yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trytohaxme:
Hello everyone,

As you can see I am new to the site as well as rooting in general. This is my first HTC phone and it came stock with the gingerbread update. I've seen so many ROM's that I would love to use but can't since I'm not rooted. Is there any way to use them without a rooted phone.

P.s - I can't wait till I can root this phone to obtain free wi-fi tethering. I can't pay for that my bill is already $92 a month.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
No. You need root to flash roms.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xchompondizx:
You have to be rooted in order to flash any roms my friend...:p
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Starfox:
Nitpick: You need to be rooted to flash any custom ROM.

More nitpick: He needs root to flash a custom recovery/spl, but technically do not need root after that. But most ROM comes pre-rooted for a good reason.

-- Starfox
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trytohaxme:
I appreciate the reply guys, thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alva:
I forgot the password, so how can I reset it? I cant get to the menu

I reflashed the phone, but no success

I used the jig, which reseted the number of customs reflash to zero, but also no success
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Wasn't there an option to reviver Forgot Password? Then it should ask for your email address and sent it to your email id, don't forget to turn on Wifi or Packet Data before doing.

Regards.

Sent from GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGhost1233:
Just fill it up with wrong passwords.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
Password? Pincode? The 4-digit number? It's stored on your SIM card. You can't bypass it. You need to enter false ones a couple of times, then use your PUK code to recover. That's how it works over here at least..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alva:
Thank you, brother, it worked!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revaz:
Help please - having the same problem! Reinstalled many times but this secirity password somewhere deep inside. Could you please more specifically explane me how to fill it up.
[General Questions and Answers] bstylz911:
I was wondering if the mb size of the photo matters ?

Some roms I get pictures that are up to 2.0 mb. Some don't even reach 1.0 mb

And also some roms record in AVI (Unity Rom)

Some record in 3gp.

Do these formats / size matter in the quality.
[Defy Android Development] ofmb:
target:

loading kernel from SD card

papers:

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Optimize_Linux_Boot_Time#Use-case_1:_Boot_from_SDHC_Card

sources:

http://arago-project.org/git/projec...;h=refs/heads/qb_v2010.06_OMAPPSP_04.02.00.07

how - general idea:

finding a way to change U-boot config to load kernel from SDHC and not from NAND.

relevant commits:

1.

omap3evm: quickboot: Config file for boot from MMC

This patch adds the minimal config to boot from MMC only.

http://arago-project.org/git/projec...it;h=20d00835c403857268feacbd23339226b834aeae

2.

ti816x: Support for boot script for setting ENV

This patch enables support for executing a script stored in MMC/SD card

to set ENV variables.This is necessary for systems which have no flash storage

and ENV needs to be set without rebuilding U-Boot binary with hardcoded values.

To generate the script named boot.scr create a file boot.txt with the normal

U-Boot commands for setting ENV. Eg: setenv bootcmd 'dhcp; tftp; bootm'

Then use mkimage utility (./u-boot/tools/mkimage) in the following manner:

mkimage -A arm -O linux -C none -name script -d boot.txt boot.scr

Copy this file to the FAT partition on the MMC/SD card and let the system boot.

Note: The script will be executed automatically in case there is no flash storage

or if nothing has been saved to the ENV section of the flash.

http://arago-project.org/git/projec...it;h=0befaf9511ec2908161c634172a0061fb8547c82
[Defy Android Development] djkail:
Wow! Developers are seriously taking unlocking motorola defy
[Defy Android Development] Jefgenowitsch:
So you are trying to do this or is this a guide for developers?
[Defy Android Development] cocus:
we need to know how to make a 2nd boot. I've asked a few times, but nobody seems to know how to configure 2nd boot in BootMenu. Also, the prototype board "BeagleBoard" has the same processor, and its a good start because a lot of software and info is available for that.
[Defy Android Development] ofmb:
Both

Yet I don't have much knowledge about defy boot process as top defy devs like Quarx EP3 & maniac & Koreans
[Defy Android Development] vick33:
Contact tom3q https://github.com/tom3q he developes new kernel for spica and loads dev kernels with kexec i am sure he will gladly help.
[Defy Android Development] danimagrin:
As far as I know if you try to boot kernel from sdcard it still needs to be signed, and about 2ndboot, although it's possible to boot another kernel the devs haven't been successful to boot baseband kernel, and I don't know if they have done any more progress so far...
[Defy Android Development] mk67:
good idea but...

