yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Defy General] wpbr:
Today, on the last try, I connected the wires from a wall charger, because the 500mAh provided by the computer USB, is not enough, the wall charger is 850mAh, so... connected the red to (+) and the black to (-) to the battery and managed to put it back on the phone (with wires), the DEFY raise from the dead. I just don't understand why. It doesn't matter if the battery is 100% charged, without the direct juice from the AC adaptor, the phone doesn't start. Looks like the phone is sleeping and opening only one eye, and only wakes up with this kick from the AC adaptor. Before that, when the phone looks like "asleep", the only thing that happens is, access to BootLoader screen and nothing more, all procedures that I've tryed, finishes on the freezed "M" logo. Volume down + power don't work. Volume down+up+power don't work either. Handle very carefully the open wires from the AC adaptor, or you'll gonna fry your phone.
[myTouch 4G General] Jason Black:
When you got the update. Did it include the new google talk that has voice and video?
[myTouch 4G General] neidlinger:
you know any rooted device can take advantage of Google Talk w/ video.
[myTouch 4G General] Jason Black:
My girlfriends mt4g isnt rooted but i to 2.3.4 with pd15img.zip. I was just wondering if google talk video and voice comes with the update because she doesnt seem to know. Shes on vacation now and my whole point of doing the update is so we can video chat while shes on vacation.
[myTouch 4G General] Kingissa:
I was wondering this to because I really hate Qik
[myTouch 4G General] ionic7:
did he ask that? no
[myTouch 4G General] Jason Black:
Lol
[myTouch 4G General] Jason Black:
Yah.. I sent her my google talk apk and it didnt install on her phone.
[Galaxy S II General] da.trute:
Hi, at the risk of starting a massive flame war, please dont, I'm just after information...

Being that the S2 stock ROM is already pretty good and we already have a number of decent ROM alternatives I am wonder what else CYANOGEN is going to bring to the party.

I have read all the spiel so I am not looking for the usual answers, what advantages exactly does it have, will it have, say over COGNITION when COGNITION Is fully working with video, games etc etc and has decent battery life. Doesn't have the CM7 messaging but I prefer K9 stock anyway.

I am also surprised that people are already using CM7 looking at the amount of DEV that still needs done.

I tried a CYANOGEN port on my old HD2 and I was left thinking what all the fuss was about, i'm probably missing something huge here, or CYANOGEN is really for advanced users or something.

Again, please keep this thread clean and calm :)
[Galaxy S II General] leftovermagic:
Please just go through the threads and read. It's all there. I won't rewrite the book. In short though, think a year from now. Cognition is based on stuff samsung released. What happens when samsung moves on? Cm7 will still be pushing the latest goodies.
[Galaxy S II General] intruda119:
I'm not going to lie I never understood the hype of cyanogen rom. I have also tried with an hd2 and wasn't blew away and didn't see anything special. I think cyanogen mod is for people looking for aosp.

I have much respect for that team though because as far as I know there roms are built from ground up. Unlike most custom roms sgs2 have are really just themed stock roms with a couple tweaks.
[Galaxy S II General] hondaguy:
you should probably stop wasting space here and go to cyanogen's site and read what it is about. if it doesnt interest you after that you dont have to think about it ever again. no need for threads like this, it just makes you look bad because you obviously have not spent any time researching and educating yourself before asking this question.
[Galaxy S II General] aydc:
Isn't Android reinventing the wheel? iPhone was here first, and Android is just duplicating iPhone functionality. Google should shut down the Android project immediately.

Bingo!!! Some of us don't want to use crapware installed by the manufacturer who is really not a software expert, just a hardware expert, and want to come as close to the stock Android experience as possible. For me personally, things like hold volume button to skip to next song, switch between percentage battery and analog battery anytime you want, a very advanced OS theming engine which doesn't require you to flash anything to change the theme, always being on the bleeding edge of new Android releases/bugfixes etc. is the icing on top of the cake.

