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[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leandroqm:
I thought about raising this question here since it will be pertinent to a lot of other people in a short time now that the Google I/O announced new stuff.

I bought the Xoom (in my case, WiFi Only MZ604) and rooted it.

Now Icecream Sandwich is announced.

Should I restore it to factory kernel in order to get those updates?

If so, what is the proper way to do it?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
Ice Cream sandwich will not be out until Q4 2011.

You probably won't have it on your device immediately following its release.

It takes even a little bit of time to hit Nexus devices.

Now we do have some HoneyComb updates coming. 3.1 specifically.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwcorvus:
Don't do anything now...ice cream sandwich is WAY off...and we will get it here for rooted devices.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leandroqm:
How do I get baxk to stock?

Ihave a brazilian xoom...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mhsamma:
I looked all over the forum but couldn't find somethinng similar. I just wanted to see just how much FREE RAM my fellow G2xers have on their phones. I do realized that it all depends on just how many apps, widgets, etc etc anyone is running on their phone which inturn will affect the performance/speed of the memory. So all I'm asking is to see what is the most memory anyone has seen on their phone WITH or WITHOUT running any apps/widgets. I'll be posting my screenshot ASAP.

Thanks
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mhsamma:
Here is mine.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nomisunrider:
Unused RAM is wasted RAM.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jcbofkc:
What widget are you using to display wifi and cell data in square box on the left?

Thanks.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EP2008:
I agree until you realize thats apps which shouldn't be using ram are forcing apps that you are still using to close... I wish Android allowed users to decide what stays in ram and what gets closed... like a PC. Those task killer apps would be far more useful than "auto" memory management.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] VICosPhi:
But then how could google create your location data profile by running apps in the background :D
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mhsamma:
It's called Data Counter Widget. Here is the link:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.roysolberg.android.datacounter&feature=search_result
[T-Mobile LG G2x] c19932:
yea, but my aim is to better battery life.

unused ram around 207 MB when idling. no widgets, all unnecessary background apps removed except google voice
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mhsamma:
Wow that's impressive. I wish I can get that much. I also agree with you about having spare RAM saving battery life.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jsapp:
More free RAM doesn't mean better battery life. Especially if nothing is accessing
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
How do I have so much available RAM compared to some of you guys. I have 5 home screens filled with widgets and I still have 250mb free. Bottom left hand corner of the home screen is a widget.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] r4d14n7:
Hmm... any ROMs or kernels you're running? I'm on stock rooted with paul's odex hack. Gonna finally try EBlood 1.0.2 so I'll take a RAM reading off a fresh install of that. Your RAM reading does look higher than any I've seen.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] schmit:
+1.. this man speaks truth.

Trying to cut down on ram to save battery life... that does notta, nothing, zilch. The ram is allocated to the app... but if the app isn't using CPU... it's sitting idle.

Then, people are trying to shut down an idle app with a task killer... It takes battery to turn on the screen, it takes the CPU to startup the task killer, it takes CPU to shut down the tasks, and then it uses CPU when the tasks start back up. All in the name of saving battery life? lol... ya right. It's adding fuel to the fire.

Use Watchdog... It will show you the apps that are running and how much CPU they are using. Most of them show 0.0%.. they are idle. Then uninstall watchdog cuz it eats battery to run and monitor the system's apps, lol.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
No Roms. Just the odex hack. I have been u using this instal since I had my G2x which I bough on opening day.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newellj79:
somehow i screwed up my recovery. i'm running ads-magpie with no problems. I need to get my recovery working again. either amon-ra or clockwork. in adb shell i type: flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0.img It says /system/bin/sh: flash_image: not found

please help
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CH3NO2:
if you are able to boot into the phone then go into your terminal app and then type:

su

mount /sdcard

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0.img

and you're good to go...

still doesn't work?

then flash the recovery using a fastboot zip
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sisterchick:
Can you get into fastboot (hold down the camera button when you restart)? If so, then flash recovery image from there.

