yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malvern:
thanks for your reply.no i don't mind about the warranty.i've read the thread but i didn't notice anywhere written about removing the apps or booting straight to urukdroid rom. root explorer doesn't remove any apps even titanium backup.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExploreMN:
Are you REALLY sure that removing a few small apps is worth voiding your warranty??? Seriously?

You might want to think of other good reasons to root your device beyond that. Just a suggestion.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malvern:
it doesn't have a warranty because the person that gave it to me bought it from someone and i couldn't register it because it was already registered with someone.i emailed archos and they said they couldn't do anything.:( but the useless apps really bug me and the fact that i've downloaded launcher pro and everytime i press home button it keeps asking which launcher i want to use.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExploreMN:
Click the checkbox that says "always perform this action" and select Launcher Pro. Then it won't keep asking which launcher to use.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malvern:
thanks for the help.

Sent from my ZTE Blade
[Thunderbolt General] Adam B.:
I just got my Thunderbolt yesterday, and so far, I love it. But I've been seeing the battery drain far too fast. According to the stats, it's been awake for a little over 2 hours, not doing anything significant, and the battery is at 60%.

I think this might have something to do with the CPU usage.

If you look at this top screen on the device:

The CPU is mostly idle, but the load is >6. I'm not sure what would case this, but I suspect it's related to the power drain.

Anyone have any ideas?
[Thunderbolt General] ddarvish:
quick q. do you use a lockscreen with pattern lock or PIN or something?
[Thunderbolt General] RogerPodacter:
your best bet would be to use system panel, the paid version unfortunately, to analyze a period of a few hours and it will show you a break down of each and every process that hits the CPU, and how much it used, etc all in a very nice graphical view. its similar to the top command, but much more helpful.
[Thunderbolt General] Adam B.:
I do (enforced by company policy). Do you think that's related?
[Thunderbolt General] allquixotic:
Ahhh, I've seen stuff like this on Linux servers before.

In one case, all the system processes were idle, but the load spiked to 25.00 during intensive disk writes. As it turns out, all of this processing was packed invisibly into the kernel; I was using software RAID at the time, and the RAID5 subsystem has to calculate parity bits for written data. So that's what was hogging CPU -- that, and the fact that my stripe width was 1 MB, probably way too big.

In another case, there was a kernel bug with the development kernel I was using (I think it was an -rc of 2.6.32) where something in the kernel core was constantly awake -- an infinite loop or livelock or something.

There's certainly the possibility that HTC and Verizon might have both missed something as glaring as that, but then their testing would have revealed markedly low battery life -- could they ship the device in good conscience in that state? WOULD they?

Basically, you can get high "load" in top even when it doesn't correspond to a userspace process or a labeled kernel thread. Things that contribute to load include:

1. Context switches (between user and kernel)

2. I/O (i.e., network, disk)

3. Kernel activity, both within the main kernel binary and in modules

4. CPU activity in userspace processes

Unfortunately, the process list in top doesn't always jive with the numbers in the load, because not all of the things that contribute to load can be attributed to a single process.

For example, if there's a kernel bug, and a single syscall from a userspace process foo.bin costs an unreasonable number of context switches, the CPU will spend as much time as it can trying to context switch to satisfy the syscall. I suppose if there were a "kernel" task in top, you could attribute the CPU time to that, but it wouldn't be fair to blame it on "foo.bin" because all the work (the context switches themselves) is being done in the kernel. That's just one possible example.

Oh, I forgot to ask: are you root? If not, you may not see processes reported in top that are owned by other users. So you might not even be getting the full picture of the userspace processes running on the device, let alone kernel tasks and other less tangible effects.
[Thunderbolt General] Bimmer323:
Before I rooted, I had System Panel installed and everytime I checked my CPU was at 99% and full 1024 on the clock.

