yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Animec:
Hi!

A lot of you host your work on various file hosts, which I imagine may lead to substantial bandwidth expenses. If that is the case, is there any way to help out, eg. through sharing torrents, using dropbox, mirroring, etc? I realise this isn't a development question per se but it's the developers who're producing and hosting all the code we're sucking down, so...

cheers :)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moesasin:
I'm sure people wouldn't mind if you just started posting mirrors in threads....Its For the better of the community. Make sure you do MD5 checks. I use multiupload.com.

A good example is when dalgrin's test build went down, people had a hissy fit for an hour or two.

this thread should also be moved to general.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philburkhardt:
Some of the developers (like dalingrin) prefer that you do not post mirrors. It makes it impossible for them to pull entire builds when there are substantial bugs/issues. Check with the ROM or kernel dev before assuming it is ok to post mirrors in their threads.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moesasin:
good call, i just posted 5 mirrors to dalgrins experimental build....oops.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychoace:
I don't know I think the good outweighs the bad here. Yes it's harder to pull a release but even if he was able to pull one there will still be people sharing the bad file. You can never truly pull something from the internet. Unless the updater can have multiple upload sources and archives which is not always the case then I don't see a cause for a developer to have a problem with mirrors. Especially since most people/blogs will most likely link the original source and not the mirrors and the developer always has access to that.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philburkhardt:
All I'm sayin' is that it should be the developer's discretion, especially within their own thread. If they specifically say don't do it, then don't do it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rosshalz:
I agree!

I agree... Torrents are indeed a good way to share for various reasons

Not mirrors.. the problem with mirrors is that they usually have their own speed limits unlike bittorrent.

MODS!

Can this option please be explored? it will be specially helpful for ROMS which typically ~100 MB each

Also this thread should've been in general section
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonboy:
I was flashing EZ base and not paying attention (see attachedfile).

Now my SGS doesnt even respond to the power button! Is there ANYTHING I can do??:mad:

Please help
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midas5:
Plug the phone into the usb port then switch on phone. Does the pc detect a device?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NasrulBond:
i think i know you mate?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twarwizard:
I recently soft bricked my phone and couldn't get into download mode the normal way.

What worked was holding the vol down button and the home button in (not the power button) and then plugging it into USB while holding them in. The USB power basically takes the role of pressing the power button.

I hope it works, good luck!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mab71:
sorry mate but i just cant figure out how you could be so clumsy... so many times it is stated that you must be very careful with odin....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popo90:
that is not helping, is there anything that can be done in the situation?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spoonboy:
Sorry mate, I just can't figure out why you would post a such a useless unhelpful reply. I flash my phone on a regular basis with CM7/MIUI, mistakes can happen!

To everyone else, thanks, I got it working.... no idea but I read some bricked threads and tried out something... took the battery out, kept hammering the power button whilst putting the battery in with vol down and managed to get into DL mode.

Phew!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somberi:
Hope you have your efs folder backed up. The SGS is hard to brick and one of the phones that can be unbricked easily. The only problem is with the efs (the files inside the efs folder stores your product code and the imei number.)

Just wanted to bring this to your notice if you haven't done it yet. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hunky-d:
just bricked a samsung gt-i9000. Hopefully I can get help to recover. I made several mistakes or false assumptions.

1. I could never get the phone to boot into recovery or download mode by itself. (this is my wife's phone -uh oh - as my phone I had no problem doing this). But I installed adb sdk and could reboot it into recover or download that way, so went ahead with flash.

2. I was using an older perhaps guide to flashing MIUI which had different file names that no longer seem to exist but double checked a few places and got current version numbers on MIUI and cm7 kernel and etc., but I used a newer version of ODIN 1.82 instead of the 1.7. Thought that wouldn't matter but in my bricking searches found that it may be an issue.

So now I have the icon of ..phone ! computer... and no way of getting into download mode as adb can't see the device. Hopefully there is a way - I've tried the suggestions above but they aren't working. I hope as last resort I can make the jig I've seen mentioned.. but any other methods?

/jd

[edit] these two phones were purchased at the same time and have same firmwares. I did back up efs from my phone, and in this process of flashing wife's phone had uploaded the galaxy_efs_backup file but didn't get a chance for it to work. If efs is borked, can I use the one from my phone or are they unique to each device? (assuming I can unbrick). [/edit]
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allotrios:
i got the semi brick icon once

i pressed vol down, home, then power and held them together until the phone booted once, then once more, then once more (I kept holding them for about 40 seconds I guess). Then took the battery out for a minute, then while holding all 3 buttons together, put it back in (this is tricky, you need to practice or have someone else to help you) and did another 40 second loops. Finally took the battery out, put it back in and tried download mode and it worked.

