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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heebeegeebs:
STEPS TO USING KIES with a Samsung Galaxy S2 (SII, eye eye, anything you want to call it on Windows 7 vista or XP

1.Ensure your USB Debugging feature is not checked (when some stores copy your contacts from one fone to another, they check this box. USBD will F up your KIES.)

2. Stop your antivirus from your stock app manager.

3. Kies running on cuomputer, and phone at a home screen, plug it in.

voila.

If you have been using multiple phones over usb, or trying to root phones etc, i suggest you recover you delete any trace of usb or phone drivers on your machine, and repair your windows install. then try again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pegsnpops:
This is how I fixed it for my scenario:

My Scenario:

few days back my SGS2 stopped recognizing apps installed on SD Card and I keep on getting "Force Close" error for installed (3rd party) apps on phone. I installed Kies on PC to backup my data before rooting my device, but Kies 2.0 was unable to read my phone. That's why i came here.. :)

My Fix:

I uninstalled all downloaded (3rd party) apps and that fixed the issue. In all I removed more than 20 apps, that were installed on phone.

RCA:

I believe some 3rd party app or apps were messing up with my phone, my sdcard, my Kies. Anyways I am planning to root the device so my sole intention is to take back up of my data (pics, vids to be specific)

Suggestion:

1. Try connecting to Kies, after removing SD Card. It will narrow down if prob is with SDCard or SDCard data

2. Try uninstalling apps 1 by 1, to see which one is the culprit.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seeker3:
I had the same problem of Kies unable to connect to my phone. I could charge the phone, see it in the devices, connect through mass storage mode. Kies would even detect the phone when plugged in, tried to connect and would hang. I tried the usual steps (updated Kies, verified USB debugging is off, terminated all apps on the phone), but nothing worked.

I just rooted my phone and was concerned that something might have gone wrong in the process, resulting in the connection error, though every thing seemed to be normal. Out of desperation, I tried the diagnose connection problems button in Kies and Kies reinstalled the driver, tried connecting and rebooted the system. I tried again and this time it took much longer to install, but worked.

I suggest rebooting the system, before reinstalling Kies, as it worked after the reboot.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a_friend:
The phone has been working fine all day and now for the past hour it dose not even stay one for 2 minutes before switching off. battery keeps going up and down arrhhrhggg

I tried to root it but had no luck so I am now using KE1 firmware Do I return the phone as faulty? although the phone has no issues when in odin?:mad:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a_friend:
Phone is going back for a replacement
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a_friend:
Replacement came, this one actually works
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] styckx:
Weirdest bug I've run across yet.

My On Battery time will never reset no matter how many times I plug in and unplug the phone.. I wiped cache, dalvik, bat stats.. Nothing.. Wiping bat stats resets the timer but it goes right back to never resetting.. Tried shutting down and pulling the battery.. Still the same.. I've completely flash 100% back to stock and locked her back up.. Still the same.. It's just continues counts down that I'm always on battery. I've tried two different USB cords also.

Any idea?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brenix:
Do you usually unplug the phone before it becomes fully charged?? I've noticed that if I unplug it before the lockscreen states "charged", then it will continue adding to the timer.. If I do a full charge and unplug, then it resets the timer
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] styckx:
Odd.. Sounds like a legitimate Gingerbread bug.. Yeah, unless it's over night I always unplug it before it says fully charge.. Like most people I plug in when I can but it's not usually till over night where its plugged in long enough to reach a full charge state. I know on Froyo soon as you unplugged the phone it would reset.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] styckx:
Ok.. Figured it out now..

90% full is the trigger point.. 90% or higher and your On Battery timer will reset every time you unplug..

89% or lower and your On Battery timer will only pause when plugged in and resume from that point when you unplug

*whew* I thought I had a hardware issue at first. :D
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KKellett:
I've been trying to back to 2.5.xx cuz 3.0.xx isn't allowing me to flash a kernal. Went to rom manager it it only shows 3.0 versions. Also it gives me an error if try flash alt recovery ie. RA amon. Do I need a pmg file and flash through hboot? If so anyone have it?

