yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smokeuout:
test drive using visionary temp root ( one click ) if u like root use visionary gfree method....i new jack and i rooted when i was drunk...totally easy.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OriginalGabriel:
The safest way to root your device is to follow the method in the wiki, the only way you can brick your device with that method is if you mistype something.

I had never rooted a device until the G2 and did so the day the devs achieved root while having a cocktail after work. Just double check your typing before sending the commands and all will be well.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
This really isn't good advice. OP should read the sticky about Visionary having a high chance of bricking devices before trying to temproot. Follow the guide in the wiki for root, it works well just follow instructions and go slow.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smokeuout:
using visionary has low brick rate for temp root...only using it for permroot yields a risk. i only stated what was easiest for me. btw its great advice...lol
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OriginalGabriel:
But the OP stated that Visionary bricked their device when they attempted to root it and you recommended they use Visionary again.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smokeuout:
if u go to the visionary website it states clearly there is no risk for temp root only permroot...but u can also use z4root instead...not sure if thats safer or not
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmcqueen:
:confused:

you should know that is specifically regarding the permanent root option.

I wouldn't think twice about temp rooting with visionary. it's not going to harm anything. nonetheless, follow the wiki. it's the way to go.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilcuber:
Best way to root is the xda wiki meathod which i used. its based on gfree meathod. also if u have a branded device u need to create a goldcard first and downgrade if your not at firmware 1.34xxx
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsteven77x:
Why will this forum not rid itself of the visionary ****. It has ruined so many phones it's just GROSSLY irresponsible for the devs to leave that trash on here. It truly is.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackknightavalon:
This one is the safest method.

Sent from a Western Union telegram.
[HTC EVO 3D] pain-is-free:
Has any one experienced this. I was running and my phone just shut down. When I restarted the SD card wouldn't remount. Well after many attempts and a battery pull the SD card came back. I have a 32g card and have 3 emails on sync That's about it.
[HTC EVO 3D] DGreen1:
Yeah I expierienced that. My phone would shut off and would turn back on hitting the power button. A battery pull usually fixed the problem but using the otterbox defender makes that easy task a lot more difficult.

Needless to say I finally exchanged the phone. I would suggest you do the same.

Hope this helps.
[HTC EVO 3D] DGreen1:
*correction* my phone would not turn back on without a battery pull.
[HTC EVO 3D] slugbug2010:
I got my 3vo at noon today.

First reboot came while using the music app/widget.

Second reboot came when I switched from 3d to 2d picture.

(ps - ? re: otterbox case. I have one, too. It seems like the rubber around the top is not snug. Its as if it need to shrink a little. Is yours the same?)
[HTC EVO 3D] qtrinh2:
Does anyone have this problem where if they click on their music app and exit it twice it starts to freeze on the 2nd attempt and then reboot on its own? If so, is this more of a software or hardware problem? Need to know so i can decide whether if i should exchange for another phone. Thanks!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] MartyLK:
I flashed WP7 on my HD2 and set it to match my Focus them and layout. I always knew my HD2's display was good but now I have proof of how good. To me it matches the color richness of SAMOLED but doesn't have the ugly pentile look. It certainly looks better than the HD7 I had.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] vbetts:
The focus seems a bit clearer, but something I've noticed with every amoled and super amoled panel is there is always a blue tint to it.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] MartyLK:
Yeah...in the picture it does look slightly clearer. I don't know why because I took two shots and that one was the better of the two and in person the HD2 screen is just perfectly clear. But the color production is what stuns me. To me it looks identical...except for maybe the black depth.

