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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bh.bruce:
i have a htc dream, and i was wathcing a video on how to root my phone. id really like to do this and install a rom, though, it said i have to downgrade my firmware to cupcake. how do i know if i have cupcake or not?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yohshua:
go under setting and then go to about phone and you will see it says android version if it says 1.5 your on cupcake if it says 1.6 you are on donut
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WazHD:
Hi Guys, I have just recently been introduced to the android world by getting a HTC Desire HD, Now i love the phone, no complaints except for the fact that my phone slows down alot, now i have android version 2.2.1 (i have no idea what the software is called, but i think they call it froyo, excuse me as im in the process of learning). i am using GoLauncher EX as i dont really like the standard one and the majority of my apps are all installed to the sd card. Now my phone is a T-mobile phone and every time i restart my phone i have the T-Mobile logo appearing which i want to get rid of and the boot up process of the phone takes a few minutes, I thought the HTC Desire hd was supposed to have a fast boot up? or is it because i have so many apps installed it slows down the boot up process? or could it be that the rom that is installed on my phone is a t-mobile rom which slows down the phone?

I do apologise to anybody that finds my questions annoying, I am new to android so please bear with me as i am still trying to get my head round everything.

All i want is for my phone to be responsive when i want it to be responsive without it freezing due to what ever reason (which i dont know and i am trying to figure out) and have as my apps as i want installed on my phone without having to worry about Ram usage. would i need to download a standard manufacturers Rom??

I also keep hearing the term "root" without actually knowing what it would do in more detail. From what i know i understand that you would have superuser access, but what can i do with this access? and what would be the simplest and safest way to root?

any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.:)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superstick1:
I presume that you're currently using the stock ROM(the original OS) held by HTC since you do not know what/how to root your device. Did you turn on USB Debugging? Go to Setting >> Application >> Development >> USB Debugging. Check the USB Debugging and see there is any result.

Rooting your phone you can try using Visionary app to root your Desire HD. I tried using it and it works. But make sure your build number is not or higher than 1.7xxxxxx. Check it at Setting >> About Phone >> Software Information. If higher you will need to downgrade it.

You can download apk file here: http://android.modaco.com/content/software/320350/19-nov-r14-visionary-one-click-root/ by paulobrien. The app has been removed from the Market.

Before rooting, do some homework. You must know the risk of rooting your device.

Cheers. =)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suchevent:
my dhd is fairly new as well but i've never had any performance issues. before i rooted, i was running the stock rom with over 70 apps without any lag or slowdowns. i'm wondering if the issue with your phone is hardware related, in which case i'm not sure if rooting will help.

there's a massive amount of info in the forums on how to extend battery life. read up on those because it will help with performance as well. i hope this helps.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhiral.v:
Firstly welcome to the forum.

I'm guessing that your on software number 1.7... since you have android 2.2.1. I was having slowdowns even with USB debugging check on. I just ended up rooting my phone and installing a custom rom. See if the USB debugging is checked and see if it makes a difference.

Rooting basically means that you can run apps which need superuser permissions, it's kind of like 'jailbreaking' on an iphone if you use the term loosely. As stated in previous post, if your running software number 1.7... or higher you'll need to downgrade first before you can run the root.

In order to install custom roms you need to do an extra step which is know as 'S-OFF' and then you can flash a recovery image. This might sound confusing. Take a look at this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=936214

It explains everything. Also make sure to check out the development section of the Desire HD forum, where you'll find a whole new world, and really unlock the potential of your phone!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wastedtalent:
Try downloading JuiceDefender and AdvancedTaskKiller from the market and have them running on aggressive profiles.

They are designed to extend battery life, but they kill applications running in the background (as Android doesn't close most applications when you exit them, just sleeps them). You may notice that this improves performance. They will also show you how much free memory you have on your phone, as this being low will probably be the cause of the slowdown.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flussen:
No. Just no. Do NOT use taskkillers... that's the reason why most phones slow down after some time. Please understand how android works before recommend someone a taskkiller...

There are enough discussions about taskkillers here on XDA, so search for them and you will see that nearly no one will recommend them.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wastedtalent:
I'm aware of how Android works, but for applications that update/sync and use more memory (Twitter/Facebook) the Android system doesn't close it off. This is where I use task killers.

I have also, despite other peoples insistence it doesn't (placebo effect blah blah..), noted a marked difference in both performance and battery life when using such tools. especially if I've been using the phone for many apps in a short space of time, killing them in bulk before launching another makes a huge difference, and Android only kills them after a period of inactivity.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WazHD:
Thank all of you guys for the reply!

It is very much appreciated as i am new to this forum and the android world, and boy can it get confusing! lol. but i do feel as though i am learning slowly but surely! now just to give you guys a little more info about my phone if it helps and please help me out here aswell....

