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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
XDA, you are my only hope, and no I don't mean to sound like someone out of Star Wars, but I mean it, it's either you, or the death of my Desire...

Today I had my phone in my pocket at work. I took it out and noticed it was dead, so naturally I thought the battery had run out, although I was confused as I had fully charged my phone the night before. I got home, put my phone on charge and after two minutes the Orange light still hadn't come on. I removed my battery, then re-inserted it and still nothing.

After 10 or so minutes I started to fiddle around with my Desire a little more. I am running a custom ROM, so I removed the SD Card & the SIM card & the battery. If I plug the charger in with no battery, SIM or SD, I get a Orange & Green light that flashes on and off within the combined time of one second. Inserting the SD, will stop the battery from charging and the handset turning on, however if there is no SD in, and just the battery I am able to get to HBoot, however it won't respond.

I am trying to flash the latest PB99IMG that can be found over at Shipped-Roms. HTC are on schedule to pick the phone up tomorrow however the problem is it has a Custom ROM on it, please XDA I need you help, even if I can't get my phone into fully working order, aslong as I can get it running Genuine HTC Software. Thanks in advance!

Extra Notes:

I found threads suggesting this could be linked to a 'Dead Battery' however they all concerned batteries that were fake/counterfeit, not real ones that died.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moscow Desire:
so, if you insert the sim, and no sd, it charges

Have you tried a different sd? One formatted to FAT 32?

And if so, can you boot to recovery? (vol -, and hold power key)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
I tried an SD Card that works and that I current use with my other phone, Desire HD, the symptoms are the same however I am able to Charge with the SD Card in at the same time, I haven't tried Charging with the SD Card in with the original SD Card that was inserted when the problem first occured. At the moment, the Orange light will come on signaling charge, however if I do Vol - + Power the light goes off and nothing happens, and the same if I just power on, I have to remove the battery and re-insert to get it to charge again.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moscow Desire:
what ROM?

Also, if you do a fastboot. "back button" then power?

Are you running Leedroid by chance?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
I am running one of the stock-but-rooted ROM's.

It can be found here.

And I can confirm that the back-button and power causes the same problem as trying to get into HBoot. If I was on LeeDroid, could the scenario for that problem possibly fix this one?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Phone is not getting hot, does it? (also have the same blinking notification)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
It does if I try to turn it on (which is when the screen goes black and nothing happens.)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Okay than the thermosensor is preventing from it from charging. Well 2 things come to my mind:

1. Check the contact pins which are connecting to the battery. See if they are not bent. (not touching the copper). If they are, try to fix them with a precision screwdriver.

2. Put the phone into the freezer (suggested bya danish XDA member, can't remeber who) for a few minutes (3-4). and try to charge.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
I have managed to get to Fastboot after putting the device in the freezer, problem is, when i press vol +/- nothing happens.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Then IDK - these are the most frequent errors for the problem: Dead battery/overheating. And the bent pins were causing the problem (not contacted the copper sheets on the battery).

Somebody mentioned, that an extremly drained battery will produce the same blinking effect.

Also, try the wall charger and not via USB (just in case).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phillyzxp:
so i thought i did the right thing...to start from the top...my old evo broke...got a new evo...didnt update the prl...rooted/flashed a new rom and boom...my internet blows...its stuck on 1x...so..i flashed a sense rom...updated the prl...now im missing something because when i go back to the roms i wanna use...its still stuck on 1x...what am i doing wrong?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
You're most likely not doing anything wrong. I assume you're using an AOSP rom. Aosp roms show your true signal, if you're on 3g or 1x. Sense roms show 3g all the time, even if you're on 1x. Sense lies to you. Aosp shows the truth. Although there is now a mod that allows you to see true signal on Sense as well now.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rugedraw:
A PRL is a "preferred roaming list" and has nothing to do with data speeds unless you're talking about data speeds when you're roaming. Do you mean that you are getting no 3G coverage at all?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evomattnc:
Are you sure you are getting 3g at all? Sense doesnt tell you when you are on 1x unless you grab an app for that. Are the 1x culprits all aosp and you are just under the impression you are getting 3g on sense when in all reality you are not? Run a few speedtest.net tests and let us know what your speeds are on both on both. I doubt your speed changed.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phillyzxp:
hmmm...interesting....well im running MIUI...but its weird...because i used to get good signal...i wonder if maybe this is tying in too all the problems it seems a lot of people are having...im gonna run the speed test right now and see
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evomattnc:
signal and speed arent necessary related, though i believe aosp does calculate that into theirs. On sense it is (almost?) always separate. Anyhow I have only seen a few phones get "stuck" internally at 1x, no worries that would also be fixable.

