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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] T-Macgnolia:
Just so you know it does not matter, Windows Mobile ROM you have on your HD2 if you flash a NAND Android ROM. When you flash MAGLDR or cLK to your HD2 it removes what ever Windows Mobile ROM you have and installs MAGLDR or cLK ,which ever bootloader you chose, to the same area or ROM partition of the NAND memory. The only time it mattersWindows Mobile ROM you use as far as Android is concered is when you use a Android SD card build.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Theonew:
The person is using an Android SD card build.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tehjimmies:
Where can I find an explanation of why the Windows Mobile ROM matters when doing the Android SD card build? Does it only matter upon the bootup before you load haret, or is Windows Mobile still loaded even after launching Haret?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donkeykong0:
so i have been using CM7 RC1 w/ stock kernel for a while now, without any issues. i was reading up and wanted to try the new incredikernel though, for the governor rather than using setcpu/juice defender for increased battery life.

so i did a titanium backup, then in Clockwork did a full backup before i started messing with anything. i then mounted to computer to put the kernel on the SD card. i did this, but was confused where to actually put the .zip file so that CW would see it. SD card or internal memory? i've had this issue before.

anyway, i didn't find the .zip when i booted into recovery, so i went to re-mount to USB to move it over to the other directory, and everything seized up on me. trying to mount USB basically froze my phone. re-booting did not fix, when i try to go into CM settings or try to mount USB same freezing would happen.

OK fine, i just did a nandroid backup so i figured it wasn't a big deal since i haven't actually made any changes yet and so i restored. then it would not boot. got stuck at the CM7 bootloader. ****. so i tried an earlier restore point, from a few months ago. that worked (also CM7-RC1 when i first put it on). i didn't wipe cache/dalvik when i tried the first time, so i wiped now and then tried to restore the most recent backup again. still, no luck.

so i've been living with the older restore trying to get everything how it was before. another note, i had installed a battery meter (RC1 did not come with one), and when trying to flash this, got stuck at the same bootloader screen again. another thing to note is that i have been updating CW to the latest version when it is available, but all versions are 3.xx. the latest i think i went from 3.0.0.5 to 3.0.0.8. just trying to include as much info as possible here...

any ideas? it's frustrating because i haven't actually been installing anything new. at this point i just want my phone the way it was, i.e. getting the latest restore point to work. it won't, but older restore versions will work. did CW mess up the backup, is it corrupt? is this a CM7 issue or CW? help please!

if this is in the wrong forum, apologies, it wouldn't let me post in the dev thread due to lack of posts.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k_nivesout:
Did you do a complete wipe before trying to restore your backups? In recovery, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, format boot, system, data and cache.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donkeykong0:
i did not do that before. i just tried though, and same result. stuck in CM7 boot loop.

wtf happened to my backup!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeah right:
That happened to me once. Try this. Save everything on your sd card to your computer. Reformat card. Then put just the nandroid back on card. It might help.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k_nivesout:
Yeah sounds like it may be an issue with the SD card or your backup..
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] lost_man10002:
This is a magic the gathering / wow card game mesh game with cross-platform gaming...Also has free cards that you earn by playing or selling your in game cards to the merchant for gold to buy more cards...very kool game check it out.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wulven.shadowera
[HTC Incredible S] themaster20:
Hey guys, I recently purchased an Incredible S and it seems to be an amazing phone so far. But the problem I noticed was that when I purchased the phone (Bell/virgin Canada), was that only about 2gb of free space was available for me on the sd card while about 1gb was available on internal phone storage. I didn't install anything or even put any music on it so why is the available only 2gb out of 8gb? surely the system applications cant take over 5gb. After putting some music on, I'm down to only 0.92gb.

So my question is, has anyone else experienced something similar? Is it possibly due to the bloat included but even so 5gb being taken by bloatware seems pretty excessive. I know to remove the bloat, root is required but at the same time, I've read that I may not receive OTA updates if I remove it.

Any help and suggestions will be greatly appreciated

Thanks
[HTC Incredible S] TiM3SH1FT:
Yes I was in the same situation as you, I think it's really stupid that they sell you a phone with a 8gb sd card that is almost full!

