yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] dressanderc:
Here you go man, ripped it straight from my Inspire.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Jaidineshable:
Oh man thank you so much. You have my sincere gratitude. :D
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] dressanderc:
No problem man, click that "thanks" button for me.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] reeshmd23:
My messaging client will not open sometimes without a reboot but everything else will function ok, any ideas? is there another messaging client i can try?
[Galaxy S II General] PearsonDKA:
So I've been stalking the SGS S2 forums for the past week (got nothing else to do seeing how I'm recovering from a recent surgery) and was wonder from everyone's experience, who should I order from? (Would be an order to Canada btw)

Clove, Handtec, Expansys UK, US or Canada?

Would ordering from the UK be cheaper or stick with the North American companies since they now confirmed that the phones are Quad Band 3g.

Just need a little push in the right direction before I drop $800.

Roaming the forums on the XDA app.
[Galaxy S II General] ccrows:
Interested as well since the "Dead pixel" posts are growing...
[Galaxy S II General] Digital1325:
I was going to order from the Canadian Expansys site but noticed the price hiked up. Consider me subscribed here because I too am wondering who to order from. More specifically, wondering if there are import taxes/duty fees, and how long it took to receive (assuming some sites have sent them out yet).

As of right now Expansys.ca wants 826.70 with Express shipping to Ontario. If there are import fees on top of that I might wait a bit...
[Galaxy S II General] cbailey:
I don't know you and you don't know me and I cannot help you decide.... BUT....

Hope you are feeling better after surgery. I remember when I was under the blade. I felt down for ages :(

Take care :)
[Galaxy S II General] MaBlo:
Check your country's customs website, probably states import taxes if there are any. Note that most big delivery companies(like UPS/DHL) tolls the goods themselves, so no risk of your package getting stuck in customs for weeks.
[Galaxy S II General] PearsonDKA:
Haven't seen much of those but definitely gonna keep an eye out/ keep in mind that defect.

Roaming the forums on the XDA app.
[Galaxy S II General] PearsonDKA:
Lol thanks. Had an Implantable Cardiovertor Defibilator implanted in my chest. Apparently my dad claims I'm part cyborg now lol.

Roaming the forums on the XDA app.
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
If you switch on GPS place the phone next to the defib and you then jump about its working .

Good luck with the defib hope its never used .

jje
[LG Optimus 2x] smashpunks:
The g2x reboots when power is held for too long. Does the o2x? If so maybe this is the reason for some peoples reboots?

Just a thought
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
Just held it for 10 secs and nothing. Volume+ and power will reboot it though.
[LG Optimus 2x] smashpunks:
Thanks for testing. Weird how you guys need volume up also and we don't..meh..

I just checked again and it reboots after about 5 seconds... O well the mystery goes on. But I know for a fact thats how mine rebooted.
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
'Spose there could be a software element to it though, I see you're stock and I'm CM7.
[LG Optimus 2x] smashpunks:
I suppose I should change that. I am on the leaked stock, but yea basically stock and cm may not have just the power only reboot.. I see what your saying..
[LG Optimus 2x] awf:
No it just works as it supposed to be no reboot...
[LG Optimus 2x] Pfeffa-rah:
No reboots here either.
[General Questions and Answers] DJ-Desire:
So im trying to s-off my htc desire which is rooted and running Insertcoin A2SD rom with alpharev usb method but this comes up in the process

im a noob at this so please helpp

(resolved) tried again with stock 2.2 rom and s-off procedure went perfectly! Now for cm7..
[General Questions and Answers] SERGI.3210:
alpha rev. says to you unable to enumerate desire on port 1...mmmm

1--you tried in another usb port??

if your pc it´s not a portable... try the back usb ports.. aren´t the same connections in the motherboard...

2--you installed the all the HTC drivers and checked in control panel-system-dispositive admin... (if you use windoze of course...LOL)

3--YOU WAS ENABLED THE usb debugging option in your DESIRE?

4--alpharev shows you: ""Waiting for your device... FOUND!""" at the first line¿?¿?

5- when i did secure-off in some desires i was followed this video and successul!!!! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cw9xkS20i0
[Desire General] Volapyyk:
Hi XDA-Developers!

