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[Android Apps and Games] sordna:
Thanks for the detailed response! Actually the reason my boot.img is 22 megs, is because it's the image backed up by the recovery, which backs up the entire partition. I was assuming your app will do a "dd" or something and simply dump the .img on the partition.

If you are dealing with an .img, why do you have to mount the system partition and delete kernel modules? I am used to fastbooting franco's .img into my boot partition, which allows me to easily fastboot back the stock boot.img when I want to do an OTA (which will fail if the phone doesn't have the stock boot and system.

My system partition is never altered this way.

With your approach, making changes to system you are doing a rather invasive procedure on the phone which will break OTA and makes it harder to go back to stock, no? Why does your app mess with my system partition when it's not needed for kernels like franco's, shouldn't it be optional with user confirmation ? I only expected my boot partition written, not my system, especially since this was an .img file!
[Android Apps and Games] joeykrim:
As I mentioned in the last post, the file size limit dialog hadn't been modified in the last two years since it was first created when 20 MB for a boot partition was unheard of. The previous assumption was that the user wouldn't continue to flash a file that was considered too large. I've changed the dialog to now disable the Flash button so no user will be able to flash a file that is too large. In connection with updating the file size limit to 40 MB, I think this should properly prevent the situation you've encountered from occurring in the future.

Ideally, for each device, FIG should probably read the partition table, find the boot partition size and then check whether the file is under the partition size.

Given this is the first occasion I've received any feedback on the file size limit in probably a year, I'll hold off spending time adding more code that isn't often used or presenting frequent issues.

I'll probably release an update today or tomorrow including these changes. Thanks for the detailed feedback. Feel free to continue providing any issues or concerns. Thanks for the support!
[Android Apps and Games] sordna:
Thanks. Any idea why the flash failed? It let me push the flash button, said it deleted kernel modules, and then nothing else happened and even though I had detailed logging turned on, it didn't report anything further. Seems there's not sufficient error checking somewhere?

BTW I don't have a flash_image on my phone, is that supposed to be included in the stock Nexus 4 ROM ? Or are you using "dd" nowdays?
[Android Apps and Games] joeykrim:
Yes, FIG allowed the flash button to be pushed, but the flash button shouldn't have been pushed when the file size is too large. I've resolved this issue and added more detail to the dialogs (file size now displayed at MB not bytes):

I've released an update, version 1.5.8, that addresses all the issues mentioned in the last few posts regarding file size limits. If you're using the free version, the link in the OP is updated. If you're using Google Play, it can take a few hrs to release the update. Thanks for the support!
[Android Apps and Games] sordna:
Sweet! Will it still try to mount my system rw and delete kernel modules ? Because I'm using franco kernel which does not use modules, therefore there is no need to touch my system partition. Both for franco and stock boot.img, there is no need to touch the system partition when you go from one to the other... so can you make that an optional step, or configurable as a setting (you don't need to make the app smart enough to tell what each kernel needs, but let the user make some choice if they want).
[Android Apps and Games] joeykrim:
No.

Let me know if you have any issues. Thanks for the support!
[Android Apps and Games] sordna:
corfirming issues fixed !

I just tried it with boot a franco .img and a boot.img backup and worked perfectly, and without doing anything to my /system anymore.

Handling .img properly (writing to boot only) was an even more important bugfix than the file size limit, I would call it out separately, with pride !

The warning about wifi and such drivers possibly being needed is a nice touch too. Thanks again for quickly fixing both bugs !
[Android Apps and Games] sordna:
bug regarding cache wipe settings

Hi, I noticed that the wipe cache settings don't stick. Regardless what option I choose inside the settigns menu, when I start the app it always wants to wipe my caches for kernel flashes, and avoid wiping them for recovery flashes.

Personally I think that wiping caches is usually unnecessary for kernel flashes, and the default should be "off", but in any case the wipe settings that you choose inside the settings menu should stick, so if a user choses one or the other, they main screen should honor the user preference selections, regardless if you hit the flash image or flash recovery button.
[Android Apps and Games] raymond4:
Can u add support for the oppo find 5 ?
[Android Apps and Games] joeykrim:
I'm working on re-doing the setup of these options. I should have everything finished for an update soon.

