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[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panflute:
I fixed it by making the built in player the default video player and now they work!
[Thunderbolt General] JayoxD:
I'm getting my thunderbolt in the mail on 4/21 and i've never had an android device before but after doing a lot of reading ive decided i want to root it because of all the bloatware the device comes with. Does anyone have any tips besides doing A LOT of reading? What are the chances of bricking it? Anything specific i should do to avoid it? I wouldn't want to break my brand new phone on the first day... Thanks in advance.
[Thunderbolt General] athorax:
Read the stickies, read the instructions, read forum posts.
[Thunderbolt General] JoseGutierrez:
What are your reasons for wanting to root it?
[Thunderbolt General] Busphan:
Following the method jcase made/post is the way to go. it is fairly simple because you can just copy and paste the commands. The most difficult thing will be setting up adb, but this isn't hard either. I would suggest that you watch and follow these videos, they will help out quite a bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKPSe12YDxQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc6EMdPpF6o&feature=related

Of course if you have any questions ask in the IRC or here on the forum. Happy rooting!
[Thunderbolt General] JayoxD:
On it

Well as i mentioned i know the phone comes with a lot of bloatware that kills the batteries and i want my phone to be nice and fresh

Thanks a lot, i'm actually on a mac and i've read through all of:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1011623

hopefully everything will go well. Thanks!
[Thunderbolt General] AndroidGraphix:
I did the 9 step process. First time rooting a phone. I sweating bullets the whole time.

Sent from my rooted Thunderbolt with VirusROM AirborneTB. Xda premium
[Thunderbolt General] JayoxD:
im nervous already and i didn't even get my phone yet.
[Thunderbolt General] ben7337:
That's good, it means you'll be careful and the odds of bricking the phone are much lower, just follow the instructions and you'll do fine. I used to feel the same way about my phones, but after you get used to it all it becomes easy.

The only thing I recommend is knowing that you have to install some sort of recovery on your phone like Clockwork recovery mod, that is a program you boot into which can backup your phone saving everything, all of the programs, data, and the stock rom/settings which your phone comes with, making a backup is essential each time you change anything so you can always revert back. I never fully understood the whole idea at first completely, but it works great once you get it.
[Thunderbolt General] jcporter80:
The links Provided by Busphan will help you get an idea of what to do. Follow the instructions here: "www(DOT)androidpolice(DOT)com/2011/03/19/exclusive-how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-its-bootloader" and by using copy/paste of the commands.

I read up for about 2 days while I was waiting and already had all the files downloaded and ready to go. That seems to take awhile so if you can do it before then it will save you some time. Go ahead and get the Android SDK on your computer as it also takes some time to install. Within 90min of actually receiving my phone I had it rooted and ready to go.

So my quick answer made long... Do the prep work before your device shows up that way you are ready to get ADB and start rooting right out of the box.
[Thunderbolt General] Dnakaman:
To be honest with you, if I were you, I'd just use the phone stock for a couple of weeks (at least during the buyer's remorse period) and just get a feel for android and see if it's right for you.

Couple of reasons:

1. If you don't like it or have issues with the phone, you don't have to worry about trying to unroot the phone to return it.

2. Rooting a phone gives you some advanced features. At least get a feel for the basics before trying the harder stuff. (learn to walk before you can fly).

Just my 2 cents :)
[Thunderbolt General] lukesdiesel:
I rooted mine the day after I got it. Unrooting is easier than rooting.

Luke
[Thunderbolt General] ddrj:
Hi guys, I'm also getting a thunderbolt and going to root it eventually (probably not within the first couple of weeks).

I have gone through the tutorials and the youtube videos. Everything seems fine as long as you follow the instructions. Just had a couple of questions :

1) Which are all the sense-less ui roms available atm? Virus and Das Bampf (what about Remix?)

2) When it comes to saving battery by using setcpu, is this basically how it goes: overclock the cpu speed but underclock the voltage? Wouldn't overclocking the cpu lower the life of the cpu?

