yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] darkonex:
Haven't got my Transformer yet, should show up at the house any moment now though. Been reading alot of complaints of issues with speakers, touchscreen problems, etc which has me scared, hope mine is fine! Anyway, one thing I notice in watching unboxing videos is the packaging of the tablet seems to be horrible in that it's right at the top seemingly against the top of the box, which I'd think would leave it more easily prone to getting jarred around, hit, heated up from the sun if sitting out for long etc and maybe this is at least part of the reason some people are getting bad speakers, touchscreens that don't respond unless you twist them etc? They should have put that thing in the middle of the box and more padded imo. Just wanted to throw that out there.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Digiguest:
My iPad had the same packaging, and my friends 1Pad 2 the same. That is just standard Tablet packaging.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] crater:
my nnexus one andG2 both had pretty much the same packsging layout. This is not the cause of any problems. The problems are manufacturing defects, they happen.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SoCalTiger:
I agree that the problems are more likely manufacturing than packaging but IMO the packaging could be improved. It would be VERY VERY easy to recess the Transformer 0.5cm and just put a 0.5cm foam pad at the top. That would give the device just a little more impact padding for shipment. That said, I suppose tablets don't really have moving parts per se.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Handsome_Rob:
Has anyone looked into this whole thing about there being FM Transmitter/Receivers being built into most Android phones(including ours)?

I was reading this article ==> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1092719 and I was curious. I wonder if I could use this to broadcast my music from my phone to my FM radio in my old car...

Any thoughts? (and yes I did search)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoffcorey:
The vibrant doesn't have a functioning receiving FM module, let alone a transmitting FM module. Our hardware is missing a few key components to have a working FM tuner.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Handsome_Rob:
Ok. So what prompted this question was my coworker has an Epic and has a FM Radio hack on hisphone. Thought the phones were similar enough but then the Epic is the oddball out of the Galaxies.

Thanks for the answer
[Galaxy S II General] ams84:
as you can see in the picture, do you think I should make replacement??
[Galaxy S II General] mur76:
Yes definitely
[Galaxy S II General] bilboa1:
yep replace it
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Yes! And your phone have the yellowish tint too in the left side of the screen.
[Galaxy S II General] OccasionalDroid:
Wow,

Do samsung have a QC dept at all?
[Galaxy S II General] dandumitru:
yes replace if will be possible.
[Galaxy S II General] Badassian:
What causes that white spot? I have one but its extremely tiny. I have heard about the yellow tint.
[Galaxy S II General] ephraim:
Isn't that a smudge on the screen?
[Galaxy S II General] Athavan:
Have you ensured that, it exists during all the time?
[Galaxy S II General] Skellyyy:
I have that as well! Only notice a part of the screen looks grey when on black background. Will Sammy still replace it even though I've rooted it before? I'll obviously flash it back to stock.
[Galaxy S II General] Vennaol:
Solution... Maybe

k i have had this scenario before and it was mainly because of me flashing things that were not for my firmware version like flashing boot animation that was for 2.3.5 when my firmware is 2.3.6 and what i did was to reflash the custom rom i had like crisleko. The whole screen became white after that. Hope this helps!:cool:
[Galaxy S II General] Athavan:
Sure you will get replacement..

1.unroot the device

2.flash stock fw

3.reset yout binary counter to zero
[Galaxy S II General] Skellyyy:
= What are you even doing asking whether or not you should root your phone on XDA?! =
[Galaxy S II General] Skellyyy:
That was supposed to be how do I reset the counter btw.

= What are you even doing asking whether or not you should root your phone on XDA?! =
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jutley:
Hi does anyone know how i can change the amount of rows and collums in the default samsung home launcher. I have set LCD density to 182 looks great but a wast of space bellow on desktop cause not enough rows and collums. I have tried launcher pro adw etc they all suck juice and i really prefer the samsung one any help i would really apreciate it may be a simple change in the build.prop thanks in advance.
[G2 and Desire Z General] smokeuout:
i recommend visionary/gfree no adb but to each his own

pimped out g2
[G2 and Desire Z General] killswitch11:
The visionary-gfree no-adb method is awesome.. used it myself. But doesn't really apply to the Desire-Z, which is what the OP has.
[G2 and Desire Z General] deliriousDroid:
Yes it does, i have one, and it worked perfect for me:D
[G2 and Desire Z General] smokeuout:
oh snap!! my bad..all i saw was g2 root...score 1 for killswitch

