yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Noremacam:
Dear amazing XDA android developers,

I need your help. You have an opportunity to help someone in need and at the same time do something fun and challenging.

But first a little backstory.

Over the last two years, my car has been broken into numerous times. I've had an old smartphone stolen(my treo 650 which I repurposed for gps nav), a stereo stolen, car chargers stolen. My car dash ripped open. I got another stereo from my grandma for christmas which was stolen a month later, even without the faceplate on it. I've also had my garage door beaten in(not to gain access, just to beat it, I suppose). I lock my car at night, but I also have clinically verifiable ADD, and I can never remember for absolutely sure every single night if I locked it - or if they're getting in some other way.

So you're probably wondering why I'm posting this on the Android hacking forum. I need your help catching the hoodlum who is doing this. I bought a new android phone, the thunderbolt, and it replaced my very aging Droid Eris.

What I want to do is activate the Eris on a second line for a month, and use a rom with specially cooked features to make sure it works flawlessly. I need a rom that can do a fake shutdown, where if you hold the power button and choose shutdown from the menu, it'll do a throbber or some other indicator and then shut off the screen, but continue to run. I plan on supergluing the battery case to the phone. I need the tracking apps to never quit from memory no matter what, and I need the GPS to be accurate and the phone to be stable. I plan on running multiple tracking apps(in case one fails). I have a 3500mah battery for the phone so I'm not terribly concerned with battery life. I need the indicator light blinking fairly often to attract attention. Since the Eris has that nice big white light under the trackball I thought that would help more. I also need to hide the tracking apps from the phone home launcher as well.

I'd leave this specially prepared phone on the dash of my car at night, and when it gets stolen(which I bet will take less than a month to happen), I will be able to call the police and find the neighborhood hoodlums and restore order. I've already talked with the police and they've said if I got them the GPS coordinates they can take action to retrieve the phone.

Can you help me with these features and fight crime in the process?

I wasn't sure if this was the right forum to post this in. I know there's a lot of Eris specifics, but I also know this could be a useful project for others with other phones as well who suffer from vandalism and regular thievery.

I will reward the forum with the story of what happens and the result.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zachlevi:
When ever i try to install arc rom or Bitsnacker.Honeycombarc.

It says:

Opening update package

Installing update...

Amend scripting (update-script) is no longer supported

Amend scripting was deprecated by google in Android 1.5

Please switch to Edify scripting (Update-script and update-binary) to create working update zip package

Installation aborted

I don't know what thats means.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zachlevi:
I have fixed that problem,but i like to know that i have install one rom like Eclair Bitsnacker.com v2.6,How can i install arc rom do i have to flash my x10 again or i can just install it via xrecovery.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evolutionizer:
Google amend to edify converter, remember seeing it somewhere in android.modaco.com

Xrecovery 1.0 does not support amend scripting which was used to pack the Roms

Either use the converter or use the previous xrecovery
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kriiks:
Hey, sry for intruding to this thread, but i got same problem. I installed xrecovery 1.0 on my freex10b4 and i cant install my favoured theme or anything now through xrecovery.

Is there any way to downgrade xrecovery back to 0.3 without breaking my system and how should i do this? Any help is really welcomed.

And i tried to convert my theme zip file with MoDaCo converter, doesnt give me error message, but doesnt apply theme too.
[Off-topic] soraxd:
does anyone know of a good free vpn service? would be much appreciation, thanks xda folk
[Off-topic] georgiajad:
i am in china and i use www.137vpn.com

it used to be called greenvpn but they changed the name since china government shuts them down frequently. this vpn will update your sign in automatically when they change addresses.

it is free for three months then you have to pay a small price. it has ok speed and offers a lot of connection choices. i recommend it. i am glad that xda is not blocked in china. however, sometimes china telcom blocks xda clickable threads. i dont know why. this vpn seems to work really well with xda and lets you access the normally blocked xda threads. maybe this vpn likes xda or something.

the above mentioned vpn also lets you toggle your phone from regular to vpn connection.
[Off-topic] Johnsonm90:
Why dont you look for an affordable VPN service instead??
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pithism:
when converting back to das bamf rom 2.0 beta 5 from das bamf froyo version 1.7, i lost my super user app, but still have super user functions, has that happened to anyone, and does anyone know how to fix it. I tried downloading the app from the market but it says package file was not signed correctly???
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pithism:
i just tried a root check and it says im not rooted anymore anyone got any ideas?

Also checked in bootlooder and i have s-off
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danmn1313:
Did you use one of the easy roots?

