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[Eee Pad Transformer General] matrix311:
Freezing apps

Backing up aps

Removing bloatware with superuser

Many more advantages as well
[Eee Pad Transformer General] skeeterpro:
Rooting isn't for everyone, really. Many users will derive as much pleasure from stock TFs just because that what they feel comfortable with and that's cool.

Rooting opens up many options to the user experience. Many apps (Titanium Backup is one....and probably a must have) will not install without root. You'll find, after time, many great custom ROMs that add functions and user interface enhancements you could onl get rooted. Overclocking? Can't leave that out! Being able to overclock your TF will speed up your machine and provide much staisfaction. Games? Way better. Some of the genius devs here can tweak so many parts of the TF and android experience ... you'll wonder why you didn't root earlier.

Finally, you'll learn about android and learning is really what it's all about. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] turbulent28:
Does the overclocking help on things like laggy keyboards?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Magnesus:
How is access to root handled in Android? Can any app at any time use root (that would be quite dangerous) or does it have to ask for permission (password or pin maybe?) like sudo in Linux?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] leonpr:
It prompts for SU/Root access and you can either allow, deny or always allow.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ExMM:
Yes it could, but is not the main reason.

Most of the time it depends on the rom that you have installed, from my personal experience.

Overclocking improve functionality generally speaking, so it could help for some lag issue, but I would say that mainly depends on the rom and, precisely, if you have lots of bloadware installed, or how many app are you running at the same time and so on....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] leonpr:
I would like to come up with some really awesome justified reason why I rooted/custom rom/overclocked but to be honest the real answer is... Because I could :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] deadman3000:
What is Asus's status on rooting? I take it they wash their hands of it and basically will say it invalidates your warranty. But I feel they should at least aknowledge it as OK if you are able to flash back to stock and confirm any problems exist with the stock rom. But I guess that's just not how it works unfortunately?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] juliensch:
is it possible to root from 3.1 ? directly
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jateelover:
pretty sure as long as you create a backup you can go back to stock without any evidence of rooting...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] nv88:
Yes, I just did this yesterday. The instructions are in the "[ROM] Transformer 3.1 pure root" in the developers section. It only took about 10 minutes. Fairly straight forward. I did not lose any apps or data. Make sure to load the Asus Sync and USB drivers from Asus on your computer before you start. Several folks ran into issues with that.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1125714

Mostly I've been able to backup using Titanium Backup. I was hoping to be able to map shares using cifs, but sadly I can't get it to work.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Dorkington:
Can Mac users go through the root process?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] nv88:
I don't think the above process works from a Mac. Sorry.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Dorkington:
Is there any root process that will work for Mac users?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dasbooter:
It does work in linux with some adaptation of the commands in the scripts and you do not require any installation of drivers from asus. Most distros can easily be used with the adb dev kit
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Dorkington:
Ok, what about using Parallels/Boot Camp? I haven't booted into Windows in a while, but I should still be able to.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jerrykur:
I have rooted every phone I had, but that was to replace roms and remove bloatware that was unremovable. With 3.1 I don't feel the need to do either. Since the apps install in the storage partition they are not flooding a small partition like on the phone. I would have a real hard time filling the 32 GB with apps. Second, I really don't see anything in the available alternative roms that I want. What are other's finding in 3rd party roms? Overclocking might be nice, but not at the cost of either reliability or battery life.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kingwp1:
I agree with everything you've said here. The only reason I rooted 3.1 was to install titanium backup. I've tried a couple 3.1 custom roms, but there was nothing really exciting about them that made them really standout from stock.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Whitesage:
I dont' suggest to ROOT the TF, for 2 main reason :

1. Honeycomb is under construction...basically is a Beta version of a OS...so updates will come often...

2. TF isn't really realiable...i mean, i read often of some bad quality TF...and maybe yours is one of them and you don't know yet...so, keep your warranty as long as you can...then, when you are sure...start thinking about ROOTING...

That's why i didn't ROOTED yet...

...but i'll do...as a developer...as a geek...as a TF owner who buyed a TF to get full control on it, not just to do what manufacter wanted me to do.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Dorkington:
So far the only real reason I want root that I'm seeing is to make Honeycomb work with adhoc networks.

This thread is greatly helpful though, it's been a good read.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] argie:
After having rooted two phones and five different tablets (now settled on the TF), I concluded that rooting has little value, and using alternative ROMs is a waste of time. After two weeks on a new ROM, I want to go for another ROM's "breakthrough"... and I have found nothing as reliable as the stock ROM.

Alternative ROMs have little in the way of extras, and overclocking (in my experience) may do wonders for Linpack and Quadrant... but the user experience is virtually the same.

My opinion: don't mess with Honeycomb... it's OK as is... unless you have nothing else to do.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidance:
Does anyone have a copy of Nexus S stock bootanimation?