Ill had rooted my phone in a while now, and ill saw a new nice ROM to my HTC Desire. Then i would put the ROM on my mobile, and it was done, but.. when it say HTC in the startup it dont do anything after that?! ... it says "HTC" when u start ur phone up. But it dont go to another thing?! can someone help?.. and it also say it when i turn the phone off and on again... plZ! HELP!
[Desire General] shankly1985:
Witch ROM did you install??
[Desire General] Volapyyk:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1016940
[Desire General] shankly1985:
Ok did you partition your SD card? are you using stock H-Boot
[Desire General] Volapyyk:
ehm :S what is a H-Boot ill heard it before... embarrassing
[Desire General] shankly1985:
Have you changed your H-Boot or s-off your phone?

I think you haven't partitioned your SD card that rom you trying to install use's app2sd+ witch need a ext3/4 on SD card.

witch when you start your phone its not getting the partition, thats why its not booting up.

H-Boot is the partition table the stock is 250MB I dont really no much about that because I have never wanted to change it :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pinta1jr:
Has anyone heard anything on these official Asus accessories?

http://www.netbooknews.com/24460/official-asus-eee-pad-transformer-accessories-on-the-way/

In particular I'm interested in the USB accessory. While I might purchase the dock it would be nice to have the option of whether or not to carry the dock around with me all the time. Having the USB add on which be perfect for those times.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave985:
Anyone noticed that there camera seems to be producing images with a large pink spot in the center? See attached photo.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derekmoto2007:
Hi

I have noticed the same pink spot when using the camera when taking pictures on standard. It is the similar problem to HD2. Could you please let me know what is your firmware version ? (GINGERBREAD.XWKDD).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave985:
GINGERBREAD.XWKDD

Is the pink spot as severe on your device, I've seen it on other handsets but know where near this bad.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rd_nest:
I think there was another similar thread. Check this thread - showthread.php?t=1064665
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JackGun:
error msg:

=====================

#su

su

su: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

=====================

Who can tell me what to do ,TKS!

Sorry for my English:(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] robmobz:
As you are already running as root it doesn't recognise the command. Just ignore it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dj_poo:
hello i need help i have cm7 nightly 68 caspro

now i use karnel 2.6.35.11 netarchy 1.3.0.2 cfs

and radio i9020xxkb3

build number grj22

i used to connect the wirless network in my house..

now from some resson its not connecting

my leptop connect and everything okay..

i try reset the router and still not help

i really like from some help

thanks alot idan.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lithdoc:
Hello,

Besides the new screen issue (2.3.2 -> 2.3.4, arrrgh!), I am having issues with photo albums. Probably some 2/3 of pictures are not displayed in the albums, but they can be accessed with file managers. Is there a solution to this problem? Thanks!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhp:
Use quick pic

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder
[Nexus S General] reapur:
Hi,

Since google maps started caching tiles, I've had a pretty good cache folder.

When I went from the Nexus One to the G2X, I just copied:

/sdcard/android/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/* to the same location on the G2X sd card.

It worked fine, gmaps was using the same cashed data.

I returned the G2X and got a nexus s. I did the same copy procedure but everytime I go it gmaps now, it resets the cache to zero and starts over.

what am I missing?

cheers
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafciass:
Hi. I'm on Wolfs Cm 6.1.3 061 fix and I have problem with loud speaker. Every some time something happens and phone switches to ear speaker (music, tones etc). I have to make a call put it on speaker and disconect to get loud speaker working. Does any1 know how properly to fix it? TA
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImS0Raw:
If you've got soundhound installed uninstall it. And your problem is gone.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafciass:
thanks. I'll see if that works. 1 more thing. Wolfs rom includes some tweaks. I've uninstalled autokiller and setcpu. Should I uninstall sdbooster or bettery calibration apps? TA
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiscoPh3v3r:
I am currently running CM7 and when I flash the "restore to stock" zips it freezes on the "n" screen. Any help here? It might seem weird but rooted stock 1.01 Eclair was the BEST (IMO).

