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[GT540 Optimus General] nibras_reeza:
Well, usually when I boot my TMN 2.1 ROM, I see a TMN splash screen and then the regular Android boot animation with the glowing text.

However, from day before yesterday, this is not happening. The TMN splash appears and the screen goes blank. Then after some time the regular Android text animation appears and immediately loads the launcher/home.

Everything appears to be working fine. Even the time taken for boot looks normal but the screen suffers a blackout for some time during the boot.

Any idea how to fix it or why this happens?
[GT540 Optimus General] lavero.burgos:
In my lg gt540 reference thread in developers part there is a post about possible solutions when you brick your phone, check it out, hope it helps!
[GT540 Optimus General] DarkCaine:
hi lavero, i just wanted to ask which app you use for customizing your phones visuality like launchers,widgets,etc. i couldnt able to pm you cause im at the school now and gives problem with pm'ing.

sorry for my english.
[GT540 Optimus General] nibras_reeza:
@lavero: The phone is not bricked. :/ It works fine. Only boot animation is missing.
[GT540 Optimus General] lavero.burgos:
Check if you don't get to see recovery too. If so then is bricked but not big deal just check my thread and do what is in there

Now if you manage to get in recovery try flashing boot.img again but always erase then flash. What was the last ROM you flashed?
[GT540 Optimus General] nibras_reeza:
Am in the stock ROM with fastboot. The ROM used to work fine. I installed a few apps and ubuntu(from nexus one hacks)... The recovery works fine too..

The boot animation(Android logo) is stored in boot.img? Not in system.img? Looks like I will need a bit of tinkering to extract boot.img from the kdz.

Anyway, thanks. I could just try a clean flash. Restoring apps is the only pain since I use link2sd. I should've made a NAND before that day. :/
[Defy Android Development] johnw.xda:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ices-to-have-unlockablerelockable-bootloader/
[Defy Android Development] slph:
Finaly, but Defy 2010. :(
[Defy Android Development] thedoginthewok:
I really hope they will release the Droid 3 with an unlocked bootloader.
[Defy Android Development] add.thebad:
yeah but it is way too late for us, luckly we got quarx and 2nd init now
[Defy Android Development] vanloque:
Yes, and PLEASE make more WATERPROOF smartphones, my Defy is so awesome, he fears not the rain! :D
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
Defy is definitely not waterproof. Water resistant but not waterproof.
[Defy Android Development] racca:
That's simply not true.

Without any intention to belittle the amazing job Quartx has done, we all have to realize that all 3rd-party ROMs are at best crippled without either unlocked bootloader or 2nd-boot.

All things considered, unlocked bootloader would still be a big step-up.
[Defy Android Development] geecko:
So does it concern us ?
[Defy Android Development] ABC_Universal:
Good for other moto phones users. This is really unnecessary for defy now with 2nd init.
[Defy Android Development] michka:
It is i used it under water.
[Defy Android Development] xabierd:
We still need custom kernels
[Defy Android Development] peetr_:
And what is the advantage of custom kernel, against 2nd init and insmoded custom kernel modules? Everyone says that we need unlocked bootloader and custom kernel, but no one knows why.

What can I have in custom kernel, that I do not have in my phone now?
[Defy Android Development] ABC_Universal:
What custom kernel do you mean? The linux kernel?
[Defy Android Development] Jt612:
what happens when android 2.4 comes out? and they add a feature we cant use the 2.2 kernel for?
[Defy Android Development] Exoten:
I guess you buy an HTC right away.
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
With nand protection? Nah. Buy Samsung...although i've always stayed away from Samsung they made the right choice with the GS2.
[Defy Android Development] xabierd:
We can get newer kernels for android versions that motorola is not going to offer.

There aren't many big differences betweem 2.6.32(froyo) and 2.6.35(gingerbread and meego), but there might be important changes in the next android version that can't be solved loading custom modules.