I lost mine when I flashed Trinity kernel and I would like to have stock bootanimation.

Help me out. Thanks!!! :D
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
google / search for it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thiagodark:
here you go, but don't get spoiled! =o) just flash with cwm...

trinity boot has a sound too, you will need to remove manually if you gonna flash over it.

http://hotfile.com/dl/121119597/6b90ddd/Nexus_S_Flashable_Boot.zip.html
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidance:
I removed the sound.. but

After Google logo with lock disappears, red Trinity logo appears for few seconds, then Nexus S logo boots up...?

You know if you use Trinity, there is usually either Prepare... (or Red Trinity logo on newer Trinity kernel) then the green globe Trinity boot animation pop ups?

I still have this Red Trinity..

Is there a fix for this?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thiagodark:
no, that is inside boot img, there are several comments about it in trinity thread and morfic said that it will be always like this.

BUT, this is not part of the bootanimation, if you flash another kernel, then google image will be there again.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] alodar1:
I've done several Hard resets over the last few days, testing themes and sounds and a few other things. I find it easier to hard reset than to remove each item line by line, and hope nothing is left behind.

I noticed that I will do a HR, and 45 apps will be restored. If I immediately do another one, 33 might be restored. Then in another hour,, 38 might be restored. This last time, Google Maps was not restored...which I thought strange...well it was restored but only with v 5.0. Earliear in the week in restored to v5.5. A couple of apps simply did not restore...1 won't let me install again, period.

Any trick to this restore thing that I'm unawaare of? Dont tell me to root....not goingthere yet. Is this the world famous...welcome to android?

TIA
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaiex:
Hello all,

This is my first android phone, but my brother have a HTC Desire for some months and I have familiarized with android.

Have used the SGSII for 1 month now and all is going great except for the batery OS usage, but no big deal there, but since yesterday I'm having a problem with my exchange connection. Everytime I go to the email app it try's to connect and it says invalid username/account and I enter the correct data and it always say the same thing!

This problem only happens while using 3G data connectivity, because in wireless mode it works fine and I receive/send emails. In 3G it also receive data in other apps like google maps, browser etc. but it looks like in the email app for exchange it's not connecting while using 3g connection!

Anyone knows what could be happening and what can I do to solve this problem?

Thanks
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alainalemany:
The Google Maps app for android caches the map tiles of areas you visit. Also, the GM Brut mod allows you to cache map tiles to the SD card. I'm on a very limited data plan, so I'd like to have my entire city cached to my phone memory/SDcard. So far, the only way I can think of is to manually scroll all over the city using different zoom levels which very annoying... and stupid given the fact that it'll be erased if you install a new ROM.

Long time ago when I got a iPhone 3G, I remember I easily download all the Google Maps of my entire city using a desktop application called GMDL (Global Map Download Tool) which after download it, you convert them into iPhone maps cache format using an option it have. Then you navigate inside iPhone and put the maps "cache" you downloaded into the map cache directory... and voilà, easy as that.

My question is: Is there a way like the one I've explained to do that? Again, I want to be able to use Google Maps anywhere in the city without having to download the maps on-the-fly over my data plan. Is there a practical way to achieve this, so I won't have to scroll several times (once for each zoom level) over the entire city?

A desktop application that can export to GM format would be the best solution.

Thanks.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
Check this

http://www.mapdroyd.com/
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alainalemany:
I've considered MapDroyd, but it is an Android application. Is there any desktop application which can do all things I explained GMDL do? I remember it was an easy and confortable application to use.

Thanks.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
Maybe try this one then

http://code.google.com/p/gmapcatcher/
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alainalemany:
Man thank you very much, you're a quick replier :)

I'm not sure it can export to Android devices... are you sure?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
Check If the downloaded maps are in a picture format, if it is then you can use gallery to view the map, unless Google maps can open it, which I doubt. Those are the only two I know of that can help you.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amowagou:
Wouldn't it be easier to spend $20 on CoPilot Live and get the entire North America coverage?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalel33:
There was an article just a couple of days ago that states that Google maps is going to offer an offline option but it probably won't come for many months.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eyeisdasteve:
i have magldr 1.13, hyperdroid cm7 v2.0.1. i just recently sim unlocked my hd2. but my rom is acting funny, everything is force closing, so i want to flash the new hyperdroid cm7 v2.1. but i cant get into cwm through magldr because im getting the boot image header error. but i dont want to install clk because i dont want to deal with sdk tools.

any help would be great.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eyeisdasteve:
some of the issues im having with the force closes are things like. messaging, phone application, keyboard, games, and sometimes my launcher. i just need help getting a new rom.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TheATHEiST:
a) You have an edit button, Dont double post.

b) Use some common sense, Post in General/Q&A not teh dev forum!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] casemandan:
SIMPLE

format ur sd crd

flash task 29

flash magldr

flash proper cwr for the rom u want to use

all should be aces
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ksubedi:
This is getting too out of control. There should be like 4 captchas before posting a new thread on the developement forum so that people will stop posting on wrong one. #JustSaying :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eyeisdasteve:
A) sorry I posted in the wrong thread arrest me

B) thanks for the help
[Dell Streak 7] dl421113:
Hi all.

