yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Off-topic] conantroutman:
On one hand I agree with the op that sometimes people can give very vague and condescending answers which can be frustrating for a new user or someone with an issue they need to address asap.

Its never a good thing to dismiss someone as a stupid n00b and not try to help them out.

On the other hand, I think it is beneficial to give someone a push in the right direction and not just spoonfeed them an answer.

When I first came to XDA I knew NOTHING, it was only through being encouraged to read and research my problems that I got to the point where I was able to help others with theirs.

There is also the argument that as this is a development site and not just a one stop shop for answers to questions which Google can answer for you 95% of the time, if you are not able/willing to search and learn then your in the wrong place.

Sent From My Fingers To Your Face......
[Off-topic] BeerChameleon:
I dont mind helping step by step but always read all instructions and you should be good and if you have issues along the way then ask dont ask me to find stuff for you search and type out steps that are already on this forum.

Ill do that every once in awhile but must be contacted and them understand it takes time to write out a new manual :p
[Off-topic] SciFiSurfer:
Indeed. Well, to what half-answers do you refer? Citations, please!
[Off-topic] andychud:
But Google invariably points to XDA forums
[Off-topic] Dirk:
'Citation needed' :p

See HERE for all the answers!
[Off-topic] twiz0r:
Is this thread serious? It's a forum...this stuff happens on forums. Live with it.

You can't possibly think that this thread will change anything?

Swyped via my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
What I did when I joined this forum (and before) was too not only use the search feature but search other sites, Google it, also I checked other forums and blogs. Articles from Lifehacker, the unlockr, other tech blogs...and you know what, it DID take what seemed like forever to get the SDK set up, find the right drivers ect. But you know what DIDN'T HAPPEN, I didn't get one terse or rude answer, I didn't get flamed and I learned alot more in the process. I can root phones and flash ROMs with complete confidence now. I'm not saying my way is the right way but when I did/do ask questions I get a much better response because I've got some knowledge under my belt.

Sent from my NS running NSCollab cuz I lost my tin cans and string....
[Off-topic] kdj67f:
I agree somewhat to the OP, as I was a n00b once too. It was frustrating figuring out issues on my own and reading threads for hours. But I lurked for months when I first started modding seems and setting up QPST and stuff when I first started "hacking" my old motorolas. I eventually got a grasp on things and have been trying to help out where I can.

I can honestly see how old timers and those experienced in all different forms of modding these devices can get terse and not want to just spoon feed the info to the new users. The new users need to learn how to search, follow instructions and get well read on the fundamentals before assaulting the developers with questions answered earlier in threads or in the wiki.

It's a two way street, but I can assure you that it is worth the journey. You can't just take offense when someone when someone doesn't answer directly or refers you to the search function is short answered. And devs/experienced users aren't trying to offend you. Every person here just needs to get along! :D

Just my $.02
[Off-topic] SuperDeform:
noobs r a factor in this forum
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azoicwight:
Hello,

I was trying to update my phone to CM7's Gingerbread nightlies. My history is Stock Eclair to Bionix froyo rom. I was trying to update directly from Bionix to update-cm-7-INITIAL-GalaxyS_B-signed.zip using CWM, but when the installation begins it keeps looping (switching on - Vibrant screen - CM7 screen - first 5-6 lines - swicthing off).

Maybe I should have updated from stock Froyo instead. But I can't find the stock PIT and TAR file to odin back. Googling for past 2 hours with no result (got Eclair files though).

Am I going the right way? Can someone direct me to the files I can use to odin back to froyo and update to CM7?

Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lqaddict:
If you have Vibrant you choose a wrong CM7 ROM.

ODIN back to JFD, root, install CWR, and get the VIBRANT CM7 ROM http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=vibrantmtd
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azoicwight:
Thanks! That fixed it. The cyanogenmod post said it should be in stock 2.2. So every time I change a ROM I need to go back to JFD? Or is it only a precautionary option?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSneakerWhore:
Once on CM7, no need to flash back--just update.
[Android Software Development] JDV28:
I have an HTC Glacier (MT 4G), and I'm trying to get to the point where i can compile the CM source. following this guide, Im at the step called "Copy Proprietary Files" but when I execute the command "./extract-files.sh" I get flooded with errors::

./extract-files.sh: 21: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 22: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 23: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 24: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 25: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 26: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 27: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 28: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 29: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 30: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 31: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 32: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 33: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 34: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 35: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 36: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 37: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 38: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 39: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 40: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 41: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 42: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 43: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 44: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 45: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 46: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 47: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 48: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 49: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 50: adb: not found

