yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pithism:
i own a new Thunderbolt, and even thought the specs don't look like an improvement they really are. And even though dual core is out there, the test beween dual and single aren't that far off from each other.

Quadrant scores (which is yes invaild technically) at 1.4 oc 2690, but mostly at 2100-2300

Positives

-more ram (768 mb), which makes a insane difference, almost never lags.

-The cpu is 1 ghz but can safely over clock to 1.4 (because qualcomm has stated it is stable clock from 800mhz-1.41 ghz) and i even got it stable at 1.8

-comes preloaded with 32 gb card, nice plus. and even thought it says 8 emmc, it only has 2.8 GB or something to work with, what is still a good amount.

-screen is gorilla glass, so its tough and durable.

-camera 720p recording (rumors of 1080p with new sense roms)

-if u want to video chat then yes this phone has a front camera thats always nice.

-Even though the screen is big, it doesn't feel it. because got some width instead of just length like droid x it looks smaller.

-And o yea LTE which is insane, almost as good as Wifi N in some areas.

Negatives

-Battery Battery Battery Battery Battery SUCKS. But i upgraded to ginersense 2.1/3.0 mods and my battery life is insanely good all of a sudden.

-$250 for a phone is expensive, But Samsung LTE Charge is 300 and tech specs are same if not worse in some aspects.

-Stock comes with 2.2 but with root gingerbread is easily available.

But with any phone you got to buy it for your needs, so if you need battery throughout the day, dont even bother, but if you can lug around batteries or chargers, its a must upgrade.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vonhinkle:
Wait for sure.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjskalet:
yea definitely would wait. i have a feeling this summer we will get some sweet dual core phones, and there isnt any point in getting anything less than the best out there.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phenol312:
+1 for waiting. I'm perfectly happy with my Dinc until something with better hardware comes along.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neomastermind:
Oh yeah, just wait. It's what I'd do if I had the option.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The-Captain:
Agree
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POQbum:
My brother has a Thunderbolt, it's pretty nice. As long as you root it, and do a few tweaks with lower voltages the battery life is pretty good (better than my incredible), but once you turn 4G on it'll be significantly worse.

I'd still say wait, unless you really want to jump into a new phone. Who knows when another comparable phone will come out.

The Thunderbolt is pretty large too, some people like that since it'll be easier to do things on- but personally I find it just more of a hassle to carry around.
[Desire General] brynte5:
i´m having some problems with wifi not starting when it should, so i figured i´d install the newest radio and ril!

the ril got installed just fine, but the radio has failed to install a couple of times now!

do i need to install some drivers and that´s why it´s not working?

i just got into recovery and first flashed the radio and then the ril and restarted...
[Desire General] TheGhost1233:
Gone guess you have a alternative hboot with small cache?

Use fastboot like mentioned on AlphaRev to flash radio.
[Desire General] brynte5:
i have cm7 hboot...
[Desire General] Meaple:
Extract the img file from the zip and boot into fastboot. In command promt/terminal (what ever you use) use this command:

fastboot flash radio filename.img

It will flash it properly (and is safest way to flash tbh).
[Desire General] brynte5:
thx Meaple!

your instructions were a little short, but it helped me to find a swedish guide, that got me through this, so now i´ve successfully installed, both the newest radio and a ril:)
[Desire General] jimmytheflea:
Hi,

Just so you know. HTC leave the cache partition so large because their RUU ROMS that they release use the cache pretty much exclusively for flashing radios.

Once you are S-OFF and change the partition size, you will no longer have enough space to flash the radio via a zip. When you flash a radio zip it extracts the img file to the cache partition and then flashes it to the phone.

Since you have downsized the cache partition to gain extra data space (which is the best option by far!), you have to flash the radio img directly to the phone without the use of the cache which is exactly what you have done.

