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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
LordMOD's kernel for AOSP allows for two way recording without all the SENSE crap that comes with LeeDroid, if you want a ROM with LordMOD kernel you could do worse than try HydrOG3n MOD

Follow instructions here

Your /system is currently in read only mode, without S-OFF (Security off) you are unable to change that and thus are unable to make permanent changes to /system, you can make changes but they are cached in RAM thus a reboot reverts them. Achieving S-OFF allows the /system to be written thus changes are permanent

HBOOT is analogous with BIOS on a pc, this controls the security status of your DHD, thus to achieve S-OFF you must replace the HBOOT with one that allows the security to be deactivated, there is a similar system protecting the Radios (there appears to be a backup radio, thus if flashing goes wrong the radio can run off the backup) hence you can also have Radio S-OFF.

I wont recommend LeeDroid, and you need the Kernel modules to allow two way recording so either install cm7 or another AOSP based ROM and then one of LordMOD kernels or HydrOG3n MOD

A good starting thread is this one and don't worry we where all noobs once.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haerigrek:
May I ask why exactly wouldn't you recommend LeeDroid? I've been using it for some time now with no problems whatsoever. Unless there is sth about this ROM that I don't know. I'm happy with Sense 3.0 (Rosie), it's smooth, doesn't lag, looks nice unlike some custom launchers.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krzych:
Ghostofcain, thank you very much for quite a nice introduction. I can only ask the same thing to clarify what's really not nice in LeeDroid as haerigrek mentioned, and one of forgotten thing yesterday:

Can you describe me exactly how it works and if it's possible to completely backup whole hboot, radio and system to be _sure_ I can reverse all changes at any time assuming I won't brick the phone? (I think it will be something about clockwork, but I'm still confused)

And maybe anyone can post me most terrible or most often done brick reasons... to be more aware and maybe to be sure it's... safe if done right.

And in the meantime I will read all the links supplied here, so be sure any further posting will be read by me and is needed, but it will take some time before I speak again (busy week/weekend/next week but still, I plan to know something next weekend).
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
Problem with LeeDroid, in one word SENSE! If i wanted bling that slowed my phone down I'd have bought an iPhone, seriously a decent AOSP based ROM comes in at 70-80mb LeeDroid (and other SENSE polluted ROMS) 230-260mb and most of that is bloat I don't want. If you like SENSE and use all it's features by all means give it a whirl, but if you don't go for something a little lighter.

Depending on what ROM your currently running (OUK, Vodafone etc) your best bet if anything went wrong would be to restore with the appropriate RUU, which will put your phone back to Stock i.e Hboot, radio etc. Bricking the phone is actually very hard , even intentionally and until you've flashed the HBoot is prevented by S-OFF, when you have S-OFF be sure to carry out a NANDROID backup (which takes a system snapshot which can subsequently be restored reverting all changes you have made since) before you flash anything which will allow you to revert to your stock rooted ROM. In the main have fun:D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy:
I agree with ghostofcain 125%.

Paradoxxx's 1.3.1 Benchmark Edition weighs in at an amazing 53MB. I have larger audio files. And yet it still does everything I need- Phone, email, sms, web & XDA.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haerigrek:
So what you guys say is that it's a choice between a SENSE/NON-SENSE ROM. I mean seriously, I like SENSE, it does e'thing I need and more, and it looks nice, and I can't say anything bad about LeeDroid ROMs apart from the 3.1.7 Kernel which didn't have 2way call recording.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
if your a fan of SENSE stick with LeeDroid and you wont be disappointed, but if you regard SENSE as a disease to be eradicated look elsewhere.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krzych:
Ok, now big picture looks more clear, but one thing to ask yet - where to find a page/thread that compares functionalities of some (most decent) mods if I decide to say good bye to HTC Sense...? I think it is crucial to have a good mail client, move/sound player, calendar, messaging, dialer, sliding gui, home screen with widgets (or something at least like start screen in WM - capable of informing, having status icons/bars etc.) or maybe even alarm clock ;-P :-D. I don't know what's inside Sense and what's outside (or what's possible to install free(ly) in android without Sense) and wikipedia says that all major apps are in it which I pointed out above.