Android version = 2.2.1 (im asuming this is called froyo)

Baseband version = 12.28e.60.140fu_26.04.02.17_m2 ( i have no idea what this means)

Kernal Version =2.6.32.21-g1e30168 htc-kernal@and18-2 #1 fri dec 10 18:43:12 cst 2010 (im assuming this is when my software was last updated)

Build Number = 1.75.111.2 CL301245 release keys

Software Number = 1.75.111.2 ( from what i have gathered is that i can not root this software and i have to downgrade to 1.72 and below? please correct me if i am wrong)

Browser Version = 3.1

My network provider is o2 but my handset is a t-mobile handset, now what i dont understand is, they say that the htc desire hd is supposed to have a really fast boot up but when i boot up my phone the t-mobile sign appears and it stays on the screen for about a minute.

Now i have been reading up on this forum but i guess "you can never read enough" as there's always new threads being added all the time. but what i would like to do is remove any network provided software and completely and make my phone as stable as possible and then i would like to root it to be able to have superuser access. So would that mean that i would have to install a custom rom?? and can i install a custom rom via an app? or would i have to do it via my laptop? :confused:

and can somebody quickly run over what the Hbootloader is?

what does s-off mean?

what is the radio or what does it do? and what is Nand?

sorry for any of you guys that think my questions are silly or stupid, but just trying to clear up any confusion

Thank you to all of you guys that have previously replyed and thank u in advance for those of you that are about to reply!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grimpressive:
Payback time for me.

I got an old desire z because my phone is UPS travelling in warranty and I'm waiting a replacement.

This phone got me mad. Really. I was running on a stable CM10.1 nothing installed except for WhatsApp and Chrome, and everything was DAMN slow, i got messages "The application stopped running, wanna close it?" for every click made on the touch, even from phone or system apps.

So I got here, and I noticed this "USB Debugging should be on" trick, but the situation got better, still unacceptable.

This phone got a snapdragon 800mhz and I noticed, in the performance tab under settings, it got a Max CPU limit 1024Mhz.

So I changed this parameters:

- Max CPU frequency @806Mhz

- Governor set to INTERACTIVE

- I/O scheduler to NOOP

- Kernel page fusion (KSM) -> ENABLED

I set all to "set this parameters on reboot" and rebooted the phone. Yes. Because now it can be called "phone" again.

No more issues from apps, and the device got finally responsive to all the user requests. I didn't tried multitasking yet, but it is finally usable.

I know this is a Desire HD thread, but maybe the info could help someone around....
[Thunderbolt General] tx3kgtman:
Delete this. Figured it out Thanks
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigandrewgold:
I want to do a factory reset so my data works so can someone tell me a easy way to backup my contacts and sms

And if i remember right the market kind of backs up my apps, but if i am wrong please tell me
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rednoved:
Not sure about SMS, but Gmail and Verizons Backup Assistant both can backup your contacts.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigandrewgold:
the backup assistant gives me an error about not connecting to server, and how do i use gmail for it?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ERIFNOMI:
There are apps for backing up texts. They all have generic names like SMS backup. I've used them a few times then realized I don't really need to save my texts. Your contacts should be synced to your GMAIL account though.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigandrewgold:
so after i reset my phone how would i retrieve my contacts from gmail
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmdied:
When you are at the start-up screen it will ask if you are a new user or have an existing Google account. Once you sign in it will start syncronizing your mail and contacts.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magneticzero:
When you make contacts on your phone, you are given a option to make a phone contact or google.contact. always choose google contact. Check options>accounts and sync, make sure all is set to sync, which it is defaulted to sync on its own...doesnt hurt to check.

But when you wipe your phone or get a different android phone, during the setup process you enter your gmail info to setup your phone. Your gmail will sync, you can browse the market...but the best part is that the calander and google contacts will auto download.

So log on to your computer and check gmail and see if your contacts are there, then you should be set
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nosympathy:
easiest thing to do, and I am amazed noone has mentioned it, is to use an app called MyBackup Root.

You can backup call log, SMS, MMS, Contacts(if you have ones google doesn't save for you), apps, and app data.

I have always preferred this to Titanium Backup
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigandrewgold:
ok, got it all backed up, but where is that factor reset option, i cant find it anywhere but i know i saw it earlier.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] illfxckinqwill:
Is there any way to have the GB status bar on a Mytouch 4g running

rooted stock firmware?
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Chilled26:
Try this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10172878&postcount=2327
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] illfxckinqwill:
Thanks already did. Its just a MySense theme. The status bar does not change.

In his post he says its a darkbar status. I've searched and havent found anything of that sort. Except for the Darkstatus bar in Ice Glaciers thread which doesnt have the Gingerbread theme. But thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] klubberdrax:
Hey guys,

Is there any app that can stream the flash videos to the device built in player?

