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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnCorleone:
The Root is right. The word "brick" is used too much. I can only remember a couple of people actually bricking a phone thus making it useless. 95% of the problems can be fixed with Odin. I didn't know a damn thing 6 months ago. I had to Google "rooting your phone." Now I test ROMs,themes, and kernels for developers. I could never go back to stock now. Rooting really frees the phone to make it your own. Flashing ROM's, themes, and kernels is easy and if you have any questions, there are people like me that are glad to help. Also, qbking makes great videos if you are a visual learner or want to see the process before you do it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flight3:
I agree with JohnCorleone, there have been many times where I thought I had bricked my phone, but there is usually a way to fix any problem. This site is great for finding out answers to your questions. And if you need help with a rom or rooting you can PM me. I'll try to help if I can.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deano0714:
Yeah I actaully bricked.... from vision kernel it sucked but I got a new phone for free haha
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daddy_droid:
I followed the way to use odin to fryo eb03 release did update to ec05 and still saying I can go from ef10 to ef02. Base band says I am ec05. What up we ca downgrade modem via odin? I even used odin to flash ec05 modem. Still getting message to update.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
Got any cool tricks you've discovered with your phone? Post them here.

To start with I just learned that with the Gingerbread keyboard on Ultimate G2X rom if you slide up on the space bar it reveals 4 arrow keys for positioning the cursor. Slide the spacebar back down to hide them again.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
Here's a screeshot. Forgot to add it to the original post:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Helixdimension:
may not be a revelation to many folks but

screen shot anytime with the home and power keys pressed simultaneously

while finger is pressed dragging it above the upper most touch keyboard reveals another row of keys, number keys. saves me time from switching typing mode to numbers if I've only gotta stick a number or two in my messages when texting
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
Another one I found recently is with the LG camera app. If you press and hold the shutter button the camera will focus, and then when you release the button it will take the photo. Makes it easier to capture the photo I want by holding the focus like that and then waiting for the right moment to release it.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeebuyas:
I just recently upgraded my galaxy tab to gingerbread using official rom from kies. Then I rooted it through chainfire and successfully did so. Question is, after rooting, my tab becomes unresponsive each time I exit an app. Although when I restart my tab, the lag goes away for a while and then comes back eventually.

Anyone know the solution to this? Or maybe the cause?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jay321:
What do i need o get my emulator workingf possible direct me or post it please

Thanks for the help
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] transitoyspace:
ive used it on beastlys froyo rom and some gb roms.

have worked nicely. used the app from market to get roms.

everything worked
[HTC Inspire 4G] anoncan:
Shout out to Joey at the South Parkersburg Radio Shack- ya he fixed it.

My problem- wouldn't download and install apps from Market, wouldn't uninstall apps, couldn't unmount SD & long boot time. And it work better without the microSD card in. Everything was stock, factor reset, formatted & vigin-ish.

Short of it: quick format microSD card- FAT32 with 4096(?) allocation. Used Win7. The allocation size is key.

It worked perfect as stock after and still.

anoncan

PS First Post!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Welcome to XDA.

Definitely a reasonable solution to fixing SD card problems, but I'm not quite sure how this would affect market download issues, as I've had them occassionally, regardless of SD card condition, they always managed to resolve themselves on their own.

Not saying it couldn't, I just have a natural tendency to introduce a little healthy skepticism, for the sake of discussion. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] diablo009:
I quick formatted mine as FAT32 with 2048, and its been working pretty good.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
In other words, the op formatted his SD card and it fixed his SD card problems. ;)

The thing is, if you're going to format it in an attempt to fix problems, might as well be extra sure and do a full format.

It doesn't take that long.

(not necessarily directed at you diablo, just in general).
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zepman_us:
Is anyone else having an issue where the phone mute does not work. I had the mute on earlier but the other person could still here me. I tried again to make sure and it was not working right for me.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWhiteBandito:
I have not had this problem and I've been on multiple builds of MIUI since around April. What kernel and radio are you using?

I've ran incredikernel (the stable one), and both the inc stock radio and the evo radio 04.08 and have had no problems.

