yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
1) No, not really at all. Some of the 'larger size' sense gingerbread roms are such big files, that it works out better if your sd card is partitioned to ext2 or ext3. However, that is NOT necessary, and you can flash the rom without partitioning the card. Also, if you choose not to partition your sd card, some of the larger roms may leave you with less space available to install apps

2) The easiest way to keep your contacts backed up is to keep them synced with your google account. If you're unsure if they're saved as google contacts, the quickest way to check is to sign into your gmail account on a computer, and then in the upper left side, click on 'contacts'. If your contacts are there, then you're good. They'll automatically restore when you sign into google on your phone. If they're not backed up as google, or if you don't want to back them up to google, then you can export them to your sd card. To do that, go to your contacts/people app. It menu, then choose import/export, then export to sd card. That will save them to your sd card, and at a later time when you flash the new rom, you can do the same thing, but choose 'import from sd card' and that will restore them. When you restore them, it asks you if you want to save as google as phone, so you can choose google at that time if you'd like to. I never save my SMS messages, but if you need to, there is an app that I know works from the market, called SMS Backup +restore. Try that out. To save the apps you want to and their data, I would suggest using Titanium Backup. That will backup the app and the data (your settings/content within the app). The nandroid backup will backup your entire rom. The way your phone is when you create the backup, is the EXACT way it will restore.

3) Absolutely

I suggest trying MikG 1.03 or one of the Synergy betas (myn, aamikam, virus, incubus26, djzager,'s project.)

Good luck
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zigolleid:
Thank you, it really helped a lot!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lloyd2dd:
I have been trying to flash my rooted evo to the 4.22.651.2 update and when I go into recovery and try to load the zip it keeps aborting. can anyone help please?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
Did you download the rom from here? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1038701 If not, that's the one I would try first.

It kind of sounds like you may have a bad download, either that or you may have accidentally downloaded the system dump instead of the flashable rom? With the file on your computer, are you able to open it up using windows, or does it give you an error? If you're sure you downloaded the right one and that the file isn't corrupted, then I'm not sure. What recovery are you using to flash the rom?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lloyd2dd:
update to 4.22.651.2

I think its clockwork 2.0. I am using stock rom but i rooted using unrevoked. that was the site i downloaded the zip from. im going to retry, I will let you know what happens.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BonkyMoon:
If it still fails after you try again, consider switching to Amon_Ra recovery. On the whole it seems like there are a lot more people experiencing flashing problems with Clockwork recovery than with Amon_Ra.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niya319:
Does this update wipe your phone or only do the update? I don't want to lose my information on my phone. Please let me know. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r.storm85:
It depends

If your rooted and you are flashing through recovery, then yes you need to full wipe to install it.

If you arent rooted, and you recieve the OTA through HTC software update, then no, it should keep everything the same.

But a couple people I know updated via OTA and there phone is actin real weird now. Jus a word of caution :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niya319:
Ok. Thanks. I am rooted.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r.storm85:
Yeah u need to wipe, but if you got titanium backup, u can recover your apps and your phone is synced with google, u can recover your contacts, and if you dload sms backup and restore, you can recover your text messages, the only thing you cant recover is mms. But u can just save all ur mms pics.

Edit- oh yeah ur voicemails will be gone too. Unless you use google voice
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Horsedawg:
Got an update from amazon today. Will be here Monday. I'm from the bay area and selected one day shipping.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] jhild352:
Why not just go to your local best buy and get it the 17th?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Horsedawg:
California tax!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] ky0nkyon:
+9.75% hahah
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] celeox:
What it this all about
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] vanitymustdie:
I preordered mine early the day they were first offered and got the same email - the 20th. Going to think about it but I will probably cancel and try to find a way to get it sooner from somewhere else.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Missing_link:
I think I can live without a tablet for a couple of days, at significant savings on tax. I'm sticking with my Amazon order.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] xSunny:
I ordered it then remembered i live in nyc and went to union square and got it.. I didnt get a email from amazon saying when i would get it though lmao
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] edboston:
But if you have it shipped to a California address, Amazon still changes you CA tax.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Horsedawg:
I'm from California and was not charged tax.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] ky0nkyon:
same here
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] roar109:
Someone know somehing about J&R pre-order ship day? i was thinking about cancel that preorder and do it in amazon.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] dazz87:
No tax for Cali and no stupid recycle tax :cool:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] MisterEdF:
I think Amazon will have it before their "projected" date. They usually do. I'll bet it's delivered between 15th & 17th.
[General Questions and Answers] kachhh:
Any ideas for music player with lyrics for evolution with 3.0 sense rom
[General Questions and Answers] 4rm45:
Poweramp?