Here is a quick easy method for the future to flash a whole bunch of things including radios. It's essentially using the ADB commands that you have already found but just as a nice easy utility.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794638
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jminor4326:
can someone please help me to understand the difference between Gingerbread 2.3 and 2.4? Is this just an evolution? What major differences are there?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Some minor differences, but you need to be on 2.3.4 to use the google talk with video.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tropicalbrit:
Are you talking about 2.4 or 2.3.4? 2.4 hasn't been released/named yet officially. 2.3.4 brings Google Talk w/ video and a few bug fixes.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] White Guala:
actually i believe they named the next ice cream sandwich at google i/o and it will " bring phones and tablets together".
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] darkcloud784:
Anyone know if this method works for the thunderbolt bootscreen as well?Using a Gif would be sooooo much easier than timing png's XD. I'd assume so but before I start trying it I would like to see if anyone else has tried it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=656536
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Jc8206:
I've tried running .gif boot animations before with no luck, not 100% sure it will work...which sucks cuz you're right, it would be waaaaay easier than a thousand sequential images.....

T-bolt>>gingerBAMF
[Defy Android Development] Febernacke:
How can I extract and verify the signature on the partition blocks from one SBF file using the information in the CDT file?
[Defy Android Development] Epsylon3:
good question, would have the answer too... and how to check CRC16 of SMG files also...
[Defy Android Development] Epsylon3:
Got it :cool:

nCRC is 2-byte unsigned int

nCRC1 is 4-byte unsigned int
nCRC2 is 4-byte unsigned int

tWords is array of 2-byte unsigned int

FOR W=1 TO (nDataSz/2) STEP 2
nCRC1 += tWords[W]
nCRC2 += tWords[W+1]
END
nCRC = nCRC1 + nCRC2 + (nCRC1 / 0x10000)
[Defy Android Development] Epsylon3:
no, some partitions are protected against ERASE by RAMLDR :

"mbmloader","mbmbackup","pds","bploader","sp"

pds and sp have no signature in this CDT table
[Defy Android Development] Febernacke:
I have now made a simple tool to verify signature in files with.

Verify only, and the software is not tested much so it can have bugs.

First you need to open CDT (CG31.smg) then you double click on the name for each image you want to load e.g. boot for the boot image and then you browse to CG35.smg and open it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jminor4326:
can someone please help me understand the difference between these two? How does Sense 3.0 fit in with Gingerbread 2.3 or 2.4? Does it?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mevensen:
To the best of my knowledge, Sense and Android versions are independent of each other. For our purposes, there is a very high likelyhood of getting a stock upgrade to Gingerbread on the EVO 4G (some say impending OTA very soon), but a low chance of us ever seeing Sense 3.0.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cares:
Pretty sure we won't see an official Sense 3.0 for our phones...but one can hope? Some of the 3.0 stuff looks awesome!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] travlincablguy:
I don't think there is much difference between froyo and gingerbread. The froyo kernel still works on GB roms. I believe sense 3 is a GB based rom. 2.0- 2.1 are made in both varieties but it doesn't seem to add anything by being based on GB versus froyo.

Sense 3.0 seems to be suited for tablet also. There are minor changes to the way it works. The lock screen has shortcuts on it, cosmetic changes and I did notice the music player now can download cover art. Other than that I have not noticed any major enhancements. HTC hub is starting to work but gives me problems when using a different skin.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kkinder:
The Galaxy Tab, as well as CM7 on the Nook Color, feature a Compatibility Mode setting in Settings -> Applications. When disabled, apps designed for a smaller screen on old SDK versions are forced to scale up to the size of the tablet.

This option seems to be missing on the Flyer. Anyone know how to enable/disable it?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] nickmgray:
The option isn't within the Android settings, you need to download Spare Parts from the Android Market and uncheck the box there and then restart the Flyer. Does not work will all app (speedtest.net will not stretch for me).
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kkinder:
Oh, thanks. I thought it was in Settings -> Apps for some reason.
[Networking] jkseger:
Hi all,

I'm seriously considering moving from Verizon to AT&T to get the HD7s. What I'm concerned about is the cost of the plan I'd have to have in order to enjoy the phone. We currently both have HTC TP2's running Dibbs' 6.5 ROM.