Thanks for the feedback. Feel free to continue mentioning any issues or concerns!

EDIT: Fixed the issue. The fix will go into the next update.

The end state logic is that there are separate settings for clear dalvik and clear cache for kernel flashing and recovery flashing. Whatever is configured in the settings, will be applied in the app, making the settings the only location to change the default behavior. I think this model is much more consistent and easier to understand. The previous model was a bit flawed.

Of course, but I need a knowledgeable tester. Due to the various hardware and security configurations on Android devices, I prefer to have a tester confirm all functions are working properly in Flash Image GUI.

The process for adding support for a specific device to Flash Image GUI requires a knowledgeable tester who is familiar with ADB and the custom recovery. If you're able to assist, please let me know. Thanks for your support!
[Android Apps and Games] tobashadow:
Unless I'm missing it does the app display Md5 info so you can double check before hitting flash?
[Android Apps and Games] joeykrim:
Wow, that is a great idea. I haven't heard that suggested before. I'll look into adding that feature in the next release. Thanks for the feedback!
[Android Apps and Games] tobashadow:
Your welcome, always glad to give something back to a developer of a app I use.
[Android Apps and Games] SonyFan23:
Please optimize for Sony Xperia Go
[Android Apps and Games] joeykrim:
I'm always looking to add support for other devices. If you're knowledgeable with ADB and the custom recovery, please send me a PM and we can work on supporting Sony Xperia Go in Flash Image GUI.

Thanks for the suggestion!
[Android Apps and Games] SonyFan23:
I am aware with the ADB and custom recovery, you need to send?
[Android Apps and Games] mike_augie:
m8 verizon

I have used this app through 3 phones now and I have moved on to the HTC M-8 (Verizon) and was hoping for you to pick up the support for it , I have brought the app, and would love for ya to pick it up..... thanks sir
[Android Apps and Games] SonyFan23:
When you reply to my message? I had already written that I have ADB and cmw
[Android Apps and Games] booroondook:
RockChip

Need a support for RockChip (RK3066, RK3188 etc.) devices.

These devices usually have a "flash_image" binary file in /system/bin folder which works as listed below:

flash_image kernel /somepath/my_boot.img

flash_image boot /somepath/my_kernel.img

flash_image recovery /somepath/my_recovery.img
[Android Apps and Games] joeykrim:
Great! A few questions about this device as I haven't seen much of it:

1) What is the different between the boot and kernel partition?

2) Can you share a few links to popular kernels used on the devices?

Thanks for your support!
[Android Apps and Games] booroondook:
boot.img contains main loader (init) and root filesystem image

kernel.img contains Linux kernel and boot logo

You can do it by yourself. Please find in Google "How to disassembly RockChip Update.img".
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Tuytje:
Hi,

A few weeks ago I wanted to install CM7 RC3 on my Motorola Milestone. It seemed that I couldn't get into the recovery menu. I could get to the Triangle screen with holding 'X' while booting, but I couldn't pull down the menu (using vol Up + Camera).

After a lot of fiddling I found out that when I flashed bootloader 90.74 (I was at 90.78) and booted while holding the camera key, that I could access the recovery menu (using vol Up + Camera).

Now I want to install CM7 Final, but I can't seem to get into that menu anymore. I'm just stuck at the Triangle screen.

I've tried bootloader 90.78 & 90.74, but they all didn't help.

Anyone have any clue ?

Thanks
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sileshnair:
You can use adb to enter recovery menu directly.

Check this link.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Tuytje:
Thanks for replying so fast.

I've been able to get to the recovery screen (Triangle screen), but can't seem to open the menu with adb.

It's the opening of the menu that is the problem, which you normally do via Volume Up + Camera key.

Unless I can install CM7 Final via adb ?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sileshnair:
Flash any rom, preferably GOT 2.2.1 from here. Then make sure you have USB debugging on from settings->applications->development->USB debugging.