Thanks everyone
[Thunderbolt General] jmiller98:
If i can give any advice that would be to follow the procedure for rooting that jcase put together. It is simple, easy to follow, and you will gain a little understanding of adb. Try to stay away from the easier methods. If you have a problem with jcases procedure it is easier to walk you back and see where the problem occurred. The "easier" methods are much harder to find where a problem occurred. Again, just my opinion.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erraz:
if I buy the international galaxy s can I have it on at&ts unlimited medianet plan
[HTC Inspire 4G] ajm786:
I just learned that CM7 doesn't have hardware acceleration? Is this true? If so, I have a few questions:

1. When will it be available in CM7?

2. If not, what ROM has hardware acceleration in it that I can flash right now? Preferably Gingerbread; I don't want to go back to Froyo unless absolutely necessary.

Thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] akira02rex:
Where did you hear this? It DOES have hw acceleration.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ajm786:
First, I tried playing some 720p videos on my phone, using Rockplayer. It says "cannot play this file using the system player". I can only play the files using the hardware decode set to OFF.

So I Googled, and came up with some hits that hardware decoding/acceleration did not make it to CM7. For instance, here:

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/20404-720p-video-playback-on-cm7-stable/
[HTC Inspire 4G] ajm786:
Bump. I'd like to get some feedback/input on this please.
[HTC Inspire 4G] RogerPodacter:
there is not a single android phone that uses hardware acceleration out there right now, except for the international version of the galaxy s. samsung was nice enough to give that phone a special update.

all other phones do not use hardware acceleration for anything like scrolling homescreens, lists, basically nothign. android 2.4 is supposedly adding in the APIs to now make hardware acceleration available.

note HTC may perhaps make certain custom apps hardware accelerated like a video playback app or something. but nothing else is ever hardware accelerated that i know of. so cyan 7 wont get it until android 2.4 is out:(
[HTC Inspire 4G] ajm786:
:(:(:( Won't using hardware acceleration save us battery and make our phones even smoother? It makes no sense not to use the capabilities the phone has! :(:(:(
[HTC Inspire 4G] RogerPodacter:
Without a doubt. Its mind blowing that Google hasn't done this from the start. This has been debated by a Google employee (Ry guy I think?) And you can read thru the thread over on the Google support forums. Its a long known discussion in that thread.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] allen099:
I'm experiencing an issue which I can replicate everytime. Upon bootup, I get 3G/4G and data works great. I turn on wifi, use it for about 30 mins, and then turn it off as I'm leaving the venue. While I do have 4G in the notification bar and data arrows are working, I get no data. Browser keeps spinning, maps keeps spinning, but no dice.

Rebooting fixes it, but then the cycle starts all over again. I'll try to restore my phone back to factory settings, but in the meantime, is anyone else seeing this? Also, not sure whether it's worthy to note, while wifi is on, I have the 4G up in the menu time most of the time.

edit: Alright, well looks like resetting the phone did the trick. Moderator, you can close this thread. Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsWLM:
I recently read about the UltimateDroid ROM. I am wondering how your experiences with this ROM were/are. Is it actually as easy to customize as everyone mentions? Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jstalford:
Most people that bring it up are extremely pleased with it.
[HTC EVO 3D] RichTJ99:
Will the Evo3d do data & talk at the same time (similar to thunderbird)? - not on 4g?

Hi,

I heard that the Thunderbird from verizon can do voice & data at the same time over 3g. Is that the case with the Evo3d?

Thanks,

Rich
[HTC EVO 3D] AyyRayy:
only if sprint evolves to svdo

Powered by Steve Jobs' Tears and Jealousy
[HTC EVO 3D] RichTJ99:
Is that something that is being rolled out?
[HTC EVO 3D] user7618:
No, I think he meant the Thunderbolt and no, there won't be talk and web at the same time. Sprints network won't allow it.