I have noticed the blue'ish tint you are talking about on my Focus and have commented that my iPhone 4's display is better than SAMOLED for color accuracy, viewing angle and quality. At the extreme viewing angle is where I see the blue'ish tint mostly and it is absent on the iPhone 4 display. Yet the iPhone 4 display has just as sharp a viewing angle. So it puts it above SAMOLED.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] MartyLK:
I had an HD7 when they first came out on T-Mobile and thought it was the stuff. Since flashing WP7 on my HD2, I am so amazed at the picture quality my HD2 puts out that I would much rather have the HD2 display in my HD7. I just got done with a little Angry Birds play ...the first time on my HD2 with WP7...and the colors and vividness of it just floors me. I've played Angry Birds on it a lot with Android. But WP7 Mango must be handling the display better because it just purely looks gorgeous.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] MartyLK:
I decided to take a look at the light theme and low and behold, it looks better on the HD2.
[Acer Iconia A500] chlballi:
In advance, please excuse my own ignorance..

I've been an avid Android user since my HTC hero when it was first released, but haven't really gotten into the "meat and potatoes" of Linux...just some minor dabbling in UNIX as required in a few college classes.

I was wondering if anyone can explain exactly what the 'kernel' does, and how it's replacement can change the user experience and general functionality of a device. Down the road I'd love to be able to help the community, but I think a 'vocabulary lesson' would first be in order; amongst other things in due time.

Thanks in advance,

Chlballi
[Acer Iconia A500] themono:
OK; this will be a bit simplified over reality, but here we go.

You've got the hardware that makes up your machine.

You've got the software you install on your machine (angry birds, whatever)

The kernel is kind of the bit in the middle that lets the two talk to each other. The kernel contains drivers that let your software interpret the touchscreen input, or talk to the graphics chip, or mount a filesystem (on your USB stick or on the internal memory).

A different kernel (or additional modules to the current kernel) will change how this operates. For example, it might allow the software to instruct your CPU to run at different frequencies than it would otherwise (overclocking/underclocking). It might support different filesystems (NTFS for example). It might have a different way of scheduling what tasks get sent to the CPU and in what order. Or it might just be better coded and have less random freezeups and so on.

I hope that helps!

EDIT: Incidentally, kernel isn't a uniquely linux term. All OS'es (that I am aware of) have a kernel of various types. Windows uses a proprietary MS kernel, Mac OS X uses a modified BSD kernel, etc etc.
[Acer Iconia A500] OrionBG:
You can also try here!
[Acer Iconia A500] chlballi:
Very good :) Thanks all. I just needed a little refresher.

Chlballi
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfspirit68:
does not seem to work 100% Anyone else having issues with it? It works but does not speak the command prompts at all. Just curious if it is the rom or a setting I missed somewhere.

Cheers!
[Xoom General] ghoticov:
I grabbed a Xoom 3g 32gig off of craigslist for $450 for my wife... it was a steal. I had to drive an hour and a half but well worth it IMO. It was brand new in the box. Score!

Now... to root hers or not, that is the question. :-)
[Xoom General] okantomi:
Wow, Congrats! That's a great deal!
[Xoom General] Kippui:
I would say a custom kernel non overclocked stock rom would be good setup to avoid issues....
[Xoom General] ghoticov:
Yea, I told her that if she wanted a tablet we should jump all over it and she agreed. She has always liked my Xoom but never really used it because I am always on it. Ha!

