yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Thunderbolt General] crookshanks:
There's a link when he logs in to verizonwireless.com to activate new device. Just type in the ESN and choose a plan. I sold my fascinate running one of adrynalyne's roms and activated fit or my buddy from my thunderbolt that way. No problems at all.
[Thunderbolt General] BrandonRyan86:
Yeah, it seems to be that everyone agrees it'll work. I've committed to do it. When it's done and if it works I'll post it here for possible info purposes.
[Thunderbolt General] kesseler:
I activate them all the time. In most cases you can just dial *228 option 3 and follow the prompts to activate any Verizon phone anywhere. I work for a Verizon retailer.
[Thunderbolt General] Richpopski123:
I agree with most everyone but using the website never seems to work. And if the Verizon framework has been removed, good luck getting them to update it.

My suggestion would be to download a normalish Rom/stock and switch it over with him. It's got to be the fastest way. Good luck!
[Thunderbolt General] fillyo:
There will be no issues activating the phone, you do not have to unroot. Verizon cannot stop you from rooting, you just technically lose your warranty!
[Thunderbolt General] nosympathy:
lies, their contract says that they can end your contract for using tampered with phones.

So no they can't stop you, but they can end your contract and force you to pay the cancellation fee, refuse to activate the phone, etc if you walk in and happen to talk to the wrong person.

doesn't mean they will, but they can.
[LG Optimus 2x] tamere22:
Hi,

I'm using modaco FR15 default rom

I can add a exchange account, In my calendar I have my gmail account events, but not my exchange account events.

When I go to sync menu, I click on sync calendar, seems to work but no events show up on phone.

Which app should I replace for have it to work?

Thanks
[LG Optimus 2x] tamere22:
no1 using exchange calendar ?
[LG Optimus 2x] goatee:
My exchange syncing works perfectly (apart from phone turning itself off! ;) ). Sorry - were you sure to tick them, in the Exchange Account Sync settings (go into LG Email, into settings, choose the account, and then in "Sync item" make sure calendar is checked.

Edit: Sorry, I read too quickly that you're on FR15 - so you may not have LG Email app.
[LG Optimus 2x] CZVAGY:
I have the same problems. I´ve decided to use TouchDown Exchange app. And it works fine. But one problem, it is not free :-(

But you can download trial version for 30 days.
[LG Optimus 2x] CZVAGY:
One dummy question: where can i find type of my ROM?
[LG Optimus 2x] tamere22:
Found the solution :

If you disabled the automatic synchronization (and then you want to synchronize only when you click on it (= doing it manually)) it won't work.

You have to let automatic synchronization and it works. I got my exchange + gmail calendars in the same time.
[LG Optimus 2x] goatee:
Good to know - thanks for letting us know. I guess you can always set the automatic sync period to 12 hours, if you want to protect your battery.
[LG Optimus 2x] Blizze:
Well if I want to sync my Exchange Calender (Exchange Server 2003 Ent.) then the LG Mail Client (which syncs the Exchange mail) crashes on opening a mail).. Calender items do not get synchronized too. The little round sync arrows turn round but stop and then no sync??

Someone got a solution for that (except for buying an app??).
[LG Optimus 2x] CryptKilla:
Hi guys

I‘m new here. I just want to ask how to exchange facebook. I mean to have all birthdays from my facebook contacts in my phone calender.

I know that is possible. But how.

Facebook is sinchronized.

Sent from my LG-P990
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] periclytes:
In the remix thread it was mentioned that there are nightlies available now. Where can I find them?

Also, ROM Manager is telling me the rom (I'm running BAMF Remix 1.6.1) isn't in rom manager whereas the thread also states that it is.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13453534
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsb9938:
You can't yet.

1.6.1 is not a ROM, it is a patch, look in the AddOn section.

D
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] tornadog:
I am having a strange issue with video call in Talk. When I use the front facing camera, the image position inside the rectangle is fixed and goes out of focus when the tablet is moved. Only way I can get the video to work is if i keep the tablet perfectly still, which defeats the purpose of the tablet. Is there a way to fix it?