If I recall there is about 4gb that is taken by gps maps and they are located here:

\.data\navigator\data

I'm not entirely sure but I think those files are used by the Bell GPS app that comes with the phone and by the size of it it must be for the whole North America and not just Canada.

Anyways this app never worked for me I guess because my phone was unlocked and I'm using it on the Fido network so I did a backup of those files, formatted the SD card and did a factory data reset.

I gained a lot of space by doing that!

Hope this helps!
[HTC Incredible S] 4rv1nd8:
yep... gps is the main culprit... if you are not into bell bloatware, just format he sd card.. :D

i am still pissed virgin mobile gives me a phone with bell crapware on it..:mad:
[HTC Incredible S] coldest~~~:
does the bell version of the phone has 1700/2100 AWS band for tmous ?
[HTC Incredible S] themaster20:
Thanks for the replies, that's probably what I will do (format) after a backup. Still can't believe that gps navigator app is like 5gb and it's not even free as you have to subscribe monthly for a fee of $10 on top of the data charges.

As for the frequencies used, I read the box and it says HSPDA 850/1900/2100

and the gsm is 850/900/1800 /1900 But no 1700.

Anyways really appreciate the quick replies.
[HTC Incredible S] echundotcom:
The GPS stuff is not for the Bell maps... it's a TomTom derivative for the "Locations" application. It doesn't require any data in order to view the maps... just data to download local data/attractions. The only problem I have with the "Locations" software is the compass... it doesn't point true to the direction that I'm moving in. Called HTC and they stated to do a G-Sensor calibration, which worked with other compass applications, but the Locations still points slightly off of the direction I'm heading. The Google Navigation GPS works better, but does require a data plan.
[HTC Incredible S] echundotcom:
Oh yeah, and if you still want functionality of the "Locations" software and create some room on your micro SD, then delete the maps that you don't think you'll ever use. I just left the Canada and the US East Coast maps, and deleted the rest... opened up a LOT of space.
[HTC Incredible S] TiM3SH1FT:
Yeah the damn compass in "Locations" is nuts! At first I thought I had a defective unit... but then it works fine in Google Maps. I'm thinking that they might be doing that on purpose so we actually use data for gps :mad:
[General Questions and Answers] kilobravo31:
Ok so I now own a Samsung Galaxy S 4G, and like everyone else the internal memory is nearly full out of the box.

The solution.......... root your phone and install a custom ROM right!

Phone is rooted and ready, but now I have some questions in regards to installing the custom ROM. :)

1. How do I back everything up in case I need to roll my phone back to the original settings?

2. I have seen things that say ODIN does not work well for flashing at this point and time and may brick your phone, please confirm if this true.

3. I'm currently thinking about Darky's custom ROM, good distro or not? If its not please recommend a better one.

4. To anybody that has installed a custom ROM how much application space did you gain by this change?

Thanks in advance for the help :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] DarkShadowMX:
Hello all,

I've purchased today an HTC Inspire via eBay, and i was wondering, is there a way to transfer my data (contacts/sms/other stuff) from Windows Mobile 6.5 (previous HTC Touch Pro 2) to the Inspire's Android system?

Thank you :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirk123:
http://superuser.com/questions/3875...mbers-contacts-from-windows-mobile-to-android

Don't know if you can transfer sms though. Pics and music can be transferred using the USB cord.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tyguy:
To export contacts you could use Thunderbird.

It does a fairly good job exporting WinMo contacts to CSV. Pending how many iterations of MS Exchange Servers you went through you may have to edit the Excel (CSV) file or edit the contacts later on in google's contact manager. If you decide to edit the CSV it's a little bit trial and error before everything fits to googles format but it's worth the effort (I have ~1200 contacts and had to edit perhaps 150 manually after the import). SMS's will be lost, pictures can be copied manually.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DarkShadowMX:
Thanks, all... but on the emotion of having my htc inspire with me, i didn't even back up my contacts :P
[HTC Inspire 4G] minicoop7:
If you sync with Outlook, HTC sync will work with syncing contacts & calendar. It may cause duplication though.

For sms, install SMS backup on both winmo & android.

Outlook task won't sync though.