You may just be having tower issues, thank sprint for that. Another good question is do you get 3g on a diff tower? drive out of the range of your current tower and see what ya get.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phillyzxp:
yea im gettin a steady 1x from home all the way to work which is about 15 miles away...

my first test:

Ping: 558ms Dl:125 Ul:148

second test:

ping: 807ms Dl: 126 Ul: 140

3rd:

ping: 786ms dl: 126 ul: 143

im not too knowledgable about this stuff....but i feel like the numbers are good right?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evomattnc:
No, those are def 1x speeds. Sprint average is 540k. Being that you have used multiple towers i would assume its the phone. Grab easy settings from triforce, luke and see what the settings are. If you cant get back to 3g you may want to grab the 2g/3g toggle from triforce, luke for a buck and set it to hybrid or evdo only and see if that works. Its the only thing that helped me once.

I tried profile restores, other prls, everything. Have you tried any other prls? I wouldnt suggest a profile restore because you dont have 3g and it needs that to provision.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpz1100:
Have you gone into ##3282# (sense rom), and cleared your profile data (top item, then menu IIRC). This will cause the phone to reboot, and do an OTA activation on the subsequent boot.

Have you messed with your 3g settings - meaning, is the device being forced into cdma mode only??

Which rom did you specifically flash?

And I guess most importantly, before you did anything, did you ensure 3g/4g work with the phone in its stock state?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stuke00:
I had this same issues awhile back and the quoted text is what worked for me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evomattnc:
you can try a profile restore but it may not activate well without 3g. Sprint told me that themselves, so have others...though it did activate for me, i have seen people get stuck though for a bit...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phillyzxp:
well...from what i understand i guess i have no idea if 3g was working before...i know 4g did work fine...and it still works weather im using the wimax setting on a sense rom or even before i rooted it....so somebody give me a run down of what to try...i read a lot of those suggestions...and to be totally honest...i have no idea what too do...like i said im kinda new to this whole thing
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phillyzxp:
nevermind...i found the thread with the whole step by step process...thanks for your help guys...i got it up and running
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andrew149:
Ok first of all i have read all guides and im completely stumped everything works and i mean everything but gladroot is the only thing that will not recongnize my devices no matter what adb works for everything when i run a cmd and type adb devices my devices pops up just fine someone help me

windows 7 64bit
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcarpenter85:
i get this problem sometime with gladroot. just unplug the usb and reboot your phone and your computer and it should work.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAulyhoffman:
put the folder in a directory WITH NO SPACE

C:/windows = ok

C:/windows/documents and settings = not ok
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andrew149:
as in put the folder on the root of my harddrive?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mrniceguy0921:
I had this same problem and I had to reinstall the adb drivers. or go to motorola website and download the program to repair drivers.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BBock9:
Same here..my moto drivers just disappeared and I couldnt figure it out. Double check they are installed.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andrew149:
thank you!!!!!!!!!! i have root and am running greyblur =]
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Maxxd01:
Please delete. Thanks.
[Xperia Play General] dsswoosh:
Is it possible to set up the touch analog control to work with fpse?

If so, could someone explain how please (or link me to a site explaining how, i can't find one anywhere)

Games like Ape Escape need the analog sticks to play.

Also, could someone explain how to set up the light gun to work with games like time crisis and point blank. I can not get the touchscreen working with the light gun at all.