We all know that the flash player gets veryyy laggy on some sites and sometimes, on the other hand when using Skyfire it fails to aknowledge the video on some sites .... I just hate it that my gf's i4 is running them seamless...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneders65:
I am use to ROM flashing my Eris with Amon_RA Recovery. I have never used Rom Manager or ClockworkMod Recoverry to flash ROMs. Will someone point me in the right direction on where the best tutorial thread is at.....? I believe that is what eveyone here in TB section is using.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dxun:
Have you rooted your Tbolt yet? If so it's fairly simple.

1 Flash CWM to your phone via ROM MAnager

2 Place ROM on your SD card

3 Perform backup via RM

4 From RM choose to install ROM from SD card

5 Select Wipe date (if you choose to of course)

6 Hit ok
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneders65:
Thanks!

Thanks! That seems easy enough. Is #5 Select "Wipe date" or "Wipe data"?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nosympathy:
if you chose to flash a rom through rom manager, one you chose your rom, it will have a box you can select that says to wipe data.

personally I refuse to do this as CWM still is a bit wonky for the TB. I prefer to manually go into CWM and wipe data a twice, cache twice, and delvik cache twice.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneders65:
Thanks for the Tip and the information!!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nosympathy:
No problem bro, you can always hit my thanks button at the bottom of my post too :D
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azbryan3:
This is where I am confused... I have a rooted Tbolt. I have CWM and ROM Manager installed (from the rooting instructions).

I have the ROM I want downloaded to my SD card, but it's just the original name of the ROM (The-Perfect-Storm-v1.0-signed.zip). So do i have to rename this?

then do I just go into CWM and... how do I get this into the recovery mode to backup?

I have read like 75 threads and everyone seems to know all this already so the questions are either SUPER specific or they glance over steps that a COMPLETE ROM N00B (such as me) would need to know.

I would really appreciate a mite more details in the steps. Thanks a ton!!

Bryan

EDIT *BIGTIME*

Just went looking for CWM, and guess what??? ITS IN ROM MANAGER *facepalm*

this answers a LOT. Like the button that says "Reboot into recovery"

This is why I need a self-edit button.

*Edit 2* new ROM flashed perfectly.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skeeter123:
uhhh. I take it should reboot into a recovery ROM. What if it only reboots to the CWR screen again?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yohann14:
I am currently running VirusROM and have attempted to flash dasBAMF 1.3.2 twice now. Both times the kernel doesn't flash, I loose root, and hangs on the "Android" screen when I reboot forcing a battery pull. I am downloading the .zip file, placing it on the root of my SD card and flashing via CWM. I choose to wipe data each time. Any suggestions guys? Thanks so much for your help.

I'm thinking that CWM isn't fully wiping my data and cache. Could this simply be the case? I'm waiting to try flashing again until I get some suggestions. Its such a pain to get root access and recover each time.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] optimaljam:
Not sure if I should post here or not but there is a request going on for a dev to unlock the atix so we can have some real custom roms. here is the link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1004208
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twisted galaxy s:
Ok guys silly question. Can I use Odin on a mytouch 3g? I've only used it on my vibrant does it work the same on an HTC device?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Keslynn:
You cannot use Odin on an HTC phone. Odin is a Samsung development program and only works on Samsung phones.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twisted galaxy s:
Ok. Well I guess I can always use a hammer on it...thank u
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruce lee roy:
MT4G Not the easy fix Vibrant is?

Ha-Ha!

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[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Marcink00:
Hi all.

I've got two issues connected with this rom. I made today fresh installation, official froyo and after 3xwipe cm7, next restore my applications using titanium backup.

Firstly vitalplayer doesn't work properly. It starts correctly but when I tap some movie I can only see "no play hardware codec, move to software codec" movie doesn't start and I see folder's list again. Changing decode mode in settings gives no result. I have tried several versions and always the same.

Secondly what drives me really crazy is disappearing download application in android market. None of restored application is visible in the market's list. Besides when I download something from market, after some time it disappears and list is empty.

thanks in advance
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] supermansaga:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=RC&device=sholes

here only has RC2. Where did you get RC3?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Marcink00:
Look at milestone development subforum and there is topic where you can find the link :)

anybody helps?

Tapnięte z milestonki
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Kartiel:
I dont think Rc3 for Droid is out yet..but i could be mistaken
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zeppelinrox:
Us Milestoners are up to RC3... droid is behind... haha j/k :D
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Marcink00:
great ppl, but it will be very kind of you if you can give me some piece of advice, apart from divagations about sotware version :)

I've just discovered that installed apss are visible in android market on pc, only in mobile edition are invisible.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Kartiel:
:eek:Wow u guys finally get something b4 Droid owners...cant wait till i get it on my Droid
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Kartiel:
Your going to have to wait a little for advice since most of Droid users havent got Rc3 yet..just be patient
[Thunderbolt General] bunklung:
I just got the extended battery and installed Titanium backup (which I had it grab a known good version of Busybox). That is the only two things I have recently done to the phone.