-----

Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Ginger-on-Hero action here!
[HTC EVO 3D] adrian_nene16:
ah that sucks i thought we could do that while talking on the phone..
[HTC EVO 3D] user7618:
The only ones I know that can is AT&T.
[HTC EVO 3D] Bukem75:
Pretty sure it's a GSM thing... Tmo also...
[HTC EVO 3D] Eat it iPhone:
Tmo can too, its a gsm thing, the bolt can do it bc it has a sim card. Idk if it can do it on 3g tho

Sent from my Evo. Powered by MikFroyo, netarchy, XDA, and the tears of iPhone owners
[HTC EVO 3D] themuffinman:
The thunderbolt having a sim card is for lte only and has nothing to do with being able to do data and voice at the same time when only on 3g. The thunderbolt utilizes svdo technology on verizons cdma network which allows voice and data simultaneously on a cdma network. Sprint is fully capable of implementing the same tech but will they is the magical question.
[HTC EVO 3D] Eat it iPhone:
Never said the sim card allowed 3g n voice, its the reason it can LTE and voice. I followed that by stating Idk if it can do 3g n voice

Sent from my Evo. Powered by MikFroyo, netarchy, XDA, and the tears of iPhone owners
[HTC EVO 3D] AyoJake:
why are people say the evo 3d cant/wont when the evo can?
[HTC EVO 3D] wintrxtrem:
The Thunderbolt can do simultaneous voice/data over 3G (SVDO). From what I've read it has one of the first qualcomm processors that allows this with CDMA.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=994994&highlight=svdo

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1695462-Svdo

I think the question is whether the Evo 3D's processor is SVDO-capable and also if Sprint/HTC also enabled SVDO through software. popular nobody can probably chime in with more insight.

I've also read that the Evo Shift's processor can do SVDO but it is not enabled for whatever reason.
[HTC EVO 3D] mrkmrk:
Because the Evo can't. You might want to try that some time.
[HTC EVO 3D] themuffinman:
Not trying to be rude but what part of "while not on 4g" don't you understand?
[HTC EVO 3D] themuffinman:
It has to be supported on the network as well. With verizon, svdo isn't fully supported or available on their entire network but it is available in a lot of markets.
[HTC EVO 3D] wintrxtrem:
According to the Qualcomm slides from the howardforums link I posted "Simultaneous active 1X voice and EV-DO data, sometimes referred to as SVDO, is a new standard-independent device feature that significantly enhances the user experience without impacting the infrastructure side."

Sounds like the network has nothing to do with it.
[HTC EVO 3D] ebuechler3:
i can talk and use the internet over wifi on my evo, but i know for sure it wont work over 3g.... thats okay though!
[HTC EVO 3D] popular nobody:
It still requires internal testing on the network side, but it's all software. Sprint have a few pre-production devices with the SVDO chipset included, but those devices will most likely be available when Network Vision is out. The EVO 3D doesn't include it at this time, and only the software is being worked on right now.

Sent from Thor's Thunderbolt.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enserio:
I had to break down and try and pay someone with experience and a windows computer to try and get the red recovery and some roms on the gf's fascinate since my mac failed to even recognize it.

2 different shops that advertised rooting for the fascinate wouldn't even touch it! This 9 year old indian boy troubleshooted it and figured that the phone had issues with the sd card and unrooted it so she could send it in for a replacement. There is no longer root, super user, or busy box on it, but is there anything else I need to remove before sending it back to verizon?

Also, is there anyone here in the san diego area who would be willing to work with me when she gets the new one? She absolutely abhors the stock rom.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neuman.Tim:
Come up to santa barbara and I'll do it for you lol

[xda premium]

SCH-I500 - EC01/EC10 ComaVolt Voodoo/Crysis Revolution/Zeam Launcher
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblaw1:
Funny thing is that it is nearly impossible to perma-brick this phone.

You should look into Heimdall for the Mac. Or come into the IRC...I'm sure we could walk you through the process...it isn't terribly complex.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSonicEmerald:
I believe you are getting rippped off by so called rooting shops. Ask a member here on XDA to help you out, or go on irc for help.

