yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Atrix 4G General] MarcMaiden:
he must have one hell of a forearm then....
[Atrix 4G General] hotleadsingerguy:
LOL wtf does he do with his phone to use 40Gb of data in a month?! I use my phone frequently every day and I usually end up with 1Gb or less. I'm on WiFi at home and work though...so maybe that's why.

Either way, OP, Twitter probably isn't the culprit. Even if it was updating every 15 minutes no way it would use 200Mb even over the entire month. Twitter uses virtually no data at all...there's gotta be something else that's using it up.

For me it was Dungeon Defenders. For some reason when updating (it's usually like a 600-700Mb update) my WiFi flickered (I think because the power flickered...there was a storm going on outside at the time) and it defaulted to 3G for the entire update. 700Mb of data all in about an hour lol. Doesn't bother me much since I have unlimited, but still.
[Atrix 4G General] drock212:
I think I might have just noticed what is using so much data. I downloaded 3g watch dog to see what my usage habits are like. Everything seemed normal (kinda noticed I used 10mb of data in less than 24hr) until I ran a bench mark using smartbench then another bench tool ( the one with the white rabbit) and I went from 10mb to 24mb in those two tests. I had been running benchmarks around 10 or more times a day so that might explain it
[Atrix 4G General] lorijuan1024:
i had the thunderbolt for 13 days and i managed to rack up 21gb of data use lol i cant wait to get LTE for at&t
[Atrix 4G General] dandmcd:
Tethered in to his computer most likely, or used it for Hulu and Netflix. I know one guy who left the eagle nest Ustream webcam up on his computer overnight, and went over 5 gigs in just 24 hours.
[Atrix 4G General] Deggy:
You guys don't off your data when phone not in use?
[Atrix 4G General] drock212:
AT&T says average people don't use more than 2GB a month, with smartphones becoming more and more popular and increasingly more like laptops how can anyone stay under 2GB. Just look at the random things using data... my dialer?! Isn't that the thing I use to make phone calls lol

Who else has some pics of their data usage. Let's try and get our unlimited back! :)
[Atrix 4G General] sipjca:
Wow I use less than 150mb per month... lol

Sent From My Gibgerblurred Phone
[Atrix 4G General] drock212:
What?! How lol I use that in 3 days lol
[Atrix 4G General] shriva:
I bet he lives and works within range of wifi 95% of the time..
[Atrix 4G General] drock212:
Att offers free wifi for its customers at a lot of mcdonalds and starbucks you'd think with either/or both being always at about a mile of eachother everyone of us would always be on wifi lol
[Atrix 4G General] KingKuba13:
I only have around a 100mb after a few weeks but then again probably tons of gigs on wifi.

Only have 1GB plan here with bell so always gotta be careful.

I noticed the GPS used a lot but there's probably an option to change that.
[Atrix 4G General] sipjca:
Yes mostly just Google reader syncing,gmail, and Google voice...and use like 5gb on wifi...

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[Atrix 4G General] :
god dam! lol. i currently have unlimited data and messages on a unlocked hd2, im glad i found this. everything is going to never auto sync. but yet again im getting this phone when i go to college. most of the time there will be wifi. my current data is 347 of unlimited but that is going to change to 2gbs :( tear. hmm iw onder if it will change since there will be 3G.
[Atrix 4G General] drock212:
7 days into my billing cycle and I've already used almost 700mb of data?! This phones as bad as WP7 and its random data usage lol
[Atrix 4G General] :
so i managed to get the unlimited using the iphone trick. im currently around 700mbs. but thats about a week or sot hat changed my plan over the unlimited.
[Atrix 4G General] facetubespam:
That's just crazy!!

check your apps and background data settings, man!