There should be free conferences with possiblity of touching mods by yourself in person ;-D

From my experiences with Touch HD - yep, TouchFLO was slow, but it was also somehow better than bare WM. I used phone without, but at last, I turned it back on just because of missing convenient way to use all of the phone features. I hope not to flash a phone with something not convenient, coz flashing will scare **** out of me (no matter of a knowledge while doing), and I would prefer this situation happened only once :-D

PS. I hope that saying "sense" by you had nothing to do with proximity sensing? (or other sensors ;-) )... noob... noob... noob... :-D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
If you flash a decent AOSP based ROM, the only functionality that you will lose is internet pass through (that is the ability to use your pc as a modem for your phone to connect to the internet) and the sense.com features but my experience and comments from others lead me to believe that sense.com is still very flaky. All other features are working as in the standard rom, granted SENSE widgets are not available but AFAIK they are all replicated by others, mainly, freely available on the market. All the examples you quote are still filled with the standard google apps, if there is any app / widget you need a definitive answer on PM me and I will have a look.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krzych:
i don't know why I believe you just like that, but it's the fact ;-P :-D

Ok, to be completely sure, the interface (mean sliding, widgets and so on) is not HTC created or not part of a Sense UI? I'm digging this because on WM phone the "manila.exe" was the whole UI, not just a part of it and only way to speedup anything was to block it permanently. As far as I understood you till now, this is not the case of android UI, removing Sense will have no visible consequences as you suggests, right?

And I will ask again, anyone have a clue where can I go to see those roms in action? Pictures/videos/dunno... anything :-)

Many thanks to you Ghostofcain :-)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
Not quite, stopping SENSE will stop the SENSE widgets from functioning but a quick look in the market will let you find widgets that replicate the SENSE widgets function, and also there are many android widgets built in that do not rely on sense.

Video's

CyanogenMOD 7

LeeDroid

RCmixHD

Android Revolution HD

iOS, sorry Miui

Virtuous Fusion

Kingdom Gingersense

CoreDroid

Official Gingerbread

Comparison betwixt cm7 v Stock
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krzych:
Now you're my hero :-D. I'm still burried under applications (tons of it, just found VNC server which is a must for a almost-blind man as me ;-) ), but since this is almost enough what I already have, next step will be reading alot and watching alot as I see above. And those widgets are not important. Some may be even quite good, but still - the applications are what matters, even if I had only app links it would be enough with some of them, and with those more important I bet there are many substitutes maybe even better.

You're my local hero now :-). I hope I will have a chance to get even some day :-D

PS. Yup! I've even found "thanks" button! ;-D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
No worries mate just trying to help a fellow user out, actually I was quite shocked at the lack of info on the videos that I could find on XDA, oh well that's sorted anyhow
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watskeburt:
Had leedroid earlier on my desire, but went for a aosp rom and i dont regret, its so much better.

Cyanogenmod is a very popular rom.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krzych:
Hmm, its bad. After watching those movies, I think, I really like Sense. I'm not a speed freak definitely, but I like to have nice interface with as low power consumption as possible, but not at the sake of convenience. I've not decided yet, but as far as I watched it seems that Non-Sense ( ;-) ) mods has not quite mature GUIs... I have to google more videos, but not right now.

There's a thread which points out how to save power in which the author says to install CurrentWidget to see current output and he guarantees that this CurrentWidget does not drain the energy. In the same post he claims that Sense drains much if you don't remove your HTC account. It's funny coz I still have this account (only disabled sync, but with sync enabled it's not much a difference) and checked what he said. The results were VERY funny. Sense drains less than CurrentWidget, and CurrentWidget drains MUCH more than Cellphone in a standby! :-D I think I won't listen to this thread. Am I only person who noticed such a behaviour? (just to recall everyone - still on froyo, decided not to upgrade until permroot)

I need to have an info how to _really_ discover my actual froyo before I do a mod to have real data to compare gains and loss. As far as I see even here, most of the opinions are rather not authoritative I think (coz I can proove that my phone does not match).

