM roms can take a while to get here, but devs can sometimes slip goodies like tethering into a customized version of the stock rom (the one from LG). They did on my phone anyway.
On any relatively new phone, there's always the wait till CWM is ported to the phone. After that, things pick up rapidly.
Hope this helps. I remember asking the same question (and many more like it). You get the hang of it real fast.

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been tethering with the native app for a while (edited the entitlement check line to activate it). No problems here. I don't abuse it though, just basic web browsing when i tether.
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How did you edit the entitlement check? I probably still won't do it, but I am very curious. I don't trust carrier and manufacturer customized roms.
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How did you edit the entitlement check? I probably still won't do it, but I am very curious. I don't trust carrier and manufacturer customized roms.
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Check out page 6/7 in the LG Nitro Root thread in the dev section. You have to trigger the hotspot on once, to get AT&T to tell u that u don't have the proper plan, and the line will appear in line 66.
setting storange/settings.db/secure
Get there using SQLite editor.

E_Man,
When I get back to my computer I'll hit the thanks button. I have a lot to learn, but here's how I equate some of it.
Is CWM kinda like Cydia on the iPhone? I jailbroke my 3GS a few different times, but this android stuff is all Greek to me. There was always a tutorial to be found with every new jailbreak, but I've only seen one for rooting the Nitro and it's still over my head.
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Actually, using iphone terminology, cwm would be more like open iboot or something. It's a recovery mode that allows you to back up, restore, or install roms. There is no cydia equivalent in android afaik. Almost all the cool tools, tweaks, and apps are available in the market. Rooting is pretty much the same thing as jailbreaking.
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Malnilion said:
Actually, using iphone terminology, cwm would be more like open iboot or something. It's a recovery mode that allows you to back up, restore, or install roms. There is no cydia equivalent in android afaik. Almost all the cool tools, tweaks, and apps are available in the market. Rooting is pretty much the same thing as jailbreaking.
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Ah I see. I have noticed that most of the things I had to jailbreak for are already in the android marketplace. The availability of all of that and the freedoms that android offers are what made me ditch iOS. The main reason, though, is because I kept hearing how supportive the android community is. So far you guys seem pretty helpful. It's on me to learn as much as I can. I just have to find the right spot to start gaining info. Much of what I've come across is over my head.

You picked a good phone to convert to. The display on this phone is AMAZING!!! My HTC Inspire looks like a VGA monitor to me now.
Is anyone else using the built in tether option? Any foul play from AT&T?

I'm using it. Don't abuse much (other then listening pandora radio on laptop 8 hours a day), but other then that basic web browsing. So far so good, nothing from ATT (yet I already received sms when had Atrix, but then I was streaming movies from my computer at home, was going 20gb a month. Now I'm about 10gb a month (which I know is high), but it's all because of pandora, it would be the same if I was using phone's app for that anyway.
Although I'm not on contract and won't loose sleep if I have to switch company, for what I pay now I sure can find a better deal elsewhere.

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I'm using it. Don't abuse much (other then listening pandora radio on laptop 8 hours a day), but other then that basic web browsing. So far so good, nothing from ATT (yet I already received sms when had Atrix, but then I was streaming movies from my computer at home, was going 20gb a month. Now I'm about 10gb a month (which I know is high), but it's all because of pandora, it would be the same if I was using phone's app for that anyway.
Although I'm not on contract and won't loose sleep if I have to switch company, for what I pay now I sure can find a better deal elsewhere.
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Wow, nice. I am usually under 3 GB, but tethering on my HSPA+ Inspire was hardly a good experience. I'm sure I'll get above that if I tether on my Nitro. Glad to know you can get around 10 GB without them flipping out on you. I was under the impression you'll receive the SMS right over 5 GB.

Are you guys also on the unlimited data plan without the tethering feature?

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I was under the impression you'll receive the SMS right over 5 GB.
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I forgot to mention I'm in non-LTE area. Also as far as I can remember for at least 2 years, after 15th of each month they slow down the network from about 10am to 7pm from 800kb/sec to 80, regardless of my usage. Still its fast enough for pandora and little web browsing.

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I'm using it. Don't abuse much (other then listening pandora radio on laptop 8 hours a day), but other then that basic web browsing. So far so good, nothing from ATT (yet I already received sms when had Atrix, but then I was streaming movies from my computer at home, was going 20gb a month. Now I'm about 10gb a month (which I know is high), but it's all because of pandora, it would be the same if I was using phone's app for that anyway.
Although I'm not on contract and won't loose sleep if I have to switch company, for what I pay now I sure can find a better deal elsewhere.
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Wait a minute... You use 10GB a month tethering and don't get hassled by AT&T? I was told that with Android devices they can't detect whether or not you're tethering or just using alot with certain apps. It must be true.

I'm gonna try it out.
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Well perhaps they know that I have noting to lose and will cancel my account if they try something.
Already paying way too much for what I get compare to other carriers.

Haha if that were their thinking I would never sign a contract again.
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