After root, my CPU drops into the 1 digit %'s all the time, CPU speed runs between 600 - 1000mhz.

edit: this is on the stock RUU and stock kernel
[Thunderbolt General] ddarvish:
i dunno.. it may be. read the thread i started here on why..http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12301209#post12301209

i am trying to run a couple experiments in the next day or two to figure it out. its crazy that battery life varies SO much for people.
[Thunderbolt General] Adam B.:
Interesting info. I'm also a Linux admin, but I haven't really run into situations like this.

It is very odd that I see nothing in the user space that would cause this. http://pastebin.com/J4PwuMeZ Every process is sleeping, and nothing seems to be waiting on IO.

I suppose it could be an issue with the kernel. We'll have to wait and see what happens when the source is released and people start to release new updates.

I am root, btw.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boingboingbilly:
Thanks in advance for your help. So far my experience with the Thunderbolt has been pretty bad - this is the worst Android experience I have had yet, coming from OG DROID and then DInc w/ CM7. Besides the bad battery life I have had several reboots, several FCs on pretty vanilla apps, problems with Exchange Sync and now this:

I have done nothing to the phone other than install a couple of apps - no rooting, etc.

I left the phone plugged in last night and this morning picked it up (still plugged in) and went to play a game of Angry Birds. App would not run, immediate force close. Ok, move on to check my Gmail - check email and delete a message, Gmail FC. Ok, let me reboot. I reboot the phone (while plugged in) and the phone goes into bootloader. I try again (not knowing at the time that this is a known issue with this phone) and keep ending up in bootloader/recovery. Unplug the power cord, pull the battery and now the phone boots to the Thunderbolt scene and sound, hangs on that, then resets immediately (no black screen) to the white HTC screen and then the Thunderbolt scene again - over and over.

I rebooted back into recovery and tried to do a factory reset - the phone flashes to the androids on the skateboards and goes right back to recovery in about 5 seconds. Pull battery and boot up - goes back into the boot loop at the Thunderbolt scene.

Not really sure what to do now - any ideas?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chimpsnest:
Sorry I don't have an answer for you but how did you reboot into recovery if you haven't rooted? I'm confused.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nosympathy:
I would say you got a bad phone and should go ahead and take it back to where you bought it and get another one.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boingboingbilly:
Sorry, probably calling it the wrong thing. Boots into HBOOT, where fastboot, recovery, and Factory Reset are available options.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacobk:
return it!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robdec17:
I was wondering the same thing. Didn't know you can boot into recovery without root access.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kendive:
Yep I would be returning it... As fast as possible.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksizzle9:
So far my experience is the opposite, battery life isnt great sure. But the phone is blazing fast and worth the money, ill just keep a charger with me. Ive haf every smartphone made and if you use them as much as i do, the battery wont last a full day on anything. Ive give up on that. Take that beast back and get a new one.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boingboingbilly:
Wasnt getting much feedback other than "return it" so I called up VZB and they are overnighting a new one.

My coworker had some problems with his too - he got frustrated and returned it and doesn't want another one. His would reboot randomly while in apps - Google search shows several people having that issue and he was getting terrible battery life compared to his iPhone and OG Droid.

Seems this phone is pretty rough around the edges considering all the delays with its release. Gonna give it another go with the replacement, but definitely not as smooth as my DInc or my iPhone 4. This thing makes my iPhone look damn near perfect in terms of stability and battery life. Don't get me wrong, I am a huge Android fan with many Android phones under my belt, 2 rooted Nook colors one with Froyo and the other with CM7, and a Xoom - just been disappointed with what I am experiencing first hand and what I am reading. Only reason I asked for a replacement instead of a return is hopefully CM7 will come along soon and make this device shine.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RafficaX:
you can enter hboot, recovery and all by holding power and volume down when turning ur phone on. then select recovery and it will boot u into recovery.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boingboingbilly:
In my case booting to recovery from HBOOT got the red exclamation point. Phone was hosed I guess.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] two_cents:
but you can only install signed/ verified VZW files in the official recovery... usually have to be named update.zip for the recovery to find them... just to clarify...

sorry to hear about your first tbolt experience... I had a Dinc for 6 months before I reccomended it to my friends... I rooted and ran every rom imaginable with 0 problems... they leave it stock and its just been one thing after another... yesterday my friend showed me her messed up camera, i told her i didn't touch it so I wont fix it take it back... good luck and hope our next one is a good one
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quattr0:
I didn't port my AT&T number when bought the phone. Long story short...once you check the port status at http://www.verizonwireless.com/LNP and it says "Congratulations...Press *228 Send, option 1", this option doesn't work.

