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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Graymi:
had already tried a diff battery (did you know you can chew a corner off a touch pro 2 battery and make it fit??) Which i know worked fine in the old nicked dz and imo as i was getting same issue ruled out battery problem.

anyway... phone has now been returned and i'm waiting 2-3 weeks to get it repaired under warranty (though am hoping for complete replacement obviously)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcparks:
Chewing on batteries has got to get you extra xda brownie points. I'll remember that :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Graymi:
I'd like to think there was some techincal or engineering skill in there somewhere.

but it was mostly "Well, apart form this nugget of plastic they're the same shape..."
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MERKJONES:
I'm having the exact same problem... When you take you shutdown to recharge a dead battery, does it sometimes try to turn back on? I left my apartment like 30m ago with 100% battery, and I'm at 84% and declining. There's nothing running. And I've replaced the battery, same issue.

I think I might just RMA this one.. seems like an engineering issues.

Edit: I'm the 40 seconds it took me to type this, battery dropped to 82%.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MERKJONES:
Wanted to bump this post. I've since wiped / reloaded and wiped battery stats. It's still jacked. I think it's an internal electrical thing. Reason is: I'll power down to take the battery out. When I put the other one in, it'll turn back on. Or if I power down to charge, it'll turn back on - plugged in or not. I don't want to deal with the RMA process again, but I think it's my only choice. I've taken two phone calls this AM @ 100%, and it's at 96% now. Drives me insane. Ugh... I'll call TMO. Anyone know if the replacements are still rootable?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MERKJONES:
So... I had my phone replaced, and it's still doing the horrid battery thing. Flashed CM 7.1 RC3 or w/e the latest is, cycled one battery - and it drops like a stone. I have two chargers (one at work, one at home) and they both charge the phone up to 100%. But it's still losing battery life quicker than I'd like. I used to be able to get a good 18 hours out of this phone. Even with a new battery and a new phone, it's acting up. I'll try to flash an older ROM and see if it's the same thing. I updated to #130 nightly from 7/10. We'll see how it lasts today. But I do remember I had horrible luck with CM's ROM's on my G1. Battery would just drain for no reason. The main process taking up the most battery life is "Cell standby" so I changed to the latest radio - and it still drops. OP - have you figured out your problem? I've removed a ton of apps, and it's still messing up. I listen to music for... 45m in the AM, and I get down to 54%. I've formatted my SD Card as well.. it's driving me insane.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbarayah:
I just flashed CM 7.1 a few days ago and while the ROM is great, it does seem to be a litter harder on my battery than 6.1 was. With light/moderate usage yesterday, I got about 16 hours and that was running the battery almost completely dead. With heavy usage, I get about 10 hours and need a bump charge in the afternoon.

You might want to look into getting a Mugen 1800mah battery. You can get them on Ebay from 35-40 dollars. The seller 'nakedcellphone' is based out of Southern California and another user has confirmed ordering from them and getting a legitimate battery (lots of fakes on Ebay). Either that, or carry a charger with you...

Have you tried using Watchdog to see if there are any 'rogue' apps that are causing the drain by running in the background? What about going to spare parts > battery history > Partial Wake usage? There it will show apps that are draining your battery when you're not 'actively' using your phone. For me, the Android System is the highest drain in that menu. Good luck! Hope some of this helps!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MERKJONES:
I just checked spare parts, and there's nothing too odd in there. Just my music app. And I've changed that too - thought Winamp was killing me. I'll check Watchdog. This is a brand new OEM battery along with an RMA'd G2. It has to be the OS / Radio or something. I've stripped like every non-essential app too.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmphillips76:
I looked high and I looked low .... how can I change the black on white clock on the Tazz rom to white on black flip clock I looked at a lot of posts over the last couple hours and all I got was crossed eyes and seizures from looking at the laptop screen for so long any help would be nice
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bierce22:
this should be in the roms thread.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Agreed. Its a thread for the rom. And I think you will receive the best help from members who are currently running the rom and giving feedback. Also its more than enough senior members running the rom so if you post your questions over there I'm postive you'll receive a prompt response and valuable information that should help resolve your issue. Good luck.

And I hope you get your issue solved.

#Root/Hack-Mod_Always*
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmphillips76:
much thanks

I just didnt want to clog up that post with something minor
[LG Optimus 2x] charlo31:
Someone could make a kernel supporting loop device, with this kernel we will be able to run ubuntu in our phone.

Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsahid:
My Nexus s is stuck at GOOGLE LOGO

Here is the Boot Loader Details.

