yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant General] nollchad:
nice

Looks like a nice phone.
[Vibrant General] laylovj:
Really wish T-Mo would rethink this whole ATT merger thing...they could easily rise as the 3rd/2nd biggest US Carrier behind Verizon seeing all these phones that are going to/could be released for T-Mo. :(
[Vibrant General] I Phone Killer:
Vibrant hands down. T Mobile removed the least amount of functions from stocl os and did not put to much bloatware in there. My wige has captivate and its junk compared to my vibrant
[Vibrant General] EricDET:
You think a handful of phones is going to triple their market share? lol.

Considering Verizon the last 10 years has not had the most impressive phones... In any capacity.... The last 3-4 years excluded. And they were still Number 1 by a wide margin.
[Vibrant General] ferhanmm:
fascinate has a camera flash, i'm not sure why they never had it for vibrant captivate etc
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
That's TMO UK's website. Different logo. Of course they're getting the international variant.

Cmon folks. Really?
[Vibrant General] jamesd86:
Funny, T-mobile uk doesn't carry the Mytouch 4g pictured next to the sgs II
[Vibrant General] edepsiz328:
As long as Tmo's coverage stinks no amount of great phones will save them. Tmo works well in the cities, etc but once you step outside the urban areas, good luck. Why is Verizon #1? They're more expensive, use CDMA instead of the global GSM standard and have had crappy phones until the Droids came along. Yet people flock to them because it works everywhere. Heck, I bet it even works on the moon.

That said, I'll buy the S2 once it comes to Tmo :D
[Vibrant General] lorddart:
It's interesting i hear this a fair amount. Maybe it's based on city/state. My coverage matches or beats my friend's verizon coverage even when outside the city camping way outside the city so I'm not sure what people are talking about my tmobile coverage when traveling and everything always matches verizon, traveling or otherwise /shrugs
[Vibrant General] Bernardos70:
Location, location, location. Each carrier is strong in certain markets, and the others in other markets. But I'm assuming Verizon has more coverage in more places anyway. Can't complain too much about it here in Miami.
[Vibrant General] erez213:
Great news ! No more different roms !!
[Vibrant General] Stargazer3777:
Look closely at that picture, it has 4 backlit capacitive buttons on the bottom, with a BIG gap to the bottom of the very square device. It's a G2X.

The Galaxy S-II has only 2 capacitive buttons, and a nice big physical home button in the middle. If that is a US S-II, they have already changed it.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
you see the screen? thats the screen they used to advertise SG2 in Europe, like the wallpaper and stuff, pretty sure they wouldnt put that on a G2X
[Vibrant General] Stargazer3777:
I am saying the Hardware configuration does not match the released (And reviewed) images of the Samsung Galaxy S II that has only 2 (Two) lit capacitive buttons VERY close to the bottom edge of the device, with a framed, unlit physical home button right in the middle.

Images:

http://www.engadget.com/photos/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-first-hands-on/#3874743

All I am trying to say is that the physical device pictured in that ad does not look like the physical device seen in the reviews of the Samsung Galaxy S II, but looks more like the LG G2X:

http://www.engadget.com/photos/t-mobile-g2x-review/#4071424

While reviews may be a bit slanted on engadget, the images work for a quick find.

Not trying to be argumentative or inflammatory, just calling it how I see it.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
Yeah don't take this as like a argument or something, just explaining how I see it as well.

I have a bit of bad eye sight and that image is quite small, so i can't actually notice the buttons on the bottom, but if you look at the whole phone's image, its definitely the SG2, the shape of the 2 phone's is a tad bit different, the SG2 has a more wide and edged "bent thing at the top" (sorry dunno word for that lol)

edit: i just noticed something on that pic, with the phon eon the laptop.

If you look REALLY close, you can see the bezel part of the SG2 button middle, the big button, yeah you can see the bezel shining there.
[Vibrant General] Stargazer3777:
I stand corrected, it appears as though it is there, the capacitives are unlit, and the 4 I thought were buttons are part of whatever is on the screen.