./extract-files.sh: 51: adb: not found

Any Ideas? I am using Ubuntu 10.10 (via VMware Workstation)

edit: Yes the phone shows up with ./adb devices
[Android Software Development] Gene Poole:
the ./adb implies that adb is NOT in the path. Try adding its location to your path or creating a symlink to adb in /usr/local/bin (that's what I did).
[Android Software Development] JDV28:
could you go into that a bit more? im only 2 days into this
[Android Software Development] Gene Poole:
When you type "./adb devices" what directory are you in (try "pwd" if you don't know)? Add this directory to your global PATH environment variable (I'm not sure how to do this in Ubuntu). Otherwise, you can create a symlink: as root, "ln -s [path_to_adb] /usr/local/bin/adb" where path_to_adb is the complete path including the adb file itself (i.e. "/opt/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools/adb" in my case).
[Android Software Development] JDV28:
Its in ~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools

when i try creating that symlink i get:

"ln: creating symbolic link 'usr/local/bin/adb': No such file or directory"
[Android Software Development] Gene Poole:
it's: /usr/local/bin/adb

try exactly this:

ln -s ~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools/adb /usr/local/bin/adb
[Android Software Development] JDV28:
Its working! thank you very much.
[Defy General] Und3r6r0und:
Hello everybody... first things first.. I did a search but I didn't find anything around what I'm looking for, so the question is.... is there a Froyo Vanilla ROM for the Defy? I'm looking for one that has everything working, I was able to find this one "(ROM) Vanilla w/ Froyo 1.0 (1/24/11) - Motorola Defy" but that dev is not working on it anymore and the last time that it was updated was January 24th, for what I have read there are some bugs on it, I really like the Defy but I hate Blur, please help...Thank you all!
[Defy General] Jefgenowitsch:
never heard of vanilla.

i tried 3.4.2_177-005_NORDIC and it worked like a charm for me. If you are not familiar with roms i would recommend this to you.

if you want to try something different, try cyanogenmod from quarx. but be sure, this rom is still a beta.

both roms are blurless
[Defy General] Und3r6r0und:
I really like that plain Android look, like the nexus 1 or S, what would you recommend to able to get that?
[Defy General] Und3r6r0und:
Here is what Vanilla looks like,

http://www.addictivetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/FissionHome.png
[Defy General] polaris441:
You can make it vanilla look by modifying framework files
[Defy General] Und3r6r0und:
I rather have a rom with no blur, thats what I'm looking for, I'm surprise nobody has made one yet, I know there is a lot of pure android lovers out there and a 2.2 froyo vanilla would be wonderful.
[Defy General] slph:
Take a look at Barebones
[Defy General] splat matt:
FYI: Quick search yields "barebones 1.5.1" - No blur

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=977989

Also other roms without blur exist using terms like deblur and blurless in their titles and/or descriptions.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nthknd:
found this in the market its a 3 D type launcher that works well on the xoom, give it a try.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] RinTinTigger:
i found no landscape mode...is that right?

worthless for a tablet
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] bamaredwingsfan:
I have been having trouble getting certain calendars to not show up in my agenda widget. I have a calling calendar that i want to sync, but not show up in my htc agenda widget. I know on the regular google calendar app, you could un check the calendars you didn't want to show up, an they wouldn't. Anyway to get the calendar to now show up in the widget?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodmut:
Hey all -

So I followed instructions very specifically for rooting my Xoom on my Mac, and successfully unlocked the Xoom. As soon as I flashed the rootboot.img I rebooted and cannot get past the Motorola logo. I can get into Android Recovery, Fastboot and RSD protocall support but my Mac does not recognize it when I type in ./adb devices....what shall I do? I already performed Factory Reset but this didn't help.

P.S. When I say I followed instructions carefully, that is not to say this is anyone's fault but my own. I obviously did something wrong, and am realizing now that I flashed a 3.0 img file on my 3.1 Honeycomb...this is probably where I went wrong.

Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
I had a similar situation using rootboot, don't worry....download the proper boot.img from tiamat's thread, and flash it via fastboot the same way you did the previous one and reboot. That should fix you right up.

And your Xoom is nowhere near bricked, just a little confused. It will be alright.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodmut:
ah so quick! thank you thank you thank you. how do i flash it if the device won't show up though?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodmut:
I had to turn USB debugging on in order for my Mac to recognize the Xoom when i typed in ./adb devices...obviously I can't do that now, so it won't show up. Any way we could talk on AIM or something like that so it's easier to communicate?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
You said you could get into fastboot, yes? Power the Xoom down with power + volume up, reboot into fastboot with power + volume down, plug in the USB, open a prompt in the same folder as you have the new boot image and use the same command that you did before....should have been something like fastboot flash boot boot.img.

