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[HTC Aria General] tbone22:
Man talk about timing. My fr008 aria bit the dust and I had to get another via ins. well it came factory with 2.2.2. I was pissed off about that and started looking for a fix and found one here. I will have to wait till tomorrow or Monday to try it because the unit they sent me has a bad ear piece and they are sending a new one but I will post my results when I get my new, new phone. Thanks for the work on this.

No link to file do I need to search XDA or did you forget to attach it.
[HTC Aria General] drowningchild:
it's all over these forums

www.alpharev.nl/x/beta
[HTC Aria General] Theonew:
Why would anyone want to downgrade to 2.1 after having S-OFF!? (Rhetorical question). Once you have S-OFF, you can flash superuser, clockworkmod and custom roms without needing to downgrade to 2.1 then rooting again. Also attn1 already made a thread here on what to do after AlpharevX: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1122694.
[HTC Aria General] ferariboy:
HTC ARIA

He is very right i jumped the gun too soon
[HTC Aria General] STaria:
fastboot?

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[HTC Aria General] drumist:
Uh no, Theonew is exactly right. Not only is he right, but he gave a link showing exactly what he was talking about. In an ultimate showing of irony, you blasted someone for not doing his research when it's actually you who hasn't done his research.

Once you have S-OFF you don't need to use the 2.1 RUU or Unrevoked. It's a waste of time. You can push Clockwork recovery to your phone via fastboot, then flash whatever you want. It takes literally 2 seconds to flash Clockwork in this manner after you have S-OFF.
[HTC Aria General] blackangel104:
Even though I switched to the atrix, I kept my aria just for this :)

Sent from my "Emo" rooted Motorola Atrix! Emo Thinks Possible™
[HTC Aria General] zedbra:
nice share M8, even if it was copied directly from Addictivetips.com;)

im interested to know other peoples experience with this... all good i hope

only for curiosity, i didnt upgrade to 2.2 OTA
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
I really didn't have any need to either. I was perfectly happy with a fully rooted Aria running CM 7.0.3, but curiosity got the best of me, plus I had just ordered a HTC Incredible S, so I decided to 'practice' the AlphaRevX process on my Aria.

Installed the Froyo 2.2.2 update and then ran AlphaRevX and it went without a hitch. Got CWM reinstalled and superuser reinstalled and it was a really painless.
[HTC Aria General] zedbra:
Nice!! thanks for the feedback M8

not to stray off topic, but now with S-Off achieved is it possible to downgrade HBoot with .zip file?? or is this sticky which can only be done using a box??

i may upgrade anyway just for kicks, but it would be great if we could downgrade HBoot again too;)
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
AlphaRevX is able to overwrite HBOOT 1.02 and replace it with their own that has S-OFF. It looks like they set the HBOOT version very high, so that 'downgrading' with say a RUU will fail. So if you find a way to replace this special HBOOT, you will loose S-OFF.
[HTC Aria General] zedbra:
yah after reading a bit i see the Alpharev hack is a pached HBOOT. so i believe you are correct, removing it will make it S-On again. too bad:)
[HTC Aria General] amlothi:
This is what I want to do, but I need some help.

After using AlpharevX, I'll get S-OFF. Then, I just want to root the phone and be able to do a nandroid backup. I don't want to flash any ROM at this time.

The link you posted to does not have a clockworkmod listed for Aria. Which one do I use?
[HTC Aria General] zedbra:
i would use THIS One. finally Clockwork without the recovery screen during charging

once you aquire S-off you can install Clockwork using Android Flasher:)
[HTC Aria General] Theonew:
It does have it listed for Aria. The Aria is codenamed as Liberty. It's ClockworkMod is here: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=591945&d=1305031790. You can get android flasher from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794638. Unzip it, run it, select recovery at the side and click begin (Your phone will go into fastboot), find recovery.img (extracted from ClockworkMod), select it, click begin, and your done. You now have ClockworkMod 2.5.0.1 installed.;) To root, just go here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1122694 and follow the "To Root" steps and then you will be rooted. To do the nandroid backup, just start ClockworkMod (Instructions in the previous link - "How to start ClockworkMod") and select nandroid.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] alexmihalcea:
Hey guys, I'd like some personal opinions on both the Cronos Ginger 1.4.0 and Cyanogenmod 7.1.0. I've used both G.O.T. 2.2.1 and Cyanogenmod 6 and I've been pleased with them but I want to switch to 2.3 now.

