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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z3r01:
i keep getting the "cant establish a reliablee data connection to the server" message.

i have an evo rooted and flashed so many different roms (wiping data/calwhaterver) and it still does this even if im on wifi or 4G (but not cellular data as im not with sprint anymore) what can i do to get this working
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runcool:
I've been getting that as well. I think sprint is having issues with their network or this last update screwed something up. not sure which.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z3r01:
Anybody have a solution ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TANGO*BLAST:
Sprint has a TOWER down! It should be fixed sometime during the week as they had to order the part. I have Boost & Sprint, but no service on Boost (from outage) Sprint data service is like sh*t right now. Call and complain, as they will give credit to your Sprint account.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z3r01:
Well it's actually not connected to anything , I'm using wifi or clear 4G (I had my Mac address added to clear plan) so the phone doesn't have cellular data. Now, I do have a Rom that works ok but it's an old rom where its ok but if I use like a omj or any other rom I get that even when I'm on wifi
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivamgarg:
Note:- You must have rooted your phone.

simple method for this problem is

download lucky patcher

install it and open it

grant root access

swipe bottom bar

click on block google advertismement

click on clear the local hosts files

restart your phone

you are done.

Download lucky patcher here:- http://www54.zippyshare.com/v/34485145/file.html

To download click on the link choose browser and then click on 'download now' button.

click thanxx if this method works for you please.... ￼

See my youtube video http://youtu.be/9zY3UpyQZdE
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamadoctor:
Hey guys,

I tried to update my girlfriends Galaxy S today from Darky's rom to Miui, I tried to remove the lagfix by following the instructions through recovery.

However, after the phone rebooted it now displays the Galaxy S logo, then simply vibrates periodically (every 5 seconds, than every 12 - not that I think this matters).

Does anybody have a clue what I've inadvertently done and how to recover the device - preferable without wiping the data on-board.

Thanks in advance guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamadoctor:
Just an update, it's clearly a soft brick. I can still get into download mode and recovery, it did a backup before it rebooted however I've tried to restore this backup and still no joy - although I do now get the old rom's boot animation back which is stuck on an endless loop with the phone vibrating in the background.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrFredPhD:
You probably won't be able to fix it without a wipe. You should still be able to get into download mode, so you can flash a full ROM with Odin. You need to use a .PIT file and make sure repartition is checked as the file system is probably broken.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gfacer:
Yeah miui uses a different file system so you have to undo that as described above. Then you may be able to restore the backup.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamadoctor:
After you guys pointed me in the right direction and a little more digging I ended up stumbled across galnet's Miui thread and his instructions through there.

To cut a long story short the phone's now running Miui and I'm not in the dog house, thanks for the help guys. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeikei4life:
Where would I get a JTAG repair?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
Hi,

I am running Virtuous Sense 2.0.0, but since installing that MOD, I can't find the HtcFacebook App any more in my system.

Somehow HTC Facebook it must be still in the system, because the APK is in the system/app folder and I can add an account for HTC Facebook in the settings/accounts section. And that account then also syncs my Facebook-Contacts into the Contacts/People App.

But I can't find the Icon anywhere and I can't use/start the application, nor re-install it by any means.

To make things even weirder, the downloads app just told me, that it downloaded an update of 410kb dated 22.07.11

When I try to install that, it says, that this is a System Application, and when I confirm it lists the permission requests and when I hit "install" the progress bar comes up for a second followed by "application not installed".

When I try to do it manually, it fails too:

I opened the Terminal, typed in su to get root permissions. I went to /system/app and tried to install the HtcFacebook.apk from there typing

pm install -r HtcFacebook.apk

It fails with:

Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES]

when I go to /sdcard/downloads and try the same with the downloaded HtcFacebook.apk I get the same Error-Message.

I also tried ASTRO and FileExplorer in both directories with the same result.

Also using ADB commands failed.

Googling the error messages didn't get me any further than what I mentioned above. Now I am quite helpless... :confused:

Any help appreciated.

Tronar
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
Nobody? Everybody who is running Virtuous Sense 2.0.0 is having no problems with the HtcFacebook App?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nipqer:
HTCFacebook is just the integrated facebook thing. If you want the facebook app back, you'll have to go to the market and find Facebook.

Here is a link to the market page, which you can install it from

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
I know there is another Facebook App in the market available. But it does not have the same features as the HTC version. Before I installed Virtuous Sense 2.0.0 my original Stock ROM had an HTC Facebook App and after I downloaded and installed the regular Facebook App I had TWO Facebook Apps available.

