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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bleclair:
Man, I am loving this tablet! I am totally addicted to the higher resolution...

Anyway, I've got almost everything configured the way I like and I was thinking about backups. If my device died, I wouldn't want to reconfigure my settings, add all my bookmarks again, etc.

What are you guys using to backup your device? Any suggestions on applications that work well with Honeycomb? I'd really like to have it so I could take a new Transformer, restore my backup and have things just like they are now.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stuntdouble:
If you havent rooted, I'd say try this:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro

It looks **** onscreen but does the job well.

If you have rooted get Titanium Backup Pro:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&feature=search_result

Does a very good job.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donatom3:
Bookmarks, contacts, email accounts, and wifi should all be backed up to your Google account. It will even backup which apps you had installed and redownload those as well.

You can go a step further with the stock browsing app and sync your bookmarks with chrome, which to me is one of my favorite features.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PublicJohnDoe:
Yeah, but only the ones you got from the Market.

If you are in the habit of getting APKs from... er... different places, you will need something for saving them.

A very nice app to do that is File Expert, which not only works as an excellent file manager (with working SMB support and streaming... whohooo!), but it also backs up all the installed apps (if you want even the system ones) to a single directory.
[Galaxy S II General] winwiz:
I can't believe how light it is compared to the DHD. The screen is fabulous and the speaker is very very good
[Galaxy S II General] AllGamer:
the SAMOLED+ screen is soooo much richer and clearer than the SLCD
[Galaxy S II General] hazem77:
the DHD screen looks a bit bigger or am i wrong since both should be 4.3" ???
[Galaxy S II General] iznee:
The SGS2 screen is actually 4.27 inch in dimension.
[Galaxy S II General] netnerd:
the s2 screen looks like it' 4" !

Can someone compare s2 to galaxy s1 ?
[Galaxy S II General] stylus1828:
DHD has a normal LCD screen. Not a S-LCD.
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
yes it is, the DHD has SLCD check your facts

The SA+ look crisper even if they are both at the same resolution can you confirm ??

And the Blacks on the SLCD are farkin' washed out they are grey, how can someone even sell a screen that crappy honestly
[Galaxy S II General] exorz:
The north american version of the dhd has a s-lcd screen.
[Galaxy S II General] varunkumars:
Great job dude. Galaxy s 2 is really amazing. i can't really wait to buy in USA.
[Galaxy S II General] sharkonland:
Nice shots:). Can you check if the screen of the sgs2 is the same width of lesser width than the desire hd. Im asking because the new htc phones, the sensation and evo 3d are using a screen that is slightly less wider but taller than the DHD. they are still called "4.3" but aspect ratio is slightly altered. Im wondering if the sgs 2 is using the newer screen ratio.

I think the desire hd is 16:10 and sensation is 16:9, giving a more "widescreen" appearence.
[Galaxy S II General] AvRS:
I was going to put pics of my SII vs HD2 pics on last night but got carried away playing with the new toy lol will try tear myself away from it for a mo and take a few.
[Galaxy S II General] plisk3n:
Just wondering, how does this screen look under direct sunlight?? I can barely see sh#t on my Nexus One.
[Galaxy S II General] steve228uk:
Oh I know exactly what you mean. The screen on my Desire was awful!

Thankfully the screen on this thing is amazing. I can even see it outside with my sunglasses on :cool:

P.S. VOTE AV
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
Taken with curve for comparison reasons. Ignore the crappy pic
[G2 and Desire Z General] derricks2:
I am in a situation where I must flash a rom to my phone to fix an issue. my SU program is broke and I have no way to remove it.

I can flash a customer ROM. Someone in the other thread suggested that I flash a stock rom w/ root from the dev section but I couldn't seem to find the ROM he was referring to.

Anyone know which rom in the G2 dev section is basically a stock rom w/ root??

Honestly, I can re-root it myself if I can get the stock rom. I have already tried a factory reset but the SU program is there and not functional upon startup. My only option to get my root access back is to flash a ROM that will overwrite the the system files.

Anyone know where I can get ahold of such a rom for the G2?
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
I think this is what you want:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=836042
[G2 and Desire Z General] pmcqueen:
above link is probably what was originally suggested, but we do have the official tmoUS G2 gingerbread leak now. the only reason I'm not running it at the moment is no trackpad wake and no overclocking kernels yet (hopefully soon though)...

if you want to "upgrade" without going to a custom rom or waiting for the OTA update (which of course won't be rooted), give this a shot:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1054250

edit: would highly recommend a full wipe if you are having SU issues as well... flash this (amazinglarry's superwipeg2, which formats data, cache and system partitions) zip through recovery before changing to a new rom.
[G2 and Desire Z General] derricks2:
First I am having problems flashing a ROM. I did not flash the ENG-Hboot because I wasnt PLANNING on flashing a rom.

