yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] thermax04:
Dear all

I Ordered an unlocked sensation USA tmobile 4g version (did not receive it yet)

Q1: how to know if it is S-Off or On?

Q2: I know that bootloader is closed till now, and I want to install the Official Arabic rom on my phone, Can I do that ? The rom is on line and people used it for Middle east phones as update not as flash (since bootloader is closed), so can i update the USA tmobile 4g phone with middle east rom?
[HTC Sensation] NICEGYPT:
No you can't. I don't know why you got this version when you was able to get middle eastern version. :rolleyes:
[HTC Sensation] NardVa:
Tmobile version is cheaper than the International version. At least on EBay they run cheaper.
[HTC Sensation] thermax04:
I Bought it from ebay for 550$ while it is sold here in Egypt for 790$:eek:
[HTC Sensation] kesitaxiang:
download & install

more locale 2

There are many languages which are available, you can choose what u want~
[HTC Sensation] paulmor:
morelocale 2 may add some lanuage interface including Arabic, but it WILL NOT solve issues inherent to languages written from right-to-left like Arabic and Hebrew.

Text will not align to the right and numeral will be displayed backwards.

Some applications, but not all, will also be displayed backwards (mirror image)

HTC has a dedicated version to overcome these issues: 1.xx.415.x
[General Questions and Answers] Raiiin:
Basically what's in the title. Wat do?
[General Questions and Answers] mrpaulmanley:
what do you mean by dock? I'm assuming it's not a physical dock or you wouldn't be asking for an app.
[General Questions and Answers] rwells813:
Dock4droid in the market

sent from SGS Captivate 2.3.4 with CM7 or MIUI using Escapist or TKglitch
[General Questions and Answers] boodafli:
yeah, dock4droid is the best on screen dock, i think.
[General Questions and Answers] Raiiin:
Well, app/add-on is what I meant. About to try dock4droid. :]
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Cricco:
hi everybody.

i want compile de new kernel of gingerbread.

i use this guide http://www.androidworld.it/2011/01/14/android-kernel-compiler-34032/ but i must have the git of lg's kernel.

can i have any help please?

edit: i want overclock the smartphone so i must edit the cpuclock.c but i don't know what i must edit because there are some tab of frequency.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] tritant:
Check this thread, lg kernel source for gingerbread is released

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1146329
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Cricco:
i want compile and edit the kernel for overlcock.

another help please?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
Well, someone else already did it, you are late again :p
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Cricco:
there is a tutorial to edit kernel and compile?

i saw in the internet but there are only nexus one's guide to compile and edit kernel

another help?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Bytecode:
Maybe you firstly need to compile a clean kernel ;) download LG kernel sources and then do make you know :D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Cricco:
ciaox sei ita?

but there are some tutorial?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Bytecode:
Si,sono Italiano,ma meglio parlare inglese quà

(I am italian,better talk english here bro)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Cricco:
i have the source of lg kernel (gingerbread)

can you explain me what i will do to compile the kernel?

there are tutorials on the web?

and if i want overclock the smartphone what i will do?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ccdreadcc:
errr u should search the forum, every detail is here already..

u cant be spoonfed of every step...

use ur mind body and soul :P
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Cricco:
i see this tutorial http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=716306 but it works only with htc i think

i have lgp500 kernel xD
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
This HOWTO is only useful for people who have NOT yet installed a stock recovery or who have lost the custom recovery after KDZ or LGMDP flash.

Why I posted it? Since I have had enough of complaints about screwed phones via ROM Manager, also there is some broken rf.sh script I have heard of.

Step 1:

- Download (see attachment) the flash_image.zip

- unzip it

- and put the flash_image binary on the root of your SD card (via USB cable).

Step 2:

- Dowload a recovery of your choice (CWM or AmonRA) from this thread.

- Unzip it on your local box and find the recovery.img file.

- Put the recovery.img to the root of your SD Card (via USB cable)

Step 3a - via terminal emulator

- Run terminal emulator on your phone (download one from market if you do not have it yet, duh!)

- type these command exactly: $ denotes a normal user, # denotes root. This character should NOT be typed into terminal emulator!

