yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulchoy:
Ya know what guys? I think i might just throw down on the old fling joystick review. I'm gonna dump some cash into these things and then a little more cash on a few more games and let you guys know what i find out.

I have depended on XDA to find answers to my gadget questions for all these years and have finally found one that no one has answered (or no one cares about). In any event I feel like its my calling...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] player911:
The reason why they work so well is because they give you something to "find" without looking. Without a physical material you can't tell where your thumb or finger lands on a flat surface. When playing games where there is fast movement like shooters or the likes, occasionally you will "loose contact" with the thumb control and you will have to recreate that contact which requires taking your eye off of the gameplay to look at the onscreen controls.

This is a brilliant device (overly priced for plastic, should be $1 lol). But it provides pretty strong resistance when you play. That resistance gives you fine control over movement. You also don't get "tacky" thumb where it becomes hard to slide smoothly.

Really truly a slick little accessory to have. I bought 2 just to have. You probably don't need more then 1 at a time, as the right side usually has more controls to use... But it took me almost 6 weeks to get it because of a shipping error (they forgot to ship it) so I'm glad I got 2 in case one breaks.

You could also probably make one of these out of rubber bands and suction cups if you can find a thumb pad that works on the screen.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] typci:
On taobao, the fling joystick sells for about $6-7. Not too bad, I will probably order one or two.

I'd really like to get a fling mini joystick for my Huawei X5. That would be awesome for gaming on my phone. Anyone seen them for sale in China?

Also, in China there is also a more retro style joystick, like on arcade games. I'm sure you could find it one one ebay, if you like it. And no, I'm not a seller of these. I just typed "fling joystick" into taobao and found this.

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=12205018643
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] typci:
I just bought two fling joysticks for $9 off taobao. Hope they live up to the hype.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] typci:
Just got my two fling joysticks in today:

Games played:

Gorilla Bob

Death worm

Pew Pew 2

Samurai II

The good: I think the fling joysticks idea would make for excellent buttons. When placed over onscreen buttons, they work really well:

The bad: The problem is the joystick radius is too small. In Pew Pew 2 and Deathworm, the joy stick does not extend to edge of the onscreen joystick, so you move really really slow.

The Ugly:

It's dirt cheap plastic. I feel like I'm going to break them every time I use them. I have a feeling the won't last a week in my tablet case. The first time I set down my backpack wrong, they will be broken. Secondly, they don't slide too well. If they don't make flat contact with the tablet, they may not register.

Death worm, Pew Pew 2, and Samurai II all had the problem of not matching the onscreen joystick.

Gorilla Bob was a perfect fit to the onscreen keyboard. But the fling joystick just isn't that accurate. I found myself dying a lot more than usual.

The potential silver lining:

I think the fling joystick may work very well over a onscreen dpad, i.e. emulator. The do not work well on onscreen analog sticks.

Comparison to other joysticks with my score:

360 Controller: 10

PS3 Controller: 9

Onscreen Android analog joystick: 6-7

Fling Joystick: 1-4

Advertised price: $20 (USD)

My Cost: $9

What I feel they are worth: $2

Might be better over onscreen dpad. Will test that later.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knoxploration:
Which is what I said previously:

It's a gimmick, really. There's zero chance these will get popular enough that programmers will start coding their games specifically to ensure they're usable with these devices, and until they do, it's a lottery as to whether the device will work properly with any given game.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukeownsyou:
Phone just started a bootloop cycle last night.

Boots up to white HTC Evo 4G screen then powers off and does it all over again.

Can get into bootloader, no recovery, it simply will not go. Just turns off and goes into bootloop cycle again.

Bootloader looks nasty -

hboot - 0.93

radio - 2.15.00.11.19

I've tried reflashing Amon RA as a PC36IMG (still can't get to recovery)

I've tried RUU install from windows (completes fine but phone still does same thing)

I've tried flashing radios for other devices (to brick, won't effing brick)

I've tried pulling battery 40+ times at different times of flashing images from bootloader

I'm about 2 minutes away from trying 2-4 second microwave bursts :(

Any ideas?

Sorry if wrong forum section
[General Topics] Plague37:
First of all let me introduce myself (plague) and say thanks to all you guys who are on XDA

awesome site!!!

Started out just trying to install a kernel, was in downloads on CM7, used rom manager to clear dalvik cache as it said, went to recovery to finish install, and now I have no Backup or Restore Options!!!!

Tried to reboot, and it forces update from zip...sprint lovers....gay

Anybody have any ideas on how to get my CM7 back, its just gone.

Still have original backup on clockworkmod, but cant access it through recovery

Cant get it to factory reset or nothing......