Apart from that free bootloader means free kernel loading, we can fully boot other OS such as meego or anything that it's not android
[Defy Android Development] peetr_:
Ok. But I want android, and till now, there was nothing, that cannot be loaded with module. :-)
[Defy Android Development] Borowik13:
It's terrible, we won't be able to use our second cpu core :eek:
[Defy Android Development] peetr_:
Multi threading with Cortex and IVA could be done, but motorola won't make it and who knows, if someone else is capable to do it.
[Defy Android Development] ABC_Universal:
Where did you get that 2nd init is not capable of loading 2.6.35 or other kernels? I think Quarx chose 2.6.32 for convenience and known compatibility.
[Defy Android Development] peetr_:
Unlocked bootloader is only a phrase :-)

Maybe it's easier with it, but

everything is possible without it.

Only some man like Quarx is needed.

Even some custom kernel must be developed.
[Defy Android Development] racca:
you can't have more cpufreq slot, swap, or multitouch, as well as other minor kernel tweaks/version bump for that matter.

sholes has serious kernel bugs (dsi), god knows what bugs we might have in the future.

it's true that you can load many of the functions as modules, but we all know how much harder it is to compile/debug a module as oppose to build it into the kernel, especially when the said stock kernel is in test phase and source code is not available.
[Defy Android Development] peetr_:
Racca you must definitely understand linux better than I do. I am Windows user. I am only reading and reading and still learning. I understand, there must be some advantages in having customizable kernel.

I am just trying to say, that locked bootloader doesn't mean that something is impossible and CM7 ported from Quarx assures me more and more about that.
[Defy Android Development] santoz:
I work in a bar as well as for CPW and one of my main selling points is keeping the defy in a pint glass of water whilst i'm working! being doing it since the phone was released with no side effects :)
[Defy Android Development] peetr_:
And that's how the bootloader will be unlocked one day :-D
[Defy Android Development] racca:
that's not water proof, i think.

you'd have to put it under water (30cm~1m so that the pressure is high enough) to call it water proof. a few centimeters and partly exposed to air simply won't cut it.
[Defy Android Development] racca:
nothing is impossible, there are many hacks and tricks (mostly quite dirty or unstable) involved, 2nd-init being the most prominent example.

i'm sure you'd be quite pissed off if i were to tell you that you have to install grub or other lbl first, just to load microsoft windows.
[Defy Android Development] peetr_:
Maybe if it would be in one flashable zip, then I wouldn't mind :-)

But seriously, I cannot compare PC and smartphone. It's still the phone, used for calling first. Something else would be the tablet. I think, that Motorola knows it and because of that Xoom has the bootloader unlockable. It's a device that can be used in all kinds of development or programming.

What is really bad? That we still do not have an update from motorola. Maybe it's better at this moment, because blur is really ugly interface. I don't even have any idea why it's called blur - no need to update this.

Some Blur effects are in CM7 too :-) Until CM7 I didn't believe that the phone could be anymore faster. I underclocked here from 1100 to 1000 MHz and still faster than eclair or leaked froyo.

And if the Android update is not a big deal for few men from XDA in a few days, it should not be the problem for Motorola company in a few months with one or two of their average programmers and expensive development kits :-)

Now I am satisfied with CM7 thanks to Quarx and Cyanogen. And that's what it's all about. To be satisfied :-)
[Defy Android Development] bam0:
The Defy is IP67 certified, the second number in that is the water resistance and means it was tested at 1m depth for 30 mins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Code
[Defy Android Development] racca:
yes, i know that, it has nothing to do with putting it in a glass for a few hours though. it proves nothing.

seriously, you can design a phone that could survive a few days of cups and dishes (even toilets) and then drop dead the minute you drop it in a pool.

water-proof is a vague concept, that's the point of IP code.
[Defy Android Development] racca:
Then don't upgrade. CM7 is not stable at all, CM7 for Defy even less. Ask around, CM for Milestone is really bad comparing to Droid. And that's being developed for almost a year now.

Motorola sucks, I know.

LOL, releasing official ROMs requires rigorous tests. They do take responsibilities, you know.

And they can't just give up blur just because you don't like it. It does have nice features -- for your average users at least.

Good for you, I guess. Because I'm not. CyanogenMod for Defy is certainly fast, but in the mean time it's not very stable and lacks a bunch of features we had in official releases. As you put it, it really doesn't shine as a PHONE.

