yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ickster:
"And if nothing else, we can take solace in the fact that the bootloader isn't signed. Engadget or Gizmodo (can't remember which one) ran a little blip earlier today that the htc sensation has a signed bootloader like the thunderbolt."

What does this mean? My ignorance is showing, but I'm guessing this makes it harder to hack the phone?

edit..found it on Engadget...

"Did you think maybe HTC would change its ways after locking down the bootloader on the Thunderbolt and Incredible S? Sorry, no. The upcoming Sensation looks to have been similarly afflicted, with Android Police bringing the bad news that its internals are protected by HTC's private key. This will definitely prove to be an issue for those looking to run custom ROMs that are clean as a whistle, but something tells us the hackers shall overcome. They usually do."

Link to article at Android Police:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...d-bootloader-custom-rom-support-is-in-danger/
[T-Mobile LG G2x] VisedMonk:
Yes. Exactly. But most people just use the phone and other technology how it's brought to them and like they're told to, I'd bet the vast majority of people who will buy that phone wont care.

Imported from Detroit using XDA Premium App
[T-Mobile LG G2x] booch137:
Yes, everyone is nitpicking. Half the people in the G2x section are assholes, too. I came from a G1 and its section was filled with people willing to answer questions rather than tear them apart. It seems like every thread I open has some **** completely off topic talking ****.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] VisedMonk:
I came from the evo forum, and most ppl were pretty cool over there, too. A **** head was certainly not the norm.

fwiw, this monk isn't an @$$hole...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bdkinney:
There is a lot of nitpicking, but a lot of people had high expectations and some didn't get those expectations met I guess. I got a good phone (knock's on wood) and have been completely happy with it...nice upgrade from my HD2 (only missing the CM7...but that's coming along nicely). If I had some of the problems other people have experience, I might be grumbling too...IDK.

On the second point, I haven't really seen a lot of the people ready to tear someone apart rather than answer questions. I have seen people frustrated by all the complaining...and been guilty of showing impatience with that myself. I even took a look at the threads you started and didn't notice and "dicks" completely off topic talking "****". I saw a group of people having a polite conversation, completely supportive of your topic....weird. :confused:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] booch137:
Yeah I haven't had a problem with people personally, it's threads created by others I've seen it in. I understand the frustration with the phone as I just returned one that had the screen freeze issue but it just seems like a lot of people are a bit too worked up about it. I was just surprised at the difference between the G1 section and the G2x section.

TL;DR everyone's mad lol
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ickster:
I was sitting here thinking I wanted to ask for a whole subforum for the haters who are flaming every thread (on more than one forum) about how unhappy they are

Then I see the turn this post is taking. Apparently I'm not the only one who is sick of the 10 or so people who take every single thread as an opportunity to to spew their vitriol.

We've heard it. Say your peace on the forum once. That's enuff. We get it. Your not happy. LG sucks. T mobile sucks. He sucks. They suck. I suck. We heard you the first 999 times!

This is a forum for us to help and be helped.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bdkinney:
Oh...yeah definitely a less tolerant vibe than in some of the forums...lots of negativity.

Well said...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] CB620:
i had high expectations for the phone just for the simple fact that its our first dual core phone (T-Mobile USA). I like the device,i mean what device is gonna be perfect at launch. Everyone is complaining about screen bleeds and reboots and everything else. Atleast this didnt happen. Be grateful we even got a good phone, that it even came to our carrier. I try alot of devices. I had almost every android phone. I have a Nexus one coming today and a Xperia Play coming next week. Im sure those devices arent perfect either but there will be something about it to make me want to keep it. Once the development picks up, i think the complainers will become mute.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EmceeGeek:
At first I thought so too, until I started running into massive problems. The screen is no issue, but the continual reboots are crazy. If you have your rom backed up its fine, but when you have a reboot and GMAIL and the market is completely gone, and the camera stops and the home button and lock screen all stops working, you can't help but complain. I was PISSED off, and I couldn't believe it happened.