What you need to turn off the phone. Wait for 2 min and turn it back on. Then press #832. It should say your number has been bridged successfully. You're good to go.

Made 3 different calls to support to get it resolved.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Sekms:
i had installed Gingerbread CM7 2.3.3 rom but now want to move back to the official Samsung Froyo 2.2 rom. i did this because readershub i.e Zinio is no longer working with Froyo 2.2 and also gingerbread CM7. How to reinstall back Froyo 2.2?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ArunR:
Find and flash the orignal version of ROM

You can find the orignal version of boot ROM ( you may need help of someone with the same device that has not yet been flashed ) . Search on internet for that ROM and flash using ODIN. samfirmware.com is one such place where you may find the the stock ROM
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] controvi:
Hello everyone,

I have some questions.

Im new here and i want to install custom rom on my desire.This one

The kernel (i think) is from alpharev and everytime i bood i have wait for at least 1 minute for it to ga to the booting proces of the custom rom it has now.

i want to know if any of you could tell me where a i can find a tut or somthing that i can use to update my phone for quicker boot and the new rom.

i realy don't know where to begin or what to do at the moment.

sorry for the typo's XD
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadow79:
Which one of the ROM's?

RCMixHD v3.4.1 Rotating or DeSensenized

RCMix HD v3.4 D2EXT Rotating (A2SD+ and D2WE soon)

RCMix HD A2SD, D2WE, D2EXT

++ Roms
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] controvi:
RCMixHD v3.4.1 Rotating or DeSensenized

i already have a rom on my phone but want to try a diff one.

but the first i guess you could say i was lucky to find the right tut at the right times.

so if you know a nice tut or somthing like that that would guide me from start to finish that would be great. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jetpack101:
I'm thinking of rooting my Galaxy S but I am worried about bricking the phone.

I have seen a lot of sites saying its easy to root this device but I don't know what the benifits are to doing this.

On of the sites mentions that you can then speed up the phone and make it run a lot quicker.

I don't know what to do..... Do you think this is a good or bad idea.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaRkMyk:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723596
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAGOT:
If that was a question, then its a good idea :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Davey Boy:
Before u do anything, make sure your 3 button recovery/download combos work. I had to do it on my phone as it didn't work.

To check if it is working, power off your phone then press and hold the following buttons:

Recovery:

Vol UP + HOME + Power

Download:

Vol DOWN + HOME + Power

For both combos, release all buttons when the Galaxy S bootscreen appears.

If you can get these combos then you don't need to worry about the SBL fix and go ahead and root your phone. There's a guide on here with a "one-click" app that I found really straight forward.

What are you wanting to do on your phone that requires rooting?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jetpack101:
I was thinking of running the lagfix file to speed up the device.

The problem is not to bad but every now and then it can take what feels like forever to open an app.

Can I still get the updates from Kies if the phone is rooted
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jcar23424:
Hello, I have an optimius S from sprint that i want to be able to flash or move over and use on crickets network. Im hoping that since the optimus c was released that the hardware is similar and would be compatible.

If i was to upgrade the ROM would i be able to program it to run on crickets network or is there something else i need to do.

If someone could point me in the direction or give advice to get started that would be great!!

Thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] firegun:
The Nielson company just published an Study Data of U.S. Smartphone Market Share which shows combined efforts of HTC, Samsung, Motorola and LG made Android top in the market with 29% share while Rim and iPhone share is fighting for the second place with 27% share. Windows phones are far below with 10% share in market followed by webOS with 4%, and finally Symbian with 2%. Google’s strategy to be open to the Smartphone manufacturer and for all level consumer made Android to first in the place and it’s rapidly growing.:)

Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/who-is-winning-the-u-s-smartphone-battle/
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Animefan:
I have windows mobile 6,5 hd2 etc.

