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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayzeemars:
hello i shifted to using GS2 from my blackberry (so im a bit of a noob as ive been using blackberry for years)

i have a bit of a confusion here. i have a problem with usb tethering, do you plug in your phone to ur pc/laptop first then only you go to settings> wireless and network> tethering and portable hotspot > tick usb tethering on your GS2 or you tick the usb tethering in settings> wireless and network> tethering and portable hotspot then only you plug in your phone via usb to your laptop/pc.

When i plug in my GS2 to my laptop, i couldnt press anything on my phone,it says 'press home key to quit samsung kies', if i do it then i will lose the usb connection, so i tried going to settings> wireless and network> tethering and portable hotspot > tick usb tethering, and then connect my GS2 to my laptop, but there is no connection between my laptop and my GS2.

i tried going to settings> applications> development > tick usb debugging, unfortunately when after doing that, when i connect my GS2 to laptop, my laptop says no driver for the device, so there is no autoplay or icon of my phone on the 'my computer' folder my lapop. in short i couldnt access my phone through usb.

Im sorry if my words are confusing,its so hard to put it in words.

i really2 need help, as i need to use the internet from my phone as he internet in my college sucks. thank you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sticks02:
What i'm doing is connecting the phone to PC via USB, then the 'usb tethering' checkbox lights up and I can tap on it to activate it. Also have usb debug mode enabled. Try using it with Kies closed/turned off. I'm using Windows 7 if that helps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dukunet:
i have successfully use usb tethering on win7. i install kies v2.0.1.11053_99. reboot laptop. run kies, go to Tools> Install driver. reboot after finish. connect SGS2 with usb, enable usb tether and i can use internet on my laptop. using sub tether rite now.

fyi, i've tried with samsung usb driver only installation but cannot use usb tether becos i think it did not install phone modem driver.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrajesh82:
usb tethering

Is there any application like the one available in HTC devices for usb connection..? I dont like the way the Samsung designed the application on the SGS2 ./. HTC really great..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ansjowman:
Install Kies by Samsung

Install Kies by Samsung
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waxb18:
the issue with the usb tethering option not being availavle is the network provider blocking this

If you want them to unblock you have to pay them a small fee,,

Wankers
[Galaxy S II General] daveaspy:
I very quickly copied some stuff into my Media folder before I left home yesterday and then at work decided to sort it out a bit. I connected via USB to my Windows PC, with Kies installed, and then went to the phones file system in Windows Explorer.

I could see all the stuff I copied in the Media folder. I created some new folders for music and video. I then dragged some video files from Media into the video folder and that worked fine. I went on to drag some folders of mp3s from Media into the music folder and that seemed to work - but actually it just copied the folder and not the contents! It has somehow managed to delete all my music files and just kept the empty folders :(

Anybody else seen this? I guess if I had moved the files inside the folders it would have been ok, but moving the folder as a whole caused the problem.
[Galaxy S II General] Mystical:
I'm about to clean up my phone for a bit, so will test this and report back.

I'm using KF1

Update: It's fine here.. some little bugs when moving files but after trying again everything is okay..
[Galaxy S II General] daveaspy:
interesting - I just tried it again and it seemed fine but that was after copying some new files onto the phone via USB cable.

I wonder if it is to do with how I got the files on there in the first place? I used ES File Explorer to navigate to a network share over wifi and copy/pasted them to a local drive - perhaps it didnt mark the folders as having any contents or something? I'll try it again when I go home to see if I can replicate the problem.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xDomsx:
Is there a way to use Map it function on phone without having Location on all the time?

Having Location on drains battery pretty much and having Map it function available is important.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Avandor:
Can't have one without the other... just make sure you untick the "Get results faster" if you wanna save on the battery.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xDomsx:
Is it just me or Find my phone doesn't work without "Get results faster"?