Sent from my 2nd Inspire 4G
[Defy General] romdroid.:
So i sold my Desire Z cuz i didnt like the keyboard and it was faulty, so now i need a new phone. I have always had my eyes on the defy right before i even bought my DZ. So now i am between buying the Defy or the Ideos X5, or should i wait and buy a proper and better phone like the SGS II? I dont have any heavy or high usage, i want good call quality, playing some 3d-games, messaging, browsing and checking email and so on.. i can get it for 300€~ here where i live in sweden so do u think defy is worth picking up? I have been watching reviews all the day and i still dont know if i should pick it up or not? whats ur thoughts about this?

i've also heard about the faulty earpiece is this fixed with the new defys or is it still common?

edit: oh ive also got another question: when u decide to put on pattern lock, and when u put the phone to sleep and wake it up does it go through motorola default lock -> unlock pattern -> phone opens or is it unlock pattern -> phone opens?
[Defy General] Jt612:
the whole earpiece fiasco is fixed in new defy's, and if your defy is running 2.1 then yes you can turn of the normal lock screen and only have a pattern, any 2.2 rom will require you to have the lockscreen (so default lock -> unlock pattern -> phone opens) this is a problem of froyo not the defy. I'm unsure but i believe there are apps that remove teh default lock screen
[Defy General] Kiristiba:
Hi

The earpiece problem was never common just more than average, i know five people including me that have a Defy and non of us has the earpiece Problem.

Moreover we are all very happy with it, its the best android phone that came in to my hands so far. In my opinion, the only phone that can compete from the hardware point of view is the Samsung Wave, but it doesn't have Android on it.

the only reason to buy another is if you want a larger screen, but thats personal taste, i didn't ;)

greetings :)
[Defy General] ephumuris:
I used to have a Desire...i like my Moto Defy much more. :) This is my 4th Android handset...not due another until next February and i know this phone will be good to me until then!
[Defy General] spongethebob:
I came to the defy from a spica and i love this phone: all applications runs very smoothly, and for me having it resistant and waterproof is useful (under rain or at beach :-)

For the earphone problems, it seems that it has been fixed with the reçent deliveries.
[Defy General] ollyshaw:
Pros of the defy:

Life-proof

Great scree

fast processor (that over-clocks well)

Cons:

Ear-piece failure

MotoBlur

Android 2.1 and very very slow update schedule.

Personally now I have put a blurless 2.2 on and had my ear-piece fixed I like the phone again. My advice go for it, but buy it from somewhere with a generous returns policy!

Olly
[Defy General] ollyshaw:
Should add I am using the 2.2 rom from ephumuris. Good work mate, cheers!

Olly
[Defy General] spongethebob:
With custom roms and ear-piece fix there is no more cons :D

But if you want to keep the warranty the cons are still here... That's up to you :-)
[Defy General] MrBelter:
i fail to see how blur is a problem when you can just use launcher pro and forget about blur, even my bog standard defy used as just a phone will hit 5 days of standby. Some people even like blur you know *shock horror*
[Defy General] romdroid.:
thx mate, but in galaxy S u can use unlock pattern -> phone opens :( that was something that annoyed me in the desire z, but in my friends galaxy s it worked very well with just unlock pattern...

is the defy hard to root? i heard u only need z4root and then its done?
[Defy General] ephumuris:
Z4root didnt work for me on 2.51. Super one click for 2.1 however worked great. Have to run it windows though.

Sent from my Defy on CM7.
[Defy General] SWAT AXEL:
despite the hole ear piece problem , i liked it ,cause i've bought jabra street bt headset and i'm using my phone with total freedom plus all the games are working smoothly like nova 2 it's damn perfect.

so i'm one of the biggest fans. even i really recommend it more than ericsson arc

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[Defy General] ollyshaw:
The problem with it is not the widgets or the launcher (I use ADW). The problem for me has been wonky Facebook sync and the odd infinite loop and battery drain with the exchange sync. Admittedly I have not seen this with blur on versions 2.51 and above.

Maybe not a big problem, but certainly in my top three gripes.