I'm thinking about a bootable mini-sd card for a while now, but not only for motorala (and I don't own one).

The idea is a universal bootable mini-sd to rescue brick tablets or phone. When you start device, it automatically force to boot from the mini-sd.

For this, we have to get on the mini-sd card:

- u-boot bootlaoder on mini-sd based on generic arm

- generic arm kernel

- busybox

- tool to flash any NAND or intenral mini-sd hdd form the rescue mini-sd to the device memory.

- a tty to use tools.

I know it's possible, but I'm not so far familiar in crosstools to build kernel and u-boot. Ask me anything about linux or grub... that's OK, but for u-boot.... :(

I'm the happy owner of an Aishuo and a Dreambook tablets, the first boot from mini-sd internal card, the second from NAND, both with u-boot, both are bricked (mea cilpa, mea culpa, mea culpa), you see know why I explore tis idea....
[Defy Android Development] SWAT AXEL:
people it's really better than waiting for moto to unlock it.

i think the whole xda members will be so thankfull if anyone can do it.
[Defy Android Development] alaageria:
Vick33 tom3q developed a 3d driver for the Spica I don't think he can help in this

Nice to see another Spica user
[Defy Android Development] vick33:
Now he is developing a new kernel. There is a video on youtube when he is loading a new 2.6.38 kernel with kexec:-)
[Defy Android Development] danimagrin:
Hi!

Have you already seen this?

https://www.droid-developers.org/wiki/How_to_load_mbmloader_from_SD_card
[Defy Android Development] mk67:
No, I wasn't. But I did now.

This is effectively interesting, alas, the matter is that this is a motorola signed ko. Need to find other 2ndboot_mmc_usb.ko from other kernel. Generally, most of china tablets or else can already boot from external sdcard for their updates, there may be a way to explore.

I don't usually hack, but many know here.

I don't want to polute motoral dedicated threads, so I'm going to open a new one in general devel one.

I have to meditate seriously the exact goal of the idea before that, but I continue to think this is a serious interesting way for a king of universal boot system, at least, for boot device to finally root them.
[Defy Android Development] ramy911us:
bumpty bumpty bump
[Defy Android Development] multiplash:
yes, any news?
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Kasparov_HD2:
Goodmorning,

Got a question about this theme from the BOYPPC-SHIFTPDA MIUI 2.3.4a Stable & 1.7.15_V12 (16.July) ROM.

Where to get these first two themes from the left as you can see on the picture?

hteeteepee://img651.imageshack.us/img651/1102/unledzno.jpg

And does anyone know the names of these first two themes?

I can't post no link or picture or anything in a way to clearify my question so excuse me for that.

Ty!
[Off-topic] jameslfc5:
I have recently moved from the i4 and the only thing I miss apart from retina is the AppStore :(

Android apps just aren't as polished :/

Thanks
[Off-topic] theo80:
Try developing an application that should be compatible with hundreds of devices, from crappy ones to the high end ones, with different screen sizes and resolutions, processors, gpus.
[Off-topic] Smirny:
I don't think we should try and search for excuses, cause he's actually right.

Most of the Market apps simply look like crap. Most of the iOS apps simply have an advanced design, if you look at power apps like Titanium Backup: It's one of the feature-richest apps out there and really good. But it looks like a DOS program that was designed in 1986 like Norton Commander or, to summarize it, like crap.
[Off-topic] jameslfc5:
You're absolutely right mate, android users just stand for it tho :/ they don't seem to care

As long as the marketplace stays crap, iOS with dominate
[Off-topic] dsswoosh:
ios doesnt dominate though.

Worlds most popular smartphone is Android.

Worlds most popular mobile os is Android.