Everyone says don't buy LG products. I have a 42" LG HDTV, and after having it a short while it started acting up. Got an LG microwave, it started acting up. So its really no one we can blame but LG itself. I wish HTC had made this phone. *Big sigh*
[T-Mobile LG G2x] CB620:
HTC Microwave. lol
[T-Mobile LG G2x] booch137:
That sucks about the Droid 2, wtf? Am I a bad person for finding it kind of funny? Also the HTC microwave cracks me up.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wishb0n3:
This is my 2nd post now. Didnt get any answers on my other one. So this is the deal, i got my phone on factory .26 and used gladroot to get to .52 with my root.

Everything has been find now the new update came out .83. I try to dl and install it from my phone and it reboots on install and the green android guy and an explamation point pop up. I have to restart after that and the phone is back to normal but with no update.

Can i have detailed instructions on how to update and get the root again?

Do i have to flash? and how do i go about doing that? please give me insight. THanks
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Optimus-Prime:
umm its normal for it to show the android guy with the ! with int he triangle. jsut let it install and get root again with ginger break. let it finish do not interrupt it while it is updating. let it reboot by it self.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blk02Ls1:
There are numerous threads in development that tell you how to flash to the 1.57 sbf file. Then I went to the motorola website and did the update to 1.83 from there.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wishb0n3:
So its normal it just sits and android and !?? it doesnt show a progress bar or anything.. so just leave it ? i have been looking how to flash but im not really understanding it.. do i have to flash back or what?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wishb0n3:
Ok so i showed a progress bar for a couple seconds, now its at a triangle with ! in it and the green android guy. So you are telling me this is normal? I should just leave my phone like this? it will finish on my own? or what? please let me know thanks alot.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wishb0n3:
i guess ill give it 5 minutes.. no progress yet.. please let me know if this is normal or its not going to update?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Optimus-Prime:
when i did the update on my with the .zip file that was floating around i just flashed it, anf it had the android guy with the ! int he traingle.

it was showing ******************************** as it updated. then eventually just rebooted and went on to the motorola with dual core boot image. let it there for a while and see what happenes
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wishb0n3:
The thing is i rooted my atrix sraight from factory to .52. So im rooted on .52 right now with gladroot.. Im trying to update straight from my phone to the new update.. without flashing or antyhing. I download it and install it.. it showed a open box with a bar for 2 seconds and went to the triangle and green guy. Hasnt moved or done antyhing since.. there is no *************** etc... any advice?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Optimus-Prime:
funny. mine updated. alright then lets do this the hard wa
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wishb0n3:
Well, still nothing its not updating.. just stuck at the !triangle green android guy screen... can anyone tell me what to do so i can upgrade to .83? much appreciated..
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wishb0n3:
Ok emailed you and all.

Got a question, do i have to flash it back? i had trouble flashing last time if anyone can guide me through it, if its needed. Will be very grateful once im on the update and rooted. Coming from iphone so this is all foreign to me lol.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gatorp003@aol.com:
use this guide to get back to 1.2.6 then ota to 57 then ota to 82 then use gingerbrick to root
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
No it's not!

The triangle an "!" mean it's crapped out!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Optimus-Prime:
have you tried accessing the android recovery? its there, tis also there when you are doing a upgrade, its normal for it to show up when your doing and upgrade in any android device!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolidHelix:
I had the same problem. I ended up downloading the update frontiers the.motorola websiteand istalling it from my pc. Took 30 min but it worked. I was rooted on 1.57. Lost root but got it back with gingerbreak
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wishb0n3:
Whats the website man? ill try it out.. the way you wrote it doesnt add up lol
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wishb0n3:
Ok.. well i did what you said. i went to the motorola website.. updateded my phone took about a half hour.. phone restarted and all then it said update failed or something. But i look and it says its updated... so is it all good? do i have to use gingerbreak now?
[myTouch 4G General] felix.akinyemi:
I know there are a lot of ports from the G2/DZ roms. I was wondering if any devs are planning on porting this rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13547512#post13547512

