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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EDoLo22:
I recently flashed to CyanogenMod7 on my Captivate but didnt like it so I wanted to restore it to the previous 2.1 layout i had on my Captivate. So I went into Clockwork Mod Recovery and tried to restore my Captivate but after it restored my phone it became bricked. I cant even power my phone on or charge it. It just stays on the first power up screen which says Galaxy S GT-I9000 help please?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slow_DC4:
Try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1153310

If not, you could use a jig to get it into download mode and flash to stock using odin.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
This is what happens when you don't do your research. CM based roms have a spicific way to return to to another rom. Can't just do a nanddroid restore from clockwork. This is posted is in The CM how to guide. Try the tool mentioned and in a worse case make a jig and you should be good to go. Please search before opening a new thread as this has been talked about before.

Thread closed.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhouston10:
I am/was running evil fascinate 3.6 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1035420) and touchwiz otb realoaded 1.6 kernel (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1011626)

i wasn't overclocking too high or doing anything weird whatsoever. out from no where my phone froze, so i did three button method to get it to reboot, and then it got stuck on the SAMSUNG screen. after battery pull, nothing. What do i need to do to fix this?

[EDIT] nvm for now. i odin'd the cmw recovery and it's working for now.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efan450:
Go here and follow the directions to a tee..all the links you will need are in the first post..it may be overkill but if your phone truly is borked this will get it working but back to stock and you will have to reinstall your rom again.

my phone freezes when I overclock too much and I just pull the batt instead of three finger booting but I have never had a problem with it not booting after a freeze..that's how I find out how much overclock I can handle!

I keep clocking higher and higher and running

Quadrant, using the camera and a few other things to really load the cpu and I do this until it freezes

Then I turn it down one setting and retry to load the cpu to get it to freeze until it stops.

Anyways the link below may be overkill but it will get your phone back and, if you try to over clock again and it freezes you should be able to just pull the batt and re insert..good luck! I hope you get your phone back.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1124391
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhouston10:
Thank you! I ended up doing just that and it did what I needed it to do!
[XPERIA X10 Accessories] stan.s:
FWIW: I finally got this the other day after they were mentioned on Gizmodo a couple weeks back. Exogear sold out, Amazon sold out, and I got back ordered for week.

This is my second car mount, I also have one of the HK shipped ones that you can buy on eBay with the X10 specific mount which will let you use programs like DailyRoads Voyager to record your trips or take photos through the mount.

The main problem with that ebay mount is that it could only be mounted on the windshield, and with some cars, it's impossible to mount low without the phone being more than an arms length away, and if you mount it high, you block your view (like adding another rearview mirror) and risk a stop and ticket by a police officer for 'blocking your view' which is one of the old rules now being enforced. Additionally, your car charger may not be long enough to reach and/or adds an additional distraction.

Anyway, Exogear had a video of this new universal car mount and Giz put a link up on the Exomount. They claim that this is the stickiest mount and can stick to pebbly/leather textured dash and frame panels as well as smooth glass without an additional pad or double stick tape. Additionally, since it has a clamp at one end, as well as the suction cup, you can suction cup your phone and clamp to the air ducts which might be a necessity with the battery overheating problem during Summer.

Well, in short, Exomount does everything it says it does. It's a very short form factor (a couple inches shorter from screen to mount than my Chinese car mount), it will clamp to the airducts, and suction cup your phone (extremely well) that you may pull the back off when you try to release it and it will stick to pebbly dash. Just make sure that your surface is CLEAN. The material will pickup all the dirt/dust and have reduced suction as a result. The suction cup can be washed in the sink. The mfgr says it's better after washing.

You may want to keep the cardboard ring to put on the unit when not in use.

It does not come with one of those 'keep the louvers open' clips, but it's clips are very long and I didn't have a issue with the louvers closing once I had it in position since I spread the clip to span several louvers. I didn't see any warping of the vents.
[Acer Iconia A500] pacificwing:
Hey,

I got an Iconia A500 about a week ago and have been moderately happy with it, except for one thing. The GPS. I've been all over the internet, through a variety of searches and found this to be a common problem. Acer's build quality is a little crappy in the case of this tablet (you get what you pay for), but the GPS is an exceptional case, it seems.