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer&feature=search_result
[General Questions and Answers] kachhh:
U can't download lyrics do you? Ty I'm still figure out ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] dpk97:
Im so stupid i flashed a rom and was half asleep so i forgot to wipe and now my phone boots then i have like 5 seconds to try to boot it into recovery then it restarts and when i go into hboot it asks me to update then i click yes then i chose power again and i got back into hboot it tells me to update again please help!
[G2 and Desire Z General] dpk97:
Is there anyway to boot into recovery
[G2 and Desire Z General] slim6596:
If you have a card reader on your computer, put your sdcard into it, delete the PM05IMG file off it, put it back in your phone. While holding volume down, press power until hboot comes up. Choose recovery.

Sent from my Wiggle Wagon
[G2 and Desire Z General] dpk97:
darn i dont have a card ready but thanks anyways guess i have to buy a new phone..fml
[G2 and Desire Z General] slim6596:
Put it in another phone, as it can access the files on the card (like usb mass storage or something).

Sent from my Wiggle Wagon
[G2 and Desire Z General] zanson:
Card readers are like $20 at a local bestbuy or electronics store. Good to have arouund anyways and cheaper then buying a new phone.. and less hassel.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dpk97:
Thank you very much i really appreciate it
[G2 and Desire Z General] Pirateghost:
from powered off, hold vol down and power. wait a second after the hboot screen comes on, until it cycles through not finding the pc10img file then hit recovery....use power button to select it
[G2 and Desire Z General] mmb_z:
Dont give up!!

It's not that hard.

M.M.B
[G2 and Desire Z General] dpk97:
Thanks for all your help guys my friend has the same phone so ill just put my memory card in his phone and delete the PM05IMG
[G2 and Desire Z General] Victorino86:
Buying a usb microSD card reader should be fair enough than buyin a new phone...:rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dahauss:
Since the evo streaming player can't play Facebook videos, someone had mentioned that name of a free player that works vb perfectly. Does anyone remember the name of it?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ACD168:
Bought a two piece incipio case about two weeks ago, in great condition, nothing wrong with it, but of coarse my parents didn't know and bought me the otterbox commuter case, which is basically the exact same thing, so I'm willing to let this go cheap, it's a great case, esp for about $13. PM for pictures. paypal only.

I would return it but of coarse Verizons great 14 day return policy bit me in the arse again.

Thanks guys.

I finally found a site, they are selling it for $30..

http://www.myincipio.com/HTC-Incred...CRYLIC-Hard-Shell-Case-with-Silicone-Core.asp
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ACD168:
got a buyer, mod please close:cool:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vibranto:
Hey

Whenever I try to use a drop down menu in an app, the app freezes and closes. For example, when i want to select the type of security in the email app from the drop down menu, it would freeze. The same occurred when i clicked on a drop down menu for a different app.

any suggestions? thanks

I recently installed a new rom. So maybe I'll have to reflash or new another rom.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djluis48:
I think that it will fix with a reflash, but make a clean install the next time, wipe Data, Cache and Dalvik Cache.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vibranto:
thanks. I'll give it a try. i did do the wipes as i followed these instructions:

"

*Boot into Clockwork Recovery and perform a:

*"Wipe Data/Factory Reset."

*"Wipe Cache."

*Flash ROM

[inside the advanced menu]

*Wipe Dalvik Cache

*Fix Permissions

*Reboot Your Phone and let it sit for about 6 minutes

*Reboot again

"

But hopefully I missed something or made a mistake something.