Boot Loader version is : I9020XXKA3

baseband : I9020XXKB1

Locked sTate : LOCKEd

I have downloaded the stock nandroid , but not able to put it on the phone memory.

then tried to unlock the BOOT Loader in order to install Clock..Recovery , but there also after selecting Yes while Running Fastboot oem unlock , phone does not do anything.

then tried to load the file using ADB mode, but when i run adb devices , it doesnt show any device. or when i run adb remount it says "Error device not found"

Please help me get out of it.....
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rentaric:
The order to unlock bootloader is:

download all drivers for nxs

download sdk tools

unzip sdk tools on your hdd

start a cmd prompt

navigate to the /tools folder inside sdk (if some adb files are missing get them here, they go into the /tools folder)

connect nxs via usb (enable usb debugging)

type "adb devices" in cmd (should return the device number)

type "adb reload bootloader"

after phone rebooted into fastboot mode type "fastboot oem unlock"

[without the ""s and install drivers if needed]
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsahid:
when i run adb devices it just shows this as shown below.. it doesnt give device serial number,although when i type adb remount it says device not found.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb devices

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

running ADB reboot says "Device not found"

although i can see in device manager as "android bootloader interface"

moreover when i run fastboot devices

it does show me my device serial number.

JUST to Emphasize I Am not able to start the phone so cant enable usb Debugging
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frutelaken:
Did you install the PDAnet drivers? I don't think your PC detects your phone correctly for this to work.

Install those drivers, hook the NS up to your PC and boot into bootloader. Running the adb and fastboot commands should work then.

Greetz
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsahid:
I did try try to install pdanet but it also fails eventually , and installation aborts .

I wonder when fastboot mode is detecting right it does display the interactive screen for unlocking boot loader on my phone .then could it still be driver issue

Can you confirm if adb needs "USB DEbugging enabled" which i can't do as mentioned
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeren:
Yes you need USB debugging for adb
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsahid:
is there a way to enable usb debugging without phone getting started.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maximilian Mary:
If fastboot devices showed your serial number, you should be fine. Adb is for when android is up and running. You can mount the sdcard in recovery to copy the image files over for nandroid. If that doesn't work you can always flash in fastboot.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsahid:
Yes but I am with Stock Recovery ,

IN order to mount SD card I need Clock work recovery and clock work recovery needs UNlocked Boot Loader

SO when I run the COmmand "Fastboot OEM Unlock"

My phone shows me one screen to choose Yes or NO

then I choose "YES" and hit the power button to unlock but then it stays there forever and never Unlocks the Boot Loader.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt2053:
If you do Fastboot OEM Unlock and then you wait for a while, and pull the battery, then put it back in and hold volume up + power and go back into bootloader mode, does it say LOCKED or UNLOCKED?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsahid:
I waited for around 15 mins and then pulled out the battery , and then again went to boot loader it still says LOCKED.

IS it possible to execute Nandorid.zip using fastbot mode ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icejagans:
Use Odin?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maximilian Mary:
Exactly what all did you do before you tried fastboot oem unlock?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsahid:
I opened the boot loader and run the command Fastboot Devices it did show me my device

then i run fastboot oem unlock , with which my phone showed up one screen confirming boot loader unlock where i chose "Yes" and hit the power button

i waited for 15 mins , tried multiple times and waited even more than an hour

nothing happens in the cmd promt neither on the phone.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsahid:
Please help me how can i flash using fastboot I tried Fastboot update update.zip(2.3.3 official update)

it gave me following error

archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'

archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'

error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eskaycee:
Justsahid - I'm in the exact same predicament as you (as of this morning). I'm still trying to figure out how to get the phone to unlock. I noticed there isn't any post regarding success or if you still have this issue :(

To all:

When trying to wipe data/factory reset in the recovery mode I receive the following error message:

Formatting /data...

E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/blockplatform/s3c-sdhci.0/by-name/userdata

Formating Cache...

Data wipe complete

Then when I go and try to "apply update from /sdcard" is shows this message:

E:failed to mount /sdcard

I just wanted to know if those messages would indicate that the "Internal memory" is inaccessible and that all attempts to fix this issue is futile. Keep in mind, I'm also getting the same error message as Justsahid when trying to fastboot the update.