Any help or ideas would be greatly apreciated
[G Tablet General] mil1017:
I am in korea right now and I do not have any games on my marke.anybody knows why.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorwex:
I'm writing this on behalf of a friend, so I don't have a Nexus S 4G to play with, but I have an Evo and am familiar with the vanilla android experience.

I have a separate GV number from my Sprint number and can get text messages for either. I also use GV as my voicemail provider.

My friend just got a Nexus S 4G, which has the Sprint/GV integration out of the box, instead of having the option (which I turned down, as I like them separate). He was getting a stock SMS app notification AND a GV notification for every SMS received. There's an option to disable the SMS notification in GV, but it must do something else, as checking/unchecking didn't do what I expected.

It wasn't until I uninstalled GV for him, and separated the Sprint/GV integration (getting him a new GV number) that the extra notifications stopped.

Now my sister has just gotten a Nexus S 4G, and she isn't very tech savvy and is on the other side of the country, so I'm to wondering if there's an easier way to accomplish getting rid of the extra notification.

I've read online about disabling Inbox synchronization to "fix" this, but I don't know if that will cease the voicemail notifications she's getting as well. Can anyone gimme an answer for that? Thanks!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Go to the SMS app and turn notifications off for that?
[HTC Wildfire S] sammyke007:
You also have/had the 1.03.0000 hboot?

I get:

./data/local/tmp/GingerBreak

[**] Gingerbreak/Honeybomb -- android 2.[2,3], 3.0 softbreak

[**] (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew. All rights reserved.

[**] Kudos to jenzi, the #brownpants-party, the Open Source folks,

[**] Zynamics for ARM skills and Onkel Budi

[**] donate to 7-4-3-C@web.de if you like

[**] Exploit may take a while!

[+] Plain Gingerbread mode!

[+] Found PT_DYNAMIC of size 232 (29 entries)

[+] Found GOT: 0x00014360

[+] Using device /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0

[*] vold: 0000 GOT start: 0x00014360 GOT end: 0x000143a0

And it stays there...
[HTC Wildfire S] mphi:
The hboot version I have is 0.90.0000, but I don't see why this wouldn't work for any version.

How long are you waiting for it to complete? Like it says, it can sometimes take a while for the exploit to take effect. Sometimes it took up to a minute for me.

Every time you use GingerBreak you should make sure that you remove sh, boomsh and crashlog if they exist, reboot your phone then push and chmod GingerBreak again.

adb shell
rm /data/local/tmp/sh
rm /data/local/tmp/boomsh
rm /data/local/tmp/crashlog
exit

** restart phone **

adb push GingerBreak /data/local/tmp/GingerBreak
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/GingerBreak
adb shell
./data/local/tmp/GingerBreak
[HTC Wildfire S] m3ritum:
11 row

In my misc.img 11th row look like this:

should I change 9.0.0.0 to 1.30.401.0 ?? My current rom is TMobile PL 1.30.401.2.
[HTC Wildfire S] mphi:
It seems unusual that your ROM has a 9.0.0.0 version number :confused:

But, yes, as long as 1.30.401.0 is lower than the version number of the RUU you are intending to flash, it should be fine. If it doesn't work you can use flash_image to reflash misc.img to get back the old version number.
[HTC Wildfire S] sammyke007:
I tried it again after remove commands and rebooting but no luck... Waited +5mins and nothing happened.

I guess the new HBOOT is the problem.
[HTC Wildfire S] mphi:
Maybe the GingerBreak exploit is patched on your ROM...
[HTC Wildfire S] m3ritum:
Beer for U mphi it works great !!!
[HTC Wildfire S] mphi:
If this has worked for you, please can you post your previous ROM version number and your HBOOT version? I'll keep a list of working version numbers updated in the first post. Thanks!
[HTC Wildfire S] m3ritum:
Sure, ROM was branded TMobile Polska 1.30.401.2 and Hboot is 0.90.0.0.

Now I have unbranded 1.30.401.2.
[HTC Wildfire S] snowie72:
Hey there, I flashed my phone with

RUU_Marvel_Sasktel_Canada_WWE_1.58.669.2_Radio_47.10c.35.3030_7.47.36.19M_release_199460_signed

hoping it would be unlocked, but now it means I cannot use your method which I previously used. I think I'm stuck on this until a new ROM comes out.. D:

Just giving people a heads up so they don't hit a wall like I did, and hope you can create a work around THANKS!! :)

//Edit

The only way to fix this is to get S-OFF right? *Looks like I'm forking out the cash lol*
[HTC Wildfire S] mphi:
Ahh, the GingerBread exploit must have been patched in that ROM then. It's a double-edged sword really; if you were running a ROM that is unpatched a malicious app could take full control of your phone...

