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[Verizon Droid Charge] JKChad:
1. Yes!, The droid charge can be rooted very easily using a program called Odin, and flashing a compatible file. There's a few threads in the Dev section about this. I suggest reading about how to use ODIN, it's what's samsung uses to flash .tar and .tar.md5 files that contain the OS that runs on samsung phones. read, read again, and then read it one more time to be sure. Heck there might be some youtube video's on how to use it. It's a commonly used by all the Galaxy S phones.

Also, If you plan on toying with your android phone. I also suggest on learning how to use a command prompt to be able to communicate with your phone using adb. It will require you to download a few different items like; android sdk, correct drivers for your phone ect. It can be very useful when doing things with your phone, especially if it's soft bricked ect.

2.the bootloader is not "locked" on the charge. I'm a little out of my league when it comes to describing what a locked or unlocked bootloader is. I'll let the more experienced people on here explain that. Another options is to just google it.

3. CWM is a modified recovery system that gives it's users more abilities beyond the stock android recovery system. Like creating and restoring nandroid files (images), Installing .zip files that may contain patches, roms, kernel's, ect, enabling and disabling voodoo lagfix (the conversion of rfs file system to ext4), and other various things.
[Verizon Droid Charge] aliensquale:
does doing all this ROM, rooting stuff help improve the battery life drastically? I'm only getting about half a days use on the phone right now and that's with a 30 second screen timeout and the screen brightness set to the lowest option..
[Verizon Droid Charge] JKChad:
maybe a little once some of the dev's start to tweak some of the settings on the phone. What it's really gonna boil down to is just the general things like, turning off background updates in apps that like facebook, weatherbug, ect. Most all apps that sync background data have their defaults set to sync pretty aggressively. If you use a pop3 or imap email, other then the stock gmail app. Make sure to reduce the frequency on how often the email sync, if you can. If your email provider, other the gmail, allows push over imap. Make sure you setup your email like that to help. Also, I like using the widget, power controller. it always gives me a quick visual to make sure I have wifi, bluetooth, gps, google sync, and screen brightness adjusted or turn on/off.

I'm currently getting right at a full work day out of mine. It usually comes off charge around 8-8:30am and I have yet to fully kill it by 8-9pm. Although is usually down to 20-30% by then. I'm in wireless sales. so, I live on my phone. I have 3 email accounts I watch, all setup to push through imap. do a lot of web browsing during the day, demo the phone to customers ect. Just an idea of my usage.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jorge3687:
there are two files in the dev section, that when you flash them with odin, it will get your phone root, vodoo, and Clockworkmod (CWM), very safe to do, just read a little, once you have cwm, you can use it to backup your entire phone, and restore it anytime you want.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reizvoller:
So I've been doing this stuff for a while now and have become very fluent in the droid rooting lingo but I am getting mixed messages on a few things.

ROMS and Kernels...

I understand that Kernel changes how different pieces of the hardware are utilized and the ROM is more or less how to interact with the hard ware but can a ROM ( such as CM# ) have it's own kernel. Meaning if I installed such and such a kernel, then did a clean install with CM7, would the such and such be wiped out and replaced with CM7's own kernel?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
Correct, when you flash Rom B, the kernel you had with Rom A is gone, but does exist in the backup, if you made one. Hence, when you restore Rom A, you get the kernel that was backed up with it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reizvoller:
Alrighty. Second little question...can't seem to find a clear answer for this... Is CyanogenMod a "Sense" rom or AOSP? :P
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcklesslydriven:
AOSP

CM is an AOSP ROM. It is based on the android open source project rather than the HTC Sense coding. If you are using CM7 or any other AOSP ROM you will not have any of the HTC widgets or lockscreen or any of the touches that are sense. However there are lots of apps in the market that will mimick Sense pretty well. To include people widgets that are scrollable.

The allure of alot of the AOSP ROM's is that they run faster or smoother. This would be due to them having a smaller file size.