But I could get download mode before I bricked it...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hunky-d:
thanks allotrios,

Gave it a valiant try and no luck. I'm going to have to figure out the jig I guess - I can't figure out how they plug in those largish looking usb jigs into that tiny proprietary (looking) usb port on the i9000. Videos say a cheap micro usb cable but I think i may have to cut into my SGS charging/usb cable. But doesn't look like the cables on videos/pics.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMD9:
Hang on, one more thing you can try, worked for me just last weekend....

"Leave Odin Open. Then Plug the USB. While the USB is plugged in and Odin running press and hold volume down + Home + Power. Once the black screen comes release the Power Button. It will get to the download mode"

Worked like a charm, got it from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13630631#post13630631

If it works for you make sure you hit the thanks button of the guy that originally posted it :)

If you really need a JIG try this http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10031 with one of these http://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/764289-res-301k-ohm-1-4w-1-metal-film-mfr-25fbf-301k.html

Taken from 1st post in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hunky-d:
Gave it a go and no luck. I was wondering if Odin v1.82 was a problem so dl'd and used Odin v1.3 (says GT-P1000 on the title bar of it) but didn't seem to matter. Tried both versions.

I had Odin running, plugged in the phone which brought up the "brick" icons, then held down the 3 buttons until it rebooted (black screen came on) and released power, still holding other two buttons. Nothing - just the icons of death. I'm very rural so have parts coming for a jig - might have them by Monday evening or mid-week. Lucky that the phone was really slow and buggy (build XXJP2) so wife didn't like it at all. She wants an iphone so was hoping to spiff this one up to curtail that move. /jd

[edit] My research says that some of these phones have a bad secondary bootloader that prevents the 3-button technique. Not sure if that is inclusive of all these methods mentioned in this thread - that they simply won't work on a phone with the bad bootloader or whether these methods have sometimes overcome that limitation. But I've found a few links to fix it if I can get the phone back from the dead..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chablo12:
My phone is rooted, how can find efs folder and can I save a backup my computer hard drive?

I do odin flashing, in case something goes wrong.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imsid:
hey dude just download root explorer then open it u will find the efs folder in it

presss the efs folder for a second then there will be a popup in that u will find copy

just copy it and paste it in ur sd card

then connect ur phone to pc then u will find that efs folder

then just copy it to ur pc :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hunky-d:
Just a note to add data points on the bricking from my situation.

I read somewhere that a guy got his phone in download mode by plugging it into a bluetooth headset without it plugged into the charger. He figured it had built in resistance to help detect which device it was being plugged into and voila! he got download mode. (People in that thread asked which headset and he hadn't replied at that point so I don't know which).

I misread that at first to read a guy plugged the phone into his charger so I tried it (3 button combo and variations) and of course didn't work. But I was sitting there thinking about something else holding down the buttons and all of a sudden got it into download mode. The computers wouldn't recognize it though. So no luck - figured I had a jig coming so no biggy. Pulled the battery and tried again and it worked. This time I got into a download mode that the computer recognized.

So I flashed a kernel and got a "higher level" brick - got to first boot screen with words - but it just sat there vibrating. So tried a JVH single tar file an then got a boot loop up through the boot animations and noise. So am progressing - think I will try getting back to stock Froyo from samfirmware.com and see what goes from there. /jd
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bstylz911:
I use to use GoSms but I had a problem with mms sending.

Switched to Handcent And fixed the mms problem.

What is the best sms app for you and WHY??
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coupetastic-droid:
Handcent hands down. Been using it since before I was rooted.

Easy to use, spell check, customizeable, batch mode...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndrewAD3:
I completely agree.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockstarar:
go sms. I used to love handc but now go FTW.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvotony:
It was a tough choice but I had to go stock because both had problems of there own but if I had to pick again it would be go sms for their interface design
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clem2595:
I like Handcent for the customization factor and easy to use UI
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackster248:
I used to love handcent. But it was laggy to me... Just wasn't fluid. Tried out go sms and loved it. Sleeker look and much faster IMO. Not as customizable as handcent, but I'd say its 80% there. I love it!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BRKotucs:
I use SMS popup.

its been working great for me, simple and easy to use.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fenell Brenton:
So uh, yeah. Hello everybody, I hope someone reads this and helps me out.

It's been a while since I got my HTC Legend, and since I started to know about it, I tried and tried to obtain those root permissions on my device. But it never worked. I also tried with the so-called GoldCard, and got nothing. Those apps which give you temp-root permissions still work, but I'm aiming for permanent root so I can get custom roms working on my Legend.

Finally, I'm starting to think about giving up for a while and wait for the community to advance, but before that, I'd like someone to confirm me that root privileges in my device are currently impossible to get.

