yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Arc General] arcanixX:
Definitely! The thing is there's no way through S.E. website to get in touch with somebody from the headquarters. They just have useless representatives by country who actually won't escalate our problem. It would be nice if we could send an email to Sir Bert Nordberg (president), or Rikko Sakaguchi or Kristian Tear (VP's). Any ideas?
[Xperia Arc General] Karooluss:
I send email to Polish SE support with link to code.google website from 1st post.

Sent from my SE ARC
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
Like you said, where are we gonna complain, we can tweet the sonyericsson?
[Xperia Arc General] Karooluss:
SE answered to me, that they haven't noticed this problem, and that I should update my software (wtf) :|

Sent from my SE ARC
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
This is standard BS. Always if you come with a problem they expect a noob with no knowledge at all and say do a update, or a wipe this will help. I'm in the IT world and know how it goes and this kind off stuff can make me angry :mad:
[Xperia Arc General] arcanixX:
Goddamn! Just like I said, they're useless. Any ideas how to get in touch with some useful developer from sony ericsson? Google is rolled out, Cypress is rolled out, so our real choiceschoices are to insist with sony or r wait until some custom rom that actually will fix this.

Sent from my slow-writing arc!
[Xperia Arc General] ArcOnFire:
I tried to replicate the case with home screen, but I didn't see any.

I found the problem with typo when typing too fast as well, but it seems to me it's not caused by TrueTouch.
[Xperia Arc General] arcanixX:
It's not actually caused by the truetouch, but by the touch configuration. Our android is programmed to work with 2-points multitouch only, which is why drifts when 2 points are touch almost simultaneously. Of course the people at Sony didn't notice this, considering they probably don't write fast like we do. The solution is get to notify then, so they can release some fix to make the system read correctly the truetouch points. If anyone has idea how to get in touch with these people, it would be nice. Not the actual customer services by country, because they SUCK, and never solve problems. As our friend commodoor said, they think we're noobs and try to solve everything telling us the basic stupid things we already know. It's a shame they have such great devices, but such a bureaucracy too.
[Xperia Arc General] Karooluss:
I wrote back to SE, that I'm not only one with such as problem, so they regarded to me that they informed technical support about that...

Sent from my SE ARC
[Xperia Arc General] the_ahmadzais:
Is this problem that bad? That will make you guys return or sell the phone?
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
no not that bad to

say I'm returning my phone. Normal users wouldn't even notice I think.
[Xperia Arc General] Karooluss:
I installed htc_ime keyboard and the problem solved:-) btw SE should do sth with it
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
It's configured to use FOUR point touch.. you can try it using a multi-touch test app off the market.
[Xperia Arc General] arcanixX:
Then it's not well configured, considering it keeps drifting.
[Xperia Arc General] the_slasher:
we must learn to type a bit slow when using the stock keyboard hehe
[Xperia Arc General] zkyevolved:
Does this happen only with the Stock keyboard?
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
I'm getting more problems with the touch screen. youn otice it's slow sometimes and the slide issue.

When playing taptap you miss a lot when playing on insane. download multi touch paint https://market.android.com/details?id=com.electricsheep.mtp and tap wit two fingers, you will see that it draws a line (tap fast).

I hope it's a software issue and will be waiting for a driver update from sony. this is really bad it's the same touch as mine nexus and a lot people complaint about it.
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
There are serious problems with the touch screen, i'm getting annoyed and i start hating playing games on the arc.

i made a youtube movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAV88BIi980

This has to be heard by SE and fix this issue. Please try it yourself, Download multi touch paint.

If you slide four fingers at ones it all get messed up, if you tapp very fast it draws lines between the tap.

I noticed this playing taptap revenge i missed a lot because it was to fast and when holding one finger and tapping with the other made it also mis.
[Xperia Arc General] Karooluss:
I tell about this issue to se, but You can do the same as well. I've observed it while typing on the keyboard quickly! I hope it can be fixed as well as battery drain issue
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
The batery drain isn't that big > like i showed here my usage http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13168799&postcount=148

But the screen issue is really annoying, it was bad on Nexus and Desire so i thought everybody learned their lessons from this -_-