I just spent about 20 minutes on the AT&T site but didn't find what I was looking for so, I'm turning to you all, the experts!

My wife and I currently have the following plan on each of our phones...NATIONWIDE MSG W/EMAIL & WEB

and currently pay $54.99 - a 20% corporate discount. This plan is unlimited web, data, text, pics but pay $0.25 per minute. We did it this way because our average minutes per month combined is only about 50.

Is there an AT&T plan like this out there currently? How about an old plan that used to be out there that I might be able to "persuade" someone to activate us under.

Thoughts????

Thanks in advance!!

John

P.S. We would qualify for a 15% corporate discount with AT&T too.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bongd:
Hey guys, remember those who used Tenfar's custom Recovery to format and partition their internal SD? Remember how it damages the touch screen response on the bottom half inch of the screen? Mine is fixed!!

I don't know what it does, but that particular function damages the PDS file. I've received help from a person who cannot be named and my AT&T Atrix is 100% fixed. Touch screen works flawlessly again, no Wifi issues, no Bluetooth issues and System Updates work fine.

He is working on scrubbing my personal data (serials, etc) from the PDS file and I'll be able to share it with the entire community. But if there's a dev out there who can contact me specifically I can send both the damaged and corrected file right now. I need help figuring out how to apply these serials to a blank PDS file so others in the community can fix this problem as well.

Out of respect, I will not name the person who assisted me as it compromises their work security. They went out on a huge limb and graciously assisted me without any reason other than they're a kick ass person with a huge heart. I'm no programmer by any stretch, but if anyone could assist me I know that there's about a dozen others (maybe more) who really need help fixing this issue. Someone please PM me if they can help!! :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] KeRmiT80:
i messed up mine too...

any chance to get any help/solution?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] natboy:
One thing you could do is diff the two files to see if they're different. I don't know what the file is either though. Can you ask him how he fixed it? Also can you run the program strings against it? One other thing, is this fixed on changed partitions our did you change them back to the default?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] KeRmiT80:
currently i'm in the situation that i can only flash my device, as i cannot complete motosetup, i cannot access debug option so no adb.

i read that the partition with the pds file has been already found

100%	mmcblk0p3 PDS.bin	2097152	Persistent Data Storage

(from the atris sbf thread)

would be great to know what is executed in the script of tenfar for the internal sd partitioning, but my knowledge ends here.

so i guess (i'm everything but a developer :( )

if could be possible to flash/restore that partition with the nvflash selective option

or integrate it in a generic sbf, or the second init will save us all or the gingerbread update...dunno :p

but i see we are many we touched the wrong button but i don't see any dev interested here or in the thread of tenfar's recovery

i read that psd contains unique infos like the imei so maybe none of the devs wants to release a potential cloning system...

really i don't know even if what im saying is correct :o
[Atrix 4G Android Development] edgan:
I am willing to help. This should be relatively easy to do.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] KeRmiT80:
in android recovery touch screen works correctly till the bottom, menu/ok button too.

the problem is in the os i guess, but damn i cannot use adb (no debug), seems that neither the early usb+shell root works for me...i can only flash using rsd

and after flashing stock rom i'm stuck at the damned motosetup

maybe are useful infos for you

god knows how i'm desperate :(

edit i'm reading that for old motorola phones like v3 exist a flashbackup and a psd editor, used to unlock the phones but also to revive damaged ones. maybe...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bongd:
I've got my original corrupt PDS at home as well as one which has been corrected from a legit developer (can't release any of their information due to work employment security concerns).

I guarantee that it has been 100% fixed though. Bluetooth works, Wifi works, cellular data works and I was even able to upgrade from 1.26 to the latest AT&T OTA update and root everything.