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Play General] arcticmedia:
I haven't had the analogue sticks working yet and as far as I remember for ape escape you need L3 & R3 aswell and the analogue touchpads are not pressable.

As for the guncon go to guncon mode and apply hardware keys L3 & R3 to your shoulder triggers and start shooting away don't worry because all settings are saved for each game individually
[Xperia Play General] dsswoosh:
Ok I got the lightgun working thanks.

The only way atm to get analog stick emulation is to srlect analog, use on screen dpad and use the actual xperia dpad as the joystick.

No way to use the actual touch analog pads atm.

Thanks for helping.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaritolalala:
Hi everyone, I bought my wildfire a week ago just to realise it already comes with hboot 1.02. Then I downgraded to 1.01 and 2.1 (via official RUU).

software info:

hboot 1.01.0001

S-ON

So today I tried this:

Run visionary+
su
mount -o remount,ro -t rootfs -w rootfs /
rm /default.prop
****PAUSE*****
on the root of my sdcard I have the modified default.prop
[CODE]#
# ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_PROPERTIES
#
ro.secure=0
ro.allow.mock.location=0
ro.debuggable=0
persist.service.adb.enable=0

**END**PAUSE**

cat /sdcard/default.prop > /default.prop[/CODE]

Now if I do cat on this file I get:

cat /default.prop
#
# ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_PROPERTIES
#
ro.secure=0
ro.allow.mock.location=0
ro.debuggable=0
persist.service.adb.enable=0

Then I tried to avoid overwriting by chmod 000 default.prop but it didn't work, every time I reboot the phone the file goes as before, with ro.secure=1.

So my question is, what I did is useful for something?

:S
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannyjmcguinness:
I have also tried modding this file along with the init files, but to no success.

I believe the correct way to do it is in the format of a comand like this :

setprop default.prop ro.debuggable=1

which appears to execute successfully but does not alter the file for some reason
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannyjmcguinness:
Can anyone verify if this is supposed to be the way to alter such a file, or does this do something else completely?
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannyjmcguinness:
Also I think it may be useful if you could find a way to alter the date property back in sync with the rest of the files which are on 1970, that way it may not get picked up as being modified.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaritolalala:
I'll try the date trick but I think it's not going to work because *I think* hboot reloads these files every boot, but of course it's worth a try!
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EchoVelocity:
But where does hboot reload these files from?
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaritolalala:
I *think* these properties (ro.secure, ro.cid, etc) are "embedded" into hboot and at boot time simply copy and overwrite old files.

Since the temproot for 2.2.1 (psneuter) is kinda **** (cannot use "touch", for example or "cp") I'm going to downgrade to 2.1, temproot with visionary and change the date of default.prop to the original one (by the way, even doing chmod 000 default.prop it gets deleted after boot :p).

Does anyone know if it's possible to make the new file have the same chksum or md5 (i'll try both) that the old one?

I don't know how hboot checks if the file has been modified. Maybe it does not even check and just simply replaces it...
[Xperia Play General] hykhleif:
hey guys so finally I was able to move most of my apps to the storage card as I had only less than 40 mb left on the internal storage,

I used the adb method that was posted on this forum, know that i have over 140 apps installed, I kept on purpose the IGO and 4 other apps on the internal memory which take about 50 mb by. But besides that I moved all the other apps to the storage card. The weird thing is that I am now left with about 115 mb out of a total 380 mb from the internal storage.

What is taking the remaining memory from the internal storage?
[Xperia Play General] DeadlyDazza:
You'll still have some space taken up by the apps you left on for widgets etc, and the ones that went to the sd leave a few kb's behind.

The rest is all bloatware my friend, timescape, what's app and all the other sh*t they won't let you uninstall.
[Xperia Play General] matknny:
Also cache from most programs.
[Xperia Play General] jkr284:
yes whats app, timescape, postcard, the sims 3, tetris, playnow etc are some culprits, i cant wait for root to remove this bloat i dont need.
[Xperia Play General] DeadlyDazza:
Annoying really.