So i really hope it's a software (driver) issue than Hardware issue
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sangredelsalvador:
Hello I'm new to the epic 4g and now that I have it rooted and ready to rom, I've read on different threads where people talk about being either "ext4" or rfs. What does this mean? I'm afraid that ill do something wrong and mess up my phone. if somebody could explain to me the difference it would be greatly appreciated thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
EXT4 and RFS are file systems. Just about every Epic rom other than Stock uses EXT4 because it's the faster file system.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sangredelsalvador:
Oh ok that makes sense. So then how would I go about converting to ext4? Would I need to do this before I flash a rom?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
Installing clockworkmod 3.0 automatically puts you on the EXT4 file system.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sangredelsalvador:
Sweet. Thanks man one more question, what's up with all the ECO5, EB13 stuff and something about updating your modem?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
EC05 is the most recent update. You have to update your modem through ODIN in order to have data/ service work correctly.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sangredelsalvador:
Thanks for the info :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamchocho:
You don't HAVE to use Odin to update the modem, there is a flashable zip around here somewhere also. Plus if your comming from stock you should be able to update to stock ec05 OTA (over the air) if your not already on it. To check what build/modem your already on go to settings-about phone-baseband version
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sangredelsalvador:
I just checked and I'm on ECO5 right now
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
Then you're good to go.
[Milestone XT720 General] TyrionWarMage:
Is it possible to replace the "real" Android recovery mode with something like OpenRecovery .. making it bootable even if the real system is broken ? Something with ADB and Nandroid preferrable :)
[Milestone XT720 General] 3rdstring:
Open Recovery for the XT720

Alternately Dexter made an APK which will install Open Recovery.

Note in both cases you will need to be rooted.
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
IIRC the XT720 bootloader requires successful cryptographic signature validation before it boots the next step (either "real" recovery or kernel+ramdisk). /system's signature is not checked by either the bootloader nor by boot.img, so to do anything non-Motorola endorsed we have to plant the hijacks there.

I'm not aware of any way around flashing a sbf over USB if the system partition gets too broken or if the boot image is tampered with and fails signature check.

Without a exploitable bug in the bootloader itself (none have been found for the Milestone--not sure anyone is even looking on XT720) or Motorola's private signing keys, we have no choice but to rely on normal boot+hijacked /system.
[Milestone XT720 General] TyrionWarMage:
Was afraid tho, thx for the confirmation.

@3rdstring: That is the common bootstrap loader that requires the system to work.
[Milestone XT720 General] jazzboarder:
I I was wondering if there was another Recovery next to open recovery that one could use.

I like OR, but what bugs me is that there seems no way to flash .zip files from within the recovery (both CWM and Danger-SPL have this option)

I would very much flash a ADW.zip over the system launcher, but had no luck so far (dont really want to just install the adw app and have it and the system launcher running)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] a1exus:
Have an HTC ThunderBolt and a burning desire to use Skype’s video chat service? You’re in luck, because the gang over at Droid-Life have discovered a leaked iteration of the Internet communication client that is video-chat ready. The client, which was expected to ship with the ThunderBolt at the time of its announcement, can only be installed on Verizon’s first LTE smartphone… at the moment. If you’re interested in taking the software for a spin, hit the read link and have yourself a download.

com.skypevideo.apk
[Thunderbolt Android Development] a1exus:
(beep) i think i posted at the wrong forum ... mods: can you move it to htc thunderbolt general please? thanks!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] want a droid:
You're a quick one...
[Thunderbolt Android Development] spjoneser:
Yeah....thanks for the effort but your like three days late.....
[Thunderbolt Android Development] a1exus:
great ;)) if it'd be 4 days then it'd be a problem but 3 days is acceptable :))) lol
[Thunderbolt Android Development] hogowner:
yes...thanks.....but you are a few days late......old news :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Drukan:
3 days late, but at least you can find his post. The "working on" post needs to be updated so you don't have to scan 20 pages to find this info...

Thanks for the heads up man
[Thunderbolt Android Development] BigMcGuire:
I sure hope they come out with a FULL Skype version that allows us to make/receive calls (on WiFi at least....). I got the Skype mobile working with video. It's nice for sure.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Varelse:
I cant get it to work at all. I cant figure out why, whenever i click the start video button, it switches like its initializing the video, then goes back to the main screen... anyone have any ideas
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Hemorrdroid:
Just an FYI to anyone wanting to try skype that wasn't aware:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...r-name-phone-number-chat-logs-and-a-lot-more/
[Thunderbolt Android Development] barcodelinux:
Phone to PC video calls fails.

Has anyone gotten phone to pc calls to work? I can make phone to pc audio calls just fine, I can make phone to phone video calls as well. But I can not get phone to pc (or pc to phone) video calls to work.

Any ideas?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Jiv3turk3y89:
Phone to pc works fine 4 me.

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt running Das BAMF 1.5 remix.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] arcanexvi:
Same for me
[Thunderbolt Android Development] gitku:
I found that phone to PC only works if the PC is running the most recent Skype update forces audio only otherwise.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] gatorguy:
Works for me as well.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] mtuckman:
I am having mixed results and am beginning to wonder if the problems with the video are related to the version running on the different pc's.

I'll have to test that out with some friends...

Sent from my rooted BAMF Thunderbolt!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Tidbits:
Keep any eye on your notification light. The amber one. Sometimes it stays lit when you have Skype on. I noticed it more than a handful of times. It stopped as soon as I removed Skype.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] barcodelinux:
Thanks!

