yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andrmgic:
I was pleased to find everything in-tact and the majority of my issues fixed.

Hopefully Mango will be a bit more timely.

At this point I'm ready to fully place the blame on at&t, as all it took was unbranding my device to get the update delivered. I'm used to having to wait on carriers and manufacturers to update their software and relying on the hacking community to have reliable updates.

I came to WP7 from a samsung android phone, after all :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] slimvin:
Hey guys, i was using ApeX 1.4.1 on my Droid X and i used the update.zip to update to Gingerbread. I then restored back to 2.3.340 using the sbf and i still have the glowing ApeX text instead of the Droid Eye after the "M" in the circle. Any word on how to get rid of it?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Gill:
Hi

Please can someone help. I have an HTC Hero with Android 2.1. I am able to sync the contacts with HTC Sync with no problem at all. However, I am totally unable to sync the Calendar. What I would like to do is sync my HTC Calendar with Google calendar and also export it so that I can save the calendar to my SD Card. However, nothing seems to work, not even HTC Sync.

Any help would be much appreciated.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] arvan:
As far as I know, Google calendar syncs with your google account at any time when you have internet connection and/or background data/autosync enabled. HTC Sync sync your phone's calendar with MS Outlook (if you use windows).
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Gill:
Thank you. Please can you tell me how I can use HTC Sync to Sync my HTC Calendar with Outlook because I am unable to make this work at the moment!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] dmestriner:
I've downloaded a program called Google Calendar Sync. This program syncs your outlook calendar with your google calendar (you can tell it which ways it has to sync e.g. only outlook-> google, or google->outlook or both ways), and then in turn, your google calendar syncs with your phone.

See Google Calendar Sync page for more info.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] arvan:
Chek this out.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] hiwass:
I came from iphone/ipad and you can put cydia with its repositories get tons of apps/games for free. Is there something similar for the g tablet, i'm running TnT 4.3.2 currently.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Mantara:
Cydia is kinda like the android app store but the whole package thing makes me leery of pirated apps. I dont support pirated appes and dont condone anyone using them. There is a lot of free software out there. Pretty much any kind of app there you can find an apk of on the net to "demo" the full version. Try them, delete what you don't like and jump on the market and buy the ones you like. I'm all about shareware not piracy, a lot of apps are worth paying for.

You can find some cool themes for Gtab in the apps and themes forum. There are not a ton yet as things in the theme department are just heating up but gto777 is constantly pumping out new ones.
[Droid X General] johnclevenger:
I just spent some time trying to figure out what had broken my contacts functionality and this was it. Again, removing "blur_yahoo.apk" and the associated .odex file will break the contacts app. After removal, clicking on a contact in the dialer/contact app will just shut the app down. I've no idea why, since the yahoo app is for yahoo mail.
[Droid X General] JagoX:
F**k...I just noticed that too :(

I noticed that freezing some of the messaging/social services also seems to force close the built-in message app too. If you use something like ChompSMS then it isn't a big deal b/c that still works.
[Droid X General] johnclevenger:
Hm, I deleted all of the messaging/social stuff and my moto text app (conversations.apk) still works...
[Droid X General] JagoX:
Really? Hmm...might be something else then that you'd think wouldn't affect it but does.
[Droid X General] smyers1012:
guys which apps should i delete that won't mess with the software....that will get rid of the bloatware
[Droid X General] JagoX:
Translation? That request doesn't exactly make sense ;)
[Droid X General] smyers1012:
like it doesnt delete important apk's and things needed that will make the phone crash or delete files needed to make the phone functional
[Droid X General] JagoX:
You should probably do some more research before you start messing with that b/c it can brick the OS requiring a full install of the ROM. In this case, if you don't do a restore before removing stuff you'll be restoring the SBF file a lot.

But to answer your question though...the app you want is Titanium Backup Pro (aka the pay version b/c of the "Freeze" option.)
[Droid X General] smyers1012:
im not that stupid i know what an SBF is and i know how to do it ive done it all the time!...

i just didnt know which apps would be best to freeze
[Droid X General] JagoX:
Well since the GB build for the DX just came out, I haven't been able to find a definitive thread anywhere (including on MyDroidWorld) listing what is save to remove or at least freeze. As of right now I think it's safe to say that its going to be a trial and error situation.
[Droid X General] johnclevenger:
There are threads somewhere (droidforums?) about which of the 2.1 and 2.2 apps are safe to remove. While there are some new apps, those that were safe before are still safe. Of the new apps, the blur_yahoo is the only one that's given me trouble. Be warned, though, that while you can remove Backup Assistant and Blur Home, if you do a factory reset from within Android (rather than from clockworkmod), your initial install will break and you'll need to sbf if you can't get back into clockwork.