Also I did a reset from within the android OS and I am not sure that I have clockwork so I am not sure I can even flash a rom.

So if I do a "full wipe" will that restore the phone to pure factory?? Meaning that it will remove the root, SU and all the other stuff that the intial root did? If so tahts great! I would love to do that.

Also, if the "full wipe" wont get rid of the SU and root, if I wait for the OTA and download that to unroot the phone, will that allow me to re-root when a new root come out for gingerbread or will it brick the phone from further roots?
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
You don't need the Eng HBOOT to flash ROMs from clockwork. With the phone power off, hold the volume down button while pressing the power button. What happens if you select recovery, do you go into clockwork?

If you accept an OTA, it will not be rootable, and you would end up having to downgrade to 1.34 in order to root. So accepting an OTA seems pretty pointless to me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] derricks2:
When I select recovery, it shows the white screen with the green HTC letters, then goes to a black screen with a pic of my phone in the middle with a red triangle with a ! through it and sits at the screen until I take the battery out(cannot power off with button and leaving it there for a long period of time does nothing).
[G2 and Desire Z General] pmcqueen:
oh damn.. I didn't realize you were having issues getting into CWM recovery.

do you remember which guide you followed to obtain permaroot? rage/gfree method? just to make sure I understand, you're able to get into bootloader, but when you try to enter recovery from the hboot menu, you get the red exclamation point screen?

do you have adb set up and working on your PC?

I think your phone is still salvagable in its current state.
[HTC Desire S] troxter:
Hello. I started using Palringo. Everything is fine except push notification. I can receive messages only if app is open. When is on background or mobile is in standby i don't receiving any messages. I enabled notifications in Parlingo settings but this doesn't help..

Any advise?

Kind regards

Marcin
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] steftymo:
I,m sure I read on here somewhere that you could download this game from Gameloft for a tablet. The only one I see is for acer iconia, which seems about right but it asks for a mobile no. of the device. Does this mean it is not compatible with the tf ?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] thewooddogg:
I think this thread for the xoom should help you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1000450

And don't forget to look at the compatible apps sticky!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Gig103:
Did you end up trying the Iconia version?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Darkgage:
I bought Let's golf for the Iconia and it does not work on the Transformer, fyi!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] windson223:
I tried the LETS GOLF HD（NOT 2）FOR ACER A500.

but FC
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] fone_fanatic:
Gameloft is horrible it allowing their apps to install on "supported" devices.

Had many issues with them on my streak. Would receive an email from them saying issue was resolved and game should work, game still wouldn't work, email them back and get a reply saying no support for big screen :-\
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] greeny2010:
Let Golf HD gives me a FC on my TF101.
[Desire HD General] winwiz:
you may find this useful:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13469463#post13469463
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
Well done, whilst I agree the Samsung screens are brighter, seeing the S2 has confirmed to me that I really don't want one (other than the fact that there just isn't any way on this earth I would choose a Samsung P.O.S.). That is ugly and does the S2 not do black?

(and maybe a better comparison would be one that doesn't compare a dark background on the DHD verses a bright colourful background on the S2 -nothing like a good bit of biasing is there?).
[Desire HD General] Wekko306:
The GS2 really does seem like a great phone. Although in that third pic, I do like the colours of the Desire HD better. The 'Brightness' text actually seems whiter on the HD and the popup box itself looks darker.

Could you post some better comparison pics where both phones have the same background at lets say 100% brightness and 50% brightness?

Also some battery life comparisons in a couple of days? Ideally with the exact same video playing on both devices and the same settings for both phones, to get a fairly accurate comparison between the two?
[Desire HD General] winwiz:
that was unintentional, post updated with new like for like pics
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
Personal preference I guess but I have no problem with the colours / screen on the Desire HD and like I said, not keen on the excessive contrast and a phone is more than just a screen.

I'll be getting another HTC in a few months time.
[General Questions and Answers] DNak206:
Here is a thread a friend recently posted, if you're familiar with spoofing or latest hackes and viruses to cell phones, your input would be appreciated.

Anyone heard of anything like this?
[General Questions and Answers] MacaronyMax:
That is freaky! Is that true? :eek:
[General Questions and Answers] DNak206:
This is a good friend of mine that now works for the Federal Gov't so I would find it extremely unlikely she'd just make it up.
[General Questions and Answers] watt9493:
Omg im scared. Wtf is sacred anymore?

Sent from my ADR6300
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
First, thanks to Bin4ry and NielDK for initial fix. This is the sequel if their work in another thread.

The fix will be considered complete when it'll be able to revive all phones: non-booting and radio-bricked, and enables fastboot on simlocked phones!