I had to upgrade my version of Skype on Ubuntu to 2.2 and it worked fine.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] robplatt:
anyone gotten skype w/video to work with thunderbolt loaded with Gingerbread? I can't seem to install the apk. Worked fine in Froyo
[Thunderbolt Android Development] rufflez2010:
not working for me using titanium backup.

pushing it to the phone doesn't work either.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] jaysckap:
It will not work with gingersense at this time. Hopefully soon though :)

Sent from my badass tbolt rockin BAMF
[Thunderbolt Android Development] jmstumme:
Actual error is:

W/PackageManager( 1666): clear PackageParser.PARSE_CHATTY
E/PackageManager( 1666): Package com.skype.merlin_mecha requires unavailable shared library com.htc.device; failing!
W/PackageManager( 1666): Package couldn't be installed in /data/app/com.skype.merlin_mecha-1.apk
[Thunderbolt Android Development] outlaw410:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1148190

Try that...working here

Gingeritis 1.0 build 14...
[Thunderbolt Android Development] yohanseki:
Has anyone had any issues when you initiate video skype call on thunderbolt I can not be heard. But the other person video calls me audio works fine. The other person has an iphone4 I'm using cm7 1.1.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] iphydeauxi:
I am as well as calls to landlines. I can call pc's and droids just fine, but anything apple, they have to call me back.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] johnnyv5:
Is there an updated version that works with unrooted, stock tbolts? This one doesn't work. Says Phone not supported....

jv
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK002:
Hi all,

Really sorry if this has been asked but I'd really like everyone's opinion on rooting this device.

Like, why? Is it easy to get wrong? Can it be reversed? Is it easy to back up? Etc.

Thanks so much guys, I'm just so worried about doing it and ending up with a bricked phone. I love my Desire. I'm sure you all understand :-)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Firstly, go to Settings>About phone>Software information and post up the Software version. If there's an RUU (ROM Upgrade Utility) available for your current version then yes it's reversable

You can't backup your phone until you've rooted, hence the importance of an RUU to get back to stock should you ever need to.

As for should you root, it's up to you. Why do you want to root?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK002:
Thanks for that!

I heard it allows for a faster unit, more memory, better Apps2SD function, more fun with the unit, more apps etc?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dieselboy:
Na I wouldn't bother :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK002:
How come? :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dieselboy:
Can be time consuming. <- this is not really a valid reason :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ed Roid:
Definitly time consuming ! This would be a valid reason is you ask my wife ... :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geordie Boyo:
Yes root it.

Opens the door to expand on the functionality of your Desire.

Put it this way, my desire arrived in the post in the morning, by afternoon it was rooted..

Think that says it all really. Good luck.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK002:
Wow. There are a lot of different views. Might need to let the poll decide haha.

I'm just scared, don't wanna brick it!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ed Roid:
Just read before you do it, don't begin before you understand what you do, and everything will be ok !
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
If you answer my first question we can let you know if there's an RUU so you can get back to stock if needed. Will take some risk out of it
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Download this to get back to stock if needed:

http://www.multiupload.com/LEJCW182AH

Nothing to stop you now, really :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k3lcior:
I rooted my Desire the same day it arrived. ;)

Nothing to worry about, its really HARD to *@^$ up something, you shouldn't S-OFF yet tho that is bit more risky but really go for Root and Custom ROM's. :cool:

ps.

I have same RUU as you. :p
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK002:
Thank you :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK002:
What does S-off do?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k3lcior:
Have a read here: http://alpharev.nl/

But really stick to rooting yet before you learn more. ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK002:
Thanks! Definitely be checking all this awesome stuff out after exams :)

Almost wish someone could do it for me, but I know I'd be upset if I didn't do it myself :P
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saenic:
S-off allows you to change the partition layout of the phones memory and delete system apps with titanium. S-off is for advanced users who want to do special things.

To answer your question:

Rooting is not really dangerous because you can almost always go back to stock rom.

Ask yourself what you want to do with your phone. If you just want to download apps and use them then you don't need root. But if you want to try out different ROMs (Sense, Sense HD, pure, MIUI) then go ahead and root.

There is a nice video tutorial sticky in the dev forum, that shows how to root and what kinds of roms there are.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1016084

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] status_six:
I read and researched for a good long time before doing anything, I reccommend you do that! I definitely recommend root though, I did root and s-off and now I have:

Better battery life

no unwanted apps clogging my system

much more free ram and internal storage

a choice of any rom (I choose oxygen)

ability to r/w to any part of my device while my phone is booted.

You will read about peoploe bricking their phones and such, but it seems to me the vast majority of cases have no problems at all if you follow instructions carefully.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
It's catch 22, you don't root before you understand, and you don't start to understand before you root. :)

Do it mate, i've only done it because of limited internal storage, only tried 2 roms so far and settled with LeeDroid.