You can always give it a try and if you don't like it jump back to a backup... I always recommend a back up.

Hope this helps
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rfarrah:
My knowledge of CM7 is pretty limited, but in my experience, most (if not all) ROMS come with their own kernal that the developer likes best for his ROM.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolegjoe:
So, I recently got my SGS2 in the UK and I'm interested in a custom ROM for it. I've been reading a lot of the development forums but I keep seeing words and phrases coming up but no definitions. Anyone care to clear a few things up for me?

KE7?

CRT-Effect?

CSC?

My handset has a baseband of I9100XXKDJ and a build number of GINGERBREAD.XWKE1. What are the significances of these numbers? Does this make any difference when flashing custom ROMs? Also, how can I go back to the stock ROM if the custom doesn't work for me? What are the chances of bricking the phone?

Any help is appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 101matt101:
1) KE7 is the firmware version, KE7 is newest, you can update via Kies or Odin.

2) CRT-Effect is a flash like screen off effect, it's on stock gingerbread but was omitted from the SGS2, it's like when an old CRT tv turns off, that kind of flash.

3) CSC is the "brand" of your phone (O2, Orange, SIM Free etc...)

If you want to go back to a stock firmware just flash it via Odin :)

The chances of bricking are tiny, basically pulling the cable out mid-flash is about all that will brick it, even then you could probably just reflash via Odin.

I hope that clears some things up for you :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolegjoe:
Cheers for that! The 'check for update' button on in the settings menu tells me there is no updates available and Kies seems to be pretty buggy. I'll look into updates later.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 101matt101:
Trust me on this one, Kies is crap. It's slow, buggy and crashes a lot...I personally just use Odin, it's easier and in my opinion safer (for the health of your phone). If you want to know how to use it I've made some videos on YouTube (shameless self promotion there :p). Just search for "mattj101101" then have a look at my channel, should explain a lot to you :)

Oh and here is a link to the latest KE7 firmware, this can be flashed in Odin, just extract the zip file then put the tar file in the PDA section....the video will explain all :)

https://rapidshare.com/#!download|9...zip|325881|R~D93C5BE436D1A2ADFAE99C25D8799E1A
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolegjoe:
You're right, Kies is terrible for crashing. Why can't Samsung get this right? Right now I have a loading bar for Kies updater that refuses to minimise and is floating above my firefox window. This seems like fairly a basic software design principal; 'Don't piss off your users'.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 101matt101:
Yes, afaik kies has always been awful, I moved from an HTC Desire to my S2 so thankfully I'd never experienced Kies until a few weeks ago. Thank god for Odin is all say........
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolegjoe:
So, what's changed with KE7?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 101matt101:
Battery drain problem fixed, auto brightness changing way to fast fixed, lock screen more responsive...I'm not sure what else, they're things I've noticed personally. Samsung don't publish change logs and simply operate under the mantra "newer is better, now shut up and update :p"
[Nexus S General] danyzfr6:
Have the Nexus S 4G reception issues on Sprint been worked out yet? I'm thinking of buying this phone but paused when I read that there have been issues.
[Nexus S General] ryandoubleu:
nope

the issue has not been resolved as of yet
[Desire HD General] Dr. lele:
To all guys who know what they're talking about:

I've heard that the DHD (as most Android phones) does not support hardware acceleration in videoplayback at all (The only phone that has it is the SGS...?).

If that's true it is logical, that 720p does not run on it.

But I think in some HTC apps and also in some games, the GPU must be use due to the performance.

Will there be any possibility to test whether the DHD is using the Adreno GPU or not?

Because if hardware acceleration is not enabled, with hardware acceleration my baby could run Sense 3.0 smoothly, couldn't it?

imo at the moment it's not possible, because it's not

perfectly smooth. And I hate that
[Desire HD General] springy:
Gingerbread do not support hardware acceleration. Honeycomb does. Lets hope for Ice Cream Sandwich!!!