However, it's really about the excitement of checking the commit logs of the nightlies everyday to see what's new. :)
[Galaxy S II General] exileinoblivion7:
Yeah I never understood what the hype was all about either, don't get me wrong its a great aosp Rom and I give the devs a world of credit, but it feels like a number of things are just incomplete.

It has a few features that aren't found on most roms and runs quick as Hell, but if your looking for an in depth user friendly experience I would not say that this is the best for that as it lacks a lot of simple things you might be used to if your coming from a sense or some other kind of based rom

All I can really say is back yourself up and give it a try for a day or two and if you don't like it then just go back.
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
CM has only just come out, and is far from stable, and only really should be used if you are willing to help debug or want to live on the bleeding edge

We want CM for when samsung have abandoned us.

Its always good to have options!
[Galaxy S II General] RizSher:
Each rom,whether its a "themed" stock rom, or a ground up one like CM7 offers something different.

The obvious advantage has already been mentioned - once SGS2 goes EOL for Samsung, CM7 will continue to support newer versions of Android till as long as the (very) capable phone hardware can handle it.

There are improvements... for some... e.g. the native Samsung bluetooth stack doesn't work with Wiimotes... for instance... i believe CM7 and know MIUI does...

Its really a case of... pick and choose... no1 charges for these... try...as many... if you like one... say thanks to the Rom maker... and possibly a small donation!!!... and stick with it...
[Galaxy S II General] da.trute:
Thanks everyone, thats pretty much what I thought, nothing special compared to a good feature packed cooked ROM but very useful in the future when sammy stop updating, I just thought I was missing something huge the way people get excited about it.

Will stick with COG for now until CM7 is looking fairly complete and then give it s roll.
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
yeah its all about when samsung abandons the device. in addition, it also is about running a fully open source ROM on your phone. once the cyan rom gets stable, each night it will be updated with a change log, so gives you the ability to constantly be seeing the fixes to the software actually running on your phone. something you dont like? commit to the code, and it may get merged into the repo. its about having total control over the device you are using, seeing every little feature, the code for it, how it works, and ability to modify it if you want.

of course it also has some good features too. but the above is what i think the point of cyan is.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaos Chase:
I have recently purchased an EVO 4G. I am waiting for it to come in the mail. Now I have a 4GB Class6 microSD card from my G1. Would it be better to use than the regular 8GB that comes stock with the EVO?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
Well that obviously depends on whether you want 4gb of space or 8gb. The class speed really isnt that big of a deal. It isn't going to speed up anything on the phone, the only thing it will speed up is transferring files to and from the phone with usb.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaos Chase:
Thanks man. Appreciate the helpful info.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordAlexx:
Even class 4 has acceptable copy speed. I have to copy my music back after formatting since I have found a clean card really makes new roms install without glitches. I picked up a 32GB class 4 for $45 on ebay and it was ALOT faster to copy to than the 16GB class 2 I had previously.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdisanza:
Depends, if you plan to use app2sd, the faster sd is preferable. Remember, the class is the speed, higher the number, faster the read/write.

The EVO should come with an 8gig class 4 sd. I recently changed to a 16gig class 6 sd. I see no difference in speed but the extra space is nice. The difference would be really appreciated if you where changing from a class 2 or 4 to a class 8 or 10. Class 10 is the fastest I know of atm.

In your situation, keep the stock sd in the EVO unless ofc you plan to load it up with apps & media.
[Bada Software Development] mylove90:
Hi All

The developer of BadaTube app sold his Wave and made his app as open source now :(

Anyone can get the source code from this page : http://ml.xlold.at/tube.htm

i quote from that page an important thing

So for now we need to find the fix for the app first and please we need co-operation here to make it work first:)

After repairing the app every one can present his idea as a development for the app...maybe we can make a better one :)

Best Regards
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] amirfayek:
HTC HD2

BOYPPC-SHIFTPDA GINGER 2.3.3 HTC Sense 3.0_V4 (16_July)

WiFi-Tethering NOT working

The ROM is definitely impressing. However, I have a serious problem with it. I can not get WiFi-Tethering working with it. Normal Wi-Fi access is working but WiFi-Tethering is not. I even tried the “Wireless Tether” app but I get the same problem. The problem is definetly not related to the HW itself, as WiFi-Tethering is working with me with other roms like (DESIRE HD V18). Can any one help?