So got any tips? Tricks? Anything I could use? lol
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiscoPh3v3r:
Anyone....? T_T
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hockeyfamily737:
Power on and off (immediately) 8 times.....That should get back to stock recovery then you can boot into stock Nook Firmware.

sent from my Ginger-Hero CDMA
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiscoPh3v3r:
Okay that didn't work/did

I flashed the rom 1.01 in CWM but when I did that it would never boot! :mad: So after reflashing the original everything, I tried the 8failed boots trick and... it WORKED! :D

so thanks man, I guess I just needed someone to tell me for it to finally click to me :rolleyes:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hockeyfamily737:
Glad you got it.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Elite GunnerX:
+1 just do it....
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] JJEgan:
Can this not be tasked by using a root file explorer and copying efs folder as i have always done .

jje
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rawat:
From the thread:

And just copying the folder won't preserve permissions etc.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] RyanZA:
As long as you don't copy it to /sdcard, because it's VFAT and you'll lose the permissions settings on the files. If you copy it to /data or something then that's fine.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rawat:
bumpity bump
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] JJEgan:
Thanks the SGS 1 EFs i copied was copied to external sd card and then copied off to PC . Did likewise on SGS 2 using Super Manager .

So according to what you are saying that was not going to back up if needed .

jje
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] RyanZA:
It would probably have worked, but it would have made your EFS files readable and writable by any app that tried - not the end of the world since it's unlikely that any apps would try, but you still might as well avoid it if you can. I don't think there are any executables in EFS or anything that this will actually break though.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] JJEgan:
Thanks i did lose IMEI at one flash on SGS1 but a second flash recovered it .

I do like full backup of original firmware and anything else before playing with phone .

jje
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rawat:
I've done all 3 forms of backup myself. :p. Clean, raw and basic
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ke3pup:
thanks for the info. have had close calls previously and having backups would have helped ease the stress
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rawat:
Updated first post :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] vijayvasa:
Vodafone Fimrware backup BUKE1

Guys,

Have got a new samsung from Vodafone UK , but the firmware kernel seems a bit different, BUKE1. Is this something now and is the above method correct to backup the entire firmware so that it might be useful for vodafone samsung users. Is there an easy guide to backup the firmware ?

Regards

VJ
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] stBlueJay:
Guys can someone give me a bit of advice pleeeease :D

I followed this guide but am a bit worried i might have messed it up, i'm comfortable with command prompt as i'm a software dev but haven't used linux commands much.

Anyway i used the ADB shell from the Android SDK tools and entered the first command to backup the efs directory to the internal sdcard....

And i got a lot of

cp: can't preserve ownership of 'sdcard/efs/...' : Operation not permitted

messages flashing up?

However i checked to see if the backup had been made and it had? What does this mean?

Next i compressed it using...

Which seemed to work as i have the file in the place i expect

When i did the next step...

It completed really quickly, with no messages telling me it was done but when i checked root explorer i couldn't find /dev/block/mmcblk0p1?

What has it done with it? I have dev/block/ but there is no mmcblk0p1? Although i do have /sdcard/efs_dev-block-mmcblk0p1.img. Should i have both?

From what i understand cat concatenates files and prints them to standard output, so i'm assuming the > is piping the std output to the internal sdcard?

Sorry for the questions but i thought i understood what i was doing but the last step and the "can't preserve ownership of.." messages from the first step threw me :confused:

Could someone explain this to me a little ;p
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] simion_levi:
These aren't steps but rather separate methods achieving different things. Don't bother about the first one - it notes

unix permissions lost

, which is why you are seeing the can't preserve ownership messages. The files still backup but correct r/w permissions do not. You may as well chuck the files really, since you managed the tarball (second instruction). Just grab this and backup to external storage, in case you ever need it.

The raw backup will be under sdcard as you have found - stash this away somewhere safe too. You won't find mmcblk0p1 in root explorer as it is a partition, not a folder.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] stBlueJay:
Thanks for the swift reply simion_levi :D

Do if i move the tarball to the external drive i can get rid of the sdcard/efs directory i copied to the internal card? The tarball has all the correct permissions?

Ok i didn't realise it was a partition, so i've just created an image of the partition that the efs folder resides on? Should i copy this to my external sd card as well?

Cheers brother ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] simion_levi:
No problem! Yes, you've got it - backup the tarball and the partition image to computers, external drives etc so you can recover back to the phone in case of future catastrophe. The sdcard/efs directory can be deleted as the tarball contains exactly the same files (but with correct permissions).
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] stBlueJay:
Awesome, will get it done later. Out of interest how do you recover the partition image in the event of a disaster occurring?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] theobabis:
One question please, since i stumbled on this one almost by luck.