Using Omnia 7
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amaric:
Interesting...first I never managed to open the page to ring, erase or find the phone. I always get that "ooops..." error. Also, once I checked that option to get it faster and closed the settings it disappeared and now I only have on/off switch in find my phone settings? Does anyone else have those issues? BTW, I have an Omnia 7 with Mango.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amlex:
I couldn't get it to work correctly without the it on. By the same token, I haven't really seen any adverse affects on battery life with the option turned on.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Klikerko:
I can't make that thing to work. Map would show position of my phone from 3-4 hours ago. When I click on "Refresh" says it can't find the phone at this moment. I'm not sure how this works but problem might be with my data plan.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saluco:
Does anyone knows where does yahoo mobile messenger stores login ID and Password

beside the fact that you are unnable to check/uncheck if i want to save my password , even if i delete the app data the login id and password are still memorized
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
No real idea, but try clearing the dalvik cache in cwm, will take a while to boot up after.

Also check sdcard for any left over folders.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saluco:
tnx ...but i wast thinking at the specific file....not to wipe all cache :p :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
The dalvik cache is like temporary internet files is to internet explorer. Safe to delete in cwm. Will take a while to boot, but it will. Something to try if you're still have no luck.
[Streak 5 General] forceu:
Hello folks,

I tried to flash a custom recovery on the Dell Streak (Stock, 2.2.2 351), and according to the fastboot output the image has been written to the partition.

However, if I go into the recovery menu and select "Update from pkg", it still shows the stock Dell Menu.

Am I doing something wrong? I'm using the following code to flash StreakModRecovery or Clockwork:

sudo fastboot -i 0x413c flash recovery recovery.img

And, like I said, it says that the image has been written to the storage. And is there another way to do nandroid backups? Like using "fastboot boot" (which doesn't work either for me, I get a "booting... FAILED (remote: invalid command)" error).

Thank you very much for your help!

Marc
[Streak 5 General] marvin02:
Custom Recovery – Prevent Overwriting on Dell Streak
[Streak 5 General] forceu:
Thanks, now its working! :]]
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommo123:
getting mine tomorrow and haven't had a sammy phone before. had to do a goldcard method last year with my desire though which was a pain.

i was looking at this guide and it seems too easy somehow - like i'm missing something. or has rooting just come leaps and bounds since just last year? if so - sweet!

it looks like you use odin to flash new roms too. any particular rom that people recommend?

ta all :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
THIS THREAD HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY THE CF-ROOT THREAD:

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1103399

New roms flash via Odin or some via CWM .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1081368

Current custom roms are early builds as phone only six weeks old and the devs are on a learning curve .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackhol:
rooting is as easy as it looks. cause of the unlocked bootloader u don't have to work around it like on the HTC ones. just flash the cf corresponding with ur kernel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommo123:
thanks all, - JC - i'm in the UK so the phone should be vanilla (hopefully)

looks like i just need root for the moment then until devs get more time with the phone

ta all :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CROrION:
Hi guys, so I'm having hard time finding good battery life rom, these are my daily using:

* 30min calls

* 70 sms

* Foursquare/facebook - 35min

* Games - 10 min

* XDA - 15min

* 10 pictures

I've tried few roms, but all of theme drain my battery in 12h, can you please recommend me good, fast rom (for these things I've said I'm doing) that has decent battery life?

Also, can you recommend me good modem for Balkan area (Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia)
[Xperia Play Android Development] mehmehmen:
okay so i dont know how this may shed some light to any devs on this device, but i have a vodafone smlocked xplay and i downgraded to obtain root on generic uk then update ota to 2.3.3 with root carried over. so i got a bit bored refreshing the recovery and cm7 thread on arc forum and decided to go ahead and try unlock the bootloader on my phone via sony ericsson guide. and well.... it worked. i think. im not sure how to test if the bootloader is unlocked now but i just did the procedure and it said it finished so

thoughts on this???