It takes time to get better. And from what we've seen in Milestone, it might never come up to the quality of an official CM release.

For now, I actually switched back to Milestone while running CM7 on Defy.
[Defy Android Development] vick33:
I dont agree with you in that. Should require test and should take responsibilities. But they dont.

I started with eclair 2.21 it was almost unusable. After a call i drink a coffe and it still displayed the call time, did a wipe it was better for a day but i dont want a full wipe daily, and the whole ui lagged like it was written by a couple highschool students during a weekend on weed:-).

The 2.51 was a little better but still buggy as hell and motorola support does not even care when i reported a problem... The phone was still frozen after a call and my girlfriends picture was sometimes changed with my bosses pics, sometimes no lock screen just a black screen and i had to remove the battery...

I updated to the official froyo, when it was released first back in march and had high hopes. The freezes after the call had gone, but 3d become unstable. Google maps freeze the phone after a day or two, sygic aura after 30 seconds, and a couple games were similar. I reported the bug send them logcat kmesg and after a month of "testing" they released the same update as "final"... In the official froyo the adobe flash started working but even the 360p was slow, not to mention 480p which was 10fps at max. And they told me that this is normal the phone is slow buy an atrix..

Now with cm only agps not works for me. Games and sygic is stable and the phone finds satellites fast. With the new libOMX_Core is 480p flash is smooth, so this was not because the hardware was slow, it was because they have ****ty software engineers.

So if you want blur and uno and lags stay with the official. I will not flash any more "update" released by motorola. Cm 7 stable for daily use and it evolves fast. If i report bugs Quarx correct them rapidly.

As far i i know motorola milestone is problematic because the official 2.6.32 kernel is a great collection of bugs.
[Defy Android Development] bam0:
So we can call it waterproof right? Or are you going to be awkward and change the definition again?
[Defy Android Development] peetr_:
Just last thing to write in this. Every time it's only about the people. And I am surprised with Quarx work. I have never seen such a quick development, where more and more things are working almost every day. If I'll take a look at some other developers or Motorola itself, then I see, they failed. I also used your 2nd init for a moment. It was unstable and you never finished that.
[Defy Android Development] Exoten:
On the contrary I can give up Motorola whenever I want. What I'll do when I renew my phone.

If it's the only way to get rid of Blur... Their choice.
[Defy Android Development] AgentSmith:
It actually isn't. The IP67 rating was dropped by Motorola in the final stages before releasing the phone because they weren't sure they could meet the high demand of the IP67 rating. Why they chose to drop the IP-rating entirely instead of just lowering it is beyond me though.
[Defy Android Development] unrafa:
Motorola **Intend** to unlock in december... *some* bootloader of *some* models if.... if .... and if...

not good enough for me Moto, when this phone is outdated in december i may buy another one, but an unlocked one.
[Defy Android Development] Phut:
I would think that they dropped the idea of claiming any rating because that would open themselves up to having to warrant devices which were user damaged, or at least a whole bunch of possible legal issues that they would expose themselves to.

Also the other problem is that the IP rating scheme is actually intended to codify the resistance level of static enclosures and not types which are designed for mobile use. For example it's easy to throw a defy, but at most your normal IP*6 enclosure would be tethered to something stationary or semi-stationary so the only water exposure you would expect is that it might be hosed down. The dynamic pressure experienced for example when one throws their phone into the pool can easily exceed the IP66 test definition, making it pretty pointless for portable devices that might be used like the Defy.

A rating such as the one used for identifying water resistance for watches (the water resist mark) would have been much more meaningful, but I'm not sure whether those standards would cover something like a phone.
[Defy Android Development] bam0:
You say this, but the manual (page 67: http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles...Static_Files/DEFY_UG_UK_EN_68004131004_v1.pdf) says;

"Product meets or exceeds IP67 standard for water and dust."
[Defy Android Development] ramy911us:
Batch Up Ma Post
[Defy Android Development] dave79:
Well I would consider it waterproof if the IP67 rating is mentioned in the manual.