Tried with the builtin opera mobile 9,7, the newest 10 version.

Neither can open this swf file.

I tried installing flashlite and it makes the built-in IE able to open it, but the buttons you press doesnt work.

Can anyone help?

http://eye.swfchan.com/flash.asp?id=5454&n=Kana+Trainer.swf&w=750&h=500
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uli71:
You can try uZard WebP browser. But no guarantee that it works with swf files and its still a beta version.
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumforce2006:
I traded in my first Inspire for a replacement after the GPS started working less reliably after a couple weeks.

Now, a couple weeks into owning this one, I am (frustratingly) experiencing weird problems again.

Yesterday I tried using the GPS to navigate to a club in Baltimore... On the way down, I never got a solid gps lock in navigation. And, oddly enough, on the way back home, the lock was rock solid all the way.

I'm beginning to wonder if this is a defect with the Inspire itself, even though I haven't heard of many people having the same problems. The only "weird" thing I do with my GPS is use c:geo, a geocaching application... I'm wondering if this somehow tampers with GPS settings and starts to affect the gps tracking itself?

I do not use a case. I have not rooted or flashed the phone (nor did I on the previous model).. I really can't think about much else that I might be doing that coudl be affecting the gps.

Anyone have any ideas?
[HTC Inspire 4G] doktor buknasty:
Go into your settings, location and then uncheck "use wireless networks". Try that and see how it works.
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumforce2006:
I will try this later, but I hesitate to say that'd be the problem, when GPS test was only pulling 3-4 satellites earlier today. (under normal conditions it will get twice that easily after a few seconds).

I feel like if this hardware problem was this widespread (that an entire generation of GPS' started going bad on the inspires) more people would be talking about it... And yet I see very little discussion of this happening. Are people just not using their GPS' that much? lol
[HTC Inspire 4G] legend221:
In my ecperience not all Roms have the greatest GPS for whatever reason.

Use various ones, the one in my signature is a good place to start.
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumforce2006:
As I said in the OP, I am not even rooted. Using the stock ROM.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Never mind. Re read the op....

Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumforce2006:
Intermittent quality all the way home from work, even with "use wireless networks" turned off. By the end of the trip it could no longer hold a lock.

So frustrating. I would return this one, but for what? Another couple weeks and I'll be having the same problems.
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumforce2006:
Welp, rooted and flashed last night to Stock ROM Optimized, flashed LeeDroid 2.2.2. Kernel, applied this fix http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=997647, and I still couldn't get a strong lock on the way to work today.

This is baffling to me. I guess I just won't be using the Inspire's GPS a whole lot, which is a shame, because it's a perfect phone otherwise.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mj0528:
Flash the new miui and follow the setup instructions exactly. Lock was a second or 2 for me!
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumforce2006:
Could I have a link to exactly what you're talking about?
[HTC Inspire 4G] mj0528:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=969436
[HTC Inspire 4G] tdesbien31:
I have this exact same setup on my phone, same Rom, same kernel, and my gps didnt work. I reflashed the stock radio and now i get a lock in under 3 seconds. Give that a try.

Almost forgot I used THIS method to flash the radio, if that matters...

Since your flashing the stock radio no need to take any radio.img file out or put a new one in, just simply flash the PD98IMG.zip in hboot
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumforce2006:
Yeahp, I'm gonna give this a try tonight, fingers crossed.

What did you use before the Stock Rom Optimized (and leedroid kernel)? I came straight from stock, and was already having problems so... hmph.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tdesbien31:
I ran alot of other roms, and noone of them were working for me, never got around to trying anything to fix it until i came across someone who reflashed the radio and it worked using the Stock Optomized rom in the thread, so figured id give it a try low and behold it worked for me as well.
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumforce2006:
Re-flashed the radio last night, don't think it made much of a difference.

