yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid X General] portnoyd:
While I share the philosophy of the OP (waiting for OTA and z4root-esque rooting), I don't agree that anyone should avoid applying GB. I did that sort of thing with my WinMo phone and if I felt the need to GB now, I absolutely would with no worries about the quality of the rom.

And with the potential for a long break without being rooted, I may just do that. I'm not up to speed with a lot of this, but will a root for the OTA be possible and will it take some time? I needs my AdFree, Tether and CacheCleaner. :P
[Droid X General] sovrce:
I'm not trying to go against the tone of the thread here by saying this, but I have Gingerbread and am really not looking back. Stock Froyo was boring, everyone will agree with that. From there you had either ApeX or rubiX (or later Liberty). I ran all three actually and settled between Apex and rubiX Focused. Apex is/was good for battery life and overall stability. rubiX Focused is/was good for speed and stability, battery life was a bit less than Apex. But to me Gingerbread is the best of both worlds. 30-40 hour battery life PLUS the much improved (for most) Quadrant scores and overall speed and snappiness is like rubiX + ApeX. (video here)

I guess all I'm trying to say is that *when done properly*, if you flash from your favorite ROM to Gingerbread it's completely doable without any hitches or hangups. The thing to remember here is this: you're going from your favorite build/ROM/setup to something completely foreign. When I first flashed 2.3 (the most recent OTA, deodexed & rooted) there were some things I complained about. Then, with time and just playing around with it, I figured them out. I think most people are "having issues" with it because it's really that much of a change. It's not the jump from 2.2 to 2.2.1. It's a whole new setup, interface and all. I think it's the process that scares people, and that's understandable, but just remember.. it's virtually IMPOSSIBLE to brick your phone. With SBF, you'd almost have to be trying to mess things ups. Find a decent guide and give it a shot. You can always flash back to your current setup.
[Droid X General] sovrce:
Just a heads up, be careful with Wireless Tether on 2.3.. or even 2.2 if you're going over 5GB. People are saying that's being watched now.
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
I didn't really say "what's the point", I said the reward for time spent seemed dubious.....and I said I applaud the efforts and am the beneficiary of them. But damn there's lotta varying degrees of success. Part of my trouble is my PC's incompatibilty with the DX drivers that prevents me from sbfing....which seems like the safety net.

Buy beyond that I haven't read anything that puts GB so very much up the foodchain from froyo ....boring? Froyo is boring compared to GB how?

And zippy? My DX is very zippy...

Maybe Im not running enough stuff ;-)

I have to say, extended battery life has my eyebrow raised...that'd be welcome.

To be honest I was thinkin about loading the dx drivers on the DAW side of my dual boot XP box...down side is that boot is offline with no antivirus etc to maximize the resources for the studio ....don't wanna **** up a well-oiled machine....which brings me back to sittin in my chaise lounge on the sideline til GB is as easy as rooting &deodexing was.

Thx for the civil discourse.
[Droid X General] jgraham4598:
I am definitely getting better battery life. The other day I calibrated my battery and had to wait for 1 day 13 hours and change before the thing finally died. Also if the drivers aren't working for you try this. http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/d...-solution-your-windows-rsd-lite-problems.html

just put it on a cd and go. It is linux. I haven't used it since my windows 7 64 bit system did the job for me just fine, but I have heard a really good response with this. Also, if you have any questions about it the guy is really good at answering them.

Since you are on stock....you are really in the perfect position to upgrade to gb the easiest. Root, Droid 2 Bootstrap, wipe, run the 3 files from tbh, wipe, and reboot. Off you go.
[Droid X General] crxin:
Just to note TBH has put out a rooted version of the GB leak....
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
I have blur_version.23588.p1 p2. And p3 plus the droid 2 bootstrap. So ur sayin I'm good to go from 2.2 rooted stock froyo up to GB without needing any sbf connection to my PC, right?

This is a good time for me to phuck around w the phone cuz Im off this week.

Couple of last questions :

I bought power amp...am I gonna lose it?

