yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] racketier:
Imoseyon over at http://www.imoseyon.com/ has developed a script for the Thunderbolt, D2, and DX that enables swap (if the kernel supports it).

In the post he also mentions the Gtab. "I've tested swap on some custom kernels on the Tbolt and the Gtab and it works well."

Has anyone tried this or something similar?
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] Eroeroseijin:
Hey guys,

I'm pretty sure that this question has already been answered but after going through many threads, I still don't get it, haha.

I have got a MDA Touch Plus (Htc Touch Dual) from T-Mobile UK which is set with Windows Mobile 6.0 (version from 2008, the oldest one I believe). I'd like to update it to WM 6.1 or above (6.5 ?) but I have no idea how to do that.

I tried to get the official version of WM 6.1 from the htc's website, it said that the software wasn't suitable for my device.

I managed to download it anyway using another HTC Dual Touch's serial number but I don't feel confident trying to install it when the website stated that it wasn't suitable.

Here are my questions then:

- Is there a risk of damaging the mobile phone if I try to install the official version that wasn't apparently suitable for the mobile phone ?

- Where can I get a version of WM 6.1/6.5 that will work with my phone ?

- Is there a guide to install it ?

- My phone is unlocked so I can use my Orange's Sim as well, by updating it using an unofficial version of WM, will the phone stay unlock ?

I apologise if my questions are quite silly but I haven't got any experience in customing ROMs and all that kind of stuff ^^"

Many thanks,

Tomas

EDIT: I found those threads http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2778832#post2778832 and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=355730. The step by step instructions are quite straight forward but still, without a WM 6.1/6.5 ROM, I won't be able to use my phone, right ?
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] Hakim Rahman:
you should see the same problems with you at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=526378
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] Eroeroseijin:
I checked that post and that's how I made my way to the Main HardSpl/uspl (whatever it means) thread actually.

I found some interesting stuff on how to proceed, I'm just not really sure of what I'm doing.

Thanks again
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] Hakim Rahman:
with flash HardSPL ROM you will be able to flash anything to your device! :eek:

This Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM ---> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=435512&highlight=mirror

and Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM ---> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=497347
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] sunnykhan000:
pleez get me a rom 4 htc touch dual (NEON300) 3G front camera,,,,pleeeeez hakim bhai
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] sunnykhan000:
dear brother i have the same htc touch dual (NEON300) 3G phone can u plz send me that rom u have dowloded from htc u can attach that zipped folder to mail and send it me on <sunnykhan000@gmail.com> plz it kind of u thanx in advance..
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] Hakim Rahman:
you should see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=508506

and at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3398273&postcount=7

I think you 'll find what you're looking for htc touch dual (NEON300) your own
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General] sunnykhan000:
thanx in advance bro
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] GoldenCyn:
Call me corny... Go ahead, i'll wait... But I play Farm, Bakery, and Resturant Story on my devices since accounts transfer easy with the help of storm8 games. But I noticed the 'Story' games fc when saying thanks for gifts received. Anyone else who is as corny as me notice this?

sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] TheFlyingPig:
Consider yourself lucky......their games will never save on my android device.

Every time I load, I have to start over.

At the same time the server remembers me and sends me notifications for a game I can't access.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewingr:
Title pretty much says it. I can go into quick settings (or the long way through menus) and set my notification volume loud, and I can check it 10 min later and it will be low.

Any thoughts?

BTW...Cognition 4.2.1 ROM; Existz Kernel; KB1 Modem (sucks)
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Hello,

I am pondering the possibility to buy the Samsung Galaxy S II and have heard quite a few rumors that this phone will have a locked and encrypted boot loader making it impossible to use alternative ROMs.

I am sure hackers will take very little time in fixing this but am still wondering. Has anyone seen tangible claims of encrypted/lock boot compared to the I9000 (which I own atm).

