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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rippley05:
See, I can't remember what I had.

I know it was an android-sdk folder with a few sub-folders like tools in it. I had to browse to that directory when I pushed something via ADB.

So I guess I just need to find and install the android-sdk? I'm not even sure what Eclipse and ADT is..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Download the sdk. Adb was moved to the platform-tools folder, so you can run your adb from there, or move it to the tools folder.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rippley05:
Thank you!

I appreciate the help guys
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rippley05:
I hope I'm doing it right. I unzipped the folder, clicked on tools and read where it said adb was moved. Then I clicked on the android guy (sdk and avd manager) and now it is installing a messload of stuff.

After it's done, I should be able to use ADB but instead of going to c:\android-sdk-windows\tools\ like I used to do, I'll have to change the "tools" to platform-tools correct?

EDIT: I feel liek it is downloading a lot of stuff I don't need =p
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
That is correct, and I also just rename the folder to android, cuz typing all that is a pain.

And you can do that, or copy the adb items from platform-tools into the tool folder itself; tis what I did.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rippley05:
Alright, Windows 7 is different and kinda irritating.

All the SDK stuff went into a folder "downloads" and I let everything install, but I can't seem to find it when I run the command prompt. It was much easier in Windows XP.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rippley05:
If anyone is using windows 7 , could you give me the commands you use to get to the directory. I get an invalid path no matter what I type.

Should I move the SDK folders out of my downloads folder and put them on my desktop?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dglowe343:
I put it on the root of C. Then I run cd C:\android-sdk\platform-tools. I think you need HTC sync installed as well.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Its easier from the desktop ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rippley05:
OK I'll install HTC sync. That should still be on my phones SDcard right?

The problem is, I don't know what commands to enter in the command prompt to get to the different directories on my computer. If I move it to the desktop, what commands will get me there?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
You don't need htc sync, just the hboot drivers.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
the commands would be:

cd desktop/android/tools

1. change android to whatever you named your sdk folder

2. change tools to wherever your adb is located.

Names are case sensitive
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rippley05:
Sweet I got it!

I tried to do a ADB remount and got AdbWinApi.dll is missing from my computer. I don't have my phone hooked up tho so could that be it?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
No prob. If you got that error, you missed it from copying the files; just double check that its there in the folder.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rippley05:
Ahh ok, I just moved it and it started but said device not found. I assume that IS because my phone isn't connected.

One more quick question and I promise I'll leave u alone. Whenever I push something with adb I always close the box and just unhook my phone. Is that the right method? Because I see adb is still running on my pc until I end the process with my task manager.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Naw you're fine; yea, it;ll show device not connected if you have nothing connected. I personally leave it open in the command prompt after opening it just in case I go back to it. It'll close once you close command prompt.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rippley05:
Sweet. Thanks again Rox.

I've has that stuff installed since I first got my Hero... been a long time since I had to mess with it..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Never a problem man. And its alright, we all forget things. :p
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
Can the stock file explorer be removed if you're using something else like Astro or Root explorer. I never use the stock file explorer so if it can be removed without issues that would be great.

Edit. Thanks to Add144, we have a list of apps that can be removed safley for the most part. I looked in the forums and could not find such a list already done.

I retitled this post in hopes someone else searching for this will find this thread.

Tap-a-Talked.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Masta Of Evil:
Make a backup of it, then remove it. If you have problems, restore the backup

Swyped with my cellular south SCH-I500
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
That's what I've done. I was actually on my way to update my post. :). So far no issues. Gonna try out a few more things though.

Tap-a-Talked.
[Samsung Mesmerize] add144:
Man I remove so many stock apps from the ROMs. I don't use any of that ****. As long as you don't remove essential components to the OS you're fine.
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
What about that nuance voice dial. Have u removed that and if so any problems

Tap-a-Talked.
[Samsung Mesmerize] add144:
Yeah remove that ****. It'll probably start giving you force closes when you remove it, just reboot and they'll go away.
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
Yep that's what it did. Thanks. Rebooted no probs. You know this may be a stretch and I looked before posting. But woule be nice to have a thread with all the sys apps that can be removed safely. But anyway thanks I never use that damn thing and its always running.