HTC HD2; BOYPPC-SHIFTPDA GINGER 2.3.3 HTC Sense 3.0_V4 (16_July)

HSPL = 2.08.HSPL; RADIO = 2.15.50.14; MAGLDR = 1.13 / CWM Recovery; NAND Partition = 150MB; SD-EXT3 = 512MB
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Yerdan:
There are a few fixes for WiFi-Tethering that are available for different sense 3.0 roms that might help with this one. If you are interested in trying, do a backup of your phone and then test the following links from Angeldeath's Rom....It might fix your problem

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=630716&d=1308551035

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=634806&d=1308867181

The first link is Wireless Tethering and the second link is Wired Tethering, hope this helps!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dmarden:
I'm only just beginning to test, but a new app seems to have been released:

https://market.android.com/details?id=org.watto.program.android.sync.facebook&feature=search_result

Figured it might be useful to those that want to see contact details (not just the pictures).
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dmarden:
So far the app seems to work perfectly with only one exception... it sync's the birthday info as "Event" in the contact account instead of "Birthday".

The issue with that is that apps/widgets that track/display birthdays don't pick it up properly.

I sent an email to the dev, new app so may be something he will quickly fix. If not, the source code is actually available on his site, which is nice.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Spittal:
Yeah, I'm using it now, it's working well the only thing is... to keep the pictures synced completely you need to "join" contacts with the Facebook contact being the primary contact. Which usually means that my contacts all have stupid names because I have stupid friends.

So I'm using Sync my pics as well.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dmarden:
LOL!

/morechars
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] LowQue27:
Thanks will give this a try.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] wetrabbit444:
Warning. This app eats battery life. It doesn't close. I'd much rather run syncmypix every couple days then have this running constantly, it was at 26%!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dmarden:
Hrm, sure you're talking about the right app? This sets up a sync service, there isn't a standalone app or anything. It syncs my data and then doesn't do anything for 24 hours (you can pick the frequency).

Anyway, no such issue on my device at least.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] LowQue27:
That hasn't been my experience. Set it to sync less often
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] V@no:
Hello.

Yesterday ATT finally rolled out the new update, but for me it freezes with screen where android with explanation mark in triangle.

A day before I did successfully install [PUDDING] International House of Pudding! (Unlock/root thread) Updated July 23 2011 v2.3.4 and also [Unlocked Only][Release]CWM Recovery Mod for Atrix 4G 2011-06-30 updated again!

After that I reverted to stock v1.2.6 and gradually upgraded to v1.8.3

On top of that the android recovery doesn't work either with vol down on reboot, same explanation mark in a triangle...

Any ideas what could be wrong?

Thank you.

PS. sorry
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojojohnson7410:
Hey V@no,

There is no problem with your recovery menu. When you see the Android with the exclamation mark, you are in recovery mode. just touch the screen right above the Search button, which turns out to be the "Hide" function, and you'll see everything show up! Neat-o, right? =] Too bad CWM isn't touchscreen-capable =[

What probably happened for you is that you failed the pre-test. When they install an OTA update, it looks to make sure that certain apps are still there and makes sure no illegal mods are added to your Atrix. If you remove bloatware using Titanium or have root or you modded system files, you'll run into an error trying to update because you failed the pre-test. The best way around that problem AND the solution to upgrading without deleting anything is here. Use the Automated Update for PC Users, which will bypass this check. This was made for the sole purpose of those who don't want to lose their data, however, you'll be more likely to encounter strange bugs if you do upgrade this way. I suggest backing up your SD card before you do anything, perform this update, and then do a factory wipe. I know it's annoying because you have to re-input all of your info and stuff, but this is pretty much the only guaranteed way that about 95% of it will function as it should.

Hope that helped =D

~jojojohnson7410~
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hlywine:
When I touched the screen above the search button, I see the source of the error is "/system/app/swype.apk

so I imagine it is due to updating swype cuple of times and as far as I remember, in the first update i had to remove 2 system files to make it work.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eddie Bombay:
This will help fix your issue.