(Been swimming and filming with it about 2m below, I was surprised by the quality of both picture and sound under water ;) ).

//Dave
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] scottder:
After upgrading to the latest version of Amazon MP3 to my gtab (Running Vegan GB), I can can see files/music fine. But I always get a FC when I actually try to play music through it. Anyone else seeing this issue?

Scott
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] tedlogan42:
Same. I stepped back to 2.0.2 and it works. But yeah, it appears that the attempt to use the Gingerbread sound system isn't working correctly with Vegan Ginger.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] ntnunk:
FWIW, I just tested it on VEGAn 5.1.1 and everything worked fine.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] scottder:
How did you revert to 2.0.2?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] shadowhawk2020:
Uninstall current amazon then find the 2.02 apk.

I installed the one on this page.

http://mobileplanet-waryam.blogspot.com/2011/04/amazon-mp3-v202-freeware-android-apk.html

Ymmv
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] tedlogan42:
Yeah, that's to be expected. There's apparently some kind of new sound subsystem in Ginger/Honey that 2.0.3 and up are using. If you have 2.2, it won't try to use it.

I'm curious, though, if anyone with the other Ginger roms could weigh in. Maybe it's something that go corrected as Cyanogen went forward to 7.0.1 or 7.0.2.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Mustang46L:
I am running Vegan 7.0.0 RC1 and I am having the same issue. I know it worked when I first got the tablet so it must be something to do with the update.

*Update* I did roll back to 2.0.2 end everything works fine again.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] tedlogan42:
Yeah, 2.0.4 uses the new audio system in gingerbread/honeycomb. The newer versions of CM (7.0.3 certainly) don't have the issue.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tamaratee:
Greetings All,

Just a quick question. I've noticed recently (well really about a couple weeks now) that my gallery is filled with individual folders with single icons of the apps I have downloaded. Thus when I open up the gallery I have to scroll for what seems like forever just to find a folder with my pics.

This is annoying because I have a number of apps on my phone. I've found my self searching for folders of pics that were in between these single icon folder that I zoomed past thinking they were organized in some logical order.

I'm wondering if this is because I have moved a number of apps to my sd card? How can I fix this?

P.S. I've attached a pic of my gallery and these nuisance icons.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
go into the folder that icon is in and create a new file named ".nomedia" (without quotes)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tamaratee:
Thanks zephiK.

Can you tell me how to figure out what folder the icons are in? I've tried using Astro File Manger with no luck because I don't really now where to look.
[Captivate General] garak0410:
I did a search and didn't find what I needed...

My wife's Captivate has been just sluggish since going from 2.1 to 2.2...I wasn't sure if just doing a factory reset would be good or if I should re-flash with the stock 2.2 ROM.

Any suggestions?

Thanks...

Brian
[Captivate General] BWolf56:
Try clearing cache/data.

If that doesn't work, you might need to reflash.

know that stock 2.1 and 2.2 aren't smooth as butter, they work well but can lag.
[Captivate General] garak0410:
I will try the cache/data option first...

I am on 2.2 and run very well...same phone...her phone just lags and lags and lags since going to 2.2

Where can I get a good, stock copy of 2.2 for the Captivate? Just use the KIES update again?
[Captivate General] BWolf56:
Yes, Kies will work just fine.

It could just be a bad flash or you have too much "junk" on the phone and a little cleaning could help.

Either way, try both and let us know how it went :)
[Captivate General] minotaur507:
If you're running a custom ROM (didn't really specify that you were or not) I would boot into recovery CWM, and do the following:

- Wipe Cache

- Wipe Dalvik

- Convert /system and /data to ext4 from RFS (using either voodoo lagfix or Universal Lag Fix, depending on your ROM/Kernel combination).

I doubt there will be a need to re-flash...
[Captivate General] BWolf56:
He's on stock.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Action B:
So I have titanium backup so I figured I could mess with removing a couple apps I don't use and have the ability to restore if I decided later.

Well... I figured I didn't need the stock keyboard since I'm using HTC IME mod keyboard. I removed what I thought was the stock keyboard (multi touch keyboard 2.2). However, I was suprised when I went to a message and was still able to select the stock multi touch keyboard?!? What did I actually delete?