Does the camera settings issue mentioned recently apply to me on this load?

What does OTA stand for?

Can I get back to froyo 2.2 without sbf?

How many pecks in aa bushel?

Thx
[Droid X General] Jmoney47:
1. No it will redownload after you flash

2. Yes. No idea why or how to fix

3. Over-the-air. It is an update sent directly to your phone from Verizon.

4. No. But SBF'ing is not difficult at all, it's just the idea that scares people and that people make stupid mistakes

5. I think two, or four maybe. But that is completely unrelated. Look it up
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
Thx....damn quick response.
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
Well she-it...I was all ready to pull the trigger when I double checke file size. #2 should be 16.2m and im only showing 21.7k. Only one of the three links is working.

Anybody know of another link?
[Droid X General] razorloves:
all links work here

http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...3-3-4-5-588-install-patch-root.html#post68035
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
No joy.

Got an abort on the first file. (Good place to get one I guess). These files were downloaded to the wifey's laptop and copied over.

One distinction ...instructions here included "wipe", but the instructions from the modderX site did not mention wipe.

Furthermore there are 2 wipes .... I tried wiping the cache...no joy. The other wipe looked too scary..sumpin about reset factory blah blah blah.....

Its good to be on vacation.
[Droid X General] jgraham4598:
I have found that by wiping I have a better chance of not getting remnants from old roms. I could just be crazy, but I have yet to have any crazy problems. The factory wipe is the important one. It is virtually impossible to really screw up your phone. 99.9 percent of all problems you can recover from. By the way.....welcome to the world of customizing. Enjoy your new found freedom.
[Droid X General] Jmoney47:
If you don't wipe, and it boots, consider yourself very lucky and don't try again. Usually if you don't wipe, you bootloop.
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
But the bigger question is why wont the zips load?

I copied from PC (verified size)

Im on a Z4 rooted, deodexed stock 2.2...340.

Im running ADW launcher and some live wallpaper ...dats it (no themes or roms)

I come from a radio-flasshin kitchen fat Winmo platform...new to droid, not new to those tense few moments after a new flash.

I'm trying desperately to avoid sbf cuz of my PC issue (thx for the linux CD tip,but I won't be able to try it til Im back home.
[Droid X General] jgraham4598:
Do you have droid 2 bootstrap and did you get into clockworkmod recovery. You have to install the .zips from there.
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
Absolutely.

Droid 2 bootstrap (not X)

Bootstrap recovery

OK

Reboot recovery

Tiny green menu

Load zip from sd

Nav to p1

Starts to run then aborts

File error status 7

I did NOT try it with the Sytem reset wipe (just the cache one)

I wonder if I need to actually delete the droid x bootstrap? Its still sitting there next to the droid2 bootstrap?
[Droid X General] jgraham4598:
Make sure the files are on the root of the sd card. Here is the website http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...id-x-gingerbread-2-3-3-release-prerooted.html

I will try to find what error 7 is and get back to you.
[Droid X General] razorloves:
thats the old gb leak. i already gave him the link to the newest one a few posts back.
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
I've got 588 files
[Droid X General] jgraham4598:
Sorry for the bad link. From what I have been told, error 7 is missing bloatware. Did it tell you anything after error 7? From what I am told it should give a file name either before or after the error. Find out what is missing and reinstall it or unfreeze it if frozen.
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
Ah HAH. Yep...that was why I rooted to begin with...dumped. a bunch of junk. Crap...I can't remember what all I dumped...jeez.
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
Graham, thx for all ur help...

All bloatware reinstalled EXCEPT city id. Can't find the pos anywhere.

Learned about freezing after I already deleted the damn stuff....so close, and yet....
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
Actually, thanks to everyone pitching in here.

OK...found City ID here

http://www.chadhaney.com/droidXDefault/

And I learned about making all the reinstalls system files by setting permissions here

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...annot-reinstall-cityid-order-get-2-2-ota.html

So NOW I think Im ready.
[Droid X General] jgraham4598:
No problem. I think I can find the cityid.apk. I removed it a while back and then had a problem when the froyo ota came out. I will find the link and send it to you.