1. Which is faster?

2. Which is more responsive?

3. Which is more stable?

4. Which is more suitable to long term use of apps like navigation etc?

5. Which is more suitable for hd apps like games or hd movie playback?

I'm curios about your experiences (i know that sounds a little bit... strange :D) but seriously now. Leave me your feedback.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] rrohanjs:
all answers in 1 cronos ginger 1.4.0 with pcphobics modifications ..

if u want aesthetics then go for miui by eyebee1970 .. ur stone will totally transform with that rom , the user interface is totally different ..
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] alexmihalcea:
Different as in 'this milk tastes different' or different as in 'different is good'?

so cronos is the fastest and miui is the most eye candy?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] alexmihalcea:
I do know I might sound like a newbie although I am not but I've browsed the web up and down and I have yet to find a good tutorial on how to install cronos ginger. Basically I know that I have to copy the .zip in the update folder in OR, reset to factory defaults, clear cache, clear dalvik from the OR and apply the update.

But do I have to apply the latest gapps and also something else? If yes then what is that something else?

Thanks
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] rrohanjs:
cronos will give u the fastest experience and the best battery life

miui is a balance between performance and battery life and aesthetics , its more colourful .. u feel u got a new phone because the interface is totally different, somewhat like iphone ..

u can get the rom here and instructions to download it .. there are patches as well if u want apps2sd and cm extras

http://www.cronosproject.org/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=1794

after this u can apply pcphobics mods here

http://www.cronosproject.org/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=1799

ur procedure is right .. place the .zip file in openrecovery/updates

then all 3 wipes .. apply update .. and then go the first link i posted ther is a detailed procedure over ther
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] alexmihalcea:
Thanks allot. Now I'm just waiting for my batt to reach 100% and I'll give Cronos a try.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] gunball:
does anyone have a mirror to Cronos ROM?
[HTC Inspire 4G] beredis:
I am currently running into an issue on my Inspire 4g. The wifi is connecting to my network perfectly but can not seem to be able to browse the internet. The router recognizes the android device and visa versa. I have tried a few different radio's just to see if that was the issue to no avail. Any suggestions?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Let's start with the obvious... You've verified your connectivity with other devices connected to the router, like a pc, correct?

Please provide more details about how your phone is set up, rooted/stock/custom ROM, etc. You can't expect people to offer any ideas if they don't have anything to work with.
[HTC Inspire 4G] beredis:
Yes, my network has many devices on it and they all access the internet.

I have a rooted inspire 4g using the Hack-ace tool and using radio 12.28e.60.140fU_26.04.02.17_m2. My phone browses the internet problemless on the E/3g/4g networks just can not access the internet through my house wifi.

Also, I am using Android 2.2
[HTC Inspire 4G] fernandezhjr:
After using the hack kit, you need to flash a rom and matching radio. If you want to remain stock for now, search the developement thread for attn1's Ace_Cingular_US rom. This is a package that includes both the latest stock rom and radio. Just follow the instructions for flashing from bootloader. Otherwise, flash a custom rom of your choice and the recommended radio.
[HTC Inspire 4G] beredis:
I ended up just flashing a custom rom and matching radio to the phone, everything works great now. Thanks all!
[HTC EVO 3D] BrianBaker:
Is my EVO 3d faulty or is this just the way the speaker sounds?It's not very loud and has a tinny tone to it when watching videos or certain ring tones.
[HTC EVO 3D] MRBULLRED:
Mines the same way..FYI
[HTC EVO 3D] dsarch21:
I was just thinking how loud my speaker sounds....