Olly
[Defy General] maxi2mc:
I think this phone is a best-buy, especially here in Romania, where you can get it pretty cheap, compared to other phones with a similar screen. For me very important is the screen resolution, and you cannot get any better then this, without going to a tablet. The processor speed is irelevant, and 800MHz is enough for everyday use. It can be overclocked easily.
[Defy General] romdroid.:
thx guys 4 ur answers, i am between this and ideos x5...

the problem is that motorola wont upgrade it beyond 2.2, and i havent got the guts to rooting and puting in custom rom on any phone yet cuz the fear of brickning it :(

btw how is the phone's GPS? i intend to use it in my car for navigation is it trustable?
[Defy General] danimagrin:
I've been a big fan of SE for a long time, but Defy really changed my opinion. Don't know how it is in the rest of the world, but in Brazil Motorola is known to be the reference for well built hardware, durable and resistant phones. This phone has also the best trade-off between price and performance here at the moment. Recommended.
[Defy General] rafaccb:
it's totally worth it, especially with such a great community of developers like we have here.
[Defy General] romdroid.:
where i live (sweden) there is some retailers who will ship the phone with this rom included as stock http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1040777 and with 2.2 :) aka no blur ! :D

i just need to see SGS II it seems awesome...but the screen is way to big for me
[Defy General] romdroid.:
is 346€ worth for a brand new defy running android 2.2 nordic? without a contract ofc. I wonder if its easy to overclock it to 1000mhz? will it drain my battery if i did it? which program to download for overclocking?
[Defy General] ABC_Universal:
Naturally it depends on the price of other alternatives. But 346€ is a bit expensive compared with ~270€ in HK. It's easy to overclock. Just root and install SetVsel or Milestone Overclock.
[Defy General] romdroid.:
yeah i think ill pass this one, cant seem to find it cheaper than 346€, for that price i may get a nexux S lol ;)
[Defy General] drwario:
I love this phone with 2nd init. The defy will be a complete package. Excellent hardware and custom blur free Roms. Bang!

MB525 CM7 VIA 2ND INIT!
[Defy General] kranti2064:
Not at all, use the Superoneclick method and it should be rooted in say... 15 seconds...:o
[Defy General] romdroid.:
Back again with the defy...they put it on sale for 290€, it is better than 346€ right? i cant seem to find it cheaper..

i really want a decent phone with good GPS (navigon) good and trustable GPS and a phone that can play most of the games on the market without any lagg. i was looking at Samsung Galaxy S but it dont have any led flash and the GPS is ****ed up (sry for the language)

will defy get android 2.3 official?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phantasybm:
I can't stand how when you turn off the phone and charge it the display just shows a battery charging... but gives you no idea about how far the phone has actually charged. Anyway to change that?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jimbo831:
Don't think so. The animation will stop and just show a full battery though when it is done.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] MWBehr:
I have no idea what you mean. The battery image while off shows the approximate charged amount, although it only shows every 20% or so.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Minker17:
Yeah, it stays on where it is charged for a little bit longer.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phantasybm:
Hmm maybe I just saw it wrong... I swear it just looked like a typical charge but with no indication of where it was. Im just used to my galaxy s that showed only how far it was charged I guess
[T-Mobile LG G2x] MWBehr:
I think I see your confusion. Whether the phone is on or off, the charging animation will start with the current percentage, then increase to 100%, and repeat.
[HTC Inspire 4G] pbpatel1981:
this is for the people who want to fix volume level. this work with any gingerbread base rom. its working good for me.
[HTC Inspire 4G] zharptitza:
Is this the same thing as this? I'm wary of just installing some random file without much information.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Mustang302LX:
You shouldn't need this. If your sig is correct and you still have CM7 use the DSPManager app. It can boost volume for speaker and through headset. I set all my eq. settings to 6.1 and it is loud and not distorted at all.
[HTC Inspire 4G] pbpatel1981:
it works better then DSP. i am using it with out any problem..its just an app.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ladiesgod:
I'm on CM7 and this works beautifully (I've only tried it for external speaker) on setting 6+. Loud as hell with no distortion!
[HTC Inspire 4G] motoman234:
Volume+ is definitely a trusted app from an awesome developer "Meltus". He's the same one that released the app "Louder volume hack" ages ago. I've used his volume apps since back on my MT3G :).