Edit.....that was link I was looking for nice find.
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
Do the permissions need to be exactly right on the reinstalled bloatware?

If yes, is there an app BESIDES Root Explorer? Im trying to avoid spending $5 to set permissions. I have super manager and astro but they don't seem to help.
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
Well, I found Ghost Manager (or whatever its called ) which exposes chmod settings when its in root mode, but it won't change the perrmissions cuz City Id is read only and a system file .... which is what I was trying to accomplish to begin with......so I guess Im ready. < shrug >
[Droid X General] jgraham4598:
Sorry for the hiatus.....had to work. Did you get all the bloatware back on? I have never used root explorer. I found a tutorial that had me do it through adb. It wasn't difficult. If you want I can try to find it.
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
Well Mr Graham, I've been on the reinstall bloat, unsuccessful permissions, so wipe takes out the reinstall bloat, clockwork restore, bummer that didn't restore apps, ill try the OTHER restore, must be a corrupt backup cuz now I'm SOFTBRICKED, honey I'll perform oral sex if u let me load sbf on urlaptop (make it seem like a sacrifice ), download z4 FIVE PHUCKIN TIMES before it roots, finally get GB installed,DAMN its good to be on vacation, yes it was worth it cuz GB is functionally better than froyo rollercoaster ALL DAMN DAY!!!

And all u did was work? ;-)

Paz. And gracias mi amigo.
[Droid X General] jgraham4598:
It is definitely sounding like it is time to sbf. It will seriously be pretty easy. What version of windows is on your computer? With xp you shouldn't experience any hiccups. With 7 there is a hair more reading to make sure everything is installed properly.

I just realized you are on gb. Congratulations. I am pretty confident you will be very happy with it. I would suggest calibrating your battery now also. I can go a day and a half on a charge. That is with the oem extended battery.
[Droid X General] chbennett:
I'm running the first gb build on my dx and I have only had one problem, the silly sync icon won't go off. But that one is on me. Other then that the kind folks here at xda have been a great help to keep me pointed in the right direction. (The guys on the xoom are great too). I dare you (OP) to update to gingerbread and then tell me it wasnt a positive experience.
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
I was trying to inject humor into the wild ride. I finally did sbf....managed to get laid in the process. But I stubbornly stick to my personal tenet that I got NO time for this unless im on vacation.

;-)

Love the text cursor and the improved battery.

Got most of my apps back, but I can't find my damn clock :-p.

Good job talking me into this. The.
[Droid X General] jgraham4598:
Glad I was able to talk you into it. And now that you have sbf'ed once it's pretty easy from there. Are you talking about the alarm clock when you put it into the home dock? Or is it one from the market. I can only get to mine when I put it into the dock. Once ROM's start coming out for this they usually have the clock in the app drawer. Liberty for gb just came out yesterday. A lot of people like Liberty, but I kind of like some of the blur so I usually stick with ApeX.
[Droid X General] hullie10:
+1 for apex... oh yeah I'm getting head from two girls right now while im playing on my phone and reading forum topics!!!

^ yeah that was sarcastic, while I'm reading through your topic I really don't care about your sexual escapades....
[Droid X General] jazaddict:
Im satisfied with stock..although it seems like the keyboard is harder to type accurately ...and sometimes the "send" keys take two or three presses. On the up side tthe predictive text now anticipates next words before u type anything. Seems smarter anyway.

Im gonna freeze some bloat and call it done.

Thx again

:-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sinshol:
Hello Everyone,

Okay so I'm fairly new to rooting but I understand the majority of the concepts and how to do it. I've run into a few minor problems that could prove to be incredibly annoying in the future.

I just flashed my SGS with the Infinity ROM following all the instructions to the T. I first went to the EZBase thread and did what they instructed then flashed the Infinity ROM. I did back up everything with Titanium Backup.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991792

Everything thing went well and was quite easy. I reinstalled titanium and last time I flashed my phone I restored everything related to contacts, ie: Contacts v1.0 etcetc and my contacts came back. Well I did the same here and I've lost all my contacts.