Apple does dominate on the Apps though and i do agree with the OP. Android market place needs to shape up.
[Off-topic] Kiboe:
it's easier to make apps for iOS because each device has pretty much the same codingm just different sizes, you got two iOS devices on the market in a pocket size (the iTouch and the iPhone, the iTouch being pretty much an iPhone without the phone app and the GSM/CDMA workings) and you got two tablet's the iPad 1 and 2 (which isn't that different, the only thing about the 2 that is different is that it's thinner and has a front facing camera. That's apple for ya, make a small modifacation and call it revolutionary, yet the damn thing lacks a mini-USB port and doesn't do wifi all that well unless you are within line-of-sight of the source (router, antenna, bluetooth, etc)

however, you android you got devices to this say still operating on 1.5 and up, so, it's a bit harder,

for example, some conpanies have it right, SiriusXM's premium app being one of those, but, that is mainly a port of the iPhone app (that app looks the same on all devices, tells me they either ported it or tried to make it universal, flycast is the same way, though the blackberry UI looks a bit different)
[Off-topic] Kiboe:
source?

yes but alot of people use the iPhone over in europe.

here in the states we still have alot of people on feature phones, it's all about cost really. and the fact that in some areas verizon and ATT have no service there.
[Off-topic] jameslfc5:
I meant ios apps dominate, developers need to develop for the latest versions 2.2+

The galaxy s2 is an amazing phone but it lacks the appstore :(

Facebook is an absolute joke on android, and ebay isn't much better

I understand that android sell more phones, so why don't developers focus on android :(
[Off-topic] xaccers:
And they have our sympathies, but help is available, their condition is treatable, they don't have to suffer in silence.
[Off-topic] dsswoosh:
Well here's a source - http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/report-android-becomes-world-smartphone-leader-19634 I just thought this was common knowledge.

iphones aren't even World second. They come a miserable third.

There is also an article i read that i can't be bothered to find about the type of people that purchase iphones. Most people that purchase iphones are low income earners. And the perception these people have are that high income earners tend to purchase iphones, when in fact the trend is that they dont. Low income earners in general also think iphones are the best product available, and that is why they are willing to (stupidly?) hand over more money for a phone that is more expensive.

That is why the rich stay rich, and the poor stay poor.....that is, poor people generally have lower iq's and tend to fall for marketing and advertisement easier than rich people.

I myself am not rich, but i am also not stupid. My Android phone does everything an iphone can do (although i admit the app store is not as good as iphone app store), and i pay £26/month for a free phone, 600 minutes talk time/unlimited texts and a sizeable amount of data.

Androids all come with free sat navs etc.

The iphone cant touch this deal. Standard iphone contracts here in the UK are £40/month plus you need to pay a large amount of money extra for sat navs etc.

iphones in the United Kingdom are a complete rip off, and i must admit the people i see using them are your typical chav type people who spend all their spare cash in the pub getting drunk after work.

Business people have blackberrys, and cool people have Androids in my area :)
[Off-topic] jameslfc5:
Partially agree, but blackberry is becoming a chav phone, young girls have the ****ty curve and their drug dealing 20 odd year old boyfriend has the ****ty bold.
[Off-topic] Solf:
I have to agree, a lot of Android apps are not really polished and often are confusing to use.

But on the other hand you can do stuff which is flat out impossible on iPhone -- e.g. WidgetLocker.
[Off-topic] vetvito:
You guys are forgetting Apple has strict rules for the App Store. Even design rules.
[Off-topic] trurl3:
Looking at this discussion i am a little confuded. What do you people asking from your phones? To look glamour or to work smooth? Me I am really happy to have possibility changing every day look of my desktop and to install new apps only to look how it works on my Defy. I am really new user of Android and still learning. Whole differences between IOS and Android remainds me differences between McIntosh computers and PC's. First one has all put together and ready at once, but has not so many possibilities to change something - like IPhone. Second one is open for all range of applications - just like Android, and I like it :).
[Off-topic] jameslfc5:
Strict rules are beginning to happen in the marketplace :/ removed tv shows stream
[Off-topic] ferparedes:
Why can't you have both?

The smartphone "revolution" to call it something, came about by Apple being able to precisely do both: A phone that did a lot of stuff the other platforms were basically clueless about, and did it in a pretty way. Even today, the iPhone and iPad are *beautiful* pieces of hardware that are sort of being challenged by some of the Android OEM manufacturers (Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes to mind, HTC Incredible feels a lot like the iPhone 4).