Tap-a-Talked.
[Samsung Mesmerize] add144:
I am running Heinz 57, so some applications may not be applicable to you, nevertheless here is what I know off the top of my head that can be safely removed (I'm aware some aren't "stock" apps but are included in the ROM so I left them anyway). However, I wouldn't recommend just blindly uninstalling all of these. For instance if you uninstall all the keyboards, launcher(s), and SMS app and you don't have some other app to replace them, you'll be in a funky situation. e.g. I use Smart Keyboard Pro, GO SMS and GO Launcher, so I install them, then remove the other included apps.

AxT9IME.apk

bln_control_free.apk

CarCradle.apk

com.google.android.apps.docs-1.apk

Email.apk

GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk

GoogleVoice.apk

JobManager.apk

kickback_1_1_0_0_market.apk

LatinIME.apk

LatinImeTutorial.apk

Launcher2.apk

LiveWallpapers.apk

LiveWallpapersPicker.apk

MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk

Maps.apk

MediaUploader.apk

Memo.apk

Microbes.apk

MiuiMusic.apk

Mms.apk

mrapp_awhome.apk

MusicService.apk

MyFiles.apk

PicoTts.apk

Protips.apk

ScreenCaptureService.apk

SecretWallpaper1.apk

SecretWallpaper2.apk

sgs.kernel.flasher.apk

SnsAccount.apk

soundback_1_1_0_0_market.apk

SoundPlayer.apk

Street.apk

Swype.apk

Talk.apk

talkback_2_1_2_1_market.apk

TtsService.apk

USCC2.2-480X800-6201027.apk

VisualizationWallpapers.apk

VoiceRecorder.apk

VoiceSearch.apk

VSuiteApp.apk
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
Dude you are freakin awesome. Thanks man

Tap-a-Talked.
[Samsung Mesmerize] add144:
If you run into any problems you can usually just pull the .apk from the /system/app folder in the ROM's .zip file, and then manually put them back in the /system/app folder on your phone and reboot. You'll usually be alright. Root Explorer can do this easily.
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
Yeah the beauty of it is my wife has same phone so if I remove it like I just did with the keyboard. I can pull it off her phone dropbox it to mine and restore. Didn't quite realize what latinime was :) no worries though we good.

Tap-a-Talked.
[Samsung Mesmerize] scarmon25:
Well I did about 20 out of that list and WOW. It does make a difference. Gonna check out a few more in a bit. They really need to put a thanks button on the XDA mobile app but ill be back in here on the PC and make sure to add one more to your meter add. Thanks a bunch.

Tap-a-Talked.
[Samsung Mesmerize] add144:
No problemo.
[G2 and Desire Z General] nonione:
hey guys just wanted to share and also for you all to keep in mind, today i turned off my g2 to changed the battery to a fully charged one (as i do everyday) thing is when i pressed the power button bootloader screen comes up! and it didnt said hboot, but fastboot instead :eek:

i removed the battery and tried again and same thing, tried to boot recovery, same result, vol +down and power button got me to hboot but after it checked my sd card for updates couldnt scroll through the menus

after being completly freaked out and searching xda for a recovery image i remembered that my trackpad didnt worked but last night was pressing by itself lol so i booted the phone up again to that fastboot menu and started pressing the trackpad hard and it work :) now i could scroll thought the menus selected reboot and everything is fine now :)

im posting this for you all just in case something similar happens
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
ty for sharing :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] nonione:
can anyone one confirm that pressing the power button and the trackpad at the same time cause the phone to boot into bootloader with the fastboot selected?

its happening to me everytime i reboot my phone, i think the trackpad will eventually stop responding so i need to either remove it or fix it
[G2 and Desire Z General] ibemad1:
I can confirm that trackpad + power button = fastboot menu.

