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[Hero CDMA General] cytherian:
I'm guessing the PRL doesn't need to be updated very often. In any case, by the next time an update is around, I'll probably be on a new phone anyway... In any case, it would be useful to understand what may be blocking this "echo > 1" technique from putting the phone in diagnostic mode. Anyone, anyone? Bueller?
[Hero CDMA General] cyberkeeper1:
what i need is the ACTUAL PRL file downloaded. i cannot get it anywhere. i have searched for hours and hours and hours. i dont have the ability to grab it from the vm510 (rumor touch from Virgin mobile.)

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you need to make sure the BAUD rate is not higher than 57600.
[Hero CDMA General] cytherian:
Why not try searching this website for PRL information? There are various threads. Virgin Mobile works off of the Sprint network, so be sure you're using the right search criteria. Or, start reading HERE. Download available HERE.

But an easy way to get squared away is to flash to stock (if you aren't already), let the PRL be updated via OTA programming.
[Hero CDMA General] .PHil:
I got my phone to show up but once I open service programming it shows the wrong phone number for my phone. when i press okay it gives me an error "online connection failure. unspecified error."

??
[General Questions and Answers] xdmds:
I noticed that even though you can create a 1997-2003 excel speadsheet, but you cant makes charts or graphs. what gives?

polaris office allows graphs and charts to be made, but i dont think polaris file type is compatible with pc. also copy and paste only works internally in polaris so i would rather use quick office.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mvgadagi:
I some how fastboot brick on my mobile and got rid of this by without changing the processor

If u stuck at fastboot and go to LG service center they will say we will try to update the firmware but and surely iy wont work and at last they will change the processor

So I followed this link first

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1088046

If its worked great then fine

For me and someother it didn't worked completely

So when u follow this link u will definitely get till erasing the recovery command but

Next command like flashing new recovery don't work

So don't fear if erasing recovery is successful then go to LG Center. They will update the phone and it will start working without changing the processo...

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[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flooritnfly:
How do you root the Thunderbolt after the 7/8/11 OTA?

:confused::confused:
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattsonhistb:
Rooting using the old method doesn't work anymore?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lostnuke:
you would use the same process as before.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orkillakilla:
Yeah, use the same method. After your rooted, flash the rooted OTA stock Rom (google it) and also flash the its radio. That's what I did.

Sent from my rooted stock OTA MR2 Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flooritnfly:
So.... I can use this (http://forum.androidcentral.com/thu...unroot-windows-updated-5-20-w-mr1-update.html) like I did before then just flash the new radio that was released on 7/8 ?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bthomp21:
Well now after 7/8, you have to flash while standing on your head. Yeah, its crazy like that.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghstrdr1985:
:D That is too funny.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoulderGeek:
I am unable to install the 7/8 Combo Radio package after installing DasBAMF Stripped 1.8.6

Constantly says "Installation Aborted."

Anyone else with this experience? I thought that I had read that this combo worked.

Got this sorted. I was using an MR1 package, not MR2, apparently. Using a different packaging of the OTA update flashed in via HBOOT.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orkillakilla:
Your flashing it through the bootloader right? You can't use clockwork to flash it.

Sent from my rooted stock OTA MR2 Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbydharrell:
Thunderbolt/Android Noob

OK .. I have this HTC Thunderbolt .. I want to root it .. I have read the forums up and down ... I saw the link above to AndroidCentral that shows how to root it, and one over in the Thunderbolt Development forum that says MR1 Perma Root ...

I would like to know the best route for me to go with minimal risk of bricking. I have flashed my wife's LG Ally a couple of times .. was easy enough, just ran an exe

All of the ones I have found for the thunderbolt seem to be a lot more complex. Is there a OneClick method I can run that will include the new radio (so i can get the latest fixes)?

If not, I am willing to go the ADB route (I have the Android SDK installed) but I dont know how to update the radio.

