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[HTC Inspire 4G] stonewallmike:
Personally, I'd recommend attn1's Ace Hack Kit over Bubby's, since you'll need it if you ever want to go back to stock s-on, and it has some functionality that bubby's doesn't. I know for backing stuff up, Dropbox works really well. I use that for pics/vids AND contacts (menu>export>move to dropbox folder). I don't think that's the best way to do contacts, but I have never lost one. Titanium Backup is more for apps, but aside from saving you the effort of reconfiguring apps that have logins/preferences or whatever, there isn't much benefit over just reinstalling them from the market.
[HTC Inspire 4G] vdubguy83:
Ok so with his I cannot go back to stock if I would need too. Didn't know that, thanks. Ill have to find that download then and maybe try that out. Is it as easy as his method? I know there is a YouTube video I watched of his way and seems fairly easy.
[HTC Inspire 4G] vdubguy83:
And can I use a Mac to root with attn1 way?
[HTC Inspire 4G] stonewallmike:
#1: The videos are outdated, but "The Effen Manual" that attn1 includes is as easy to follow as it gets.

#2: I don't know, I don't use a Mac, but if you read his thread, I'm sure someone has answered that question.
[HTC Inspire 4G] vdubguy83:
Yeah I just googled attn1 and saw that he had said the vids are out dated and to read the manual. Also there is a link for osx so ill try that. If it don't work ill just run to best buy and pick up a netbook lol
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
I don't know that it's necessarily true that you can't go back to S-On if you use bubbys tool to root.

I'm pretty sure there's been instances of people doing it, though it may be that you have to use the hack kit at that point.

Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
[HTC Inspire 4G] Terrold:
Once you use bubby's you can go back to stock. But yes you do have to use the hack kit to do so. Both give you the same s-off. Bubby's just pushes the commands to your phone in the background instead of you doing it yourself.
[HTC Inspire 4G] preluuude:
I just used bubby's this morning, have never rooted before and it was rather easy and didn't take too long.

I had to do it twice, however, bc it wouldn't find the SID, stating something about my HTC drivers, so I used a market app to get the code. (Excuse my lack of terminology knowledge!!)

Although I should have, I didn't back up everything; only my images (which I just dropped to my desktop); after successful root everything was gone so I went through the settings "wizard" and made sure to log into HTC and within a few hours my contacts and messages were back.

I didn't want my apps back, so not sure how you back that up.

So I had all the stock apps plus ROM manager and superuser.

Now off to play around some more :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] twhorn:
the only problem i have with rooting my phone is actually downloading the hack kit or bubby's one click method. i've turned off all the right things but still nothing. any advice?

thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] vdubguy83:
I still didn't root, sorta backed out last night haha. Wouldn't know why I would need to go back to stock once rooted but I guess all is possible. I don't really care about losing my apps, ill just redownload then, its just my pictures and contacts I'm worried about losing. I think I'm going to use bubbys root tonight and see what happens. Thanks for the info. Also there are a bunch of apps I don't use on the phone is there a way to freeze them after root besides getting titanium backup pro? Or does that seem like the best way?
[HTC Inspire 4G] vdubguy83:
Plus I have a 2gb sdcard. Should I use this one for gold card? And do I need a mobile terminal app for root? If so which one?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
If you set your contacts to be backed up on google, they will automatically reload for you.

Your pictures should now be on your SD card. If you are going to use that same SD card to make your gold card, then it will indeed need to be formatted and you'd lose whatever is on there, of course. All you have to do is plug the phone in to your computer, mount as disk drive, and make a folder on your computer, and copy the SD cards contents (or just the pictures, if you want) to your hard drive.

When your done, you can put it all back.

The only thing you will lose unavoidably is any app-specific data that you would need to have root to back up (game scores, etc.)

Once rooted even this data will be able to be accessed from that point forward... You won't even lose that, again... Its just the initial act of gaining root, that you're faced with a one-time loss of specific data.