The camera works fine otherwise.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] deymayor:
i don't even know how to start video call? care to share how you're doing it now? did you download anything on the market?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] dictionary:
Slide the hand above your image to the left. Should sort that out.

To the other poster, make sure the other person is on a computer or phone with compatible hardware + software.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] tornadog:
ah that was easy...thanks m8
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] deymayor:
i tried it with 2 transformers and can't do video chat.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] SilentMobius:
Works fine for me, 2 google accounts on gtalk both with video capable hardware
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] deymayor:
Did you download an appfrom the market? If not, what browser are you using tk launch google talk?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperTheMando:
I'm in Australia, I just spent a while researching this for the Australian SGSII thread here, but I want to get others opinions too...

Where to buy it?

Here is what I found:

Unlocked Mobiles £435 $663

Handtec £456 $695

Clove £464 $707

Expansys $720

Mobiciti$914

Smooth Mobiles $924

(Australian Dollars, including shipping -cheapest option)

Have I missed out on a site?

Is there any reason why I wouldn't want to buy it for the cheapest price?

Is there any reason you didn't buy it from the cheapest price?

I plan to use it on Telstra's NextG network.

Am I correct in assuming whichever store I buy it from, it will by with the Exynos and SAMOLED+?

Anything else that might influence someone's decision to purchase?

Thanks.

:)

Amando
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwets:
I bought on amazon uk for £499

On handtec and unlocked mobiles, the price was more like around £499 (at the time of posting). On handtec, it is not in stock right now.

At least, on amazon, apart from being a reliable seller, your vat is ajusted to the country you live in (for me, it was interesting), the return is easy if necessary.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperTheMando:
Those prices are with no VAT, which is what you get if you buy them fom Australia. Not sure about other countries.

I've never used Amazon before, I've always found it troublesome buying from Australia.

It's like they don't want you to use it if you live in Australia.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KLoNe1:
I am getting ABSOLUTELY screwed around by Expansys! Only went with them because they were cheaper when they had their pre-order price & I could get 6% cashback via quid-co. They're just absolutely ignoring every email I send them & I can't call them because it's too expensive & the time difference is all out of whack.

Will cancel & buy from Handtec.co.uk.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperTheMando:
Why Handtec and not the cheapest option?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awesome-member:
i paid £529 for my set from phones 4 u(bought on 27th). gutted to see so many games incompatible/unoptimized with mali400:mad:.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jutley:
£399 on o2 payasyougo plus £15 for unlock all in
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
RTL - Right to left support.

I have recompiled the webkit files for our SGS2 to support arabic shaping. This thread will serve to help you folks arabize (shaping arabic texts) any deodexed rom out there (well, except MIUI based ones).

Framework.jar (and libwebcore.so):

patching framework.jar will give you arabic shaping + RTL support everywhere except the browser and gmail, while patching libwebcore.so will give you RTL + arabic shaping support in the Browser + Gmail apps.

Please go to my website for instructions and detailed howto: (Scroll down for English)

http://blog.devasque.com/?page_id=11

note1: V0.810 will attempt to give you RTL + Arabic shaping in the Browser as well. Please follow the new guidelines at the blog. (using brightidea's work)

note2: On our Samsung Galaxy S2 device, arabic letters might come garbled at some locations. For that, you need to replace a font which is listed below.

libwebcore.so

Note: if you used v0.810 for my universal patcher, replacing libwebcore.so from this section manually may be unnecessary as the universal patcher attempts to arabize this file as well. (make sure you follow the new guidelines in the blog)

This file is responsible for shaping arabic texts in the Browser and Gmail apps. Just replace the file in /system/lib with this one and you should get arabic shaping out of the box. You'll need root to change this file.