I've never had anything like that happen.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypticsorr0w:
Update

Thanks to dsixda, an update.zip file is created that, on installation through clockworkmod, will return I9020a's to stock conditions:

system: 2.3.3 build GRI54

kernel: 2.6.35.7-g1d030a7 android-build@apa28 #1

radio/baseband: I9020AUCB2

Link http://www.mediafire.com/?fey8wvmvlhh12uj

Original Link http://android.grdlock.net/index.ph... S&PHPSESSID=9dc0c107b878587d1e0b21ec1e3130ef

I9020A_GRI54_stock_update_with_radio.zip

MD5: ea6a32b590ffd4c6746d1a2caeedfe1c

If you want to install stock recovery after that

i9020a_stock_recovery.zip

MD5: 1b52b993ce58b62a71d8a38ccf0bc667

Recovery is flashed through fastboot

Thanks CraneGuy for radio img and sdixda for everything

[Original Post]

Hello,

My Nexus S I9020a is my first android, so I am new to rooting and flashing.

with the help of this awesome forum I got through with it all and I happily running cm7, so Thank you all.

However, I had a minor set-back... I didn't know about making a nandroid backup before all so I can retain it to its oem state.

If there is someone out there who can provide a link to his i9020a stock back up or there is a stock 2.3.3 out there that is for i9020a.. I would be really grateful.

my original stock info:

Build Number: GRI54

Baseband version: I9020UCKB2 -- now its NO DGSXXKB1 or I9020XXKB1 in bootloader menu

Bootloader: I9020XXKA3 -- I don't think I flashed bootloader at any step since this remains the same

CARRIER INFO: ATT

I did try installing the one in REF post in development, but build number is GRI40 and rebooting in recovery gives triangle exclamation droid.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i.mac:
I am in the same boat. I lost my 3G too. Did you find the stock rom yet?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nakadm:
+1

The price we pay for being trigger happy :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nakadm:
That one is easy to fix, just go back into bootloader and fastboot flash recovery...

part 3 of http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1007782
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypticsorr0w:
Thank you for your reply, but this is not what I am looking for as I want stock recovery not clockworkmod. I have that one in the link you provided and without it I would not have been able to install a custom ROM.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
I can provide you with a nandroid backup of the stock I9020A system.img and boot.img (untouched), but unfortunately I forgot to dump the stock recovery and radio from a shell.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypticsorr0w:
Thank you for replying. I won't be that much worried about radio as xxb1/3 somehow has better reception, I even get H most of the time now instead of 3G as when I first had the phone.

Did you obtain those files through CWM? just asking to know in future how do I go about keeping my stock images.

I appreciate your contribution to solve the issue I am facing.

Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
Yes I used CWM recovery. I just flashed that immediately after unlocking bootloader. I didn't root the device beforehand, so when I made a Nandroid backup it was stock.

I can upload it later, going to bed now.

PS. For dumping recovery.img, one way is to use the "dd" command in a shell (along with other parameters specifying the mount location of the image), but you need to be rooted. There are guides online, you can find them in Google search. Haven't experimented with the Nexus S yet but I had done it successfully in the past with others.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypticsorr0w:
Thanks and have a have a great night :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
Here's the backup, you'll find the link at this site:

http://android.grdlock.net//index.php?direction=0&order=&directory=Samsung Nexus S&
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KryPTiCk0d3:
Thank you sir!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypticsorr0w:
Thank you for your quick response and the files!

After downloading the zip file file i md5sum and it matched what is on the site, however when i try to restore using clockmod it says MD5 MISMATCH. I checked the files once they are on sdcard having the same md5 and it is so. I don't know what else I can do
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aam6906:
just download the recovery for the i9023 and it wil work fine.....just fastboot flash it
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypticsorr0w:
I am using that recovery already, but thanks for chiming in :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
If required, I can make this into a flashable zip so that it can be installed as a ROM.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypticsorr0w:
I solved the issue and now I have my stock GRI54 back!

Thank you!!

the issue was your recovery folder didn't have nandroid.md5 file so I created one and calculated for each file and saved.

Thanks again!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
That's strange, when I backed it up there was no nandroid.md5. Can you zip up the md5 and post it here? I could upload the corrected zip.

Edit: I guess I could use this method to calculate md5: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=714114
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypticsorr0w:
just take the file out of the attached zip and put it in your recovery folder then zip and upload
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypticsorr0w:
I think he meant cwm for i9023 not stock. I can't find stock recovery anywhere anyway
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
What method did you use to calculate the MD5? My device doesn't have the md5sum binary.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ideamonk:
Found a useful list of root-friendly Android devices - unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/root_friendly
[General Questions and Answers] hstraf:
Ok, I know this is going to be a stupid question, but I'm a total newbie to "smart phones".

