yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] brunes:
You know, a lot of people say this but I wonder if it is based on actual experience or just falling for Apple's marketing hype.

I can name many many times I have seen people confused by IOS. There are a lot of things about it that are VERY confusing for people who are not technical but have a rudimentary knowledge of technology like phones.

The main issue I would point out as an example is the lack of a well-defined "go back" button. Every app does it's own thing, and some have none at all, and it results in a lot of confusion until you learn the app.

I see this time and time again whenever my wife downloads new apps for her iPhone. Compare this to the tablet, which she has never had this problem with, because there is a hardware back button.

This is just one example. There are a lot of simmilar things about IOS that are confusing because Apple leaves way too much up to the app, making everything inconsistent. Things like no consistent way to upload / share, no consistent way to bring up a menu to copy. Android has these things. Every app does sharing in the same way, copying in the same way. Apple on the other hand tries to pretend no one needs to share or copy anything, so every app re-invents the wheel.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonpenn101:
Ok guys I need a fast track into creating ROM's i'm a techie so have some experience with troubleshooting ect. I just need a good place to start and someone to guide me in the right direction!! Anyone up for teaching an old dog (i feel old) some new tricks??
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
you could do worse than read this
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonpenn101:
Thanks for that. will have a good read of it later when i get home. any more advice would be greatly appreciated.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy:
Here is a thread started by cyanogen himself, Some advice... (thread title, not me being flippant :))

Its a good place to start.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonpenn101:
Thanks Andy will read it now!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithsai:
hi, I am new to android ,SGS2 is my first android phone, I love the water live wallpaper that with the falling leaves on nexus one

I have searched over the net and finally found a APK file and a zip contained 2 file and inside them were the background photo and the leaves PNG files , I have installed the APK but nothing came out and I don't know how to due with the zip file , would anyone help? THANKS
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
Thats right, it was in Mr. Popper's Penguins.

If you pay attention you can see the red ring around the camera of the phone while being used.
[EVO 4G General] jayharper08:
Yea I seen that. Told my wife and she just rolled her eyes. Lol.

Sent from the 3VO
[EVO 4G General] Prugor:
Season three of Fringe has them using evos.
[EVO 4G General] Jye75:
"OMG! OMG! OMG!! ShrieeeeK! I'm gonna pass out! And like, it's only been out for a little over a year! Amazing!"
[EVO 4G General] Scrubb:
The guys on "Repo Games" use the EVO too.

Adventure...Excitement...A Jedi craves not these things.
[EVO 4G General] SilverStone641:
Way to be an ass. He wasn't trying to sell it that way. Simply stating it was cool to see our device in action. It's a nerd thing. You clearly don't understand.
[EVO 4G General] mmegalodon:
Mr. Popper's Penguins? LOL!

Was that movie, obviously apart from the 'cameo,' just awful?
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
Yes........
[EVO 4G General] Mark_Hardware:
I think it's neat. I always look to see what kind of phones people are using in movies. :D
[HTC Incredible S] AsherChua:
Hey guys,my friend has got a Incredible S and its in Android 2.3.3. Its from Singapore and I'm trying to help him get S-off and root on it! Can someone point me in the right direction? The steps as easy as possible :P I'm still new to htc devices!
[HTC Incredible S] doctorsax:
There is already a comprehensive guide for doing just this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1137008

There are other tutorials too if you take the time to search around a bit. In future if you could please look around for what you need before starting a new thread that would be great, as lots of other people have already asked this question :)
[HTC Incredible S] AsherChua:
Alright thanks dude!

Sent from my Optimus One on CM7 O'C to 768mhz!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayvioli:
Hi all,

I recently changed from CM7 to Oxygen and it has been awesome so far. The only feature I miss from CM7 is the option to display my battery percentage underneath the time and date in the lockscreen. I know I can just enable battery percentage mod for the status bar in Oxygen settings, but I really miss that being displayed in a larger font together with the time and date.

Is there any way I can get that back on my phone? I know how to flash a zip from recovery but not much else although I am happy to learn other ways.