Thanks in advance
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k_nivesout:
www.dougpiston.com has recoveries for download. Flash in hboot.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KKellett:
Amazing thank you! I was on his page earlier but didn't see recovery tab. Thank you so much
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcberg2010:
You could also download "Inc bits" from the market. App made by Doug that links to his website for easy hboot flashable downloads.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k_nivesout:
This too. And no problem!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballbusta:
here is the file for temp recovery 2.5
[Captivate General] malicenfz:
So I went today to try to get my phone replaced because, build 1006, of the GPS issue and all they did was upgrade it to 2.2 and tell me that it should work now, drove home and the GPS was still way off. Wasted an hour and a half of my life there so they could tell me some BS about the phone and they didn't want to replace it. And to top it off they told a customer that there was no way to revert back to stock 2.1 which is also a bunch of BS so I told the guy I could do it and I did it with the ODIN program in about 5 minutes and the guy gave me 20 bucks haha, sorry for my rant but They completely wasted my time, I called the warranty department on the phone and I have replacements coming. Also, does anyone know if there is any way to complain about this to AT&T somehow?
[Captivate General] tupirujp:
Jajajaja
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fadimo305:
AmonRA or Clockworkmod ?

Which is better overall and more modern?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadden:
I love amon ra and I use it. I recommend amon ra
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayharper08:
+1. I've had issues with clockwork but nine with amon. RA all the way I say.

Sent from "The EVO" using XDA Premium
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
ClockworkMod is really good, but when things go wrong, amon_RA is usually needed to right the wrong. Go with amon_RA.

posting & replying via the XDA Premium app.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaptainJ5:
RA has never failed me and it seems to be requested to use with the newer roms coming out ...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewZJ:
Your better off with RA because it works, clockwork is good after you get your wimax back up from RA ( yes clockwork backs it up too but the more the merrier) for its integration with rom manager making flashing and backing up very easy.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
amon ra for sure.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solicitous:
I used Clockwork for a good number of months. It appeared good and I was able to rename along with a variety of other functions. I noticed something different after switching to Amon Ra. Everything seemed to back up and wipe better. Plus it partitions much better than clockwork. Go with Amon Ra and never turn back.

Sent from my Evo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadden:
Lol everybody here is sayin amon ra
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winderg:
He speaks the truth IMO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fierceeagle2003:
How do u switch recoverys? I hit RA and its still in clockwork?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
Download the PC36IMG.zip of Amon Ra and put it on the root of your SD card. Don't rename it. Turn the phone off, then hold the volume down and power buttons at the same time until the phone turns on to a white screen with Androids skateboarding. This is the bootloader. It will scan and detect the file - when it asks you to update, choose yes with the volume up button. When it asks you to reboot choose no, then choose recovery from the menu. You should boot into Amon Ra.

In the bootloader and recovery, you'll need to use the volume buttons to move up and down, then once you've highlighted what you want to do, press the power button to select it.

Amon Ra here: http://db.tt/WP0beNa

(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crossrocker:
You learn more with ra. Its manual and ussualy makes no errors

A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreenHornet:
I just went from TNT lite to CM7 (Netflix don't cha know). The accelerometer worked with the proper orientation for games in TNT lite, but now it is off 90 degrees for games after moving to CM7. Is anyone aware of a fix (other than writing to the developers and asking them to fix the games or moving to a different ROM)?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] havoc69:
Hi,

I have an Optimus One from Telus (canada) so I know it has at least the 850/1900 bands , but I might take it with me back home where I'd need the 2100 band. Is the information on wikipedia that says that it has tri-band UMTS true? and how can I know if it has the band I'm looking for (2100Mhz)??

Thanks in advance.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] oldmanmoz:
In the service menu (type 3845#*500# into the dialer, replacing 500 with your exact model) it has a menu for network mode which has a WCDMA 2100 in it.

