yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nicandris:
emmmm i think you got smthing wrong here. what do you mean flash to "boost mobile"? when you flash a phone you just change the mod version of the OS. if your phone is locked on another carrier, then you need to unlock it. if this is the issue then you are looking for a wrong answer ;) please clarify
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ruxx:
What I meant was I want to use the droid x on boost mobile's network instead of Verizon's network, sorry for misusing the word "flash". I just edited the title of the thread to avoid confusion
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] odinsbiatch:
Okay that subject is bit beyond my waters but best of luck all the same.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ruxx:
Ok so what's the verdict? Can I make a new thread and ask for a video tutorial on how to unlock my cell phone and pay who ever decides to do the video?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] odinsbiatch:
It may even be impossible, depending what frequencies the two companies run on. I'm not sure about American companies.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ruxx:
I think its possible because I see people advertising the service in my area.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nicandris:
:) ok i've checked this a bit. it seems that boostmobile uses sprint's and virgin's networks. unfortunately they only use CDMA. if you own a cdma phone you can call their customer support and ask if its transferable. i remember some companies doing the transfers
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ruxx:
Ok, I took in consideration what you told me and I called one of the few people advertising the service (unlocking phones and getting them to work with other carriers) in my area and personally asked them if it was possible to flash the Droid X to Boost Mobile and they said yes. Unfortunately they won't do it in front of me...
[Nexus S General] drtdiver83:
I have noticed that after being connected to wifi after some time my network doesn't appear in the list and shows not in range. A quick reset on the router fixes this issue. Now I think it has something to do with dual band routers. it did this on 2 different dual band routers but not on a single band 2.4g router. Is this a known issue for these phones or a bug in android itself?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rixter757:
Hey all,

Gameloft are back in my good books after I had to wait 3 weeks for them to send me new links to games I had previously purchased - they gave me a bonus free game ;)

As you can guess by the title the free game is Starfront: Collision.

My question - this doesn't show up on my Xperia Play list. Does it show on anyone elses? I'm UK based and I see that a Google search has others who say it's on their list.

Is this a regional thing? I check for updates frequently cuz I'm busting my hump to get Madden :cool:
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
I'm in the uk and i got starfront pre loaded on my device, and yes it shows up in the xperia play launcher :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] FK1983:
Yup, its on mine, I bought it and downloaded it after a load of hassle lol
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rixter757:
Thanks guys, it's a little weird why lists vary though :confused:

I unlocked my bootloader & have it rooted but have no idea if that makes a difference or why it would.

I'm going to post a new thread listing all the games that are available on my device to see if others have many differences.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] FK1983:
Mines rooted but not done the bootloader, what does unlocking the bootloader actually do?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rixter757:
I can't advise fully, still learning as I just came from an iPhone, but it unlocks your phone carrier (sim free) and there were other techy reasons for later customizing that required it too.

The advice was do it sooner if u can because it wipes your system data but if u already have it rooted I wouldn't bother until the custom roms come out & see what the pre-reqs are ;)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
unlocking the bootloader allows you to flash unsigned images like custom roms, it also allows you to interface with your device in fastboot and issue fastboot commands :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
unlocking your bootloder wont sim unlock your device, infact at the moment only factory unlocked devices can unlock there bootloader :)
[Nook Color General] JohnnyDanger:
Hi folks. I have CM7 running off an SD card in my nook. I turned it on right now and for some reason the App menu icon in the launcher bar at the bottom of the screen now opens a different app (Gmail). For the life of me I cant figure out how to put it back to normal so that I can open my apps by pressing that button. Can anyone help me with this?

**Edit**

Forget it. I just figured it out. Guess its just too early and was seeing an option right under my nose.
[Xperia Play General] sdlaurin:
Just was wondering what everyone paid for their plays. I paid 549.00 right from a rogers store here bit seen them as high as 900.00 on ebay.
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
£295 off ebay, brand new ;)
[Xperia Play General] FK1983:
Nothing, was an upgrade on my contract :)
[Xperia Play General] svenk919:
Contract upgrade, so 160 euro's only. Prices for new play's are around 500 euro over here
[Xperia Play General] CB620:
if you pay attention to ebay now there are alot online now. the google io was 2 days ago i think and most developers are just selling to get rid of. i got a brand new one for $475 shipped.
[Xperia Play General] axiomjunglist:
I bought my white R800a unlocked/unbranded on Monday off a dude from Craigslist in SF that got it at a Qualcomm Android developer summit, for $600 cash.