You are going to have to re root. Not all the steps though. Just the last 1/3 of the process.
[EVO 4G General] backdown:
I am about to make my 9 hour journey to Syracuse New york on friday, and just flashed a stock rom in order to make sure my gps works. What do people think of telenav? It looks like it is pretty nice and sturdy..and i get thirty days for free, so i might as well use it. I am use to using googles navigation.
[EVO 4G General] ItsLasher:
I'd stick with Google maps and call it good.
[EVO 4G General] MedicStuder:
I use the telanav and have had no issues with it.
[EVO 4G General] Wuji_Fei:
For short and quick trips, I use Google nav, for longer trips, I would recommend you using Tele nav, as it is more robust in routing and the address is more accurate. Google nav is based on google map and sometimes there are errors in Google map.
[EVO 4G General] slimno19:
Telenav seems netters to me......Google maps sucks imo.

HTC Evo 4G
[EVO 4G General] fenixjn:
Why did you unroot? There are several apps that can test the gps and you do not need to unroot to use telenav aka sprint nvavigator.

As far a sprint navigator... I keep it on my phone just in case google navigator decides to not to find an address (it has happened)
[EVO 4G General] skullshank:
was telenav a replacement for sprint GPS? i noticed it installed with the OTA gb
[EVO 4G General] wi11ie:
Apparently it was..Seems kind of crappy looking. It does not provide the graphics that the Sprint nav has..

wi11ie
[EVO 4G General] ChadH42:
I use the free telenav service all the time. It work great!
[EVO 4G General] skullshank:
i never really used the sprint nav, but that one was free right?...and telenav is not?

*edit*

i see from chads post that the telenav is free...the OP mentioned 30days free, so i was just wondering...
[EVO 4G General] Jye75:
The Telenav that is installed on your phone is free. It replaced Sprint Navigation. Service for your Evo comes with free GPS.

There is also a Telenav that you can subscribe to for a monthly fee, but that's for the GPS enabled devices that do not include free service. All in all, it's the same thing, just for us, it's free.
[EVO 4G General] skullshank:
oh cool.

i'll have to give it a shot.

thanks!
[EVO 4G General] legendofakira:
Telenav is awesome! Just as good if not better than Google Maps.
[EVO 4G General] backdown:
I didn't unroot..i flashed a stock rom..

I never used spring navigation because it would take 5 minutes to actually start up, and sometimes it wouldn't even start up, so i always used google maps. But then i noticed telenav, and was curious. It looks pretty nice.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Turnyface:
Just wondering if anyone has had any luck with a car dock for the extended battery? I have a universal dock and it doesn't fit at all and keeps falling out. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Edit:

Found this. I think it supports the extended battery, but it doesn't look like it'll work well with a case.

http://www.proclipusa.com/?sectionp...older=false&have_mount=true&p_pageid=1&dtype=
[Thunderbolt Accessories] FryDay444:
Why use an extended battery in the car when you can just plug it in?
[Thunderbolt Accessories] mike.s:
Perhaps he wants to take his phone with him when he leaves his car (and wants/needs an extended battery for when he's not able to plug it in). It's actually very common that people keep their phone with them, whether or not they're in the car. Maybe you don't drive, so you don't know that.

By having a car cradle which worked with an extended battery, he wouldn't have to carry two batteries and swap between them every time he got in or out of his car.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Turnyface:
Haha, thanks. :D

I just facepalmed his response and continued on....
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Yeahlight:
The official HTC car dock kit supports the extended battery and it would be difficult to find a higher quality dock for this phone.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Turnyface:
Is this what you're talking about? It claims "This car kit can not be used with HTC Thunderbolt extended battery. It only work with a standard battery on your HTC Thunderbolt." Maybe you could show me what you're talking about?
[Thunderbolt Accessories] jinxerfelix:
The rocketfish mp3 car mount works great, it has two adjustable jaws that you tighten to hold the device. It will hold anything up to about two inches deep and the jaws leave enough room to plug in the power cable and audio jack. It costs about $20 and it comes in two versions. Both versions come with the suction cup window mount but one has a vent clip and the other has a bike mount.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] taurus92:
I have one of these in both cars. Just use a cig - double USB charger and the usb cable to charge the TB. Kept the TB solid in the cradle all the way from Michigan to Florida.

http://www.amazon.com/Arkon-Univers...OOZO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307881940&sr=8-1
[Thunderbolt Accessories] harleybob:
HTC Smart Car Kit features

• Automatically launches a one- touch interface to GPS navigation

• Suction cup with rotating arm positions your device for optimal viewing in landscape and portrait mode.

• Attaches to most surfaces. Micro-USB charging port. Car charger is not included (sold separately).