Connect phone to PC. Download AOR and extract it to your sdcard. Download CM7 and put in in openrecovery/updates folder. Then move to the directory where you have adb installed. Usually it is in c:/android_sdk/tools.

Then in command prompt, type the following.

adb devices ( it should show your phone's no as shown below)

adb remount

adb shell "echo 'boot-recovery ' > /cache/recovery/command"

adb shell "echo '--update_package=SDCARD:update.zip' >> /cache/recovery/command"

adb shell "reboot recovery"

It should take you to AOR directly. Flash CM7.

Let me know if it works.

MM@XDA
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Tuytje:
The line "adb remount" fails with the following message "remount failed: Operation not permitted".

I take it that adb needs root access, how can I achieve this ?

GOT 2.2.1 is already installed

Android itself is rooted (by EasyRoot)

SuperUser is installed

I have also installer Android Terminal Emulator, that one is set allowed in SU

Thanks
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sileshnair:
Try the same with usb mode set to charge only or portal & tools.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zeppelinrox:
I should make a thread for this :p

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=796679&page=26
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Tuytje:
sileshn: I don't see how that would make a difference ? I would still need that root on adb

zeppelinrox: I understand half what your thread says :) I'm still pretty new at this, never intended to go this deep. I only wanted CM7 installed :D

How does your thread help me do this ?

Thank you
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sileshnair:
There are many apps for rooting your milestone on the market. Superuser, z4root, universal androot, super one click root to name a few. Use any one of those to root your phone.

You can use Zeppe's method. Once you apply his script , it will take you into AOR directly without any button pushes on reboot.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Tuytje:
I was under the impression that adb needed a different kind of root. My bad in that case :)

I'll try that. Thanks
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Tuytje:
AWESOME! (I really use that word, but this situation calls for it :))

zeppelinrox your scripts worked. I'm back to CM7. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] XDyuXD:
Mine is 90.78 and recovery menu is working like a charm! I'am running CM7.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kneroj:
So I was messing around with the app on the market call android front switcher or something like that, and I tried to swap the font that offer in the app, everything was great till it reboot the phone then my phone stuck on boot screen and keep looping at the LG loading screen. Any suggestion?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nate420:
factory wipe/format....

VOLUME DOWN and POWER button....

*hint*

use root tools

AFTER YOU ROOT

i have a custom font already
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kneroj:
i tried the to reset it with the v+power, but it won't help, still stuck in the same situation, and the phone just keep restarting anymore suggestion? thanks for the quick respond btw
[General Questions and Answers] Reemj:
Hi

I want to develop app to communicate between two android devises.:(

The DB on device and app on another device

what is the better type of DB ? SQLite or MYSQL.

if you have any information about how can I do this plz tell me

THANKS
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prodigy:
I recently flashed free x10 beta 4 with hotfix 1

Its working fine except I don't really appreciate there camera. The images taken are sometimes blurry..

I noticed that when I first switch on camera, the image is more odd a yellow color and after about two or three mins, it starts to turn more of a natural white color.

I really don't like there background of it... and also the inability to view images straight from the camera after taking them.

Can I adjust the things on the camera? I am seeing lots of missing features compared to three stock camera.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YAMUM:
Agreed. 2.2 ROMs can't expect too much.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankur7753:
As far as stock camera features are concerned u should straight head to wolf's ROM! Though ui's gonna be the same.And for 3rd party apps cam360 and vignette r really good,but terribly slow @ 8mpx.

Btw I prefer cam360 because of the hdr.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michalcieslik:
You can enable "STEADY SHOT" function in camera settings, which should eliminate some bluring. I have it set to 1/2 sec.

For color adjustments you can try fiddling with the WB (White Balance) and set it accordingly to the enviroment.