Gingerbread 2.3.3 (CWM Flashable):

http://www.multiupload.com/E2URI45F1I

Gingerbread 2.3.4 (CWM Flashable): Files created by brightidea. Thank you :)

This does NOT work on KG1 ROMs

http://www.multiupload.com/FEMKZ90OYS

I highly recommend trying the solution by brightidea in this sister thread for all other devices and ROM versions.

Font

This file is required for our phone. Not using it will give you spacing issues when displaying arabic text.

Note that you can't use any arabic font on the galaxy s2. This will most definitely crash your browser+gmail app. Use only stock samsung fonts or this one (my own :D):

Place the file in /system/fonts/ and reboot.

http://www.multiupload.com/3XRONTS8BM

update: some screenies ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] medo159:
downloading and testing, will post back the result :)

Thanks a lot mate, that was quick :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
sure thing. lemme know how it goes.

if you're getting camera FCs with my deodexed files, can you post a logcat here ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] medo159:
well, I tried to replace the file but I couldn't (using Astro and Rootexplorer) they all says "the phone is not rooted".

How am I supposed to replace that "System File" !?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
root is most definitely required to do any of that stuff. (i also mentioned it in the first post :rolleyes:)

there is a thread by ChainFire that tells you how to root your SGS2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ams84:
will Android 2.4 support arabic!??
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
i don't know :confused:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ragiut1:
thnx for ur work

much appreciated
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] medo159:
Ok I feel a bit nooby right now :$

Just rooted my phone, Do I need to change the file's permissions?

UPDATE: YES!! I Confirm this method works for me with no problems, the stock browser reads Arabic very well,

It's very important to change the permissions like this

Thanks man, I'm working on that deodex thingy, pls provide any helpful links cause I don't have a clue about it :$
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
This is awesome !! screenshots ?

I'm glad I got it going without the phone being here with me :cool:

For deodexing (its a bit of an advanced topic now, and it seems Camera.apk is force closing, so do it at your own risk).

this is the link :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=990238

You already have the deodexed files. just follow the last section in green.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] medo159:
Uploaded with ImageShack.us

That's really genius man! god bless you :), for the deodexing I prefer to wait until we got a stable deodexed rom, I'm using the camera quite a lot :D

Thanks man, excellent work :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] soyef:
Screenshots...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
thanks for the screen shots !! kooora.com is one of the sites I frequent too. :D

if I have the logcat with the camera error I'll probably fix it too.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] medo159:
MADMAAAAAAAAAAAACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY PHONE IS FULLY ARABIC SUPPORTED!!!

I Just deodexed my phone as you told, and did your method of framework.jar !!!!!!!!!!!!

The result is :-

Here is the logcat after the camera FC attached :cool:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
medo !! this is awesome.

you've got full arabic support from the beginning.

you don't mind if I take a couple of these pics and put them on the OP ?

also, did you use my deodexed files ? any problem in camera ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] medo159:
Come on man use everything u want :D I'm really happy to help u in any thing I can do :)

Yes i used your deodexed files everything OK except the Camera FC, I have downloaded (FxCamera) and it works perfect !!!!!!!!!!

it can be used till you fix the Camera.apk :)

Man, you really made my day, I'm really grateful Madmack, Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
try this,

http://www.multiupload.com/2SXUQKIJBL

set the permissions correctly like you did before and reboot :) see if it fixes the cam app. this doesn't work

I should be receiving my phone anytime from tomorrow up to beginning of next week depending on dhl's mood. haha
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
pm me if you want to try more of those Camera.apk files :) depending on the bootclasspath, I'm getting different apks for Camera. One of em should surely work.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
camera.apk is fixed

http://www.multiupload.com/WO22DVJK37

I'll upload a new deodexed archive once I get a chance
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] HishamN:
Abu Naif congratulation to you for SGSII and for Al3almi winning yesterday, what a match :D

BR
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MAJED.y:
The last patch "Arabic files" meant for KE2, if you you are in KDD you should use the one at OP.