sent in 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] BrianBaker:
its no where near where the OG Evo was in terms on loudness..I can look passed it but damn its crazy low from what im use to
[HTC EVO 3D] APOLAUF:
Coming from the Epic 4G, it's barely audible - the Epic had a monstrous speaker unrivaled by any other phone I've owned.
[HTC EVO 3D] ScrapMaker:
are they all like this? I typically put Pandora on when I take a shower and now I can barely even tell my phone is playing music, much less actually hear/enjoy it...
[HTC EVO 3D] phatmanxxl:
PC speakers always do the job for me, but yea I did notice the speaker isn't as loud as the OG EVo.
[HTC EVO 3D] JoeTrailer:
The speaker in my phone is horrible ... I shouldn't need external speakers to listen to my music.
[HTC EVO 3D] tech7:
Same issue here
[HTC EVO 3D] failedangrmgmt:
quiet speaker, look at the speaker holes in the red rim of the camera...if someone mods it or comes up with a new back cover, it would probably be louder
[HTC EVO 3D] dcfella:
I think the speakers just aren't that powerful. They're clearer than the old Evo, but probably only go up to around 75% as loud.
[HTC EVO 3D] BrianBaker:
yeah this was a day 1 issue for me..Got Equalizer from the Market and all is good now..Still not a good as the evo4g but better to deal with than stock.
[HTC EVO 3D] carnivalrejectq:
I was with some friends on the fourth of July and trying to entertain us with my new fancy device by playing music and it was so low or was ridiculous. I have found a remedy through. At staples is an external speaker for phones that is only 6.99. It is pretty small enough to be portable and decently loud.as long as this is with me that problem is Now eliminated.lol
[HTC EVO 3D] ScrapMaker:
It's not the speaker grill... You can take the cover off and it sucks exactly the same...
[HTC EVO 3D] BrianBaker:
yep..grill has nothing to do with it..Its just a small speaker..Very tinny sound to it too.Im getting use to it though.Only time i get mad is when my wife is near me with her OGEvo and it rings or if shes on a voice call on speaker phone.

The Evo 4G speaker was just perfect,deep and loud.I remember playing music quite loud on the 4G..Oh well,im over it kinda
[HTC EVO 3D] ScrapMaker:
funny, I thought the evo 4g speaker sucked too. my palm pre rocked the house...
[HTC EVO 3D] phatmanxxl:
They need to make a HTC surround with vanilla Android

Great idea, bad choice of OS, what a waste.
[Networking] danboard:
Hi there guys, been searching online but I can't seem to find anything definitive.

I m looking to buy a SGS2 online from someone who got it from the 3 network in the UK http://www.three.co.uk/

And I just want to make sure its compatible with the 3G for AT&T I know the korean version of the SGS2 was the Tmobile bands but I m not sure what bands 3 uses.

Thanks guys :o
[Networking] Bierce22:
yes its compatible with att bands just not tmo youll only have 2g on tmo.
[HTC EVO 3D] dchamero:
I notice that the wallpaper (any live wallpaper I try) does not scroll.... is there somewhere where you can set that on sense 3?
[HTC EVO 3D] kingakuma:
no you can not activate that, until we get root, and maybe not even then. They stopped that feature
[HTC EVO 3D] retnuh730:
Alternative launchers still have it, so you'll get it with LauncherPro, SPB Shell, etc..
[HTC EVO 3D] SLOSifl:
They didn't "stop that feature". The launcher scrolls seamlessly and wraps around. The wallpaper would look terrible if it scrolled, like it does on alternative launcher with wraparound scrolling.
[HTC EVO 3D] kingakuma:
that's because you're running a different launcher. that doesn't count when it's in reference to the stock launcher
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tackleberry:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12509926&postcount=9

ok download the zip in the link above. extract it. use the one that says nokia S60 not the calibri one.

use program font changer from the market, install the .tff file in folder sdcard/.fontchanger.

go to font changer program and then a preview will show up, click on it, reboot. enjoy!

screen shots in the above link, it looks even better on the G2x (that link shows G2 screens)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] TeldenW:
TackleBerry

Will this process work with ANY .tff font file??

Thanks for the links and the quick walkthrough by the way... I'm rebooting now to my new "Nokia" Font. We'll see how it looks.

Get back to me on the ANY FONT question if you could please? I'm interested to hear about it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] c_brown93:
Yes it will. I always change fonts.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tackleberry:
Yes it will. But some fonts look weird not very often but some do. In the preview what you see is what you get at reboot. I've only seen it once but it may have been a bad file.

This is the only font I personally use. It looks great in adw too. And its kinda like arial narrow so more fits into the screen width wise. Its also nice and sharp. I'm obsessed with it.

G2x with CM7 and faux .18 kernel. oc@1500 5091 quadrant.
[Galaxy S II General] samed1983:
Fed up with the moans about battery life. Yes there are issues but not to the extent that some people suggest.