What I am trying to determine is if it is a hardware issue, or software. If it's hardware (which I suspect), I need to know before the return period runs out. If it's software, I can wait for a fix. That is my dilemma.

The first tablet I had didn't work at all. Inside, outside, sunny, cloudy, I never got ANY results on GPS Test. I have rooted the tablet and used the Fasterfix mod with no effect. So I returned it.

The second device works, but only intermittently and in ideal conditions. If there is any kind of cover (including a car roof, sun umbrella or cloud cover), the satellites disappear. What is interesting is that once a connection is established, it seems to hold onto it for a brief period after I bring it under cover. I have to leave it on my dashboard for about 2-5 minutes to get a connection, which will sustain itself for about 30 seconds after I bring it further into the vehicle. After that, the satellites disappear from the screen.

This is frustrating. It would be one thing if it was completely broken or completely working, but this intermittent stuff is driving me nuts.

So should I take it back for round 3, should I return it outright, or should I wait and hope for a software fix?

I'm otherwise happy with the tablet, despite it being a little slow to render PDF files, which I use it for regularly. I understand this is supposed to speed up with 3.1 though.

Cheers,

-PW
[Acer Iconia A500] sammyboy405:
Make sure you upgrade to 3.1 Lots of GPS Fixes it in..

Download an App called GPS Status. its Free.. And see what and how many satellites its even getting if any. Also I do know Acer has said repeatedly for the GPS to work on 3.0 for the first time you have to be connected to a wifi access point, because the GPS is a A-GPS (Assisted GPS) However If you have Android 3.1 installed you should be good to go and no require a Access Point. I proved that one myself yesterday.

A Co-Worker of Mine had to return his Acer Tablet for the same reasons you are describing. So I wouldn't put it past a bad allotment of Tablets. But his second one ended up working. You May need to try a 3rd I wouldnt put it past it.
[Acer Iconia A500] pacificwing:
I have been using GPS Test, which I understand provides the same functionality as GPS Status.

I manually flash updated to 3.1 and noticed now that I've been picking up exactly 1 satellite indoors now, which is odd since I got nothing before. Now I'm even more confused.
[Acer Iconia A500] hardslog:
I thought that the GPS was buggered in mine too because I opened mapdroyd and it wouldn't find my location. I decided to let it sit for a while with the app open and after about 5 minutes it locked on and stayed locked for a 40 minute drive.
[Acer Iconia A500] silverball.slayer:
I think the agps information that GPS Status was downloading was making my GPS fix times considerably worse. I removed that application and all other GPS third party applications. My fix times in google maps is much better now (about 30 seconds indoors right now tonight).

Rob
[Acer Iconia A500] pacificwing:
Update:

I let it sit overnight, with the screen forced on and GPS Test running. In the 40 minutes before I went to bed it didn't find anything, but in the morning (roughly 8 hours later), it had found 9 and was locked onto 3. This makes me think that the hardware is capable of seeing these things, but the software is too dumb to lock onto them or look in the right direction to find them.

Strangely enough, the 3 it locked onto had the lowest SNR. The other 6 with 25+, some over 40. What are the parameters that cause it to "lock" rather than simply be detected?

Of course, I've since relocated to work and its now not picking up anything at all. Obviously, if I have to wait 8+ hours before each use, it's not going to be a very useful function.

Maybe my almanac data is not updating. Does anyone know what the best server to use for western canada is?

Cheers,

-Chris
[Acer Iconia A500] pacificwing:
Another Update:

As it turns out, most of my GPS problems look to be caused by a faulty compass. That makes sense, if you think about it. A broken compass makes the almanac data useless, since the tablet has no point of reference in which to follow the directions given by the almanac data.