Navigation to work today was spotty... Hanging at spots, and never getting a very solid lock (the circle around the little blue arrow would remain probably 20-30 meters large or more). When viewing GPS status I'll usually be anywhere from 4-8 satellites.

I dunno... maybe I'm expecting too much? It has been cloudy/rainy here the past few days, and maybe that's just really affecting it.

I just know that when I first got this phone (and the last one) I'd have strong locks very quickly that would stay strong for the majority of the trip... And it never seemed very weather dependant. *shrugs*
[HTC Inspire 4G] tdesbien31:
Be happy you get a GPS lock lol, i owned the Captivate for about 5 months and got 1 lock the entire time mo matter what fixes i tried, and the 1 lock was the day i got it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumforce2006:
Yeah, I guess inconsistently functional is better than nothing. I just don't get why I'm having these problems, when most Inspire owners seem to have perfect GPS still.

I might try trading in for ONE MORE model, just to see what happens... HTC's warranty should cover me for 9 months, right?
[HTC Inspire 4G] symonc:
Your guarantee from AT&T itself is 30 days exchange for anything policy regardless. Trade it in for a different phone or another Inspire.

Just make sure you follow the back to stock flashing instructions in development thread before you take it in just in case they want to be assholes about you having alternate software running.
[HTC Inspire 4G] discord2k:
You should try GPS Status from the market.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&feature=search_result

It downloads new AGPS info like once a day if you want it to and has quickened up my fixes a whole bunch. I would try D/L'ing the app, clearing the exsisting AGPS data through the app, and D/L'ing the data new.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Kizzmiazz:
Faster fix from the market works awesome to and always fixs my gps after a new rom install .

Sent From My HTC Inspire 4G | [ROM] CoreDroid HD FROYO v3.3 | [KERNEL] LeeDrOiD v2.2.8 OC @ 1.5Ghz
[HTC Inspire 4G] laxwillsch:
I think I am having the same problem as the OP but worse. My GPS was flawless until the other day. It went from working great to not seeing any satellites. LIKE NOT A SINGLE ONE IN AN HOUR! I have flashed every rom in the dev section, tried the various patches, fixes, faster fix, clearing GPS data, reinstalling locations, and NOTHING!!! I am so fustrated. I am taking it back in tomorrow even though it has been like 45 days, Radio Shack said they exchange up to 90 for manufacturer defects so hopefully they will stay true to their word. If anyone has any last ditch efforts I would be willing to try it out.
[HTC Inspire 4G] AngelDeath:
I dont know exactly where you are, but I have a Inspire from ATT completely stock, I decided to test this tonight, cause I havent used it at all, its been sitting in a box fully charged, so I downloaded GPS Status, let it download the agps file, and first lock was in 36 seconds, relocks were in 2. Now my phone isnt rooted so I cant even test my scripts out, but with the stock generic gps.conf file I am getting 4 to 6 sats.

One thing I did notice is that if you hold the phonearound the bottom (Which is where the gps chip is) it interferes with the signal, I tested this multiple times, not holding it and leaning it against the window gave me 6 sats, holding it gave me 3-4 sats.

I'm going to root the phone in the next couple of days, but Would you be willing to try my scripts? I believe they can be used universally, just make a backup of your current gps.conf file before replacing it.

[Mar.22.2011] Instantaneous GPS Fixation CWR v1.1 USA & INTERNATIONAL COMPLETED!
[HTC Inspire 4G] magnumforce2006:
I will definitely try this, thanks!

edit: Where is the gps.conf file?

edit 2x: nm, found it in "etc"
[HTC Inspire 4G] johnbibbs:
Crap, forgot to backup my gps.conf file. Can somebody with an Inspire send me a copy of the one they have so I can have a copy of it in case I need to flash back to the normal one?

Thanks.
[HTC Inspire 4G] AngelDeath:
ATT HTC Inspire Stock gps.conf file as requested.