EDIT so i just rebooted after flash and my phone is asking for setup details again so i think this means i have a bootloader unlocked simlocked xperia play???????????????
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
so you got fastboot? blue led?
[Xperia Play Android Development] mehmehmen:
I had fastboot blue led when I plugged in usb and held the search button while doing so. I flashed the loader using Sony unlocker and it rebooted the device with fresh Rom and I had to go through standard setup wizard first time round
[Xperia Play Android Development] mehmehmen:
blagus do you want to IM about anything, i really want to see progress on this device and it seems a very quiet forum at the moment. any tests you want me to run i will happily do and anything you need of me i will do if possible if it helps you guys along in ur missions
[Xperia Play Android Development] mehmehmen:
this proves simlock doesnt totally rule out bootloader unlockability

so i did a fastboot devices check after flashing the bootloader through the official site and this is what it came back with so i presume that means i have an unlocked bootloader now??

what we really need to figure out is whether this is down to the fact that either 1)

vodafone dont simlock their first set of shipped handsets or 2) simlock does not totally mean you cannot unlock the bootloader of your phone

iv had a few phones from vodafone since the xperia x1 (which came sim free even on contract) but my desire hd definitely was simlocked and branded to vodafone (cid VODAP001) so now i leave it to any devs this may be of interest to to contact me or post thoughts in this thread :)

meh
[Xperia Play Android Development] waz000000:
yup voda play is unlocked SIM free model, I have two :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] mehmehmen:
excited over nothing then :(

damn i thought it would be the same as the rest because i could not get an orange sim to work in the phone... god bless vodafone for not really caring what you do with your phone lol

sorry for the false alarm if that is the case
[Xperia Play Android Development] Blagus:
Seems like Vodafone Plays aren't SIM-locked for some strange reason... probably because they want these Xperias to be unlockable to attract customers ;)
[Xperia Play Android Development] mehmehmen:
lol no doubt, take it you have seen http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1066266 that. so now i have unlocked boot and root, is there anything i can test for you guys to bring back some results. i feel like i need to be doing something to contribute like i have on my other devices when they were in infancy stages.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinshifter:
Hello , sorry for my english , i have a galaxy tab and after i wanted to flash a custom rom , it rebooted and on the screen appears strange lines , a lot of color lines , i can get in download mode but my device is not recognized by Odin , in windows appears "USB Device Not recognized" , i am using win 7 64 , odin 1.7 please help ,how can i get my tab recognized by ODIN ?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k0sh:
can u go to control panel then device manager then look there for samsung drivers and open it and choose update drivers and choose manually .. many options will appear .. choose the 1st one ... that in case your device still alife
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinshifter:
This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31) this code is showing after doing above

thx anyway
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k0sh:
can you re-install KIES then try again :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkPal:
Uninstall the drivers and reinstall them. You can do that by uninstalling kies and reinstalling it.

Also The lines are because you used the FROYO bootloader patch on the GINGERBREAD ROM. In the guides we warned against that. DO NOT TOUCH THE BOOTLOADERS unless you want to end in a bad hard brick god forbid.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rangercaptain:
You will have to start from the beginning by flashing the stock safe gingerbread. Don't apply the bootloader patch this time. The unsigned bootloader is ok.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinshifter:
Yes but how to flash stock if my Tab is not recognized by PC and ODIN :( ?

Uninstalled and installed 2 times KIES, nothing
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manadus:
I was having the same problem. The odin 1.3V7 was recognized on downloading mode only.

I flashed the new OVERCOME HERMES with wipe option and every thing went perfect.

My TAB now looks much better than the initial SAMSUNG ROM.

Just follow strictly the instructions.
[Off-topic] jurekozuh:
As I have been searching for a speedometer app that would be really thought thru & I have not been able to find it, I am searching for an Android / iOS developer that would join me in developing one.

This would be a volunteer project from the start, profits would be split …

My part in the process would be -> research, analysis, design of the user interface, cooperation with the developer, testing

For now I have ideas, but the only thing I can share is the typeface I would use

Look at the original post at my tumblr blog to which I cannot submit a lisk as I am a new user here ... search for jurekozuh at tumblr
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffhbo:
I cannot connect to WiFi. It just keeps cycling through connecting, scanning, disconnected. I tried doing a full wipe and reflashing the Rom but its still doing the same thing. I'm running the newest version of virus's kingdom rom, I believe it is version 1.03. I was running the Rom for 3 days with WiFi running fine, so I know its not the Rom or the Rom download. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Jeff
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinchenzop:
What kernel are you using?