I think it will be a nice addition over here to keep things going...
[myTouch 4G General] TeeJay3800:
I think we'll have kernel problems, but that would be awesome. Apparently the Desire Z Gingerbread kernel works well on the G2, but the Desire HD Gingerbread kernel does not work well on the MT4G. I wonder why. :confused:
[myTouch 4G General] Robertmor86:
There is a sense 3.0 port
[myTouch 4G General] felix.akinyemi:
This one is "fully working" and scaled properly.
[myTouch 4G General] Robertmor86:
Aww I see
[myTouch 4G General] brianphanz0r:
rafyvitto has one that is almost complete. wifi is the only major fix that it needs. everything else is scaled perfectly and what not
[myTouch 4G General] felix.akinyemi:
Do u have a link
[myTouch 4G General] brianphanz0r:
check ur inbox
[myTouch 4G General] sunsean:
Yeah, I would think porting a fully functioning Sense 3.0 rom would be at the top of the devs' lists right now. It's hot, it's new, and whomever brings us the first working version will be heralded as the "dev of the hour" - and receive endless thanks from us flashers! :)

I, for one, know that if/when this becomes available, it'll finally make me flash back from AOSP.
[myTouch 4G General] JoeCool85:
There is one about 95% functional....thats a secret though.
[myTouch 4G General] Nicgraner:
I'm workin' on porting it right now and will post a link up in Dev section hopefully before the end of the night. keep in mind it'll be an alpha release and will most likely be some bugs to work out. Basically this is a coming soon post :P

EDIT: Not releasing on here due to not wanting the dev section to be filled with these :P
[myTouch 4G General] Abbens:
his rom is fine im using it, but i cannot get the lockscreen apps to work
[myTouch 4G General] Nicgraner:
That's one thing listed as not working.. I'm probably going to be using rafyvitto's port as a base.
[myTouch 4G General] JoeCool85:
the fusion rom has the lock screen aps working.
[myTouch 4G General] sabo2000:
been running it for a day and half now! It is awesome! :D
[myTouch 4G General] sabo2000:
Mine are working fine, even the live wallpapers in the lockscreen work.
[myTouch 4G General] kfgtboypsp:
Can someone send me the link to the dl. I wanna try it out.

Edit: Nevermind found it.
[myTouch 4G General] cnote74:
I couldn't get the video player to work kept force closing. rom manager couldn't reset permissions. It was a good rom though I like sense 3.0 but still a little buggy though
[myTouch 4G General] Teo032:
how about d evil's?
[myTouch 4G General] brianphanz0r:
yes. this thread was made before d evil made his sense 3.0 ROM
[myTouch 4G General] Teo032:
just in case they missed it
[myTouch 4G General] aferstilo:
thanks to all those working on bringing this out to us btw this is amazing :)
[myTouch 4G General] unclespoon:
I love evil d's rom, too, makes me wonder why I even care about an OTA update from t-mobile!
[myTouch 4G General] porampoku:
help please

can you please send the link to this port thank you!
[myTouch 4G General] vabeach454:
Hook me up with that link if you get a chance. :)
[myTouch 4G General] Teo032:
Lol my thoughts exactly. Except when there's an official update these awesome developers will make it even better with roms instead of tweaking other phones' ui to match our mt4g.
[myTouch 4G General] Teo032:
You guys can find evil d's port in the dev section
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fullarton:
I tried installing CM7 but accidentally downloaded and tried to flash an update. I can get into recovery and download mode but my phone can't get past the "Galaxy S" screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taha_e:
go to recovery mode and wipe cache partition and do a data/factory reset maybe it can help if no then have to flash a new rom
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
See the original thread posted by britoso for details but thought you guys might like a fresh post here with details specific to our SGS2:

[APP][ROOT] Google Talk 1.3 with Video calling, Now wifi optional!

Initially installed talk1.3.nowifi.update-signed.zip via root explorer as per I2asta's post but the other party could not see my video in their chat. So, installed the suggested "GoogleServicesFramework.apk" to /system/app location (root explorer), rebooted and video is now working both ways!!