Nearly everything else can be backed up "in the cloud" via Google or moved someplace else by you temporarily.

Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
[HTC Inspire 4G] vdubguy83:
Ok thanks for the info. Ill make sure to back my pics and contacts up some way before I root.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jmarrale:
Bubbys one click on the phone at a point and when you get the error are you sure you have the sync drivers I selected the sync option on the usb connection manager.them switched back after .. I had to do it twice but good know
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
As long as your contacts are Google based and/or you have your phone set to "backup your settings on Google," you shouldnt have to worry about contacts.

If you aren't sure log in to the full gmail in a browser and check to see if your contacts are visible there. If they are, you're good.

I haven't even thought about my contacts over the span of 4 Android phones, several roots, and a couple of custom Rom flashes... They just magically re-appear... Thanks to Google. ;)

Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
[HTC Inspire 4G] MtGoat:
Even though I am new to this forum, I rooted my Inspire 4g using Ace-Hack-Kit v9 without a clue to what it was actually doing in each step. Needless to say, it was very discomforting at a thought of bricking my phone. But since then, I have been through turning off the eng-s then going back to stock again to turn back the eng-s again using the v9. Now, since I know what each step of the v9 is doing, I am more comfortable using it then the newer automated v10 or the v11 (if it ain't broke, why change). And, I hate to repeat above post, but I have tried no less than 7 roms since the root. And thanks to the Google’s backup option, other than the saved games and such, all of my apps and the contact information were automatically reinstalled through wifi within an hour of connection (I did have to import my outlook contact into Gmail account first). So I never bother with a backup especially I really don't have anything on this phone to miss (didn't have the phone long enough).
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraglineDrummer:
I am selling my G-Tab and am trying to figure out how to wipe my user and personal info but leave the ROM. I obviously want to get rid of any personal info but since I installed the Vegan ROM, Flash and the market I would hate to undo that work for the next person.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schettj:
Booting into Clockwork Mod, and then "wiple data/factory reset" should do it, I would think.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wasserkapf:
I would just flash it back to the stock firmware, then the stock firmware has the option to do a "Factory data reset". You can get stock firmware images fro here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=842000

The Android Market is linked to your Google account. I wouldn't worry too much about providing market.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
Also repartition in cwm and it will wipe the sdcard. O n the data wipe/ factory reset it removes your google login information so there is no need to go back to complete stock. I sold mine with 1 rom installed and 4 more backed up in cwm.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraglineDrummer:
Thank you all. I appreciate it. Sorry for the stupid question. I know it is easy I'm just of the mindset if I touch something it will screw it up.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJ133169:
Phone started echoing during incoming calls lately, can't hear anything but yourself. Happened to me and 2 other users in different carriers all with different devices.

Anyone experiencing this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ConeyKiller:
With my knowledge, echoing is usually because of very low signal.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJ133169:
Seems many people are suddenly experiencing this in my area lately....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bender33:
Happened to me a couple times yesterday. Im located in eagan mn.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJ133169:
Also in mn. Woodbury.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJ133169:
Anyone else?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] westleydan:
When formatted with EXT3, can i simply drop anddrag stuff into /sdcard ie folders for music and stuffs??

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] torqtech:
When you partition your card its with a fat32 partition and and ext2/3/4 partition. your ext partition will be used by your linux android platform for a2sd+ feature and wont be accessible to you when you connect your device as a drive.

However the fat32 partition will be visible to you and you can put all your stuff on it normally as you do.

hope this helps.:)
[Android Apps and Games] mssmison:
Hey guys,

Just wanted to share an image with you of a keyboard project I'm working on for tablets. Currently all dev and testing is being done on my Galaxy Tab, but next week I'll start working on the xoom screensize port as well.

Info:A free basic multitouch keyboard for tablets, (a paid version with more features may come later, or I may just update the free version)

Features:

-Fast

-Word prediction

-Multitouch

-capability for multilanguage support (depends on interest I guess)

-FREE (My favorite words ever!)