Tower, this is SkyRaider requesting a fly-by...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffhbo:
whatever kernal came with the rom
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffhbo:
Im using 2.6.35.10-g4e39384 htc-kernal@and18-2 #1 Wed May 4

Does that help?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinchenzop:
I haven't seen any complaints with that kernel causing WiFi problems, but try flashing a different kernel to see if it rectifies the problem.

Tower, this is SkyRaider requesting a fly-by...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BonkyMoon:
I know this may sound like a stupid question, but have you confirmed that there actually is a Wifi signal where you're checking? And that other devices can connect to it?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] italy7:
BUMP - same thing has happened to me on a different rom! tried several things also, wiping, resoring nands, changing kernel, updated radios even, OP did you get this sorted yet?? whats the fix :confused:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runcool:
it's not the phone. it is the user. restart your wireless router. also change your encryption and see if that works. btw, I WIN!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] italy7:
worked WOOT :D THXXX
[LG Optimus 2x] ashttrix:
Hi all,

This is my first post here. I had installed CM7 44 on Friday night after doing nvflash, doing backup of my stock rom and doing reset and clear cache using CWM. With CM7, I noticed that the GPS was not getting lock and it took forever to get a lock. So wanted to check with the latest version and flashed again by clearing cache to nightly 46. Even after that the GPS was not getting lock, but unfortunately phone was not connecting to WiFi router. It gets stuck at 'getting ip address from xxxx' stage. WiFi used to work fine in nightly 44 for me. Then came the double whammy. I went back to nightly 44, but now WiFi is not working there as well.

Any pointers as to why this is happening? I have gone back to nightly 46. Had seen in one of the older threads that it worked after setting the router to B&G only, but like I said it was working properly for me before nightly 46.

Cheers
[LG Optimus 2x] HerrKuk:
Try to reboot your router... :-)
[LG Optimus 2x] ashttrix:
My bad.. should've restarted the router and checked.. thanks.. GPS lock is still an issue though..
[LG Optimus 2x] cobber79:
hope I soon can try cm7

Hope I soon can try cm7
[LG Optimus 2x] tonywaouw:
Try it now it awesome :D You got nothing to lose ;)
[LG Optimus 2x] utp:
I am on .46, I too have strange WIFI problem, LG2X does not automatically reconnect to Wifi, here is details:

WIFI turned on, I left the location and coverage where connected WIFI router A, 2X switch to 3G correctly, to location B (WIFI B), it will not auto connect to B, I will have to disable WIFI and toggle it back on for it to auto connect, then back to location A, WIFI does not auto connect either.

(Provided both password WPA/PSK is correctly setup, since I toggle the WIFI it does works, just not auto connect like it used to be on stock)

I understand nighty is nothing to be use daily, all other things works fine (very minor glitches and work-around) just would like to report some experience, I am sure it will be fix sooner or later, when it is done, it is done.

Thumbs up for CM team tho, REALLY REALLY thanks for this great work!
[LG Optimus 2x] Mautflucht:
I already saw this behavior with other phones, not running CM7 - it might probably not be directly related to CM7.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frank_zappa:
Two weeks ago I tried to make a flash with ODIN (did everything by the book), but the flashing process stuck on a blue screen (probably the reason was my PC USB connection).

After that I couldn't get into recovery mode , the phone screen displaying every time "PHONE! PC. "

All my attempts to re-flash failed.

Phone can still be placed in the "Download Mode", ODIN recognize it, but can not make the saving flash.

I read all previous threads and I haven't found a solution or a single unified approach to recovery.

Now the phone is in service.The question is: if they fail to fix it (or refuse to cover the warranty), can I make it reusable by any method?

Thanks for your answers.

