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[Touch Pro2 CDMA] PlatinumD_101:
Day 1

After accidentally dropping the battery out my TP2 phone while processes were loading for OS, it started doing an infinite loop back ever time right before the Os starts to load. After removing the sim and sd card, I then Attempted a Hard reset...the load was successful, after it reboots and goes to the screen saying Preparing your phone for first use, it then starts the infinite loop Again at that screen every time...

DAY 2

After doing some research, i decided to load the stock rom on it...but the same thing happens with the infinite loop back...

I'm definitely at a lost of what else I could do to fix this because I really do love this phone...

Please, any suggestions or pointing me the right direction would be very appreciated...

THKX,
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Avatar28:
I can't do a task 29 on my phone because my volume down button is broken. By broken I mean that the plunger on the switch itself has come out. No way to get back into the bootloader unless I want to jab around inside the switch with a screwdriver. That being the case, what is the next best option for a clean install? I have been having increasing problems with ROM stability lately (sense hanging/restarting, sluggish performance, apps spontaneously closing right after launch, etc). Each new ROM seems, if anything, to be getting worse, even right out of a fresh install (did the hard reset after flashing thing, didn't really help).

Edit: Before anyone asks, I have mostly been using the 6.5.3 build Energy Cookie 2.0 ROMs.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] 1milenia:
one thing ive learned is i dont need task29

what i do is flash euro stock 6.5.5

and all is well

then i flash whatever rom i need

i hope it works for you
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] PUTALE:
That's true. if you flash the official rom, it always clean the ram first before flashing it. not the best option but it's nonetheless working if you do not want to or cannot use task29.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Avatar28:
Thanks. I was considering that so I will give that a shot next time I flash. Thanks.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msbtt:
Hey all,

I have no idea what the hell is going on with my tab. I did not have any issues and all of a sudden lost any and all sound. I was running Vegan 5.11 and then installed Vegan Ginger RC1 and thats when, I think, it started happening. I NVFlashed back to stock and still no sound. Tried to install a bunch of other roms and still no go. I am absolutelly lost of what to do. BTW I tried the earphone plug in and unplug but nothing. The only way anything happens is through bluetooth.

Help!!!!!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corawang:
System & Alarm OK, No Media Sound

Let my G rested for a few days and last night the sound was cutting in/out. Today the sound is completed back. I am still on stock ROM, did not do anything special, just turned on the “Audible Selection” and rebooted a few times.

I guess it was too much water while putting on Skinomi screen protector...

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Now it’s confirmed, media sound works, as long as the screen is off.

Tried to play music with stock ROM, as soon as I "saw" music is playing, hit power button to turn off screen, then I can hear music, but as soon as the screen is on, media sound is silent.

Would be great if sound and screen can both be on again. Please HELP!!

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I installed Skinomi screen protector and after that lost media sound. During the installation I tried to power down my G but as soon as I squeegee the screen (even after confirmed power off) G will come back on and of course a lot of commands were popping up on screen since I could not power it down. After Skinomi installation I lost media sound. At first I thought I drowned the speakers but then realized system and alarm sounds still work, just no media sound.

Then I had another interesting discovery. If I tried to watch Youtube video and while it’s playing, hit the power button to shut off the screen, I can hear the media sound when the screen is off for a little while. As soon as the screen is back up, media is silent again.

I also tried the headset trick and switched from Vegan 5.1.1 to TnT Lite to stock ROM. I believe the silence was caused by pressing keys in special sequence but don’ t know what it was since I was using a squeegee. Otherwise I have had my G since Feb2011 and never had any problem.

I am praying to all you android GODs out there and hoping I can find an answer to have the media sound back again.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amoffa:
I fixed my sound issue that sounds identical

You should appreciate the beauty of the problem and the solution...

After thinking it had to be a software issue (because the sound worked as long as I turned the screen off) and finding no one at all who knew what to do I was about to give up on the sound on my g tablet.