I also noticed a bunch are on eBay for sale from the Google I/O event. Kind of sad in a way as the devs should be using them to develop better games for us! :confused:

I guess their loss is your gain :cool:
[Xperia Play General] CB620:
i have the 800a as well, waiting for it to come. so the 800a is the unlocked unbranded model. i can use with tmobile without buying a unlock code?
[Xperia Play General] axiomjunglist:
If it's unbranded, yep. Just pop in your SIM when it comes and you're in business. No need for codes.
[Xperia Play General] CB620:
thats good to hear. thanks alot. ill let u guys know when it comes.
[Xperia Play General] Mozza2k11:
Got it for free on a 2 year contract will have cost at the end of contract around £840 minus insurance :eek: (well i do get thousands of minutes and texts and unlimited net, so i suppose all i good)
[Xperia Play General] McGinty13:
I got it as a contract upgrade, I pay £20 a month :p
[Xperia Play General] crispyduckling:
Well I got mine of ebay,

someone upgraded to the play but they just wanted the money so they sold it,

It was brand new still had the protector films on the front and back. Boxed with all accessories still in there sealed plastic bags for £300 free postage
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
Not really, i get unlimited txts and internet for £5 a month on pay as you go lol
[Xperia Play General] Mozza2k11:
Yeah but you had to pay for the phone. And i got mine as soon as it was released was not interested in paying £450-500 when it first came out. Then all my mins/data ontop e.t.c Worked out about the same, alittle less maybe to buy the phone and use a pay as you go sim over 2 years. I like the phone so it doesn't matter all is good :p
[Xperia Play General] FK1983:
^This!

In my case my Play will cost me a grand total of £4.99 (for delivery) as its a free upgrade as a good will gesture as I have my company account (over 200 handsets) with them too and they always give me free stuff to keep me with them lol, I can also upgrade again in 30 days and keep the Play for nothing, same as I did with the iphone 4 and galaxy s.

:D
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Benny1234:
Finally got a working Froyo on my Fender Mytouch 1.2, after a terrible experience with the OTA Tmo Froyo. Unfortunately its not the actual fender edition froyo. Looking for the original wallpapers, ringtones, and apps from the fender. Would love to do the original boot image, but sounds like a PITA, unless someone has an easy way.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b33p_:
They made an announcement on their eForum yesterday:

What the... Does this mean they're filling it with bloatware? I've heard from other sources that VF will be selling the GS2 unbranded, but then how could it have issues regarding software approval?

I've been due an upgrade for a month and have been holding off for this -- which is why I haven't bought the phone outright. I still haven't been able to confirm a deal for my new tariff because they can't confirm deals until the phone is showing 'in stock' for those in the call centre.

I heard the date of 16th being the release date for some time now, so hopefully on Monday I'll here "the phone is available!" and I get in before they're out of stock.

Anybody else in the same or a similar boat? Very, very frustrating!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] befcasr:
Hey, I managed to pre-order the phone through an online early upgrade on the 4th May. When I ordered it said something along the lines of shipping "from the 16th May" so this could mean any time after that date really. I phoned the warehouse team on Tuesday (10th May) to try and get clarification if they still expected to start shipping on this date, and the guy I spoke to said that they anticipated stock to arrive within the next 2-3 days and that once it was in stock they would start shipping immediately. However after seeing the update on their forums yesterday I can only assume that what I was told was a complete lie.

It's really frustrating that a) Vodafone would load the phone with software (bloatware) Google obviously don't approve of and b) that they would delay the launch of the phone to do this!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigshape:
why not get it through CPW or mobiles.co.uk?

sure to be unbranded then + probably cheaper anyway...

got mine on release week on VF upgrade via mobiles.co.uk
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] befcasr:
Because mine was an early upgrade (my contract isnt up 'til September) I had to go direct through Vodafone. Although by the looks of things, Vodafone might not be shipping my order until September anyway :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigshape:
I'd say you're probably better to wait a couple of months, especially if VF are ****ing about with the firmware...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moandal:
My O2 phone works fine on a Vodafone SIM, so if they're having problems in testing they must be screwing around with it. That means you'll get any official updates some time after everyone else.

Plus is there the remotest chance you'll get the phone for £149.99 on a £10.50 per month contract with Vodafone? Nope.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nameless21:
Go to phones 4u or carphone warehouse. They will give you an unbranded sgsII as an upgrade.

I got mine as a Vodafone upgrade from phones 4 u. on April 30th.

Mine was an early upgrade. My contract doesn’t finish until 12th of June. But i was able to upgrade from 12th of April. The 2 month is added to the end of my new contract. So i can upgrade again 12th of April 2013. But again my contract won't be up till 12th of June 2013
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b33p_:
They won't be able to do as good a deal as Vodafone will (most likely) do. I'm hoping I'll be able to get a handset-only upgrade which would mean: £35 p/m 18m, 600mins, Unlimited texts, 500MB, Vodafone passport.

Looking at mobiles.co.uk I'd have to take 300 less minutes per month and pay £79.99 for the handset. That's pretty good but since I've been with VF for a good number of years I think I can do better.