In that case, I am very hopeful! Would love to be able to get my hands on one of those!
[Vibrant General] nbhnohome:
You can see the physical button in the middle clearly by zooming the pic by 10X :).
[Vibrant General] vvsnail:
I really do hope its left untouched. Updates will come quicker since it was the variants of the original galaxy s that were getting slow updates cause of the carriers.
[Vibrant General] checktheemails:
if u are saying the phone that the arrow is pointing to is a sgs II, I disagree. It looks more like a G2X...
[Vibrant General] caffeinated chris:
woop woop

Now see I must disagree with you. They do look crazy similar, but again like this man said here vv zoom in 400% or even 200% you can clearly see the rectangular center home button.

look for yourself homie. looks legit.

I am totally getting this phone the day it comes out to the US.

that is if I can somehow resist spending a buttload total of ~$900 for the "buy it now" price on ebay..

grrrrr I shouldnt but I'm tempteddddddd. thats a pretty big chunk-o-change for being impatient lmao
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
EDIT: You can also just flash THIS by attn1 to accomplish the same goal.

The update for 1.84 for the Inspire 4G was released on 4-29-2011 as an OTA update. It WILL NOT RUN on rooted ROMs.

Things I have personally observed about this ROM:

Quick. Seems to respond very well to input, no real hesitations. I won't tell you quadrant scores because they are useless.

GPS WORKS! Exceptionally well. 3-6 FOOT accuracy. The highest TTL I have seen is 17s.

Fast. HSUPA is working well, 1.3mbps up. I hit 6mbps down on a regular basis with this ROM. YMMV, of course. But it works great here in North Texas.

Third party non market Apps install. Yes, you read that right. There is no selector to turn it on or off, though. They work for me. YMMV.

DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PHONE, COMPUTER, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, OR PETS.

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Prerequisites:

S-Off HTC Inspire 4G with microSD card inserted (HOW TO thanks to attn1)

RUU to stock 2.2.1 v1.80 (Located here thanks to cmstlist)

Gingerbreak v1.2 (From Chainfire) loaded on your SD Card

The OTA update note: place in /sdcard/download. This method is untested.

Sideload Wonder Machine if install of Gingerbreak does not work.

A valid Wi-Fi connection

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Follow these steps to achieve a rooted 2.2.1 v1.84 stock ROM

1. RUU your phone to stock following instructions provided in the above thread using the pd98img.zip method, NOT THE .EXE!

2. Boot phone, don't bother adding any accounts or setting anything but a wifi connection up.

3. Go to Settings, choose AT&T Software Update, then choose HTC Wi-Fi Software Update.

4. Download and install

5. Boot phone into updated stock ROM.

6. Install Gingerbreak v1.2 and run it. It will crash HTC Sense launcher, force close it, then you will see an error saying it could not reboot phone. Reboot manually using power button. If it gives you a weird error on boot such as a picture of a phone and a red mark, pull the battery then reboot.

7. ROOT! Yes, you now have root. Verify superuser.apk is in your app drawer, then I strongly recommend installing busybox from the market.

8. Install ROM Manager from the market and flash ClockworkMod Recovery. I have had no issues with 3.0.2.6.

That's it, done! I have had a couple small FC's from SU when first granting permissions to an app, to fix it open the actual superuser app then go back to the offending program. Once granted permissions this should not occur anymore.

I hope this helps!

If I missed anyone in the thanks above it was purely unintentional. PM me and I will correct the oversight.
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirk123:
I think you mean 3rd party apps is enabled? Not slideload. :)

Great job with the guide.

Sent from my typewriter
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
I'm on stock Rom and can't get.the update
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
Eh, either way. Install isn't blocked anymore and that is all that matters. I think we all owe Amazon some thanks. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
It may not have rolled out for everyone yet. You can try placing the update file, not renamed, in /sdcard/download then run the update.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Konner920:
so lemme get this straight, AT&T finally enabled the ability to install apps that are not from the market?