But then I had a crazy thought - what if it was a hardware issue where either a contact on the motherboard melted together or somehow the sound cable was interfered with by a loose connection.

If you open the gtablet case - Gulp! Its actually not that bad...

Using an eyeglass repair kit screwdriver, gently remove the rubber circular pads on the back of the tablet.

Underneath you will discover screws that the eyeglass screwdriver can unscrew.

After unscrewing all four, use a credit card to gently slot between the seals of the casing all the way around. eventually the casing will separate without problems.

Once open, and with the tablet now facedown on your lap. look at the lower right section of the motherboard for a thin brown wire that is connected near the 3.5 mm jack up and connected on the other end near the middle right of the motherboard.

Mine was untaped and loosly laying over two contacts of the motherboard. All I did was gently position that little wire away from those two contacts to the left (right of the metal screen backing wall) so they would not touch those contacts.

Believe it or not - that solved the problem. Turns out that the two contacts when touched by the wire cause the sound to short off. But when not touching them, everything works fine.

The reason the sound would work before when the screen was turned off in sleep mode was because IF THE SCREEN IS OFF THERE IS NO LONGER A CURRENT GOIND THROUGH THE CONTACTS!!! Beautiful....

gently snap the cover back on and ensure it all snaps back all the way around, reinsert the screws and replace the little rubber backings and turn you tablet back on.

Good luck!

What was that? I can't hear you over my newly working tablet speakers!!! :)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
Very interesting. Thanks.

I've been puzzling over (and, frankly, have not been able to diagnose) a similar problem. Looks like bad engineering on VS's (or Malata's) part if 5 users have encountered this same problem.

Karmas coming your way if the user verifies that what you suggested fixed his problem.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] normalsailor:
Thanks. I had the cover off before to resolder the power jack to the board. This time I accidentally pulled on the headphone cord.
[Xperia Arc General] ArcOnFire:
What would be the difference between these 2 methods of rooting for XPERIA Arc?

I know Gingerbreak is much easier to do than the other one. But, is there any limitations to what Gingerbreak can do compared with the other method ?

Since bootloader is still in locked state, that means those who did it with Gingerbreak still have their warranty valid, right? What about the installation of future custom ROM ? Would the devices rooted with Gingerbreak have no chance to install custom ROM because the bootloader is locked ?

Sorry, I'm pretty much confused atm about rooting the Arc.
[Xperia Arc General] diggedy:
My understanding is unlocking the bootloader does not give you root. Even those with unlocked bootloaders must root using either ginger break or the other method.

Having the bootloader unlocked will allow for installing custom roms though, when recovery is sorted. Those of us with locked bootloaders will have to hope for a workaround at a later date.

As for warranties...who knows on this one. SE have allowed the unlocking of bootloaders saying it "may" void warranty. Theres nothing to say rooting will void it. Personally I think the only way you will void it is if you brick it whilst fiddling with it. I think any hardware issues will be sorted regardless. (but thats my opinion, dont take it as gospel)
[Xperia Arc General] Step666:
Rooting is rooting, it doesn't really matter what the mechanics of it are, if it's successful then the outcome is the same.

As for the two methods, yes, GingerBreak seems to be the simplest so for most people there's really no reason not to do that. If it fails and you have a handset you can unlock the bootloader on, then you can always do it the other way if need be.

When it comes to custom ROMs, there's a good chance that having an unlocked bootloader will be a requirement, to begin with at least.

It's possible that someone will find a way to offer custom ROMs for locked bootloaders but it's just more work.
[Xperia Arc General] george1983c:
if the buutloader remains unlocked your phone can ALWAYS be repaired through seus, the bootloader needs to be unlocked for the phone to be bricked . also flashing of custom roms may not require the bootloader to be unlocked - as is the case with the x10. as far as i know though the bootloader needs to be unlocked to flash new kernals but there is a workaround that for the time being with the ability to flash the various basebands. my bootloader will remain locked for the timebeing - its a sure failsafe if anything goes wrong
[Xperia Arc General] ArcOnFire:
Thanks for the replies everyone.