Now, after flashing the Virtuous Sense ROM, I am stuck with only the one from the Market. But for several reasons, I want to have the HTC variant back. And there must be a way, since even the Downloads-App is telling me, that an update for it is available:

-------------------------

HtcFacebook.apk

synergy-base.googlecode.com

Ready 410 KB 22.07.11

-------------------------

Unfortunately trying to install the update just produces an error. :mad:

Am I really the only one missing the HTC Facebook App and the respective Icon to access it?

Tronar
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cimer:
Instead of installing it do this

cd to where ever your adb is located (mine is c:/androidsdk/platform-tools)

place the HTCfacebook.apk you want in that folder and type this:

adb remount
adb push HTCfacebook.apk /system/app/
adb reboot

Should replace the current HTCfacebook.apk and you will possible get your facebook app back.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
Thank you for the tip. I tried that. I copied the new HtcFacebook.apk from the /sdcard/downloads/ location to /system/app/ using Root-Explorer

I also set the correct rights (rw-r--r-- like all the other .apk-Files in the same folder) and the correct ownership (root and root)

Then I rebooted, but nothing changed.

My feeling is, that I need to Install the .apk-File, not just drop it someplace.

Tronar
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nipqer:
could try 'adb install HTCFacebook.apk'

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
As mentioned in my first post, I tried all kinds of ADB commands.

adb install HtcFacebook.apk

was one of them. All install attemps fail with the error message mentioned above.

I tried it again right now, here is the result:

adb install HtcFacebook.apk
1299 KB/s (499112 bytes in 0.375s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/HtcFacebook.apk
Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES]

My guess is, that somehow the certificate system is a little buggy with Virtuous Sense 2.0.0. Maybe the signing of the packages is therefore not recognized.

I get the same Error Message when trying to re-install the HtcFacebook.apk that was already in /system/app. I mean that package should be signed correctly, since it came with the ROM, shouldn't it?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkmurphys:
According to HTC:

I hope that clears everything up for you. I used to think they were two different applications that did the same thing, but they are actually two separate things. The HTC part only integrates Facebook into the rest of the phone environment.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
Wow, that is weird. Thanx for digging up that information. It must be new, because I swear with the old Stock ROM I had TWO Facebook-Applications on my HTC Desire Z. Maybe they changed it for the Gingerbread 2.3 Upgrade?

I noticed one effect after copying the new HtcFacebook.apk into the /system/app folder: I had lost all my Facebook-Contacts in the Contacts app and had to re-add the Htc Facebook Account and refill the Login & Password Fields in Settings->Accounts & Synchronization to bring them back.

Nonetheless, all of this does not explain, why the automatic Update of the HtcFacebook.apk from the Downloads-app just fails to install. Is this a bug in the Downloads-App, because System-Apps are never supposed to be installed automatically? Or does this just apply for the HtcFacebook.apk? I can't test it out with other apps, because the HtcFacebook.apk is the only one, that every appeared in the Downloads-App so far.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albertaz:
Same problem with Facebook fro HTC Sense

I am experiencing the same problem after installing a new ROM to my HTC Desire.

This ROM works well and brings Android 2.3.3 and HTC Sense 2.1 yet I cannot find neither the "Facebook" app nor the "Facebook for HTC Sense" widget.

Each time I download the Facebook app from the market and launch it I get an error message telling me that "processocom.facebook.katana" got interrupted and when I try to launch the "HtcFacebook.apk" I get the message "Application not installed".

I cannot sort it out...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacaronyMax:
To install the HTC Facebook could you not just flash the rom over the top again?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkmurphys:
What did you do when you flashed onto this new ROM? Which ROM is it, and have you used it previously? Did you flash a ROM cleaner of some sort?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albertaz:
I installed this ROM: AceSMod007 taken from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113070

It is the first time I use this one (previously I tried MIUI, LeeDroid, InsertCoin)

I followed all instructions... I mean I wiped data, cache etc etc. then I installed the ROM and performed a Titanium Backup restore.

Yet when I was checking out the Facebook application I noticed those problems that I highlighted and I started looking for a possible cause and solution to that.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkmurphys:
When you did the Titanium restore, did you restore system apps or system data?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albertaz:
I restored both them.

Now I tried delating the account under Settings->Account Sync and installing and de-installing the App from the market.

Then I recreated the account into Settings and the synchronization seems to work.