Having said that, it still might be possible to enter recovery mode and reflash without S-OFF, but I really haven't done much research and wouldn't know where to start ;)
[HTC Wildfire S] snowie72:
Its just a shame there is not much going on in this section compared to other phones, lol.

I'm just going to take it into to town and get it unlocked for cash on the weekend, then save for a Galaxy S2. :D
[HTC Wildfire S] 7Bit:
Does not work for me with Wildfire S HBoot 0.90 and European T-Com ROM 1.34.11.5 :(
[HTC Wildfire S] ciefac:
Hi!

I had the same 11th line as on picture - 9.0.0.0.

I put the tutorial values and a solutions works 4 me as well.

I don't remember ROM version but was branded for tmobile polska, and I'm sure that was never than 1.30.401.2. - something like 1.33.xxxx or even 1.35.xxxx

After all I tried a goldcard method - now works fine.

Many thanks for a solution!!
[HTC Wildfire S] Zainchy:
Chinese to european ROM

Hi

I'm trying to install the euro ROM (1.33...) using the goldcard metod in my Wildfire S but I get the downgrade error (now I'm running a 1.38... version and 0.90.0000 HBOOT).

Now I'm in China and I don't know why can't visit mediafire for download the zip with the files that I need for follow this tuto. Is there some alternative web for get this files?

Another question is if in the future will be a euro version newer than the chinese one that allow me to change the ROM without do the practice of this tuto.

I have not a lot of experience doing this, so it will be grat and easier for me :confused:

Thanks in advance!! :)
[HTC Wildfire S] mphi:
There's no way to tell if there will be a newer official HTC ROM > 1.38..., but if there is, you should be able to download without this tutorial.

I've re-uploaded the files to a few more filehosts, hopefully you can access at least one of them:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OKI8MVO1

http://depositfiles.com/en/files/fodci19ux

http://www.zshare.net/download/926497736bd36c1c/

http://uploading.com/files/9fa81218/tools.zip/

http://www.filesonic.com/file/1452304874/tools.zip

http://hotfile.com/dl/124169210/fc79b70/tools.zip.html
[HTC Wildfire S] Zainchy:
Thanks mphi!!

Yesterday was my first post. Im very lucky to enjoy this comunity
[HTC Wildfire S] compkiduk007:
hi i get an error after part 11 i get access denied
[HTC Wildfire S] Zainchy:
Can't get root permissions

Same problem :(

I'm running HBOOT 0.90.0000 an my rom is 1.38.1400.5, official HTC chinese ROM
[HTC Wildfire S] kowal.elektronik:
Hi.

I have same problem:

./data/local/tmp/GingerBreak

[**] Gingerbreak/Honeybomb -- android 2.[2,3], 3.0 softbreak

[**] (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew. All rights reserved.

[**] Kudos to jenzi, the #brownpants-party, the Open Source folks,

[**] Zynamics for ARM skills and Onkel Budi

[**] donate to 7-4-3-C@web.de if you like

[**] Exploit may take a while!

[+] Plain Gingerbread mode!

[+] Found PT_DYNAMIC of size 232 (29 entries)

[+] Found GOT: 0x00014360

[+] Using device /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0

[*] vold: 0000 GOT start: 0x00014360 GOT end: 0x000143a0

HTC from Asia, hboot 0.9.... SW 1.35.709.5

Any solution ?

B.R.
[HTC Wildfire S] littlebo:
If exploits r patched then only s-off will help . XTC clip is the only way AFAIK . The price is dropped dramatically , one site is selling em 10 units for 220 bucks !!
[HTC Wildfire S] sammyke007:
I had a 1.03 hboot and succesfully downgraded and rooted my wildfire s with an xtc clip. Exploit got patched so xtc clip is needed for 1.03!
[HTC Wildfire S] madrik:
boomsh

I have followed your guide to the T and when it comes to injecting misc2.img into the flash_image i get a error cannot copy boomsh access denied

Plz help my phone is locked to T-Mobile UK

regards

Richard
[HTC Wildfire S] krpn33:
I have the same problem, news about?
[HTC Wildfire S] benedict.s:
I am guessing that there is no solution for this then?
[HTC Wildfire S] mphi:
Nope. If it doesn't work after a couple of tries, your ROM probably has the gingerbreak exploit fixed so you won't be able to get root permissions which are needed to downgrade. The only option is to unlock the bootloader using the XTC clip and then flash whichever generic/custom ROM you want.
[HTC Wildfire S] LandUzu:
Hi there, i have tried your method but when i input step 6./ i get the following error:

Cannot copy boomsh.: Permission denied

Please assist if possible./

This is the second attempt at this. The first seemed to work as expected but then when i ran the RUU, it gave me error 140 again

Regards

:o
[HTC Wildfire S] l00k:
Your probably getting permission denied because the file is already there.