----

here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

Download the KE2 firmware and update your phone via Odin. after that make Hard reset.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] hazem77:
Thanks a lot. does it have to be rooted to flash via Odin?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MAJED.y:
No at all,

Just Turn the Phone on to Download Mode then Flash the ROM.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] hazem77:
thanks again...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bassamz:
Hi Madmack, i used the latest KE2 arabic patch but it seems that firefox does not recognize it coz it show the letters separated but in the right direction

for example: ا ل ج ز ي ر ة

i think it is from the font coz i was on aljazeera font and every thing was ok except FC's in browser
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
yea, its true. the fonts that Samsung have chosen are a little picky. Samsung has decided to change DroidSansArabic.ttf to match some asian languages perfectly. This breaks many things for us arabic speakers including some 3rd party apps that rely on these fonts being "normal" like Firefox.

If you want to keep firefox connected, use firefox with a non-samsung font. If you use a non-samsung font, however, you're guaranteed to break the browser !.

I'm going to release a fix for the libwebcore that relies on the samsung fonts obviously. so that will be my approach.

you guys can test the stock samsung fonts with firefox and let me know if they're connected correctly (they shouldn't be).

you want a website that WILL crash your browser ?

http://acid3.acidtests.org/

:)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] hussamb:
Just thought I'll let you know that the firefox on KE2 rom have the letters connected in the right way (without applying any of the changes to the stock rom).

Appreciate your work in this :) Hopefully we'll have a stable version soon

thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bassamz:
yep, i noticed that too ... before i applied the arabic patch to the KE2 rom i was fooling around and browsing, once i opened firefox everything was ok (for reading arabic of course). also i noticed that it uses it's OWN fonts ... when you try to apply a font ( aljazeera in my case ) the font changed in every thing except firefox. The main idea was applying arabic to SGS2, screw firefox :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
if you stay stock, and replace the fonts with mine (the latest one that is not in OP yet), are the letters disconnected ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bassamz:
tell me what files to delete and i will try it and report back as soon as possiple ...

PS: i don;t have to original files ... i only have the moded ones ...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
I'd say wait a bit. I'm reading closely samsung's instructions to compile the webkit library. they're not exactly using any conventional methods. Maybe i'll get a different webcore that works now. I'm also compiling it without arabization first.. once i get a robust one without arabization, i'll add in the arabic patch and test again.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
Here is a rom that i've built and tested.

http://www.multiupload.com/0SBR1FCMSM

Made a new thread with a new rom version:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1083187

Download and flash with Odin 1.85. Place it in PDA and don't check anything else ! then flash away

1. deodexed from VillainROM.

2. Stock KE2 kernel (no yellow triangle)

3. Arabized

4. Browser has problems. (but mostly fixed)

5. battery % mod

this should facilitate arabizing this phone considerably.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ahmedo2:
madmack thx alot for ur nice work although i,am very new to android still learning abc but i will try feed u back to the best of my knowlage
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
Fixed ?

Fixed ?

Ok, I'm a little too excited. :D:D:D

I think I fixed the webkit problem once and for all !!!!!!!

try this and let me know guys

http://www.multiupload.com/Z0GE9D1N4R

my site-of-death (SOD) couldn't crash it. only the original was giving this performance.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Humma78:
Do I need to be rooted to enable Arabic?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MAJED.y:
Greet news, gonna test but which font to use? Is there a specific font or CM7 font is okay?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sim_jim:
flashed it with ur custom room ... replaced with the latest libwebcore.so u posted ...

still having same problems FC with the browser in xdaforums.com - adslgate.com

there's anything to do with the fonts i have to do ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] salamt:
Guys, if you are using the below ROM you don't have to replace anything. Just flash it and roll your phone
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MAJED.y:
This one works like Magic till now:) , with extensive test stability is OK.

this file also has an effect on Email clients as it's show email content using HTML library.

Yes, I'm using it along with CM7 font Madmack supplied it previously here.

Also with Stock KE2 Rom.

So far so Goood. "Crossed fingers"
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ahmadalani:
Dear Madmac, the instructions are getting very much confusing. Perhaps it is time to separate the Pre-VillainROM and Post-VillainROM.