I received a text from my friend (which automatically synced with her FB profile EVEN though she hasn't got her number on her FB). I go to text her back and all the texts I tested failed. I try texting two other people, all fail. I can received texts, make and receive calls. I even have internet. Whats up with that?

Thanks for your help :>
[HTC Sensation] mrjonnyrock:
anyone know what camera and gps are in this one?

Lets hope the gps is better than the Desire HD :rolleyes:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicmel:
So I did this today http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=796975

and I now have an orange rom on my phone - great as it'll need to go back soon.

Unfortunately it doesnt appear to have unrooted it, I still have the Superuser app.

Is there any way I can remove root access, or at very least remove the app so that I may trick the techies at orange?

Nick
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meaple:
Just use the wwe ruu and say you used that to upgrade the rom. At the end of the day, if it's an official rom from HTC then orange wont be bothered at all.

Sent from CM7
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anantshri:
Hi All,

I have been trying to flash BB 52 on my Xperia X10 with current BB of .54 a lot went wrong and my phone was rendered unstable so i did a SEUS update to get back 2.1

however now when ever i am pluging in the USB connection RED LED is lightened.

however the phone is functioning normal batterry is 60 % and charging....

can anyone tell me why is it so...

I used to have green LED while charging..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaisan1:
THATS STRANGE BUDDY..!!:eek:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denenatse:
green led

I guess you don't remember having 1.6. the led used to be red till it was about 90%+, then would turn green. most of the custom roms made it simple, green means charge.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Gingerbread Man:
You should be able to install baseband .52 if you follow my guide from my signature.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hvideo1:
Everything was great.. did the update rebooted gtab worked great. Has always been stock. I shut it down and when I got home from work i hit the power button and I get the viewsonic birds then the tap n tap logo then the n just stays there and that is it has been stuck on the n for hours. I turn it off and back on and the same thing. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sepder:
Have the same problem on stock Gtab.Mine gets to the birds and sticks.Tried holding power and volume up at the same time, but won't reset.Can't discharge the battery because it still goes into sleep mode after 10 min.Computer won't read when plugged into USB.Bought on Woot so a return will be a major p.i.t.a. I am new to Android devices

and was just getting enough balls to try rooting and flashing!!! FML
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hvideo1:
Yea bought mine from woot also... I liked the stock rom was also afraid to try to load a new rom. Looks like I will be sending it back :mad:
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butchconner:
hvideo1 and sepder,

You have a choice to make. What both of you have is called a "boot loop".

Sometimes they happen because somebody does something wrong -- and

sometimes like in your case they just seem to happen.

You can return them if that is your desire -- or you can try to fix them.

Usually if one partitions the tablet and cleans it up, it can be fixed. But

that means you have to do some quick learning.

First, you have to get back to a fully stock, hopefully working version. Look

at the following procedure -- which we wrote hoping everyone would be able

to understand and use:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=861950

If you complete this procedure and the reflashed stock version works, then

we can load a program called CWM and do the partitioning and cleaning. If

the boot loops persist, then a second choice is to nvflash CWM and use it

to partition/clean up.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865245

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1030042

The threads above give you more info on the various procedures.

Post back here what you decide to do or if you have questions.

Rev
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
I would try a simple data wipe first. Much easier and less invasive.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1030915
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hvideo1:
Thanks for the replies. I don't want to send my gtab back so I'm reading both post and going to see what happens. I will reply back (hopefully with the gtab) Thanks again :)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrgche:
I'm in the same boat as hvideo1 and sepde

Already tried the nvFlash first method mentioned by butchconner but can't get past the "Booting recovery kernel image" message, just sits there on the viewsonic splash.

Going to read and try the "CWM and do the partitioning and cleaning" next.

Appreciate everyone's help!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butchconner:
lrgche,

To NVFlash, you have to press Power/Volume - to activate APX. It will usually come

up with the white screen and then turn black.

"Booting recovery kernel image" indicates you may be pressing Power/Volume + , which

starts up Recovery -- a different process.