The SIMS. I hate the SIMS.

Postcard ? Really ??

What's App, 1 year free sub then can't uninstall if you don't pay.

Testris ? In 2011 ??

No thanks, I'd rather have the memory... Oh, I can't !
[Xperia Play General] baaa3:
The adb method will only use the SD Card? or it is the same as moving the app to the SD CARD (Some part of the app will still be on the memory?)

if SD Card only please add the link on how to do it :)..

Thanks a lot..
[Xperia Play General] recce5:
The 380MB you're talking about is actually the available RAM size (from a total of 512MB). The storage space for installed apps resides in the NAND flash which has a total of 400MB free.

The RAM size will reduce as more background tasks are running, i.e. you kept opening apps and didn't close them properly.

The NAND flash storage space will reduce as you install more and more apps, but many apps are able to offload their data files to the SDcard.
[Android Software Development] Maxxd01:
Hello everyone.

I developed a kitchen (it's already online) where you can create zip updates for a lot of apps. Before I sharing it with all you, I need to know one thing - I'm sorry for the question but I only "know" the filesystem of my phone since it was the only android device I used - it's a samsung galaxy spica and I'm not a very active user in this forum for a long time, so I honestly do not know how other devices work.

So what I need to know is: in general, all android phones have /system and /data partition, where apps are saved?

Also, all rooted devices have a recovery which accept ZIP Updates?

Thank you all.
[Android Software Development] dancer_69:
The apps saved to data partition

and the most(if not all) rooted devices can updated via zip files.
[Android Software Development] Maxxd01:
Thanks. I just wanted to be sure.
[Android Software Development] smaskell:
there are a few things that differ between phone (eg. /sdcard vs. /mnt/sdcard) but I'm fairly certain that all of them will have /system and /data. It just wouldn't make sense otherwise.
[HTC Inspire 4G] pronghornrunner:
I read a LOT of online reviews and this is one of the best comparison reviews I have seen. Great comparison photos and level write-up. Bravo!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Brownsreds:
Those both make the phone look freakin' huge!
[HTC Inspire 4G] BillTheCat:
Thanks! I do try to be clear and thorough. I find a lot of reviews focus on features, bells and whistles, but not so much on the practical aspects in daily use. So I figured some perspective was the way to go.

Well, I did say 'considerable bulk'. :D

Yes, they really do make the phone much larger, but I can tell you that I've dropped both my HD2, and Inspire to the ground on asphalt and gravel while inside the Otterbox cases and nothing - I mean nothing - happened. Just some dirt on the outside of the case. A good case is just so worth it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] xhanatos:
Thanks for the review, I was thinking of getting the Otterbox defender.. I wasn't aware of the Seidio..

choices.. choices.
[General Questions and Answers] fede91it:
Hi guys, i have to buy a new phone. I'am looking for HTC Desire S, but my preoccupation is for futher developers interest. After 2 months no root.

You believe that being left out than its predecessor HTC Desire, or it is only a matter of time?

Thanks a lot!
[myTouch 4G General] davidspitzer:
Does anyone have the pinout for the headset jack on the HTC MyTouch 4G (T-Mobile US). I am trying to build /buy an adaptor for an external mic for video recording. I purchased one from KV connections and i think i got the wrong one as the speaker works but the mic is still using the internal one

this is the one I got (which does not work):

1 left+ tip

2 right+ ring1

3 ground ring2

4 mic+ sleeve

i think 3 and 4 may be reversed on the mytouch but i am not sure any thoughts?

thanks in advance :)
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] bobbycarver:
hiya can anyone tell me how i change the splash1 (htc icon which appears when turning on) i have hboot 1.001 S-OFF if thats any help also i have tryed searching but nothing come up to do with the wildfire
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] GuestK00105:
I dont know the answer to your question but it makes alarm bells ring.