$ su
# mount -o remount rw /system
# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/xbin/flash_image
# chmod 755 /system/xbin/flash_image
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
# mount -o remount ro /system
# reboot recovery

or

Step 3b:

- Install Android SDK (EXE installer recommended for Windows users.)

- run command prompt (cmd.exe) on your Windows box, or run the following from shell on your Linux box:

> adb shell
$ su
# mount -o remount rw /system
# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/xbin/flash_image
# chmod 755 /system/xbin/flash_image
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
# mount -o remount ro /system
# exit
$ exit
> adb reboot recovery

Step 4:

Now you should find yourself in your shiny new custom recovery. Do whatever you need there. :p

Q: Is not there an easier way? This seems like a lot of typing? It sucks - I have heard about ROM Manager!

A: ROM Manager's way of flashing recovery is broken by design. Do NOT use it unless you are comfortable with rescuing your phone via ADB/fastboot like many people before.

Q: I already have custom recovery. Do I need to do this if I want to switch from CWM to AmonRA or vice versa?

A: No. This thread has recovery ZIPs when can be flashed from recovery itself.

Q: HELP!!! I screwed and now my phone is stuck in fastboot mode! What should I do?!?!

A: You are officially lame, very lame person. :p Now go here to fix it.

Q: But my phone is not rooted (no su binary) - the above does not work! I tried to root it via z4root, GingerBreak, SuperOneClick but everything failed! What should I do? Am I stuck with stock ROM?

A: No! See the LGMDP method below.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] 22VIN:
Nice guide :)

This way newbies won't be confused where to search.

BTW, a little mistake: in the adb codes it's flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
Alternative method: Flashing custom recovery via LGMDP.exe

Tried to root it via z4root, GingerBreak, SuperOneClick but everything failed? No problem! Flash the recovery via LGMDP.

Step 1:

Download P500-CWM-3.1.0.0.zip (CWM 3.1.0.0 included, if you want something else, replace recovery.img with whatever you want) and unzip it.

Step 2:

- Browse to the folder where you unpacked the ZIP and run LGMDP-v1.5.exe

- Click Download in menu

- Select Port

- Choose your phone, click Connect

- Click Image Folder button, browse to the directory where you unpacked this

- Click OK about 3 times on the warnings

- Close the window

- Click Download button

- Let it do the job. It will backup your IMEI and MACs to .NV2 file, reboot your phone, flash recovery and restore the NV2 backup. Do NOT interrupt it or disconnect your phone until it says "Download complete"! Do NOT delete the NV2 backup!

Step 3:

Done! Now when you press Home + Volume Down + Power, you should find yourself in your shiny new custom recovery. Now you can flash a rooted ROM via flash zip menu.

Q: I am a moron and have interrupted the process. Now I get a black screen with some weird fastboot text, what to do? HELP!!!!

A: Yes, you are a moron. See [HOWTO] Revive a bricked P500 on fastboot mode (the SHORT way) thread.

Q: Can I just quickly root my stock ROM after flashing recovery? I do not want a custom ROM.

A: Yes. Download su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip and flash it from recovery. Reboot, download Busybox Installer from the market, run and install busybox on your phone.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
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[Optimus One, P500, V General] breakhour:
Thx doktor, it helps some of my friend who lost their recovery while upgrading to official GB...

+1
[Optimus One, P500, V General] lerkin:
Nice one man, really useful and funny text.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Bytecode:
Yo,added this to the N00B repo. ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] pindey02:
"Q: Can I just quickly root my stock ROM after flashing recovery? I do not want a custom ROM.

A: Yes. Download su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip and flash it from recovery. Reboot, download Busybox Installer from the market, run and install busybox on your phone."

In reference to the above words, cud i use this as a method to root my stock GB 2.3.3??? cos nothing else seems to root it and installing sdk and adb and all tat, seems too complex!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
Of course.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] IamIrene:
nice guide TS

but this guide also can use for thunderg recovery right ???

and i not quite understanding ur step 3a

which is this :

but in my mind just type EXACTLY what the below quote write

but you say the things in 1st post make me confuse

so just follow and type the word exactly ???
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
No comment, everything I wanted to say has been censored :rolleyes:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] IamIrene:
get what you meaning already
[Optimus One, P500, V General] evripidis:
When I type

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

I take the error message

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x00440000

error writing recovery : No space left on device

But I have at least 60MB on my phone's memory...

edit:

OK,that error bricked my phone again...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
Has nothing to do with the space for /recovery on a separate partition.