One thing I have seen is that you should turn on "Third-party access" in phone settings to alleviate some errors and quirks when it comes to phone. Let me know how it goes!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snarestud940:
I just bought the HTC Sensation. My mother has the HTC myTouch 3g Slide and I had the Samsung Vibrant. My mom would like to buy a myTouch 4g but isn't eligible for an upgrade. We are thinking of selling my Vibrant and her 3g slide and purchasing a new phone outright with no contract. Is this possible? and what is the best way to sell? and how much can we get. both phones are in great shape!

Thanks in advance everyone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vortec87:
You could always trade them in, Target has a decent program http://target.nextworth.com/

So far one of the better non-private party deals i have seen so far, plus target sells phones so you can use the gift cards towards a new phone
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paging Dr B:
Do not trade your phone in!

Do not trade them in. They'll give you less than half of what they're worth. The best thing I could tell you is to go to ebay and check the prices of the phones to see how much they're selling for. Then do what I do, and just sell it on ebay. I'm going to be posting my mytouch 3g on ebay, as well as a samsung behold to pay for my sensation. Then next year when the new hotness is out, I will sell my vibrant to pay for that phone, just how my g1 paid for my vibrant.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dligon:
yes cause tmobile trade in gives you about 110 best buy trade in gives you about 127 radio shack gives you about 80 yea suxxxs
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paging Dr B:
All your base belong to us

Check the price of the completed listings for the mytouch slide and you will see that you can easily get $200 for a used mytouch slide, and nearly $400 for a vibrant. So yeah, like I said those trade in deals suck.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
I've used Swappa.com before and loved it. Got a good price selling my phone. Only do Android phones.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CB620:
Join the marketplace.
[Defy General] HTC_FUZE:
Hi,

I just have a T-Mobile(USA) defy and wanna to flash a official ROM with Chinese support. I read a few posts about China Offical Rom causing Flash LED problem, so I decide to flash SEA sbf/ROM. The posts in forum is useful but just contains too much information to answer my question and sometimes also confused me a bit. I need straight answer on the following question:

1. This is used phone, so how to make a factory reset? On WM phone, I just run "Clear Storage" and then it back to the factory status. Not sure how to do on Defy.

2. It is not SIM-unlocked, but I think I still can flash other SBF/ROMs?

3. Any special attention to flash T-mobile USA defy? I bricked my T-Mobile HD2 by flash asia ROM so I need pay more attention to flash T-mobile defy.

4. BaseBand problem? The phone will be used in China, so I am wondering if I should use T-Mobile baseband because it matches hardware frequency? If answer is yes, how to flash just baseband?

Thanks for your help.

Thanks
[Defy General] ehsan_yany:
i have the same questions, please somebody answer us. Thanks a lot
[Defy General] JackSparrow17:
May be this will be helpful....http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=897445
[HD2 General] caitiebugg87:
Right now my HD2 is flashed with WP7 using Magldr. I want to get rid of the WP7 and try android. But when I plug my phone into the computer the computer won't find my phone. Zune finds it just fine, but when I search for devices nothing comes up, not even unknown. I've tried different cords, different ports and I don't know what to do.
[HD2 General] cobrien13:
this is what actually did last night.....i downloaded a win6.5 rom i put the phone in bootloader(the tri color screen,u knw....volume down and power on at same time)....i then proceeded to Romupdate.....and let it flash win6.5....after that i booted...went to the win6.5 menu and reformetted the sd card....after that i mounted the sdcard and did the basic steps.....installed manglr then clockworld then install rom zip....well i hope i helped if u need help feel free to pm me
[HD2 General] Richy99:
boot into the magldr loader and select usb flasher mode, see if it turns to usb
[HD2 General] AthenaLod:
u can always flash via the microsd card.
[HD2 General] caitiebugg87:
Yes, thank you all so much!! I put it in USB Flasher Mode, and it worked!
[Acer Iconia A500] Spid3rman:
I was interested in transfering files from my hone (Nexus s 4g) and my A500. I wanted to know if this is possible by simply plugging the phone into the tablet's usb port. If not, is there any drivers or apps i can download to let me do so? Basically, i want it to be like when i plug it into my computer. I want it to show up like a hard drive.