thanks again
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zohaib0001:
i am using windows 7 64 bit

whan i turn of my arc and hold down the menu button and connect the usb cable its show me the sonyericsson notification and start to charge the phone

and not connect with blue led notification so i cannot flash it or cant do any thing

please tell me where i an wrong

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinkster:
To flash, hold down the back button when inserting the usb(on the left)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ollie2913:
menu button (on the right) + USB = blue led = it does'n work for every type of phones :(

http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/instructions

You will now be asked for drivers. Point to the usb_driver-folder where you placed the android_winusb.inf-file, and select the Android Bootloader Interface-file. If you are not asked for drivers, and your phone starts to boot as usual, it is not possible to unlock the boot loader on your phone.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylejjjjj:
ok so i have root with the one click method i had clockworks but in the processof trying to fix this i somehow now have ra-eris-v1.6.2 i don't know how it happened but that not the problem when i was using clockworks it started giving me install aborted errors so after reading a bit i think my /system is corrupt i hear that clockworks has a glitch were it starts filling your /system with (bad pages?) or something so there isn't enough room for the ROM to fit so i tried to format my /system but /system/lost+found stays and that's taking up 66% of my system i have the sdk and i can use adb but fastboot just says waiting for device (hope i don't need it) any help would be awesome thanks :confused:
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunilromy:
Hello,

I guess when you installed a new rom, it deletes the old files and copy the new one, if I am not wrong.

May be its possible some problem with the permissions. Super oneclick method doesnt work for me :(

Try to root again.

method worked for rooting.

http://unrevoked.com/recovery/

you can give a chance to a rom via clockwork mod.

you can switich your recovery to amon recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=687280

Simple way to switching recovery is via droidexplorer.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylejjjjj:
im sorry i should have explained better i left some things out i am unable to boot at all the only thing i can enter is hboot recovery fastboot (cant get to work) also i am fully rooted as far as i know i have installed many roms before but something went wrong this time i no longer have clockworks somehow i changed it without reallt following anything so anyone that can help thanks stevestone thanks for the fast reply
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunilromy:
Hello,

you cant go in recovery?

download droid explorer, de.codeplex.com/releases/view/50997

then in droid explorer, there is an option of flashing recovery image. Its an GUI based software very easy.

Download amon ra or clockwork flash file can get get it via google, and try to do it. Remember there are 2 3 amon ra (same version) available for eris, one worked for me and one not.

try it, and let me know.

It will work.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doogald:
We just had a Clockwork "bricking" on androidforums successfully recovered: http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/350856-htc-eris-ruu-wont-run.html

Note that this was borrowed entirely from this thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=968216

There is another one here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12131623#post12131623

However, I think that your phone is not in the same state as the ones in those two threads - you seem to able to boot in Amon_RA recovery, right?

In that case, I would look at the attachment in this thread, called MTD_Inspect_v0.9.zip. Copy that file to your SD card and flash it from Amon_RA and report the results of the .txt file, just as in that post. Let's see what the results of that is.

It may be that you will need the tool in this post - but, before you flash that one, you really need to read this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11652502&postcount=40

So, anyway, let's see what that report generates before you do the nuke tool, yes?

And, to stevestone, I think that we have plenty of evidence of problems with the unrevoked method on the Eris, and issues with people using Clockwork recovery as the recovery image on the Eris, that I think that rooters should really be warned away from it.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylejjjjj:
ok i read all of them i can enter my recovery i just ran the MTD and it gave me this

i hope it saying that i have 4 bad blocks is good news umm im not really sure what to do next thanks for all the help i appreciate it
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylejjjjj:
ok so i thought this might help too i tried to install a rom once more this it the full error code from Amon_RA

then i also ran the MTD again after if that would help at all

also i really dont know how to check the 5dsum or whatever its called but i dont think thats the problem cuz i have tried 5 roms and re-downloaded them many times
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doogald:
Ok, forget everything else: which ROM are you trying to install? And do you have an Eris or a Sprint Hero?

It looks like you are trying to install one for the Sprint Hero (see that "heroc" in that error message in the photo?) If you have an Eris, you need to try installing a ROM for the Eris. If you have a Hero, you may want to ask about this in the Hero forums, not here in the Eris forum.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylejjjjj:
i have an eris but this has been going on for many roms made for the eris i think this is for the eris i have tried known eris roms before i will post a pic with a known eris rom error to just to be safe
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylejjjjj:
i do apologize for wasting your time i did have a problem with installing roms so i grabed a rom for defalt testing and it was a bad rom thanks for letting me know i dont know how i fixed the problem before but it has booted up know i did many things that somehow just happened like making adb work getting amon-ra recovery without trying then fixing it without knowing but alls good now thanks again i wish i could give you more than one thanks per post cuz i had posted befor and one person helped for a day then stopped posting
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doogald:
Thanks for posting that photo - that made the problem pretty clear.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianoob:
sorry man, i couldn't tell what your problem was on the other thread... the pic in this one helps a lot, glad you got it figured out.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunilromy:
Cool finally your job is done
[Nook Color Android Development] pokey9000:
Want to root but don't have a microsd card reader? Is the 8 failed boot trick leaving you tired and bloated? Have you had nightmares of Winimage drinking all your beer and stealing your car?