Open command prompt in directory where you have recovery image stored. Command:

fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0.img
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CH3NO2:
yes but hopefully he has fastboot set up. if not then i'm sure we can walk you through or forward you to a tut on how to do so ;)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newellj79:
I got it working, truth be told I don't how. I tried a command string that previously didn't work. It responded out if memory, twice. For kicks I tried boot into recovery and low and behold clockworkmod. :) thanks guys.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CH3NO2:
no problem anytime
[HD7 General] Lenas:
Mentioned patching a security hole but nothing else that I saw. Just finished installing, version shows 7.0.7392.0
[HD7 General] kwill:
That's all it's supposed to be and is. Just got it too. Glad I did as I needed a fresher backup :D
[HD7 General] FiyaFleye:
According to Walsh it also has other fixes though... I wouldn't doubt Microsoft just threw something in there, after all, they didn't mention a single bug fix in NoDo, though obviously there were some.
[HD7 General] razer2911:
Issues with 7392 and phone battery life

I'm reading about some users in UK facing horrible battery life after 7392 update... not sure i want to update my phone.

People with stock TMo HD7, anything to report?

Oh and here is the link to the thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1068514

UPDATE:

Couldn't wait any more and updated it just now... will post back the results tomorrow.
[HD7 General] moonshines:
my phone is updating as i type. back up is taking long to finish. probably because i have lots of files in it.

and its eating approximately 3gb of my disc space

is it safe if i cut and save the back up to a disc of a thumb drive?will it make a difference to paste back the files to its directory given that i need to restore my phone to its previous version?

thanks
[HD7 General] Dr.8820:
updating mine now...will post results...
[HD7 General] jutley:
Updated my htc hd7 us tmobile here in uk all went well I just got the phone today can't see any battery issues. Loving this phone and I just came from a samsung galaxy s2 but I think this is better.
[HD7 General] Dr.8820:
Yeah, been running it almost a day now...no issues.

Sent from E.131st and Miles using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
[HD7 General] jutley:
Can someone just explain to me once I have this 7392.0 update installed do I need to update the firmware and radio and boot loader do these change with the zune software update or do I need to manually update them by flashing with a ruu installer, what's the difference between zune updates and the flashing the latest tmobile rom are they the same thing? Does anyone have a link to the latest tmobile us rom for htc hd7.
[Xperia Play General] jdz7t8:
Hello could someone please tell me the best PSX emulator for the Xperia Play and give detailed instructions on setting it up so that it runs smoothly? I have tried one, FPse, but the sound does not work properly. psx4droid doesn't work at all [the latest version 3.0.6,] it just keeps asking me to force close when I try to load a rom. Please give the name of the emulator and the version and how to set it up for the Xperia Play.
[Xperia Play General] tanquef:
the best emulator so far is FPSe, check on the Apps & Themes section, there is a sticky with all playable roms.
[Xperia Play General] dsswoosh:
FPse.

Mine works perfect. No sound or framerate choppiness at all.
[Xperia Play General] jdz7t8:
How did you set up FPse ? Mine has poor sound, it doesn't seem to be playing all the sound only some parts.
[Xperia Play General] jdz7t8:
Solved the sound issues. So in FPse i went into "system" and unchecked Mdec Acceleration, Gte Acceleration and HLE mode. Now I hear all the audio though at some points the audio slows down a bit.
[Xperia Play General] dsswoosh:
I have -

Country - USA (i live in the UK though but i d/l USA games. This might make a difference to smoothness as the timing of the games is 50 mhz or 60 mhz and could account for some choppy sound)

Mdec - On

Gte - On

Fast Booting - On

HLE - Off

Boost Mode - Off

No Sound - Off

Spu Sync - Off

Framelimiter - On

Frameskip - None

Screen Filtering - Off

Screensize - Full Screen

Fast Overlay - Off

Screen Orientation - Landscape (turning off auto in theory could speed emulation up)

Print fps - Off

Invert colors - Off

Some games didnt work very well. Tony Hawks 2 had very glitchy graphical errors (or might of been THPS 1, cant remember), and Colin Mcrae 2 grinded to a halt.

Here is what i have tried though -

Time Crisis (touch screen as light gun, dam awesome)

Demolition Derby

Rampage Universal Tour

Point Blank (touch screen as light gun, dam awesome)

Strider 2

Die Hard Trilogy

All of them run flawlessly. No graphical glitched. Now sound stuttering. (and i mean none at all, not even a tiny hiccup).