Or am I just seeing things and mis understanding.
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
No, you are not misunderstanding. Third party non market app installs work.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
How do you manually install this file? I already downloaded it and moved it to the download folder under my SD card.
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
As I said that method is untested, try the check for updates step and see if it thinks it is a previously downloaded update that wasn't installed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
Now when I press att check for update it tells me I have to wait a day before I can try again.
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
You can always set your date a day ahead when you go to check again. At least we know that doesn't work.
[HTC Inspire 4G] d.cortez:
a little "birdie" told me that at&t is rolling this out to 10K users a day for the first three days, then evaluating the results and - assuming all goes well - will bump up to 25K-50K users on 5/2, and then 50K users a day until done beginning 5/3 or 5/4. don't know for sure, though, if this is why you're having to wait for 1 more day.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tonyb81:
i have the update, where do you go to let it install non market apps? i tried downloading the amazon app store thingy but it still says install blocked.
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
Hmm, did you already have s-off before updating?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Flyer729:
If you downloaded the update prior going back to stock Un-rooted, then you need to either format you SD card or use another one. When I went back to stock, the update didn't show up for me, but as soon as I changed my SD card, the OTA came right up after I prompted for an update.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tonyb81:
Nah I was s on when I did the update.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Four-Fifty-X:
Has anyone tried to install the updated rom on a stock rooted rom like this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=965634

Any luck?
[HTC Inspire 4G] enewman17:
I wouldn't much worry about updating to this if your phone is rooted. Soon enough someone will have a rooted and CWR Flashable version of this. With so many good roms and Devs here I assume it wont be long. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
I think that is the difference maker. Hence why s-off is listed as a prerequisite. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
I know I am already working on one. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] moks3:
I have s-off but i cant install the gingerbreak apk
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
Use the sideloading program on your computer
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
Added link to sideload wonder machine.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
Has anyone tried this rooting method on your inspire using gingerbreak? It seems easier than the other methods.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
I Used adb to push GingerBreak to my inspire now what??

I pushed the GingerBreak file to my phone using adb and it said success. So now where do I find that apk to install it? I cant view system data since my phone isnt rooted so if anyone could help me locate this file that would be great.
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
Download the sideload wonder machine, it saves you a few steps, as well as the fact that most likely if you are unrooted you will not be able to install from unknown sources anyway.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
I tried running the gingerbreak and it just kept saying it was rooting for about 15 minutes so I just turned my.phone off and back on and there was no root. Is this for sure it can work on a inspire?
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
Are you on the new update and already have s-off?
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
I'm already on the new update and am completely stock unmodified rom. So I'm not sure if I'm s-off? How do I check?
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
If you have never run the hack kit or Bubby's one click, then you are almost 100% sure NOT s-off...

To double check, power down, pull the battery, then hold Volume Down while powering on. It should bring you to the fastboot screen. At the top it will say S-ON or S-OFF. You need S-OFF to proceed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
I did what you said and it says "Ace ship S-ON" now what
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
Now you need to either run the hack kit or the one click root, available in the development section.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Four-Fifty-X:
So, has anyone done this on an S-off Inspire other than ID10?

May be easier just to go to a non-stock ROM like CM7...
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
Well I can say I have done it on three different inspires personally.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Four-Fifty-X:
OK, I'll give it a try tonight.

Do you know if I'll be able to restore system data like dialer storage (mms/text messages) using Titanium backup?

Thanks.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Four-Fifty-X:
And, what version of Gingerbreak did you use for your three? 1.0, 1.1, or 1.2?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Four-Fifty-X:
nevermind. i see it's 1.20.
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
Possibly, but I wouldn't. I use SMS backup and restore, free in the market.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
Well if I could only figure out how to properly use the ace hack kit for a Mac. The instructions are pretty vague. Any tips on how to start off my commands wwould be great
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
I'll be honest, I've only done this on windows and never even looked at Mac, even though I used to work for Apple.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Four-Fifty-X:
OK, instead of rooting the way described in this thread, I just installed the latest rooted stock rom by attn1 found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1058042

VERY easy, and smoking fast downloads--like 7,000 down. Way better than the old rooted ROM with HSUPA...

Also, I restored EVERYTHING via Titanium and have done quite a bit of testing. It looks like I have everthing back include Accounts and SMS/MMS.
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
Both ways work great. There really is a big difference with the new update in general.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sawah:
I have previously downloaded and installed the update. I used the downgrade ruu zip and now I can't get it to offer me the update again. Not sure what to try next.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Four-Fifty-X:
Install this stock ROM instead: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1058042
[HTC Inspire 4G] sawah:
Downloading it now.