On FriendStream widget now I see FB updates too.

I tried to put on the FB widget (the Facebook for HTC Sense interface seems to be missing yet).

This looks like being hung on "Updating states..." although it takes me to the app when I click on it.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karlonicolas:
have you tried extracting the .apk file from the rom itself and installing?

if the rom is a zip file (it most probably is), the apks are usually found in one of the folders (maybe /data). extract the zip and look for the directory where all the apks are stored, and perhaps you can re-install just the programs you want.

hope this works.

:-)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albertaz:
I previously tried installing HtcFacebook.apk but as a result I got a message "Application not installed"

Now the standard Android FB widget seems to work too...

No traces of Facebook for HTC Sense though

Weird...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tronar:
How do you launch the HtcFacebook.apk? Do you still have an icon for it? Because I don't!

And as dkmurphys found out, according to HTC, they seem to have intentionally given up their HtcFacebook App with the latest Stock-ROM update to Gingerbread 2.3.3

So HtcFacebook.apk is only still showing in the list of Apks to provide the background services for the HTC Widgets, like the FriendStream Widget for example.

Tronar
[G2 and Desire Z General] ztringz:
I have a Tmo G2 that's been functioning great until recently. I've had it in an Otterbox Commuter case since purchase in January. It was dropped twice I believe. Recently, though, any moderate tap to the back lower bit of the device, below the battery door, turns it off. Does anyone know what sort of issue this might be? Is it as simple as a broken trace/solder joint on the battery leads to the board? An unseated chip? Thoughts are appreciated before I tear this baby apart (no warranty on it, and I'm not too squeamish about working inside). Let me know. Thanks!

Update: I've isolated the problem to the lower right corner of the phone, looking at it from the back. Popping the battery cover off and pushing on the lower right corner causes it to power off. Has anyone experienced anything with loose battery terminals?
[G2 and Desire Z General] SuperDave81:
Do you have an extended battery? Could be the metal on the battery making contact with and shorting out the sdcard holder slot. Put a piece of tape between the two.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ztringz:
No I don't have an extended battery. Everything's stock, plus the case. It could be a shorting issue, I guess. I'll try isolating any metal and see.
[HD2 Android NAND Development] 20phileagles:
Delete please
[HD2 Android NAND Development] TheATHEiST:
Dude, this is the dev section. You need to use Q&A forum.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] embrion:
Hi,

I have experience with modifying themes by swapping PNGs and wanted to add some of them from MIUI to Samsung rom.

Unfortunately I cannot find them in neither MIUI ROM, nor it's theme files. They're not in the place non MIUI ROMs hold them and anywhere else.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] picard666:
i downloaded miui galnet a few weeks ago for this and they were all in systemui.apk just like for gingerbread stock roms
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] embrion:
That's true, but for example battery ones are missing.
[Nexus S General] klaus76ro:
hi there,

i know there are a lot of users here for Nexus S, but i'm still considering my options between a Nexus S and a Galaxy S, both under 300 euros.

what would you recommend?

thanks a lot.
[Nexus S General] N00bsploder101:
Probably Nexus S. It gets all the android updates first, but the galaxy S has 720p recording. Otherwise they're identical pretty much.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] sl8125:
Remember CyanogenMod is now available for both units. Ota is the past. You won't needed if CyanogenMod keeps supporting it.
[Nexus S General] klaus76ro:
edited after doing a little googling

after searching the internet I have found these links:

1. http://www.shaswatpatel.com/google-nexus-s-vs-samsung-galaxy-s-which-one-should-you-choose/

2. http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/37148/samsung-nexus-s-vs-samsung-galaxy-s

3. http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/samsung/articles/100386.aspx

and the best conclusion I found here:

4. http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s/234858-galaxy-s-nexus-s.html

"to be honest, it boils down to 2 things.

1. Do you want massive amounts of memory? Nexus has 16gb max,Galaxy has up to 48gb max

2. Do you want faster updates? [then go for Nexus]

The rest is just little things that aren't massively important "
[Nexus S General] Award Tour:
OTA are more stable.. I used to run CM on my EVO/N1 (don't even bother with the NS) but it was never as rock solid as a stable Google release. Experienced this both on the NS4G and N1.