Anyone has the idea about really good software package (I mean few really tested applications) to log system activity, power consumption, network activity and so on? I would be really happy to know anything _for_sure_. Best would be all in one app to save cpu processing while logging things.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krzych:
Anyone had issues with Google Earth resetting phone? 8-O i was shocked, reset occured to me once but as far as I remember, i did that time much suspicius things, but yesterday, Google Earth reset my phone just like that (not much apps in background, only "strange" thing was that battery had 15% which is a limit to shout on me to connect charger, but whole system was fresh and steady).

Ok, I've decided that this weekend will be the last of the original unstable software. Some apps can reset the phone, so I hope that LeeDroid will help. Why LeeDroid? I just like the way of Sense, but I will not prefer it. If LeeDroid will not be enough, I will try best without Sense, but not without tests of Gingerbread and new Sense.

The results will be described here (I mean results of flashing), and then some time will pass to evaluate and then I'll be happy or I'll be describing a new try ;-). So, wish me luck this weekend ;-P :-D

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Done. Radio S-OFF, Eng S-OFF, SuperCID, ClockworkMod. Ready to flash LeeDroid HD to check if it's what I want.

If anyone knows that there is better mod incorporating Sense 3 in more elegant, original or so, way then I would be happy to hear about it. I'm considering checking Android Revolution HD too, but I don't know that I will have time for this... (setting up everything again is a pain...), so I need opinions. Any opinions. And don't tell me that it is a matter of preferences - just strict facts like "AR has this, LD hasn't" - I can judge by myself that it's a feature or a bug ;-).

But I'm already grateful to all people that helped me to understand what I just did to my phone. Thank you all :-).

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Now I know, maybe it's good for other noobs, so I will say loudly what I've read or heard and is hard to find here in one place... (correct me if I'm wrong)

* Eng S-OFF is not necessary for all. It just enables USB flashing as far as I know comparing to Radio S-OFF (but both enables flashing roms).

* Radio flashing has nothing to do with call recording (if I was told correctly), it's just an upgrade for hardware, can improve few things like power consumption or range.

I still do not know how permroot was achieved (I just ran Visionary+ - it "rages" the cache - exploit, but I do not know how it achieves permroot in contrast to temproot - probably it has something to do with mounting /system r/w and changing 'something', but I'm not sure - just deducing).

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Hi again in this newbie thread. I'm not a newbie already, but I still have a problem. And if I'm not wrong, it's a bigger one. I told you already about google earth rebooting my phone. I just noticed AndroidKnight did the same and came here to recall if this was like same situation. Almost. When 3D goes mad, phone reboots...

Now... what I think and why some roms were instable... A hardware issue? Too low voltage because of faulty cpu or something? Anyone can help me diagnose this?

To be continued...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WeeJockMacFeegle:
I use WidgetLocker which is great. But occasionally the Samsung default lock screen pops up anyway, meaning I have to unlock WidgetLocker AND the Samsung Lock Screen to get into my S2.

How can I disable the Samsung Lock Screen? I've had a hunt through the apps in Titanium Backup to see if I can find it and freeze it but no luck.

Anyone know how to do this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
There is an option in Widget Locker to Disable the Stock lock screen.

Tried WL today, and now back with stock lock screen. Simplicity is better for me.

Regards.

Sent from GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WeeJockMacFeegle:
Cheers! Can't believe I missed that!
[HTC Sensation] TheReal666:
Does anyone know how to get the htc music player to rescan your mp3's to add new songs to the Library?
[HTC Sensation] chchang1:
I recommend sdrescan, can be found on the market.
[HTC Sensation] GorillaPimp:
Extended Controls has a media rescan option. Other useful stuff there too.
[HTC EVO 3D] RedWingsFan:
Going on a cruise that will take me to Key West and then Cozumel, Mexico. Anyone with cruise experience that can share the best way to avoid crazy fees?
[HTC EVO 3D] craig.pulliam:
phone fees? airplane mode. cruise fees? there are none. all you pay for is drinks and tips and sometimes your tips are even paid in advance. pour tequila in an empty listerine bottle (brown kind) to offset drink prices.
[HTC EVO 3D] RedWingsFan:
Yea phone/data fees.

This is what I found on Sprint's website:

So looks like the phone will be left off and only turned on once or twice a day to check and see if any important text messages come through. I'll have to tell my friends to avoid texting me unless it is extremely important.
[HTC EVO 3D] motoelliot:
Transfer your cruise tickets to me... I'll take care of the charges... ;)

Edit: seriously tho have fun!