I love you. That is all :D

Edit: After I flash this (since it's taking ridiculously long to download), can I install custom roms? I'd like to install this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=971333 or MIUI.

Edit 2: NVM everything is all good :D Thanks for your help!
[HTC Inspire 4G] alexland:
Superuser crashes for me EVERY TIME I try to load anything that requests it. Launching SU and then running the app again doesn't help. I used the sideloader to put on gingerbreak, ran it and got the red error message you stated - pulled battery per your instructions.

Tried to run the gingerbreak exploit a couple of times, still nada. Any advice?

edit: wow, I'm an idiot. So I thought USB debugging enabled meant I needed to have the device connected via USB. Mounting the card to my macbook.. unmounts the card to my phone. Sorry, pure stupidity here. Fixed it myself.

edit 2: just for future ref because I use XDA all the time and never contribute, I followed your instructions step by step on page one with no issues. Installed stock, upgraded phone, downloaded the sideloader (the mac one is a pain in the ass, any other osx users i highly recommend booting in to windows or a VM), loaded gingerbreak, enabled USB debug and ran it. still getting a glitch or two occasionally with SU but nothing too bad.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Four-Fifty-X:
Instead of going through the process in this thread, just install this ROM:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1058042

This ROM is 100% stock, but it includes the latest OTA update and sideloading. It also installs the version of Super User that works on HTC sense devices. If you install this ROM, your Inspire will run flawlessly.
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
Yup, my method was released before this came out. This flash/ROM by attn1 does it all for you.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Aaron78:
edit: Nevermind!
[HTC Inspire 4G] pd4x:
I am not sure if this is the right thread to ask my questions but if not then please pardon me and point to right direction.

Before I start asking I want to let you know that am a complete noob to android world. I recently got an Inspire 4g and rooting it successfully after reading for days is all I have done. I have some very basic general questions.

1) I read a lot about terms : HBOOT, CMW, CynogenMod - 7, Sideloading, BusyBox but I have no idea of what they mean and what purpose they serve on phones.

2) I have read about getting "root shell on phone" using adb to run some commands (to erase efs data to fix gps) and something about needing a su password to get access to shell. I tried to religiously research but I have only got till the point of downloading and installing sdk on my pc and am not sure what steps to follow to be able to run commands on my phone.

3) From reading about ROMs and Radios I came to know that not all ROMs are compatible with all Radios and its dangerous to flash incompatible radio on a ROM, But I have no idea of how to know if a Radio is compatible with a ROM or not.

4) I am also curious to know about Kernals : what they are. Are they part of ROM (is a new kernal flashed by flashing a new ROM).

I will be very thankful is you can spare your precious time and knowledge to enlighten me :)

Thanks in advance.
[HTC Inspire 4G] frankp124:
Can you use the hack-ace command script to flash this ROM? If not how do you install it?

I'm a n00b with Android, sorry that this isn't obvious to me.

Thanks,

Frank
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] andike82:
Hello all XDAs. I like to install the new Security App from GDATA called Mobilesecurity. It shoud be in the Market since April, but i can not find it. I like GDATA very much on my PC and Laptop and so i MUST HAVE it on my Android-Device. Please help me!!! I search for all information, but can not find anything. On the gdata-homepage is only an information that it should be out there since April.

(Sorry for the bad english.)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] andike82:
I asked GDATA and they say it will be in the Marked a bit later!
[Acer Iconia A500] cybermage1:
Has anyone found or created a working tun.ko for the A500? I realize it's early to be asking this, but it's something I ultimately need.

Dmesg says the version number should be:

2.6.36.3-00001-g9b3ce2b SMP preempt mod_unload ARMv7
[Acer Iconia A500] a500austin:
+1 looking for the same. Xoom tun.ko won't install on the A500.
[Acer Iconia A500] cybermage1:
FYI, thor2002ro posted one on the dev forum:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1058713

Just download the one that matches your specific Kernel (look in Settings - About tablet to see what you have running.)

On another note, I found that the default BusyBox and OpenVPN Installer's on the Market wouldn't quite work. Busybox installs at /system/xbin/ and I told OpenVPN to look for it there, but it REALLY looks for it at /system/xbin/bb/ so I created that directory, created symlinks for "route" and "ifconfig" in that directory pointing back to the /system/xbin/busybox executable.