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6914
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emadul:
Hi my hd2 is on a stock windows mobile rom and has a huge battery drain, every 1 minute or so i lose 1% of my battery and even on standby its the same.

Please can anyone help!!!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Santa-Claus:
Do you have a google-mail-account? Look here, there are lots of people with similiar problems. And they show the way to solve the problem :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1090503
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emadul:
I noticed that my battery drain was high with android on my phone and then i flashed a stock windows mobile through sd, so i have nothing on my phone and it still does it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gerhardvr:
See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=718173
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TexasBadger:
I have a rooted (XTRSense 5.01) Droid Eris running Wireless Tether 2.0.2 and Wired Tether for Root Users 1.2. It also has bluetooth. All three work well as tethers to my aging Dell laptop. I recently bought an Asus Transformer (TF) and keyboard dock, in part to replace that laptop when traveling. To my dismay, I have not yet been able to get any Internet access for my TF through my Eris.

Wireless WiFi Tether:

The Eris is apparently only capable of creating an adhoc network. Honeycomb will not recognize adhoc networks. The only workaround is rooting the TF, and that is not something that I want to do anytime soon.

Wireless Bluetooth Tether:

This should work in theory, but bluetooth tethering isn't working for me. I can pair the Eris to the TF, and the tethering app on the Eris seems capable, but the TF wrench for the paired Eris only gives me two choices: "rename" and "unpair". Not very helpful!

USB Tethering:

Last night, I hooked up my new TF keyboard dock, updated the firmware, and then tried USB tethering to my Eris. The TF sees the Eris SD card as a disk drive and I can explore it with the TF File Manager. For example, I can now play my Eris ringtones on my TF (sarcasm intended). However, when I click to start the USB tethering app on my Eris, nothing happens. The TF continues to report no Internet access.

I love my new TF, but I will love it less if I have to start buying hotel WiFi. I have run out of ideas on what to try next. Any thoughts? :confused:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EMINENT1:
Have you tried rebooting or a hard reset. That worked for me. Both wifi and bluetooth work with iphone's Mywi app.

Check out the other tethering thread here that has specific steps you need to follow to enable it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
I know you said you don't want to root your TF, but surely this is the easiest solution?

Regards,

Dave
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EMINENT1:
Oh, also remember from there that if your app on your phone is only capable of ad hoc, looks like you'll have to root.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwer23:
You could install ClockWorkMod and then unroot again. You'll then be able to use this method to tether your phone.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeLopez:
i just wrote a step by step on how to tether(bluetooth) to transformer

here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1097692

seems to me the OP needs to read the "for advance users" notes on my post
[Galaxy S II General] phorcesquad:
Hello xda world.. A week ago I bought my sgs2 and I couldn't be happier.. It is indeed the best smartphone on the market and since the battery life lasts twice as long as my previous htc hd2... I think i will stick with this phone for a long time. There is only one annoying

That keeps me from being absolutely satisfied with my smartphone: The Calendar.

I am using google calendar for work, private and other things. Meaning I have a separate calendar for the separate categories. As most of you know sometimes you make a mistake when creating a new event by saving it on the wrong calendar and I just do not understand why android phones dont give you the option of moving an event from one calendar to another. Once I was reminded of this fact on my sgs2 I felt a bit frustrated. So maybe there actually is a fix for this that i am not aware of? If anyone has any Information about this subject... Please let me know. You developers out there.. I would donate good money if anyone can fix this :-)
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
Please, add better & more relevant thread titles, "ANDROID BIGGEST FLAW!!!" is really for eye-catching & getting attention for your problem, but it's really annoying to see such thread titles for problems like that, I don't want to reply to your problem just because of that.

Something like "My problem w/ Android calendars" would be 100x times better.
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Something like "My problem w/ Android calendars" would be 100x times better.