Could you barter or did you have to stick to their standard deals? Carphone warehouse can do my tariff with that phone if I pay £159.99 for the handset -- no thank you :-/

I would check on Phones 4 U website but unfortunately they kind of con you into allowing them to use your information for marketing before showing you the goods it seems. Oh well.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoro25:
Could it be the NFC devices which are supposed to hit late may early june?

Means they could still be unbranded?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b33p_:
An optimistic view, I doubt it though. I have little faith in Vodafone! I received a response (to an email I sent) from one of Guy Laurence's people. I responded by asking her if these VF handsets will be branded. My next question will be about NFC.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypticc:
Or less

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artesea:
£25 a month, with handset cost of £49, 12 month contract :D but then I do get really good discounts.

Have pre-ordered mine via http://upgrades.vodafone.co.uk/ mentioned the 19th, keeping fingers crossed, but not expecting anything.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b33p_:
How did you preorder yours with such a good deal?

Here are the upgrade options I have: http://i.imgur.com/45o9F.jpg

Really, really terrible. Pity I have to wait until they're in stock to get a good deal, which means they'll probably go out of stock instantly due to all the preorders and I'll be waiting another two weeks...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artesea:
same offers I get, just I can apply for discounts after I've order ;) (this is special for me, please don't expect to barter with customer services after the phone has come out if you pre-order on a high tariff).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoolzo:
why are you waiting at all, I upgraded my vodaphone contract using Phones4you, got a great deal. 25/month, £60 for phone.

You can get voda's version will be full of crap and more expensive.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barneypooch:
@stoolzio

Can you tell me how this worked? I tried three different P4U stores and they all said that they no longer do "handset upgrades". ie: They'd give me the phone, on my network, but only if I changed tariff. Since I want to keep my existing tariff I couldn't do a deal with P4U (or CPW, either).

Did you change your Voda tariff?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b33p_:
Over 18 months, that is very good. Over 24 months, terrible. How long was it?

Same, I rang P4U earlier and they said they don't do handset only upgrades. They were £50 cheaper than CPW though.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barneypooch:
@b33p:

Have you had a call from Voda, by any chance? They called me about 11am to say the SGS2 might be available for despatch today.

They didn't call back, so I did.

Totally different story: "It's available from the 19th".

WTFFFFFFFF goes on at Vodafone? It's a mystery of religious proportions.....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoolzo:
I got mine through phones4u in PCworld, maybe things are different. To be honest I think it depends on the branch and even perhaps who you talk to, a bit inconsistent, i'll tell you why.

I first ran Phones4u and they told me the same, no upgrades, however they told me they would be doing next week (two weeks ago now). They also told me they had no handset trade in policy, none at all, nada nothing, didnt exist.

So, the following week I walk into PC world, there and then I am offerred an upgrade of my current vodoacontract and given £90 for my old HD2 (with android on it no questions asked). I was so dumbfounded I just got my cash out and signed up.

Now the proud owner of one SG2 with same phone number, minutes and everything.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoolzo:
terrible, really,where are these amazing deals then?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nameless21:
i got that on a 24 month. You will be very lucky if you can get that on an 18 month with free phone.

You could get a 24 month with 6 months free here as a upgrade.

Didn’t try.

If you look at the new tariffs you may find they are not that much different to what you have now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barneypooch:
It's incredible how complicated this is. I had no idea that different P4U had different policies. In fact I had no idea there were P4U inside PC World.

The thing about my contract is that it's 35 quid and I get unlinited landlines and unlimited data plus 750 any network. I've looked everywhere and I cant beat it. The landline thing is a big deal for me.

I'm resigned now to waiting for next week.

If I could've found a great deal two weeks ago I would've jumped on it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b33p_:
I haven't heard from VF even though I'm on their call list...

You've found a good offer there. If you're getting a 24m contract, that's the one to get!

Don't take that personally! I think all 24m contracts are terrible (the one above is the best of a bad bunch). I mean, you won't get a new phone until Spring 2013...That's just too long! With 18m you'd have a new phone by Christmas 2012 :)

Yeah, you always get a good deal chatting to someone on the phone. The standard deals aren't great tbh. Good luck getting sorted.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artesea:
eForum now saying that Vodafone should have stock in their warehouse today to fulfil pre-orders (done via upgrades.vodafone.co.uk) with delivery in 2-4 days (although it's Royal Mail Special so should be next day).

That said, still no sign of the phone for new customers and stock information that I get hold off for telesales not showing any.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psp888:
dont forget to let us know how much vodafone software has been added to the phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artesea:
Phone with Parcelforce due for delivery today, only I'm at work, hopefully the wife or a neighbour will be in.

Stock also appears to be available via telephone now too and new customers can order online (except the 12 month contracts don't seem to be there).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artesea:
No one in to sign for the phone and now they are taking it to my "nearest" post office :(

It's only open 9.00 - 17.30 whilst I'm at work, yet if it went to the Royal Mail depot it's around the corner and open from 7am, or the Parcelforce depot is on route to work.