Thanks, and sorry to ask a question that seems to have already been answered, I am only asking b/c I did not understand your answers above ..
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ILMF:
Use adb to root. Radio is done through hboot. Power off phone. Then hold vol key down and power on. Will bring you to hboot. Make sure radio is at root of SD card and is named properly. There is a sticky in the DEV section that will walk you through it.

courtesy of my rooted bolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
I just used the XDA development one. The key point is to read it carefully several times and be sure you understand each step. Ask questions beforehand if you are not sure about something. And be sure to follow each step exactly. Typos are the biggest risk, so go slow and read what you've typed on each line before hitting enter.

The radio file needs to be renamed to PG051IMG.zip and placed on the root of the SD card. Then power off and boot into bootloader. It'll load automatically after you hit +volume to confirm "yes ".
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoulderGeek:
I had several flashes that resulted in the Exclamation Point warning triangle. Pulling the battery and USB cable and reinstalling power got me back to a running build.

It took me a while to do every step. I wanted to skip steps, not realizing that you needed the downgrade and RUU flashes to get S-OFF and unlock.

Once that was all done, I went to DasBAMF Stripped and found the OTA radio in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1160346.

So far, so good. Calibrating battery now and trying to personalize and optimize to my best ability.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KO'B:
Ok so from what I gather there are no issues that would prevent any of the previous methods from working post 7/8 update? That includes the one click app thats been floating around for a few months right?

I've been holding off root for months, but my patience has finally run out, time to do what I should have done from the beginning.

EDIT

on second thought, I think I'll just do it the good old fashioned way
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoulderGeek:
I did the 7/8 update, and was fine with it. I just wanted to get the Verizon bloatware off. I had problems installing the stock debloated ROMs, so i ran with BAMF to test, and since it worked, I kept it. My rooting came after the recent OTA.

The once-click and .bat methods didn't work so well for me, so I followed the full instructions in a CMD window (I can't call that POS in DOS a shell).

Most of my time was installing a correct Java JDK (had to use x86 instead of x64) and getting ADB dialled in.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BryanB32:
I had the same thinking and wanted it the quick and easy way. Doing the research and taking the time (and beers :rolleyes:) to do it manually was very informative and satisfying when i got done. It was said already but ive been able to apply any feature that an official OTA would give long before its normally released to verizon customers. I love my Tbolt and wouldnt have it any other way.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KO'B:
Doing things the long way has never really scared me, but some of the horror stories I kept hearing a month or two back about instability of GB roms had me a bit hesitant to go for it.

It does appear to be a bit more involved than what I am accustomed to, but I have used ADB before, I was just trying not to this time.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KO'B:
Can someone give me a bit of advice actually.

I'm on the end of Step 4 found in the Developement section, and when I hit Bootloader, it brings up a second menu not mentioned in the posts, what do i do from here?

Nevermind once again, screwed up the name of the zip file
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueis300:
I used the auto root method 3 times so far and worked great. I did the full last update and lost root so I had to redo it load Rom and just added the radio file in hboot.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MyMeth:
try auto root its fast and simple just follow the commands on the screen!:)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueis300:
Ok I know but I have searched and havent found the exact file Im looking for. I used to use the autoroot method and it worked all the time. I lost my files and bookmarks and cant find it again. I want to root and cant seem to get the adb manual method right. Anyone got a link for auto root?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CanesDrew:
Google ADB for Dummies.

Then use nat3mil's guide on Youtube.

It's very easy to follow even if you're not that computer savvy.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robyna2010:
I agree, reading the sticky post in the dev section once, watching nat3mil's youtube post on the newest version (2.5) and then diving in to tackle myself had my new Tbolt (new as of 7/9) S-off and rooted in just 30 minutes total (including the reading and watching of nat3mil's video)...

Profit!

ADB should not scare anyone. Especially anyone who likes to tinker or who uses any unix/linux OS occasionally. It's cake!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueis300:
Well I had it rooted but I guess the radio was too old because I got the security warning. Im using the mecha ruu exe to just get me back and will try to learn adb in the next couple of days. Tried once and never got it to work but guess Ill keep at it.
[HTC Sensation] diosys:
Hi all India Sensation users

Yesterday i inquired with HTC regarding FOTA for India and this was their reply...