Please note: This car kit

can

be used with HTC Thunderbolt extended battery.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] jgalan14:
Link please :)
[Thunderbolt Accessories] obededom:
http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-thunderbolt-car-kit-vehicle-dock.html
[Thunderbolt Accessories] heffe2001:
I use the 415 model, it's a bit larger, and fits the phone in a case better..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conductive:
Every time I check my running apps maps is there and it does not want to stop. Since maps is a battery hog I uninstalled it. Why is it always running? What is the best way to control this and other apps so they will start and stop as directed. The market is also runs from time to time. Maps might be started by the network location service. Do I have to edit the init file or?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
Android is not like Windows, killing apps is actually more counterproductive than it is helpful. There is plenty of documentation and explanations about this so I won't bore you, just look it up.

I haven't ran a task killer since about it week after I got my phone, and I noticed that my phone ran better without it, and my battery lasted longer.

Stop constantly worrying about what is running in the background and enjoy your phone.

If you don't want to believe it, you can try an app such as Autostarts. It should do what you're asking.

(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
There is a paid app called startup manager that I've used for a LONG time to take a lot of apps out of the boot up process.

Maps would be one of them.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Plancy:
Maps has a lot of receivers and start up conditions, get Gemini App Manager, and Autorun Manager. Using both of these and you will be able to stop it from starting on its own. With Gemini, you can change all it's start up conditions(package added/removed, boot, connectivity changed, etc), and you can disable/enable receivers with AutoRun manager.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stuke00:
Does it show up on your list of battery usage? Mine is always running but never shows up on the list... Running apps don't take battery unless they are actually using the CPU...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] {ParanoiA}:
i had that problem too. what i did was go into the ALL tab n kill it to stop it. if i killed it from the RUNNING tab it would just restart. don't know y but thats how it worked for me...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conductive:
If i keep tying to rapid kill maps it will eventully die. However, I might inadvertantly kill something else in the process.

I just do not see any reason that I need to be consistantly mapped. I will have to look at the battery consumption and the app managers are interesting. I have not used a task killer in quite some time. I would think that anything that runs this much has to bun some battery and responsiveness along the line somewhere.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agel1:
hello everyone, i'm new and i'm hoping that im posting on the right section

im wondering if a NEXUS S 4G (from SPRINT) can be converted to Boost Mobile ?

i bought one from a friend and i don't want to use with sprint, if somebody knows a guide or something please let me know

thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derekwilkinson:
afaik the only way to do it is to do a esn hack... which is illegal and cannot be posted here...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agel1:
can somebody pm me a link to another website with a guide on how to do it ?

thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nmoreman:
Please read the post above yours again. I would also tell you to search like others to do for answers to your questions.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agel1:
i did search here in xda but couldn't find any info

please pm the name of a forum or some website with a guide on how to do it

or if somebody knows a shop in miami that can do it let me know

thanks
[HTC Sensation] lightforce:
Has any pared a bt headset with their sensation yet? My jawbone and my jabra wont get discoverd when i search wth?
[HTC Sensation] cheesinar:
I've paired my SE MW600 headset with my Sensation and have to say it's working perfectly. Far better than my Desire HD which would frequently lose connection.
[HTC Sensation] xl VipeR lx:
Sony bluetooth stereo headset. DRBT21G paired successfully

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e with my finger using telepathy
[HTC Sensation] sjgore:
I've paired it with my car (Nissan Connect) and it works perfectly making calls, downloading my contacts to the car, and playing MP3's through the car's speakers. :cool:
[HTC Sensation] Reason4444:
Is SE MW600 show track info on screen while playing mp3 files ??
[HTC Sensation] cheesinar:
No it doesn't display track info, but it does show caller ID when you have an incoming call.
[HTC Sensation] Reason4444:
Thanks for quick reply,,,

But, actually, i want to know about AVRCP version on Sensation ???

MW600 specially made for SE devices for fully functionalty so maybe it's not show tag info even though AVRCP 1.3

Is anyone check it ??? Most of car BT unit has AVRCP 1.3 compatible, is anyone see music tag info on their car unit with Sensation BT ??
[HTC Sensation] caliber177:
Is Bluetooth Voice Dialing working for you fellas?
[HTC Sensation] lightforce:
i was just able to pair it with my Old plantronics headset. But no luck at all with my Jawbone. Can anyone with a jawbone try theirs?
[HTC Sensation] swissman:
I've been able to connect it to my car (Audi A4 B8)

see here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113602
[HTC Sensation] lightforce:
well my nexus one connected to the jawbone no problem. Dont see why this phone would have a problem.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] happilyaccosted:
Just noticed Samsung Apps are working...at least on io tab. Angry birds /Rio /seasons and some others.
[GT540 Optimus General] zigma80:
Dear all,

Lately I switch from AOSP 2.3.2 to SwifDroid M6.