The question is whether that is functional or just part of the stock LG testing set, I don't know, originally i tried to change the band on mine but ran into continual dead ends and had to concede to go with an alternate sim/network.

Guess you'd have to try it to find out.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] havoc69:
The service menu doesn't come up. I think it's because I have the cyanogenmod ROM.

I found the service manual and it had this section:

I'm not sure if it confirms/denies that this phone is indeed tri-band as it had all 4 UMTS bands in there!!!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] oldmanmoz:
mhm, hard to tell, at the end of the day i'm not sure you can find a definitive answer without being able to test it. the service menu is just an apk as far as i'm aware, you can probably flash it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stickyasglue:
Does anyone else on Tmo/Orange Uk have issues with 3G speeds? Mine are much slower than on the SGS and I can't figure out why.... I'm starting to worry if my phone has a fault ....

anyone had issues?

thanks!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armanisafarai:
Dont think it's your phones fault. I get up to 4mbps everytime i take a test, and i got only 2mbps with my desire so, yeh this phone rocks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoney73:
just 3G speeds? or with 'H' aswell? download 'speedtest' from android market(free), if your download speed hovers around 356-357kbs, then I would say your download speed is capped.I'm with t-mobile, and mine was. I had to phone and get through to their techy dept and get them to enable 'Hspda'
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armanisafarai:
whats the difference between H and 3g? coz mine goes from h to 3g and then back to h, that didnt happen on my desire. i always thought H was the same as 3g :S
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoney73:
http://blog.ruggedandmobile.com/2010/01/26/a-guide-on-the-difference-between-gprs-edge-3g-and-hsdpa/

G - this stands for GPRS, and is the slowest data transfer method (approx 32 - 48 Kbps)

3G - This is the next level available on T-Mobile, and is around 10 times faster (384 Kbps)

H - stands for High Speed Downlink Packet Access, and is essentially 3.5G. In theory, TM's network

can transfer at 7.2Mbps, but real world tests tend to average out at around 2 Mbps, still significantly

faster than 3G

There is also HSDPA+(H+) which is even faster.

Hope this helps explain
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armanisafarai:
Nice details, thanks bud! i guess my desire wasn't capable of doing 4mbps, it only got upto 2 while sgs2 gets upto 4mbps which is awesome :D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] imtiax:
Hello,

I bought an LG OPTIMUS P509 from eBay and it has the T-Mobile Stuff on it which is annoying.

I heard gingerbread (andriod 2.3) is coming out for my phone in the last week of this month. So will they have a generic version of the firmware without any T-Mobile or any Providers stuff?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dislplin01:
Im not sure but from what i have read it is tmobile is providing the update it has already been released in italy but if i were you i would ust root install a custom recovery and then install a custom ROM simply because any official update will be just as crappy even if it is gingerbread and there are really nice fast ROMs with no bloat ware if you need help just PM me of post a message i will diect you to some links
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dislplin01:
hmm

Im not sure but from what i have read it is tmobile is providing the update it has already been released in italy but if i were you i would ust root install a custom recovery and then install a custom ROM simply because any official update will be just as crappy even if it is gingerbread and there are really nice fast ROMs with no bloat ware if you need help just PM me of post a message i will diect you to some links
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Vip_blast:
Last week of this month? Where did you read this?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sholimar:
Gingerbread will be launched in July... it isn't available in Italy, it's just that the guys from LG Italy posted a youtube video of LG Optimus One running Gingerbread and also confirmed the July date. :(

There's already a thread about this here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1072511.

T-Mobile may be delaying it even more, since it probably wants to add its apps&crap to it...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] imtiax:
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_one_will_get_gingerbread_this_may_hopefully-news-2423.php

If you use google there are tons of sources about the end of may
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Vip_blast:
I had a go at this article long ago (March), but its more like speculations according to me. It only says;

Now, thanks to LG India we know that the update will most likely be happening in May.