Also, i have a external harddrive and had a question on how to format it. When i right click hit format is comes up as NTFS being the default file system. The onl y other option is exFat. Is that the same as Fat32? I've heard Fat32 is the only file system that works.

Thanks for the help!
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
Use gparted partition manager on puppy linux to format it into fat32.....
[Acer Iconia A500] Spid3rman:
Still not working

Ive converted the drive to fat32 but i still cant get it to be recognized by my a500, can someone please explain how i could do so? :(
[Acer Iconia A500] vari9:
Try using a powered usb hub....or try using 'drive mount'.....search it in the market...
[Acer Iconia A500] bangejiaozi:
i use nokia e71.

using the datacable ,connect the e71 to a500.

just like an u flash,i can see it in astro .
[Acer Iconia A500] interqd:
I CAN DO THIS AFTER UPDATE to 3.1 , and the mount with drive mount
[EVO 4G General] issafram:
View attachment 625778

What to do? I don't even use my minutes every month. Take the cash?
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
I'd take the cash, no doubt.

People call people?

That's SO 1990s ;)
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Take the cash! :)
[EVO 4G General] ckoadiyn:
take the credit its 5 extra bucks for you to spend
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Free gallon of gasoline paid for by Sprint!
[EVO 4G General] mmegalodon:
75 minutes over 3 months or 5 bones ...

LOL!
[EVO 4G General] Vandelay007:
I called sprint and told them that the minutes were worthless to me, never coming close to using them - and that after 10 years with them a 5 buck credit was basically insulting and told them i was taking the minutes i didnt need - cause F'em... thats why -
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
If I were Sprint I'd just say "okay, you get neither then."

Complaining about something like this is shameful man.
[EVO 4G General] mmegalodon:
LOL

I wouldn't even bother mentioning it. I get the 'gesture' and offering, but nothing I could be bothered with.

I'd take a free pen, though. Can never have too many of those.
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Lmfao #winning

Sent from my PC36100
[EVO 4G General] Vandelay007:
Lol oh well.....same could be said about the two offerings from Sprint

.........at 8 am today someone poisons the coffee....do not drink the coffee. More instructions will follow.

Cordially,

Future Dwight
[General Questions and Answers] pyko:
Hello all :)

Was reading: go to 'android.com' then add '/branding.html' **

In particular #4 and #5 - uses of 'Android' and 'Droid' ...

Just want to check my understanding:

With #4:

I guess that means you can use Android/Droid as long as it is combined with other words? ie. you can't just call your app/blog "Droid" or "Android", you need to have words before/after it...?

and for #5:

Does that mean if we do use Android as part of the name we need the 'TM' sign after the word Android?

Reason I'm asking is i've just recently dived into android dev, and started a blog "random android stuff", which uses 'android' in the name. If i'm not mistaken, according to #5, this means I should be putting "random android(TM) stuff"... is that correct? (I'd prefer not too, it just looks odd :S)

Cheers,

pyko

ps. not entirely sure if this belongs here, but it didn't feel like it belongs in the Android forums since it isn't software/programming related.

** pps. can't link to the android brading url!
[General Questions and Answers] bobyracer2:
lol man i have no idea, but who cares if u use the android word in a topic, just use it!.xD
[General Questions and Answers] mute_:
Google isn't going to care what you call your blog. Don't bother with the TM. The branding is mainly in regards to commercial use, not free and fair use.
[Droid X General] KawaKoder:
I have my Xoom with full HDMI functionality, meaning it mirrors whatever the tablet is displaying on a large TV screen. Since I am a developer, I don't wanna use it for any app testing yet. Instead, I would rather to use my Driod X I just bought at eBay. I learned that the HDMI port of Droid X outputs only your own gallery, not the same way as Xoom does. Is there a way to make Droid X mirror whatever it is displaying on a TV screen?

The reason why I wanna use large screen to see the results of my development work is because my vision is rather poor.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

KK
[Droid X General] silversonic1:
Due to the processor in the Droid X, mirror mode is impossible. Sorry.