I am hoping someone out there can help me.

I recently bought a used Dell Streak S7.

I tried to restore the DS& back to a factory out of the box state and no luck.

Tried the follwoing three

menu ->setting-> Privacy->Factory Data reset

pin hole by sd card\

Volume + and power -> 1. and 3.

I have added info for Wi-fi and everytime DS7 is turned off and turned on the wi-fi settings are lost.

I was able to root it with One Click Superoot but when i turn DS7 off and turn it off the SU dissapears.

I read http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1011654 and i can't access CWM thorugh Goggle market.

The original owner account info still remains regardless of reboot and etc.....

I don't have a SD card for it and i am not sure what impact that has.

Android Version 2.2

Baseband Version 11.809.05.03.00

OEM version GLUNB1A132233

Build Number 14291

ANy information or any ideas would greatly help.

Thanks,

Dennis
[Dell Streak 7] frankie4life:
Dennis,

Did you every resolve your issues?

I am having nearly the same issues as you were.

I bought a used Dell Streak that had been updated to Froyo. When I try to reset the device to factory settings to remove the original owners email address it acts like it works but each time the device boots back up all the original owners info is still there. Their wallpaper, email accounts, facebook accounts, twitter acounts, etc.

I have tried to use the Settings>Privacy>Factory Data Rest, it seems to work but doesn't clear the system all data remains.

I have tried turning off the unit and holding the volume up and power and using the restore option from there but each time it boots back with all the original owners info.

I can not get it to do a factory reset thus I can not associate my gmail account with the device.

Does anyone have a solution?

Thanks,

Frankie4life
[Dell Streak 7] dl421113:
No luck yet.

Still waiting and hoping.
[Dell Streak 7] navycow:
Have you guys tried restoring with NVFlash? this procedure works great and helped me a bunch. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1018809&highlight=nvflash

If you are successful but your streak still wont get past the dell logo on boot, boot back into recovery (Vol+ and Power) and do a factory restore.

warning, this will erase EVERYTHING on your streak
[Dell Streak 7] wikedbubble:
Same thing here

I am having the same exact issue. I have tried restoring using nvflash... No luck

I have tried using the Fastboot method... No Luck

I even found an Update.pkg to try and update it using the built in recovery... No luck, It ends with an error of "Modem Error" says it completed successfully and then reboots to its previos state.

I have tried flashing the clockwork recovery via Fastboot and also.... No Luck

I am not a Noob and I have the the proper ADB and fastboot drivers installed, I am very familiar with using the android sdk and adb command from the SDK folder location.

I beleive at this point either due to an error or something the previous owner did the Streak is now "write protected" is this possible?

My biggest problem is when I root the devices using super one click it gives me root access and when launching the ADB SHELL i receive the "#" indicating that the shell has root, If I try and run ADB remount i receive and error

"c:\androidsdk\tools>adb remount

remount failed: Operation not permitted

c:\androidsdk\tools>"

this indicates to me that I cannot mount any memory from the device as read/write.

Any info would be helpful

Tom
[Dell Streak 7] jz83:
hi, i'm going through something similar, where did you find the update.pkg? i've been looking for it everywhere, thank you
[Dell Streak 7] rhclark923:
the answer i would suggest is use nvflash like navycow suggested you have 2 choices with that you can install unrooted 2.2.2 or honeycomb, search the thread for it and if you can't find it let me know i will post a link.
[Dell Streak 7] wikedbubble:
It seems that alot of people are having this problem I found the link for the OTA update here.

http://www.streaksmart.com/updates/page/2/

From there you can download the update.pkg manually or OTA

Make sure you don't use the O2 update because that is for the Streak released in EU. It took a little browsing but I found it in there somewhere
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squick:
Hey folks, I was told there was a thread with bootanimations for the GB ROMs located in here and I can't find it to save my life. Yes I've tried search but it just isn't giving me squat. I just need a pointer.

I'm not a noob by any means and usually have no problems finding what I need but this is driving me nuts. Please don't blast.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dased14:
There are bootanimations all through here that should work for you. What rom are you running and what kind of animation you looking for, that will help someone give you a better idea where to start.