Might have to go to the "dentist" tomorrow morning ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artesea:
Picked up my phone this morning and just giving it a charge.

The Vodafone version seems to be unbranded (no start up logos, hidden apps, images, music), but it did come in this rather large box

Galaxy S II Vodafone Box by artesea, on Flickr

But inside is just the regular box some padding and the first 3 DVDs on the Pirates of the Caribbean films

Samsung Galaxy Box by artesea, on Flickr
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rooster19:
Why was there 3 movies inside the box lol.

Massive box too....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artesea:
From the top of the box

"Celebrate the launch of Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides in cinemas 18th May, with your limited edition Pirates of the Caribbean Galaxy S II and Trilogy boxset include inside"

Can't see how the phone is limited edition as there is nothing on it (no ringtones, wallpapers, trailers) and it's not really a boxset, just single DVDs.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b33p_:
Only seen these posts now. Mine arrived too. Going to have to get rid of the VF apps etc!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aostl:
So I had a rooted phone running perfect storm and the news widget worked great but volume rocker broke. My replacement device is stock. Whenever I try to refresh the widget it asks me to sign into my gmail but the pop up disappears whenever I try. Grrr any ideas?
[XPERIA X8 General] fookelvin:
After i install Xrecovery, my phone cannot be charged in off mode. Any Solution??please...
[XPERIA X8 General] fookelvin:
Any one Help??please....:confused:
[XPERIA X8 General] Blagus:
Download FlashTool 0.2.9.1 and install recovery from there.
[XPERIA X8 General] keyrie90:
try search xrecovery with offline charging...

:D:D
[XPERIA X8 General] fookelvin:
u tried before?really works?
[XPERIA X8 General] keyrie90:
yup...

using it now..

download the correct version..
[XPERIA X8 General] fookelvin:
hello, something i not really understand is about this link http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12504876&postcount=136fr

is it after i change my Rom to 2.2 or 2.3, my xRecovery cannot use anymore?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave2:
Anyone else have the problem with TouchWiz stock clock widget? it doesnt update the time. It just gets stuck at the time you added the clock to a screen.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Loconinja:
It is working OK here. Are you running a task killer?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vimto25:
used to do it to me, still does sometimes, it just stops all a sudden, havnt a clue why, i even tried different clock widgets and they did the same, not had the prob since rooted and froze some apps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cfrancolini:
I have the same problem with Fancy Widget Pro. Has happened a couple of times, and I've either removed and re-added it, or just changed one of the clock settings and back again, and that causes it to reload with the correct time.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] paulobrien:
I've created a Google Video Talk installer. :)

Details here - http://android.modaco.com/content/software/339390/r1-12-may-google-video-talk-installer/ - tested on my GS2!

P
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] robot1000:
Cheers Paul. Great work!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] xedamen:
You are THE man :) I hoped that you buy a GS 2! My dreams come true (roms, ect...) :)

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] asrangi:
Its not letting me install it, giving a parsing error, any suggestions? Running on modified kernel for overclock!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] chizzwhizz:
I've downloaded and installed the apk. I then press open and press to install Google Talk. After this, it stays on the installing google video talk screen...

Am I doing something wrong?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] FPRobber:
Did it ask for root?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] chizzwhizz:
yes it did, and I gave it permission via superuser.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] momagic:
Cheers, Paul!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] asrangi:
Awesome! Thanks Paul!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] momagic:
Thanks, but at the moment I don't want to root!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kpoyias96:
Works on GS2 on O2

Thanks a lot..

Just installed it on my GS2 on O2.. Tried both camera and works perfectly.. :cool:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] momagic:
lol, you're tempting me to root!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] cadguycad:
me too! very good
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] otacon888:
Works perfectly!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Raspster:
You need root for this?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Dannyboyni:
I am having the same problem, running latest KE2 firmware, rooted, with KE2 firmware.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] StrangeReality:
You need to enable USB debugging in Settings > Applications > Development
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rwc3b:
i have a parsing error too :(

where should i save the .apk?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Raspster:
Worked for me. Have not tried it with anyone yet but it shows that I'm video ready. You don't need wifi for this to work right? It will work with video over 3g too right..?

UPDATE: Just tried it and works perfectly on SGS2 but I guess you do need WIFI for it to work. My friend tried to chat with me while I was on HSPA and he can see that I was video ready but it just rang once on his end and just a google talk bubble on my end saying he tried to video me but I was not on wifi to receive. Is this normal? Does anyone have it working on 3g (HSPA) too? Also, I noticed on paul's page he said it can be un-installed. If you un-install it, will you be back to the original googoe chat that was baked into the SGS2..?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] michaelko999:
great work !!!! :):)