pimped out g2
[G2 and Desire Z General] W3D3:
I heard that there is a high brick risk using visonary?
[G2 and Desire Z General] smokeuout:
only for permroot

pimped out g2
[G2 and Desire Z General] W3D3:
I permrooted my desire z with the tutorial above and everything is working fine - i tried visionary before but didn't worked for me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] akira112:
Thanks, rooted my bell desire z with this guide.
[G2 and Desire Z General] backarelli:
pretty exhausting explanation. A big thank you....
[G2 and Desire Z General] slapshot30:
How different is this from the guide in the wiki?
[G2 and Desire Z General] guhl99:
Hi!

It's similar to the wiki method but uses older versions of the tools and some tools and procedures are redundant (i.e. using psneuter for temp-root to downgrade but rage for temp-root during the gfree procedure).

If you know how to use adb, follow the wiki, if not follow the visionary temp-root plus gfree guide that is somewhere around here.

Have fun - Guhl
[G2 and Desire Z General] silverwind:
Infact, it is a concise tutorial :)

You dont need to open many links just to know how to root.. unlike the time before this thread exist

Thanks to the OP :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] W3D3:
Glad you all like it ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] ElNiNi0:
Hi,

I got a question before I jump off the bridge and root/flash/stress.

My phone is still on the branded bellmobility firmware, but it is unlocked. Since I only want to get rid of bell stuff and install an official HTC WWE ROM, do I have to follow your guide and root the phone to flash it ? Or can I follow only the flash part and flash an official ROM without rooting ?

Thx
[G2 and Desire Z General] letsgophillyingeneral:
I was able to root my girlfriend's G2 that was still on 2.2 by using this method:

http://archive.rootzwiki.com/index.php/Smartphones/HTC-Corporation/HTC-Desire-Z/G2.html

My coworker recently got a replacement G2 and it shipped back to her with 2.3 on it. We're just wondering if we're able to use the same perm root process that we used for my girlfriend's G2 (2.2)
[G2 and Desire Z General] smokeuout:
If u dont want to permroot but u want roms I suggest u at least temp root using visionary, z4root, or one of the othrr one click methodz. If u browse the forums people have gottin into trouble not bein rooted. Then if u dont like it u can reboot and itll go back
[G2 and Desire Z General] W3D3:
You can also use temproot which means that you can use all the root functions (flashing included) till you reboot.

I thought of that method before but when you wanna play around with the different roms to find out which is the best permroot would be great. (Look @ the guide)

I dont know much about temproot so just head over to another thread in xda to find out more about that method.

Its your choise.
[G2 and Desire Z General] guhl99:
Hi!

No, the 2.3.3 version that T-Mobile/HTC are shipping as replacement (by accident) are not rootable at all (at the moment).

There is currently no published temp-root method for this release and therefor it can also not be S-OFFed or perm-rooted.

Have fun - Guhl
[G2 and Desire Z General] Whippler:
I have been thinking about rooting my desire z for a while now, just made a backup.

got the android sdk, and adb working, but i cant get the infocid, "fastboot oem boot" doesn't work? why? what to do?

well just skipped the part, worked just fine whit out goldcard. i'm rooted now :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] jmcneil919:
THANKS!!!!

I had tried rooting my G2 several times with the visionary and rage methods with no luck before I came across this tutorial. This worked great for me. Now I have S-off, clockworkmod recovery and sim unlock. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The G2 is by far the most difficult android phone I had to ever root.
[G2 and Desire Z General] W3D3:
Glad i could help you ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Vandermonde:
Hi,

I was looking for that kind of Guide for months. Thanks a lot. I will try to root my DZ later. Anyway, at step 8 :

It should be : /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 1.34.405.5 , right ?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Whippler:
@Vandermonde

That makes sense, but mine worked just fine whit 1.33... tough.
[G2 and Desire Z General] W3D3:
yes i think you are right but it worked fine for me with 1.33 too so i wont change that in the first thread.
[G2 and Desire Z General] bombadier:
Thanks for a good guide, a couple of wee questions,followed your guide to a letter to root my Desire Z in the UK, got clockwork recovery working,no problems,seem to be as root,do i need to do anything else? Or is that me completely rooted and ready to flash radios and ROMS?,been reading alot about a modified Hboot or "Real Eng S-OFF",anyway thanks in advance for any advice/guidance
[G2 and Desire Z General] W3D3:
happy i could help :)

no youre done.