Also Titanium will not restore it for some reason anyone know why?

I'm considering nandroid restoring to yesterdays backup because I don't know what I deleted, however, everything appears to function normally.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Action B:
Anyone have any input?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffm922:
I know at least for me, titanium wont backup my swype keyboard apk, just the data inside of it, and it will not restore either, i believe in order to actually remove the keyboard it has to be done via "manage applications", i'm guessing all u actually deleted was the data that the keyboard has accumulated, as in user dictionary...etc...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Action B:
This was done via Manage applications.

It know longer shows up in Applications/All.

It does show up in filter/uninstalled aps in titanium

But keyboard still works. I don't get it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffm922:
strange, im just as lost as you are now, i guess its not hurting anything being there, and it cant be taking up much space, :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ycke:
Hi all,

I'm having trouble with my x10 mini pro using the router at home, a Dlink dsl-2740b. The wifi from the router keeps crashing after a few minutes of use. Sometimes it's only the wifi but sometimes it complete crashes and when looking at the leds it's like it ended in an endless loop pinging to all other devices including the wireless ones.

The weird thing is that i'm not having any trouble with other routers like my sitecom 300N wl-366, but only with the Dlink dsl-2740b.

The things I've allreadt tried:

Change radio to G only

Change security settings to nothing(also wep, wpa1, wpa2)

Updated the firmware of the router

I'm out of ideas what to problem could be.. If anyone could point me in the right direction for solving this problem cause it's pretty enoying.

Thanks in advance,

YcKe
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] eskostar:
I can't help on your issue but If I may ask, how do you change WIFI to only operate on G
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] slade87:
upgrade your routers firmware. and you will be fine.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ubi4e:
look at this thread, maybe you can solve your problem..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1040185
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] tirtawn:
No solution yet on the other forum, but I can confirm that this also affects my router DIR-655.

Its not immediate, sometimes 30 mins, 1 hour, 2 hour. So for 1 day, I turn off the Wifi and"forget the network" on Android, no hang.

Then To confirm again, I turn it on, within 1 hour, it crash again.

So Yeah, my trouter is aging (2 years) and Draft n only. So maybe thats why. Buying a new router seems the only option :(.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ycke:
Thanks for the replies,

I updates my router to the latest firmware, but the problem is still there.

After digging around in the logfiles i saw that there were alot of errors made in through the wirless network...

Probably caused by my Cellphone...

Is there and mechanism in the router like QOS that could make it quit working?

Greetz YcKe
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockky:
So was enebriated, bored, and careless last night (after my Hawks lost).

Decided to flash one of the leaked Gbread Roms last night just to briefly play with it.

[conditions of an idiot::

1.I have no Nand backup, AND

2.my Rom is not on the card AND

3.I am in middle of Iowa with family til I return to Chicago Friday ...NO computer unbelievably....

So YEAH...idiotic..I know this, Ok?!]

So, for some reason the phone keeps freezing and rebooting continuously.

**I decided to go to recovery and wipe cache and dalvik.

**I then do what I think is the big mistake: flash Calkulin's ALL FORMAT Wipe first.

**After then wiping cache and dalvik: it reboots straight to bootloader .

**I then decide to wipe all data....it reboots straight to bootloader. (whether pulling battery or not btw).

**Starting to panic, thinking that the Calkulin flash reformat move was the problem, I decide to wipe the sd card!.... it reboots to the bootloader only.

SOOOOO at this point, out here are there any options for me to reboot the phone??!!

(Closest Sprint store is 100mi drive to Des Moines).

Any courses of action APPRECIATED . bro's .

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sprockethead:
What is your phone doing now? Do you have anything on it at all?

Also, how are you posting this with no computer and no phone? That's crazy talk.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fixxxer2008:
get to a computer and run the RUU. then root & start over.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockky:
Writing on my sisters Verizon Droid.

Phone is powered off....Turning on just goes to recovery.

Man please don't say that rerooting is the only option. If it is, so be it.

Short of any tricks in recovery (none?!)... I was gonna drive to DesMoines Sprint.