How can you help?

Well as you can see there is some space in the middle of the screen, while I've still setup the keyboard with a seperate symbols keyboard (also tablet/thumb friendly) I'm wondering if there are some 'must have' buttons that should be put in the middle. My thoughts are they should be key's that are essential but not normally used, like arrow keys maybe? There's probably room for about 12 keys? So chime in and let me know.

How do I help not to clog up this thread

:) I don't need testers thanks. But if I do in the future I'll ask.

When is it coming out! I want it now!

As soon as it's ready, obviously it's mothers day this weekend so don't expect it until next week some time at the earliest.

Final info:

This is not the final theme, although it will be something along these lines probably.. I like a clean, minimalistic approach. Also in the second picture (the symbols) you can see the keys are slightly larger, I've also not decided on the final key size yet.

*Update*,

I've updated the attached pictures with the latest revision, and the initial sizing for the 10.1" Tablets. I've only speant a few minutes with the xoom, but being able to input text with both thumbs while holding it makes all the difference in the world.

*Update*, Portrait orientation fixed for 7 and 10" layout

*Update 05-12* I'm pretty happy where things are at right now with the 7" version. I just need to incorporate those changes into the 10.1" size and it should be basically ready. I've tweaked the sizing a bit since these latest screenshots now that I can put the xoom through more testing. I'll maybe add another couple of languages before release, if not everyone can work on those after. I've kept the additional keys in the space minimal, as I said before I like minimal.

:)
[Android Apps and Games] neogenesis213:
hey that's pretty great. But instead of black is it possible to make the background translucence so as to see the content of the app.
[Android Apps and Games] korl85:
a translucence background is a great idea
[Android Apps and Games] zztfox:
Will this require 2.2+?

I know you specified Galaxy Tabs, but I have been messing with a cmp738a craig tablet lately and this is exactly what I have been looking for.

Would be willing to test it if you are willing to add support.
[Android Apps and Games] mssmison:
Hmmm. Maybe, first up though before I finalize the theme is the layout.. ill keep it in mind though, thanks for the suggestion :-)
[Android Apps and Games] aholstenson:
I have played around with a Xoom for a while and this looks like a great replacement for the stock keyboard.

One thing I really miss on the Xoom is the ability to quickly write numbers by long pressing the alphabetic keys (secondary keys in general would be nice).

Frequently used keys in the middle seems great, a few symbol keys would fit nicely there. I find myself typing @ a lot, but other than I can't think of anything (except numbers) that I type often.

// A
[Android Apps and Games] 12paq:
Nice.

The screen res of the Galaxy tab is the same on my Nook running CM7 Gingerbread 2.3.4.

So I would like to help test if possible. This looks lime a nice project.

:)
[Android Apps and Games] mssmison:
:) thanks for the offer though
[Android Apps and Games] UrbanRider:
Portugal here, i can help with pt-PT translation
[Android Apps and Games] b3ltazar:
numbers

numbers in the middle would be very helpful and a .com thank u for this
[Android Apps and Games] Sergio Nova:
What about the international characters? It would make no sense to limit your work to English language, especially in times of European Community. If possible, it should be more explicit than they Android standard one.
[Android Apps and Games] UrbanRider:
Perfect it was a customizable panel, on which we could put our preferred characters/smiles/etc
[Android Apps and Games] charm1718:
Looks nice. An @ button instead of an emoticon button might be used more in the default layout. Also, left and right arrow keys in case someone misspells a word & do not want to delete all letters or try to tap the exact space before the wrong letter.
[Android Apps and Games] tbo-art:
How does it look like in potrait mode?
[Android Apps and Games] mssmison:
Well its really designed for tablets and landscape mode.. on the todo list is portrait layout.