Most of us are Android fans here, but don't let yourself be turned into a fanboy and be blinded by the truth, give Apple its due credit for, well, basically jumpstarting an entire industry around smartphones.

If Android is to really succeed it needs both to be functional *and* pretty. The smartphone is as much a tool as it is an accessory - denying it won't make it less true.

And to close, I'd like to point you to exhibit A - Linux desktop (I had Linux on my desktop for cpl of years, years ago - Today I use Win7)

For years on end as far back as I can remember, Linux users and fans would tout the technical aspects of Linux and how it is far superior to anything else out there. Things like memory management, speed, modularity, customizability, resiliency, etc. are all very impressive. And utterly irrelevant for like 99.99% of users (it might be 99.98% i'd need to check :D

What matters more to most users is how it actually feels to use it. How it feels to have one.

Both fan community and developer community (most of which are also fans) need to come to terms with this truth. It doesn't matter if Android is technically superior and super-duper customizable. For the masses, it needs to be pwetty and smooth.
[Off-topic] RMXO:
The new Market needs to improve in load & download times. It can take ages for the Market to load & sometimes takes forever to download an app on wifi.
[Off-topic] XsceneXhippieX:
I feel as if a phone should be smooth yes, but to give up functionality for the capability of saying "hey look how smooth scrolling back and forth looks on my idevice!" is absolutely insane, my personal opinion is this being able to 30 thousand times as much with your device > "look at my scrolling!"

this comes down to another thread come up recently about android never getting hardware acceleration, which i honestly think will happen from select manufacturers (i.e. prolly HTC if this lawsuit doesnt kill them and samsung at least will pay an entire crew of software engineers to make their androids as smooth as the idevices for the sake of ridding android of the ONLY thing anybody could ever complain about) and after that happens the market will be even more cornered than it is now, android absolutely dominating every feature, actually innovating with google's money instead of sueing anybody who has ever used a touchscreen in their device, and the general population will probably open their eyes and see just how exponentially much more android can do than MeeGo/WebOS/iOS/WP7/WinMo/Blackberry and they will wonder why they didnt switch in 2010 like those who foresaw this coming. dont get me wrong wp7/iDevices are awesome electronic products by all means and they suit the simple standard "i want to open the box, play one game every week, text a bit, and call my 1-4 friends with no work" consumer's needs, but android can fill EVERY consumers needs, yes android in theory requires more time to set up, if you want to, and if you dont want to? then you dont! but the thing is android gives you the choice to make a virtual representation of yourself/your personality if you so desire. NOBODY else offers this, or half of androids features and thats why I personally use Android over any other OS. not because android is better, but because it CAN do more.
[Off-topic] trurl3:
That would be perfect, but as we all know, perfection is always a goal to achieve, in reality hardly exist. Usualy you have to choose... If you want good lookin', you can have it, but often not much more. If you want something good working, sometimes as a bonus you can have good look :)

I am strongely agree, we all have to give credits to Apple for starting and competing what moves all bussiness. And it is only for good so ways of Apple and another producers are different. We have opportunity to choose what we like.

That's the goal to achieve for android.
[Off-topic] hindia4u:
nice read...
[Off-topic] z33dev33l:
android is not a smartphone its a mobile OS, iPhone is still the most popular phone and with the way android is managed the apps won't be looking near as polished as ios or wp7 any time in the future.
[Off-topic] vvpd:
In my opinion Android has more potential than iOS... the apps and the market might not be as polished yet but with the next gen phones popping up expect gr8 things from Android.

meanwhile im gonna stick with WP7 ha :D
[Off-topic] ferparedes:
Oh and one more thing...

I usually blow the iUsers away when I show them updating EVERY app on the phone while still be able to use other stuff on it. :D

That and...widgets, launcher preview, Dolphin HD and the lastpass addon, etc etc.
[Off-topic] Asperity:
Absolutely correct. It has nothing to do with people who have lower IQs generally having less formal education and thus less access to high paying, skilled jobs. They are idiots who spend on all their money on gimmicky products thanks to advertising.
[Off-topic] MartyLK:
I don't know about the majority of Android apps, but the ones I use seem to be superior to the equivalent on iOS. The iOS apps are superb quality, don't get me wrong there. But the specific counterparts on Android leave me feeling the Android ones are much better.