Also, bluremailengine is needed for blurcalendar to work properly. I remove bluremail, all the third party crap, all the social crap, swipe, and various other things I don't use like universal inbox, widgets, etc. Really, you just need to play with it.
[Droid X General] JagoX:
Yea I know about those threads (I have one open right now actually) but since this is a whole new version of Blur & version of Android w/ a lot of changes & new options...who knows what Motorola changed or buried deeper into the system.

Thanks for being the guinea pig though :D I've never had a reason to use factory reset after a ROM is installed so removing BA & Blur Home isn't a big deal.

One question...have you removed the Messaging & Text Messaging apps at all? I still can't figure out what it was that caused the Text Messaging app to quit on me as soon as it was opened. Not that it's a big deal...b/c ChompSMS worked fine for me ;)
[Droid X General] gc14:
Does anyone else notice a SEVERE amount of lag immediately after you reboot the phone? Lasts about 3-4 minutes every time I reboot then goes away. Affects everything from changing home screens, to opening apps, even turning the ringer volume up and down lags...
[Droid X General] JagoX:
That's always been a problem with MotoBlur (and even HTC Sense)...it's all the services that load in the background all at once (even after freezing or removing some services.)
[Droid X General] johnclevenger:
I removed all the messaging crap except the default messaging app (conversations.apk). I use Google Voice so I don't use the default app, but I sent myself a message using it and it worked just fine.

Note: you can do a data wipe/factory reset from within clockwork and you'll be fine.

If someone can produce a list of everything in /system/app (well, just the .apks would do), I can mark the ones I've successfully removed without problems.
[Droid X General] JagoX:
Ditto to that...I'd be happy to contribute what I've frozen.
[Droid X General] johnclevenger:
Mine takes about 10-15 seconds from the appearance of the homescreen until it's at full speed. Of course, I've overclocked to 1.2 GHz, debloated, zipaligned, implemented drod's rubix tweaks, and used autostarts to kill unnecessary apps from loading at boot.
[Droid X General] JagoX:
Hmm. 10-15 seconds seems a tad excessive then. I'm still running stock speed, LPP 0.8.4.1, debloated most major apps and also used Autostarts to kill some apps at boot (as well as in the Widgets menu)...and while I see a slight lag it's not 10-15 seconds.
[Droid X General] johnclevenger:
You're right. I just timed it. About 38 seconds from red M to full appearance of desktop (I've got the boot animation disabled) and about 25 seconds from full desktop to all widgets loaded and ready to go. I underestimated by 40-60%! I'm using the blur launcher, btw.
[Droid X General] gc14:
Something must be wrong with mine then...because mine lasts a good 3 to 4 minutes...and that seems very long for services to be starting...
[Droid X General] strikeir13:
I just spent some time figuring out why my text messaging app was closing as soon as it was opened, and it's somehow related to the Email Engine 2.3.3 (apk name: com.motorola.blur.service.email). I have no idea why, but when I freeze that with TB, text messaging closes as soon as it opens. Unfreeze it and text messaging works fine. Blur is weird...
[Droid X General] johnclevenger:
Thanks, good work. I just noticed that removing Adservice.apk breaks the blur launcher app drawer reorder function. You can't rearrange them so that recent apps or frequently used apps are first if uoi remove adservice.
[Droid X General] JagoX:
Thats just another reason to use a launcher that is more then just...Launcher Plus Pro FTW!
[Droid X General] JoeChoy7:
Motoblur messaging

I have a motoblur mb502 my text messaging, facebook and email app was closing as soon as it was opened, and this was because the i accidentaly unistall Email Engine (name: com.motorola.blur.service.email) with the unistall master. I hard reset my phone but is the same, the email engine don't appears on the system! Help meeee i need this apk! what i can do?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarantino5:
So for whatever reason, my captivate screen is unusable at the moment. Random lines show on the screen but thats it. I can feel the unlock haptic feedback working so I assume the only problem is the physical screen. I know I had texts that were unread, so is there anyway I can pull those text messages via adb or something like that? I'm not sure how to go about it.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

-Tarantino 5
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NascarFastcar:
Hmm I believe a warranty exchange might be your only option... From what I hear as long as the screen isn't cracked or damage (top layer) that it's still eligible.

Someone should be along that could provide more help then me.

I was wondering if a tv out cable could help you read your messages etc. But that would require navigating to the setting... Which would be extremely difficult.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Murrzeak:
This may sound familiar to you but..