Sent from 3D A.W.E.S.O.M-O
[HTC EVO 3D] Kilmar:
Some cruises also offer wifi. Turn on airplane mode then connect via wifi to check your email and websites. Not sure what the price for wifi is, but I'm sure it's not cheap.
[HTC EVO 3D] aronslusa:
Google Voice, if enabled, can be used over WiFi for your text messages... So if you have access to WiFi on the cruise..?
[HTC EVO 3D] liverstealerJobs:
I thought the point of a cruise was to get away from it all?

When I was camping in the Sierra Nevada, I didn't expect and in fact enjoyed not having a signal.
[HTC EVO 3D] Meanee:
Kept mine in airplane mode. While docked in St Thomas, was using it. Make sure you are away from the ship while in U.S. territory before you use a phone.

WiFi was close to unusable and a total wallet-rape on RCL's Oasis of the Seas.
[HTC EVO 3D] GooseEye:
3 minute call on my account was $8 when I went on a cruise last year. I didn't use my phone at all.

I think Internet access is at least 1 per minute at the computer kiosks, which you have to buy in at least 15 or 30 minute packages. Google Voice would be useful for texting here.

Remember to change your mobile network setting to Sprint only if you don't want the phone to use the ship's transmitter when a Sprint tower is available. This can especially happen in port if the cruise ships cell phone transmitter is not turned off. Change it to roaming as needed.

Cheaper solution is to look into buying a gsm phone and pre-paid international sim card for use on the ship and in port. It's also useful to have a couple of these phones between a couple or group of people as its easy to get separated on the ship and while on excursions in port.

Cheapest solution is to turn the phone off and experience the cruise lifestyle for a few days. It's a vacation!:D
[HTC EVO 3D] Andy0682:
walk to room...enter...open closet....open safe...put in your cell phone...close and lock safe....go outside to lido deck and proceed to drink and eat.

enjoy your cruise
[HTC EVO 3D] u921333:
I did the airplane mode the whole time it wasnt worth the cost and it was nice to not worry about calls or text.... On another note my Original Evo lasted 5 days in airplane mode with no charging :) and still used it for games.
[HTC EVO 3D] NewZJ:
Funnel deck, no phone, no clothes, no worries
[HTC EVO 3D] toxicfumes22:
Check out google voice if they have wifi (they should) They charge like $.02 for mexico and like $.06 for japan(not sure if that applies for both incoming and outgoing but I know they say google voice is US only right now). Not exactly sure how it works, but its worth looking into. You can definitely use google voice to text though, keep yourself in airplane mode with wifi on. That's if they have free wifi on the ship, I havnt been on a cruise in many years.
[HTC EVO 3D] TrofeoSC:
We tried to stick to just texting on board ship. Saves a little.

Watch out though, we would send a text and it would repeat 10-20-30 times and they bill you for it! Receiving texts was the same deal.

When we got back last December, there was more than $100 worth of texts on our bill!!! Called Sprint and they could see the problem and said that it was a "known problem," it took me three tries to get it back to what it really was, about $20.

Enjoy.
[HTC EVO 3D] Razgriz:
I would just leave it at home.
[HTC EVO 3D] jshields1986:
heres what i dont understand, if your going on a cruise why would you even want to use your phone, if i was going I wouldnt be touching my phone unless it was for emergencys
[HTC EVO 3D] TeknoJnky:
you can also call up sprint and ask them to put a bill cap on your account, so it can not exceed 100 or whatever you tell them
[HTC EVO 3D] BrianDigital:
Surely the boat has wifi. You could then intergrate with Google voice while on the boat so atleast u can text and see any important calls. Then use gmail to call people I suppose
[HTC EVO 3D] heathmcabee:
ITS A VACATION.. LEAVE YOUR DAMN PHONE AT THE DOCK.. that is all. all contact information for loved ones is left on the kitchen counter for contact via the ships administrators. Forget the damn phone and have good time. lol
[HTC EVO 3D] viddywell:
What I did when we spent some time in Mexico is use wifi for Google Voice texts and emails and use Groove IP to make calls. This uses your Google Voice account/number and your phone to make VOIP calls.