Is there anything else to save before departing from stock?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Enyan:
Okay, so this guide assumes I already rooted my phone, but as a newbie I am completely in the dark about what does and what does not potentially harm the /efs. I would rather backup EVERYTHING before I flash/change anything, but from what I have read so far I need at least root to do backups.

Would it be safe to flash the Lite'ning Rom v1.1, coming from stock I9100XWKE2/I9100XENKE1/I9100XXKDJ/I9100XWKE2, and then backup mmcblk0p1?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Enyan:
I just took the chance and flashed Lite'ning Rom v1.1

Had no problems and after installing Busybox I was able to backup (did clean and raw).

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] :
Thanks for this guide I am new to samsung devices (upgraded from HTC Desire) and I wouldn't have backed up this folder without seeing this. I have already unbranded, unlocked and rooted prior to this but better sooner then later lol :-D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonny_ftm:
Many thanks for this great guide

But, how should I restore if in trouble?

Would yo explain the commends for raw and clean mainly? (as basic is equivalent to root explorer if I understand it right.)

Many thanks for making it easy to a noob in ADB
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Tremium:
With Clean and Raw I only get "cannot create file: directory not found" or something like that in adb. Am I missing something? It seems like it can't find /sdcard
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rawat:
Do you have your sdcard mounted to the computer?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tasar:
Same question!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Major_Sarcasm:
I got the same thing. Create the 'efs' directory on your internal sdcard first.

su
mkdir sdcard/efs
busybox tar zcvf /sdcard/efs/efs-backup.tar.gz /efs
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Tremium:
Ok I can't seem to work with adb at all, now it says the file system is read only. Thanks anyway, I'll just leave it alone until that adb guide is back online again.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tomhoward:
Just use the terminal app, then

su

mkdir /sdcard/efs

busybox tar zcvf /sdcard/efs/efs-backup.tar.gz /efs

cat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 > /sdcard/efs/efs_dev-block-mmcblk0p1.img

Close terminal emulator, then transfer to your pc.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Tremium:
Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tomhoward:
No probs, there should be a sticky or a wiki for this stuff.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rx1999:
Thanks alot for the info,

Can someone please tell me, does backing up efs folder custom to Samsung devices or other phones like the htc evo, Lg G2x etc?

Thank you
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonny_ftm:
Any help please? Great to backup, but useless if I don't know how to restore it!!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] tasar:
Thanx for that! I wonder that nobody tell us, how to restore?? :confused:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rawat:
RE: Restoring. That bridge can be crossed if and when necessary imo.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] vikas776:
I m ****ed

Was Trying to flash new firmware now i m not able to connect any network

Just checked my IMEI is changed to something else.

i didnt take the backup :(

previously on my sgs when this happens , its easily resolved by reflash firmware but now its not helping at all

Someone pls help me out :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rawat:
Wait, what happened? What firmware did you flash?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] vikas776:
Ke7 firmware :(

Oh **** i think i clicked on clear efs in odin

Seriously ****ed
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] godutch:
get a jig, flash back to stock, reset flash counter with jig, return to store
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MCOGW:
Absolutely ;)

Here's how to restore using the Clean Method

Restore:

Clean:

su
busybox tar zxvf /sdcard/efs/efs-backup.tar.gz -C /

I guess the .img which Raw Method creates needs to be mounted for restore.

But I have no idea how to do this the right way.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sgstwo:
You use the dd command, something like dd if=inputfile of=/dev/blah
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] vikas776:
I used JIG , flashed my country firmware and reset counter .

Returned to store

Done

Now i will keep backup of efs folder of my next replaced phone :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kei_kusanagi:
If I do a backup of the original EFS folder and then unlock it... If I restore the original EFS folder it will be locked again?

Hope someone can answer this, because if I unlock my SGS2 and don't know how to lock it again I'll lose waranty.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kirdroid:
Thanks OP ... this is awesome, i got my SGS2 yesterday and this is the first thing i did before flashing any ROM's. I was one of them who has lost the IMEI because of efs data being deleted. This happened couple of weeks back in one of the Nexus S roms and had to send my nexus s for samsung service.