Help is on the way.

This pile of utilities, images, and scripts will boot your Nook into CWM recovery entirely over USB. Your eMMC can be trashed and SD card missing, but you can still get into recovery. This is kinda rough, and Linux only for now, but a Windows version is in the works.

Need:

-PC running Linux (x86 or x86-64 with 32 bit compatibility libs)

-Nook Color plugged in w/ USB

-this archive unpacked: nc-usb-recovery-0.1.tar.bz2

Do:

-turn off NC

-sudo ./booty

-turn on NC

-wait
[Nook Color Android Development] tsukisan:
This is awesome, gonna try it but I'm sure it will help people out. Now just make an android os boot from computer :p
[Nook Color Android Development] nemith:
Awesome work!

I would love to make something like unrEVOed's GUI for simple rooting/cm7 installations.

Does this just grab a kernel + ramdisk from usb? Any chance of any larger storage? (or use adb + /media?)
[Nook Color Android Development] AidenM:
nice idea. Im pretty sure it will help other. It would have helped me if it was out about 5 months ago...
[Nook Color Android Development] pokey9000:
It doesn't really matter what you send since after the kernel gets booted it doesn't matter how it and the initrd got loaded into memory. Ultimately we're running almost the same u-boot as we do off of mmc media and booting using almost the same boot scripts.

In this case, I'm sending CWM as my payload. CWM lets you share out /sdcard over usb, which isn't the most convenient way to make a "one click" solution. You could pretty easily hack up CWM to look to the initrd for one or more update files. Or like you said, use adb. You could even replace the kernel/ramdisk payload with one of the *nooters for a simple stock root.
[Nook Color Android Development] Mineturtle33:
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[Nook Color Android Development] Mineturtle33:
Any chance of this getting updated to a newer cwm/twrp version?
[Nook Color Android Development] DroidDw:
Any ideas?

Not much has been added to this thread lately, but I am hoping someone may have some ideas about my problem with this method. Pasted below is as far as I get and it hangs at < waiting for device >:

waiting for OMAP3/OMAP4 device...

sending get asic id message to target...

05010501443007041302010012150102FFFFFFDE540E0A4C61FFFFFF9B6FFFFFFFC72360FFFFFFD9583411FFFFFFF31CFFFFFFC403142101305219FFFFFF8D6FFFFFFF9313FFFFFFBEFFFFFF93FFFFFFFF48FFFFFFC6FFFFFFE101FFFFFFC1FFFFFFEBFFFFFFF0FFFFFFF31AFFFFFFB62920FFFFFFCDFFFFFFF07D45FFFFFFD1FFFFFFE812102B21150901FFFFFF9C66FFFFFF9AFFFFFFD9682AFFFFFFDCFFFFFFCF

Device OMAP4430 found

sending 2ndstage to target...

waiting for 2ndstage response...

unexpected 2ndstage response

creating boot image...

creating boot image - 3678208 bytes

< waiting for device >

The error seems to be "unexpected 2ndstage response". A few things about my Nook; first tried it registered and than I did the reset.., same thing. Version 1.4.2. Thanks ahead of time for any assistance!
[Nook Color Android Development] Mineturtle33:
You have to have it off and plugged in and then hit power about 3 seconds after it says "waiting for device." I also have never tried it with the stock boot loader so that might be the problem.

Sent from my 2013 Kindle Fire HD with Tapatalk
[Nook Color Android Development] DroidDw:
Thanks for the input, will try that later on. When you say stock boot loader, you mean from the factory as is? It was my impression this was intended to avoid using a SD to root. Is there something else that I need to do before this method?

Galaxy S3 running Eclipse 4.3
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cylent:
this is an odd one.

when i tap the media icon nothing shows up. it used to show even the files that came on the sd card.

if i plug sd card into my pc i see i do have videos on the sd card ...

what gives?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zedd.:
Did this happen after upgrading to Android 2.3.3?

I had the same problem. I had all my music, videos and pictures on my SD card but the Arc would not detect any one of them.

So I backed up everything, erased my phone including the SD card and repaired with the Sony Ericsson PC Companion software and that fixed it.

Hope this helps. Cheers, mate.