yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
my fav is the black rubbery one from T-Mo... got it at launch date. I've tried others since and they always fail by comparison.

Also, you know there is a whole section on this right? You may want to check there.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jRi0T68:
If you need real protection, and want it to still look good, Otterbox is the way to go. I don't really notice the phone being any thicker, but the protection is superb, and it looks elegant, to me at least.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] archie53:
Sedio Innocase, great protection and adds minimal bulk.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
I'm a big fan of seidio... I returned that case it was so bad in my opinion.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haasor22:
Tmo stock rubber.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subtyler:
Naked is the only way to be. I throw mine in my pocket with keys and what not, no scratches yet. I tried numerous cases but keep going back to nothing at all.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gazelem37:
Naked maybe a good way to go. I still have concerns with scratching the back so I put an invisible shield full-body cover on mine and haven't looked back. Hate the bulk that is added from the other cases too.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ejamin73:
Otterbox for daily use & Trident case when boating
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalcrazy22:
I agree I have an otterbox to and I like it alot. Perfect case for the phone
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JediDru:
I was using a TPU case but I feel like I am killing my phone pressing the buttons. I have one of the I9000 mesh cases and am very happy with it without a screen protector. They are on eBay btw.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawika:
Hands down its the Otterbox. Case closed haha! Only thing is its the "commuter" so its a pocket style. Otterbox dont make the "defender" for our vibrants so no belt clip but search the threadz someone posted a discount code. I used it too!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnielsen40:
I wanted to go naked, but was too paranoid, so my solution was a Barely There case. I've loved it because it doesn't add any bulk, and has already saved my phone a couple of times from dinged corners.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crysto25:
the harder it is on the side and spends most time in ur pocket, it scratches that chrome side/corners of ur vibrant... i had body glove with my other fone.. not saying its a bad case, extra protection from dropping is good.. but it does scratches it over time.. try a cheap silicone and with a case/pouch or w.e u call them.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stavros05:
Otterbox not only does it not add bulk,you can still put it in pocket! I've tried all the silicone ones. The OBX combo has held up the best so far.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VanillaSoda:
Sexyness + Strong as hell... otterbox
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimzip:
Got a $2 silicone rubber case from ebay and it works just fine...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madguitarist63:
Case-Mate tough. I have four of them because I like to laser etch things on them and I get them free :D. But it is the best case I've found for protection and doesn;t add the bulk otterbox does.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] kuailan:
There are 2 ways you can do it:

1. Buy the boot changing application from the market.

2. Download Root Explorer (a must have for root users). Make sure you enable R/W option. Go to /system/media (this is where your bootanimation file is). You can copy/delete/paste any bootanimation.zip you download to this directory.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] alphadroid2011:
So what happens when we delete the original bootanimation.zip?

Will my xperia arc s boot faster? Or will the bootanimation by default be replaced by a sony ericsson text. Or alternative 3. Will my screen go black for the same time as the animation normally shows?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] bassie112:
You can also copy a bootanimation.zip (leave it zipped) to /data/local/ and change the permissions: "owner/user: ---, group: rwx, world/everybody: r-x" (chmod 075)

Then you don't have to replace anything. When you delete the file you will get the the old SE boot-animation back.

---------- Post added at 12:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:40 AM ----------

Probably not. Or maybe below a second. Don't know if you get a black screen or bootloop when you delete the file in the media dir.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] alphadroid2011:
So.. I has deleted the original bootanimation.zip on my xperia arc. It doesnt boot any faster. But the animation is gone. Instead there is the sony ericsson text followed by a "Android" animation, lol. Its nice and feels clean but it was not my attention :D
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] bassie112:
I figured that the animations would not take much resources. It's not like you are playing a movie or something, more like a gif image.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryjabo:
Is there a way to setup CM7 with a custom lock screen image without using apps like Widget Locker?