Thanks!
[LG Optimus 2x] yoavtabakman:
which software/process did you uninstalled from your stock rom?

which is safe to uninstall?

did it made your phone better?
[LG Optimus 2x] axepted:
I uninstalled f-secure.. I can't say there is any differents.
[LG Optimus 2x] doncoop:
SNS, email, car home, weather and clock, preloaded apps. For me battery life has increased. Now always get 30+ hours from it without worry
[LG Optimus 2x] TrymHansen:
Uninstalled:

o F-Secure

o Car Home

o LG Email (installed stock android e-mail instead, it actually works with Exchange.)

o PC Suite

o On Screen Phone and related services

o LG Launcher (don't do this unless you're sure you'll not need to factory reset.)

o SNS (Twitter/Facebook, official apps are better.)

o All LG-widgets except for Messages and Calendar.

o Voice Search

If you're unsure if uninstalling an app will mess up your phone, just freeze it instead. (If you're using Titanium Backup, which you should, you can get it to remove it from the Market and app-screen as well, making it appear completely uninstalled. If your phone doesn't do anything strange for a week then it's probably safe to uninstall it for real.)

::Trym
[LG Optimus 2x] yoavtabakman:
thanks TrymHansen...

i do have Titanium backup pro. i'm a veteran of the galaxy i7500, so i did alot of freezing and uninstalling.

i opened this thread to compile a list of safe prof uninstalling so everyone will benefit

from it.

your reply is great contribution in that cause.
[LG Optimus 2x] Optimus2XPrime:
How you uninstalled all these apps?
[LG Optimus 2x] yoavtabakman:
Optimus2XPrime -

1. you need to have root (read how to in the Development sector).

2. you need to install any uninstalling tool from the market (Titanium backup for example).

3. you need to be very careful with what you uninstall so the phone will still be usable.

4. advice - uninstall stuff thet you read others have and reported it's fine...
[LG Optimus 2x] Optimus2XPrime:
1) done ;)

2) downloaded

3-4) will be done ;)

P.S some minutes after my post I found the answer :P
[LG Optimus 2x] Optimus2XPrime:
what does freeze do ?
[LG Optimus 2x] Dac0908:
removes selected app from app drawer and cannot be started by user and/or system. like they are uninstalled, but still there, occupying few megabytes. can easily be un-freezed from Titanuim
[LG Optimus 2x] Netuser:
Isnt there any free software ? titanium is paid one
[LG Optimus 2x] Optimus2XPrime:
There is the free version (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&feature=search_result)

and the pro one which costs, try the free one :)
[LG Optimus 2x] Netuser:
But in description it says only pro can freeze app. Not true ? anyway going to install to test :P
[LG Optimus 2x] Netuser:
Ok i took Pro version as this app seem neccessary.

I freezed some of app, SNC, Car home, F secure, I would like to Freeze Facebook for Lg as I already have official app which is better i think and updated. But when go in Batch Freeze i only see 1 Facebook app, which one is this ? :S

Also why I have 2 Music app ? Music 1.0 Music 2.2.2 what is this ?

thanks
[LG Optimus 2x] TrymHansen:
to Freeze LG Facebook, Freeze "SNS".

Music 1.0 vs 2.2.2 - One is the music widget, one is the player.

::Trym
[LG Optimus 2x] Netuser:
Thanks :)

phone seems faster and less lag after freezing sns, car home, fsecure and voice search. Dont know if it is placebo lol

Any other usless app i can block ?
[LG Optimus 2x] Mjuksel:
I froze all of this :P

alarm/clock 1.0

weather/klok 2.2.2

lg home 2.2.2

todays information 2.2.2

sns 1.0

backup 2.0.0.205

email 1.0

f-secure

lg keyboard

music (flash nomusic in stat bar)

fireworks live

christmas live wall

polaris

smartshare

app advisor

news and weahter

analog clock

remotecall

fm radio + widget

speach recorder

calendar + widgets

carkit

memo + widget

yahoo news

bookmarks + widget

clock widgets

message widget

music widget

mirror

start screen tips

todays planning
[LG Optimus 2x] salisbury_steak:
I actually uninstalled all of that. :p I also uninstalled:

Remote input service

Remote screen service

Remote uinput service

LG PC Suite

LG on screen phone

user dictionary <-- this is for use with the LG keyboard

(Except the mirror. I like the mirror. :D)
[LG Optimus 2x] Netuser:
wao thats a long list