Eskaycee
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsahid:
I tried everything with no success...then finly I sent the phone go samsung ..as per them there was some electrical part malfunctionining so they replaced it... I hope I will get my phone back by Tuesday
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsanity:
Wow. That's good to know. Thanks for sharing.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikerowes69:
Time for a odin flash
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liliu:
I waiting????????????????????
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jboxer:
I am trying to help someone fix his phone that got messed up by the 2.3.6 OTA update. I have the same issue with his Nexus S. I can get into Fastboot Mode and "fast devices" shows his phone is connected. When I issue the "fastboot oem unlock" command I get the unlock screen, select yes with the volume key, then press power. At that point the device hangs and does nothing no matter how long you wait. And at that point it stops responding to the fastboot devices command. The only thing that can be done is a battery pull and I can get back into the Bootlader still locked. Has anyone found a fix for this?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] die4you:
I have same problem..T.T

I try to 'fastboot oem unlock', but screen is nothing to change.

also, i didn't touch anything when i wake up someday morning and check the my Nexus s phone. At that time, screen keep shows 'Google Logo' ; nothing to change.. try to Odin 1.81 and fastboot and adb...nothing happen.

Anybody have a idea???? (My phone is from WIND Mobile) :(:(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jboxer:
If you go into fastboot and then select recovery and press power does it reboot into recovery mode? If you get the Android Bot press volume up and power together to get into recovery. Try a factory reset. Does it give an error saying it cannot mount the internal sd card? If yes, time for a warranty replacement, if you have a warranty. Nothing can be done if this is the case.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clenss:
HElp!!

Really?? Nothing can be done?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jboxer:
Really. If you have this the phone is an official brick and nothing can be done.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] STARSHIELD:
this seems to be an old thread but someone on here might be able to help me out.

i was having the same issues as OP, except i was previously rooted. something happened in my system so i figured locking the bootloader and sending it in would do, but then i realized i needed to remove CWM. So i attempted to unlock the bootloader but it just gets stuck, also, my SD card is unmountable, and now i have no boot or recovery.img (even though i still have CWM). ive tried using odin and various other tools. anyways. i still have the warranty for my phone.

just wondering, do YOU think they would accept and replace my phone (possibly for a small fee aswell) if the bootloader is locked but it was once rooted? the only way they would know is if someone goes into recovery and sees CWM in there.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jboxer:
Since you can get into CWM recovery can you reformat the internal sd card? The issue is the corrupt internal "SD" card memory. Locking and unlocking the bootloader requires erasing the internal sd card, but since the EMMC is corrupted that operation hangs and the bootloader unlock and lock commands won't complete and it just hangs. If you cannot reformat EMMC can you at least use CWM to reflash stock recovery to the phone? Since the bootloader is unlocked you have no warranty so without being able to lock it I think Samsung would most likely refuse an in warranty replacement, but since the phone is perma-bricked in this condition you have nothing to lose trying it. Maybe you will get lucky and they won't bother to go into recovery and will send you a new phone.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyijedi:
I know this is an old thread, but I want to thank both of you for sharing all of this info. I just wasted about an hour trying to fix my friend's phone under these exact same conditions. You guys saved me a lot more time by sharing your findings. Thanks.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdighassami:
the exact problem for me. in this part it says locked and nothing has change yet.:(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
:

Hi There,

Try reinstalling the adb drivers and then check whether the drivers are correctly installed or not by typing this command ''fastboot devices'' and hit enter if it shows the serial no. Of ur nexus s or any no. Like 8548647(somethng like that). Then you have correctly installed the Drivers. Then again try to Unlock the bootloader using oem unlock. And then flash a custom recovery and a custom rom or stock rom.

If all this doesnt work. Try flashing the stock rom using adb commands......

Happy Flashing

Good Luck ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starstuff:
Hello there, noob here :)

I'm getting confused with all the info about the SGII out there, so I wonder:

1) I've got the Lightning ROM installed and it says there in the desc "better camera", is this a different hack from the one Potatoman released here? And if it is, can I savely install the 192kbps audio hack with that ROM and do I lose the camera improvements that came with that ROM?

2) Is there a way to invert the system colours easily, like have dark text on white background instead of the bright text on black background thingy?

I mean not just for themes (e.g. homescreens etc) but for the system menus etc, so it'll have a coherent, seemless look? I did stumble upon the "Change colours" tutorial here but it seems rather tricky and I'm scared to fiddle with the system files on my own :/

Or is there -perhaps- some ROM out there that includes such already?

Don't get me wrong, I don't think the white text on black bg is bad per se but I find it easier on the eyes if it's the other way round (like it's on the iPhone *cough*)

Cheers!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velocity92c:
I am an idiot and messed up my phone pretty badly. I was trying to restore to stock through Odin and found a one click method that is for the CAPTIVATE. Obviously I didn't notice this until it was too late. Now my phone will only power on with the battery in, and boots to an AT&T world screen but sits there. Nothing happens when I plug in the USB cord whether or not I hold any of the buttons, so I can't get to download mode. I don't have enough experience to tinker with the insides of the phone with a 'jig' or whatever they're called so I don't know what to try next. Is there any hope of this phone ever working again?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBadBen:
Try plugging your USB cord into your wall charger and holding volume down while plugging the other end of the cord into your phone. This seems to have worked for a bunch of people. You can fix this, just hang in there.