I had this concept of "If you don't root your phone, you can't install custom ROM" and "If your bootloader is locked, you can't install custom ROM" before I found this Gingerbreak rooting method. (i.e. boot loader unlock -> can root -> can install custom ROM)

But just before it was conflicting because with Gingerbreak root your phone, but it seemed to me that you can't install custom ROM because the bootloader is locked. However they said "If you root your phone you can install custom ROM".

So for this time being, taking out the question whether custom ROM (which no one yet to make it for Arc) can be installed, I think it's safe to say : "Gingerbreak rooting with busybox installed gives you the same capabilities to bootloader unlocking + fastboot flashing", right?
[Xperia Arc General] baste07:
more or less......
[Xperia Arc General] keijames:
x10 was never unlocked bootloader，how many custom ROM out there？

cheers
[Xperia Arc General] Blagus:
Not exactly. You can't flash custom .imgs via fastboot if you don't unlock the bootloader.

And I don't understand why people think that phone can be totally bricked if you unlock the bootloader... :confused:
[Xperia Arc General] keijames:
sorry to say that，unlock bootloader seems waste of wait of time，if gingerbreak works
[Xperia Arc General] ArcOnFire:
Well... yes, I already thrown that factor out when I asked my question.

But looking at the history, is there any case a custom ROM can be installed on a phone with bootloader still in locked state?
[Xperia Arc General] Xajel:
This is AFAIK

SE uses locked bootloaders for three reasons

1- A secure place to put DRM certificates.

2- A secure place to SIM lock the phone

3- A secure way to forbid modifying the software, as the bootloader will require a signed software in order for it to boot it ( If I'm not mistaken this is the problem with X10 unlockable bootloader as it's just hard to sign an image, correct me if I'm wrong ). the signed software thing is meant to be for not bringing bad software that may damage the phone

After SE saw that a lot of peoples want to install custom ROM's into their phones without too much hassle and a lot of them understand the risks of this so they decided to make it possible to unlock the bootloader but they want it to be the right way...

1- First the DRM certificates will be deleted as installing custom ROM's with exposed DRM certificates can bring serious legal problems to SE ( as this will mean the ability to save a digital unprotected copy of a DRM protected media )

2- SIM locked phones are excluded from this bootloader unlocking as this can make it easy to unlock the SIM lock so this will put SE in a bad position between operators..

3- As the main reason for unlocking the bootloader is installing custom ROM's and this is what the community want's SE made a bold statement here that doing so will violate the warranty as SE can't guarantee what a custom ROM may do to the phone...
[Xperia Arc General] g130303036:
but x10 has recovery
[Xperia Arc General] Step666:
The Arc isn't the X10.
[Xperia Arc General] justbenice:
Boring. This is a first time i use SE phone. I think this is also a last time. I will come back with HTC. There are no custom and no one with cook custom rom for SE device already
[Xperia Arc General] Evil_Sephiroth:
How many time passed from exit of ARC???
[Xperia Arc General] alesscam:
sorry ... I have from only 3 weeks the Arc and already have bootloader unlocked and Root ...

I think you're just a little patience :rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc General] chriscpritchard:
From what I gather, they can't refuse a warantee repair if it is a hardware fault, not caused by the unlocked software (as it is a problem with their manufacturing, and therefore their fault), but if you mess your phone up with something due to the unlocked bootloader they can (for example, you overheat your CPU with an overclock or something).
[Xperia Arc General] Regii:
That's what I heard too. As long as you didn't mess with you phone in some way, they can't prove that the hardware fault came from the modified software and should therefore repair your phone nonetheless. I guess that's why they say that unlocking the bootloader MAY void one's warranty.
[Xperia Arc General] vsinha71:
have rooted thro' gingerbreak - but am am getting frequent random reboots. while calling or recieving. can anyone help me with this.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pospower:
PUlled battery out and reflashed tried going to full odin restore it keeps getting stuck now on setup configuration in ODIN> I hope I didnt brick my phone
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legato525:
Before anyone gets bent out of shape, this thread is in the wrong section. (See how nice you can say it.) :p