There's no more details :(
[Optimus One, P500, V General] MarcosCZ:
Yeah, most of internet sources say end of may. But i dont think, that you will have to install T-mobile stock rom.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dawson1989:
Using honeycomb v4 on my nook and even after changing the build.prop file the app force closes on open. I'm loving hc but no netflix could be a deal breaker, any tips?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altimax98:
No hardware acceleration wouldn't allow it to play anyways... sorry
[Android Software Development] Budius:
hi folks,

here is the code and I've seen basically the same thing from several sources, I compare with them all and it doesn't seem to be any problem with it:

private static String HttpCall(String url) throws URISyntaxException,
IOException {
BufferedReader in = null;
try {

HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet request = new HttpGet();
request.setURI(new URI(url));
HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity()
.getContent()));
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");
String line = "";
String NL = System.getProperty("line.separator");
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line + NL);
}
in.close();
Log.d("Pristina", "URL: " + url);
Log.d("Pristina", sb.toString());
return sb.toString();

} finally {
if (in != null) {
in.close();
}
}
}

I'm pretty much getting an HttpClient, HttpGet and HttpResponse, getting the InputStream out of it and returning it as a String... it was supposed to be piece of cake.

I'm using this to get a JSON object from a Wordpress blog which have the JSON plugin installed.

I tried the URL on my desktop chrome browser and the response is absolutely perfect, no problems. Most of the time the response from this code is fine too, it was working fine a few days ago... but now the response comes incomplete... I mean.. the string out of it is going fine as a JSON object and all of a sudden it's over. It end's as:

"width" : 500,
"height" : 500
}
}
}, {
"id" : 37525,
"url" :

no if's no buts... it's giving me the correct info and it says it will give me a url and that's it... the string is over!

From stack overflow someone suggested using EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity()); and I still can't get a valid response. In this blogpost http://blog.dahanne.net/2009/08/16/how-to-access-http-resources-from-android/ the guy shows a few ways of doing an Http request I tried the 1st one and the final string I get it's still incomplete.

I would normally think it's something wrong with the JSONplugging installed on the server.. but the response is just fine from Chrome browser.

any ideas ??? I really don't know what else to do.
[Android Software Development] Budius:
up!

anyone? please.... I've been desperate trying to find a solution for days now!
[Android Software Development] Budius:
Just to "close" the post.

at the end was a mix of LogCat only showing a mix of X chars and a problem in a completely different point in my parser!

also at the end I found out this:

ret = new String(EntityUtils.toString(entity));

being a much cleaner code than the stupid loops.

if any forum moderator sees this feel free to close the thread.
[HTC Inspire 4G] homescrub:
I just wanted to share some custom made icons for the XDA community to use.

Note: I do take requests. Please provide 1-3 suggestions per request.

Screen shots of what they look like on Inspire's screen.

Link to download them: http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b217/KillaLopez/Androidography/icons/mashables/
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Great job, these icons look cool. Not trying to be picky, but you spelled "dialer" wrong (dailer).
[HTC Inspire 4G] homescrub:
ouch thanks.
[HTC Inspire 4G] UberEgo:
I'm still new to customizing and such, how do I put these icons on my phone?
[HTC Inspire 4G] homescrub:
If your running a rooted phone with a custom ROM, you should be able to hold down the icon until a little edit icon appears, and you can select its icon from there. Be sure to place your icons folder on the root of your SD card.
[HTC Inspire 4G] UberEgo:
Yes my phone is rooted and I see the Edit option at the bottom when I click and hold an icon but the gear symbol next to the word Edit is greyed out and won't allow me to drag the icon to it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tweaked:
I have to use a launcher for that. Go launcher Ex is amazing and free.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ashies7:
I use adw launcher and its awesome as well. Like it better than the rest, but its whatever works best for you.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ashies7:
Awesome work!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsWLM:
when i boot into recovery, my Evo checks PC36IMG.zip and then when it finishes it doesn't ask to install it. it just goes back to the white screen. what am I doing wrong?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
First of all, you will more than likely flash a PC36IMG.zip from the bootloader and not from within recovery. Secondly, you will have to initiate the flash. Turn off your device. Simultaneously press the DOWN volume button and the power button until your device starts. After a short pause, a few lines of text will flash across the screen. After that, the bootloader will autodetect the PC36IMG.zip file and prompt YOU to install. Follow the prompts to install. Also, before you start, make sure the file is NOT named PC36IMG.zip.zip. if it is, this will not work.