When I announced this no one gave a **** so I didn't make a fuss. I know there are still a few bros with this problem though. I sent my PDS files to another member and they're looking into it. Hopefully you guys can get this working for yourselves as well! :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] KeRmiT80:
dear friend you are promising salvation with your words, but you're not helping too much...

you gave the phone to that developer, he told what/how he solve the problem?

i understand psd is based on personal imei, so your fixed one is not working on mine etc etc

the point is that possibly your friend as legit developers has access to software to create/flash psd to the atrix.

the question is would be possible to receive the same helping hand?

there is no support in my country for this phone, and i'm not a dev.

so the only chance for me and the rest of the halfbricked people is to get the tools and the tutorial how to from you/your friend.

do you think it is possible?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bongd:
Sorry, I'm not helping much? I'm NOT A DEV!!! I have no obligation to help anyone whatsoever. I lack the technical know-how to help anyone. Please don't ****ing test me. :mad:

I've begged every Atrix developer here for help - NO ONE helped other than Tenfar. And unfortunately his advice took me in a completely different direction. No one can point a finger at me for not trying my best. I was so desperate that I got another Atrix because mine was dead for over a month before it was revived.

meneomic has been working feverishly to get his Atrix working as he's encountered the same problem. I've sent him my original and damaged PDS, as well as the one which has been corrected. The strings are not in plain text format and when I viewed it in a Hex editor I found nothing useful. That's all I can do. If someone knows how to put the IMEI and other serial numbers into the fixed PDS they can write it to the appropriate block and this problem will be fixed. That's all that needs to be done... but that alludes me.

I realize there are some people who are upset that their Atrix's aren't working after messing around in the recovery menu, but I've done my best. I have literally stayed up for days working continuously on this. My wife nearly smashed both my Atrix's in frustration because of all the time I've invested in it. I've done what I could and unfortunately got no where.

/rant
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Bakano:
Chill out buddy....

Atrix ~_~
[Atrix 4G Android Development] KeRmiT80:
tons of words but nothing useful guys ;)

leaving the good manners debate aside for one moment... :)

bongd you say you have the 2 file corrupted and corrected, but someone had to flash somehow/somewhere into your phone. who? you or your friend? what did he use to manipulate? can you ask him or not?

second easy group of questions for every dev out there,

-not interested because no reward (for the moment)?

-not interested because impossible?

-not interested because xxxx?

i'm trying to understand please...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bongd:
I sent my broken file to dev, he fixed it and I flashed it.

There was no exchange of phones, nothing special done, etc. I just used the dd command to write the fixed PDS file. How it was fixed, I an uncertain. I've tried for days and days to no avail. This is what you guys will have to figure out. I've invested too much time and already have a fixed phone which was sold to a friend.

If anything from that phone is needed for whatever reason, it's been sold to a coworker and I can obtain it any time.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] KeRmiT80:
ok we are talking now :)

the question is how did you extract that file?

i don't have adb access because after partitioning my phone failed to boot and i had to flash stock rom. now i cannot pass the motoblursetup (no wifi-no data, i'm stuck there) so cannot enable debugging
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bongd:
Yes you can. To bypass the motoblur activation type this when you are on the select language screen

Fn,E,Fn,E,B,L,U,R,O,F,F

Hold the Menu button to get the keyboard to pop up. That should work.

This will allow you to get to Settings > Applications and enable USB Debugging. Just make sure not to click on the wrong icon because you can't close a program once it's opened because of the bottom portion of the screen not responding.

I had to battery pull about 500 trillion times doing different things to fix this.

If you write my PDS it will fix the screen, but of course the serials will all be incorrect. And I don't know what this could do so I'd not recommend it.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] KeRmiT80:
mmm my phone recognizes the menu button as the bottom of the visible screen so pressing menu results in selecting the emergency call, pressing search button moves me to "next", the home or back button in the middle bottom of the visible screen...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bongd:
Hold the menu button down until the keyboard pops up and give this a shot.

I'm positive you'll be able to.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Mr. Clown:
Please stop the foul language. Thanks.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tan G:
according to this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15026407

you just have to open adb shell and run

su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard-ext/pds.img

anyone backed up this partition??