His free app is here if you guys want to read up on it first.
[HTC Inspire 4G] BlownFuze:
Thank you. Works great on RCMix HD v5.9.7.
[HTC Inspire 4G] substance12:
explain please.
[HTC Inspire 4G] baseballkyle:
Excellent app! It just works and works well IMHO :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] baseballkyle:
Ok I spoke a little too soon. This app doesn't play well with all kernels :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] kofrad:
What kernel are you using? I'm using this app with Lordmod 4.2 CFS -25mv undervolt, no problems reported here.

I personally notice distortion once I get to about +3 or +4 on my device. I keep it set to +2 and everything sounds great. It even seems to save the settings and re-apply on boot, great stuff!
[General Questions and Answers] LordManhattan:
Backup the original ROM with ROM Manager.

I do not have a Galaxy 4G so i don't know how much memory it has, but i'm using MIUI on my Desire HD and i got some extra space after flashing it.

The original Sense ROM is about 260 MB, while MIUI is 65MB. So if you want extra space i recommend a CM7 based ROM. (MIUI is based on CM7 btw)
[General Questions and Answers] vic6334:
galaxy s 4g rooted

in regards to freeing more memory, when i ran out of memory i decided to root my phone and then got instructions on replacing fota files in the /data/data directory. Immediately I got about 300 meg extra memory on the phone, cause 2 fota files were 125 meg each. After that I was trying to install OCLF 2.2 but it would not work, period! :confused: And I can not find the older OCLF anywhere. Than again, I heard that older OCLF comes with root software and I am already rooted. So i froze all the bloatware using bloat freeze app, and unroot, factory reset and root it again. Now, for some reason I have 416 med available out of 514 total. Probably erased all bloatware that was frozen - really don't care about it tho. :cool: So if your phone is rooted, here is your answer! I read on XDA that the custom ROMs are on a way to the public but i don't think they are there yet. I am a noob but I would not flash my galaxy s 4g with vibrant ROM. To me it looks like sure brick, someone correct me if I am wrong :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChronoReverse:
I want to be able to set recurrence for calendar events for bi-weekly. I'd also like to specify when the recurrence would stop happening.

Neither seems to be possible in the stock Calendar app. Is there a way to do it or is there an app that can do it? I'd like to avoid having to use the browser to do it.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChronoReverse:
Does anyone know?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Don't know if you can do it on the phone. But the Google Calendar browser interface on your desktop/laptop computer has the ability to specify both bi-weekly repeating events, and the number of occurrences.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChronoReverse:
Yeah, I know that's possible but I was hoping there'd be a native app available so that I wouldn't have to use the browser.
[EVO 4G Accessories] bignibb:
I purchased one of the 32 gb memory card from verizon and everything worked fine up until yesterday wben it fried, all data gone, card unreadable, all rom's, back-up, pictures, you get the idea. I am writing this to as a suggestion to have people every so often to back up there sd card data to either there laptop or desk top so the wont be out all the information and say the $100 bucks they paid for the card.
[EVO 4G Accessories] dominirican:
You should have a warrenty on the item up to a year and for future purchases i recommend amazon itll save you some money but dont you still have your old 8 gig with your stuff
[EVO 4G Accessories] bignibb:
yes

I do but I actually had been using it to store other information on. I ended up copying my wifes card from her evo, all her files so that I would have alot of the data that I lost such as my file folders, and some photo's and video's that we had the same ones of, Her phone is set up similiarly to mine but not exact. I hope I can return it to verizon and get a replacement I miss the extra capacity, I had over 50 full lenght video's plus all my nandroid backup's and photo's that i have been passing from one phone to the next ever since cellphone started allowing for such things. I am now going to have to see if I have the photo or at least some of them on any of our computers.

The good news is I thinks scandisk has a life time warranty if verizon doesnt make good with me.
[General Questions and Answers] russmichaels:
I am trying to follow this article to install android on my XDA serra

wiki.flexion.org/XDASerra.html#3.0

I downloaded the android system updates from this site, but all I have is a system.ext2 file and nothing else ?

Am I downloading wrong file? I cannot find anything else that says "android os", so i'm not sure what I should be downloading here.