Sent from a Limited Edition phone from a Premium app..
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeff1969:
I installed ClockworkMod Recovery and I get to the step where I mount the USB storage. On the computer, the storage space is only about 3 mbs. Not big enough to copy the zip file to it. Where I'm I going wrong here? I can't get to the next step which is install zip from sdcard because it comes up to small.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeff1969:
I couldn't figure out why usb storage didn't work right on my computer. I install Rom Manager and got 1.3.2 to install that way. A very nice program. Thanks to all.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archangel:
Just make sure that you copy the files over from your sdcard to sdcard 2 so they can be seen on rom manager. I was trying to do a restore from rom mananger using a nandroid back up that i created and it wasnt there. Then i went into root explorer and moved the back ups to sdcard2 and waaala LOL.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotoXoom:
Big Thanks to everyone in here

I am a total noob when it comes to the Xoom :-) only got mine 2 days ago! But thanks to everyone here I am now enjoying an unlocked and rooted Xoom :-) Kudos to all the devs who made it possible! Great work on the ClockworkMod Recovery by the way and all the instructions on how to do things! Keep up the great work. Looking forward to more custom stuff.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_kwa:
i just did the one click root to my xoom and it had Tiamat version 1.1.6.

I got "Root my Xoom" from this thread,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1011196

-I used RootMyXoom w Unroot

So after looking around, I have to use a terminal emulator to bring my kernel up to date (V 1.3.2)

I have 2 questions,

1, I'm guessing i can not just flash the new kernel using Clockwork since my xoom doesn't recognize my SD card.

2, I've found the txt i need to enter into a terminal emulator (or so i think) but where do i save the new kernal to? the root of my internal memory? do i leave it zip'd? do i unzip it?

I have the Kernel zip saved on my 16gb sd card, i did it through my laptop and my xoom doesn't see it... (if that helps or tells you anything...)

any help would be awsome!!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_kwa:
anyone having trouble, there is a VERY good tutorial over at xoom forums.

I tried to post the link but i'm too new and the forums won't allow it...
[Atrix 4G General] vbhines:
I posted this down in another thread, but I think it may be getting lost amongst side chatter.

I found this in the recently "discovered" 2.3 engineering system dump for the Olympus line. I don't recall seeing these testkey.x509.pem file previously. Is this anything useful for the bootloader efforts?
[Atrix 4G General] PixoNova:
I would try asking kholk when he returns. And Da_G if he's still working on it

Swyped from my Motorola Atrix 4g using XDA Premium App
[G Tablet Accessories] mrtoolman:
I just got my GTab up and running today and was looking around at cases. The CLIP looks awesome, but I actually want access to the USB port. Are there any cases like it that don't block any ports, buttons, or sensors? It's so frustrating that every case has some major problem for me :/. I wanted a CLIP so bad!
[G Tablet Accessories] sjmoreno:
I am not aware of any cases like the CLIP that won't block the USB port. The P1 and P2 cases it2steve sells are pretty nice and don't block the USB port.
[G Tablet Accessories] xjarl:
M1

But just a sample now..I think...
[G Tablet Accessories] timwood:
If you put your g Tablet in upside down into the CLIP it doesn't block any ports. Only downside to this is the volume buttons are at the bottom and also some apps don't support this orientation.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] almostinsane:
Anyone figured out how to delete it? Every time I erase the 'sent from Tmobile' crap it reverts back.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] twoeleven99:
there should be a signature setting somewhere in the email app
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sk337sk337:
Take it out of your Gmail
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mapin0518:
It does not allow itself to be removed in the regular imap email app. Annoying as hell. If u delete or change the sig it just reverts back to the T-Mobile sig.

Fortunately gmail app doesn't behave that way.

I gotta say that for a "vanilla" Android phone, T-Mobile really dug their nails into it. This ain't no nexus vanilla that's for sure.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] pauldavid77:
This is happening to me too and it is completely unacceptable. This is happening on my exchange email, I know I can use touchdown but I have to pay for that. This should not be like this.