Very important thing is to get clear guide of how to root. Have a look here, i found this one the clearest. Follow it till you get to installing rom, pick the rom you want to try and install it instead of baadnewz'es one

http://insertcoin.baadnwz.eu/wiki/How_to_get_the_ROM_on_your_phone

Good luck
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thanks for the links and help everyone :)

Appreciate it!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
One more question,

Do ROMs effect the launchers, or are they separate?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluesith:
I did my first root , s-off and installed CyanogenMod last week . I was real scared about messing it up , but with the guide , it was pretty easy .

Super happy , and loving these forums .
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
Depends what Rom you are going for. I'm using LeeDroid which is with sense, some other ones are without. It's personal preference really.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Maybe I'll buy a cheap Android phone (any in mind that wouldn't have trouble with rooting?) that I can muck around with and then when I'm all good and understand everything I'll do it to my Desire :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
It's fairly simple. I can give you a link to drop box with adb drivers, HTC drivers if you need. There is unrevoked too, but its best to download it from their website. Just read baadnewz'es guide, do some more reading on the side, and you will be ok.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgattenb:
Your wife will become an Andriod Widow ... she will never see you ever again !!!... New roms will become like drugs...your will become nothing but a touch screen :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Sure. I'd love a link to the driver's so then I don't have to install and uninstall all that HTC Sync stuff :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tele27:
just a quick question, my phone uses the same RUU as the person who started this thread, i've got the restore .exe file

after rooting the phone if i want to revert back, all i have to do is double click on the .exe file and it will restore the phone to factory settings?

or am i missing something out :p :p
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k3lcior:
Exactly, you dont even need a working ROM. (you can do it in fastboot)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26257623/Root/reflash_package.exe unrevoked

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26257623/Root/android-usb-driver.zip usb driver

also, you need adb drivers, google it, i just cannot remember how i've done it, but it was definitely without adb, or sdk, i just pointed to them manually when i connected desire in recovery, i think. Honestly, can't remember, if i find tutorial i used i'll post it here mate.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izelhaiku:
[Q] Help in rooting my HTC Desire!

Device Info:

Bravo PVT4 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT - 0.93.0001

MICRO P - 051d

TOUCH PANEL - SYNT0101

RADIO - 5.10.05.30

Aug 10-2010, 17:52:18

Android version - 2.2

Baseband version - 32.48.00.32U_5.10.05.30

Kernel version - 2.6.32.15-g29e526b

htc-kernel@and18-2#1

Build number 2.17.61.3 CL274424 release keys

Software number 2.17.61.3

Browser version Webkit 3.1

My phone is locked and branded by Orange UK, this phone is the replacement phone which i got from Orange as the old was not working properly!

I need to root my phone to install some apps which needs root and to overclock my phone! Until now I haven't tried anything for rooting my phone!

After rooting my phone, I would like to flash my phone with the original recently updated official HTC Desire rom with froyo or gingerbread for UK.

Can someone help me to root and flash my phone successfully? :confused:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
Mate, this is ridiculous. This whole thread explains how to do it, there is whole thread with video tutorial, there are thousands of post on that, and you are asking for help?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izelhaiku:
i'm worried about those numbers, radio, hboot.. I wasn't sure as others they have different series of numbers!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
same as mine, and i'm rooted.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izelhaiku:
alright! i'm gonna try now, will reply!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeahman45:
i rooted mine... lol i don't install roms... don't know why i rooted no real advantage except u can use applications needing rooting... if u r not going to install custom rom.. i see no reason why to root
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
Space was the main issue, and reason why i rooted. So far so good, using a2sd+ and i'm a happy chappy.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izelhaiku:
i get a error like installation failed with unrevoked!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k3lcior:
Did you uninstalled HTC sync? Did you installed drivers provided with Unrevoked method?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izelhaiku:
yeah! i did everything!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izelhaiku:
error is is your firmware too new?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izelhaiku:
guys, successfully rooted my phone! now how to install rom?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
Search xda, decide what rom you want, go to that thread, there will be wiki on HOW TO. Recommend starting with LeeDroid v2.4 (a bit biased as that's what i use)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k3lcior:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=696189

Specifically: http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-htc-desire/

If you installed CWM Recovery with Unrevoked then skip those steps:

1. Download the recovery package

7. Select Apply sdcard:update.zip (This should launch the recovery package).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izelhaiku:
my phone is getting powered on! help me im really afraid, i did the nandroid backup! pls..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k3lcior:
What you mean that your phone is getting powered on?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izelhaiku:
its getting restarted so many times! did i brick my phone?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izelhaiku:
sorry its not getting powered on, its stuck at htc image....