As for the @ sign and the number keys. They'll be setup on the symbols keyboard(as per the pic) and with long presses. Though honestly its faster to access them on the symbols keyboard than by long pressing.
[Android Apps and Games] Qwenjis:
Reminds me this keyboard a lot.
[Android Apps and Games] mssmison:
a.) I wish it could look that good

b.) there's not way it'll have the same level of features.. well not 'no way', but not likely at all :)
[Android Apps and Games] FreaKaDroidXYZ:
Arrow Keys

Arrow keys are a must.
[Android Apps and Games] gr3gm1tch:
Initial concept looks pretty good. Things that stand out for me as a Xoom user with slightly more space:

Ability to swap between traditional and thumb layout

Arrow keys would be fantastic

Long press for secondary symbols much like GB keyboard.

Thanks for your efforts.
[Android Apps and Games] mssmison:
latest updates added. Thanks for all your feedback guys. A couple of notes.

this is for a tablet layout, the original layout will not be available to switch between, the portrait is fairly close to stock.

I haven't added in arrow keys as of yet, and don't think I will before release. In all my years with android I've never needed them so why add more clutter.
[Android Apps and Games] nabuhonodozor:
Great idea - thanks!

Do You think its possible to add separate national chatracters keyboard? I mean to access national characters keys directly not by long press.
[Android Apps and Games] bearusa:
keyboard

Has this been released yet by any chance,,,
[Blade General] King Mustard:
My father's Orange San Francisco with CyanogenMod 7.0.2 keeps turning off when battery reaches 100% charged and the only way to get it back on is to pull the battery.

This has happened with CyanogenMod 7 (various RC builds), 7.0.0 and 7.0.2.

Any ideas?
[Blade General] mankvl:
When charging leave clock on :)
[Blade General] Loserkid999:
Some issue here.

How could I leave clock on? I am new @ Android

Thanks!
[Blade General] Shadow_2k:
I'am using Nightly Build 62 and said problem seems to be fixed in this build.

Good Luck
[Blade General] mankvl:
Just run deskclock (clock) and leave it. phone needs to do smth or it will turn off at 100% :) or flash newest nightly ;)
[Blade General] King Mustard:
I'll wait for 7.0.4 :D
[Blade General] xmdroid:
Try nightly build 142 it's a very good rom :)
[Nexus S General] StormCell:
Had a long talk with a very cool Sprint rep. about the new Nexus S 4G. He talked completely off the record. Said the phone was completely 'open' so no need for rooting. He said I could install ROM Mgr. Wireless tether, etc., out of the box. But I am hearing of people rooting it. Why?
[Nexus S General] Zardos66:
You need root for SU access. I doubt sprint has it pre-rooted.
[Nexus S General] matt2053:
You still have to root it. Its just really really easy.
[Nexus S General] netarchy:
The rep is confusing "rooting" to mean "hacking" the phone.

Phones with locked bootloaders and such need to be hacked in order to obtain root, hence the slang "rooting"

With the nexus phones, unlocking the bootloader requires no hacking, it's a simple fastboot command.

You still have to install su to have superuser (root) privileges of course.
[Nexus S General] StormCell:
Thanks Netarchy. I use your Kernels on my EVO. You rock. I'm trying to figure out the best way to root the S4G on my MacIntel. I looked at the Mac rooting sticky but it looks way confusing and it's a pretty old post. Any direction you or anyone else could provide would be a huge solid. Mucho gracias.
[Nexus S General] StormCell:
I had all the iPhones, jailbroken, and switched on the day the EVO came out. Haven't looked back. It took me weeks and weeks of research before i was confident enough to root (and all the new words I had to learn).

I am not finding that rooting the S4G is going to be easy.....
[Nexus S General] nickmv:
Actually, rooting on a Mac is even easier than a PC. You don't even need to install any special drivers. Simply plug in your phone, boot into recovery.

Then use the terminal to run the adb fastboot commands from the platform-tools folder in the sdk folder (I cant recall exactly what it is...there's guides in the Dev forums for the NexS).

Honestly, it took me less than 5 minutes, and I had never had an android or rooted before when I did it.