I tried calibrating the compass to no effect. It just kept spinning around like it was drunk. So I returned the tablet and got a new one. I'm getting better results.

An interesting note is that the sales guy at the store (Future Shop) said that GPS not working was the number one reason this tablet got returned, and he got back a lot of them. Seems there is a hardware issue after all.

Cheers,

-PW
[HTC Sensation] paulwoods1114:
Can someone post the default camera apk.
[HTC Sensation] |ErosizeD|:
Why? are you trying to make a cameramod or something? xD
[General Questions and Answers] paulwoods1114:
I know the HTC sensation has a great camera. The default camera app is able to take pictures immediately. Is there a way to get the default camera app to work on other phones and have some of the same features.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmacevad:
Can you use a custom kernel with the Synergy RC1 rom and if so which kernel(s) may be used? Thx.

Sent from my Synergy Evo 4G.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Not yet as the kernel source hasn't been released from HTC.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alaman68:
Not until htc releases the code. Then the custom kernels will come out
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyfolly:
i was wondering that too, meh, i wanna overclock my kingdom 7.6s
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmacevad:
Thx. Any rom with sense 1.0 would support then?

Sent from my Synergy Evo 4G.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
As long as its a sense kernel, yes.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmacevad:
How are they abbreviated (sense kernels)? And asop kernel goes with asop rom. What exactly is asop? Just basic android os (froyo/gingerbread)?

Sent from my Synergy Evo 4G.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
AOSP = Android Open Source Program
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
It'll generally which kernel it is, and AOSP = android open source project, basically raw android, no carrier os [ touch wiz, sense, motoblur, ect].
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulwoods1114:
Can anyone pull the default phone app from the mytouch slide? Will it be able to be installed and used on other phone, say the G2?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txdeathray:
I think that's tied to Sense phones only, so other phones without HTC Sense won't be able to use it.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nvillamob:
I'd love the same thing. When I switch from the MTS to the G2 I was missing that dialer. You should be able to get it by flashing a Sense ROM.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SefEXE:
I think there are some Sense "clones" on the market... or you could go with something like Go Contacts.

Downside is, nothing is integrated with everything else like Sense can be.
[HTC Sensation] mobilehavoc:
I like it better and I bet it would be faster than the HTC browser.
[HTC Sensation] El Daddy:
Here's the stock Gingerbread browser.apk

When I went to install it, it said it would replace the system application. I backed out cause I don't want to do that. You can give it a shot though!
[HTC Sensation] lokhor:
I highly doubt it will work without root access. you can't change system files.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CornyCorn:
I tried searching for this, but wasn't really sure how to phrase my problem, so I apologize in advance if this was posted (it probably was).

So heres the deal, I was using the leaked 2.2 on my captivate and decided to flash it back to 2.1. Well when Odin was just about finished doing its thing, my computer crashed before it finished. Now when i hit the power button, the first AT&T screen comes up, then it goes black, and a few seconds later the screen comes back. It does this until I pull the battery. Same thing when i plug in the usb, but with the charging screen instead.

So when I hold all 3 buttons for recovery mode, it just does the at&t screen thing, and when I hold the volume buttons and plug in the usb, it does it with the charging screen, therefore i cant get into download/recovery mode.

If anyone has any suggestions on how I can get it into download mode? If not, I'll go ahead and order a jig, i'm just hoping to avoid doing that if I dont have to. Thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
I've heard of a few "tricks" to getting it in to download mode, but Its always a good idea to have a Jig around. Have you though of making one? probably faster, and maybe cheaper as well.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmurph3:
Were you using the leaked 2.3 or 2.2? The same thing has happened with me when I used the leaked 2.3 GB. Look up on how to use ADB if your computer will pick up your phone. I had to do that to get back to 2.1 using odin one click, but yet the same problem still goes on with the 3 button trick not working and pluggin the usb in with volume buttons and it still going to the charge screen.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philhachey:
I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest you flashed 2.3 not 2.2 as froyo has been an official captivate rom for all carriers for about 6 months now.