Surely someone can modify CM7 to be able to have this function like MIUI or something, no? I'm quite surprised that the CM team hasn't implemented it, honestly.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
Multipicture Live Wallpaper has and option to use a separate image (or folder) for the lockscreen. This option doesn't work with the MIUI lockscreen (at least not for me), but it probably would work with CM.

It doesn't drain any more battery for me than a normal wallpaper, if that's something you worry about. It could be different for your phone, though.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] onesummernight:
Hi, This is SPEC of Wiipad T9 SPEC. we will release details for decelopers.

Hardware Specification

Main IC	Nvidia tegra 250 dual core Cortex A9 1Ghz

RAM	512M DDR (1GB optional)

Screen	Capacitive multi-point touch screen LG IPS Screen ( same as ipad)

Internal memory	512M (1GB optional)

Memory card	4GB(8-32GBoptional) Micro SD/TF Supported

Wi-Fi	High performance 802.11b/g

3G	WCDMA/EVDO /TD-WCDMA optional

CAMERA	1.3 million pixels

HDMI
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechnoHacker:
So I want an Evo 4G. I am trying to get it on MetroPCS with full text,talk,data,mms, etc..

$40 plan.

Any cons?

(I want to flash ROMs,use froyo and gingerbread leaked, root, etc...)

How do I do this without paying random people money and shipping my phone. (MAIN QUESTION)

[I have an intercept but i am totally new to the evo 4g and flashing]
[General Questions and Answers] CesarDroid:
Hey I have the Samsung Epic 4G and am trying to flash the Nebula ROM and I need Clockwork Recovery but I have no clue how to get it. I'm already rooted by SuperOneClick
[General Questions and Answers] plainjane:
Download Rom Manager & choose "flash Clockworkmod recovery". That should set you up.
[General Questions and Answers] CesarDroid:
I've tried that

That recovery isn't clockwork it's the stock recovery
[General Questions and Answers] plainjane:
Huh? Clockwork comes "stock" with some root methods, but I've never heard of a stock recovery. It may just not be available for the Evo. Downloading ROM Manager should allow you to flash CWM. When you open the app, what does it say under "current recovery"?

Beneath that, there should be the option to flash Clockworkmod.

If for some reason this isn't the case for the Epic, I'm not sure. For the Evo, we just flash a PC36IMG.zip of the recovery image in the bootloader. There may be a similar method for the Epic, but the zip wouldn't be named PC36IMG. However, I could be totally off on how it works for your phone.

Try looking through the Epic forums, the question has most likely been asked in the Q&A section there.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badmoment:
I hope this is a resonable ?.... what is rooting, what's the benifits, should I or shouldn't I root my phone, and can u unroot? Simply can u explain to a intrested and user who likes to take it to maximum capeabilities.! Thnx 4 your input pros!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vapur:
Reply

qbking77 made some awesome videos that explains most everything, but the simplest answer is to run applications that require root access such as wireless tether, titanium backup, and get full access to your system. Of course the next step is to put on custom rom's to get rid of sprint bloatware. Watch the videos and make your own call. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
If you don't know why you should root, you probably shouldn't be. There's no shame in not rooting, but rooting just to root is pretty stupid.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quis89:
I think his reason for asking is to avoid "rooting just to root"...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkechitkid:
There's a rooting WIKI stickied at the top of the Q&A section that explains a lot about rooting. See link below..this is a section of the wiki that I think can answer a lot of your questions.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=798067

Good luck and remember...don't go down this path if you're not willing to do a lot of reading and you're willing to deal with the possibility of turning your phone into a paperweight. The more you research you do the less likely that this will happen.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RandomKing:
Rooting just to root can give you some nice backup options, but on stock I never personally found a need to restore anything. So that's not a huge reason to do it, and besides, MyBackup Pro can handle all your backup needs non-rooted.