Update - A little guide as suggested by nasgilani!

Notes

- Root Explorer is a paid app, tried & tested! There are free alternatives out there but use at your own peril...

- I'll be using the updated gapps and the files therein for this guide. If you want to use an alternative version e.g. nowifi, download that one and use in the instructions instead.

- After performing this mod you will probably have to setup your Google Account again... and possibly reboot a second time to resolve any quirks.

Steps

1. Download the Full Google Apps from 20110503 which includes the updated GTalk

2. Extract the following files from the zip and place them somewhere easily accessible on your phone's SDcard:

/system/app/Talk.apk

/system/app/GoogleServicesFramework.apk

/system/lib/libtalk_jni.so

3. Open up Root Explorer and goto your extracted files

4. Long Click on Talk.apk and rename to Talk2.apk

5. Long Click on Talk2.apk and copy it, then navigate to /system/app

6. Press Mount R/W at the top right so it looks like:

Fig. 1 - Mount R/W to write files to this system folder

7. Click on the Paste button to paste it here

8. Long Click on Talk.apk and rename it to Talk.apk1

Fig. 2 - You should now have both talk2.apk and talk.apk1 as shown above

9. Long Click on Talk2.apk and select permissions

Fig. 3 - Permissions should be as above

10. Alter the permissions to the same as Fig. 3 above and OK it

11. Now navigate back to your extracted files and rename GoogleServicesFramework.apk to something like GoogleServicesFramework2.apk and then Copy it.

12. Navigate to system/app and then Paste it here

13. Rename the original GoogleServicesFramework.apk to GoogleServicesFramework.apk1

14. Now you can Rename the new GoogleServicesFramework2.apk to GoogleServicesFramework.apk

Fig. 4 - Now you should have 2 GoogleServicesFramework files

15. Long Click on the new GoogleServicesFramework.apk and alter the permissions to the same as shown in Fig. 3 above and then OK it

16. Navigate back to your extracted files again and Copy libtalk_jni.so

17. Then navigate to /system/lib and press Mount R/W

18. Paste libtalk_jni.so here

19. Again, set the Permissions of libtalk_jni.so as shown in Fig. 3

20. Reboot your phone...

21. Open up Talk, click on your own avatar and make sure Allow video and voice chats is enabled

22. Test out chat to make sure audio/video is working both ways...

23. Done!

A big thanks to britoso for posting this and I2asta for the root explorer intstructions!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] HumanoidTalking:
Thanks for posting it mate,

I would suggest if you can make a small guide on how and what you did to enable Gtalk video enabled on SGS2

Edit: Thanks mate you made this thread alive after the Guide.. :D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
As suggested, updated the OP with a guide... any mistakes, let me know please!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonrwg:
Do I have to replace the original Talk.apk on system/app?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ke3pup:
have you tested video chat with a pc client? How was the quality on 3g?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
yep, I renamed it in the above instructions to Talk.apk1 and left it there just in case you wanted to revert back to the original Talk.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dickie2007:
Just a note, lost my Google sync after installing the GoogleServicesFramework.apk, and had to re-add my account in Settings to get my contacts back etc...

No issue obviously just wanted to prevent any "OMGWTFBBQ!! where have all my contacts gone?!?!?!?!" posts... lol

Dickie
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
yep, I've only tested with PC clients and if you installed the nowifi version then it works with 3G. The quick tests I've done over 3G shows it works rather well with only a slight lag, acceptable imo.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
I did add something in the Notes section but obviously it wasn't that clear... you think I should make it more clear?

Also, did you follow my instructions? If so, you think it's ok or do I need to change anything?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dickie2007:
Sorry mate, i missed that part as i had already installed it and the only change i made was installing GoogleServicesFramework.apk as i found earlier today my mate could hear but not see me...

So that was my bad buddy, i'm sure anyone coming to this thread and reading properly will see what i missed, i just scanned it quick as i had already done most of the work...

One thing i've experienced, when switching to the Rear Camera, it cashes and I only get audio until I select Force Close... i tried this several times but on the 4th it fully crashed my phone, which took maybe 2mins to decide to reboot itself... no damage done tho...