Can you tell me what is widget or app that do that weather animation in backgroud when we unlock or update the weather ? as i like it alot i dont want to freeze it :P

Can i freeze the SMS app without any problem ? i am using handscent as default sms app

thanks
[LG Optimus 2x] Mjuksel:
its not SMS, its S N S ;) Facebook/Twitter/Myspace app :)

if you want to freeze the SMS app, you need to freeze MMS.apk ;)
[GT540 Optimus General] ChriisM:
Why didnt i add the extra 60€

h**p://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-Optimus-One-gets-updated-to-Android-2.3-Gingerbread...-in-Romania_id19885?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+phonearena%2FySoL+%28Phone+Arena+-+Latest+News%29&utm_content=FaceBook
[GT540 Optimus General] tejasjadhav:
Ya I'm a bit jealous about it. My friend just purchased it. Also the phone has 418 MB RAM and it always has about 200 MB free RAM. But the phone doesn't perform so well as compared to our GT540. I mean it's much laggy at times on Froyo itself and Camera too isn't so good as compared to ours. It's little heavy and bulky too.

Overall, just for the RAM and its Capacitive screen, it has Froyo (and Gingerbread now).

GT540 certainly is better and a big thanks to our developers, because of whom our phone still doesn't feel 'out-dated'! :D :) :cool:
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
Gt540 ftw :d
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devc0ol:
Please direct me to link to install CWM in SG3 or Please help me with the tutorial or something.

Thanks.

Dev
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Halco:
Many roms have it. You can flash them
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vishnu:
Your phone must be rooted prior to the installation of ClockworkMod. Once you have the phone rooted, simply follow these easy steps and you will have Clockwork Recovery installed on your phone in no time!

From your phone, launch the Android Market and search for a free app called ‘ROM Manager’. Once found, install it.

Once it has been installed, launch ‘ROM Manager’ on your phone.

In ROM Manager, tap ‘Flash ClockworkMod Recovery’. Specify or confirm your phone model if prompted during the process, and follow any on-screen instructions.

Be patient as ClockworkMod is installed, as it can take quite some time. Once the process if finsihed, you have ClockworkMod installed on your phone.

Once it has been installed, booting into ClockworkMod recovery is pretty simple. You can either launch Rom Manager and tap ‘Reboot into Recovery’ :)
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafadm:
I cant find galaxy 3 / apollo on Rom Manager
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohanshbhr:
If flash anothers phone recovery your phone will be soft brick or something wrong. G3 is not available at rom manager. for cwm recovery installatiom pm to mumbozver for link of installer
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vishnu:
Darn. Well, then I'm sorry, flash a ROM with CWM Recovery installed :

Kyrillos' ROM

Indroid ROM

Lestatious ROM

You can also try flashing the recovery.bin file from these ROMs separately. However, do that at your own risk!
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vishnu:
Yeah, I know it will soft-brick the phone. But I did not know that it wasn't available for G3. Sorry, my bad!
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdesai:
Mumbozver had made a simple installer

PM him for the link

(you need root)

Then run the .bat and now you have Cwm

Or to keep it simple just flash a rom with cwm
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raja_rtp:
Can anyone post the link to download the recovery?

Its horrible to search the recovery zip for SG3...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mamatea:
I flashed my lg p500 with the cyanogen_thunderg-ota-eng.mik-6.5.4.zip rom for gingerbread 2.3.4. I try to add account under accounts and sync, but the error "Unable to open connection to server" keeps popping up. Can someone help please. I can't get android market.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] 22VIN:
Did you flash the gapps from mik's thread?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] DigitalAnalog:
If you have not done so yet, you need to flash the Google apps into your system. You can use the same recovery that you used to flash CM.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mamatea:
Thanks,, u guys. Are the bestest :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Cricco:
quote you must install gapps
[Optimus One, P500, V General] BlackRose 22:
Yup

From My LG Optimus P509 CM7
[Optimus One, P500, V General] fernando1sg:
yes, that's right.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pettergulbrandsen:
Hi

I have rooted my phone with this Unrevoked Method (http://lifehacker.com/5789397/the-always-up+to+date-guide-to-rooting-any-android-phone)

And then I installed the Rom Mangaer (v4.3.2.3) and pushed the Flash ClockworkMod Recovery, and that installed as ut shuld I think.