For those not in the Linux know, at the adb shell you'd do:

su

mkdir /system/xbin/bb

ln -s /system/xbin/busybox /system/xbin/bb/route

ln -s /system/xbin/busybox /system/xbin/bb/ifconfig

exit

exit
[Vibrant General] Hotstuff5964:
So T-Mobile sent me a new Vibrant to replace my defective Vibrant. I used Titanium to back up all my apps and their data, but when I try to restore it on the new phone, it doesn't work. I'm assuming cause it's a different phone, I dunno. How can I restore my old apps with the data on my new phone?
[Vibrant General] cashyftw:
Make sure your rooted, and have busybox installed.
[Vibrant General] deadpass:
It should work as that's exactly what I did when I received my replacement vibrant. I just copied my titanium backup folder from my old vibrant to my computer, then to my new vibrant. Ran the batch install and bam, done. Make sure you've copied the folders to the correct location.
[Vibrant General] Settai:
you rooted??
[Vibrant General] Hotstuff5964:
Ahhh, I see. I didn't do that, I just swapped out the memory card, lol.

Yes I'm rooted.
[Thunderbolt General] wotdsm:
Has anyone else noticed that after the Verizon LTE outage that CDMA-eHRPD has been disabled and that when we're in 3G we're on EvDo Rev. A?

Does anyone have any information as to why eHRPD was disabled?

Perhaps this could be related to the issues with 4G transition and retention people running CM7 are having.
[Thunderbolt General] milan03:
I manually reenabled it, but it still shows Rev. A as well... Not sure why.
[Thunderbolt General] guod2002:
eHRPD is still down, I believe when they restored 4G they stated this, and they stated that 4G to 3G transitions would suffer due to it still being down, I still have it manually disabled so I'm just running on Rev. A
[Thunderbolt General] wotdsm:
I'm wondering if eHRPD was the cause of this whole issue.

I've been scouring the web trying to find an answer as to why the outage happened in the first place and I am coming up with absolutely nothing. I'm curious to see what happened, why, etc.
[Thunderbolt General] what25:
This is interesting, and I have also noticed that my phone doesn't automatically go to LTE after entering a 4G area. Gotta put it in flight mode and turn that back off.
[Thunderbolt General] Old MuckenMire:
Anyone in a NON 4G LTE area have eHRPD back yet? I'm still on 3G EvDo rev a, up until the outage I was always on CDMA- eHRPD.

It kinda sucks because my area is supposed to be coming on line with 4G soon and without eHRPD I cannot look forward to seeing that 4G pop up, since as others have mentioned, the handoff without it is so finicky anyway. If I want to check for 4G I have to manually shut off data and then turn it back on.
[Thunderbolt General] HorsexD:
Theirs no 4G where I Live and Now im on EvDo rev.A
[Thunderbolt General] joshnichols189:
eHRPD was working as of yesterday morning in Kenosha, Wisconsin I'm in Chicago until tonight but will check when I get back.
[Thunderbolt General] gujupmp88:
i'm on Rev. A right now in CT...
[Thunderbolt General] Old MuckenMire:
Okay thanks guys. Just for clarification: Before the outage, like myself, you were all on eHRPD?

Thanks again! It helps knowing what others are experiencing.
[Thunderbolt General] skaterpunk0187:
I have rev a in western ny but I can still talk and surf simultaneously
[Thunderbolt General] Old MuckenMire:
yeah I can still talk and surf at the same time too. From what I've read that feature is not affected by whether we are on rev a or ehrpd.

The oddest thing for me has been that since the outage and being on rev a, GPS works flawlessly. :D Used to take me forever to get a lock, now it's just seconds.
[Thunderbolt General] ilogik:
Pomona, NY. Was on eHRPD before, on RevA now and can also run a speedtest while using the phone. Although my speed on eHRPD used to be around 2mb down and on RevA I only get 600k down.
[Thunderbolt General] lanceman5000:
Was always on eHRPD before the outage, but now on RevA. I never did the manual switch to RevA when we were all on 1x. Statesboro, GA
[Thunderbolt General] sf4:
No 4G here in PA yet but phone was always on eHRPD. Now it is on EvDO rev A and it still has Internet connectivity while in a phone call.