Tech 101

Curious about how things work in the industry? What is 4G? Why do we have contracts? Answers to all these and more in our Tech 101 section.

General Wireless 101

Answers to questions about wireless in general. From things like how 3G works to how does being an authorized cell phone dealer work. Come get your wireless learn on.

Android 101

Curious what new features are in the new version of Android? Perhaps what the difference is between the different custom user interfaces that the manufacturers use? Answers to that and more.

22 responses to Tech 101

  1. Accidently deleted several apps. Now I can’t even make outgoing calls. PLEASE HELP!

  2. ok so i’ve been tryin to flash a custom rom on to my incredible for some time now and it seems more and more impossible each time i try, for some reason my clockwork mod does seem to want to work with my phone, when ever i try to make a selection my screen shuts off like if i hit the lock button while in normal mode, if i hit the lock button again it takes me back to the clockwork mod home screen, so does anybody have an idea of what is goin on here cause it’s starting to get very aynoying

  3. I have successfully rooted my phone.  How can I obtain a raw bin file of the physical phone?

  4. I rooted my Samsung Galaxy S SGH-T959 phone and now need to obtain a raw bin file of the physical phone.   Any ideas?

  5. Had some earlier issues with my GT P1010 and called tech. The techy had me do a reboot into system info something like “hold down the volume up and at the same time hold down the power button.” What then came up was a set of tech options in yellow, however, my recall must be bad since it doesn’t work now.

    What is the correct sequence?

    Tks

  6. how can i unlock my memory card i do not have adapter.

  7. I was on my phone and to the left there was the icon showing phone was in use and while talking to the right of network there appeared an outline of white phone. Also while searching or typing a paperclip flashes periodically??

  8. my motorola m8810 is stuck on bootloader 30.04 cannot program can you help me fix that

  9. I have a BH2 wich was rooted with galaxy rom r12……. It work fine for a while then went dead……
    Now I only get the original BH2 logo flashing and a white battery icon when plugged in…
    Battery is good but phone wont power on , recovery mode going nowhere get stuck at beginnig,
    I try to flash via Odin but get kicked out off download mode half way……
    Looking for any advice
    Thanks

  10. How do I unlock this phone?

  11. when i get to the cmd part of the unlocking, it says the fastboot command is not recognized. what do i do now?

  12. Please help I have a Android 2.2 EPC 7′ labtop with wifi need to reboot or a unlock code please help thank you

  13. i downloaded kies 2.0 for my samsung galaxy s 11 when i tried connecting the phone via its usb it said my devise does not support kies 2.o. is there another kies or does anyone know how to get around this?

  14. are their any customs ROM’s for the Samsung Exhibit yet

  15. what is my o.s. for the HTC Evo3D

  16. HELP!!!Can anyone help with my problem. I got down to the last command and i got this:Failed to set prot mask (inappropriate ioctl for device) What step am I missing?Thanks for any help with this. I want Root access in my Thunderbolt

  17. the android aint working on my brick can anyone help

  18. my recovery mod cant work,htc logo only at screen when open recovery to flash rom…plese help me

  19. how do i root my dell venue… i cant install apps out of the market or do something else please help me, i cant even activate my 3g signal

  20. I rooted my phone with z4 now it only starts as far as the android symble

  21. for David Cogen , please how to get your instructions to work for flashing Nokia N900?