Go back through the procedure again and double check that everything is right and

it should work.

Rev
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hvideo1:
This worked for me. Thank you back up and working. :D the only reason I didn't go the other way was because I didn't understand alot of reading and just confused me (not hard to do)

Lol. Thanks to both of u :)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
Glad to help. You should learn that other procedure if you plan on doing any serious modding in the future though. It may become necessary next time.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jochenthomas:
Hi,

I am using Widgetlocker because of the ability to unlock with the keys on the side of the Atrix (volume keys).

But after unlocking the screen it is impossible to immediately use the fingerprint scanner to unlock the phone.

What is the correct setup to get Widgetlocker unlock the phone.

Expected behavior:

1 The screen is dark

2 Press the Volume key to have the Widgetlocker-Screen visible

3 Swipe the finger [not working]

4 Phone is unlocked [not working]

Currently I have to press the Back button after step 2 to see the Motorola/Atrix Unlock screen (where I can swipe the finger and unlock), which is annoying.

Any ideas? Thanks for any input.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtmedeiros:
Sounds like you just have conflicting lock screens. I would try lockbot it disables the system lock.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jochenthomas:
Thanks for your feedback, was checking on the market.

But as far as seen no Vol. Key support - instead I have to shake it (probably as well not the best way in business)...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rickroller:
I use No Lock. This allows me to wake my phone with the volume rocker rather than the power button..which I prefer. If I'm going out and about somewhere I feel like I want the fingerprint scanner on..I simply turn the lock back on.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Even though WidgetLocker doesn't prompt you to swipe your finger it should stil accept it. Can you confirm you're trying this?

I have a beta that improves reliability of using the fingerprint scanner. Let me know by email if you'd like to try the beta.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jochenthomas:
Hi,

I can confirm that it sometimes works probably after I started the phone.

But later it is not possible (at least for me), so my question was what are the correct settings to get this behaviour. I would like to check - if it's my fault.

If it works - you are right - only swipe and it's unlocked.

But the usual way is that it is not working, so I have no chance I have to press the back button (to get the stock lock screen where swipe is possible).

Thanks for your help.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtmedeiros:
Doesn't having a locked bootloader only mean we can't permanently flash a recovery?

I mean on the moto defy the bootloader is encrypted as well but you can still restore nandroids as roms. They even have an htc sense port fully working on it. So I don't see what's stopping devs from doing something similar.

Just asking to get some information. Thank you.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtmedeiros:
Bump
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gatorhater73:
Any ideas on where I can find replacement framework? I've tried one thread from here and followed the instructions to the letter and my phone just freezes during the boot animation, so I'm not sure if the framework-res is bad or if I'm just not interpreting the instructions properly. Any input would be appreciated, thanks!!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjones1052:
What ROM is it? Normally, you can't just swap frameworks from ROM to ROM. If the Dev made any changes you have to get a theme made specifically for the ROM.
[HTC Inspire 4G] david032766:
I did an at&t pushed update on my wifes stock motorola bravo last night.... After doing the update I noticed under mobile network type her phone now has HSPA. I am on a rooted HSUPA rom on my inspire and under network type on my phone it say HSDPA.

Is my wifes stock phone getting a better connection than my rooted rom'd phone.

Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
Have you tested each devices throughput yet?
[HTC Inspire 4G] david032766:
Just using speed test and they were close to the same ... That being said I live in a crappy location for checking speeds using speed test or something .... I can run a test and got 2.0 down 1.5 up and then hit the restest button and get

100k down and 100k up.

So my speed test results are all over the place

If I remeber correctly on her bravo under network connection type before the update last night it use be UMTS
[HTC Inspire 4G] trell959:
Well the rooting process and flashing a Rom breaks the "4g" connection. I was on the inspired saga Rom yesterday and it showed the h+ icon so I can I speed test. I couldn't even get above 1 megabit so I returned my phone to stock because I'm getting this one replaced. I ran a speed test again and get 2 to 2 and a half down and 1 up