I hope I'm not missing any important numbers...

HBOOT-1.00.0000
RADIO-7.13.35.03
Android 2.2
Software version 3.14.161.1

I'm sorry if this is a bother, but I couldn't find anything consistent that assured me that I couldn't get perma-root, except from what I can see from my device.

Thanks in advance.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stemnin:
You're going to need to downgrade to get root. It doesn't take long assuming everything goes according to plan in my post.

THIS VOIDS WARRANTY.

If you follow this guide, you might get an error (that's what happened to me).

You then do this. And follow downgrade instructions.

And finally, I followed this:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Legend:_Full_Update_Guide

Also this site has full instructions, from downgrading/rooting to installing a rom. I found this when I was nearly done (after many hours of trying to figure how my goldcard didn't seem to do anything).

I only rooted my legend about a month ago (had 2.2 and hboot 1.01). It took me forever to find the right info in one place.

It should not take long, do a backup (titanium free on market works for me) and get the google apps after you have a rom installed and again download titanium from market and restore what you want.

Good luck.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fenell Brenton:
Thanks for the fast reply, I'll try that as soon as possible for me. I hope that finally works.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fenell Brenton:
Thank you a lot. After a few hours of struggling with all those tutorials, I finally got CyanogenMod 7 working on my Legend. :D
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pnut22r:
I would like to create an update.zip to install my apps. I am having the hardest time. Anyone have any ideas? I want to be able to flash this after installing a new rom for a few apps, root explorer, titanium backup, etc. I know its possible, but this doesn't work. Am I mounting correctly?

Updater-script:

ui_print("Performing Update...");

ui_print("Mounting mount points...");

mount("MTD", "system", "/system");

mount("MTD", "data", "/data");

mount("MTD", "cache", "/cache");

package_extract_dir("data", "/data/app");

ui_print("Unmounting mount points...");

unmount("/system");

unmount("/data");

unmount("/cache");

ui_print("Update Complete.");
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Download Gallery3D mod in my sig, it has updater-script version (0.3), use it as reference.

Also, you don't need to mount /system and /cache, if the only thing you want to copy is the apps on /data.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pnut22r:
Yeah, thanks. I was messing around with some other things and left that in there.

Thanks for the reference, I will look into it.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] apxn82:
does anyone have or know where I can get a spk copy of slingplayer? I can't seems to purchase any apps from market and 30 bucks is quite high for an app. Anyone please help. Thanks
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] superchaos:
It is worth the $30. I paid for it on my phone as well as my GTab and have no regrets dropping $60 for both. I can watch it anywhere there is a connection. Pay the $29.99. You will get over the cost after you use the app the first time.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] EL TEJANO:
And honestly no one here can simply post an apk to a paid app anyhow
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] kosenn:
Slingplayer Mobile

Google slingplayer mobile 1.3 or download it from the market. It works on VEGan-Tab gingeredition. It's designed for phones, so on the gtablet the video quality is adequate.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] urirx98:
I Just want to say THanks cause i have been lookin for the sling apk though would work on the XOOM and this version works great, thanks
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] herculese1:
a simple google search would give you what your looking for

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=slingplayer+apk
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Fubar65:
Anyone else with a tf buy insurance for their tf? Just thought I would share that I just bought a policy from www.worthavegroup.com It cost 35 bucks for 1 year of coverage with no deductible. You can also add a smartphone to your policy for only 10 bucks (sucks because I bought a smartphone policy from them a month ago for 50 bucks). Also coupon code tenoff takes 10% off the price. Hope this helps someone out.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Mr.Clark:
Portable devices are covered under my home insurance. I didn't even need to give them the IMEI number last time I upgraded my phone.

Worth checking out, IMO.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Popsiclestand:
They seem to be very product specific. I don't see any "general tablet" insurance - just iPad insurance.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] quietas:
I'd recommend Square Trade. They have cheaper than most store warranties, plus cover things like accidental breakage and screens. Better coverage and a better price, though no store return/exchange.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Fubar65:
Tablet insurance is covered under the laptop insurance. Covers accidental damage, lost, stolen, etc.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] PGibbons999:
ST costs a lot to get any breakage/theft insurance.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Popsiclestand:
So it is! Just purchased a policy for my TF and dock as well as for my Droid X phone. Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Fubar65:
Awesome! You are very welcome. Also they have an A+ rating from the BBB and reviews of them suggest they are top notch.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] nlhall:
Anybody know any good UK insurance deals? I'm just waiting for a call-back from my home insurer to see what they cover/charge.