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] galaxinho:
Expansys has a 32 gb model listed as coming april 11th but pricing is not yet announced :)
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Yes, no definite date. Doesn't answer my question though :D
[Galaxy S II General] Ayrlupine:
Samsung's own website mentions encryption, but doesn't give enough detail for us to know if it'll be custom ROM friendly yet. I'm sure it'll take very little time once the phone is released to let you know, just hold tight until then! :)
[Galaxy S II General] sarsh11:
Link please?

I suppose you are referring to the data encryption that Samsung mentioned in its splash page? I really doubt they would post information about a Locked Bootloader on their website as it really wouldn't do them any good publicity wise.
[Galaxy S II General] Ayrlupine:
Yeah, I said encryption. Of course we have no idea about the bootloader until it's released or someone techy gets their hands on one! That's why I said we have to wait. Sorry if my post was ambiguous.
[Galaxy S II General] Broomfundel:
SamFirmware just tweeted, Samsung are using same ODIN for Galaxy S II, just with new .PIT file. So it will be flashable.

:)
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Yes saw that but it doesn't mean it is flashable just like that until you see it working. Good start anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
There's already a running topic on this question found here.
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Thanks spotted it afterwards.
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
No problem... Your not the only one who has started a topic and found later it's already running.

That link I passed you is actually a second topic on another which was started a day earlier here.

That means we now have three topics covering the same (although each will fragment as further posts are made).
[Galaxy S II General] HappyBallz:
Everyone has their needs/requirements for a phone but for me-personally to fulfill my individual desires and needs it would need to be unlocked 100%. Otherwise I will jsut have to keep my captivate :P

As I do not approve of manufacturers locking hardware that I paid for with my hard earned money and now own.:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Seem the norm these days on android handsets but keep in mind that the mobile market has always liked a locked an tight device.
[Galaxy S II General] vegetaleb:
SE was from the very few to lock the bootloader with X10 and now they decided to unlock the simfree Arc, HTC locked their Incredible S in another hand :eek:

I don't think sammy will lock the bootloader,just a little security for the formalities that can be easily decoded by happy devs :p
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Yes over time there is always a way. But that said, new devices tend to have better boot loader locking.
[Galaxy S II General] monkley:
Has there been any update on whether the S2 have a locked bootloader?
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Search this very forum. Several threads opened about this but only speculations until someone has one and messes with it.
[Galaxy S II General] fracmo2000:
Locked bootloader...

So I see the chat regarding the locked bootloader on the sg2...I also see people on the forum actually have the device...could they some how check and see if it is locked?

I have been going round in circles looking for a new phone...finally decided on the sam sg2 to find out they are going down the same route as moto!

So, to all the happy owners of a shiney new sg2...whats the dealo!?!?!?
[Galaxy S II General] virussnake:
owners of the sgs2 in this forum? you must be mistaken lol...

sam locking the bootloader? who told you that nonsense?
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
they wouldnt dare to lock the bootloader. its 1 of many reason why sgs 1 succeeded as it did.

if they want sgs2 to be a successful device as well they wont lock the bootloader. it makes sense that the bootloader will be UNlocked.. but then again you can never tell... :confused: we might be like :eek: if we will find out its locked. followed by :mad::mad: and then :D after we will unlock it. leading to :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
No the unlocked bootloader was not the main reason the sgs succeeded so well. Remember majority of the consumers for android haven't even rooted their phones. So the minority that have rooted, well lets just say most companies think they can do without.
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
yea I know.. thats why I said 1 of many reasons and NOT the MAIN reason.. :P

its a reason among others.. :)

well I just hope it will be released already... Im eagrly waiting for it..
[Galaxy S II General] fracmo2000:
They locked the galaxy tab did they not? Also, I got the information from a few posts in this section.

We should get a bounty together for cotulla...get him a sg2 :D
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Oh ffs! Another comprehension fail.
[Galaxy S II General] fracmo2000:
eh?.......
[Galaxy S II General] shadow65781:
If the carrier requests it, the bootloader will be locked. Simple as that.
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
According to samfirmware's tweet. All new samsung devices will be boot loader locked. That's a deal breaker for me.
[Galaxy S II General] FtrV8:
Yup saw the same tweet. Damn! Thinking about canceling my pre order and just wait for whatever the next dual core Nexus device is going to be.