The only problem I have, but disturbing, is that the In-call volume on speaker just too low, not as loud as 2.1 stock ROM or AOSP 2.3.2 ROM.

In a meeting room consist of few men, we barely can't hear the conversation on the speaker phone.

Is there any way to increase the volume?

I've been desperately searching to several forum but couldn't find any solution.
[GT540 Optimus General] marlboroazrag:
I made out a trick to make It kinda Higher See this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14561719#post14561719

Dont forget to Press thanks !

MarlboroAzrag
[GT540 Optimus General] zigma80:
SOLVED

It really works ..

Thanks man, you solved my "disturbing" problem.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terryshanks45:
Hey,

I have a mytouch 4g and I had it perm rooted as well as s-off. I recently attempted to unroot my phone and made a mistake of attempting to do this while having the wrong radio. Now I am unable to flash any new kernals or radios to my phone. My wi-fi doesn't even work with the radio I currently have flashed. My phone reads this in boot

GLACIER PVT SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.86.0000

MICROP-0429

RADIO-26.08.04.30_M3

eMMC-boot

Sept 27 2010, 11:12:59

is there any way for me to fix this problem and get my S back on??

Any help is greatly appreciated.

I am currently running CyanogenMod 7.0.3
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Archangel:
Re-root your phone, then flash the new radio, an stuff you need. Get s off also

Sent from an android,thats makes steve jobs jelous.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terryshanks45:
Thanks

My phone is actually still rooted from when I used to have it rooted, if I flash the radio I need to use to make s-off work, will it work? i thought the entire purpose of s-on was to prevent me from being able to flash any radio?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Archangel:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=858996, follow that guide, its the saner one I used

Sent from an android,thats makes steve jobs jelous.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
The best option for you would be to flash the PD15IMG from the hBoot. It will flash the radio you should have along with turning the s-on as long as you didn't use ./gfree to root the phone.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terryshanks45:
in order to flash the radio from the h-boot, wouldn't i need to have s-off? Right now i have S-On so I am unable to flash radios
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
The PD15IMG is the entire stock T-Mobile ROM. You do not need to be rooted or have s-off to flash that.

you are thinking of the radio files. You do not want to flash that.

hear read this

http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/16/how-to-unroot-the-t-mobile-mytouch-4g/
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terryshanks45:
Hey,

I just tried that method with the stock PD15IMG.zip file and I got the message

Main Version is older!

Update Fail!

Press <POWER> to reboot

do you have any idea what could cause this to happen??

Would I brick my phone if i performed the factory reset from the HBOOT menu?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
if your s-off all a factory reset will do is wipe everything on your phone.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terryshanks45:
so theres no point in me performing the factory reset...do you have any other suggestions as to what I could to to fix my phone?? I realize the problem lies with me having the wrong radio but I can't figure out how to get s-off in order to flash the stock radio and the stock rom gives me an error when I attempt to flash it...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
IIRC you can flash radio files via fastboot but i do not know the commands to do it.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terryshanks45:
Thanks, I am logging into the IRC chat to see if someone there can help. I appreciate your help, do you know if there may be a guide on how to flash radios via fastboot on any website? i havent been able to locate one
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Nimitmak:
seems like no devs are interested in porting MIUI for lgp500 ,theres a thread running in porting MIUI for MDPI devices ,so devs just look at this thread and lett know whether its a worth trying ??

if its possible we'll loved to have MIUI on our phones....:D:D

Link to the thread....
[Optimus One, P500, V General] xuso:
Seems it's difficult because it's not opensource, but not impossible, there are many ports even for MDPI. It would be great :D Call for devs!! haha
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Bytecode:
It's difficult but not impossible. I've managed to make Sense boot on P500 with the precompiled ROM,not w/ sources.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mik_os:
It's not funny without sources :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Bytecode:
Yeah... :(
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] shokuhawan:
I tend to buy X10 mini for my Mom bday :D.

But after an hours watching review on youtube, I found that X10 mini can't get the qwerty keyboard on portrait mode.

I have been used a lot of android phone but never get the small screen like X10 mini. So I'm very curious of virtual keyboard which is supported portrait mode for X10 mini. Swiftkey, Thumbkeyboard or swipe? Which one is the best and which one has a big/comfortable keyboard to sms. You know, every times my mother write sms, she has to find her glasses :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] slade87:
You need to root and change buil.prop to use sensor. But yes its possible