I have rooted my phone, taken away lots of bloatware. Maybe this helps, maybe not.

N64 emulator sound skips for me alot. fpse none though.
[Xperia Play General] jdz7t8:
Hey man mine is rooted also, you said you took off bloatware, could you go into detail? I want to take off stuff but I do not want to "brick" the phone because I don't know how I would get it back working.
[Xperia Play General] svenk919:
Check out this thread for removing bloatware: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046699
[Xperia Play General] jdz7t8:
Man I don't think it's actually possible to get this damn emulator playing the sound properly, it keeps slowing down messing up the sounds. sucks man.
[Xperia Play General] Mr_Rabo:
Sorry to bump an old thread..

But does the phone need to be rooted to work with emulators - to eventually play psx games ?

and what is the actualy process on loading these old school games to the xperia play?

Especially looking forward to colin mcrae..

plz help

Thanks
[Xperia Play General] atif4ever:
No.

No root is needed for emu. In phone .it is just a normal app..
[Xperia Play General] Solar.Plexus:
No you don't need to be rooted.

If you're looking to use FPSe, here's how to get playing your games:

1.) Buy and install FPSe.

2.) Open up the app and it will ask you to load a BIOS. Google is your one and only friend when searching for the PSX BIOS.

3.) After that, you can load your game. So rip your own .iso from games you own. Or again, Google is your friend for this.

4.) Then you can load the game and stay playing.

You might have to change a few settings to get the game and emulator performing better, that's basically trial and error.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] endeffekt:
Hello there,

just for your info - maybe it helps somebody:

after some days of trying i found the shortmessages (with tel-number etc.) and some other stuff in a file:

1. Explore your phone with Windows Phone Device Manager

2. goto \Application Data\

3. Add "\Microsoft" to the path (under the file-explorer logo)

4. goto Outlook\Stores\DeviceStore

5. Rename "store.vol" to something like "store.vol.txt" (it is mandatory to rename this file - without this step the file is in use by outlook)

6. extract it (drag n drop)

7. run perl script (#perl test.pl store.vol.txt)

8. See output

Maybe one of you could build a backup application or something like that!

Link to perl script:

http://uploaded.to/file/he26q0d2

Original source of script:

http://www.pocketpcjunkies.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/pocketpc-dev/21040/Reading-pim-vol-EDB-File-on-a-PC

Edit:

Don't know if you've seen it:

\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Stores\DeviceStore\data

ALL emails and other messages + contact-pictures + signature (three sizes) (just edit the file extension to .html or .jpeg - hex edit helps to find what is right ;) )

\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer

-> TabsStorage.bin: Opened tabs from internet explorer (where are the cookies?! :) )

\Applications\Data\82A23635-5BD9-DF11-A844-00237DE2DB9E\Data\IsolatedStore

ALL Facebook-Information (if app is installed), including messages, pictures, notifications etc. etc.

\Application Data\Location\Cache

Wifi & GSM Data when features is enabled in WP7-preferences (encrypted?! don't know..)

Much more to come... ;)

greets

endeffekt
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] WP7SuperFan:
Thanks! Looks interesting, I might try that!

Hey just wondering but does syncing with outlook have the option to sync texts? Only reason I wonder is because you said that file was in use by outlook....
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] endeffekt:
Hey,

i just THINK it's in use ;)

If you look at this file without renaming it's at 0,00 KB and you can't extract it. Maybe the contacts-tile or something else is using it
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] schluff1:
Hi Endeffekt,

thank you for this great hint!

But one more question before I try. Is it possible, to rename the file after the procedure back to "store.vol" without losing the messages on the phone?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] endeffekt:
WP7 creates a copy of this file (automatic), so no problemo sir ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] schluff1:
Great! Alle messages are there. But the script doesnt work for me.

Now we need a smart developer who can make a viewer for it. :-)

Is there a way to copy the vol file back to the phone? Or is the file always locked? For restore reasons...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Pixa1:
I think this is very interesting (possibility to backup/restore SMS), so probably we should keep it on the front page so the devs could notice it.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] da_mayhem:
Has anybody tried to restore that store.vol into the device after a reset? I mean rename the current store.vol to any filename, then copy the backed up store.vol to the phone and restart.