Anyway, If your phone is booting to download mode, it is not bricked. What file are you trying to flash and in what section of odin? Also if it is failing after you hit start, copy paste the odin log in so we can see exactly where it is failing.

Second suggestion try to flash stock DI01 or DL09 in PDA section to see if you can get it running that way.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pospower:
I have tried stock d09 in pda and it gets stuck param.ifs
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Legato525:
have you tried flashing with the PITT file? you can try that. uuuummmmmm, I think I would try downloading the EB01 all in one package from Adryn and flash it with the Atlas2.2 pitt file and see how that runs.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattRussNC:
Unless it fell off the desk while flashing, if it still turns on you're probably ok. Try the cure all laid out by giz http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1017817 look for the thorough method. If you cant get into download mode at first don't panic, sometimes it can take a few attempts before resorting to jigs.

Also if your issue is odin getting stuck in during the flash then first check your download. A corrupt download has taken time from me and quite a few others trying to figure out.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidXcon:
Fell off the desk while flashing huh, who would ever let something like that to happen :D
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] landshark68:
Nobody I know :rolleyes:
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattRussNC:
My apologies landshark, didn't know odin files were out yet for ed01 nor that you had a guide.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jasongthang:
I am running CM7 the latest stable release, April 11th or so. I want to have a white notification/status bar with the time, clock, battery, alarm, gps, and 3g text in black. Also I want the drop down notification menu to also be white. Basically, black/dark gray and white/light gray completely inverted of what it looks like now. There are a couple ADW themes, such as "ADW.theme.one", whose screenshots show this type of color scheme, but for some reason do not have this effect on my phone.

Yes, I know there is a kitchen for doing this, but it doesnt change the color of the text. I know that this is possible by editing framework-res.apk. I just need a little help finding this file, knowing what values to change, and then how to apply/flash it back to the phone to make the changes. Please help?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] user7618:
Check out the JAMT theme on the android themes board. Its a white theme.

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Ginger-on-Hero action here!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jasongthang:
Thanks, and I appreciate the reply. But not what I asked. I really want to learn how to edit the framework file so I can do it myself.

But this will do for now. I just need to find a nicer wallpaper to go with it!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] timothydonohue:
older versions of CM allowed you to adjust the settings. i have no idea why they took it out
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] sobis1dm:
I went through this same thing a while ago. Download NinjaMorph, and that will extract your framework. Most of the files you'll play with will be in drawable-hdpi. When you extract the framework-res.apk, it'll show you all the PNG files. I'd just transfer everything to your computer, change what you want in drawable-hdpi (I know the notification icons are there, I'm not sure about the bar itself - I've never messed with it), and then put it back on the SD card. Ninja Morph will recompile the framework-res and replace the one in your system folder.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] t3project:
because they added the theme manager
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] evohack99:
Where is theme manager found

Sent from my netarchy_toast, froyo beast of a machine evo!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] timothydonohue:
i see theme chooser, not manager. theme chooser doesn't let you do anything other than pick an overall blue, green, or default theme, sadly :(
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Saturn2K:
You can try to figure out how to edit the framework file, but you might be better off figuring out how to create themes for CM7.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=948109

That link is a good overview of the theme engine. The fourth link on that page has a good how-to on creating themes. While it might be simpler to modify your framework file to change your notification bar now, that framework file changes with new releases of CM7. The theme engine is made so that it works across all versions.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jasongthang:
This is a great read, but seems extremely complicated. Thanks!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] funksalad:
Im curious about this too. Is there a such thing as theme manager or was that just a mistake?