Fairy tale of the SG2 is shattered it this is true...
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Well, we won't know for sure until someone has one and tests it but that info is actually enough for me to cancel my order. I will not be bound to a locked device.
[Galaxy S II General] reb73:
It'll be interesting to see what position Sammy will take on locking the bootloader considering Sony are making available an online facility to unlock the bootloaders for all their android handsets this year release in or after 2011..
[Galaxy S II General] AllGamer:
some one over samsfirmware twitter are spamming about the locked bootloader of SGS2

not sure if it's credible or not
[Galaxy S II General] qsdf55:
It took only a few days for devs to unlock the galaxy tab's locked bootloader.

I hope it will be the same for SGSII
[Galaxy S II General] tintol:
Let's wait and see.

For now, follow chainfire's and supercurio idea:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12892405&postcount=621

If these guys are on board with the SGS2 we'll be ok.
[Galaxy S II General] moparman:
Lets hope its not signed or worse
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Yes. Actually twittered samsung about this today
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
Why do you even believe that guy? It's some random dutch guy that has nothing to do with Samsung(other than being a fan), he said two days back the Samsung Galaxy S2 was out in India, it's nothing official, don't believe him, or at least take his words with caution.

And his tweet says the following:

Samsung want the same like HTC Bootloaders will be locked. (SamsungBenelux)"

SamsungBenelux = Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg. I don't think they have their word to say to the Korean Samsung.
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
He had some credible info in the past
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
Tweet from 1 minute ago from his twitter
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Ah dammit... i guess i'll just wait for a real dev to take a look at the device. Thanks for posting this...
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Even if it is locked, this device is to big to pass up. I have no doubt there will be a way, there always is.

I am coming from an iPhone where the iPhone Dev's play cat and mouse with Apple each time there is an iOS firmware release.
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
True on the IOS part but still think there will soon be much better devices tgan SGS 2 announced.
[Galaxy S II General] Bilhouse:
I personally have never used a non-stock Android experience phone so it will be interesting to see what TouchWiz 4.0 is like in day to day use.

However if the bootloader is unlocked I will probably end up rooting it and installing a ROM like CyanogenMod.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
That may be the case as every device in the market requires a refresh, but for now, this is the refresh that everyone is buzzing over. :)
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Indeed :-D
[Galaxy S II General] MoonRaven:
Motorola Milestone has been released over a year ago and still no custom kernels...
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
CyanogenMod 7 works on it though
[Galaxy S II General] Chainfire:
There is no doubt this is (for now) secret info.

We'll be trying to dump a real SGS2 tonight. It's an engineering sample, which means it might have unlocked bootloaders even though retail hasn't. But we have problems even before dumping, so don't get your hopes up.

As for fixing the Galaxy Tab, that was done by employing unlocked bootloaders we already had. The big hack was getting them back on the device in a working state. If the SGS2 comes locked out of the box, we don't have this (major!) advantage. Unless of course we manage to dump this engineering device, we may be in luck.

However, keep in mind that Samsung has not yet released any stock firmware locked. Even for the Galaxy Tab, the firmwares with locks are leaked firmwares, not official ones. There have been official firmwares for the Galaxy Tab after the leaked firmwares, and those official firmwares did

not

come with locked bootloaders.

As far as I know, there is still not a single official firmware out there which includes locked bootloaders.

As for SamFirmware, sometimes he has correct info, sometimes not. I know I neither like nor trust the guy, though. There's been a lot of "****".
[Galaxy S II General] golf2vr6:
Tumbs up!

Thnx Chainfire, hope it will work.
[Galaxy S II General] MoonRaven:
You don't want to know how crappy the kernel is that motorola supplied. E.g. no swap and CyanogenMod 7 for milestone is a port. Not everything works as it should... A lot of random reboots.
[Galaxy S II General] nilezon:
Sounds promising. What's these problems you are facing "even before dumping"?

About the Galaxy Tab, you never said how it was finally fixed. Did you use bmlunlock and dd'ing back the old bootloader (or parts of it)?