Would it be possible to get the apk from the Nexus One email client and install it on this phone?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] minispiney:
And me. I don't want this T-Mobile signature on my corporate e-mail account. Calling support right now...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] minispiney:
Talked to support. After the usual basic steps she looked in the database and said "oh yes, I see others are having the same issue. It would need a software update from Google, and there's no timeframe for that".

Time to get hacking...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] veezer:
IMHO, this is completely unacceptable; I just discovered this today. I can't use this for my work email (we have to put in our own corporate disclaimer) if I can't change the signature. The only tedious work around is to to delete it every time I start a new email/reply and put in some shortcut to insert my actual shortcut. As a former BB owner, this is terrible, and this phone is going back to t-mobile right now. Might be time to bite the bullet and just switch to Verizon and the droid pro. Sigh.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] cdd543:
Yes it's a stupid bug for sure. Glad I already paid for touchdown.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
If you don't want to pay for Touchdown, there are others as good if not better than Touchdown for free. Just look for them.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] almostinsane:
Fixed the issue by replacing the email.apk file with the one from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=775007
[T-Mobile LG G2x] pauldavid77:
Can you tell me how you did this. I have tried to install the apk but it fails.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] almostinsane:
1) End the task of your existing one and click delete data/cache in manage applications.

2) Use Root Explorer and rename the old one in system\app to email.apk.old / make a backup of it

3) Copy the new one to system\app and click install
[T-Mobile LG G2x] pauldavid77:
Thanks so much. No more signature! I was really bummed out about this one, but now all is good.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] almostinsane:
ahh, glad the directions worked. I had to work from memory as I initially tried the Gingerbread email.apk file and had to do a bunch of delete, uninstall, delete motions to get the one linked above to work.

No - the default Gingerbread version does not work. I believe the one above is based on the 2.3 code and does work. The black back ground is a lot nicer than the grey that the default client had.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] almostinsane:
This is the default email client and may work better for people that don't want to bypass Exchange security policies:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1041962
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jink25:
Awesome thanks...now I dont have to ask T-Mobile for a monthly fee for the advertising my emails were providing.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] worker1:
This is total crap! :mad:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sahilkochhar:
How did you guys get around to renaming the original file? When I try it says insufficient permission. Looks like it is a read only file and am unable to change it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] almostinsane:
You need root access.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] unique77:
2.3 apk

I don't think you should change it to the 2.3 email apk. When I did this, I was no longer able to click any links inside of my emails, as well as be able to select any specific text at all. The gingerbread update shouldn't be too far from now, it can't be too bad to wait just a little while.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Jason_V:
Couldn't get this to authenticate to my Exchange server....
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
The one from 2.3.3 wouldn't work for me either. It was looking for some SSL certificate and wouldn't proceed.

I used the one I posted in the first few pages for a while without issues.

The email app from the leaked 2.3.3 rom wouldn't sync up, but CM7's email app works without a hitch.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mingkee:
There is a simple workaround and NO ROOT REQUIRED.

When you start writing an email, tap and hold the content (it should have the annoying sig) and choose "cut all".

Bingo, it's cutoff and you can continue.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
I just checked and mine doesn't have a signature, and far as I know it's never had one. I've never swapped out the email apk. For what it's worth I'm using Eagle's Blood Froyo 1.0.4, so maybe this was changed in that ROM?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
Nevermind lol. I just noticed in the changelog that they fixed the T-Mobile signature.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] propain4444:
If you check your work email more than once per day, and EVER send a message for work from your phone, you're doing yourself a disservice if you haven't already bought Touchdown. I know it seems steep, because nobody is used to paying $20 for any kind of software anymore, but it is worth every penny.

Plus, chances are you may be able to expense it through work (that's what i did). Seriously, just go get Touchdown, you'll not regret it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] donbeth:
While i don't think having to buy an app is an acceptable solution I can attest that Touchdown is a brilliant app. Only thing not so great about it is I can't add pop email accounts to it. I tried using k-9 email, it is good, but the Touchdown interface and features is much closer to Outlook.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] heat23:
Hopefully the gingerbread or LG OTA update fixes this issue. I really like the simplicity of the stock Email app versus some of the other ones out there.