Sent from my G2 running Cyanogenmod 7.
[G2 and Desire Z General] nonione:
thanks a lot
[Nexus S Accessories] ramk13:
Is there a desktop dock with audio jack access other than the Samsung stock one? $40 seems like a lot to pay for a molded piece of plastic w/ micro usb that only sits on your desk. I'd pay that much for a durable case or a car dock that articulates, but this seems silly. All the alternative dock options all seem to block the headset/audio jack. What is everyone else using?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jp22382:
Hi all,

Bought a NS4G last weekend and am having a weird problem.

ONLY during calls, my mic seems to stop working. I can use voice search and voice nav no problem. Can pull the phone far away from my face and it hears me just fine. But if I'm on a call I practically have to shout into the mic. Tried to leave myself a voicemail on my work number and it didn't even register that I was talking.

Also just tried using a db meter app and the mic works perfectly with that.

I recently installed Netarchy kernel and Voodoo control.

Could there be a setting that is screwing with my mic during calls?

EDIT: I think I've narrowed it down to Voodoo Control :/

Uninstalled app, rebooted and now people can hear me fine.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurigowa:
same thang

had this same problem. Not sure when it started, had the phone for a little over a week, running latest Netarchy (pre-5-15-11 build) and Voodoo controls. After I had 4 people comment on not being able to hear me, I checked for myself and sure enough, I was barely audible on the other end of a call. Tried factory ROM/kernel, no luck. Wiped the phone completely, ROOT included and still had the problem. Returned the phone to Best Buy new one sounds great. Haven't rooted yet. Both phones running GRJ22 (Latest Google update). Both phones seem to have the radio/wifi level flucuations many others are commenting on. Wifi Speedtest half the speed of iphone on same network 10M vs 18M down and 4M vs 18M up.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaytonaDU:
Same issue here. I restored my phone to stock in order to bring it back to Sprint but when I tried it after restore others could hear me fine. I am restoring my nandroid backup in hopes that I can disable voodoo sound and have it work like OP.

Found out that it's not Voodoo Sound in itself, it's the Hi-fi record option. Turn it off and in-call mic levels return to normal.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] KRAZYADROIDMASTER:
HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ... OVHT :confused::confused:

I was walking outside for 30 minutes.:mad::mad::mad::mad:

This has happend to me 2 to 3 times already in the last few weeks.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Minker17:
Did the phone seem hot when this happened?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] KRAZYADROIDMASTER:
Not really, Just walking in my door the phone sat for maby 15 minutes on my coffe table to cool off.

After that I put on charger, the one that came with the phone. The phone made a noise and it said a warning. I quickly took off the battery cover and took a quick screenshot pulled the battery out of phone, And let phone and battery cool off for 20 minutes.
[Defy General] George Jetson:
Today i flashed my defy maybe thirteen times.Im exhausted thats enaught i will flash stock room and use this a long time.Every roms have a bit problems , cm7 or miui or the others.Enough enough enough enough enough.....:mad:
[Defy General] JackSparrow17:
So now what's ur planning for future.....?:D
[Defy General] LetoKynes:
Beggars can't be choosers ...
[Defy General] danisarbu:
how did you get rid of cm7? (if you did)...i would like to remove it but don't know how
[Defy General] mys_721tx:
Just flash the original SBF, that works.
[Defy General] pkryger:
Well... may not. If you updgraded the bootloader (i.e. didn't use fixed SBF) and your 'stock' version is Eclair you may have a little problem. If you didn't, just follow the FAQ, question 7
[Defy General] George Jetson:
I tried all froyo sbfs and no problem.now i using froyo official korea rom.(i install korea rom with nandroid)
[Defy General] Zach21:
Have you tried the jboogie roms? Are they causing problems too?
[Defy General] LeoD7K:
I'm using xd1 rom with nordic froyo sbf and never had an problems.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Dano79:
My battery is acting up on me I charge my phone to 100 percent turn it off then I will go to bed and wake up turn my phone on and it says its only 50 percent charged so I have to charge it again. I calibrated with an app of the market followed instuctions to the t months ago thought the battery needed time to gets its memory again but its been long enough.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] noelberg:
First, how old is this battery? If you've had the OG Droid for a while or bought a used Droid, try grabbing a new battery on the cheap - try Amazon.com. A new $5 battery was far better than my 1-year old piece of junk battery.