Considering I paid $800 on launch day, I feel like we stole this one. lol we are going to activate it tomorrow, she is stoked. :-)
[Xoom General] ghoticov:
Yea, I thought about putting the Tiamat ROM 1.1 on it...maybe even OC to 1.5. I am still on Tiamat 1.4.4 and won't do the ROM because I am using Bazar6 red theme and don't want to lose it. The benefits of ROM 1.1 wasn't worth losing my theme or messing with it in general.
[Xoom General] gqstatus0685:
Didn't they lower the price to $400? I hope you got a case in the deal also.
[Xoom General] ghoticov:
I saw they dropped the price on the wifi model to $499 but I got the 3g model for $450. I haven't seen a 3g model anywhere close to $400.
[Xoom General] Trig0r:
You should always root the wife, its only polite..
[Xoom General] playya:
What phone do you have... don't see the sense in paying for internet twice if you have an android phone already
[Xoom General] ghoticov:
I had a Droid X and sold it and my wife has an HTC INC that is going to get sold also. Both of us went to LG Octane's for texting and phone use. We both found ourselves not using our smart phones after we got the XOOM's so there was no point in having both.
[EVO Shift 4G General] sod7227:
This has probabley been done, but i havent seen anything about anyone trying this. Couldnt we try to flash a rooted gb update through hboot? Since we cant downgrade through it maybe if we just flashed a rooted or exploitable version it would work?
[EVO Shift 4G General] tokuzumi:
If the bootloader says "S-ON", that means the phone looks for a signature on any executable file, before allowing the exe or RUU to run. Anytime you modify or unpack the contents of the RUU, it breaks the signature, and, at this time, there is no way to imitate, or mimic that signature. This was discussed at length in the "Got Root!" thread, in the Evo 3D Android Dev forum. So, it's doubtful the bootloader will allow the rooted rom to flash to the phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanthedog:
Is there anything but cmenards bullet kernel for GB. I know everyone thinks its the end all but I would like SOMETHING else to play with and compare. I have heard of another but cant remember the name anymore. Please dont flame me if this is a stupid question lol.:D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZachLL88:
Yes, go look in the dev section
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyle51:
there's 3 for jvp i think, 1.2, 1.4 and 1.5

some jvp 1's will work from i9000 forums but they'll mess up button mapping
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] ramtix:
Anybody get an update or work around on the New Dell Stage Cloud

http://www.techeye.net/software/dell-quietly-releases-its-cloud
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] naijaguy:
Dell releases it's cloud? Dell farted...?

my bad...:-)
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] ramtix:
lol..never thought It sounded like that..haha
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] Fazziebear:
The dell fart was certainly silent....but is it deadly?
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] crashDebug:
Hahaha lmao
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] mid_life_crisis:
I would have expected gas from Dell to be very noisy but with very little substance.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] slaydog:
Dammit! I was just gonna say that I can smell it from here, but you all beat me to it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] elijahpr:
First, I did use the search feature, but couldn't find anything specific to the Inspire. If this already exists, please feel free to link to it/close this thread. Thanks!

So, I can't seem to effectively back up my contacts. Titanium Backup doesn't do it, and I thought they were synced via Google. Not to mention I've had the same SIM card for YEARS and all my contacts have always been on there. Now, since I rooted my phone and started flashing custom ROMS, they have disappeared. Now I am without my 400+ contacts database, which I need.. So my question is, what is the best way to back up contacts, and is there any way to recover the ones I had?

Thanks in advance!
[HTC Inspire 4G] stonewallmike:
As long as you didn't choose not to sync with Google before you flashed, they are backed up. Most likely the problem you are having is getting them to import. Try going to Settings>Accounts and Sync> and manually sync your Google account.
[HTC Inspire 4G] g3ismeee:
I rip my employer a little I guess and store ALL my contacts to MS Exchange for several years now with nary a hiccup...that said since I've been on Android, Google does a fine job too. ... I think my free Sugar Sync account probably has them too...with this phone I have given up storing any contacts at all on the SIM card...because I have gone through what you are when simply switching phones or have phones stolen/lost in the past...but yeah make sure at least Google is backing them up...
[HTC Inspire 4G] Novakon:
It all depends on where you have chosen to save your contacts. If to phone then they may be lost forever. If to sim then simply import them back to your phone. If to Google account then as said above just re-sync.

When thinking about flashing rom's the first thing that you should do is make sure all contacts are backed up. Best choice is with Google. That way everytime you wipe data you can boot up your phone sync with Google and BOOM! They are there. Works a treat. Cheers.
[HTC Inspire 4G] elijahpr:
Thanks guys. I've had them backed up to Google before, and even restored them before, but it doesn't seem to be working. I just flashed the VU ROM after having been using the RCMix3D ROM for my Inspire, so I'll post the question on their page and see if it's a known issue with the ROM or anything.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Novakon:
Good luck.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sparker366:
I have been on a captivate and now the inspire. Flashed upteen different roms and never had an issue with google restoring my contacts. Everytime I put the gmail addy in it pulls it all over.