I need it badly
[Atrix 4G Android Development] meneomic:
maybe you will find what you are searching about there: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1035228&page=4
[Atrix 4G Android Development] tan G:
gitbrew.org is down for now

http://dev.gitbrew.org/~dasmoover/android/atrix/atrix-devkit-fs.tar.gz

do you have this file on your computer?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirate Dan:
Hey Guys,

I read over the entire Das Bamf thread and there is one solution to getting the computer to recognize the SD card by connecting Internet Pass Through. However this is not working for me. Any Ideas?

Also, I am in a predominant 4G area and my TB is no longer connecting or finding 4G. Once i loaded the ROM it was 3G but moved to 4G after a few minutes, now since a reboot or two, it is stuck on 3G.

In the Das Bamf Toolkit I had to change it from just cdma to CDMA +LTE/EvDo auto but still no success.

Any help would be great
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaFF_MyZZteR:
The 4G issue could be the radio you installed. Try installing a different one. As for the disk drive...I haven't had any issues. My only suggestion would be to do a clean install again. I had to install it twice to get the rom working correctly.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirate Dan:
I went from stock root to Das Bamf. I installed the gingerbread radio before doing it. Did I need to install another one along with it?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gohamstergo:
there is only one Gbread radio currently available. so if you flashed it already, youre good.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirate Dan:
OK, so should I flash it again?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Turd Furguson:
You might have to select LTE Only. Once it locks on, then enable the CMDA/LTE.
[EVO 4G General] Cares:
Does anyone know if there's an official changelog for HTC Sense? Or maybe a nice Wiki that'll have this info? I want to see what's changed between each version.
[Windows Phone 7 General] misha_birman:
When I connect my LG optimus 7 phone to my macbook pro I do not see the new network interface notification and I do not see the phone in the list of devices. What bothers me the most, is that the phone is recognized and is working fine with a Windows 7 laptop. Is there a workaround with the LG Optimus phone?

the phone sync fine with the mac using the windows phone connector for mac, although after i tweak the MFC menu to switch back and forth....
[Xperia Arc General] Dazza2910:
How do I do a total backup of the software as it is on the phone just now so that I can reflash it?

At the moment it has the Orange branded software. If I go to the unbranded software and want to change back, I'd like to know how I create an image of what I currently have!

Cheers

Dazza
[Desire HD General] Beamen1:
-delete----- sorry.
[HTC Sensation] secano:
Hey guys, I own a HD2 and I'm thinking about getting this phone once it releases here in the U.S. -- I have seen many videos of the phone and noticed that the screen actually looks smaller than the one on the HD2. Maybe it's just me, but can someone tell me if they're exactly the same (width and height) size?

Thx
[HTC Sensation] stepinmyworld:
it is slightly smaller in width. not sure of the exact measurments but i dont like that fact either. i just love the wide screen and the 4.3 inches like the evo and other devices. but i guess its for the qhd quality
[HTC Sensation] Lazzzara:
It's because 960x540 is a 16x9 aspect ratio (the same as an HD tv). The Evo, at 800x480 is a different aspect ratio (15x9?) that's a bit shorter and wider. Both are 4.3 inches though.

I personally prefer the Sensation as it doesn't feel as huge in my hand because it's a bit slimmer.
[HTC Sensation] secano:
yea...that's a minus for me. oh well, I'll have to wait until I get my hands on one and see if I can get used to it.
[HTC Sensation] madindehead:
It's not really a minus mate. The screen is the same size as the HD2 (4.3") but it holds better in the hand because it is slightly narrower.

You are still getting the same screen size. It just doesn't feel as bulky in the hand as the HD2/DHD. I got used to it almost instantly. It feels a lot more natural!
[HTC Sensation] DuoM:
Yes, it is smaller and the difference in surface area is actually quite significant.
[HTC Sensation] madindehead:
It isn't smaller. You need to remember that screen size is measure diagonally (corner to corner) so the screen is actually the same size. It is because of the resolution that the screen has different vertical and horizontal dimensions.
[HTC Sensation] DuoM:
The surface area is smaller, just like I said.