Moving on, as mentioned higher up, one of the biggest reasons for rooting is for Wifi Tethering without using Sprint's Hotspot. You're paying for the data, it only seems right that you should be able to use that great power on other devices as well. That said, don't abuse it unnecessarily :p.

Many people will root simply to take advantage of theming options, changing the lockscreen appearance, pull-down menu, icons, launcher, startup/shutdown animations, and the appearance of system apps. That mentioned... you can remove annoying system apps that otherwise can't be removed.

Finally, but certainly the most exciting, rooting allows you to take advantage of the many custom roms floating around XDA! That is, it allows you to essentially replace the phones operating system with one of the many custom rebuilt versions, enabling new features, removing bloatware, increasing battery life and more than doubling performance speeds!

Personally, I do it for all of these reasons! Check out the links in my signature for my favorite modifications. :D
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeerChameleon:
Good Reasons To Root:

Applications Like-

1.ADFREE-ZERO ADS In 90% Of apps

2.Wireless Tether/Wired Tether- Free Internet Sharing

3.Titanium Backup- Backup everything on a schedule at a time that u arent using your phone so u never lose apps or text messages, contacts and other important stuff

4. SDX Stock App Removal- Remove Outdated or Bloatware that you dont want.

5. Custom Roms/Kernals- Make it so u can have a more reliable faster phone and undervolt and overclock the kernal meaning- make you phone faster then its suppose to go and make it go slower to save battery, as well as NO Carrior IQ Adgent Service on some roms- meaning sprint cant track your personal info..

6. Custom Themes- Meaning custom pulldowns,custom menus , fonts and all that fun stuff

7. Mods: Including themes, Battery mods,Hulu mod, and way too many to keep track of.

BAD Reasons To Root:

1. If you dont read and know how to get back to a fresh state you could very possibly brick your phone or soft brick it.

2.Void Warranty-However if you know read up on ODIN, u can flash back to stock and they will never know ;)

3. Thats all i got in my opinion for bad

If you want to root just make sure you read all instructions on how to and read about odin/titatanium backup/and nandroid backups as Those are life savers.

Hope this helps, dont forget to hit thanks or checkout dropbox if u find this info helpful

Have a nice day ;)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
This is why i dont root. Even though i've been here since October lol

Sent from my always stock, EC05 Epic 4G.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churro7:
Always root at least to remove.bloatware

Sent from Snarf phone
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badmoment:
I have to greatly compliment you on your informative and very professional reply. Thanx abunch. You answerd all i wanted to know without asking. I hope you respond again to my endless need to master this piece of technology. ROCK ON BRO!!
[General Questions and Answers] mhelbox62:
is it possible to upgrade my cingular 2125 wm5 to wm6.5?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] rein_hiryu:
I've read that when we unlock the bootloader, SEUS can't recognice Arc, is it true? If it is, then if there's an upgrade than how do we upgrade if SEUS can't derect our device?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kanzone:
Yes, I have tried and SEUS will force close.

But never mind, we can use the Flashtool to upgrade the firmware.

Regards,

Kan
[Xperia Arc Android Development] commodoor:
Its true. If there is a update you have to do it manually. You wat till someones get theirs hands to the update.zip so you can flash it
[Xperia Arc Android Development] rein_hiryu:
OK, thanks guys, it's really helps
[Xperia Arc Android Development] caferoom:
Thanks man, you're great, My HK version root successfully
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ghorse:
The HK version works for me too. Thanks.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] leogoto:
I flashed LT15i_3.0.D.2.79_DoCoMo_JP_system to my ARC HK version.

It OK for boot. But something wrong. That couldn't show menu, Icon and etc.

I think nothing fonts files. So I would like to wipe of user data my ARC.

Somebody knows how to wipe?

BR, Leo.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kanzone:
Hello, if you want to use the JP rom in your HK version, you need to flash to correct loader.sin via Flashtool.