Is it something you really wanna do as it sounds like bricking your phone maybe likely?
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] bobbycarver:
its just something that seems good to do ive read somewhere that with s off you can then change the splash1 which is the htc screen before a custom bootloader will appear
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] bx19:
official HBOOT 1.01 with S-OFF.

looks great. have u used xtc clip.

i dont know if this splash image works with u.

http://alpharev.nl/

there at the bottom of the page, there are 3 splash screen images for different screen resolutions. dont know how to do that since im on unrootable froyo.

i expect just by having S-OFF, u cannot change the splash screen. u need to have root access and have installed custom recovery.

find it out clearly before going ahead.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] ShyamSasi:
Hi there,

I found this link in Ben's signature http://spla****.dokyou.eu/ maybe it might help.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] bobbycarver:
thanks alot :) it seems i need to flash it via fastboot now i just need to find out how to use fast boot lol
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] nhnt11:
Hey, I actually misled you a bit earlier. You can't do it even with the fastboot tool with just s-off, because though its s-off, the bootloader doesn't support fastboot commands. For that, you need AlphaRev's patched HBOOT.

Oh, and you don't need root/custom recovery. Splash1 has nothing to do with the ROM.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] bobbycarver:
so how would i be able to get alpharevs patched hboot beacuse i understud that it wouldnt support the buzzes newer hboot
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] nhnt11:
It can be installed as long as you have root. If you want, come on IRC - freenode, channel #alpharev - and ask for the bootloader. You should be able to flash it easily since you have s-off. (You could brick your phone if you do it wrong so be careful)
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] bobbycarver:
lol sorry about this but how do i get on the irc
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bapurado:
I dont want to make this a gingerbread vs froyo thread or mysense vs aosp. i already know the differences between them and i know on paper gingerbread is the future and is better.

my question is if i should upgrade to GB because the roms are ports from other phones. with roms such as royal glacier running the stock firmware i would think it would run more efficiently and more stable since that rom and kernel were made for our phone compared to all the ginger roms/kernel which were meant to run more efficiently on other phones. i know at this point the gingerbread roms are stable but they come with a few caveats with some things not working properly as their supposed to.

what do you guys think? is ginger really worth it for now?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erickdj:
It's a matter of personal taste. ROMs and kernels have come a long ways since the phone came out. The latest RoyalGinger and RoyalGlacier are both rock-solid and everything works, no "catch" at all. I'm torn trying to decide which one to run permanently on my phone, they're both that good. RoyalGlacier is nice, smooth, fast, and has the stock espresso/sense stuff that makes the stock ROM so good. In my opinion HTC/T-Mo nailed the software interface dead-on, it doesn't feel gimmicky or clunky, it flows really nice and the experience is top-notch, I like it a lot. The only downside I've had with it is that the battery life is not nearly as good as RoyalGinger and up until the latest version it didn't have DSP/Equalizer, but I see that it does now. RoyalGinger is rock solid, it's blazing fast, the battery lasts forever, has DSP/Equalizer, and feels very "lean". But that is also the downside to it, it feels too "old/plain" compared to espresso, I miss having a different wallpaper for the lockscreen, recent apps on the notification area, nice music player integration with the lockscreen, a very nice look to the app launcher/icons, mms notifications on the lockscreen, the phone/contacts app, and other miscellaneous things that define the stock experience. RoyalGlacier cleans up really good with the Mixer theme(not because of the wallpaper, I changed that), the notification area colors/icons look really nice, the launcher icons look way better than stock gingerbread, the dialer has a transparent look to it and you can see the wallpaper through it. If the battery life were better on the stock-based ROMs I'd probably go back to that, but right now I'm just amazed with the battery life on RoyalGinger. Bottom line is both are EXCELLENT ROMs and can't go wrong with either one.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Katsuro:
I'm sure this has been asked a billiondy times, but not lately so here we go... Would I be a little late in the game to purchase a Desire Z right now? I don't see any keyboard phones with good specs coming out any time soon, and the Desire Z seems to be the best android keyboard phone that is easily rootable.

So any insight? Is this still a viable phone, or should I wait for something with a little more power (and front camera)?