Please keep us updates on the SGS2 progress. Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Thanks Chainfire, that was the most informative reply I read in weeks :-)
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Dunno which build you tried last but a friend of mine has his milestone on cm7 and finds the latest builds very good and stable.
[Galaxy S II General] MoonRaven:
I run the latest build. Also note that without motorola continuing on the kernel we will probably be stuck at 2.3.3. icecream will probably won't accept the 2.2 kernel. We still had to wait for 2.2 while 2.3 was already released too :/

Without the possibility for a custom kernel you can't fix the mistakes the manufacturer made. (no lagfix like was possible for the SGS, no apps2sd was possible untill a 2.2 beta leaked out for the milestone, you should get the point)
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Yes. Fairly sad indeed :-(
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
btw, am I the only 1 who thinks something is a little weird?

I mean, mali is not exacly big and widely familliar company, yet they managed, probabaly, to make an awoesme GPU. whats the story behind that? samsung may be promoting them?

anyway, after this (sgs2) mali will never be underestimated ever again! :P
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
You do know that Mali is the name of the ARM graphic processing unit and not a company name right?
[Galaxy S II General] Ell3X:
http://www.arm.com/products/multimedia/mali-graphics-hardware/mali-400-mp.php?tab=Related+Products
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Mali is the name of that ARMenian guy who created the company ARM. :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Stop chatting BS.

Initially known as Acorn RISC Machine and now Advanced RISC Machine... ARM.

http://www.internationaltrade.co.uk/articles_print.php?CID=44&SCID=&AID=609

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2010/05/20/us-summit-arm-idUKTRE64J4NW20100520
[Galaxy S II General] Dextrosan:
I think he was just joking ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
haha, could have fooled me.
[Galaxy S II General] ndnesh:
Agreed!

I think when we are this intense in discussing a phone which we have all fallen head over heels in love with, we will not tolerate jokes so much... :) so lets all mention that we are joking, if we are joking. :)

Waiting for the S2!
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
just chill people. nothing you can do will move the date whatever it is closer. so relax and wait. switch your mind to something else. post a joke or two. take it easy in general.
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
According to supercurio's tweet, looks like the device is unlocked:
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
I think the proof will be in the pudding when we have been served with the desert.
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Nice analogy indeed :-)
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Thanks, seems like I am becoming more of a philosopher each day awaiting the release of this device. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
With the amount of FUD which covered its release, i believe you chose the right path :D
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
I have seen the light and a patch to righteousness. The light being the sAMOLED + Screen ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Ayrlupine:
And another Supercurio tweet:

"Another good news! source say Samsung won't use locked bootloaders on future devices unless if Google would require it specifically."

:D :D

EDIT: And another!

"Source say: On Samsung phone devices, they plan to keep things open like #GalaxyS is." :)
[Galaxy S II General] Bilhouse:
Looking good.
[Galaxy S II General] Chainfire:
Great news! This time from a trustworthy person, so believable.
[Galaxy S II General] FRLinux:
Yes. Very happy about that. Pre-ordered mine.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Looks like my twitter harassment and blackmail campaign paid off! :p:p
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Great, bring on the Customer Roms. certainly good to see that there is more potential for this device out of the box.

---
[Galaxy S II General] AllGamer:
this is common sense

Samsung learned well, what an open device can do for their sales ;)

they also learned offering double layer recoveries for fool proof

and they also learned not to include cheap internal SD card into their phones (i9000m)

now all new phones are either smaller sized on internal storage, or better, or none at all
[Galaxy S II General] diSke:
That's awesome news! Can't wait for the official release of the device and the ROM community behind it!
[Galaxy S II General] Mr_President:
Oh sweet! Looks like my dream will come true. SGS2 + MIUI. Best hardware and software together ^^
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Would love to go AOSP, clean and quick. Hoping for the additions of Sammy's motion sense, call mute options would be ported over.
[Galaxy S II General] moparman:
Ahhh...Now theres no doubt in my mind..