My wife wants to get a "mp3 player" for walking, and she also wants a new phone. (She has a standard "candybar" phone with no data, etc.)

She says the phone just needs to be basic (no data plan is needed), but she wants a fancy touchscreen so it's easier for her to send SMS, etc.

So I was thinking... why not combine the two devices and get a cell phone that can also play mp3 files and has a touch screen?

I thought the iphone would be good, but ... holy cow! Even an old "3g" phone is still $300 on ebay. :(

So then a friend told me to look at Android phones... which led me here.

QUESTIONS:

1. Does the android system include a decent mp3 player? This will be for my wife who has something like 50gb of songs on her computer which are not organized by folder or anything else. (She uses MediaMonkey to organize.) She has no playlists or anything else. The phone "mp3 player" must be simple and easy for her to find whatever music she wants.

2. What do you think of the "Eclipse Novus phone from chinavasion.com? (I'm new here so the forum won't let me post a direct link.) It's Android 2.2, so I think it should be ok to play mp3 files? (I suppose this depends on the answer to my first question.) It's pretty cheap, so I'm not sure. (One of the reasons I like this phone is because it is quad-band so she can keep using it in France when we move there in August...)

3. Will the phone above work with Skype? (ie: Will any "android phone" work with Skype?) This is also important, because she'll want to use it (instead of her computer) to call home after we move to France.

Thanks for any help or suggestions.
[General Questions and Answers] plainjane:
First off, welcome!

Yes, Android phones have "mp3 players", they're in the form of music apps. There's a stock music app that comes with all Android phones, but there are also tons of free alternatives. I'd suggest checking out the Android Market from your computer if you want to see what Android has to offer. I have an iPod, but I use my phone for music just as often because I always have it on me.

I'm not familiar with the phone you're referring to, but it will definitely play music. I guess the final decision on which phone would be dependent on your carrier, what they have to offer, and if you're willing & able to switch.

Honestly, I'm not familiar with Skype... at all. I've never used it. I do know there's a Skype app, but I believe it's WiFi only in the US, with 3g calling available in Europe. I'm not 100% sure on this, so I would check it out on the market from your computer as well. You can also use Google Voice to place calls, and there are other apps as well.

One thing to note - most carriers won't sell you an Android phone without a data plan being a requirement. I'm not sure how this works if you buy the phone somewhere else.

I'd definitely recommend getting her an Android, though. Good luck with your search, and if you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask :)
[General Questions and Answers] hstraf:
Thanks very much for your reply.

This is exactly why I'm interested in purchasing the android phone from a 3rd party provider and not from a telecom carrier... this way, it is unlocked and can be used for any GSM-based provider around the world on any plan.

In my wife's case, she doesn't need a data plan, so we simply won't tell the provider it is a "smart" phone. She can simply sign up for any basic voice-only service, and use the wifi capability of the phone if needed when possible. :)

If anyone has any experience with Skype on an android phone, please feel free to respond.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] plainjane:
I feel behind the times since I'm not familiar with Skype, but I've never had a need for it. I'm sure there are some reviews of the Android app floating around the internet. Just be sure when reading reviews that they're recent - Android apps get updated and improved, so a review from when it first came out may be irrelevant.

Carriers can tell which phone is being used on your account, but of course they have to check. As long as there's a non-smartphone activated on the plan first, and you activate the new one yourself, you should be fine.
[General Questions and Answers] yogesh201:
I use poweramp as the mp3 player.