Some background. Got my Desire repaired (replaced the motherboard because of a well-known reason..). Previously I had a root access and my SD card divided to FAT\EXT. So I got my phone back, it worked perfectly but today it suddenly turned off while it was charging. Now it won't boot up. I see the darn HTC logo all the time. Did the wipe and..restore. It seems that I don't have any update.zip on my card. I have no idea what should I do. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! :confused:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kluzik1:
is your phone rooted? Were you have a custom rom or just a standard one?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Murrzeak:
Hey, no. After the repair the root was gone. Had the last OTA update installed. I just don't quite get it. Since I don't have that update.zip on the card, that means I can't really get it restored, right? So if i.e. I change my SD-card to another one. How do I get a restore image file? I'm confused..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kluzik1:
If your phone is branded you need the goldcard to run again ruu but if it's not just download the latest software and try. maybe it'll help :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edofic:
try running logcat while the phone is hanging on the htc logo

it may give a clue of what is wrong
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Murrzeak:
By branded you mean OEM'ish? :) No, it's the regular one. By software you mean SDK?.. Or you mean that official .exe? (from i.e. shipped-roms.com)

You think it's connected to the PC at that moment? I can't access SDcard at that moment.. :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Murrzeak:
Downloads from shipped-roms.com freeze after a while. So I've found a PB00IMG.zip file in some other place. Bootloader checks the file and goes back to the main screen. No errors, no update options - nothing. :confused:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kluzik1:
check this it may help you. Step by step how to install ruu :D :eek:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12516573&postcount=6

:D

the latest ruu wwe you can find here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=869048

step by step and your desire will be fine :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
If you're on Vodafone and it's on a Vodafone ROM then here's the latest RUU:

http://www.multiupload.com/K0FR1OK301

And here's the latest WWE RUU:

http://www.multiupload.com/LEJCW182AH

Gold card would be needed to run the WWE RUU if you have a branded handset
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Murrzeak:
Thank you guys. As I've mentioned before my Desire isn't branded. It was bought in Lithuania unlocked and sim-free. So theoretically I don't need a gold-card. But one .img I've tried to feed em returned wrong CID error. I've downloaded that RUU and tried to run it. Phone's plugged-in but the setup drops an error (170), says it can't see the phone. Tried to do it with in the bootloader mode. Same stuff. I'm kinda messed up.

HTC says they can take it for the repair so I don't need to send it back to Lithuania, but I still think it should be fixable..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Murrzeak:
Wohoo! I've managed to get the rom.zip out of the latest RUU and fix the whole problem. Thanks guys! You made my day! We can close the thread now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luca.tiburzio:
Hello people,

i looked for Samsung Galaxy S Kernel 2.6.35 sources without success.

Simply Samsung is breaking GPLV2 license not releasing Gingerbread Kernel sources and releasing it on SamsFirmware.

Any one's got these sources?? If not i'll force Samsung to do that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaju123:
Well it was never officially released and when it is, that is when the kernel sources will be released.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcarr622:
SamFirmware isn't official. No Samsung Gingerbread build has been released officially.

When it's released on Kies to the public, you can expect that source will soon follow, it always does.

Next time to a tinsy bit of research before posting.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luca.tiburzio:
Do you mean that version XXJVK wasn't made by Samsung??

Even in testing level Samsung HAVE to disclose GPLV2 parts.

Before writing this i wasted a lot of time trying to make by myself a 2.6.35 version,

and obviously this is not the correct way.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Furry Atom:
You are misinformed. Until the firmware becomes official it's considered non existant. Samsung doesn't have to give you anything until it's official.

P.S. The kernel is under GPLV3.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Auzy:
Actually, for builds which aren't distributed, there is no need.. I still don't personally believe this one was meant to be (as I haven't seen any reports of installations by Kies)

http://arstechnica.com/old/content/...ke-google-to-open-up-internal-use-patches.ars

These builds weren't meant to be distributed, and I think it's fair for companies not to be forced to do so. Because they also probably need to scour over the additions with a fine toothed comb before release to ensure they aren't violating patents, etc. Whilst it is easy for us to sit on the sidelines and scream at them for not exposing their revision control system, from their perspective, they don't want to accidentally leak files they might get sued for..

Unrelated, IMHO, the GPL is a poor choice of licence for a computer kernel anyway, and the only reason why Linux has survived this far is because companies like Nvidia knowingly violate the terms.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
The leak of Gingerbread came from XDA to Samfirmware .Samfirmware are nothing to do with Samsung .

Reported as a leaked service centre version .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
And the whole leak process for JVK was VERY odd and suspicious. It felt a bit more like a staged marketing event for some sections of XDA then anything else.

I would tend to agree that this version was never meant for release, even if we do believe the "service center" story. Therefore we will not see it via Kies or get its sources.

Once a version of Gingerbread IS released by Samsung properly, then everything here will get started the way it should. Until then, I am staying far away from Gingerbread on the i9000.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Once a version of Gingerbread IS released by Samsung properly, then everything here will get started the way it should. Until then, I am staying far away from Gingerbread on the i9000.