you can now flash everything you want ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] celahudini:
Thx for a great guide.Maybe a suggestion that u should add that in the ClockworkMod Recovery you're suppose to make selections with the trackball/trackpad and not the power button like when u're in bootloader.It had me stuck for like half an hour :D

Thx again
[G2 and Desire Z General] Vandermonde:
Hey, can you repost a link for psneuter I can't get it from the first post ;). Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z General] W3D3:
There you go ;D

http://wede.devftw.com/downloads/psneuter
[G2 and Desire Z General] larmy:
Fixed original problem, but now there is a new one...

Hi W3D3.

First of all I want to thank you for an tutorial!

I have a problem however and would be very grateful if you (or anyone else for that matter) could help me.

First I had a problem with copying su and Superuser.apk to my sdcard. It would say access denied. However I went back and started over from part 15. It involves restarting my phone so I think that might have done the trick?

Now I've reached part 17 but Clockworkmod sees my Desire Z as a G2? I don't want to flash Clockworkmod with this error but how can I change it and is it a big deal?

Hope I didn't leave anything important out.

Thanks again for a great tutorial!

Kind regards

/Larmy
[G2 and Desire Z General] W3D3:
Hey Larmy,

You can just go on and tap G2.

Thats not an clockwork error because the desire z and the g2 have the exactly same hardware, means both are the same phone except the firmware: the desire z comes with the sense interface and the g2 not.

Makes no differences for clockwork.

Hope that helps ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] metalclown:
I am receiving this message when I attempt to flash the 1.34 firmware.

"PC10IMG.zip

not found

PC10IMG.nbh

No or wrong image

Loading... PC10IMG.zip"

It returns to the bootloader screen and nothing actually happens, I was never asked to update.
[G2 and Desire Z General] PaganAng3l:
It's possible you have a bad download or maybe you have windows set to hide known file extensions - which causes some people to actually rename it 'PC10IMG.zip.zip'. I would first try to delete the current img you have and download a new one, also when you open 'my computer' goto Tools -> folder options -> view tab -> then about the 8th or so box down will say 'Hide extensions of known file types'. Make sure that is unchecked so windows will always show you the file extensions, making it less likely you could misname it. Happy flashing! :D

Sent from my G2 w/ meXdroidMod PreGhostChilli
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tronar:
No worries. I flashed two different HTC Desire Z with the clockwordmod without any troubles. I was worried, too, when I could only choose "G2", but the Hardware is definitely the same (people seem to be flashing radios etc. back and forth) and I can speak from personal experience, that Clockworkmod will work just fine on your Desire Z after confirming the G2 option.

Tronar
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tronar:
Thanks for posting this great and detailled how-to!

That's the way I did it successfully without any experience with Android phones before.

Except I used the tool AMT to acquire temp-root and prepare the phone to be downgraded. But the tool failed me for the further steps, so I had to manually do the rest of the perm-root process.

Tronar
[G2 and Desire Z General] itm:
Trying to root UK Desire Z - Fallen at first hurdle

I'm trying to follow these instructions to root my UK Desire Z but can't get past the first stage....

I've successfully downloaded and installed ADB from the link in the first post. I've connnected the phone in USB Debug mode, but the first time I tried "adb reboot bootloader" I got this message:

"adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon"

I tried it again and got this:

"adb server is out of date. killing...

ADB server didn't ACK

* failed to start daemon *

error:"

I then tried it a third time and got this:

"* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *"

My phone rebooted to the white screen but I can't see an INFOCID on it. In fact none of the version numbers on that screen are in the format HTC_*. So I then tried running the "fastboot oem boot" command but got this:

"'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file."

Obviously I'm a noob - can anyone suggest what I've done wrong/what to do next?
[G2 and Desire Z General] itm:
Ok I worked around this - it turns out that fastboot.exe is in a different folder (tools), whereas the adb.exe is in the platform-tools folder. So then I CD'd to that folder and tried to run it. It failed because it couldn't find AdbWinApi.dll, which is back in the platform-tools folder (!)

So I then cd'd back to the platform-tools folder and ran ..\tools\fastboot oem boot. This time it ran, and I got the output below. There's no INFOCID, but it does say "CID is VODAP001". Does this mean I need a goldcard?