Brought to you by the little voices in my head
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squick:
I haven't found a single one. Maybe I didn't go deep enough or something. I'm running a blue themed version of MikG 1.03 that someone has been kind enough to let me test so I would say MikG 1.03.

Before running this I was running King Cocoa with a blue honeycomb animation that I was quite fond of but I tend to change around a lot when I get free time. I would like to find as wide of a variety that I can just to keep in my library for those FLASH ATTACK days, lol.

I'm gonna keep looking but if anyone comes across one in the meantime and could send me the link, it would be very much appreciated.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dased14:
so your just looking to collect some animations for later or your have a hard time finding some to flash to that rom(in recovery)?

none in the splash and animation collect thread appeal to you? any certain kind you like.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dased14:
did you look here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=708173
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squick:
I'm not a noob, I have practically all of the animations prior to the GB update, flashable and others. I was told those bootanimations will NOT work with the new ROMs. I looked through root explorer and couldn't find the animation file anywhere which leads me to believe this to be true. I was told to look in the Themes and Apps forum and there was a thread with some new ones.

If not, most of my animations you had to replace the existing one in system with root explorer. So how would I go about changing it because the file doesn't go into the same place.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dased14:
sorry if i implied that. in that rom did you look in data\syscustomize\resource and i think the bootanime is called SPC_bootanimaton.zip and i think you can replace with root explorer same as before. as for a thread for just gb animations i dont remember seeing one just for that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squick:
No worries, I see where you're talking about. Now one question , can you use the older animations and just name them as they are in that folder. ? Will they still work?

I just realized that the folder you're talking about is where it has always been, you just took another route to get to it. You can also go through system/customize/resource, same thing. That's the way I always took to replace them before. So they just started renaming the file then.

I'd really like to know if the older files, renamed to spc_bootanimation.zip, would work. I'm going to be changing roms either tonight or tomorrow so maybe, before I do, I will try it and see what happens.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dased14:
yes the should work just fine. just make sure it is named exactly as they have it. for example "SPC_bootanimation.zip"(or whatever rom your using has it named as)with caps and underscore. hope that helps
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Heuser1:
Hey everyone,

Are the 3g versions going to be CDMA with Verizon meaning no SIM card? I purchased the NYC wi-fi only tab and will be tethering, but a friend was curious about the 3g option. I said that i think it will be with verizon and will not have a sim, but wasn't 100% sure. I remember that the I/O ones came with free Verizon LTE for a short period of time which led me to my conclusion. Could someone please clarify for me? Thanks for the help! Excuse me if I am way off here...haha.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] MisterEdF:
The only one

officially

ANNOUNCED so far is from Verizon w/CDMA, no SIM card.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bgmncwj:
If the Verizon edition has 4G LTE it'll have a SIM card slot (LTE requires a SIM).
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Jota_Pe:
What about the 3G bands used by the device? I have not been able to find any specific details about them ):
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bgmncwj:
One would assume that the Verizon edition will support their normal bands (800/850Mhz & 1900Mhz and if LTE 700Mhz).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotzie:
how do i find what kind of rom is on my rooted evo.. thanks..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
Settings, scroll down to 'about phone', software information. Should tell you there

We're comin from a pure power source.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotzie:
i dont see it in there ,will i say rom.? what should it say
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaoticallysweet:
menu>setting> about phone> software information>scroll to the build number
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotzie:
builder number 3.70.651 what is that??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaoticallysweet:
That is your software number..... the build number should list the rom you are on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotzie:
there isnt nothing in my software info about rom ..build number and the cl29..... release keys
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] {ParanoiA}:
what are u trying 2 do? just find out the rom ur on? it seems like stock 3.70.651
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
If you haven't flashed a rom, you're on the stock rom (3.70 release, judging from what you said).

If you're wanting to accept the OTA, you'll lose root. You can flash the stock rooted rom of the latest release, or wait for the rooted version of the OTA that's supposed to drop Monday.

(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arnezie:
Oh Jesus , I think I will cut off my own penis so that my children don't have to grow up in a world with people this goddamm ignorant. (EVO vs iPhone) maybe not word for word.
[Vibrant General] ursubpar:
I tried to flash the froyo bootloaders (from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1117990 ) on my phone using odin and odin showed a fail sign. I disconnected the phone restarted odin but my phone rebooted itself and now shows a phone ! computer sign in the corner. It will not connect to odin at all. Am I 100% screwed? Can I still use odin? Can I just call Tmobile and say "my computer turned off while I was updating to froyo"?
[Vibrant General] Longcat14:
Phone ! PC is just like Download Mode.

Try opening ODIN before connecting the phone, and turning it on, it should detect the phone.
[Vibrant General] ursubpar:
It won't recognize it. It doesn't even show up in device manager.

EDIT: after trying to use a jig about 3 times it goes into regular download mode. ~sigh of relief~