Any information would be helpful.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [Ramad]:
Use the original Samsung USB-cable, flash a Gingerbread firmware for your region from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1102881

Use 512.pit and re-partition, you should be able to enter recovery mode after that. To make sure that your device is clean after the flash, try to do a wipe/factory reset from recovery.

Good luck
[Acer Iconia A500] brain117:
i try to upgrade my A500 but failed, when i tried to update it again I got this message in the upper left corner:

secure boot: image SOS checksum fail!

but if i turn it on normally, i can still i can run the machine and use it without any problem.

i thought something might went wrong with the boot.img, so i tried to push the boot.img, but got another message when i turn on the A500 as:

secure boot : image LNX checksum fail!

now i am totally lost, once i turn it on, it will show the LNX thing, if i tried to flash it, it will show the sos thing.

unfortunetely i did not back up my recovery.img.

who can help me on this? thanks in advance!
[Acer Iconia A500] dr1337:
Uh oh....that sounds like some major brickage.......sc2k is your only hope now.
[Acer Iconia A500] sc2k:
So I really hope u got your UID.

If so I can instruct you how to unbrick.

Please contact me via PM with your UID.
[Acer Iconia A500] brain117:
thank you so much!

but i did not record my UID, is there anyway out? or my A500 really become a brick now?
[Acer Iconia A500] sc2k:
Try if this still works:

TRY FIRST WITHOUT CONNECTING THE DEVICE VIA USB

2.c Windows (alternative method)

Download this tool (download link is nearly at the end of the page): http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html

- Open the tool - Sort after VendorID - Check all devices with VendorID = 0502 and ProductID = 3325 . There is also a "Serial Number" column.
[Acer Iconia A500] brain117:
i downloaded this software and open it quite well. it shows my A500 in the device name, there are 3 A500 devices under different descriptions.

i found the serial number column and read it. is this UID for my A500?
[Acer Iconia A500] sc2k:
Please PM me the value of the field. Should be a numer with 15-16 digits.
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Did you have any luck in fixing the device.?
[Acer Iconia A500] brain117:
i am learning from sc2k now, hopefully i can fix it.
[Acer Iconia A500] M..N:
Awesome let me know how it goes if you can
[Acer Iconia A500] WishRyder:
I had the exact same thing happen with my first Iconia while trying to get around the locked bootloader (in the early pre-recovery method days).

Acer was kind enough to offer to replace it for free under warranty if I shipped it to them, but best buy replaced it for me on the spot.
[Acer Iconia A500] hitvan:
I had the same prob

just download an update.zip put in ur sdcard and flash it by pressin volum down when u restart.

Gl.
[Acer Iconia A500] WishRyder:
"Image SOS" is a bricked recovery, so no update.zip can be flashed. You must be thinking of "Image LNX" which is just a soft brick and can be recovered with update.zip

One or the other at a given time is ok. Both is bad.
[Acer Iconia A500] hitvan:
ohh sry my bad...didnt read properly
[Acer Iconia A500] Alejandrissimo:
I has this two days ago, its easy to fix, please PM
[Acer Iconia A500] jimbobtexas:
I'm in a similar boat, but I at least have my UID and all my backups. What's the procedure, pretty please?
[Acer Iconia A500] Alejandrissimo:
In order to fix BOOT.img problems just flash an entire update.zip from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113878

full firmware update.zip contains it own boot.img

this is how I fix this same problem
[Acer Iconia A500] WishRyder:
Again, one of the op's problems is an image SOS checksum fail, which is a bad recovery image. No update.zip can be flashed without recovery.

I'm curious to see if recovery from bad SOS AND bad LNX is possible, since I couldn't get into adb, recovery, or the OS when both went bad on me. Any updates from the op?
[Acer Iconia A500] jimbobtexas:
I'd like to know, too. I'm sitting here with a dead Iconia. :(
[Acer Iconia A500] brunsbanjo:
only hope i see is that you may find a working nvflash version.

but i remember that s2ck said if you have your usb id you are able to recovery such failures