And might get an answer more to the point .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] hshah:
Your biggest flaw is the ability to select appropriate thread titles :p
[Galaxy S II General] krede:
I've been using Jorte for half a year now. Best calender app there in my opinion. :) Anyway - don't know about the stock calender, but in Jorte it is easy to move an appointment from one google calender to another.
[Galaxy S II General] Medulla_Oblongata:
I know this is rather offtopic but you mentioned having an DHD before your Galaxy S2. Since you have both phones, I'd like to get an opinion. Do you prefer the Galaxy S2 over Desire HD?

And what about the difference between HTC Sense and TouchWiz?

You see .. I'm ordering a new phone next Monday and can't pick. First I had the Desire HD on my mind until I read about the Galaxy S2. Now I'm having trouble deciding.
[Galaxy S II General] phorcesquad:
Thanks I will give Jorte a shot.
[Galaxy S II General] phorcesquad:
LOL.... Sorry about the thread title guys... I didn`t think it would create such a distress ... I am quite an amature on xda and didn`t have any strategy behind it.
[Galaxy S II General] phorcesquad:
I didn`t have a Desire hd but an HTC HD2. I guess it`s a matter of taste but if you wanna know my opinion: between the desire hd and Galaxy S2.... its not a hard choice... I would definitely get the Galaxy S2 if I were you.

I have never been a big fan of Sense in the first place... have been using launcher pro so far but after trying touchwiz for a week I must say its growing on me.
[Galaxy S II General] blackheart2925:
Here's two other calendar irritations I have observed -

1. my phone / tab syncs with my office Exchange server and frequently receive calendar invite for calls with the ppt attached to the invite...even after accepting there is no way I can see the attached ppt unlike the blackberry

2. Even after accepting the calendar invites, when I access my Exchange emails the invites still remain there in not accepted stage...
[Galaxy S II General] MoonRaven:
Well I've used Jorte for a while, I also used a lot of other apps. I prefer Calengoo when it comes to my Google Calendar. While the widgets are not the best, the app is near perfect.
[Galaxy S II General] Medulla_Oblongata:
Wow, Calengoo looks very interesting. Does it come with an agenda view widget? I can't try it out myself since don't have my phone yet.
[Galaxy S II General] kryptoner:
You can still edit the thread title...
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
I'm beginning to think that one of the biggest flaw for android = users

i said the samething during the winmo days
[Galaxy S II General] intruda119:
Couldn't have said it better phoony
[Epic 4G General] kiekan:
Has anyone seen this?

http://youtu.be/_OjP4bPDBcY

I'm wondering if this is just a series of APKs that we can install to gain the same functionality or if its an entire UI, similar to Sense or Touchwiz. Anyone know?

Hopefully we can bring this functionality to our Epics.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] nm8:
I'm trying to remember the name of the widget that records battery drain and charging current.....

Anyonw know it?

Thanks
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] KurdX:
i know which one you mean but i've been searching the market and i cant find it. guess you've done the same.

Maybe the owner removed it from the market?
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Rookie0840:
Hi

I believe the widget you mean is CurrentWidget (is in market), maybe?

Hope it is and this helps :)
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Command_HDX:
I thinks it's JuicePlotter: http:/latedroid.com/juiceplotter
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] jibber4568:
Been looking for something like this.

Cheers
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guardiansnet:
I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to revert the clear lockscreen back to the stock one on the newly released BAMF 1.7? Thanks!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guardiansnet:
Anyone know how to do this?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaFF_MyZZteR:
Why not just reflash the new BAMF 1.7 zip.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guardiansnet:
I already did just that. I'm talking about 1.7. Part of that new version is the clear lockscreen. What I'm asking is if there is anyway to revert that clear lockscreen back to an opaque stock one, which I personally prefer.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evolutioncsr:
What you are saying does not make sense...You say part of 1.7 is the clear lock screen but instead you want the opaque one from 1.7.