Doesn't the htc sync account do that as well? Try doing that. If all else fails and you have them in say outlook or still on google then you can export them as a comma separated value (CSV) file and then put that on your sd card then import them via the people app. You can then save to sim via the people app.

I am on VU now and it restored flawlessly from gmail.

This is one app on the market that you can look at.

https://market.android.com/details?id=no.uia.android.backupcontacts&feature=search_result
[HTC Inspire 4G] Att.Fan1982:
I would recommend using my backup pro from the android market
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saadxe:
guys have been trying to find a solution for this, so far i'm not getting anywhere...

the thing is i'm gonna install custom rom and before that i felt doing nandroid backup

the thing is after booting up into HBOOT screen, i try going into recovery mode but the screen displays a red triangle with an exclamation.. then upon selecting volume up and power command i see the following error:

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command

what do i do to get into recovery mode... even doing backup from rom manager gets me up here..

help appreciated!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul.c:
Try booting in fastboot (back + power) and flash stock RUU.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saadxe:
will that get me un-rooted?

cuz i'm afraid not to be able to root again...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
This will remove root access. But you can run unrevoked again and so you will get root access again. I don't see why this shouldn't work.

Swyped from Oxygen
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saadxe:
thanks guys for assistance...

can you guys link me to he latest thread regarding flashing stock ruu?

the search button is giving this message "Search is unavilable"

so i have to resort to asking on this thread, sorry
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
http://shipped-roms.com/download.php?category=android&model=Bravo&file=RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe

MD5: bae5f3e1bf9f7e2e7d47d5e51254103b

Swyped from Oxygen
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saadxe:
get this on there:

"Error in Query!

RUU _Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U _5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe doesn't exist.Spamming! I can't do that. Sorry."
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe

Swyped from Oxygen
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saadxe:
this is the message i get when i go to your link... check yourself!

think that file isn't there anymore
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Just tried, works fine here. I added url code, try to click on it again. Maybe now it works.

Swyped from Oxygen
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saadxe:
nice this works, thanks for that link...

downloading at the moment.

so how would i flash this by fastboot

this what the screen shows:

BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MI CROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101

RADIO-5.10.05.30

Aug 10 2010 17:2:18

and the carrier is orange

anything that needs to be done or made sure before flashing, is s-on fine etc?

thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Just run the downloaded exe and follow the instructions on the screen.

Swyped from Oxygen
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saadxe:
dude i'm getting this:

ERROR [131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saadxe:
somebody has similar problem:

http://androidforums.com/htc-desire/231903-problems-installing-new-update-2-17-61-3-a.html

and this is what someone posted:

"The only thing you can do at present is to unroot by flashing the 2.29.405.2 RUU with your gold card in your handset. There isn't an Orange RUU available so that's not an option"

so i cant do?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Create goldcard, put it in your desire and then flash ruu again:

http://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saadxe:
yaay it's done!

thank God that stupid orange logo went lol.

so anyways what next?... have to root now?

as i haven't done before... i'm confused between which method to chose:

[GUIDE] One Click How to Root the GSM & CDMA Desire with Unrevoked 3.21

If you want to root using old method, and you have Android 2.2 you will need to downgrade your radio first

[HOWTO] Downgrade Froyo (2.2) to Stock 2.1 (ANY HBOOT | WIN/LINUX/MAC | ROOT)

thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saadxe:
thank-you very much dude, it's done.. all went smoothly

on LeeDrOiD V3.0.8.2 GB A2SD+ rom now!
[Bravo General] ripin150:
Hey Guys. Ive been running CM7 since we got it on the Bravo, and suddenly I cant send data over wifi. Im using Google Voice, which has worked since we got cm7, and I can still receive texts, but I cant send. Anyone else having problems like this?
[Bravo General] dontbejeff:
have you tried putting the phone into airplane mode and then back? Sometimes this clears things up and forces the phone to make a new connection with things and may work
[Bravo General] dontbejeff:
AT&T WiFi manager app

Just found this after missing this feature. Figured some of you using CM7 or MIUI may like this app at the link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=753935

It would be nice if I could have used the QR code, but no working camera yet ;-)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xTFGx:
hi everyone, I recently flashed DasBAMF 2.0-5 with sense 3.0 lockscreen. I set the lockscreen to show the current weather. It was working until earlier today.the only thing I changed was installing juice defender. After installing it I noticed that the weather was no longer syncing so I went to my weather settings and could not select the scheduled sync option. It was grayed out.