1. Download the Motorola Drivers HERE if you haven't already, and install. (Link is to the 4.9.0 version, there is a newer one, but someone has said it has issues) If you would like to try the latest version, you can obtain them directly from Motorola Here.

2. Download RSDlite 5.3.1 HERE and install

3. Download the AT&T/Motorola 4.1.83 FULL SBF from this thread, unzip it and place it in a folder at C:\AtrixSBF\ (or something similar, short folder name, in the C:\ directory)

4. Plug your phone into a Rear USB port on your PC, using the OEM supplied USB cable. Set your USB option from the pull down Notification bar to None. ***For those that can't boot, power down, hold Volume Up while powering on. You should end up in Starting RSD protocol. Then continue. ***

5. Open RSDlite, wait until it recognizes you phone is attached.

6. Click on the "..." button and navigate to the SBF file you downloaded and select it.

7. Click the Start button and wait. It's good to stick around to make sure there are no errors, but it's going to take a good 20-40 minutes. DO NOT DISCONNECT anything until you see PASS next to the process you're running in the far right hand column.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pant:
This did it for me. Left the SD card update on my SD card and as soon as it rebooted to clean 183 it found the update and installed it!

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Plopz:
I'm sure that I'm not the only person that found them self quickly running out of space on the internal memory of the SGS2 after downloading a few Gameloft games. It would be so much easier if Gameloft would let us choose where install the game data, but until then here is my solution.

Firstly, I did not make this match. The credit goes to Duero over at 4pda.ru, a Russian forum, that made the patch.

Secondly, this patch may or may not work on some Gameloft games. I have listed the ones that it has worked for me on my SGS2 at the end of this post.

Instructions

List of Working Games

List of

NOT

Working Games

Other Info

How to test if it worked!!

Now, I know there is a thread like this in the LG forums somewhere, but I wanted to keep a list of confirmed working games for the Samsung Galaxy S2 (these may apply other Samsung devices though). I'll keep the first post updated with confirmed working patches.

Happy patching!! :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] almaqdad:
duplicate thread. Check out here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1159859
[Galaxy S II General] Ducati1979cc:
.

Fast5 is working great on external SD.
[Galaxy S II General] TheeWolf:
Hi,

I have a question - I downloaded Brothers in arms 2 free from the market, where can I find the apk file? My device is of course rooted so if its in a folder in the root of my phone I can find it.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
In data/app
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dadyal:
5 hrs 17 minutes since charge battery still 97%

JPJPM 2.2.1 with Voodoo 5.5.3
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ghenn4:
Wooow...this is amazing...or not?

With stock JVQ and speedmod kernel you loose ~3% over 7-8 hours if your don`t even turn the screen on.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ponpadour:
Yep, it was like that with Android 2.2.1...

I am under CM7, I loose aroud 5% each hour...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mawardi:
With JVQ + TalonDev kernel with UV, not even ONE PERCENT drops in 10 hours. How cool is that!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mammenj:
Looks like you haven't used any of the 'smart' features of the phone.:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lukaszD.:
Im on Galnet Miui qnd it drains about 21-22% per 5hours with hour of wifi on and 3g/hsdpa for 4h, 2hours using opera or that xda app. Sync always on every 30, beautiful widgets weather sync every 30 minutes too. I don't feel is so bad :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zisk1:
My phone charged fully at 22.00PM, and in the morning when i wake up 6.00AM, my phone is still at 97%.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natsirt789:
I lose 1% every 6 hours. .. Darky's rom ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dadyal:
are you sure phone is on ? :P
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lunchbox115:
@dadyal: I think your battery should be calibrated. ;)

Sent from your device
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dadyal:
and why is that ?
[LG Optimus Black] knzo:
Content deprecated and removed to avoid confusion.
[LG Optimus Black] knzo:
updated: 31/7/2011 to remove 'lastresort' method

updated: 10/08/2011 to remove 'saveme' method

II. Instructions on how to use (applies to Nova)

If you're not a developer or cooker and you just want to know how this works, you're in the right place. Like I've said before, this MOD is already patched in Nova. Assuming the others will also follow these instructions, this is how to use it:

Method for booting directly into recovery:

Repeatedly press a physical key *

* For the key press method, it needs to be a physical key, not one of the capacitive buttons. It also needs to be

pressed

or

released

for the script to work, so

do not hold

it. Example: volume down, G, ... You need to press it before the boot animation and you have a 3 seconds time frame to do this so it's best if you just repeatedly press it every second or so.