But now, with regular or extended battery in place:

The phone will start up automatically when I plug the power cord in to charge the phone.

IF the phone is already plugged in when I shut it down... The phone will shut down and within 5 seconds it will automatically boot into CWR.

What the heck is going on? I can't bump charge and this is very annoying.

I cleared the battery stats in CWR. I reflashed CWR while clearing download cashe AND doing the other setting trick "recovery will be erased prior to flashing" option.

Any tips?
[Thunderbolt General] strongergravity:
Start here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1010595
[Thunderbolt General] bmwhartgeM3:
Menu>settings>applications>check or enable fastboot. give that a try.
[Thunderbolt General] bunklung:
Thanks, that worked. But it says it may break some market apps with it enabled. So who knows what I broke.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jon.b90:
Hi, has anybody managed to successfully install windows mobile 7 on a British (virgin Network) hd2?

My phone is about a year old, here are some misc details:

RAM SIZE = 576mb

OS Version = 5.2.21913

Rom Version = 3.14.405.2

Radio Version = 2.15.50.14

I hope this helps.

If anyone has a good idea of what versions of the following should work; hspl, magdlr, radio, rom/os etc, then please help me out. Any help is much appreciated thanks in advance!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] oldegreybeard:
Essentially it should work on all phones. Its the principle. So don't worry about it and just do it. Also browse development searching for roms to find the one which best suits you and go for it. You won't regret it.

PS I don't think it will unlock your phone but you may be lucky ;)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] infiniti123:
no simlock

idont think virgin uk simlock there phones.

good luck with the w7 flash, thats my next task, played about with android enough.;);)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Richy99:
doesnt matter if it is simlocked or not
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] daisyb1973:
I have a British Virgin network HD2 and the WP7 ROM's all install just fine.

I started off with the DFT original ROM when it first came out and currently use the XBmod rom. Everything works as described through this thread.

I need to run the connection setup app and change the provider to Virgin to get the data to work properly but other than that everything works fine out of the box. Even the SD card supplied by virgin is recognised and used.

Any other questions give me a nod.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] TheDisneyMagic:
The only issue you may potentially get is the operator will show up as T-Mobile, I have flashed a few HD2s on Virgin Media with this showing up, there is no problems though everything still works fine, Virgin Mobile is just a virtual network sitting on T-Mobile's infrustructure.
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
Hello I'm getting around 2mbps on my radio. I'm located in Sacramento. Anybody living in California please post your speeds and what radio your using. Thanks! Can't wait to hear from you guys
[HTC Inspire 4G] RogerPodacter:
A California speed test thread was started a week or two ago I believe.
[Nook Color General] Ltryptofan:
First and foremost, I apologize if this question has been asked/answered before. I am very new to both windows and android, and most likely this is just a stupid issue caused by my inexperience :o

I have the Custom Nookie Froyo ROM 0.6.8 written to my 2GB micro sd card and it works great in my nook and all. However, when I put the sd card in my computer, it only shows one partition (boot, 115mb) in the devices with removable storage section of my computer. There are supposed to be 4 partitions on the disk, and I was curious as to how I can find and access the other 3.
[Nook Color General] danger-rat:
Windows can't see ext partitions, so try running a Linux live CD...
[Nook Color General] Ltryptofan:
Success

It works! Thank you very much
[Nook Color General] tbtaf:
Download apk nookcolorums, it will allow you to mount any partition.
[Nook Color General] Ltryptofan:
Even better
[Nook Color General] phillipbess:
Nook Color USB Mass Storage utility is great:) the app comes with the Rom "Customized Nookie Froyo 0.6.8 Image for SDcard" just make sure you go into the "Spare Parts" app and ensure that Compatibility mode is turned off, would not work for me until I did that.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
So I finally gave in and used Universal Androot 1.6.2 beta 5 to root my 2.2.1 Motorola Milestone. All signs pointed to it NOT being rooted, but when I did a whoami from a shell, it showed I was rooted.

Has anybody had any success with Universal androot? I'm not sure if I'm actually rooted or not. (noob at rooting here)

Secondly, I am trying to flash FroyoMod onto my phone using OpenRecovery. I placed OR and update.zip on my SD card, along with FroyoMod in OpenRecovery/updates.

But when I try and flash through recovery I keep getting: "E:EOCD marker occurs after start of EOCD E:signature verification failed".

Does this mean that my phone is not rooted? Am I doing something wrong?

TIA!