Next, are you running a stock image or did you root your phone? Rooting and installing a custom rom - I highly recommend Steel Droid - really helped my battery life, but that's only if you want to take the risks involved. You can also reset the battery log if you root your phone and install Rom Manager.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] choudu1:
Its probably an app like droid tv keeping your phone awake. I had droid tv on my phone and it would drain a fully charged battery overnight
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Dano79:
Thanks for the input. My phone is rooted and Im running the chevy rom simply stunning 5.2 and loving it. I did some research on this board and found out a good way of calibrating my phone instead of the app I got off the market. So far its working great. But I do need to get on amazon and buy a new battery.
[Nook Color General] virtualkaos:
Does running an overclocked kernel drain your battery faster? I figured it would since it's running faster, but not really sure. Sorry if this was talked about in one of the OC threads, but I couldnt find the answer.
[Nook Color General] CastellFaber:
It most certainly will. As you suspected.
[Nook Color General] hockeyfamily737:
It will, but not signicantly. Your screen is the single biggest user of battery power.
[Nook Color General] RASTAVIPER:
Since CPU is working faster, battery is getting a bit faster drained.

But yes, screen is the most important problem.
[Nook Color General] KWKSLVR:
Only if your CPU is actually working at those speeds (or you have an android device running a ported kernel that it isn't designed to run).

Example, my Vibrant is mildly OC'd to 1.2GHz, it uses no more battery life through out the day than it did without overclocking, unless I'm doing a lot of stuff like playing games or multitasking and using that CPU power.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] golmar88:
There have been allot of misunderstandings recently about where to post certain posts, and to ask certain questions. We are all here to help each other. Sometimes that help comes in the form of pointing you in the right direction. XDA member TRusselo has made several awesome and informative posts. If we will each just take the time to read these post we will save allot of space, time, and friendships.

[New Members][Guide] Get the most out of XDA!! - This one has some great info on the different sctions, like this-

Why you get short/one word answers! (The Long Answer) - This explains the reason you sometimes get answers you don't feel are complete or specific enough. The reason people say search, instead of just giving you the answer outright.

A Plead to the members of XDA, is a very well written plead for us all to just get along. (Which I totally agree with.)

I am begging each and every person to PLEASE read these post in their entirety. If we do, I really feel this can be a much friendlier place to hang out. We are all trying to accomplish the same thing. Just use common sense so that we don't frustrate the few people we have left here to help us. I am sorry if anyone takes offense to this. I just wish we could all be on the same page. There are some great, much smarter people here then me. I would really like to learn from them and not turn them off to helping us out.

Thanks,

Tim
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mxvris:
I couldn't agree with you more.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
Thanks Tim, nicely done.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] xsteven77x:
Very much agreed. Only thing is the search feature does not work as well as people would like you to believe. Many times I don't even get anything close to what I'm searching for. Just throwing that out there, not to freak on people when they say they search and can't find nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
I can agree to this from experience, sometimes it doesnt give you any results to what your looking for. BUT maybe re-wording the search will help a little.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] chadster214:
nice! I just hope people follow this..
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dtowngs4g:
I agree about the search feature.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] joedeveloper:
Great Post!
[Droid X General] stevewitt:
I've been away from the forums for awhile and obviously missed a few things. I'm running 2.2.1 with Tranquility 3.6.0 on my DX. I've been wanting to upgrade to the GB build and I believe I have all the info on how to do that, but I'm understanding that my TBH 3G Mobile Hotspot will be a problem on GB. Is this true? And is there a workable way around this problem? Any help would be most appreciated.
[Droid X General] stevewitt:
What other tethering apps are available??
[Droid X General] x.v_:
Couldn't you use just good ol' android-wireless-tether?
[Droid X General] stevewitt:
I don't know. Does good ol' android-wireless-tether work with GB on the Droid X and if so where can I find it??
[Droid X General] skennelly:
I think pdanet is the app that works on gb. It is no longer in the market, so you'll have to google it.
[Xoom General] EwanG:
Have been very happy with Tiamat 1.4.0 since it lets me use my Bluetooth keyboard with no issues, and it did give SD Card support.