I'd like to try but i need to get hold all my current sms! :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Gray.Fox:
i agree

thanks a lot Endeffekt for sharing such important information

i sent the file to my pc but still couldn't edit it,

if anyone know other way than perl script please share,

i'm trying to edit the file and insert old sms from my old phone

thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] endeffekt:
Hint: it's an EBD database (like other files too)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] endeffekt:
Don't know if you've seen it:

\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Stores\DeviceStore\data

ALL emails and other messages + contact-pictures + signature (three sizes) (just edit the file extension to .html or .jpeg - hex edit helps to find what is right )

\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer

-> TabsStorage.bin: Opened tabs from internet explorer (where are the cookies?! )

\Applications\Data\82A23635-5BD9-DF11-A844-00237DE2DB9E\Data\IsolatedStore

ALL Facebook-Information (if app is installed), including messages, pictures, notifications etc. etc.

\Application Data\Location\Cache

Wifi & GSM Data when features is enabled in WP7-preferences (encrypted?! don't know..)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] endeffekt:
I will try this today :rolleyes:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] da_mayhem:
How was it? ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Gray.Fox:
thanks endeffekt for the hint i'll look into it thanks alot

i hope you or anyone can try and confirm i have only one device i can't risk it

also couldn't try it on my emulator i think i misconfigured something

if i find anything i will post here
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MarkCaulfield:
SMS retreival on Windows phone 7 using device manager

Hey all.

I have an Samsung Omnia phone 7. Dev unlocked. Running 7.0.7004.0

Anyone any idea how to view the file in question? I need to download this file, and save the SMS entries to my PC.

When I use device manager, I cant see a folder called

\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Stores\DeviceStore

I mean, when I copy and paste the above text into the path, its just beeps and doesnt show anything.

On the root under file explorer, I have

My Documents (which is empty)

Windows (lots of files in it)

-ActiveSync

-Application Data

--KeyStorage

-AppMgr

-ColdInit

-eventlog

and a few others

When I open the Application Data folder, I only have a 'Key Storage' (certainly no Microsoft folder, and I tried typing it incase it was hidden or something , but just a ping sound and no refresh of the file list)

and when I open Key Storage, I have no files.

Any help working out why I cant see these folders / store.vol file would be very much appreciated

Does Windows Phone Device Manager not support this functionality on the Omnia?

Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] mu3taz:
this should be a sticky, and testers needed
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] munkeyphyst:
Using the diagnosis code 5**6244*3

I was able to open the Apps Launcher and Shortcuts Menu and can confirm that the path \Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Stores\DeviceStore exists on my Focus.

In that folder, I have:

temp

0

4

6

3

19

8

Each of these folders has a list of single alpha named folders (a, b, c, d, e, etc...)

Each of these alpha folders has a single .dat file

I haven't tried to extract those files to try to play with them. I don't know how I would with the Focus... But just confirming the path exists on my Focus and has the .dat files
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] mu3taz:
thank you munkeyphyst, still waiting for endeffekt
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rajivshahi:
Thanx for your hard work... Any success???? i'm intrested in the extraction of sms in the form which can b read on computer. i tried as you said renamed and copied to computer but i can not read that in computer... is it encrypted ?? Any help in that is appreciated.......
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] CopyCounsler:
I've checked out all the EDB recovery/readers on teh net and cannot open one of these "edb" files from the phone.

if anyone knows the architecture of the file, I can parse it and have a program ready quickly.

some talk about EDB
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] at45:
The Op does say to append the \Microsoft folder, so it must be a hidden system folder or something. But the built-in file manager doesn't seem to allow for URL entry. What program are you other guys using and where can we get the XAP?

Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rajivshahi:
i'm using windows phone device manager and you can access that file from your computer with your phone to it.... and i'm usin a HTC device.... it was said earlier that the file explorer doesn't fully support non htc devices... but i don't if there has been improvement on that... so better check touchexplorer website...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] endeffekt:
Sorry! Was ill for a long time :/

tested it, and it doesnt work with the actual configuration, because you can't move, delete oder rename the ORIGINAL file.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rajivshahi:
any progress guys ????
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Pixa1:
i managed to run the perl script, and there is some reult, but i only see one or two SMS, and one or two E-mails.

i don't know anything about perl, so the script might need modification.

here is an example of the output:

;8416276990
;842822890
;859076399583
;862306419583
;8695031190
;87207631583
;876056189583
;8CD;0295F;5BBCC;77937067767A;2AAE;86D
;9010056190
;901223890
;905404890
;90588232990
;908182890
;92280361583
;923404890
;92442094Veneto BankaHrvoje;5ni
;925298890
;93100383GavrilovicTomislavGni
;9364563190
;96156489583
;971913210
;971942890
;987595610
;9913303190
;996673890
;999999AggregateContactidx;0000000000000A;2FC
;9999AggregateContactidx;0000000000000A;16idx;0000000000000A;16Contactcol;65638
ABFTIPMSMS text;[COLOR="red"]38599229XXXX[/COLOR]o[COLOR="Red"]Radimo do tekme ak moze[/COLOR]SMSX
ATIPMSMStext;[COLOR="red"]3859558XXXXX[/COLOR]o[COLOR="red"]Ajde dodjem sad[/COLOR] SMS
Accountcol;2107637729
Accountcol;973078559
ActivityRelatedObjectcol;1914896415
ActivityRelatedObjectcol;1915224095
ActivityRelatedObjectcol;1915289631
ActivityRelatedObjectcol;537133075
ActivityRelatedObjectidx;00000000000009FAidx;00000000000009FA

Red colered is SMS text (two messages from diferent contacts)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Kees Schilder:
Is there any progress here?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] andycted:
Was trying to extract those files on my omnia, but I guess there's still no way if you don't have HTC ?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] dazza9075:
if we can work out how to kill the various processes / tasks then we can simply copy the file
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Krooms:
Backup and Restore your SMS

Hi guys!

I managed to backup and restore my SMS without any problems.

The only thing is, that you need a file explorer to do it, so restoring to, or backuping from Mango isn't possible at this time (or is there a file explorer for mango?).

Here is how I've done it:

As endeffekt wrote, you need to copy the files store.vol and the PimIndex.vol from \Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Stores\DeviceStore

Therefor you need to access your phone with the Windows Phone Device Manager.

1. Open Windows Phone Device Manager

2. Click on "Explore files and folders"

3. Copy this path \Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Stores\DeviceStore and paste it to the navigation bar.

4. Now you see store.vol and PimIndex.vol

5. Rename both files (for example to store.vol.txt and PimIndex.vol.txt) and copy them to your PC. Without renaming the files you can't copy them.

6. To restore, copy them back to your phone (be sure that they are still renamed!!!)

7. Rename the files to their original and your done :)

To be sure, you can backup and restore the Data folder, too. But for me it worked without the Data folder.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] andycted:
Thanks for the heads up ! I tried exactly the same process a few days ago on my Omnia without success, possibly because the file explorer works well only on htc ?

Anyway I'm on Mango now, so bye bye backup.

SMS Backup is currently 3rd ranked in uservoice for devs. Having to waste 3 votes, for a feature no one understands why is not there, isn't nice though...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Maledict:
Can anyone please confirm Krooms' method works on the Omnia 7? Thanks. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Krooms:
I don't think, that it works on the Samsung Omnia, because the Windows Phone Device Manager does only work on HTC phones correctly.

So I think, you have to wait for an official back up method, sorry!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Maledict:
Actually, Samsung owners can use Heathcliff's WP7 root tools, which provide the basic functionality of a file explorer. I myself have managed to copy those files out and overwrite them, but I'm unsure whether it'd be able to transfer those files to an other phone or ROM version.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rudelm:
Thats a good question. I think this will not work. Endeffekts script just parses the strings from the database file. You would need to know how this pim.vol/EDB stuff all works, then you might have a change to transfer it to another phone/ROM.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] andycted:
I have three phones now and would probably try it if two of those didn't have mango ! ...because heathcliff tool doesn't work on mango right ?