This is it.

Now you can play around with less fear of having to flash firmware all the time.
[LG Optimus Black] evilenter:
So, we can use either one of these three methods to boot into recovery?
[LG Optimus Black] knzo:
Yes, but read the *s.
[LG Optimus Black] rashad1:
Is this only for the NOVA ROM? and can you post a link to your PayPal donation page, if you have on that is...
[LG Optimus Black] antonio1475:
This is just amazing. Thank you so much, again, Noejn.

:)
[LG Optimus Black] rgabi88:
"saveme" or "lastresort" mus be empty files without any extension?
[LG Optimus Black] knzo:
Unless you change the detection scripts yes.
[LG Optimus Black] dxdiag32:
thx you for show us every detail!
[LG Optimus Black] sankhauaa:
i already bricked my fone during restore through cwm recovry...will button method or file method working in my bricked fone without nova rom ? i cant check as i handover my ob to lg custmr care
[LG Optimus Black] icsulescu:
Can you share how have succeed to break it just to know and to avoid doing the same mistake.

Regards,

Me
[LG Optimus Black] evilenter:
Uhh, AFAIK you can't.:(
[LG Optimus Black] federall:
nice ...

thx man
[LG Optimus Black] rgabi88:
Can one of this methods work on stock rooted firmware? How to do this? Can you guide me to do this? I'd like to have one of the two ways (maybe both, why not??) to boot into recovery...
[LG Optimus Black] erik501:
i've tried to mod init.rc but at reboot the file returned original and don't work

why
[LG Optimus Black] WitchMX:
Just tested it pressing G button, works fine. Thanks man this is great.
[LG Optimus Black] erik501:
Please tell me where wrong, init.rc at root edit akm2 to root root and save, reboot and go back as before.

why whats wrong.

Thanks
[Dell Streak 7] CriolaBrazuka:
Please delete
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eysk:
Hi everyone,

I have a problem I hope someone will be able to help me with. I decided to try and make the background of a widget from a certain application translucent, so it would better fit with my homescreen. So I just made an empty transparent png file with the same resolution as the original widget background, renamed the apk file to zip and, using 7zip replaced the appropriate files within the zip/apk.

Afterwards I put the modified apk on my internal sd, removed the widget from my homescreen and then with root explorer moved the modified apk to the app directory.

So far everything works just fine and the re-added widget now has a transparent background.

However, every time I turn the phone off or reboot the widget is gone and the application is greyed out in the app drawer (with an sd card icon instead of the real app icon).

If I try to start the application it will say that it's currently not installed.

The only way to get it working again is to restore the app with TitaniumBackup, then uninstall it again (thus removing the grey and the original icon), restore it once more via TitaniumBackup and then finally again replace it with the modified apk.

I have also tried to force TitaniumBackup to backup the modified version of the app but that didn't work out very well - it fails to be restored.

Ideas, anyone?

*edit*

I hope this is the right forum for this question - if it isn't please kindly advise me as to which is.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eysk:
No one who has an idea?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eysk:
Surely somebody must be able to point me in the right direction! :)

*edit*

Thanks for your reply prodygee - I'll see what I can do about it then.

Also, sorry for the shameless bumping.

I'll just let the thread vanish into the depths of the forum now.

*edit2*

Also found some other interesting threads somewhat related to that problem:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/27387-how-resign-apk-files-after-modding-them.html

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=503007

Thanks@esk02k aswell :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
WHY does everyone bump his own thread. CHRIST....

You can't just go changing files inside of an APK expecting it'll work. You have to recompile the whole apk.