Below are screenshots of my battery usage:-

This is from a normal usage of my phone. As you can see from the graph the last few hours were me connected to wi-fi constantly, tweeting, fiddling and browsing forums. Yes a quick drain but this is a phone!

My point of this post is compare this to tablets and netbooks. The majority last 6 hours, tops. The SGS II is a dual core, amoled phone. It was always going to be a beast on the battery. However if you use it wisely, ie only have Wi-Fi on when necessary, the phone lasts as this phone should.

It out performs most tablets and for the relative size of both screen and battery I would say that's hugely impressive.

Looking forward to your comments.
[Galaxy S II General] cmd512:
Your post is refreshing because of the following:

1) Clearly shows the display is the biggest drainer of battery. Anything else means you simply didn't setup your phone right or have some rogue app chewing stuff up.

2) You're not going bonkers with "OMFG my phone only lost 0% over 4 hours" and then post a graph that shows the screen was on for 2 seconds. Uh, well... duh! Completely stupid and pointless, glad your graph actually reflects real usage and battery drain.
[Galaxy S II General] kryptoner:
You could have posted this in the same battery thread to save some space on the front page in general section, no offence...
[Galaxy S II General] Andy2.2:
I am actually fairly happy with my battery life

My Android OS has never gone past 10%

Getting around 16-17 hours with heavy-ish use, not bad imo :p
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
You're right. We wouldn't want to take away from the banding on the left side of the display, Wi-Fi issues, and the camera pink spot.
[Galaxy S II General] kryptoner:
Which rom are you using?
[Galaxy S II General] diehard2222:
Op thats light usage...
[Galaxy S II General] Andy2.2:
stock, although I'm still at the stage where I can't put the phone down for more than a couple of minutes.
[Galaxy S II General] kryptoner:
stock is fine, but tell us the kernel version
[Galaxy S II General] Andy2.2:
KE7

10char
[Galaxy S II General] __NBH__:
If you use kf2 you can get rid of the wifi sharing and save 15% battery.
[Galaxy S II General] samed1983:
I couldn't find it again, my intention was to post in the same thread. Tried searching but came up with bumf.
[Galaxy S II General] Limpperi:
now im gonna say this,

you people really shouldnt compare battery time like tht. Its the screen on time you should compare!! its far more accurate than this. i can get around 3h of constat use and connected to wifi. this is screen on time.
[Galaxy S II General] pukemon:
what's average screen time in hours for most users? i've been reading about 4 hours plus or minus 1. 8 hours is unreasonable on one charge? i like to read books so i am wondering about this. i highly anticipate this phone but the n9 kind of looks hot too if the rumor is true alien dalvik allows android apps on meego.
[Galaxy S II General] Razer(x):
So what? You kinda never used your phone. Surf the internet connected via 3g and come back to tell me
[Galaxy S II General] skycamefalling:
So you use your phone less than my grandma and hardly get two days out of the battery?

Great, that's nothing to be proud of.

With this usage my Omnia7 lasted for a week but the SGSII drains harder than my kitchen sink.
[Galaxy S II General] Dr.Sid:
I noticed light consumes unusually lot of power too .. I recommend not using it as torch. White screen works just as fine for me (in total darkness). It seems they put in even stronger LED then in previous models .. and it better be used just for the moment as photographic flash. Battery voltage drops significantly .. and it slowly returns after the LED is turned off .. which means it's really strained a lot.
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
I bet i can get 2 days of battery in the way you used your phone. Screen was rarely on, so you just showed us that you can get a day and a half of stand-by.
[Galaxy S II General] pahardie:
At the risk of being accused of grandma phone usage im actually fairly happy.. The wifi sharing thing is a ***** so axed that.

This is with stock but rooted ke7
[Galaxy S II General] zurih:
I'm getting pretty good battery life aswell with stock kf2. The only thing I did is deleting some of he crappy samsung apps and froze wifi sharing. I get about 2 days of battery with normal use. And yes i do use the phone in these 2 days.
[Galaxy S II General] tfn:
I get around 12 - 15 hours of battery time with heavvy usage and quiet happy with it and like others I aint counting the night time hours which obviously pushes it to a day and more.