Thank you for contacting our Customer Support Center. We are dedicated to providing you with the best quality service and answering all of your questions and concerns.

To clarify your issue, you stated that: You want ROM upgrade for HTC Sensation.

In this regard as per the telephonic conversation with Ms Dipanka on dated 09/07/2011 at 14:05 PM, we would like to intimate you that our goal is to give every customer the best possible experience on every phone. Every HTC phone is a combination of a unique HTC hardware and software experience and a core operating system. We only update our phones if it will provide an overall improved user experience as we balance features, performance and usability. Once ROM will available you can find it from following link: http://www.htc.com/in/support.aspx , currently ROM upgrade is not available for HTC Sensation in India.

You can also call our Call Center at: 1800 10 33 566

if you have further questions.

Thank you once again for your continued patronage.

Though telephonically i was told that the engineers are working on the same and it should be available by july end maybe.
[HTC Sensation] ramudu09:
The update is available now...i just downloaded and installed it. Software version now is 1.35.720.1 !!
[LG Optimus 2x] hobs0n:
Im missing some of the cool SMS and Ringtunes from the Stock rom, anyone got them?
[HTC Inspire 4G] hkwong:
Does anyone feel that their power button is getting deeper in the phone
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
No. Mines fine.

You're pushing it too hard. :p

Seriously, though, there's been a couple people that I've seen who report similar issues with either the power button or the volume rocker.

The part below the button that gives it spring/tension has probably shifted somewhat, causing it to "sink."

Aside from opening it/exchanging the phone, there's not much you can do.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hkwong:
It just seems that the button is flush with the housing. Im just worried that the it won't work in the future and I won't be able to bring the phone out of the locked screen
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Unlikely. You'll probably still be able to push it, though it may get harder to do over time.

I doubt that the actual button that's soldered onto the PCB is out, its just that the visible button that the user pushes, that actually pushes on the little button that's soldered onto the PCB, is out of alignment/lost tension.

If it concerns you then you should get take it back for a replacement. Or open the phone and inspect it yourself, but that will void your warranty, so...
[HTC Inspire 4G] earhog:
Are there any ROMs that allow the volume rocker to wake the phone up?

My friend has a Thunderbolt and I saw that the ROM he uses allows for this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
CyanogenMod 7.1 or one of the recent nightly builds.

Edit: Or any ROMs based on a recent CM7 build (such as Ninja-07061).
[HTC Inspire 4G] hkwong:
You can download an app called no lock. But ur phone has to be rooted
[HTC Inspire 4G] biglittlegato:
I use Widgetlocker which can be set to wake with any hardware button. It costs a few bucks but allows you to use any non sense widget on your lockscreen.

Sent from my Inspire 4G using the power of the dark side.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Incorrect. No lock does not require the phone to be rooted.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgibo:
I subscribed to a few podcasts on my phone with the Mango beta and after I listened to them I deleted them. The next day I was looking to see what was out there and noticed when I selected one I had already listened to it showed subscribe at the bottom instead of unsubscribe.

So does this mean I have to keep at least one on the phone to stay subscribed?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwajr:
that is the same thing i discovered as well seems dumb but it may be a bug.have you tried sync thru zune does it unsubscribe you if you do it that way
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgibo:
They don't show as subscribed in Zune. One question I have is.. If I have it set at 1 will the phone auto download the next new episode? I have it set at newest 1st and of course if I delete it , it downloads the next oldest. Should have a setting by date maybe?

update:

The music/video tile didn't show update but I went into my podcasts and it showed which ones had a new one. So with only one on phone that was already played it was removed with a new one added. One downside is I have had horrible battery life the last two days. And that is with bluetooth off but wifi on.
[Thunderbolt General] torax3:
I was really excited when i saw the news that there was an update to fix the damn reboot issues and all. Just was wondering though, what is the tabbed app drawer? Everything is still looks the same. Anyone else have this issue.
[Thunderbolt General] lostnuke:
i havent heard anything about this. can u show me a screen shot?
[Thunderbolt General] bthomp21:
LOL at showing a screenshot when still doing ota updates. I'm pretty sure he isn't able to do screenshot with commands on the computer ;)