If I successfully manage to create a goldcard, using the instructions in the link in the first post, do I then simply insert it in place of my usual MicroSD card then proceed with Step 3 of this guide?

< waiting for device >

...

(bootloader) setup_tag addr=0xA0000100 cmdline add=0x8D08747C

(bootloader) TAG:Ramdisk OK

(bootloader) TAG:smi ok, size = 0

(bootloader) TAG:hwid 0x0

(bootloader) TAG:skuid 0x25209

(bootloader) TAG:hero panel = 0xF

(bootloader) TAG:engineerid = 0x4

(bootloader) MCP dual-die

(bootloader) MCP dual-die

(bootloader) TAG:mono-die = 0x0

(bootloader) Device CID is not super CID

(bootloader) CID is VODAP001

(bootloader) setting->cid::VODAP001

(bootloader) serial number: SH0BDRT00687

(bootloader) commandline from head: no_console_suspend=1

(bootloader) command line length =466

(bootloader) active commandline: board_vision.disable_uart2=0 board_visio

(bootloader) n.usb_h2w_sw=0 board_vision.disable_sdcard=0 diag.enabled=0

(bootloader) board_vision.debug_uart=0 smisize=0 userdata_sel=0 androidbo

(bootloader) ot.emmc=true androidboot.baseband=26.04.02.17_M2 androidboo

(bootloader) t.cid=VODAP001 androidboot.batt_poweron=good_battery android

(bootloader) boot.carrier=VODA-UK androidboot.mid=PC1011000 androidboot.k

(bootloader) eycaps=qwerty androidboot.mode=normal androidboot.serialno=S

(bootloader) H0BDRT00687 androidboot.bootloader=0.85.0009 no_console_susp

(bootloader) end=1

(bootloader) aARM_Partion[0].name=misc

(bootloader) aARM_Partion[1].name=recovery

(bootloader) aARM_Partion[2].name=boot

(bootloader) aARM_Partion[3].name=system

(bootloader) aARM_Partion[4].name=cache

(bootloader) aARM_Partion[5].name=userdata

(bootloader) aARM_Partion[6].name=devlog

(bootloader) aARM_Partion[7].name=pdata

(bootloader) partition number=8

(bootloader) Valid partition num=8

(bootloader) jump_to_kernel: machine_id(2245), tags_addr(0x4000100), kern

(bootloader) el_addr(0x4008000)

(bootloader) -------------------hboot boot time:232467 msec

FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))

finished. total time: 8.485s
[G2 and Desire Z General] one2345shutup:
Hey Everyone,

I recently decided to root my G2, and so I decided to use these instructions.

Well... I got as far as entering adb reboot bootloader... and all I got was error: device not found

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
[G2 and Desire Z General] W3D3:
Usb debugging on?

Phone drivers installed correctly?

Try adb devices to check if your g2 is connected.
[G2 and Desire Z General] itm:
I got this problem and found that rebooting the phone resolved it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ilbeppez:
i think this guide wont work on DZ 2.3.3

anyone did it yet with this guide?

edit, i think not :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] Fludizz:
that is correct. For now, you need to downgrade to the 1.34 firmware if you want to root it. Rooted gingerbread on the desire Z is only possible with custom roms as far as I'm aware.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Baukevdw:
I'm getting this message at step 6

c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
[1] Illegal instruction /data/local/tmp/...
c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell
$

could the problem be that I'm running android 2.3.3?

Bauke
[G2 and Desire Z General] itm:
I got the same thing and it turned out to be a bad copy of psneuter. I eventually downloaded 3 versions from 3 different sources and the third one worked.
[G2 and Desire Z General] W3D3:
u mean the psneuter from http://wede.devftw.com/downloads/psneuter didn't worked for you?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Klael:
Hello,

My phone's CID is HTC M27, so needs Goldcard as far as I understand

I tried this method w,th several SD Cards (made goldcard by Gold Card Tool 0.07) but always got the "Incorrect CID" error.

Any suggestions to make a proper gold card?

Thank you in advance

Update: I solved the issue. GoldCard Tool reads my CID wrong. I did it by adb and worked. May help somebody else in the same situation.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Klael:
By the way, should I repeat steps 1-8 for each trial of a new gold card? Or can I just change the card and try to flash 1.34?
[G2 and Desire Z General] pacmanandre:
Im having a problem with my phone. I think its bricked. Recovery mode is frozen when i use it and my phones stuck in a reboot loop.