===
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mineralvann:
will this also mean you can relock your bootloader?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
Why would you want to do that?

If my initial theory works, then it's possible but only if you made TA backup before unlocking bootloader.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] punkmonkey1984:
No idea why any one would not want custom roms, with a easy way of loading them on with a new boot-loader,

guessing in case it has to go back for some kind of repair that will require the warranty to be back to 100%, who knows :confused:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
All we can do now is wait till Omnius will support TA backup/restore.

But I can't do anything until i find SIM-free, bootloader locked phone.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ponggoloids:
I have a sim locked phone, so I can help with steps 4-6, if you haven't got anyone in board yet, once Omnius supports TA b/r for the arc. :-D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
Thanks! Now looking for someone with SIM-free, fastboot available and bootloader locked.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] chowdarygm:
I have sim free, bootloader locked phone..... and i can help you but do i need to unlock the bootloader in this process?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mineralvann:
as you see in step two you will need to unlock your bootloader after the first three backups. As for why i want to be able to lock the bootloader its just in case ill ever need the drm stuff or things like that. I just think its nice to have the possibility if ill ever need it. BTW when you ask for sim free do you mean a phone that doesent have actual simcard in it? Cause i have a arc bought on a contract, and it shows up in fastboot but it does use a sim card
[Xperia Arc Android Development] chowdarygm:
simfree means a phone which is not locked to any carrier like vodafone or T-Mobile and can be used with any sim
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mineralvann:
oh i thought the phone had to be sim unlocked for fastboot to be enabled
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
Yes, you will. I hope that this is not the problem for you, and at the same time I can test if writing original TA before unlocking can relock bootloader ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Thijs96:
One word: Warranty.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
Warranty will be valid as long as you flash original Arc firmware before sending it to the repair.

If you're not willing to unlock it and nothing's gonna change your mind, say so. But, on the other side, this way you can test if bootloader can be relocked or not in TA - if it enables fastboot on locked devices, I'm sure this can relock bootloader too ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cherryfish:
Hi,

Sim-free Arc with locked bootloader here. Don't have the time to try atm, however, but I will see if I find some free moment the next days.

Phone can be set back into factory default by using the "repair" function in SE PC Companion?

Kind regards,

cherryfish
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
If you plan to have any custom ROMs you'll have to unlock bootloader anyways... and don't worry about the time, Omnius doesn't support TA backup/write yet... ;)

And at the same time we can check if restoring original TA will relock bootloader (that's the root of my need for TA backups).

And unlocked bootloader won't void warranty by itself - SE clearly states that additional repair charges may occur due to modified phone's firmware, not unlocked bootloader.

PM me if you're in, so I can provide you with detailed info.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] l3ush:
My Arc is locked. It provided from Movistar spain. I have generic global.

Tell me I can help you.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] what would homer do?:
SIM free, so far not unlocked. I have tomorrow and Friday off work so willing to help. If you'e had no joy let me know, willing to help :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
If you have unlocked bootloader then it's not very useful...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] l3ush:
My Arc is Locked.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] punkmonkey1984:
Please dont unlock it yet, wait for blagus to get back to you with how to test and help us please :D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] what would homer do?:
Sorry Blagus,

It is locked .. I meant to say so far not unlocked it

Still off Friday and in during day over Saturday if you want to try anything

Cheers

Homer
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
If it's SIM-unlocked and bootloader locked then please, leave your phone as is, do not unlock bootloader and I'll let you know Omnius will be able to perform TA backup/restore operations for Arc.

I'll be very thankful, and you'll get one day Omnius license for Sony Ericsson phones (unlock, flash, CID change, EROM repair, GDFS repair, etc.)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] what would homer do?:
The only thing I've done is rooted it.

Bought SIM free (UK) and bootloader is indeed locked.

I'll get a backup done tonight/tomorrow then it is all yours!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
OK, just DON'T unlock bootloader.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cherryfish:
If you still need help, I've got plenty of time today. :-) (Means until ~23.00 CET)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Logseman:
Is there a way to check if the bootloaders are locked on a given phone? I know that, since you have to actually unlock the bootloaders yourself with Sony's code, you'll know if they're unlocked or not but maybe there's a phone-punchable code which may reveal that.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Nimche:
The way I know is to find out if your phone is bootloader unlockable or not and that is going to fastboot mode and get that Purple blueish color.(it doesn't unlock your bootloader)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
Update (23rd May)

Fastboot flag is in the TA Misc. Xperia Play users proved that.

Now I need to find out where exactly is that flag so everyone can enable it easily.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] punkmonkey1984:
Nice one Blagus, really looking forward to the progress on this thread, Also hopefully a unlocked bootloader.