I mostly use wifi queit a lot and gaming say half an hour with fb and twitter and two email constantly on the go. and use the camera a lot as well

I am happy with the battery life I get as I am used to overnight charges so don't bother me as long as my phone lasts me for the day :D

I have particularly noticed though that it drains more battery on networks if there is not a very strong signal like at my work place where I rarely get a signal and guess the phone works harder to latch on to the network in the process draining battery faster,and getting hotter, same with some apps and games.. some games make my phone hot while others don't.

ALso off the topic has anyone found that the phone freezes on fast racing games?

Its kinda sad it dont handle the pressure....

I still have stock Rom.. didnt feel like rooting yet on Vodafone uk KE1
[Galaxy S II General] samed1983:
Love the comments about grandma usage. My point wasn't to show how much I use the phone to impress you.

It was to show normal usage if you aren't constantly messing around.

The usage is for my working days. Like I said in my original post, stop expecting to get massive battery life when you are using the phone as a tablet/laptop. They don't achieve 6hours battery life so how should the SGS II?

I will post again my usage when I have a chance for continuous usage.
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
Most days I get pretty good battery live, better than my desire anyways but I have had days were it just drained like crazy, actually it happened twice since I gave this phone now (about one month). No idea what triggered it and why it only happened twice but happened almost everyday for some and never got others.
[Galaxy S II General] TheSaw:
I have Android OS using 27% and Android system 17%. I'm using KE7 stock, rooted. Is this not normal?
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
27% and 17% of the total used .

Battery used 20% of total of which display has used 13 5% OF THE TOTAL .A lot read that incorrectly as 27% of the full battery .

its normal in fact better than normal for a well set up phone .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] TheGhost1233:
You may have the opinion that you have acceptable or even good battery life (compared to tablets, notebooks or other phones). But when you look at your graph you still have lost 24% of your battery life to the android-os. This happens on no other (correctly working) phone and and apparently also not on the miui or aosp roms for the S II. Then i'm going to assume that you did not use wifi-sharing and that drain is also caused by a bug. So another 15% battery drain for no legitimate cause.

Lets assume your graph drains from 100% till 0% and not 5% or something. This means a total of 39% of your battery was drained by bugs. Now you can still be satisfied with the battery life you get but it just means you are not demanding enough from the phone/Samsung.

Let me try to explain it in another way. This not only applies to your post but also to people say they don't have the android-os bug. Most cars have a action radius of 500km (battery life). This is a combination of fuel consumption (battery drain) and size of the tank (battery size). The S II is a new car with a new new type of engine (processor), more powerful and also more efficient. Furthermore it has a bigger gas tank than most other cars. Driving the car represents the screen is on and the speed at which is driven represents the clockspeed of the phone.

Because the car has a better engine and a bigger gas tank you expect it to have a better action radius than the other cars. When driving the car at the same speed as everyone else on the road (lets say normal usage) you get a better action radius then the rest and your satisfied with the performance of the car. However a small constant line is forming on the road behind you. This is caused by a small hole in the gas tank (android-os bug) that leaks petrol on to the road. At normal speed the line is visible if you pay attention to it. But because you get a better radius than other cars you don't pay any attention to this.

Now if you drive the car full throttle (heavy usage) the line is not visible. The flow of petrol to the engine is much bigger than the flow trough the hole and the drain isn't even noticeable. You don't get the 500km radius but that is expected if you drive at full speed. Nevertheless a small portion of the petrol leaked from the tank.

Last, you don't drive the car continuously (phone in standby), the hole in the gas tank is still there and petrol continues to leak. The fuel gauge goes down for no apparent reason and a large puddle starts to form underneath the car. Maybe even now you get a action radius of 500km but without the leak you would have made 800km.

That is the real battery issue, in standby the battery drains way to much, just because it is equal to or better than a other phone doesn't mean it should be the standard for the galaxy s II. As long as the android-os process shows in the battery graph you don't get the battery life you are supposed to get from this phone.

And yes i know that the screen and connectivity also play a role in battery life time but this does not affect the issue here.
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
and here we go, another battery thread :X
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Thanks TheGhost1233 for a good analogy, hopefully it helps some people
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
So what is the definition of good standby drain 10% over 12 hours or 2% over the same time span .

If you have 10% +drain do you have the OS bug ,If you have 2% drain do you still have the OS bug .

jje