Are you talking about different versions of 1.7? Maybe I am just going insane here...anyone? LOL
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guardiansnet:
LOL. I am asking if the clear lockscreen included in 1.7, can be reverted to stock? If so, how?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akstyle450:
Isn't the sense lockscreens changed by sense themes?

You could just change the sense theme I believe
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyfingers:
Use a different skin. Menu>personalize>skins
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] rpavich:
I was just wondering how to go back to the stock TF theme when I want to?
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Mean Sixteen:
You can just reflash your rom. It should rewrite your framework res files back to stock.

Unless the tf or hc are somehow different than my two phones.

Sent through mental telepathy
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] JaiaV:
This should work perfectly fine.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] rpavich:
thanks very much....!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamozz:
Hey,

I recently updated to Android 2.3 it went smooth but since then I haven't been able to use my 3G or GPS. Even though they're both turned on from settings nothing happens. Help plz? :confused:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gxapplications:
And Wifi ?

Have you the same problem with Wifi network?

Since the 2.3 update, 3G/Edge and Wifi are disconnected every 2 hours.

Have you tried to switch off "Data" in parameters, and then switch on again ?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasopan:
Factory reset? Triple check settings?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antipesto93:
I have a galaxy S

When i get to the homescreen, 10 seconds later it loops back to the intro animation (Animated S)

This does not happen if i immediatly go into airplane mode

i have found that wifi is what is causing the issue here

SO, Assuming i can only using my device an airplane mode

how can i flash a new rom?

i am rooted

clockwork is not installed.

when i get into recovery its just the stock recovery window, if i try to apply an update.zip i just get... verification failed

i have tried wiping.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
So you are on complete stock? No root?

If so I would suggest pulling the battery, waiting a few minutes, replacing it and trying to boot up again. If it still loops, take it to your carrier for repair.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antipesto93:
edit: yeah i am rooted

the recovery is defiantly stock

it was purchased second hand :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zionator:
Dont go to vendor!!! yet

No dont turn it in to repair yet first try downloading odin and do as follows (very easy way to fix it)

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/fuguroot-galaxy-s-how-to If u r rooted then skip this link!!!

thne go and do

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1025348

Edit : If u r rooted then ur vendor might not help u as rooting breaks the warrenty.

:p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antipesto93:
OH

MY

GOD

THANK YOU SO MUCH

Did the ODA kernal thing and its working FINE now

If i could i would hug you :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zionator:
lol no worrys xda is here for all to help one and other ;)

I know how it is to be stuck with something annoyin. :eek:

Ps. u could give me a thanks button press tho hehe so my zero becomes a one :p
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antipesto93:
edit: done
[Bada Software and Hacking General] TGeorgeMihai:
How big is the internal memory ? on GSM Arena says that S8500 has 2GB , but mine shows only ~550MB of available memory ... So witch is it ?
[Bada Software and Hacking General] guari:
internal memory that you mean is 2GB on wave s8500, you see only 550MB because that is the partition for user data.

(it has been said hundreds of time...and it's clear if you see the contents of this partition, here there aren't os files...:rolleyes:)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rammydarealist:
My old tbolt screen took a dump on me received a new tbolt..once I root new phone can I restore my backup from old tbolt? Same SD card.just don't know when you do a backup if it saves on card or phone? Thanks
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bking_soda:
It saves on SD. You can actually go see the files via root explorer. Should work in theory. Good luck.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockstargroover:
I like Rom manager better. It creates the image and is a lot more easily manageable.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rammydarealist:
Ya that's what I thought should work in theory..what's the worst that could happen..lol.hope it doesn't morph into a paper weight
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] phomuabay:
hi . proximity and light sensor in my hd2 is problem and my phone can't auto turn-on when end call .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49-LdNvM4Pw

I want to disable this feature of the device and I tried to use proximity screen off, screebl but it seems not work . can someone help me ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] phomuabay:
hummm, no everyone help me ?:(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] j4n87:
Already tried to install a new rom? if yes, also a clean install, with task29?