That is what worked for me in much the same situation.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodmut:
It keeps saying unable to create a plugin over and over and over :(
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodmut:
Ah ok wait. I needed to shut down Parallels. The command ran, but it said failed in terminal. On the Xoom, it says "Boot command is not allowed on consumer devices, Failed to process command error (0x8)"
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
Unable to create a plugin....hmmm..that one is new to me.

Still don;t panic. If there is a way to get into Fastboot then there is a way to install a new boot image.

Did you type adb remount to start out?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodmut:
Just unlocked it again using ./fastboot-mac oem unlock...but when i type ./fastboot-mac boot boot.img it says the boot command is not allowed on consumer devices even though I unlocked it...also could you link the .img i'm supposed to use just so I can be sure lol
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodmut:
and no ./adb devices doesn't show my xoom
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
Here is the boot image...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=978013

and shouldn't the command be:

./fastboot-mac flash boot boot.img
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodmut:
Okie Dokie I'm a damn idiot. Flashed it successfully and am at the welcome screen. Thank you so much for helping me, at least I got some practice in with adb and fastboot commands! :D :D
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
No worries...I viewed it the same way. Down the line the knowledge you have been getting with this process will serve you well. Anyone can one-click, but doing it this way we learn how and why things work in Android.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodmut:
Absolutely. One last thing. I only flashed the boot.img and the Wifi says "error" under settings...should I have flashed anything else? I downloaded the stock image files and am considering flashing those and starting from scratch
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodmut:
Ended up flashing stock boot, system, and recovery images and am back to stock with no problems. Again, thank you for your patience and help.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
Actually I would go in and flash Tiamat's kernel via CWM. That worked for me in restoring my wifi.

Otherwise you can run the following commands to restore wifi (I think...)

adb push bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko

adb push cifs.ko /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko

adb push tun.ko /system/lib/modules/tun.ko

adb push scsi_wait_scan.ko /system/lib/modules/scsi_wait_scan.ko

EDIT....OR you can just go back to stock and start again. Good luck.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conganhthuc:
I just install ginger bread leak is there any way to restore back to factory setting I did try the PD15IMG but it say that one was old so it did not flash please help thank you very much for your time and sorry for my english
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PermROOT:
Did you make nandroid backup? If not then there are few things you can do to recover. As I am not sure which rom you had I am guessing stock tmo rom just rooted? In that case you can go to dev section and download nandroid or stock flashable zip which you can install via CWMR.

Now I am not sure how you installed the GB Leak rom as we do have flashable but I am guessing you used the PD15IMG.zip leaked that contained the radio/rom? I don't know why people even do these things. All you had to do was do a complete system wipe (/data; /system) and flash the GB Leak though CWMR. Now you have a new bootloader?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conganhthuc:
I solved the problem with downgrade that I was search in here thank you verymuch
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ifreaker:
Hello,

I've noticed a huge problem with the Android Market. This never happened when I first got my Nexus S, it just started happening. A few days ago I uninstalled Angry Birds Rio from my device and when I tried to reinstall Market wouldn't show the app. So I shrug it off and open up market.android.com on my laptop and tried to install it from there. But it didn't work. It said "This item cannot be installed in your device's country.". I live in the Maldives. I thought it had something to do with money or something and it was Rovio's (Angry Birds maker). I decided there was nothing I can do because, well, some people don't even know my country exists. But today the same thing happened again, I accidentally removed "Pulse News" app and went to the market and the same thing all over again. Didn't show up in the market app so I checked market from browser and it was there and the same message came up. Lots of apps disappearing from the market, the same message when I try to install using browser. Even when I scan QR codes to go to direct market links it doesn't work. Surely this has to be a bug of some sort?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnoicatse:
Try clearing your data in settings>applications>manage applications>all>scroll down to market and clear data and see if that helps.

If it doesn't work there's a good chance that you really can't download it from your country.

Or

Google did say that the android market will be getting updated in the next couple of weeks and that may be causing the issue.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ifreaker:
Yeah I already did that, didn't work.

Looks like I'll have to wait and see what happens.

EDIT:

Ok this is crazy!!! I can't even install ADW! There has to be something seriously wrong!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Babydollll:
I've had some issues with the market as well. Are you getting a download unsuccessful error. I fixed this same issue with a new password and a factory reset (I changed my password FIRST!)