UPDATE: Follow this guide. It looks daunting at first glance, but there's only 2-3 technical steps.

Now granted, you are on a 4g version. I wouldn't just automatically follow that guide, because I can't say 100% that it'll work in that way for you. The actual steps are probably the same, but you should make sure that the files to flash are going to be the same. I'd wait for a bit til a guide comes out confirming it.
[Nexus S General] newdad28:
Not seeing a solid looking thread about rooting the 4g

Is that because the old Nexus S rooting directions apply to the 4g?

Eager to root but want to make sure I do it right, first timer here.

Thanks!
[Nexus S General] wild1z:
The bulk of the work in those rooting guides is to get drivers to work when your phone is connected via usb and to get adb to correctly communicate commands between the 2 while the bootloader is running.

I waited a few days before I have the guts to do it, but it was very simple to do once I got the PC set up. Out of all the phones (Hero's and EVO's) this was by far the simplest. In fact I used the EVO One Click root method on my EVO and I hated the fact I wasn't in control of the process. It's much better to adb and see the process work, always.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyiswhite:
Whenever I slide the keyboard open red appears on the status bar and blue and ride lines corrupt the scree, it only happens when i slide the keyboard, what :confused:should I do? Please help
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deliriousDroid:
Factory reset???

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niai_mack:
try a reflashing/new rom see if its a software problem 1st i would say
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyiswhite:
Well I'm sort of a noob to android, I had the G1 in the summer but didn't root it then I went to iPhone now to my G2, so I'm rooted so I'm not sure that's a good idea? I'm not sure. But I looked around and they said it could be a probelm with the cable that connects the keyboard and screen, I don't have warranty as I bought this from a guy on craigslist, would they still fix/exchange it if i called it in?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deliriousDroid:
You have a warranty and don't really want to learn the how to of flashing and fixing your device yourself? Then you should probably unroot and send it in

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyiswhite:
No I don't have warranty, should I just try to unroot and send it in and see what happens?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deliriousDroid:
No warranty=you paying for repairs. Nah, you should try fixing it yourself first. Did you try a factory reset? And if your positive it a cord or ribbon, Have you ever taken apart a phone before?

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyiswhite:
Well I'm only 16 so I don't have much expierence in that
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deliriousDroid:
Okay, what about a factory reset? Sometimes that can solve all sorts of problems

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyiswhite:
Is that safe even though I'm rooted? Any special steps I have to proceed with?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deliriousDroid:
Yeah, perfectly safe. Just go to settings and then privacy. It's the last option on the list. Be warned tho, it does erase all the info on your phone, so it's like brand new. So back up anything you want to keep (The reset doesn't touch the SD card tho)

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyiswhite:
I'm rooted, have a custom rom, and overclocked, so with that in mind, your saying just go ahead and back it up, factory reset it then I would have to re root it?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deliriousDroid:
Haha, yeah, you are supposed to tell those kind of things in the op. Anyways. It won't unroot your device, I'm not sure, but I don't think it will change your rom, and overclocking doesn't matter. So I would do it without worrying if I was you

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyiswhite:
Lol well like I said man I'm new to all of this, but I'm just gonna wait until Monday when I have computer access just incase, ill let you know how it works out, but anyways thanks man (:
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deliriousDroid:
Aight, good luck with it :)

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsteven77x:
Only thing i want to throw in is that i think your being TOO cautious. With the procedures your being told to do, there is next to no chance in hell that your gonna mess anything up. Just trust the people helping you that they know what they are doing, cause usually they do. Our phones are not THAT easy to brick.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyiswhite:
its not that i dont trust them im just new to all of this, not android phones but rooting them and such so im just making sure. and deliriousDroid im doing it right now so ill let you know what happens when im done!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deliriousDroid:
Aight. Not sure if it will fix the problem, but it's worth a try

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickyiswhite:
damn it didnt fix it :/ so im guessing since i dont have warranty im screwed ?