After uninstalling juice defender I still cannot select the scheduled sync option in weather settings. Any help is appreciated. Thanks advance!

DasBAMF 2.0-5 + Dream Kernel + Green Power = 15 hours of battery!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xTFGx:
nevermind, I found an answer! all you have to do is go to settings>Accounts&sync and check off Auto-sync
[Acer Iconia A500] nasimdejai:
Hi has anyone been able to get the full Google Music Beta features working on their devices in the UK? How about Google Books and the video rental service? Cheers
[Acer Iconia A500] nailmind:
Read this link and it will show you

http://www.androiduknewsetc.com/2011/06/21/how-to-get-google-music-beta-here-in-the-uk/

I used this site for the vpn

http://turbohide.com/

Now im just waiting to get my invite!
[Acer Iconia A500] nasimdejai:
Cheers for that. Will give it ago.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primal2005:
So I noticed that my phone wasn't ringing when I was receiving calls from contacts I had set custom ringtones for. I found that odd and had to reset them all again.

I was then looking through my Gallery and to my shock, it was virtually empty! I had only 2 pictures. 1 in "camera", and 1 in "downloads" every other picture that was there before (around 130) disappeared!

I checked the file system (using ES File Explorer) and even connected to my computer... they are gone.

My music is still there, its just all my pictures, anywhere on the phone:

\download\

\Pictures\Custom Folder 1

\Pictures\Custom Folder 2

\DCIM\Camera\ (or wherever it stores the camera pictures 100ANDRO?)

All empty

I googled and this came up:

http ://thenextweb.com/mobile/2011/06/09/photos-disappearing-from-your-nexus-s-its-not-just-you/

Has anyone ever seen this happen?

I've only unlocked my phone and it's stock otherwise.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergioosvaldo1:
That happened to me once but only around 20 pictures got deleted good thing ... but it sucks for you and it sucked for me... that's how Nexus works 8P
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chekun11:
gosh, really sucks, has you got it recovery? what is the root cause? better to download them to PC for safety.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] HeaD-ShoT:
i install sony bread v2 but Quality of camera is very bad and resolution is very small what solutions ?? if there are no solutions Give Me A GooD solution Stable And With Good Quality of CameRa
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Markolic:
http://steampowered.com/nvidia/

stock 2.1 rom will work for camera
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] HeaD-ShoT:
plz other because i don t like 2.1
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] galvic:
all gingerbread roms will have this problem use froyo roms!!!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] guillaumeux:
The stock rom with APP2SD, it's like froyo, but more stable than other custom roms, everything works well...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] galvic:
Ur right but it misses few things

Speed

chromes V8 javascript engine

updated google apps
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] HeaD-ShoT:
yes galvic you are right and 2.1 don't have dual touch . i like sonybread V 2 but i just hate quality of camera so i will wait until camera quality fixed

thank you for your ansewers
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] galvic:
Install stelios srom!

nd multitouch can be added to 2.1, i'm using it....
[HTC Inspire 4G] tawalla:
Not sure if this is a ROM problem or something else. Every time I run google maps or speedtest it breaks my mobile data connection. I have to toggle mobile network off/on to get it to work again. Running Virtuous Unity 1.27.0; it happened with 1.26.0 too. Is this possibly a hardware problem? Or a ROM problem? Not sure... Has anyone had this happen?
[HTC Inspire 4G] g3ismeee:
I have run both those ROM's and frequently run GPS/Google maps simultaneously with Mobile Network and never had that happen...yet....maybe your local network is dropping you....evil...