I am expecting my SGS2 soon, but been following your great work. Once this VillainROM came up and utilized by you, I got lost.

Is the above a fix to the Pre-VillainROM problems or what?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
it is previllain rom.

so the villain based rom should work without replacing the webkit file.

if the browser does crash though, you'll need to replace framework-res.apk in /system/framework

I'm sorry about all of this guys, I'm leaving town for 4 days and wanted to get what I have out for you guys before I do so.

so basically if you flash my villain rom, and replace framework-res.apk with stock, your browser should fly.

once I'm back, this thread will be a place holder for arabizing webkit and deodexed roms, and I'll post a new thread for the arabic rom.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ahmadalani:
Where do I find the stock framework-res.apk ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] hussamb:
Cooool. downloading now. Did anyone try this already...

thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
http://www.multiupload.com/NIZ39896GY
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Heema:
Coooool thank you Madmack,

It would be cooler if you add Gtalk with video chat in the ROM As well :cool:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Humma78:
Please help mack. I'm a noob lol. Do I need to Root 1st? If not what files do I replace or flash with Odin, to get the best experience possible.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MAJED.y:
Madmack which font do you prefer to use with your last libweb ?

Now at CM7 font, just got 2 hangup!.

Have a nice trip or vacation Madmack :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
just flash the file in Odin. It'll give you root automatically.

i'll try to upload one file that will work without any modifications. hold on guys, i'll try to sneak that out before i leave now.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
my latest one. about 183K in size.

i don't guarantee libwebcore.so will work with any other font. Like I said, the stock libwebcore.so crashes if you change the font too :rolleyes: so I can't do anything about that. use my font, or the original stock one from samsung.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
here it is guys, you don't need anything else. just flash this away (haven't tested it yet but should work)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13875310
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] StrangeReality:
I've just been trying to deodex my phone to set it up but I'm having a problem. I downloaded xUltimate v2.2.3 from

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/xeudoxus/47283-release-xultimate.html

But when I unzip the file and open the folder that main.exe file is missing. I can only see the test file.

What am I doing wrong?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
some more updates: after digging through samsung's sources a bit more closely, it seems that they decided to disable some multi-core optimizations before publishing the code. I'm putting the flags back on.. lets see what will happen :D

dunno, i don't use xUltimate.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] StrangeReality:
How have you deodexed your device? Do you have the steps?

This is the only bit holding me up. :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
I use my own set of scripts that require linux + custom bootclasspaths.

I'll need to open up a new topic and a write up to show you how to deodex which I dont' want to do as I'm not interested in deodexing stuff and there is a plethora of information on the interwebz that discuss this already.

Otherwise,

Try this new webcore guys:

http://www.multiupload.com/M5LO1AZF82

I've enabled some OMAP optimizations that Samsung have disabled in their released code. I believe the problem with Sammy's code is that they imagined people running their code in the emulator and not on the device itself. So they've deleted a couple of things from the code that I'm trying to put together now. stuff that speed up the rendering capabilities and how many tasks run simultaneously.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MAJED.y:
1st feedback, using your Font.

Open Aljazeerah site, after 10sec. browser freezed and got this message "Activity Internet (in application Internet) is not responding.

So FC.

hemm, I will try to Clear the Cache and see.

--------

Update: rolled back to the Original Samsung font.

Seems okay till now, no FC.

but i think...the browser seems a little fast :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kzakaria:
Same here. FC
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
you guys need to clear cache and try it again.

first crash is not an indication either because I've placed stock webcore once and it crashed the first time as well. (I think these crashes effectively clear cache)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kzakaria:
Cleard. Same FC
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kzakaria:
I did it twice. Same FC
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] madmack:
I'm getting some good feedback on this particular core in the other forum.

hmmm.. use either stock fonts or my own.

side question, is the phone warm (oddly I think it has something to do with gpu performance)?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kzakaria:
No. Normal temp. I am usung your full rom.