Sent from a bird cage, with a swing!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suisen:
Market Tech support is full of this problem :/

over half of the installed apps don't show in My Apps on the phone

many i can't install, funny thing is doubleTwist via market.android.com gives me that "your device's country" popup, while Market installs it just fine

paid apps i already bought and have on my phone are now marked as not supported and don't show on Market or in My Apps....free don't show in My Apps....meaning no updates to 25 out of 40ish apps installed

Top Paid disappeared from market.android.com....Featured on web and phone now features only 5 apps

whatever they did, they really did it badly

updates, hard resets, any changes to my phone are now not an option until this is fixed :/
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deejaylobo:
This has happened recently in my country(UAE) too. Heaps of previously available FREE apps are now no longer available on the market. Bad enough I can't access paid apps now, I can't access all the best free app. Google has forced me to using this fix for this, use Market Enabler or some other SIM emulation app to trick Market into thinking you're in the US. This requires root. The non-root option is to use an alternative black market(with all the risks).
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ifreaker:
@babydoll25 no i am unable to even initiate a download.

Google really needs to fix this. A lot of apps I used to be able to install no longer show up in the market and am unable to install from the website either. I don't want to root my phone (not yet anyway) to be able to install free apps. I already tried changing my password but that didn't work and don't think a factory reset will fix it as my brother's Nexus One has the same problem. I think this started happening recently as when I first got my NS I downloaded all these apps. Now they are gone. I find no reason apps like ADW launcher should not be available globally!

Anyone know if Google responded to this issue?
[HTC EVO 3D] Vvlioncourtvv:
I am quite new to the technical aspects of mobile devices. We have both 3g/4g here in my city. I currently have the evo 4g. My speeds range on 3g from .20mbps to 1.30mbps and on 4g 2.4mbps to 12mbps. My question is when I get the evo 3d due to the newer hardware will my speeds increase or at least be more stable? If I had to answer my own question I'd say its a network issue and my speeds and stabilization will be same but I figured would not hurt to throw this question to you guys which I know are tons more knowledgable in this area.
[HTC EVO 3D] Rydah:
Should slightly.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinnyjr:
I want to keep the updates from coming back, is fotakill.zip the file I want to flash to stop the updates. I have that file still on my desktop and just do not remember if that is the right one????

Thanks

PS I googled it and no luck.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rod3:
Yes, fotakill.apk should kill your OTA notifications.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breakaway87:
Search function is down but I did go through a few pages of threads looking for what was going on and no luck but I apologize if this has been solved somewhere else.

First off I would rate my rooting know-how as beginner to intermediate. I've jailbroken/unlocked multiple iPhones awhile back and have rooted/flashed roms on a cliq, mts, my3g, and this mt4g before.

I recently returned my current mt4g back to stock rom and unrooted. I do not think I turned s back on but I should have double checked before.

I currently have root and flashed clockwork and am trying to flash CM7 (I had ran it before on this phone as well). I have an issue right now where I cannot get into clockwork recovery as it will just sit at the mytouch logo forever and if I try and volume up and power into recovery all I get is 3 vibrations and a flashing amber light.

I can boot into the stock (but rooted) rom.

Any ideas? I feel like my recovery is broken or something but this goes beyond what I know. Any help would be great and any information you need I'll be happy to provide.

myTouch 4G, rooted, s (probably) off, stock rom, clockwork says i'm on 3.0.2.4
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay3800:
After reading that, I'm not fully convinced you actually have root and S-OFF. If you're sure you do, download ROM Manager from the Market and use that to install a fresh copy of CWM recovery. Also make sure the "fast boot" option is turned off somewhere under Settings. At that point, there should be nothing preventing you from getting into recovery if you have perm root.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breakaway87:
I've got ROM Manager and it has SU permissions and I have the latest recovery flashed but I am still stuck on mytouch logo or the 3 vibrations/amber light when I try to get to recovery. If I reboot there is still no problem getting SU in terminal emulator or ROM manager or anything.

Fast boot is off as well. Thanks for the help so far.

Any ideas?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay3800:
I don't often boot into recovery manually since most custom ROMs have an enhanced reboot menu with a recovery option, but if memory serves, I believe the key press combination is actually Power + Volume Down, not up like you mentioned in your OP. Give that a try.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breakaway87:
Man I am really crazy. Here I am a tmo rep and also a novice modder and I'm hitting power + volume up.

Worked like a charm.. Now just to figure out why clockwork is sitting at the mytouch screen when trying to install CM7.

Thanks for the fresh set of eyes!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay3800:
After flashing CM7, the phone hangs at the myTouch screen when attempting the first boot?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breakaway87:
From ROM Manager if I try to flash CM7 from there it goes to the mytouch screen and hangs before anything else happens.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay3800:
What if you select the "boot into recovery" option in ROM Manager? Does the phone reboot into CWM recovery? (you should see the main CWM menu in orange text)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breakaway87:
Boot into recovery takes me to MT4G logo and hangs.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay3800:
So you don't have a good installation of CWM. Open ROM Manager again and re-flash a fresh recovery. I think there's an option to wipe your existing recovery beforehand, so if you see that, select it. You need to get a working recovery image before you can do much else.