Never bothered with insurance in the past, but would cry if I dropped and broke this baby.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Evostance:
http://www.protectyourbubble.com/gadget-insurance/get-quote.html
[Eee Pad Transformer General] 1stGenRex:
The coupon code THIRTY30 will get you 30% off of the policy. Ends up being less than the worth ave insurance.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] vincey:
I went with Worth Ave for two reasons:

1. SquareTrade would not allow the accidental damage add-on since I purchased the TF from Best Buy. Worth Ave has it regardless of merchant.

2. SquareTrade does not cover theft, Worth Ave does.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] 1stGenRex:
I have 3 insurance policies with squaretrade, and I'll be going with WAG for the policy on the Transformer I just purchased. Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] maxvsmith:
Thanks really appreciate this. At best buy during the black friday hell the guy asked if I would like the entire black tie protection for $112 or something. I told him flat out no and he kept pushing it.

I'm definitely going with Worth Ave and recommending it to friends. $9 extra for theft is really cheap. They say you can add some tracking program too but android probably already has an app for that. Thanks again.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] draco259:
NM It was synced with Gmail XD
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanekills:
My phone is semi-bricked and the only way I can fix it is if I can Odin CMW with it, cause I can access download mode. can anyone please help me?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k0nane:
Odin to stock EC05 and proceed from there.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qbking77:
If you don't know how to odin, click on the link in my signature and I made a video showing you how to use it
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanekills:
The issue is I don't have a backup! :/
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qbking77:
If you can ONLY access download mode, the only thing you can do is Odin.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanekills:
It's not possible to ODIN a new recovery? Cause something went wrong installing CWM 3.0.2.5 (using ACS)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blackhawk163:
Zane, trust the others. Heck I soft bricked my phone installing SRF. I couldn't get anything other than download mode.

Odin ec05 and start fresh.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris41g:
You can try removing the datafs.rfs from the tar and using a pit file... that might save your data... no garuntees it will work
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H3lix:
Are there any steps I should take before flashign to the new ROM? Do I need to flash back to stock first? If so, how?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NasrulBond:
the instructions are there in the first page of MIUI thread. flash stock froyo rom with bootloaders before proceed with flashing miui.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Niare:
It depends on which darky your on.

If you are on 9.x you should be able to skip the step of going back to froyo but if your on 10.x you have to go back (easies done with EZbase 2.0)

The whole thing is that when your flashing MIUI you HAVE TO BE ON FROYO and yes you will end up beeing on 2.3.4, this is just to get the correct bootloader.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom.peters09:
Hello all,

My desire wont recognize the sd card. In android self it shows please insert new sd card. I have done this but no succes. Factory reset was no succes.

I reflashed to stock rom didnt work.

the fastboot enableqxdm 0 doesnt work for me.

In recovery i get this message.

E: can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk1p1) No such file or directory. Error mounting /sdcard

Current situation is stock 2.2 Rom, rooted with Unrevoked.

Does anyone have an idea?

Greetings and thanks Tom
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meaple:
Did you format the SD card?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom.peters09:
Yes i did with 2 different cards. A 4GB and a 1GB sdcard.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13750830&postcount=56

That should fix it mate :)

Just to make things clear. It's a usb brick. There is easy fix, but you have to install android sdk, and use adb command.

Once you have sdk installed, open cmd

type cd c:\program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools

then

fastboot oem enableqxdm 0

and then

fastboot oem eraseconfig
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom.peters09:
Thanks will post results shortly :)

{Update}

I tried the method but i got a error.

here`s what i got from the cmd screen.

----------------

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot oem enableqxdm 0

...

OKAY [ 0.024s]

finished. total time: 0.024s

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\tools>fastboot oem eraseconfig

...

(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!

OKAY [ 0.007s]

finished. total time: 0.008s

-------------

Maybe its a simple thing but i cant seem to find it.

here some additional specs of my phone.

HBOOT-0.75.0000

RADIO-4.05.0011

S-ON

Maybe this will help shed some light on the matter.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
Have you tried running latest RUU for you phone?

Is your card now recognized?

P. S. You were in fastboot when running both commands? I mean fastboot mode on the device.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom.peters09:
Yes i was in fastboot got there with power + back button.

Card is still a no go. Ill try and find the latest RUU in the morning. Gotta get some sleep its 2.30 am now.

Thanks for the help hopefully ill get it sorted in the morning.

Cheers:)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilgreen:
This is great!!! worked like a charm!!! Thank you so much!!!

i was actually losing my mind because I had the SD problem about a week ago, and only did the "fastboot oem enableqxdm 0" part, the guide I read didn't have the eraseconfig part.

Since then, my USB was acting up reaaly bad, device not recognized, not even charging, device would notice it's connected HOURS after phisically connected etc.

I was worried I've killed the best phone I ever had =[

Again, thatnks a lot!! =]