Congrats. :p
[Optimus One, P500, V General] evripidis:
KDZ is always saving me always! :p

How can I fix that about /recovery?

Because I don't understand, I don't have a partition for recovery?

If is that, why after KDZ update, original recovery works properly?

I am worried about bad block that error message said...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
Yeah, am I worried too, should not report any bad sectors (at least not on this phone).

> adb shell cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00440000 00020000 "boot"
mtd1: 0be00000 00020000 "system"
mtd2: 00500000 00020000 "recovery"
mtd3: 002c0000 00020000 "lgdrm"
mtd4: 00100000 00020000 "splash"
mtd5: 00180000 00020000 "FOTABIN"
mtd6: 005c0000 00020000 "FOTA"
mtd7: 00040000 00020000 "misc"
mtd8: 04000000 00020000 "cache"
mtd9: 0c780000 00020000 "userdata"
[Optimus One, P500, V General] evripidis:
I get this

>adb shell cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00440000 00020000 "boot"
mtd1: 0be00000 00020000 "system"
mtd2: 00500000 00020000 "recovery"
mtd3: 002c0000 00020000 "lgdrm"
mtd4: 00100000 00020000 "splash"
mtd5: 00180000 00020000 "FOTABIN"
mtd6: 005c0000 00020000 "FOTA"
mtd7: 00040000 00020000 "misc"
mtd8: 04000000 00020000 "cache"
mtd9: 0c780000 00020000 "userdata"

In google I found this http://android.modaco.com/content-p...kmod-recovery-for-zte-blade-oled-tft/page/20/

He gets the error at the same point.

And this http://androidforums.com/647576-post25.html
[Optimus One, P500, V General] celtic-paolino:
I did everything as I was meant to, but when I get to the point to insert the text, both on pc or on phone I get an error message...What's wrong?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
Eh... Insert what text? Where? What error message? :confused:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] celtic-paolino:
When I have to write the codes in the terminal emulator or in cmd.exe, I get these messages:

TE: su: permission denied

and the rest doesn't obviously work

CMD: doesn't work at all even if I installed the program you said...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] :
You cannot use this on unrooted phone! Use LGMDP.exe instead!

Really, people... please READ!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] celtic-paolino:
Tried that too, when I click on "select port" nothing appears in the box :s
[Optimus One, P500, V General] :
How about installing the LG drivers for your phone first? I am afraid you should really stick with the stock ROM for quite some time and do some reading here. Then come back with some reasonably specific problems.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] celtic-paolino:
It's all been done, tried installing again the drivers, but still no phone detected...Not everyone's that idiot here ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] :
Good. Try on a SANE computer then. (Or reinstall yours from scratch.) We will not solve your messy Windows install here, I am afraid, there are much better forums for that.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] evripidis:
@doktornotor

Can you think about one solution for my problem at previous page?

Thank you a lot!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] :
Reflash with KDZ and hope the bad block will get marked as bad and excluded from further use? Sorry, but bad blocks normally mean a HW issue, unless intentionally "emulated" by some "protection" crap.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] evripidis:
Ι have flashed again with KDZ and the same happens...

Do you thing that is worthy to try again once?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] :
Hmm, not really, IMHO.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] evripidis:
Damn, probably I have to forget custom ROMs etc... :(
[Optimus One, P500, V General] :
Brick it and RMA it.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] evripidis:
If i don't find a solution by the end of the summer, I will do this. I don't want to stay without smartphone on my holidays, so I will be patient.

Thanks for your help! :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] :
Heh. Anyway, this howto is excellent for bricking as well, just pull the cable when flashing and/or restoring NV2. ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] evripidis:
But I have to find a good excuse when I go to Service center and what I am supposed doing before bricking. I am thinking to brick it through LG update, so to be an "official bricking" .... :p
[Optimus One, P500, V General] :
Dear moderator, kindly hand over the ownership/maintenance of the HOWTOs and development threads mentioned in my signature to someone skilled and interested in the topic.