I gather if I do the 3.1 upgrade I lose the Tiamat kernel, and so may gain some things and lose others.

So, would you recommend the 3.1 upgrade anyway, or stick with Tiamat and 3.0 until there is a 3.1 compatible version of Tiamat?

Thanks!
[Xoom General] kenhunt:
3.1, it's worth it. Plus look in the dev section. I have my sd card working on 3.1.
[Xoom General] EwanG:
OK, I have done the deed. Will have to see if my Bluetooth keyboard problems reappear going back to stock or not.

Anything in particular I should look at to convince myself this was the right thing to do?

Thanks,

Ewan
[Xoom General] RadDudeTommy:
Well other people have reported on the general forum that 3.1 actually does is worse on the keyboard than 3.01
[Xoom General] Psychokitty:
I haven't installed 3.1 because I love the speed that overclocking gives me. For me, there doesn't seem to be an awful lot to gain from 3.1 worth giving that up.

I'm interested to read your opinion, since you were also on the fence about it.
[Xoom General] EwanG:
Well, for me it gives me in stock the two main things I installed Tiamat for - Bluetooth keyboard that works, and SD card support. I hardly ever use the stock browser, so the changes there don't really affect me. Hopefully I will see some improvement in video playback.

FWIW...
[Xoom General] baronmax:
I'd recommend going ahead with the update (which I think you already did, but I'll write this for future users who have the same question). The reason is because the whole system feels snappier and more responsive (to me anyway). Scrolling is MUCH smoother and feels more like my android phone, which I love. I'm still getting a bit of stuttering when playing back HD flash files, but I had that when I was overclocked to 1.5ghz too. Once the next version of the Tiamat kernel comes out for 3.1, and we'll be able to overclock, 3.1 will be far and away better than 3.0.1. These guys are normally pretty quick about coming up with new kernels. I'm kinda surprised we haven't seen a few already, but I'm sure they're working hard on it.

Either way, you're gonna have to upgrade eventually, so you might as well get it over with. That's basically the way I saw it. :)

Best of luck to you with whichever you decide.
[Xoom General] krat0s123:
I also recommend upgrading to 3.1. It's just so smooth that I don't even miss the overclocking on the hacked kernels. Also, two days with no FC's on the stock browser etc. Smooth HQ youtube videos, and no problem with BT keyboard either. Everything to gain and nothing to lose. 3.1 with SD support from BRD FTW!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikolai2.1:
Everytime I hit hibernate in the power menu now, yes fastboot is checked, it just powers off the phone normally. Any fixes, ideas?:)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g0ldt00thgr1n:
I don't know. I had the same problem too. So I'm going to hop on this topic. And why is it that Hot Restart prevents me from receiving texts/calls until I do a proper restart?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jstew83:
Can I use 1 click root with ext4 and a ext4 kernel with the stock rom or do I have to flash a rom with ext4?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qbking77:
You have to flash a rom that is ext4 compatible.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jstew83:
I was affraid of that thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
There are slightly modded stock EC05 ROMs for EXT4 if you look through the Development section.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] who_care02:
does anyone know if the iron man rom is ext4
[HD2 General] CloneboyZA:
My HD2 decided to hard reset itself on me this afternoon - it froze up and when I pressed the soft reset button under the back cover, I found it booted up like it was on its first boot. I was annoyed, but I had backups, so I thought no worry. I restored, but it froze up again. Another supposed soft reset, another actual hard reset. I did a proper hard reset, and installed minimal programs - Dutty's Task Manager, BSB tweaks, Resco Explorer, LeoCPUSpeed. I restored contacts and sms's, and used my phone for a bit. Then came another lockup, and the cycle repeated. soft reset becomes hard reset. I decided to leave the phone alone, and still I found it locked up, and the soft reset became a hard reset. I don't know what to do, or what the cause may be. I'm running a stock 3.14 ROM WWE, and haven't fiddled much with it. This really is most worrying. Anyone out there have any ideas?

Thanks,

David
[HD2 General] orangekid:
hardware failure or you need to flash task29, then dutty's, then restore.