So how about trying the gingerbread method of volume up + power for recovery and volume down + power for download mode.

If you find that working for you then use your 1 click on a computer that isn't prone to crashing. Or you will hard brick your phone this time.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CornyCorn:
No, I'm positive it was the leaked 2.2 rom. I had been using it for months, since before the official update came out.

Anyways, I got myself a jib and was able to get into download mode. I used Odin to flash 2.1 again and it was successful. However, It still just goes into that boot screen loop when I start it.

Any idea why that is? Could it have something to do with the bootloaders?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
no not a bootloader issue.

what is the build number on your phone? its on a little sticker on the phone under the battery 4 numbers first 2 are year second 2 are month, some phones 1010 and and after bootloop when odin one click is used. just use the full version of odin with a different firmware besides jf6 (there are 2 in the one click thread at the bottom of the op)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddangerdess:
I have the same problem. My build number is 1105 and I need to get to 2.1. Whenever I use odin one click I go into a bootloop. My phone shipped with 2.2
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CornyCorn:
My build number is 1009. Im about to try using the full Odin3 with the firmware found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36

E: Ok, that worked for me, I'm back to 2.1 JH2 right now. Gonna try to understand all this stuff a little better before I flash again. Thanks for your help everyone!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mmapcpro:
How much does leaving GPS on affect battery life?

Is it possible that with gps on, and all apps set to try to use gps for location information as the default...that it will poll the 4g radio less, and perhaps offset some of the drain?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] KRAZYADROIDMASTER:
I drove for 1 hour and battery went from 100% to 75%.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] McFroger3:
Well with that you also have to factor in that he screen is on, the brightness levels, the app that is using the CPU, and that if you are using setcpu, your default profile will be used since the screen is on. I think OP is talking about just leaving GPS on but not using it directly with Google Maps for example.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Maris_:
I'm on stock, so it might not be what you're looking for, but I always leave my GPS on and I get decent battery life, averaging 19hr and sometimes reach 24 hrs before having to charge my phone. I also use Tasker for several GPS location tasks for when I am in certain areas to provide shopping lists, reminders, etc., that periodically check my location, so I don't think leaving it on matters much. It's only used when needed.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] LordButtersI:
The impact GPS has on battery is pretty close to negligible. No more than an hour per day probably.

If at the end of the day your battery is near critical then you shouldn't leave it on all the time, but if you don't use it too heavily then it won't be a problem.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] legoman666:
I recorded my path using MyTrack for about 4 hours and my battery went from ~90% to ~10.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] LordButtersI:
There's a difference between leaving GPS on but not using it constantly and actually running an app that quires the GPS nonstop. In your case, you probably prevented the phone from sleeping, and that will murder your battery no matter what.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kaylord84:
when will we get it for transformer

http://www.androidcentral.com/user?destination=android-32-coming-motorola-xoom-matter-days
[Eee Pad Transformer General] WickedStyx:
I just spoke to the ASUS CEO Jerry Shen and he said it will be out tomorrow at 3.15AM.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jjsoviet:
I see what you did there.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] brando56894:
Better hardware acceleration, yay!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] The-Original-Ki:
I'm still waiting for 3.1 :((
[Eee Pad Transformer General] kaylord84:
tommorrow yeah ok
[Eee Pad Transformer General] arcglide:
Some web fodder:

- Honeycomb 3.2 Xoom soon

- What is Android 3.2 Honeycomb

- Android 3.2 Hits this Summer: adds support for Qualcomm CPUs and 7" screens
[Eee Pad Transformer General] 3DSammy:
Why are you waiting? You can download the update from the ASUS site put it on a microSD card and perform the update. This is ASUS supported and would not void your warranty. Do not download the update using Internet Explorer as it is known to corrupt the file.

Follow these instructions:

ASUS Update install instructions PDF

ASUS HC 3.1 Update files for various regions. Download the one appropriate to your region:

Asus Transformer Downloads

Select an OS of "Android" and expand "Firmware"(click plus sign) then find one appropriate to your region then click one of the "Download from" file sites.