But if I try to hit the Fix Permissions, I get an error, and this started me to read about this. And it looks like many people don`t like this program. And that it is not verry dificult to do it manually eather. If thats thru.

But the question is, do I have done what I need to do it manualle, with the guide for HTC Desire GSM in that threead I gave a link to? Yes, I have the SuperUser Permissions on the phone. But that is also the only thing I can tell that I have. And of course the Rom manager.

But because of the fault in the Fix Permissons, I do not now have the full belive in that program.

Can someone pleace help me?

I have read these threeds:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=696189

http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-htc-desire/

http://theunlockr.com/2010/09/20/how-to-root-the-htc-desire-unrevoked-method/

But I`n not shore about it.

Kindly

Petter
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
All operations you can do with rom manager can be done in recovery, too. Rom manager is a horrible software which causes many system problems here.

So I highly recommend to do all operations "manually" in recovery instead of using rom manager.

To get into recovery boot your phone into bootloader (start it with pressed volume down and power button), select recovery with volume buttons and enter with power button.

I hope this could help you.

Swyped from my HTC Desire using XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pettergulbrandsen:
Hi again.

Thanks for answer.

But I have some more question(s).

I trie to read the links I have posted over. And there it says that I have to make a gold card.

But if the Rom Manager does the same as the recovery console (volume down + power on > recovery) why do I have to make the Gold Card?

And if I don`t have to, is there a good way to do this.

Other than use the ROM Manager.

Fells like I`m complitly lost here now. Sorry for this.

Kindly.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
The goldcard is only for the situation, when you want to flash a ruu and get a cid error. If you put your created goldcard in your desire, this cid error will not appear and you can flash the ruu. Here is a good guide how to create one:

http://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pettergulbrandsen:
So I only need the Goldcard to use the RUU?

And if I don`t have misunderstood. RUU is just original ROMs from HTC?

So if I just want to use non original, it is not necessary to make one?

Kindly
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Ruu are original roms from htc/your provider.

Making a goldcard is never necessary. Better have one and do not need it than need it, but don't have one. ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pettergulbrandsen:
Hi

I have installed the rom manager, but now if I try to install an normal update from HTC it self. It downoads and restart, I only get the droid with anouncement sign. And then I have to push the power button to get an menu. And that menu is the Clockwork menu.

Then it dont install the update.

Is this something with the clockwork to do?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pettergulbrandsen:
Is there anyone that can help me with this?

If it is the ClockWork that is the problem?

How to disable?

Kindly :-)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
NEVER EVER install an official update on a rooted phone. It will screw things up.

If you already installed it, then possibly you have to wipe everything and flash a custom ROM again.

If that does not help - use a RUU.

2. You can't disable CWM - you can use a RUU to get rid of it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pettergulbrandsen:
Ok. Thanks for answer.

I will not trie it any more.

Kindly
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhicks19:
Hi Guys, I have rooted my Xoom, I need some help on overclocking.

How do I overclock, do I need a tiamat ROM / Kernel?

Please can someone give me steps on how to do this, searching high and low for a solution.

Thanks for your help
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
You need to flash either the Tiamat or LaunchPad kernel.

Find their threads in the Xoom Dev forum and follow the very simple instructions.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhicks19:
I found this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=978013&highlight=TIAMAT

But it says must have android version 3.1 only. I have 3.0.1

Also does the taimat kernel have to be flashed using an sd card and does the recovery tool have to be flashed or can this be left out?

I found this http://www.android.net/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=43 , will this work with uk xooms or is their a specific tiamat for US/UK versions

Thanks for your help
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhicks19:
Ok so I need taimat version 1.4.1 as this is compatable with android 3.0.1.

Will the taimat 1.4.1 be ok with the 3g uk version?

So i need to install CWM by using adb to flash it to xoom -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074979

I can then get a microsd and put the taimat 1.4.1 kernel on there, and install it that way.

Is this right?

Thanks
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trig0r:
I used the Euro 3g thread to bring mine up to 3.1, then flashed the new kernal, then pushed back over the files from step 4 of the Euro thread.