Please check:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12951895&postcount=23

http://xperia.sub.jp/wp/another/2011/04/17/bootloader-unlock/

Regards,

Kan
[Xperia Arc Android Development] leogoto:
Dear Kan,

Thank you for information.

I can't write to the JP firm, because I don't have original loader.sin.

hopefully I will try rater.

Thank you. Leo
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kazuni:
I can confirm that the method for the JPN Rom works (replacing loader.sin), and I have successfully rooted with Gingerbreak as well.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kanzone:
Thanks for your testing.

Regards,

Kan
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerrytea:
do you mind sharing the pre-installed weibo and its timescape extension apk files from the HK firmware?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kazuni:
However I don't recommend using the JPN firmware unless

1) you live in JP and a lot of the services it provides would require you to use its extensions and applications

2) you do not use wireless tethering. Currently the JPN firmware does not support any type of tethering. I've also tried Wireless Tether for Root user and it doesn't always work properly. (no wpa_supplicant)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kanzone:
try com.sonyericsson.androidapp.microblog.apk

kazuni was upload via

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13212777&postcount=26
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerrytea:
Thanks for pointing to the post/link! Thanks kazuni for sharing it!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kenjichui:
i unlocked the bootloader and flashed the UK rom when it first come out.

today i was flashing the Hk ROM, everything showed normal during flashing, but nothing changed when i reboot.

i check build number still 184 ..

why is it so?

----------------------------------------------------------

D:\fastboot>fastboot flash system HK.img

sending 'system' (241454 KB)...

(bootloader) USB download speed was 10735kB/s

OKAY [ 35.641s]

writing 'system'...

(bootloader) Flash of partition 'system' requested

(bootloader) S1 partID 0x00000004, block 0x000002e4-0x00000ca7

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000300

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000400

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000500

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000600

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000700

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000800

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000900

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000a00

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000b00

(bootloader) Erasing block 0x00000c00

(bootloader) Erase operation complete, 0 bad blocks encountered

(bootloader) Flashing...

(bootloader) Flash operation complete

OKAY [ 45.531s]

finished. total time: 81.172s

i did change the file name first.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kanzone:
Can you try to erase the system before flash the system?

fastboot erase system

Regards,

Kan
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kazuni:
If you have space in your file name it won't work unless you have quotes around them.

Please rename the file to something like system_hk.img and then perform:

fastboot flash system_hk.img
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kenjichui:
errrrrrr.

my file name is HK.img

i thought the system is part of the command?
[Atrix 4G General] tonton_fred:
I experience a problem with my atrix from couple of day.

I ve got atrix unlock and i use a swiss sim. I m in usa for couple of month. But now my phone is not capable to catch the network. It said no service.... Wasn't like that weeks ago

But if i check on the phone in setting, it said it got att full signal etc etc . Do the same with Tmobile.

So where is the glitch...

Somebody get idea???
[Atrix 4G General] tonton_fred:
this morning the network is ok.... perhaps it s only att...
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Ryanmo5:
It was just updated in the market, working on the thunderbolt finally!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] libraryclg:
Woohoo, just downloaded, finally!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] ddgarcia05:
Finally.

Edit: Damn I didn't know that I needed vcast. How much a month is that?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] dirtyfingers:
I thought you only needed to have a subscription during the season and it was free in the offseason?

Jcase just put up a fix for my verizon too!

edit: just tried it and it works fine here
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] ddgarcia05:
Live TV works fine? No vcast subscription?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Chopes:
Hrm, I have had this installed on my phone thinking it would work from awhile ago and never uninstalled. Anyone happen to know the version number that is confirmed working with the thunderbolt?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Ryanmo5:
Version number is 4.0 on my bolt.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] simp dogg:
Finally, go raiders.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] McLabia:
Sweet! Just checked this the other day too. Glad its back and working. GO PHINS!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] xXJay_RXx:
Go Eagles and Mike Vick suckaaaaaz :p
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] andrew53517:
Says I need a Verizon login client and get an error. Huh, is it saying I need to be on Verizon? Thing is I am, with my thunderbolt. Lol