In before digital camera shot.
[Thunderbolt General] MrHawaii:
I have not done the update not have I seen it, but just guessing I am thinking that tabbed apps is organizing the app drawer like how the DINC2 app drawer is organized.
[Thunderbolt General] lostnuke:
lol i feel like an idiot now... i will definitely laugh if i do get a camera shot from the OP

OP - dont do it!
[Thunderbolt General] bthomp21:
Sorry wasn't trying to be an ass, just poking fun!
[Thunderbolt General] bthomp21:
This. And it will tell you frequent apps and downloaded apps.
[Thunderbolt General] lostnuke:
well thats twice now that i feel like an idiot.

the tabbed app drawer is already on BAMF 3.0, i just looked at mine.

:cool:
[Thunderbolt General] lostnuke:
no problem
[Thunderbolt General] bthomp21:
No need, I am on it too. Bamf is ahead of the curve ;)
[Thunderbolt General] lostnuke:
its like a drug :eek:
[Thunderbolt General] bthomp21:
It's a bad ass mofo

See what I did there.
[Thunderbolt General] lostnuke:
LMAO :D ....
[Thunderbolt General] andydumi:
Is that what BAMF stands for? haha had no idea.

I use go launcher and it has those features in the drawer already.
[Thunderbolt General] Blacklight17:
Got the update and I don't have the tabbed app drawer but I do have more bloatware.
[Thunderbolt General] bthomp21:
Oh yeah!!!!
[Thunderbolt General] Jam7516:
I emailed HTC about this and they told me they would look into the problem for me so will see what they say
[Thunderbolt General] torax3:
Glad to see I'm not the only one who doesn't know what this tab thing is. Kinda wish they would release more info when they add new features.
[Thunderbolt General] Ryano89:
I talked to someone at HTC they had no idea either.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dinuyoro:
I have a LG optimus One P500 with 2.3.3 stock OS and i have high battery consumption . i check the battery status in the morning and it shows that cell standby and phone idle takes 45 - 50% after 1d and 6h .

Is this normal ? It happens every one or two days. So when i go to bed the device is charged but in the morning i have 75% of battery left.

excuse my english !

P.S. with only 3 or 4 apps installed ! that does not cosume battery .:confused:

Please help or advice!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ashishv:
Hmmm doesnt seem normal.I get just 1-2% battery drain overnight,but i have rooted my phone and installed franko gb kernel.U can read the guides and try installing this kernel.

P.S:I also had somehow high battery drain with stock kernal,but not as much as yours.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] IceFragmatic:
I had a similar situation once. I fixed it by copying all the files off the SD card, format the card (using the menu on the phone settings-storage-format) then copy the data back.

It appears a something was going wrong with the card.

Ice
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dinuyoro:
thanks i will try this at first and see if the problem is solved . If not i dont know...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dinuyoro:
It drains battery on GB !(Lg Optimus One P500)

So after 13 hours my battery was at 19% on my Lg P500

I checked in Settings/applications/Battery use and guess what :

Cell stanby 31%

Phone idle 30%

voice calls 39% , and when i tapped the meter on top of the display to see the graffic i found out that the line assigned to "awake" it is uninterrupted.

And now after 1 hour after charging the battery use section : cell standby 50%

phone idle48% and display 4% ! AND all the lines in graffic are also uninterrupted.

ADVICE NEEDED !
[Optimus One, P500, V General] gkarthik16:
If the Awake bar is uninterrupted, then some background apps are running continuosly in the background, even when the phone's screen is off. This should not happen unless you have turned ON data-sync and if you've applications which try to connect to internet every 10 mins like facebook, twitter. Check these. You can see what are all the applications running in the background in Settings -> Applications -> Running Services
[Optimus One, P500, V General] FrenchOnly:
Yeah...such applications do sync often and you have to make sure that they dont sync every 30 mins for example.