3g works but I dont have an SDCard...:/
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikjahaa:
hi,

i have a htc wildfire with the official Android 2.2.1

i want to root it with 'custom roms' ( prefer the most stable, like cyagenmod ).

my question now is:

can someone give me stet by step guid, with the correct links/downloads for an htc wildfire?

thx
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3xeno:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1029318

Entire Part 1 of Post 1.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikjahaa:
thank you, i've tried to do this but when i'm doing alpharevX, its stuck at fastboot:

i'm on hboot .0001 so don't need to downgrade it.

img807.imageshack.us/img807/3235/soff.png
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3xeno:
Have you installed and uninstalled HTC Sync? Check this post, it should help:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1131043
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikjahaa:
i'll try it but i already installed the adb driver so ....
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikjahaa:
thanks it did it
[Verizon Droid Charge] dobo84:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BcgWygfCI0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Nice video, it has some conflicting information with some guides I've seen on this website, such as having 'auto-reboot' checked in Odin, doing a factory reset right when you get in the recovery menu and there may be some others, not sure what to believe :[
[Verizon Droid Charge] hogowner:
it is an OK video.....appreciate the work...but he didn't go into how he got GUMMY on his SD card.....I know if I was a n00b....I wouldn't know.....also...he should have told us what buttons do what in CWR........but it was a good video for all that didn't know what to do to get the phone rooted.

I guess for rooting it was a good video.....but maybe he would confuse some people about installing GUMMY :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] dobo84:
Its really not about getting gummy more about the root. And yes you can factory restore after flashing the altered beast file cause I went to gummy rt from that. I recommend to any noob to read all directions that this is just a guide and what to expect. Most new rooters freak out and pull the battery because they think they bricked there phone
[Verizon Droid Charge] DroidXcon:
Im going to be honest great job with the video , but it kind of hurt my feelings lol
[Acer Iconia A500] iris42:
Hi, sorry if it's a redundant question, just haven't seen any threads on this in the Iconia forum. In UK the 32 gb model of A500 costs 50 pounds more than the 16 gb one, and 16 gb microsd costs less than 20 pounds. So are there some advantages of having 32gb internal storage instead 16gb+16gb? Can the space on sd card used the same as internal storage on A500? Thanks ahead! :)
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
You can't yet install applications on an external SD card, for example. It would be squarely for storing media. So I'd still rather suggest just taking the 32Gb one.
[Acer Iconia A500] Fluffbutt:
Same here, I have the 32G version.

Most apps can't be moved without rooting the tablet, some still crash if their data files aren't on local 'drive'

Navigation apps with huge map files go on local 'drive' - 4G of space each..

External is for movies, some data (ebooks, cbr or cbz comics, etc).
[Acer Iconia A500] muhammadnur:
I got the 16gb but kinda wishing I would have spent the extra $50 for the 32gb.
[Acer Iconia A500] akwaba972:
I have the 32Gb and for sure if the 16 Gb have been present in store i will have bought the 16gb instead of 32 Gb (16 is far less expensive), and it's not easy (for me) to use ALL the 32Gb ^^

after one month, still 23 Gb free...on 27Gb
[Acer Iconia A500] iris42:
Thanks all for your replies. I'm curious if apps like dropbox can make use of the space on micro sd. Anyone has experience on that?
[Acer Iconia A500] splatoid:
Any ideas On my Sd Card problem

I just got a PNY 32 GIG SD Card I'm running the Virtuous Thrive 1.0.1.

My card came pre formatted Fat32 It is showing up on my tablet as around 8 gigs. Shows fine on my computer. Any ideas....

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] dweebken:
I use the external_sd for media storage, backups with mybackup pro, and I set the browser download folder to default to there too. Also can access docs there by rooting the tablet and using usb mount all to fool docs to go into reading the external memory. I have over 100 downloaded apps installed on my internal 16gb storage and still have 10gb free there.
[Acer Iconia A500] jm77:
I originally had a 32gb a500, but then found the 16gb for $200 cheaper.

I ended up with the 16gb and purchased a 32gb SD card.

I don't use the tab for gaming, primarily browsing, movies, Google music and chatting. I'm not obsessed with apps anyway.
[Acer Iconia A500] dito33:
I kind prefer having cheaper 16gb and put 32gb sd where all the backups from the roms will go and for the media I glued the 500gb portable drive.