Of course, RealHDMI can at least show almost everything through HDMI. Just not on the phone screen while doing it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanger84:
So I've been reading more and more about radios, and some people have reported better signal and battery life on different radios...which leads me to a few questions.

I know flashing a radio can brick your phone...but how likely is it to brick my phone if I use radios that have been tested and working?

If in the off chance I do brick my phone, is there any possible way of fixing it without tearing the phone apart or taking it to Verizon?

I found 2 lists of radios...one here and one on the MIUI forums under the Inc section:

1.00.00.02.09: 62C2E284B56A07D67F803097B18D49E2 Pre-release radio

1.00.03.04.06: 44CBBF56CDFA221FA3506676D9A0E259 Official Eclair radio

2.05.00.06.11: 954D0D2D93236146AA6D5537626535E6 Official Eclair Radio

2.05.00.06.11: 7AF47CBF2DF017985AD1E03766550C3C Leaked Eclair radio

2.07.00.07.16: FB0BFF88DE8EBC1C2E2EC85D027C14B6 Leaked Froyo radio

2.15.00.04.08: 6609c2d7cf0420ac23da7554a3c5b575 Leaked GB Evo Radio

2.15.00.07.28: A0697349057B233600C93CE07AF81F87 (includes cwm recovery 2.5.0.5) Official Froyo radio

2.15.00.09.01: C26E304970A50BF1041DFFA794F440EE Leaked Froyo radio

2.15.00.11.19: e559db670e8c520b871e9a658f5acbb9 Leaked EVO Radio

2.15.10.05.06: 2ff2f4e4618a2ef1bf76ceb6ed1670b5 Leaked GB Radio

That's both lists combined.

I've heard that the 04.08 radio is great on battery life and signal...but I also hear the same about 09.01 radio...any suggestions other than just try them?

Since I've changed just about everything else on my phone (different roms, kernels, recoveries) I'm wanting to try different radios...but really don't wanna have to send my phone back to Verizon if it bricks.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBankord:
Results differ from person to person, as everyone is located in a different area. The results are very subjective: one radio may work great for you and horribly for someone else. Your best bet would be to flash a radio and check out your phone's signal strength for a couple of days.

Trial and error is the way to go when trying radios.

To see a numerical value for signal strength (measured in decibels or dB), go to Menu>Settings>About Phone>Status and scroll down to "Signal Strength." The value will always be negative. The closer to 0 it is, the better your signal strength is (-20 dB is better signal than -50 dB).
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grimmkt:
Just remember to verify the MD5 sum before flashing to make sure you got a good download.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanger84:
My biggest worry really is about bricking my phone and having to send it back to Verizon and them not replacing it because I changed the ROM and kernel.

How high is the risk of bricking if the MD5 matches? And if it does brick, is it a full brick or can it be fixed?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k_nivesout:
Chances of bricking it if you have a good download (md5 matches) is slim to none. I think the only way to brick it is by pulling the battery as the radio is flashing.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viperman2008:
From what I know, radios used to be more prone to bricking the phone. Now the updates replace the entire radio and not just update it. I could be mistaken on that though.

If you get bored, check out my tech thoughts & review blog: coolRandomTechStuff.blogspot.com

Follow me on twitter: @CoolRandomTech
[Focus Windows Phone 7 Development] Deviant6:
Need a bit of help guys. I need to revert my focus to the original rom. I updated to nodo thinking I could unlock and sideload afterwards, but of course.. I couldn't. I've reformatted my pc since then and don't have my old restore point. I'm downloading a 7008 backup from a user here on XDA (thanks munkeyphyst!!!)

but I don't know how to get Zune to see it as an old restore point. Can anyone tell me where I need to put the files?