Look at the first post and perform the cleanup steps. Reboot and try again

I debranded my T-Mobile this way. Just think logically
[HTC Wildfire S] suchy19:
Hi, I've Wildfire S from T-Mobile Poland with ROM 1.48.118.0 and HBOOT 1.03.0000, and also stopped at this ... ;( what can I do with this?
[HTC Wildfire S] 7Bit:
You cant do anything without a XTC-Clip. Your Android version is simply not vulnerable to the exploit Gingerbreak is using.

Only way:

S-OFF with XTC clip

Flash another ROM which you can root
[HTC Wildfire S] suchy19:
Which ROM can i root, without doing downgrade?

P.S. sorry for my english :P
[HTC Wildfire S] nr38:
Thanks. Worked perfectly.
[HTC Wildfire S] subinho:
can I downgrade my phone using this method

is there anyway to root my phone after that

my phone is unrooted s-on

hboot - 0.90.0000
[HTC Wildfire S] Aef 101:
As said in other threads about 150 times, the only way to get s-off is to use XTC Clip, just use the search bar for instructions.

There is no other way currently.

Until you get the phone in s-off you cannot flash a different Rom.

sent using tapatalk
[HTC Wildfire S] zanfo:
I put in vodafone france rom that is never than mine old,and it work well.So I think that with s-on you can change rom only via upgrade
[HTC Wildfire S] templebar:
Thanks - worked for me to debrand TMobile UK 1.34.110.3 to Generic Europe_1.33.401.20
[HTC Wildfire S] elrik:
Does it worth the effort?

For me the key reason for changing ROM is getting more ROM space to install more applications. With the current version I have only 150MB available.

My phone was purchased in HK and therefore I guess it also contain Chinese fonts etc. which I don't need.

What is the available memory (ROM) you got?
[HTC Wildfire S] zunaedsaki:
It is not working on hboot 1.03.

Please anyone knows how to unlock it

Thank you
[HTC Wildfire S] emveefr:
Hi all ! I've read all this topic and I was wondering one thing.. If the operation fails like this :

./data/local/tmp/GingerBreak

[**] Gingerbreak/Honeybomb -- android 2.[2,3], 3.0 softbreak

[**] (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew. All rights reserved.

[**] Kudos to jenzi, the #brownpants-party, the Open Source folks,

[**] Zynamics for ARM skills and Onkel Budi

[**] donate to 7-4-3-C@web.de if you like

[**] Exploit may take a while!

[+] Plain Gingerbread mode!

[+] Found PT_DYNAMIC of size 232 (29 entries)

[+] Found GOT: 0x00014360

[+] Using device /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0[*] vold: 0000 GOT start: 0x00014360 GOT end: 0x000143a0

What will happen to the device ?

Will it be locked like zunaedsaki's one ?

I'm currently using this ROM : RUU_Marvel_Vodafone_FR_LPM_1.64.192.1_Radio_47.10c .35.3030_7.47.36.19M_release_203694_signed.

I've upgraded my french operator (Orange) ROM full of ****ty apps in order to gain space. But it would be greater if I can put the HTC signed one.

Hboot 1.03
[HTC Wildfire S] zunaedsaki:
hi

YOU ARE USING FR VODAFONE ROM RIGHT.SO IF I INSTALL ON MY PHONE WILL MY PHONE BE DEBRANED.

PLEASE ANSWER ME.

THANK YOU
[HTC Wildfire S] emveefr:
Your phone will not be debranded since this is an operator ROM. However you will have more space available on the internal memory of your device. The operator is a french one called "La Poste Mobile", and it will add their splash logo and 2 applications, but the rest is fully debranded.

Moreover the operation to install it is really simple :) !

By the way, did the install you've done by trying downgrading lock your phone ? Please explain me in details, it would be really appreciated ! I hesitate to do it because I don't want it to be locked ..

But I would prefer have an original HTC signed ROM than an operator one, that's why I would like to do it ^^
[HTC Wildfire S] ZXYannis:
I've never met this warning,downgrade wfs is simply,just need change the CID number in rom.zip that built by RUU in the C:\user\your name\appdata\local\temp.you can search “rom.zip” in this folder,then change CID in the txt document in rom.zip，then copy the changed zip to cover it. it will be no porblem to downgrade you wfs.:)
[HTC Wildfire S] emveefr:
Thanks for the reply, it will be helpful !