Samsung Galaxy SII is my next phone :-)
[Galaxy S II General] DKMIK:
let see if i understand this right, if i where too change the default ROM, too any thing than stock, i will not have my country languish and keyboard, which is Danish and there as you can see have some funny letters. "æøå" :o

I have try too find the answer in other threads.
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
What you would need to do is obtain the ROM for your particular area and language.

i.e. If you obtain the ROM file from samfirmware.com you simply pick the ROM file for your area.

At the moment there are no ROM files listed for the SGSII but to get an idea simply click here and then click on Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II
[Galaxy S II General] mikdamilla1:
So is it confirmed now that you will be able to have custom roms on it?
[Galaxy S II General] Master05:
Yes. And even faster than before (assuming that it would have been locked) :)
[Galaxy S II General] DKMIK:
Thanks.:) is the rom's in there stock or modify, an if they are modify in what way are they modified.
[Galaxy S II General] ignign0kt:
If I order the phone unlocked from the UK to here in the US, will it have english spellings like "Colour" and "Favourite"

This is important.
[Galaxy S II General] Jonas.M:
You can chose English-Uk and English-Us.
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
They are 'work in progress' ROM's in that they are not final or legal releases from Samsung, merely custom ROM files.

However, for the most it is the quickest way to obtain an update.

As to what is modified, it does depend on what at the time is deemed a need to be fixed.

i.e. when the SGS was released it was found there were a catalogue of problems. These custom ROM files helped many who were waiting for Samsung to provide a fix or couldn't get the legal fix because Samsung's official Kies software was problematic to many.

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S II General] DKMIK:
Yes that help, thanks
[Galaxy S II General] teh_pwnage:
Heh heh heh looks like i'll be using english UK here in canada... that's the way we spell stuff :P
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Wouldn't it be good if it could also 'speak' English UK as well...

You say Tomaaato I say Tomarrrto. :D
[Galaxy S II General] teh_pwnage:
Won't lie it would be the source of endless laughs for me and my friends :D.... possible app? Oh wait that would mean I would have free time!
[Galaxy S II General] Shadow_Assassin:
Samsung will not lock bootloaders

Check this out:

hxxp://phandroid.com/2011/04/17/source-samsung-will-not-lock-bootloaders-unless-google-requires-it/
[Galaxy S II General] ndnesh:
Wow! Super Sweet.. though i do think that this was discussed in the forum, there was a tweet from Eldar who confirmed from a "Source" that Samsung will not lock bootloaders unless google required it. :)
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
I believe it was Supercurio. Eldar probably does not know what a bootloader is.
[Galaxy S II General] ndnesh:
he he he he!! Super!! Brilliant!
[Galaxy S II General] arii1986:
Password for recovery

I'm new to all this stuff... I had a galaxy s and could easily get into the download and recovery modes using the three buttons combos.

I upgraded to the S 2 yesterday, thought I would try the three button combo up and down for recovery and download mode...

Download mode is fine: same three button combo, no hassle.

However, when booting into recovery there's a keyboard and prompts you to enter a password.

EDIT: It was just my phone password. Sorry about the noobiness :P
[Galaxy S II General] scottishlad80:
I get that keyboard as well, how do I find the phone password?
[Galaxy S II General] pulser_g2:
Have you enabled a screen password? It sounds like it either uses the password you set for unlocking the screen?

Did you set either?
[Galaxy S II General] MrYiff:
the recovery password is whatever you set as the screen lock password, I just tested this and got the password prompt.

It may also be your screen lock PIN if you enabled that (no idea if it also occurs with the pattern option though).

Edit - Just tested and the same screen also appears when you have a screen PIN set (but it asks for a password in the recovery rom, entering the pin unlocks it fine).

Edit 2 - Just tested with a lock pattern set and no prompt is given when entering the recovery rom.
[Galaxy S II General] scottishlad80:
Is this the keyboard you get?
[Galaxy S II General] scottishlad80:
I took off the screen lock and the SIM PIN and can get into recovery mode, I will add one and see which one then asks for the password. Many thanks guys :D