posting & replying via the XDA Premium app.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] renzo.olivares:
Another Pyramid Leak All Credits Go To HTC 911 Sniper!! http://www.911htc.com/1436.html
[myTouch 4G Android Development] joeyrey:
hell ya :D
[myTouch 4G Android Development] stlouie65:
Sweet! Can't wait for someone to download it and post on a faster server
[myTouch 4G Android Development] phaino00:
3 weeks until touchability. :--p
[myTouch 4G Android Development] epsix:
Football just post it in Sensation Development Section
[myTouch 4G Android Development] renzo.olivares:
Mirror in the OP
[myTouch 4G Android Development] stlouie65:
that link still takes you back to the chinese site, 30 days for you can download it
[myTouch 4G Android Development] renzo.olivares:
lOL YES I DELETED THE MIRROR IT WAS UPLOADED WRONG..I'LL DO IT AGAIN
[myTouch 4G Android Development] bsbachert:
http://183.60.157.11/down_group84/M...00P_10.11.9007.15_M_release_192098_signed.zip

direct link
[myTouch 4G Android Development] stlouie65:
Appreciate that very much
[myTouch 4G Android Development] AJ26T:
Keeps saying download unsuccessful
[myTouch 4G Android Development] bsbachert:
Try it through a browser, if your using the xda app. I just tried it again, and it works fine. Took about a hour to download with my computer. Slow...
[myTouch 4G Android Development] AJ26T:
Any screenshots avail
[myTouch 4G Android Development] rk0:
Same as Sense 3.0.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] christop911:
I can't download the download unsuccessful!!!!!1!
[myTouch 4G Android Development] christop911:
Another link for download????
[myTouch 4G Android Development] travisd4est:
What happened to this idea?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Ace42:
The actual sensation will be released soon so why not wait for a real build w/o debugging on it, and evil has the Virtuous 3D rom.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] travisd4est:
Oh good point. I'm on evils. Just curious if anything at all is different with these. Thanks guy
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pacostrano:
Hi all

I have the Bell Samsung Galaxy S I-9000

I think I screwed up my phone by trying to put to an update the CSC using Odin

After rebooting, it was always rebooting to the recovery mode.

when I reboot the phone, the boot animation will come up but when it will try to go into the OS my phone will shake and my screen will go black and will shake every 10 sec

I tried to restore my phone with the previous Rom that I saved but no luck.

Tried to reflash with Odin the stock firmware but no luck

I found something on the forumt to use Odin and click the re-partition and have the 512 Pit file and reflash the rom but didn't work.

And also when I flash the stock rom it will reboot in recovery mode and give me this error message:

Update media, please wait

e:Can't mount /dev/block/stl10

(Invalid argument)

e:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:

your storage not prepared yet. please use UI me nu for format and reboot actions

copy default media content failed

=========================

Also I have tried to format the internal memory too and wipe data/cache

is their any other suggestion that you guys can suggest to do

Thanks

Paco
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pacostrano:
AHHHH false alarm I did something else and it worked :)

I did a flash with rom + pit + modem + CSC and I have put the option re-partition and the other 2 option in Odin

and now no more black screen
[EVO 4G General] mark22179:
Anyone have any recommendations for Profiles on Set CPU?
[EVO 4G General] DarkManX4lf:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=721156

That thread was posted a year ago on some set cpu profiles.

You may want to give an app called Tasker a try. Its pretty much Setcpu and has a lot more functionality.
[EVO 4G General] harryprk2x:
Set your main profile to conservative. Heard it makes a little difference
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
i'd say none. install a custom kernel, and use the smartass governer. does the work of setcpu automatically, and sometimes even better than setcpu.