Likewise for me though i have tested it .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kezgez:
can you tell me your configuration please as i am also in uk
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Rom Kitchin .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=817703

Using XWJS8 wipe rom with Hardcore kernel

CSC is CPW carphone warehouse csc as it covers most networks .

Modem is JPY .

APPS THEMES etc as required .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luca.tiburzio:
Auzy why you're talking about gpl-v3?

On kernel 2.6.35 root if you open file COPYING there is mention on GPLV2 from Torvalds.

Let me know if i'm wrong

Also my objective is different: i need samsung kernel 2.6.35 as Cyanogenmod isn't working or even compiling to me. Samsung is leaking voluntarily objective code without distributing source, and this sounds very dirty....

Continuing in this way i'll never have gingerbread running correctly on my hands.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Intratech:
Please stop using Titanium Backup to restore system files when you upgrade you ROM! Some system apps and settings are incompatible when newer ROMS. When I do backups I backup my user apps to one folder and system apps in another. This way I can just restore my user apps and their data in a batch restore but with the system files I only restore data to apps with the same version.

I make this thread because n00bs keep restoring everything including their incompatible system files and start to whine about the ROM being slow, apps FCing, and other assorted mishaps. I've already helped 2 n00b friends who had phones stuck in bootloop after doing full restore. :eek:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Razer(x):
Which program would you suggest?

This is an interesting argument
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Intratech:
I use Titanium Backup, I just don't restore system app data to incompatible apps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] xmfpdlemalnz@hotmail.com:
I backup using apps + system data option.

In this case, system data refers to data that are related ONLY to apps right?

When I upgrade to gingerbread, you think it will cause problem??

Or, Should I only back up apps?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Heritz:
When you backup user apps (the ones in white), you will backup the app + its settings and data.

When you backup system data (the ones in green), you are backing up only system settings, like SMS/MMS, Accounts, Calendar, Timezone, Phone logs, Wifi APN, etc.

When you backup system apps (the ones in red), you are backing up ONLY the settings and data for that app, not the app itself. THIS is what Intratech it asking you to NOT backup.

Why? Because the next ROM you install, will most likely have a different system app version than the one you previously had.

Usually:

Different apps == Different settings === problems
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] rickg99:
So restoring the green ones should work fine? Especially the Application Widgets is important for me as it is much work to restore.

How to restore the red ones? Market + Samsung Apps?

If I do minor updates 2.2->2.2.1 is there the same recommendation to only restore user apps/data?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Mikulec:
Why would you want to backup market and samsung apps?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] msolus:
I restore things like my APNs, contacts and SMS from system data using Titanium backup. Across a range of ROMs I've never had any issues, although I'm not restoring every bit of system data- just a select few.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] rickg99:
It is faster to restore app's data than waiting for market to come up with updates and configure all manually.

Does system backup do a backup of new versions of system apps?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lamacow123:
the market automatically downloads apps when you open it. personally, i do not back up my apps but instead use my internet connection to access the market and sownload all the apps back at one go. Q: Is the same service(auto download downloaded apps) on samsung apps?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Intratech:
I do backup system data however I'm careful when restoring stuff. I check app version number and if they are different then I don't restore any app data for that.

The market doesn't automatically restore your user apps, that's why I restore those.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lamacow123:
The market does auto download those apps that you have downloaded before but are not on your phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] xmfpdlemalnz@hotmail.com:
hello,

I know it's off topic, but can i just ask you a simple question?

when restoring with TB, does screen has to be on all the time?

because for me, when screen goes off, whole process stops and when I turn it back on, it resumes..

Is there an option available in TB where you can set to have screen off while restoring?

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] webwude:
Sure - in Settings or Options you can specify exactly this issue "WakeLocks Mode".

Kind regards,

ww
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jna9000:
I never observed that :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jonny_ftm:
There's a bug with SGS and WakeLocks commands that TB never sorted and never supported or even gave feedback.

ScreenOn: will hang your screen On unless you reset phone

Keep CPU: screen bug is solved, but scheduled backups won't start in standby. They'll start later when you turn screen on. When screen is off, the will keep running (preferred setting for me)

Disbled: you'll have Keep CPU bug added with the pause of jobs when screen auto Off, as you expierience

To be on topic again, restoring green data is safe. Especially SMS, MMS, calendar and contacts data
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] JJEgan:
For myself i duplicate apps folder on phone in case backup fails .

Root Explorer and copy APP file to sd card and or PC .

Backup fails then it just requires each app installing from the sd card .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Furry Atom:
I don't think something so painfully obvious needed a thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] omrij:
Not on SGS roms

when you install CM7, it does
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ragin:
I disagree because many guys get confused as to what system apps mean. I had this problem after I restored system apps a long time ago. Since then I don't backup my system apps at all but chose individual system apps like Maps, Gmail etc. to back up.