I tried this process but when i type "adb devices" no devices are listed.
[G2 and Desire Z General] joeleenus:
Help

Can someone point me in the right direction.

I was rooting my HTC Desire Z using the Cyanogen Wiki guide. ADB was working and I began to push the files but to my dismay it stated it had failed to move busybox and there was 'no such file or directory'. I'm not sure what I have done wrong all the files were copied to the platform tools folder?

So, I began to look around and found this. However, my phone is 2.3.3 so judging by the comments this won't work...

Had a look at the visionary method but the cyangoen / adb way looks more reliable?

Anyone have any suggestions?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
Use this guide to downgrade, and this one to root.

Stay well away from visionary

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] knightslay2:
Since you provided this guide may I ask you to provide screenshots?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
Are you asking me?

Screenshots of what?

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
You need to run adb from wherever you put those files, i.e. busybox. If you put those files in the platform-tools folder, make sure you change to that folder (cd) before you run adb. Setting the Path variable will let Windows find the adb command, but it won't help it find the files you're trying to push.

Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Magnumxxxl:
Does revolutionary work with the g2?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
No. Their temp-root (zergRush) does though.

Only gfree works.

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] DTAnthony:
Thank you.
[G2 and Desire Z General] MJHawaii:
Tmi

There is so much information on how to root and install a ROM on this device it is almost confusing. So since I am going to have an opportunity to work on this device I wanted to ask some questions? Visionary is a NO NO.. So I am going to be working on a G2 with 2.3.4 is unlocking the bootloader and flashing the ROM through HBOOT the easy way..found here? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1453066

Or am I going to have to downgrade to 2.2. first then unlock the B.L. ? It is pretty confusing in these threads. Can someone with recent experience advise on this
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
No, don't use the HTCdev way, it's rubbish (quite limited compared to getting S-OFF). Use the guide in the XDA Wiki (link at the top of the forum. Yes, you will have to downgrade first, but that's all explained in the Wiki.

Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Syriochan:
Hi there, i just got a desire z from my dad, and i'm currently using it as a second phone, i've got adb, but this post is full of broken links. Could someone answer with just the file names, i'll get them on google
[G2 and Desire Z General] viresh_dg:
nice! thank you
[EVO 4G General] v3rk:
i am completely unused to having so many options of what to flash, it's a little overwhelming. can anyone point me in the right direction to show me what all i've been missing out on?
[EVO 4G General] cesarcerros31:
There's many roms and kernels in the dev section welcome to the evo forums but my favorite is cm7

evo on cm7
[EVO 4G General] alaman68:
sense - koni elite or calkulins or myns

2.3 - cm7 or Salvage mod. MIUI is cool for a while too

Ports are more difficult, but viruses sense 3.0 is fun
[EVO 4G General] kingdazy:
my faves are in my sig, and MIUI is a fun one to play with, but no 4G. There are some nifty Sense2 ROMs, like avalaunchV3, and can be awesome, depending on which screen HW you have. it's based on a beta leak, and the drivers for certain screen types are not present yet.

ALSO! in another day, HTC will be releasing a new gingerbread update, which will be making for some AWESOME ROMs in the coming week. keep your eyes peeled.
[EVO 4G General] v3rk:
awesome! thanks for the replies folks. currently running evodeck 1.2t and loving it.

my epic never saw true aosp before, so as far as kernels. . . is it cool to flash whatever aosp kernel on whatever aosp rom? any wiping to be done when flashing kernels?
[EVO 4G General] tropicalbrit:
Wipe cache and dalvik before flashing kernels. What recovery are you using? I would suggest AmonRa, due to scripting issues. Make sure the kernels are Gingerbread-compatible. I would suggest Tiamat w/ SBC. I made a poll, and it is the winner.
[EVO 4G General] v3rk:
yes i'm on amon-ra, was good to see it again i missed it from my g1.

thanks for the suggestion! :)
[EVO 4G General] alaman68:
definitely tiamat. Try MIUI for a totally new experience as well.
[EVO 4G General] xchompondizx:
Try Decks or Myn's rom. :)

"Smooth"

http://www.gifbin.com/bin/052010/1272965532_nigerian-kid-dance.gif