Skype works only in audio mode on android atm.(no video)
[General Questions and Answers] gharmonica:
yes of course it does...... and if she didn't like the built in mps3 player she can install another one fron android market
[General Questions and Answers] rjpalmeida88:
I'm using winamp, it's a free app and it is very fast. For me is the best app for music
[Vibrant General] ugonnax:
How long is this phone going to be delayed
[Vibrant General] anthonys2r:
Until those Samsung programmers put gingerbread on it
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
They said it's released today at india.
[Vibrant General] jamesd86:
anyone have an official spec sheet on the SGSII yet??
[Vibrant General] iCaptivate:
Her you go, champ.

http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys2/html/specification.html
[Vibrant General] oka1:
Release in the UK is End of April 1st week of May, the Far east will have last week of April. USA is usually after UK by 3-4 weeks. So 1st week of June is the ETA

I did find a preorder website for S2 in the UK so there you have it.
[Vibrant General] ugonnax:
Is it coming to t-mobile?
[Vibrant General] niftydl:
T-Mobile will most likely get it eventually, although it does compete with the HTC Passion/Pyramid. I am not holding my breath, getting the LG G2x to hold me over.

In all honesty, the Samsung hardware (aside from crappy battery cover) has been very solid.

You guys should take a look at this: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_ii_vs_lg_optimus_2x-review-585.php

The SG2 will have the superior hardware for sure. I don't think the HTC offerings will stack up anytime soon. Sadly no ETA on t-mobile :(
[Vibrant General] Metzenw:
anyone yet heard the screen resolution yet? I haven't found it, im assuming its 800x480. But is it possible its the size that Motorola is pushing, the 940x560.
[Vibrant General] glensta:
For what it's worth......

http://www.facebook.com/SamsungMobile
[Vibrant General] VICosPhi:
Its twice as fast as the HTC sensation, Samsung always has the hardware advantage...
[Vibrant General] brandenk0:
It's still at 800x480. But it has the new Samoled Plus screen which increases subpixels by 50% (correct me if I'm wrong).
[Vibrant General] Mannymal:
I will wait patiently. My Vibrant has me very very happy, even with Froyo.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarcean:
As some of you might know, Ziggy471 (ziggy471.com) took down all the links to his alpha/beta kernals from December on. Would anyone nicely happen to have the most recent ztest-INC-BFS-HAVS-041011.zip from April 10th or even the ztest-INC-BFS-HAVS-031811.zip from March 18th?

Ziggys kernals have always been the best performance and battery OC'd kernal for me..I had to recover from a corrupt SD card earlier today and sadly found out he took down the links to the kernal. Thanks for anyone who can help ;)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Bud there must have been a problem with them or he wouldn't have took them down. I would go with the march 12th ones here's a link

http://www.ziggy471.com/downloads/?category=5&sortby=title&dlpage=3
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] incubus26jc:
He took them down because there was a couple people in the thunderbolt forum who kinda made him a little mad.

Quote from ziggy in my email.

I removed all Alpha/Beta downloads for now, I'm tired of the controversy

on XDA. Some of you got to read a post that I put up for about 15

minutes this morning explaining my side of things, but I decided I'd had

enough of it. Guess some kernel devs are jealous of my kernel and won't

let it rest, so enough is enough, they're gone.

I still plan on working on the kernels, and if you all still want the

updates, let me know, and I'll still provide them to you.

Dave,
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
I figured it. Was something like that he's right tho he had the best kernels I can see why they would be jealous....LOL!!!!!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarcean:
Obviously none of the links work, it would be great if someone could upload a copy they might have in their download folders.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarcean:
How can I get his email address? Maybe I could mail him and get the kernels from him. Thanks incubus, love your warm roms BTW.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] incubus26jc:
He doesnt really want the links posted publically. But said I could cook his 4/10 BFS into my latest nightly. So expect to see it in tonights warm z
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarcean:
could you pm it to me pretty please, its not like it wasnt just posted pubically the other day :rolleyes: :)
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Hymizzle:
I saw this boot animation on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDydejo7xhs TAPOUT's video.

Its for the Samsung Epic but can be used on the Fascinate.

Updated, thanks and credit to Optmsprim2 over at the Epic forums. He has given permission to use the rest of the boot animations and shutdowns and alter in anyway to our liking. THANKS!!!! See his thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1002893

HELIX BLUE Bootanimation with Epic 4G wording removed:

bootanimation.zip

HELIX BLUE Bootanimation with word FASCINATE added, thanks and credit to Sneakysolidbake.