But once you've edited rom.zip and copied it from temp folder, how do you replace the original one ?

Just need replacing in temp folder and it will work ?
[HTC Wildfire S] emveefr:
Once I've edited the android-info.txt containing the CID of the ROM I can't copy it back to rom.zip, it says "the archive is corrupt" ..

So how do you do the trick :) ?

Edit :

Tried 2 ways and nothing works :/ ....

Solution 1 by ZXYannis :

change CID in android-info.txt don't work, after i repack rom.zip (creating a new one otherwis it says : "Archive is corrupt") and launch the RUU, i get a 132 ERROR of signature

Solution 2 :

Install from Goldcard after changing the CID and put PG76IMG.zip onto SD Card, don't work.. Bootloader checks the img and it ends by going back to the bootloader screen. No installing options.

I've read changing CID won't work because of S-ON...

PLEASE HELP :)
[HTC Wildfire S] aparici:
Look this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1296916 i try it and works on last hboot of wildfire S.
[HTC Wildfire S] emveefr:
You succeed rooting Wildfire S without X-clip ??

I'll try it with my own and make a feedback.

Thanks for replying anyway :)
[HTC Wildfire S] aparici:
Yes, but remember that this is root througs adb shell. Could we move the files needed as Superuser.apk, busybox an su to permanent root the device?
[HTC Wildfire S] emveefr:
Ok and do you know how should I do to downgrade after rooting through adb shell ? I mean I root through adb shell then when it's done I apply RUU ?

I guess you can't permanently root the Wildfire S without the xtc. It would be known if you know what I mean ^^
[HTC Wildfire S] aparici:
I don't know. You should follow the tutorial of this post without making the parts for rooting with gingerbreak. Grive a try and say us.
[HTC Wildfire S] emveefr:
The exploit worked for you but are you hboot 1.03 like me ?

I'll give it a try tonight, with both tutorial and yours method.
[HTC Wildfire S] aparici:
Yes, this my hboot. I read on the original post that with this exploit the dev can work on a downgrader of the hboot. I think that this is the first step to getting s-off with sofware.
[HTC Wildfire S] emveefr:
For my part, at this time, I just want to downgrade and put the HTC Official Rom instead of my operator one.. but.. it would be ab-so-lu-te-ly great if we could find a way to s-off without x-clip ... !
[HTC Wildfire S] aparici:
I think that it's the same that happens with the old Hero. The devs found a exploid to gain root acces and then move the needed files to install the recovery.
[HTC Wildfire S] emveefr:
We'll be keeping the fingers crossed :)
[HTC Wildfire S] emveefr:
Well I've made the test, unsuccesfully... zergRush works perfectly but after changing the CID in the misc.img, lauching the ruu install, output 140 error Bootloader while installing ...

Near of the goal !!!!

EDIT :

FINALLY GET IT TO WORK :D !!! If someone needs help, ask me !
[HTC Wildfire S] meanmug:
Help, so I dont need to push superuser, ect.. first, just do the downgrade and then permanent root?
[HTC Wildfire S] :
Will this method also work for gaining root with s-on on hboot 0.90?

Post a tutorial if you get it to work.
[HTC Wildfire S] aparici:
Could you make a tuto??
[HTC Wildfire S] emveefr:
Maybe gaining root in adb shell like me !

I think I will make a tuto to thanks all the community and especially aparici and mphi (I owe you a beer guys !).

But there is something that someones missed reading through the topic : as aparici said the exploit only works in adb shell and consequently it is not permanent on your phone, you will not be S-OFF.

I just succeed in downgrading passing from the RUU_Marvel_Vodafone_FR_LPM_1.64.192.1_Radio_47.10c.35.3030_7.47.36.19M_release_203694_signed

to the

RUU_Marvel_HTC_Europe_1.30.401.0_Radio_47.10.35.3029H_7.46.35.08_release_183799_signed.

I will make the tuto when I will have time but I promise you to do it !

EDIT : I am not HBOOT 0.9, in fact I'm always 1.03 .. Sorry for the ones that count on that ! I will make a tuto though.

------

For the experimented people ?

If the phone can be rooted in adb shell, there must be a way to make it S-OFF and permanent right ?
[HTC Wildfire S] aparici:
I think that yes, know we have to se how.
[HTC Wildfire S] meanmug:
If we succeed in downgrading hboot can we not pass recovery or custom rooted rom thru this method?
[HTC Wildfire S] :
Just to make things clear:

this tool only lets you install htc ruu rom if you come from firmware of phone operator (vodafone, t-mobile, ...)

No root, no s-off, no hboot lower version

So keep spamming that htcdev site.