I understand the fragmentation issue with Android and understand the system seems like a quick fix for everyone. But that doesn't mean the apps have to be low quality. And the apps I choose aren't. I was actually surprised how well they were compared to others.
[Off-topic] danielnguyenvu:
i personally think android market is simple and easy to use enough, no need to be too polished :(
[Off-topic] iynfynity:
Most of the Apps that we NEED on Android is good anyway. The apps that we WANT are the sometimes the ones that's not that polished or available yet to us, for example games, and other Apps that isn't really needed. Well this is based on my experience.
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Mind = Blown

You (people) are actually on topic for once :P

Bravo!
[Off-topic] vetvito:
The tablet apps are beautiful. News 360, tweet castor HD, etc. The new market app is looking good too
[Off-topic] Waspanater:
I've never had an issue finding an app that did what I wanted it to do in the market place. In terms of polish, perhaps the UI's weren't the best but they do the job fine. Plus most apps I use regularly look better than iPhone apps anyhow, it's only those things I need to use very occasionally and have been put together by an amatuer developer which lack the visual spark.
[Off-topic] :
Perhaps when they disable the region lock on apps.
[Off-topic] trurl3:
If one thinks it out thoroughly gets to conclusion so most needed and most useful apps doesn't need to be very polish - they mostly work in background and when you set parameters then there is not so much use of polish and glamour. Nice and polish look is needed in entertainment apps, but this is different thing.
[Off-topic] mib1800:
I for one think the Market is more functional and interesting than Appstore

- Market can be access via browser (which means infinitely faster multiple windows view). I hate the stupid Itunes back-and-forth loading.

- OTA sync of apps downloaded via browser. Appstore is far behind in this aspect.

- Market has much better search / filter capability utilizing google search engine. Appstore search...one word to describe archaic.

- Market has more variety of apps. Due to the much more capable Android, system/automation/widget-type apps are virtually non-existent in Appstore

- Market has a more user friendly phone client. Comments/rating is much easier to access. Iphone has the irritating "Tap to See more" whereas Android list auto-load once you reach the end.
[Off-topic] AAQiL:
Android is lazy

Android team is not paying much attention to Android Market, Android browser.

They are keeping on improving new and new Android versions which are out of our hands works only on expensive Android phones.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Some polish for the OP to help with those pesky apps:

too tenuous? :D
[Atrix 4G General] jeffhwitz:
Does anyone know if there is a way to have the atrix in swedish? I know there is a scandinavian keyboard, but can you switch the atrix to Swedish. I see the choices on the stock phone are English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
[Atrix 4G General] Strigae:
If the bootloader is unlocked and you got an ATT Atrix you can flash CherryBlur 1.2 which is based on european software that includes Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.
[Atrix 4G General] jeffhwitz:
But if we are still AT&T stock FroYo 2.2.2 then it won't be able to until the OTA update that unlocks the bootloader OR we flash a new ROM (KennPenn or CherryBlur)?
[G2 and Desire Z General] evilcuber:
Wow first guide. Nice! I hope this helps people who have 2.3.3 so they can stop asking how to downgrade
[G2 and Desire Z General] mejorguille:
Sweet, now I can finally get my phone replaced. Accidentally blew out my LED and was scared of asking for a new one for fear of being unable to root. Thanks for the peace of mind I'll be using this in a few days :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Cimer:
Just some suggestions to avoid confusion when you run the command

adb shell cat /dev/msm_rotator

you should get the return of

/dev/msm_rotator: invalid length

you do not need to enter in this line.

Also after entering

/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FAA90000 -end FFFFFFFF

or one like it and it fails (It should not) you need to reboot the phone between these attempts.

Thanks for writing the guide! We just posted the log lol

Late side note: I've recently read an article on how root exploits are not credited to their original inventors. Just letting everyone know that agrabren should be credited as well for his work with Fr3v0, and his willingness to help during the process