Good Luck
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CrazyPeter:
Perhaps people need to be asking Asus via Facebook, Twitter and email channels, what their plans are for a Honeycomb 3.2 update, and if it will address the 3 main criticisms:

1/ Keyboard lag in the stock browser.

2/ Hardware acceleration of flash content.

3. Battery drain in standby.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] wynand32:
I would add:

4. Battery usage info

5. Keyboard dock battery drain when tablet is in standby (because there's also tablet drain in standby, by itself)

6. Better wifi driver

My hope is that Asus isn't QUITE as quick with releasing 3.2, but that they really take their time in getting everything fixed and integrated nicely with 3.2. I'm guessing that since 3.2 already promises more hardware acceleration, Asus will do just that, to make sure the TF is on par with every other Tegra 2 tablet on the market.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ferparedes:
Well, apart from the Transformer specific enhancements or fixes Asus might put into 3.2, what did Google do with 3.2 that might be interesting?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jjsoviet:
Better hardware acceleration. To me, that alone warrants a quick update.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Bavarianguy:
@ferparedes:

- Improved hardware acceleration (f.e. GPU will be used for more things and more effectively)

- Support for Qualcomm-ARM-CPUs

- Support for 7-inch devices

Dunno why you havent read the first page of this thread yet. Theres everything you have to know about HC3.2 ...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Skyrim:
Cmon Asus !

Cant wait for 3.2 + Touchwiz :D:D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jinsoku3g:
Man, they used to be so fast on updates
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jcpq:
Letś go, honeycomb 3.2 on asus.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] The-Original-Ki:
Thanks 3Dsammy, but my region (Japan) is not yet available :(

They said they are going to release one "sometime in the near future". Nice and vague. Its really frustrating when every other country already has it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] xTRICKYxx:
Let's hope Asus will be responsible about this.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
Interesting. I wonder if Xoom owners might be getting their hopes up too soon... Coming from Google rather than Motorola, I'd read that comment as saying Google are about to release HC 3.2 to the OEMs, which fixes the specific issue reported. That wouldn't necessarily mean Motorola are about to make the release available to the public immediately, just that from Google's point of view it is no longer a bug for them.

I wouldn't expect Google to know Motorola's release schedule, because Motorola themselves likely won't know it until the last moment, once they apply their customizations, build and test, get it approved by legal, etc.

The good news here is that if Google are making it available to Motorola, they'll be making it available to Asus too. I'd guess (or hope) that means we should have the update within the next few weeks...
[HTC EVO 3D] jesusballer91:
Does your camera freeze? It's happened to me like 5 times already. I would take a picture and it would just freeze on the picture I had just taken and it won't let me go back to take another pic. Is annoying.
[HTC EVO 3D] mespenlaub:
I have had the same problem.hope a firmware update fixes this or would you recommend something like vignette?
[HTC EVO 3D] jesusballer91:
I like using the camera app it comes with but maybe vignette won't freeze
[HTC EVO 3D] StellarWiid:
Happens to me all the time, it is really annoying.
[HTC EVO 3D] cor4twenty:
Vignette freezes too.
[HTC EVO 3D] nhutpham:
Happens to me all the time too, it is definitely my number one gripe with the phone as is, closely followed by the charging port.
[HTC EVO 3D] Sliverme:
Same here, defaulting the camera settings through the menu fixed it for a bit but it freezes again after a while.
[HTC EVO 3D] Devilived666:
Yeah a deer walked within 10 feet of me when I was walking thru the park today... Just stood there looking at me.. I go take a pic and it froze on me... I took 1 pic and it was crappy and tried taken 5 more and froze.. by the time i fixed it hr was gone... I was not too happy!
[HTC EVO 3D] hankbear:
+1

Quite frequently, too.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulwoods1114:
Does anyone know of a safe way to root the g2 that a noob can do. I used to visonary to obtain perm root and and bricked my phone. So im looking for something simple that wont cause me any problems