Thanks for consist effort and faith in all of are locked Xperia Arcs :D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
Since I already have Play's backups and priority of finding out how to fix Play is higher than enabling fastboot, please keep track of the following thread: [Dev] Completely fixing bricked Plays

Everything that I find out there will be applicable to Arc as well.

Best regards
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kondejm:
hello.i have sim locked device to t-mobile,also i have installed global customozed rom and device is rooted.is there any way to unlock bootloader?thanks
[Xperia Arc Android Development] guaiwujia:
I also have an Arc, sim free but bootloader locked.

Waiting for your good news~~
[Xperia Arc Android Development] rustynuts34:
Im sure there is a sticky thread for this in the development thread, I could be wrong :-)

Sent via noahs ark
[Xperia Arc Android Development] whocancatchme:
I don't understand, this means that you are on 2.3.3 with locked bootloader and you are ROOTED ? impossible right ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
that's what i'm trying to accomplish here ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] MarlowXim:
Just a thought wouldn't it be easier to find someone with Lt15i model that has the potential for bootloader unlock?

Thus backup the "TA Misc before bootloader unlock" dump (note I'm coming from SGS series where everything was written to an efs file and I'm assuming its a file located in a bml/mtd partitions).

Then compare after they do fastboot oem unlock through official SE guide.

This would give you what you need to unlock the bootloader.

Same could be done for a software sim unlock solution. Before and after comparison.

Or is there some checksum check that also has to be modified?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Blagus:
You're on a good way. EFS on SGS is like TA/GDFS on SE phones.

But an user already proved that restoring original TA won't relock bootloader. And fastboot flag is persistent and independent of BL/SIM-lock state, so it won't help to compare two backups.

Permanent SIM-unlock will most probably be possible after BL unlock on SIM-locked phones, because checksums are wiped after BL unlock.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] juanjillo:
I have a Sim-Locked, Botloader Locked Xperia ARC from Movistar Spain.

Today i will receive a IMEI unlock code. But i can wait if you need something.

I can start the device in fasboot mode :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] shtreber:
Hi... Does the blue light means that device is in fastboot mode ?

When i turn on my phone it lights for a short time... I hate after crashing phone boots 2 mins :/ hate that ****... And it crashed twice today... I used only browser and internet from network... With flash content...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] :
Blue LED means fastboot.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] zohaib0001:
how i can connect my phone in fast bootloader mode

i have orange branded xperia arc

i want to remove its branding, for that purpose i flash the 3.0.A.2.181 generic firmware in it using flash tools... the orange logo disappear while its starting but

still i have a problem

and that is...

i want to connect my phone with computer to unlock its bootloader but while i holddown the menu button and connect the usb cable its turn on and start charging.

no blue light notification comes

so please tell me how can i totally remove its banding or how i can connect it in that mode

or simply i can ask how can we connect a branded phone in fast bootloader mode
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Nimche:
As far as I know bootloader unlocking is not yet available for branded phone (in this case your phone in branded)

Hopefully in future, you will be able to unlock bootloader on your phone no matter what.

Cheers,
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mehmehmen:
Regardless of what is presumed, I just unlocked my bootloader on a Vodafone UK branded xplay which I believe is simlocked. Dunno why it worked but it seemed to. :-D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] im_iceman:
and now you can connect using fastboot? (holding down menu when connecting USB..) and when you type fastboot devices into a command line, what response do you get back from the phone?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mehmehmen:
well on the play you hold search button when plugging in usb for fastboot (arc is menu key i beleive) when i typed in fastboot devices before flashing it spat out the key i needed for the unlock service on sony ericssons unlock site. the led lights blue for fastboot mode and stays on that all the while it is plugged in via usb cable

:D EDIT okay so after reading your post i went and powered down my device and plugged in holding back key, blue led lihts up, i opened cmd to a fastboot location and typed fasboot devices then it came back with nothing this time, whereas before i did the bootloader unlock process i typed fastboot devices and it came back at me with the number of the device, what does this mean now????

edit:edit: so after a reboot of device and retry of fastboot devices brings up this which i beleive means it worked ???
[Xperia Arc Android Development] FrAsErTaG:
can you fastboot flash system system.img ??
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mehmehmen:
i think i could yes

but without a system.img to flash im not gonna try it lol that would be silly. im gonna wait for a decent img to flash not just a stock one that i will have to restore all my set up to.

p.s waz000000 noted that vodafone plays he has are simunlocked so this may be that its just vodafone plays and arc's etc that are bootloader unlockable
[Xperia Arc Android Development] im_iceman:
Yep - you're unlocked... was there any sign of vodafone branding before? does it have VF apps/ vodafone 360/ vodafone boot animation? sounds like your play wasn't simlocked at least...