I have XP SP3.

thanks in advanced.
[Focus Windows Phone 7 Development] sidicious:
any chance he has shared the backup in a thread? I am in need of such a backup as well. The files are all saved in your zune folder by the way, if you make a backup of your phone you will find them.
[Focus Windows Phone 7 Development] bsbokc:
Here you go guys. link
[Xoom General] KingDavid63:
Well how about today I found out why the "movies" section is not showing up in the market in my Xoom... Well come to find out that Google has it where no rooted device can access the movies from the market... I say a crock of ****... I'm sure many of you like me wasnt aware of this when we rooted our device... Wouldn't have mattered if I did... But all the same would have been nice to know.. I don't understand the reasoning behind this.... Anyways those of you that don't know the only way to get it back is to reinstall the stock room then relock your device. Apparently when you unlock it supposedly deletes some file that you have to re flash to get back... I heard this on the latest android central podcast in case you all wanna know. Well maybe some one soon will get us a work around for this.... What y'all think?
[Xoom General] rschenck:
This was known when Movie rental via Android was first announced...big headlines all over the tech sites, hardly a secret.

As for why, it was obviously required by the movie studios due to DRM issues. They want to be sure the movies can be stored ina folder that can't be accessed directly by the user. Not surprising considering their previous stance on such matters.
[Xoom General] kcrudup:
... and just so's we're clear on this, you're saying that simply reflashing the stock boot.img won't fix this, you have to run "oem lock" in fastboot?
[Xoom General] PaulG1488:
This was well known all ready no need for a new thread
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mnmyevo8:
aight i rooted my wifes optimus and then i decided i wanted to flash a rom so i installed the custom recovery and after i wiped it i realized ohh **** i forgot to make a back up. so i tryed to flash the rom and which is cm7 and all i get is lg screen. help please
[Optimus One, P500, V General] crashff:
which optimus version? One, M S T U V ?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] 4silvertooth:
LG logo = Not brick

Are you not able to boot into recovery with 3 button combo?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] flashmania123:
Bricked in Android Recovery Mode RA-thunderc-1.1.0-GNM

I have the same problem i get LG logo then it boots to Android System recovery Build : RA-thunderc-1.1.0-GNM. It keeps rebooting and powering up in this when ever i try to flash a rom. Isn't there a way to just delete everything on the phone and sdcard and just transfer new files and do a hard reboot so that the files are recognized and it boots to 2.2.1 android os? Or if not that at least a way to end the system recovery boot loops that i am currently having on my LG Optimus V.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mnmyevo8:
yea can use the three button combo and its the optimus s just cant get it past there. is there a rom u would recomend trying
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ccdreadcc:
Optimus s roms are in some other forum, not xda
[Optimus One, P500, V General] aaronbutton:
+1 you have just flashed the rom for the wrong phone. Flash the right one and you should be good to go
[Optimus One, P500, V General] 4silvertooth:
Bricked wifes, optimus help quick, please...

Sorry.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Hanny:
haha lol :p
[Samsung Infuse 4G] abudabu:
So I'm very new to the Android world. I was able to root and unlock my Samsung Infuse by following the instructions (big up lost1 !!)

Now I want to gift the phone to my sister. I want to basically do a factory reset to my phone so it is new, like the day it came. I know I can unroot it and then do a factory reset, but I have a feeling she will need tethering, so I'm keeping it rooted. How can I do a factory reset on a rooted Samsung Infuse?

Thanks in advance for all your help.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
if that is all you did then just do a factory reset in recovery. it clears user data and apps but won't unroot. it won't restore any stock app you may have deleted though. if you need a truely clean slate with root h8rift and gtg have odin packages for that.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] abudabu:
No, not really a clean slate. Just factory reset. From what I"ve read in the threads, I can do a factory reset by:

rebooting the phone, and when I'm switching the phone on, I press the power buttons and both the volume buttons and release the power button ?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tekgurl:
Under settings , choose Privacy, then, Factory Reset
[Samsung Infuse 4G] abudabu:
Hi tekgurl, I've heard if that's done on a rooted device, it could cause issues.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rjan22:
If you have titanium.backup go to batch, scroll down and uninstall system data/aapplication bam
[Samsung Infuse 4G] abudabu:
Hi rjan22,

Will I need the paid version or can this also be done by the free version?

And by doing this, I'll be back to basically a stock infuse on the log-in screen but with root permission?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rjan22:
Yes buy it, it is very useful if you are on android, you might wanna buy file explorer and rom manager, this 3 apps is a must for android. So you can easily flash different ROM s very easy.