Dickie
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonrwg:
Thanks ma10 !! it works ! haha.. I just need to re-login my google account but no contact lost before login.

Edit: Try to change to rear cam and it work fine.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dickie2007:
Interesting, which version did you use? normal or no wifi??

Dickie
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
Switching to rear view camera works for me too... I'm using the signed nowifi version. Which one are you using dickie?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonrwg:
I use the one OP post the link in Step 1. What version is that? lol
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dickie2007:
I'm using the one from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1056793

Dickie
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
@Dickie, I'm using talk1.3.nowifi.update-signed.zip and I guess that jonrwg is using the one inside gapps.zip if that is any help...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonrwg:
What is the different between talk1.3.nowifi.update-signed.zip and gapps.zip? Is it the same? Just curious.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Raspster:
Do we have this working with the front camera yet?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] robot1000:
Does 'Talk2.apk' not need to be renamed to 'Talk.apk' between steps 9 and 10?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonrwg:
Is working for me. Front and rear cam. :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
Nope... doesn't need to be although you can do so if you like.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
I believe the one in gapps only works with wifi and the nowifi version works over 3G too...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Dannyboyni:
I got this working doing video calls.

But now I have reopened it again and its no longer connecting to google talk.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
This happened to me when I first booted up after the mod... a reboot worked for me and GTalk seems to be connecting everytime now. Have you rebooted since, or has it happened more than once?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Dannyboyni:
I have restarted the phone 3 times and it still wont connect.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
are you other google services ok? e.g. gmail... if those are ok then the "google services framework" should be working and the likely culprit should be the talk app itself? Did you install the version in the gapps zip??
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Dannyboyni:
My gmail is working. Yes I installed the version in the gapps zip, the link provided in the post in this thread.

Still not working :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jonrwg:
I use that version but mine is working. something is wrong.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Dannyboyni:
Ok, I factory reset the phone and followed the steps. It is now working again, restarted phone etc, so all is ok.

But now im having another problem, when someone rings me from gmail, after a few seconds I get a force close on the app :(.

Would this be because im using wifi? Can the app use both wifi and 3g connections?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
@Dannyboyni, wifi wouldn't be the problem as GTalk works mostly on wifi anyway... 3G was only allowed on certain networks but they figured out a way so you can always make Audio/Video calls over 3G. If you want to try this version, goto the original post at the top of mine and you can download the "nowifi" one and test it out.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] spyrale:
everything fine here, had to reboot twice to be able to connect, no fc switching cameras, thanks!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Dannyboyni:
Ok I downloaded the nowifi version, and im getting force closes when a contact rings me from google talk on gmail.

:(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
@Dannyboyni, which rom (firmware) are you using? e.g. one straight from the shop or have you upgraded it since?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Dannyboyni:
I bought my phone sim free from p4u, then I just followed the root guide exactly.

when I look on my phone im running.

PDA: I9100XWKDD

PHONE: I9100XXKDH

CSC: 19100XEUKD1

ps, whats the difference between pda, and phone, why are they both different values?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ma10:
It's how Samsung does things... Check out this thread over on the Galaxy S General and look at the Firmware section, point 3:

[HOWTO] [REF] [FAQ] [Guides] [Tutorials] Flash/Root/ADB/ROM [MUST READ!]

Quote:

"Galaxy S firmware updates come in three parts (which are sometimes packaged as one file):

-The CODE itself (called PDA). This is android and all the applications that come with it. (The archives/folders will be named after the version of this file)

-The MODEM (called Phone). This is the firmware of the wireless chipset of the device and will operate you WiFi, Blutooth and 3G/2G/GSM connections. (ie Radio ROM)

-The CSC (short for Customer Specific Customization). This includes connection data for the broadband networks as well as apps that are only available in certain languages/intended for a specific area.

I've upgraded to the KDF firmware that was posted recently... maybe if other people who's posted that this mod is working can kindly post which firmware they're using please?