Regards
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] touchjon:
I pretty much want a plain ginger with a battery% and removed bloatware
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlin:
Mik's GingerSense ROM has a batt % mod. It is running Sense 2.1 however, not 1.0,,,
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] touchjon:
Yeah looking for one with everything working I have a epson so my screen doesn't stay bright
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
nothing with everything working. gingerbread with sense isn't available for the device yet (besides the less-than-exciting leak) so people have to reverse engineer the drivers. it's almost impossible to reverse engineer the drivers like hdmi and 4g (both of which just got completed for cm7, at the end of a 4 month project). so yeah that's why.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsunghater:
cm7 sux tho i tried 4-5 tmes to give it a shot the honeybread was half tolerable but the widgets in sense make it worth while besides i tried the final and rc2 worked a 100x better than that did
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] touchjon:
Well pretty much everything in the leak is working just doesnt have a bat % mod and bloatware removed omj has everything removed but no bat mod which drives me nuts. And idk if any of the regular mods would work with it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvoCM7fTw420:
+1 MikGinger is the shizz
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
try doing it yourself. not very hard. just install the rom, pull and decompile or open (7zip style) the framework-res.apk, and add in battery percents, either by copying the .png's from another mod or just making them.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atadres:
wellllllll here you go

theres allot of GB sense roms that are working with the leaked 1.0 sense version for the evo this is the leak with battery percent moniter

MISFITS GB: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1036930

I belive this one has the perecent meter

Edit: if brightness dosent seem to work try using HTCS stock 15 kernal it should work just fine
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
or i could do it for you if you want. if you send me your framework-res.apk, i'll get it done by the end of the weekend. i realized it takes some decompiling and .xml editing, and that's a little harder than just 7zipping the .png's in.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kf2m:
Have fun...

http://uot.dakra.lt/

Be warned some things don't work. Trail and error.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] alangud:
Dear all master outside there,

Really need your help. I just flash my Touch Pro.. but now its stuck on start up and just can see word "Touch Pro" but not move to boot.

Really don`t know what happen.

Nedd ur help to fix this problem

Thanks.

Gary
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] R^7Z:
When you say that you flashed the wrong ROM, do you mean to tell us that you flashed a GSM ROM to a CDMA device or vise versa? Also, it would help to tell us what exactly you flashed.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Farmer Ted:
Just flash a stock rom.
[General Topics] dertyno:
samsung i780 windows 6.1?

any news bout upgrading samsung i780 to 6.1? how come nobody uses this phone.i cant eem to find anybody uing it in the forums..
[General Topics] olyzhang1967:
that's good phone..............
[Captivate General] sanjeezy91:
Hey guys, I just made a video on how to truly experience the captivate, or any android phone for that matter.

Check it out if you guys want to. Mainly for newer users but everyone is welcome to watch and critique :)

Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2rrUm_vvWo&feature=channel_video_title
[Captivate General] sanjeezy91:
thanks :) and yeah i went a little overboard with descriptions lol
[Captivate General] studacris:
May I suggest you keep a list of talking points off camera for reference (maybe rehearse it a couple times before recording?)... To avoid all the "uuuhhhss" and "uuuummmms" it would make the videos shorter and make you sound much, much, more professional.
[Captivate General] jpcdeux:
Flash a new rom.

Bam! Didn't even need a video for that!
[Captivate General] sanjeezy91:
true true, ill keep that in mind
[Captivate General] TRusselo:
i had no idea what you were going to be talking about. start with that.

today im going to talk about... this this and this. now lets start with this....

and nothing you did makes anything "hd" there is nothing worse than making

information

that uses words incorrectly. it takes HD video, always has, and thats it.

besides that, i like that you are out here to help
[Captivate General] jpcdeux:
Damn, I think I'm going to have to watch this thing. Right after "But I'm a cheerleader" lol

Sent via my Continuum 5 Cappy.
[Captivate General] sanjeezy91:
continuum 5 eh? I really wanna get into gingerbread. my damn exams are taking too much of my time. but sooooon :)

and @Trussello

By changing the density like I did, it gives the illusion of an HD screen with a superAMOLED display which isnt even coming out with the S II :S.

I believe that this is far superior to the atrix's screen and it is in essence turning your captivate 'HD' :)

I think the title is justifiable.