I really appreciate this and can now confidently flash roms :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] woodstock_ahem:
i'll make a small point here...

i went to browse the /efs folder found it empty and panicked....

then realised that the root explorer i was using was not having 'SU' access at the moment....

when i gave it 'su' access... the /efs folder did indeed had all the data

something to keep in mind.

Act only if the IMEI number is coming up incorrect...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonny_ftm:
Many thanks for your help

Much appreciated
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] vikas776:
Mods Pls make this thread sticky coz it is must for everyone i guess
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Aero:
Yeah make this sticky coz I just f'd mine :o

I'm stuck in the generic imei 0049 coz I wiped my /efs folder. Any news on how to recover it?

I'm in Canada and I purchased mine online through handtec, anyone knows who I contact to have it fixed (I'm guessing I have to shell out $$$, I hope its not expensive)?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] vikas776:
best u can do is reset counter and returned it coz its in warranty

no other way around . i had tried almost everything in the past.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] EarlZ:
Are the file permissions really that critical to preserve, I mean if you managed to corrupt the efs folder and copy over the ones you made a copy paste back up from root explorer ( stored on the PC ) would it still work ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rawat:
Yes, but it's easier if you just have the raw backup.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] clovek1:
/efs read-only problem

my Baseband Version changed to Unknown after flashing a firmware and messing with Nandroid.

I tried to check up the /efs folder, and it's still there.

but the /efs is read only and i can't modify it anyhow.

i have created the backups, but i am unable to write the files to /efs due to RO protection.

i tried even to delete the .nv_data.bin to replace it with nv_data.bak, but i couldn't change the files anyhow. not even rename ...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rawat:
Check to see if your IMEI number is still intact by dialling *#06#.

If it is, DO NOTHING.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] clovek1:
my IMEI doesn't apperar (IMEI=0 in phone properties).

however, i do have an IMEI folder in /efs folder.

this is the copy of /efs and /efs/imei folder in my windows PC:

/efs/imei:

17. 07. 2011 15:29 <DIR> .

17. 07. 2011 15:29 <DIR> ..

21. 05. 2011 02:10 23 bt.txt

21. 05. 2011 02:10 2 keystr

17. 07. 2011 01:01 3 mps_code.dat

3 File(s) 28 bytes

/efs:

17. 07. 2011 15:29 <DIR> .

17. 07. 2011 15:29 <DIR> ..

17. 07. 2011 15:29 <DIR> .files

31. 12. 2010 15:00 1*048*576 .nv_core.bak

31. 12. 2010 15:00 32 .nv_core.bak.md5

31. 12. 2010 15:00 2*097*152 .nv_data.bak

31. 12. 2010 15:00 32 .nv_data.bak.md5

31. 12. 2010 15:00 1 .nv_state

01. 01. 2000 00:04 6 calibration_data

31. 12. 2010 15:01 9 cryptprop_applied_result

10. 07. 2011 16:12 6 cryptprop_lockscreen.password_type

09. 07. 2011 20:41 5 cryptprop_lockscreen.patterneverchosen

10. 07. 2011 16:12 6 cryptprop_lock_pattern_autolock

04. 06. 2011 22:53 6 cryptprop_lock_pattern_tactile_feedback_en

abled

19. 06. 2011 07:09 5 cryptprop_lock_pattern_visible_pattern

17. 07. 2011 13:16 0 cryptprop_onetimeboot

17. 07. 2011 01:00 3 cryptprop_persist.sys.language

17. 07. 2011 01:00 18 cryptprop_persist.sys.timezone

31. 12. 2010 15:00 1 cryptprop_rebootMode

17. 07. 2011 09:56 3 cryptprop_securewipedata

17. 07. 2011 15:29 <DIR> dmp

31. 12. 2010 15:00 256 edk_p

17. 07. 2011 15:29 <DIR> imei

31. 12. 2010 15:00 1*065 nv.log

17. 07. 2011 10:29 2*097*152 nv_data.bin

17. 07. 2011 10:29 32 nv_data.bin.md5

31. 12. 2010 15:02 880 redata.bin

22 File(s) 5*245*246 bytes
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] daleski75:
Done a backup of this folder and then put all the files on dropbox