I really liked the ability to alter the colors in the previous build...:(
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] whytecell:
I agree Buddy! That's one thing i miss about Android was the White status bar. and i like the classic clock on the status bar also.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jasongthang:
I just remember having it with CM 6.0 and I loved it, and then it was gone! lol

I downloaded the JamT theme, and that makes it look alright, I just recently switched to a honeycomb theme, but now I'm back to regular cyanbread
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] thoughtlesskyle:
something like this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13420115
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jasongthang:
You sir are a saint. Thank you very much! yeah, yeah, i'm clicking "thanks" lol.

Appreciated
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] thoughtlesskyle:
You didn't have to hit thanks but yea I knew somebody would like that theme I use it when I get tired of black bars
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smiles.smiley:
I've read around the forum and other forums as well about SGS GPS issue. From what I read, seems like SGS users did get their GPS to work but inaccurately.

My SGS has no custom ROM, running on 2.3.3. My GPS seems to not work at all. Every time I enter Navigation, it just gets stuck on "Waiting for location".
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trustsyzaa:
A-GPS might help you :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roughneckboren:
Maybe try faster fix
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
As you are using non official beta rom that might be the problem .

Flash stock Froyo with pit 512 and repartition checked .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smiles.smiley:
Well, sorry if I forgot to mention. This problem has occurred since I'm in my stock Froyo 2.2. I've read somewhere about GPS only working in Europe and USA?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
The majority work world wide .

I suggest a service centre as it may be hardware .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xfakexbloodx:
NOPE !!!

im in the same area as you,,

use gps aids (find in the market)

and it;s fixed
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcboyy:
Have u tried g-spot fix?

/nik on MIUI
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
GPS hardware works as a standalone GPS no A-GPS no wireless no network towers .

Take sim out of phone turn off WiFi delete GPS data .

Go outside clear view of sky and use something like GPS Test to pick up satellites .

No satellites after half an hour = hardware fault .

All these aids and GPS fixes do not fix faulty hardware .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xfakexbloodx:
LOL !!

its nice name "g-spot fix"

i used that and gps aids its worked pretty fast !!

it just need 5-6 sec to locked the gps
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preveza:
Try GPS Aids from the market. You'll wonder :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NasrulBond:
try the simple gps fix. works okay for me
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] hellmonger:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1013757

.

I cant get these to work on Khal's V4 Galaxy....

Any ideas why?
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] 3rdstring:
I was able to use ZipThemer to add the OrangeOctane Morphs & it worked quite well.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] hellmonger:
what version are you running?

Think you could nandroid yours so i could give it a try?
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] 3rdstring:
Right now I'm running Kahl's latest GalaxyXTv4 ROM. These are the updates I made to get everything themed & should be applied in order. I think they'll only work on this ROM as I tried using the one I built while Running Dexter's 1.3 & they just boot looped.

1. DarkFroyo

2. WhiteText

3. OrangeOctane

I tried building it as one update but couldn't get it to work :(

Copy to OpenRecovery/updates & apply, wipe dalvik-cache & cache partitions reboot. If this doesn't work I'll try the nandroid when I get home tonight.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] ronnbon:
Did you all applied the metamorphframework- update from khalpower?

The extreme Dialers morphs worked for me- for example...

And second: maybe some of them don't work because it is said there that this morph are actually made for cynanogenMod?
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] 3rdstring:
That's part of the beauty of the ZipThemer method, if files (e.g. SystemUI.apk) aren't there on your device when it builds the update.zip it skips those files.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] hellmonger:
Thanx guys.... 3rd the morphs worked.... sort of got a lot of errors.... i think my SDcard is baked. :(

Im getting a new one soon so il try again later on....
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] hellmonger:
Yeap was the SDcard for some reason....

reformatted and then re-partitioned and all good thanks for the help every one much much appreciated :)