Having root and installed setcpu could makes such differences, for instance, you could make a custom Sleep profile, which undervolt your cpu frequencies when the display is off. Having this and your phone could get enough sleep while you were :D

Regards
[Optimus One, P500, V General] istoner:
Did you transfer songs or any other media recently? My stock phone had a bug wherein a new media transfer would trigger an unending SD Card scan which would suck battery like Ms. Jameson.

I solved it by deleting those files.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] raylgo:
How did you discover that this bug was active? Would it actually keep saying Scanning SD Card or something? Because I have had noticeably higher battery drain just yesterday after transferring all my old files back into a newly partitioned card + newly flashed ROM. Just using the ROM and card before moving the files gave me a maximum of 1 day and 5 hours... Today it went to 50% in 8 hours.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dinuyoro:
I did but by usb cable. After that i erased all data.

Today after 12 hours i have 76% left . It's very strange! Do you have an explanation? I wonder.

Thanks
[Optimus One, P500, V General] istoner:
Oh so that worked? Great.

I was testing a friends music player app when it happened to me. I told him that his album art rendering was very buggy, so we both ended up investigating and he found that the stock rom was performing continous scans. I didn't see icons or anything.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] raylgo:
How can you tell if your phone is continuously scanning the sd card? :confused:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] BlackRose 22:
We at caynogen mod 7 enjoy the sleep button about zero percent change in sleep mode ...its great .. well I was no help to you but I hope you fix your problem

KickAss City Mik_CM7 FK V18.BFS
[Optimus One, P500, V General] zhinigami:
Indeed it's drained battery terribly after upgrade stock rom to official version 2.3.3 (V20D in my country). I have the same problem as well. I found it 25% battery life gone after 4 hours from fully charged status before upgrading to version V20D. I did try playing or testing the GPS & data network 2G (GSM) around after done upgrade. Previously in V20G Android version 2.2.2, 1 full day drained battery for about 30% only.

I have tried GO Launcher EX app before on v2.2.2. I wonder if I should install this launcher app again. Will Launcher app drain more battery life or save power battery? Seeking any recommendation from xda experts here. Please advise.

Thank you.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dinuyoro:
drains no more :)

Now that you have 2.3.3 you must kill some apps . try in settings/apps/running and see what apps are active ,then you go to all apps and close apps that are running.

In my case google maps , facebook , yahoo mail and another 2 apps drained my battery . So i closed them and it's ok ! Now every time i use them i stop them after.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] royal.tarun:
if you Maps installed then Uninstall it.

it starts up any time it wants and takes a lot of battery.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] BobbyLoblaw:
Hello.

First I would like to thank istoner for the this great advice. I had the same problem with my optimus one and this helped me a lot.

I just bought the phone a week ago and about 3 days ago i installed winamp app and transfered a few mp3's on the sd card. Just last evening, when i stumbled into this topic, I realised that my high battery drain problem started just after i did the fore mentioned changes to my phone.

Yesterday(data from "Battery use" in Settings) with ~14h since full charge i had like 20% battery left with moderate use during day. So after that, I followed this advice and removed the whole folder from sdcard containing the mp3's and let the phone charging over night again. I used the phone with the same moderation as yesterday. As i'm writing this i'm reading from "Battery use" a 13h 52m uptime since last full charge and my batter is at 74% percent left.

I can't tell you how glad i am i stumbled into this topic. I was just ready to uninstall all my apps and possibly get the phone in service.

I find this a somewhat important problem of the cellphone and i think more users should be informed about this. Could be a nice addition to some faq/tips and tricks topics.

I still have a couple of questions though and i hope someone will be nice enough to answer them.

What could be the cause of this problem? The android os(upgraded official 2.3.3 from stock 2.2.*), the phone's hardware or the sdcard?

What is there to do if I, let's say, go on a trip and i need some music to listen to on my phone?

Thank you.