@franciscofranco, mik_os, andy572, ciaox & other devs: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!

Reference: Dear admin, kindly close my account.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] devillnside:
Thnx a bunch for this man.it was so simple easy & quick.

+1 for a gr8 post.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dr.notor:
Method 3:

Use Flash Image GUI (needs a rooted phone :p)

Step 0:

Install the application, duh!

Step 1:

Put recovery image somewhere on your SD card via USB cable

Step 2:

Browse and select recovery.img

Step 3:

Press Flash Image button and confirm.

Step 4:

Wait for a while for confirmation.

Done!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] seshsud:
So my phone has CM7 (Mik_OS)/rooted of course but i want to sim unlock it.What would be the procedure for me to revert to stock ROM, do the sim unlock and revert back to MikOS (without losing the apps i have installed and without bricking the phone). Better yet if I can somehow get the sim unlock menu to show up, i dont even want to go back to custom ROM. Many thanks! If I can get this right, you are my hero :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dr.notor:
You already have the recovery? Go there.

- make a nandroid backup

- wipe all

- flash some v10 based ROM from ZIP (list)

- boot, unlock

- back to recovery

- wipe all

- restore the backup

Anyway, this is a wrong thread to ask.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] seshsud:
I dont have a back of the stock rom :(

Should I have to go the kdz route?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dr.notor:
Eh? All you need is whatever **** based on the stock ROM!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] zenithvictor:
$ su

permission denied

:mad:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] 22VIN:
You're not rooting it, you're installing CR on an unrooted phone. So i can't understand why you need su permission.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] typci:
Thanks for this awesome thread.

Also, you should add that when it reboots, it may show a battery charging icon, and even then don't disconnect. The reason I say this is because people are morons. On other phones I've worked with, when you do things like this, you have to remove the battery before plugging it into the computer, so it it doesn't go into "battery charging" mode upon rebooting. Also, people may see the battery charging screen and think their phone didn't reboot properly. When I saw the battery charging screen, the first thing I thought was "Crap, I forgot to remove the battery first." The second thought was "He said don't unplug the phone until you see 'download complete'."
[Optimus One, P500, V General] cognus:
if anyone still watches this thread.

this is a great thread, very simple and straightforward.

I unfortunately get errors using the terminal mode [can't deal with the move of the flash_image]

so I'm trying the LGMDP method. I have the phone booted normally, usb debugging enabled [is that correct?] and connected.

LGMDP no problem connecting via com6. got the right identity.

when I browse to the [AmonRa] folder, it doesn't just give 3 errors, the entire list on the screen is an error except the first row [folder string] so when done ignoring all those, nothing left but the top row. is that correct?

followed the rest of the script: all went as you said, took awhile, showed download complete. I tried the recovery 3 button thing [home, vol.down, power, hold til LG logo disappears and 'droid shows, let go] and per usual, it rebooted to a full refresh - in other words, phone wiped, restored to factory.

did it "succeed"? I realize lots of us have trouble getting it into fastboot or any other mode other than "factory restart" via the 3-key thing...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] SUPhw:
my LG P500 hangs after reboot

I rooted my LG P500 / Android 2.3.3 /kernel 2.6.35.10-pref/ softw LG-P500-V20G using Superoneclick via my PC in order to install oxygen_ics.

I then installed Astro file manager and a Terminal emulator.

I checked that I had root access and saved a recovery rom CWM 5.0.2.7 (as advised for this phone) to the root dir of the SD card.

I typed these instructions (by doktornotor xda-developers thread 1146566) in the terminal emulater

# mount -o remount rw /system

# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/xbin/flash_image

# chmod 755 /system/xbin/flash_image

# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

# mount -o remount ro /system

# reboot recovery saved

All commands were executed but I ended up with a smiling LG logo where it gets stuck.

It doesnt switch off and looks as if it is unable to boot.

Tried factory reset but only the logo appears and hangs.

Can you please advise why the recovery boot failed and how to fix it?