CWM zip:

Helix Boot Fascinate.zip

HELIX RED with the word Fascinate added, credit to Sneakysolidbake:

bootanimation.zip:

http://db.tt/wsYZLlX

CWM zip:

http://db.tt/Z0uBviD

HELIX SHUTDOWN animations into flashable zips with a sound file - credit to davey11 making them flashable.

If you want to change the sound, replace shutdown.ogg in system/media/audio/ui folder.

Shutdowns from the Epic 4G [Port] thanks optmsprim2

Fushsia - Preview Flash in CWM

Red - Preview Flash in CWM

Green - Preview Flash in CWM

Blue - Preview Flash in CWM
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] b33zu:
Would also love to see this but without the 4g text in it. Just have animation. Will be watching this thread. :)

b33zu....
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] BIBUBO BCJ:
I think just change "Epic 4G" to "Fascinate" text in this animation, and we have very, very cool boot animation. Hope developer !
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] fitti28:
what actually gets done to port this over to fascinate?
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] xHoLyx:
I'm quite amazed by this Bootanimation....

I'll definitely work on it tomorrow.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] sneakysolidbake:
I've been working on an edit. I'm off to bed now but I should have it done and up around early afternoon.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] optmsprim2:
Hey, guys! glad you liked my boot ani! cool to think of it on other phones.

Didn't want anyone here to put too much work into editing it since I could re-render it quick enough. Here is a link to the original animation without the "Epic 4G" in it but still says ANDROID.

bootanimation.zip

If you like any of the other colors you can fish the bootanimation.zip out of the CWM zips over here. I don't know where you guys put your custom animations so don't flash them! Also none of the other colors have any identifying text except for ANDROID.

Likewise if any of you want to go ahead and change any of them up to suit your phones better, feel free!
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] jkat797:
Thanks! Hey guys do u know where to put the file on root explorer to make it work?
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] xHoLyx:
Wow... Thx a bunch for your kindness :D
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] hd0120:
Very nice. Thanks a lot.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] obsidianchao:
That. Was. Amazing.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] bhfd64:
system/media
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] representingcochran:
I'm definitely installing the Green Helix one for sure.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] FDro:
Omitting the www.samsungmobile.com, centering "samsung" on start boot would clean it up a bit.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] cpark_12:
i tried the root explorer route and it was a no go...is it flashable via cwr at all?
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] tapout27:
Ha thats my video in the OP...Its a really nice boot animation and currently have it on my Fascinate as well....I used the root explorer method and dropped it in system/media and overwrote the current bootanimation.zip

works fine.....
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] tapout27:
No its not....
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] bhfd64:
Try Super Manager. Root Explorer doesn't let me modify animations either.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Hymizzle:
Root Explorer works just fine. Cut the bootanimation.zip from system/media and save in another folder on your sd card. Paste the new one.

Make sure mount R/W is selected in root explorer or you won't have access.

Keep me Fascinated

SC 2.9.2

EC10 Voodoo Lagfix

Honeycomb v4 - Animated
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Hymizzle:
Boom!!! Now this looks awesome on my Fascinate. Thanks!!

Keep me Fascinated

SC 2.9.2

EC10 Voodoo Lagfix

Honeycomb v4 - Animated
[General Questions and Answers] juliakills:
I JUST bought this app and started fiddling around with the themes and set it to the Honeycomb theme and IMMEDIATELY it went into a force close loop. I've pulled the battery 3 times, restarted it, nothing works. It wont hold long enough for me to get into settings. please someone help me DX<
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
is there a way to delay the scanning on boot by a set amount of time?

i know it can be disabled but can it be delayed? or maybe moved to the last thing it does on boot up?

30 - 60 seconds would be nice. let the phone do less at a time...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
Have you looked at the startup managers in market? I thought I saw one that would delay certain processes. Also, if you post request in the SGS Tools thread (thebes and apps), wilson may be able to add something like that to the app.

Sent from a place my wife doesn't know about (yet)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
ill look into that thanks but i would prefer to not have another thing run on startup
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
Have you tried something like SD Maid to (hopefully help) speed up boot? May not help, but just a random thought.