Thanks for your feedback :) it is much appreciated and im learning a lot
[Captivate General] xThe Enforcer:
Good job but be more prepared next time.
[Captivate General] sanjeezy91:
duly noted. thanks
[Captivate General] jpcdeux:
I downgraded. The KB lag was ANNOYING. No matter what KB or rom I used, KB lag and autoincorrect was horrid.
[Captivate General] sanjeezy91:
I see, thanks for the heads up. I'm probably gonna try it out for myself though. My exams end in 5 days so by then there might be a more stable kernal/rom
[Captivate General] sanjeezy91:
Tried it and its actually pretty good IMO but it was updated several times
[Captivate General] jazua:
What kind of a calender widget are you using?
[Captivate General] Espaa Valorum:
It's great that you're doing this for the community :) Here's some hopefully constructive feedback:

Try to be more to the point. I was curious to learn some stuff, but i found myself getting bored and impatient, which is a shame. You basically spent 4-5 minutes on unlocking the screen with WidgetLocker, without really explaining what WidgetLocker really is, and on ADW EX, but only showing the setting for the number of desktop columns and rows. There are lots of neat things about both these apps, yet i didn't get to see any of it :(

Keep in mind who your audience is. For the people who are not familiar with the apps you're showing, you want to make sure you explain things. And you want to keep it brief enough so that people who are familiar with the app you're discussing don't get too bored and quit watching. My expectation going into a video like this would be that you will cover several things, and that i may know about a few of them, but not all of them. So the ones i already know about, i'd like them to be short enough that i don't get bored. And the ones i do not yet know about need to be informative enough that i get a basic idea of what it is and does.

My suggestion would be that for each app you try to give a 1-3 sentence explanation about what it is / what it does, and then demo a few features, without dwelling on it too long. I think you could put together a great video if you were to use a rule of thumb like that for each app and cool thing you want to show. Before you start recording, make a shot bullet list of the things you want to mention, so that you can stay on target. (Don't make a script with sentences, because you'd end up reading the script to the viewer, which really doesn't work.)

I hope that that helps you in some way. Again, it's nice you're doing this. I'm just trying to provide some feedback to help you get better :) I'm looking forward to more videos from you!
[Captivate General] sanjeezy91:
hey, i was using puregrid calendar
[Captivate General] sanjeezy91:
Hey man, thanks for taking the time to write all that down. I will definitely try to keep everything here in mind.

Will put in a lot more effort to be concise lol. I just watched over the video and saw what u meant

Thanks again
[Captivate General] NinjaNoggin:
Nice! Thanks for the vid!
[Captivate General] sanjeezy91:
no ploblem, glad u liked it
[Captivate General] sanjeezy91:
with the new gingerbread roms HD may cause complications. broke my camera, scaling was terrible, FCs and so on. tread with caution.
[Captivate General] yguns76:
What ROM were you using? I am using continuum without issues.
[Captivate General] sanjeezy91:
The ROM im using in the video is Speed and Looks limelight 2.2.1

and the ROM i was using when the Density changer gave me issues was GR-11
[EVO 4G General] chnky18:
i recently bought a g2x and have cyanogenmod 7 on my evo...i wanted to sell it as fully rooted with gingerbread via c7 final....however i wanted to keep my 8gb sd card that came with the evo since g2x comes with nothing...so i have a spare 4gb card and wanted to know what files i should transfer so that new user would have everything they needed to go back to original fw from card and still have clockworkmod recovery. while i will be selling to a stranger on craigslist...i dont want to screw them over.
[EVO 4G General] |Jason8|:
You can't really sell it with CM7 on it... there's no way to program the phone. X) You need a Sense ROM with EPST programming controls to do that.
[EVO 4G General] gpz1100:
Ding ding ding!! Many don't realize this.

What you could do is leave a backup image of cm7 (devoid of your settings/data) on the sd card, but have a sense rom installed at time of delivery. If you have a decent sense rom setup, leave that instead.

To take this a step further, you could give your buyers several options

1) completely stock locked device

2) completely stock (sprint lover's rom), unlocked device

3) optimized sense rom

4) cm7

Good luck figuring out a suitable description, but at least your buyer will have a choice. Make sure you include detailed dumbed down instructions how to flash #4 if that's what the buyer wants.
[EVO 4G General] chnky18:
OK thanks guys