And dude, one thread at a time will help us help you.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velocity92c:
I made a new thread because it was a different issue, the other one can be deleted. I just tried what you suggested and had no luck. Nothing happens. The phone doesn't come on at all when plugged into the wall, with the battery in or out. The only way I can get it to come on at all is holding down the power button and doing that with either combo of the volume buttons does nothing but boot to this AT&T logo.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velocity92c:
After researching it a little bit I don't think there's anyway to access d/l mode without a jig, so I guess I'll order one. I'll probably stop by the VZW store just to see if they'll replace it but I'm sure they won't and it was no doubt my fault anyway.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sneakysolidbake:
Try another USB cord.

Sent from my cm7 fascinate, bro.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minho422:
I was in that situation too, until I found out that after I my phone crashed therefore doing a repartition, the volume up key was activating the dl mode instead of down key as before. Don't know why it switched but it worked for me
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBadBen:
Especially if you aren't using an OE cable.

I've always had the best luck with the DI01 Odin package, for what it's worth. Then just let the updates run to get you up to date.
[Android Software Development] wrxtc714:
Hey what's up everyone

I'm not new to android but I am fairly new to developing applications.

I am looking for a dedicated person to work with me in my area.

I was doing really well and making a couple thousand a month but then ran into some copyright issues. I now am only making a couple hundred a month from my apps. I have an office in Garden Grove with plenty of room for another individual or even 2. My rent is $500 a month and I really need someone to split that with.

My other partners all bailed because they didn't believe in android. They would work with me a couple of months and they leave because it was too much for them to learn. I have a lot of great ideas and would love to share them with someone that can really help me and want's to move forward.

So if you are serious about android and love android like I do then please contact me and we can discuss this further.

420 Friendly is a plus. This is California after all

Right now I pretty much root phones for a living. Thank you to everyone here at XDA for all of the great information and hard work. Without XDA I would have nothing right now.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] tardisguy:
The following query is from a novice user, please regard any ignorance as recognized, and thank you for your time in advance.

My question is, does anyone understand how the ram is mapped. Is the ram loaded from flash to volatile, filling portion of it, resulting in a remap of the remainder to use as /ram? or is there flash store and volatile as separate chips?

I ask this possibly stupid question because I am attempting to learn ways of improving the mile-droid performance/memory to ultimately run a debian-dist on. Questions i have a plenty, but this one will do for now.

Feel free to volunteer any useful information about the hardware, relevant and irrelevant yet interesting software to aid me in my Desktop to "pocket"top miniaturization cause.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sline-dawg:
I wish there was a way to add, or replace the chip to 1 GB....;)

My D1 shows 225 mb total....:(
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Abazel:
I am sure that we could replace the chip, but someone said something like our Milestone's CPU or Chipset (i don't exactly remember) cannot handle more than 256 Mb of memory. I am not very sure about the affirmation, but it would be amazing if somebody with enough phone hardware knowledge would add more RAM.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] IanTester:
Phones do not use chipsets, there is not enough room. Everything is highly integrated. The CPU is in a "system on a chip" (SoC), containing a lot of the "peripherals" that were once separate components on a PC e.g boot ROM/Flash, RAM and RAM controller, storage Flash, GPU and display controller (with LCD and/or DVI output), UART's, I2C, PWM, MMC/SD interface, USB, etc. What's more, the RAM and Flash are packaged together with the SoC in a "package on package" (PoP) arrangement. This is all in something about the size of your thumbnail. Like I said, it's highly integrated.

For this reason, you can't simply add RAM. You'd have to exchange the "chip" for one with more RAM. Then you'd have to reflash the bootloader and setup a bunch of other settings, but why not put on an open bootloader instead of Motorola's locked one? I suppose that's one possibility, but the "chip" is likely in a BGA package, which is very difficult to work with.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] dfersd:
Hello fellas... I had a Moto E2 some years ago, it was based on a firmware called Juix, its a Linux software firmware based rom, there you can mount ext2 partitions as extra RAM, nowadays I'm still learning about Android, but as I see, "ext" extentions are cappable to be used as ROM, RAM and storage, so If some one of the developers can talk to us about that possibilities, I'd thank that