Thunderbolt Rooted!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] ddgarcia05:
Are you going on with your phone number or account id? I noticed it never let me log on with my phone number. I had to use my account id.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] andrew53517:
I don't even have that option. I download it, accept the terms, then it errors me out. ://

Thunderbolt Rooted!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] strongergravity:
Well, if they don't settle the lockout, we may have an extra year to get any app worked out!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Chopes:
At least we have NFL network coverage until then.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] CheeseMcGee:
Thanks for the heads up... I had given up on them ever getting this working before the draft
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] nkd:
Same thing happens to me, I dont know whats going on. Kinda confusing how other people are saying it works great, is it that our phones are rooted?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Chopes:
Hey guys,

Found the problem you are having. Look in titanium backup and see if you have Verizon Signon Services 1.something in there. You need that. Flash the most recent radio and ROM and it should be bundled with it (it is with BAMF 1.5 at least). I am sure there are alternate ways of getting this on your phone though.

Looking at my titanium backup, it's called: "Verizon Single Sign-On Engine 1.0.13"

You need that for the NFL app to work and be able to verify the needed info and such :)
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] andrew53517:
I don't have the Verizon Signon Services 1, well, at least I couldn't find it...Where did you see that? Also, maybe it is because I don't have the most recent radio? I doubt it though. I don't want to flash it because I've read people are having trouble with reboots and poor battery life. Was going to wait till another one leaks. But that might be the reason...
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Chopes:
Hey you definitely need the Verizon Single Sign-On Engine for the NFL app to work at least, not sure if the version matters, but that is definitely a must.

As far as I can tell I came from BAMF 1.3* and I de-sensed it and it wasn't included then, I ran into the same issue as you, upgraded to 1.5 and flashed the new radio and noticed it in my listings.

Here is a screenshot of my titanium backup app list with the Verizon Sign-On Engine showing:
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Tower1972:
Can you link this rom for me please? I have looked in the dev section and all i see are aosp from the theory line

Hrm I downloaded this one http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...-SHIFTS3NS3-V1.4F-(HTC-KERNEL-MOD)-(9-04-2011) and loaded it up. NFL works, My Verizon works etc. The only thing I noticed that was different was there is NO .odex file to accompany the Ssopermission and Verizonssoengine.apks in the system/app folder, like there is with my Ginger rom
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] icesteve:
You can try the nosense version from theory, not sure if it would have the file your looking for as its from the same developer, but my Verizon and NFL work on that ROM as well.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Tower1972:
I actually like sense lol so once I get home I guess I'll be swapping roms since this issue seems to stump alot of people :). Hopefully I won't encounter this issue again!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] jwilcoxiii:
htc sso

Hey guys just to add to everything I kept getting can only be view by verizon customers after installing verizonssoengine. I went back to TI and installed htcsso it tried to run it and fails. Not sure if this will help out. Maybe the reason sense roms work is because there is something in the htc modules that make it work.

I am currently running LSG thunderbread 2.6
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Tower1972:
not too sure of that given Sense isnt built around whatever carrier specific apps are installed after, or at least it wouldnt seem like something HTC would do
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] jwilcoxiii:
I am going to keep an eye on this thread as I love to use CM roms. But at same time I love my football so I am going to have to go with something that allows me to use the nfl mobile app.

I am using SHIFTS3NS3 1.4x and nfl mobile app works like a champ. Video and everything.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] CBMC:
Is there anyway to get the NFL '11 app on this phone. This is the one not for Verizon customers. Here it is: http://tinyurl.com/3gjdlob

Wondering is anyone runs this. Or if it is possible?

Sent from my ADR6400L using Forum Runner
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] icesteve:
Which BAMF rom did you pull those apks from to get to the log in screen? Any chance you could post a zip to get me to the same scenario.