Best single app on my phone IMO. Both for these international issues as well as when I can get a 4G signal but no 3G/Voice.
[Thunderbolt General] sonofskywalker3:
As some of you may have noticed, I have been very inactive in the Android world over the past month or so. I wanted to take the opportunity to let everyone know what is going on.

My wife is 8 months pregnant, and starting about a month ago she has been having some issues. Nothing too serious, but it means we have to go to the doctor several times a week to make sure she and the baby are not getting worse. She is also not supposed to leave the house if possible. As much as I enjoy the playing around I do with Blackhole, my family has to come first.

The Baby could be born any time now, and I simply don't have the time to devote to Android like I used to. I will admit that what little free time I have left now goes to extra sleep (cause I know I won't be getting any for a while after the baby is born). Lets face it, I'm no Adrynalyn or Jcase. For me Android has always been a hobby, and I do what I do mostly for myself, but just decided to share it.

I do plan on getting back into things once my life has settled down a bit, and if something major happens (Official GB upgrade anyone?) I'll try to make the time to release an update, but don't expect anything from me for a while.

I want to say thank you to everyone who has supported me with kind words, donations, suggestions, testing, bug reports, etc. over the past 9 months or so since I started developing on the Fascinate, and I want you all to know how much I appreciate you.

TTFN
[Thunderbolt General] g00s3y:
Good luck with the little one coming :D
[Thunderbolt General] BlackHoleSlam:
Thank you for all the work you have done so far
[Thunderbolt General] Nefariouss:
Hope everything goes well for the rest of the pregnancy. That's is absolutely your first priority. The things will settle down a couple of months after your little one is here.
[Thunderbolt General] michaelkahl:
Good luck as you await the birth. I'll keep you and your family in prayer. Our first born turned 15 months this week and they really are time consuming, but so worth it.

It's good to see you have your priorities set.
[Thunderbolt General] dirtyfingers:
I'm sure the community appreciates everything you have done. Good luck with your wife and child and your right, you probably won't be getting much sleep do nous a good time to catch up.
[Thunderbolt General] Mustang302LX:
Family comes first man. Do what you gotta do to take care of them! Hopefully all goes well and you have a great healthy baby!
[Thunderbolt General] lrs421:
Good luck dude, family first :)
[Thunderbolt General] weezin9980:
Good luck bro. I'm in the navy so i understand about family life. It comes first always.

CM7 RC 06
[Thunderbolt General] sonofskywalker3:
Thank you all, I'm glad you understand. That's one of the benefits of working with Android, a generally more mature community than the iTeens.
[Thunderbolt General] Mustang302LX:
Psht aint that the truth!

I too am a military guy and my wife is about to pop with our 2nd daughter so I totally get the not much time thing. Again good luck with the new child! Exciting times are ahead!
[Thunderbolt General] orion421:
Family first! Wise you are, hmm.
[Thunderbolt General] Jrocker23:
All the best & best of luck with the wife and child.... Thank you
[Thunderbolt General] TheLoonyRebel:
Thank you so much sonofskywalker3 for all the hard work and contributions you have brought to the TB community. Best wishes and congrats to you and your family as well. :D
[Thunderbolt General] nrfitchett4:
Really? If this is a mature audience, I'd hate to see an immature one.

Nothing against you and I hope everything with your wife goes ok, but a lot of devs for android are not even out if high school.
[Thunderbolt General] sonofskywalker3:
True enough, and we certainly have our share of drama queens, but overall I think the user base for Android, and especially those active in the Modding community, are much more understanding when it comes to the important things. Sure we've got people who will pitch a fit if things don't go their way, but I've seen nothing but support when I'm letting everyone know that I'm taking a major break. No "But wherez my r0mz dud3!!", just well wishes and genuine concern.
[Thunderbolt General] the kid escobar:
Good luck sir, I will be looking out for your roms whenever you have time to release one.
[Thunderbolt General] Shambala69:
Thanks for all your work and I hope all goes well with you and your family. As a father of a 14 month old myself, it's good if you are already acclimated to getting little sleep. Who'd a thunk that developing would be good training for fatherhood!