Thanks
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ibub:
Probably have a corrupted recovery.img. This can happen in several ways, but usually poor transmission over network. First unplug it, and pull out the battery. Reinsert battery, press and hold HOME and POWER buttons. If you see a black screen with very small print in the upper left corner, this is fastboot mode SPL (secondary program loader ). You can use the tool from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1827723

Extract the zip.

It includes Windows drivers for the p500 (if you don't already have them installed). Download a fresh copy of recovery.img, and if a md5 sum is available, use it to verify the integrity of your download. Now run Android Flash Recovery program as administrator. Browse button is towards the upper right in the program (has dots). Browse to recovery.img, and select it. Now install (or flash). Should reboot into new recovery.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] SUPhw:
verified

After I my thank you reply, I realised superuser was gone. No problem with superoneclick. I followed your advise and checked SD5sum of both images with MD5 &SHA Checksum. The downloads were valid suggesting that something else caused my problem. Any advise please?

---------- Post added at 05:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:53 PM ----------

Thank you for replying so promptly. I just managed to get into the emergency mode and connect to my pc and used KDZ (LG) . When restarting I got an android and white triangle with orange exclamation. Used the vol buttons and got a message that the update.zip failed to install. After rebooting (taking out battery) it did start up with all settings and apps still there as before the flashing. Not sure whether the recovery is working or not and hesitant to start in recovery mode. If that mode is corrupted must it be de-installed and if so how?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ibub:
Here is a link to a short script that I use in terminal emulator:

http://www.mediafire.com/?7baf5u85iah4fa0

Included in the zip are several recoveries (in corresponding folders). Exract the zip, and open the readme.txt for instructions. [emoji4]

This is only for LG p500.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] SUPhw:
I tried that script but something went wrong.

I extracted the folder and placed flash_image, rec.sh, recovery_image (amonRa3.06) in root sdcard.

Typed in terminal #sh /sdcard/rec.sh

It shortly showed white triangle and orange exclamation and then rebooted......turns out it factory reset itself to the original LG mode. Busy reinstalling filemanager en terminal emulator. Question why did it fail and where from where?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ibub:
The script is absolutely specific as to the location of the files it uses.You need to extract the zip to the root of sdcard. This should automatically give you a folder named rec. And the directory structure (path) will be /sdcard/rec, which contains flash_image, rec.sh, recovery.img (AmonRa3.06), and the folders containing other recovery.imgs LEAVE EVERYTHING IN THE REC FOLDER. Open terminal and type su and enter. Then type sh /sdcard/rec/rec.sh and enter. Now it will install and reboot into new recovery.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] SUPhw:
great

Thank you so much. Worked perfectly I clearly did not appreciate how strict the script was.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] s4meq:
Got it!

Got it to work. Found out amonra select is 'menu' up/dowm volume keys to scroll.
[Defy General] ankit360:
Hey Everybody,

Since i Downgrade from CM 7 RC1 to Froyo Official I m not ablr to download big software [more then 1MB] over WiFi , downloading from 3G is working fine

I have tried just about everything I could find googling this issue but to no avail

* Switched from Wifi to 3G(1X) and back, no resolution

* Reset phone to factory default, no resolution

* Logged out and back in to Google Talk, no resolution

* Reset my wireless router and completely reconfigured wifi, no resolution

* Made router unsecured, no resolution

* Erased/Formatted external SD card, no resolution

* Cleared all caches from all apps, even after resetting phone, no resolution.

To be clear, if on wifi, my phone will surf the internet, open facebook, even open market and display content. It will just not :

* download apps from market (download paused and will never continue)

* play youtube videos

* display certain pictures on facebook.

My 3G is very costly where I live and so I largely depend on wifi to be able to really enjoy my android phone. Has anybody run into this type of issue?

Thanks guys, I appreciate your input!
[Defy General] rachit2588:
i had the same issue on cm7-RC0, but when i was on gingerbread leaks all things were fine no issues...can you specify which froyo rom are you using.
[Defy General] ankit360:
i try 2.3.4 134 still no luck
[Defy General] arpith.fbi:
uncheck " enable data saver" in settings..this may solve the problem
[Defy General] ankit360:
LOL thanks for suggestion . i already reset my phone that clear all setting ...... :p
[Defy General] manbearpig:
I could use this solution also

Sent from my Motorola Defy using the XDA App