Not too bad on Nexus devices but its flaky on devices that don't have completely compatible kernels.
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
You do need OTAs. The Manufacturer has to supply the source for the kernel for that new Android OS. Otherwise, you'll be stuck using the stock kernel which will limit development.
[Nexus S General] sl8125:
Ota will be always be floating around. Once it's out there will be custom roms too.
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
I'm not talking about that OTA of stock ROMs. I'm talking about the KERNEL SOURCE of that Android version. If you're using a Samsung phone and a internal leak is made for Samsung Galaxy S for Android 2.5 (making it up). You can make a custom ROM out of it but you CANNOT use the previous kernel source because it will be incompatible. You will be forced to use the stock kernel.

Samsung will not release source for pre-released kernels.
[Nexus S General] spaz2k7:
Nexus s for sure. I have both and have to say. The specs are almost identical but nexus s is updated regularly where the galaxy s doesnt recieve any...
[Nexus S General] flyer138:
I have both, l like NS more than GS.

More responsive.
[Nexus S General] strikethree:
I have both

I have a Galaxy S and a Nexus S. My Nexus S is not the AMOLED variety despite being told it was when I was purchasing it... Readon to find out why I kept it anyways.

The AMOLED screen experiences pixel wear or burnout or whatever you want to call it. After owning the Galaxy S for several months, I read about a keypad code that could generate different color screens for testing pixel coloration. That is when I saw my battery symbol and some other screen elements had an image burned in. It was very light and a custom launcher that allowed the main screen to rotate freely solved the issue of burn-in but apparently, the pixels still fade, just not in an obvious pattern now.

The Nexus S does not come with a SD card slot. At first, I thought that would be an issue... But I only really needed five gigs or so of music at any one time anyways.

Meh. Both phones are great. I prefer my Nexus S because I can unlock it if I want to and I really appreciate the slight curve to the glass. I gave my Galaxy S away after being satisfied with my Nexus S. You should not end up regretting either phone.
[Nexus S General] Lebrija:
Nexus has camera flash

Galaxy has FM radio.
[Nexus S General] klaus76ro:
will Nexus S support and receive a great OS upgrade like, let's say (hypotheticaly) a 2.5 or 3.0 android ?
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
yes its a nexus phone.
[Nexus S General] amishra123:
I have a nexus s and I am very happy with it. Its definetly classier (looks and feels) than the gs. However things I think people have forgotten to mention is that the galaxy s (as I understand) has a video out (through the headphone jack?) Which us something u wish I could do. However saying that I wouldn't swap it for the gs! Also a smaller thing is that the NS has NFC, although I still haven't used it it seems it could come to shops in the very near future

Hope that helps good luck with the choice and infact I honestly think that you will be completely happy with either choice!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mordred69:
Hello all.

I was wondering if anyone else here has had this issue.

Upon using the HotSpot utility (whether it be the included one or the stock HTC one) I have encountered loss of connectivity to Sprint. No calls out or in, no 3G/1X icon, just the bars. No ROAM. Cannot make calls, or use data at all.

The only solution that has worked for me is wipe, reinstall ROM anew. It has happened to me on RC1 and -2.

Any ideas?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mordred69:
I can't be the only one to have this issue... can anyone help?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Fasinationinmotion:
I know this might sound stupid but is there a way to confuse the recovery into flashing an update of the rooted gingerbread leak? Put it on SD card as update.zip and hit apply update? Or will it not work.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] funks:
I believe this won't work as the update files are signed. If you modify the update files then there would be a signature mismatch.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Fasinationinmotion:
wouldnt it still be signed though considering its the official leak? They just put in superuser and allowed root?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] shoman24v:
You can't just rename the RUU, if that's what you mean?
[LG Optimus 3D] borgqueenx:
I saw the optimus 3d today and played with it. I liked the 3d effect but damn...aliasing everywhere! I can count the freaking pixels!

I also played asphalt and well sometimes i had the feeling the display was malfunctioning because i saw lines ect, but those linee were actually parts of 3d models. Its that bad...

Is this with every game? Really that race games was horrible...

Movies were nice though, just like some demo pictures.
[LG Optimus 3D] Jabbypants:
TBh I have played the games maybe for 2 mins and removed them gaming on Phones is poor at best, movies and playing/recording is where it is at.
[LG Optimus 3D] mickeyregis:
I have not noticed that in Asphalt, it looks and plays well, though the 3d effect is not as prominent as it is in RF 2011, Shrek Kart and Spiderman. Did you adjust the 3D level to achieve the optimum sweet spot?
[LG Optimus 3D] SinSilla:
Vertical resolution is halfed due to the parallax barrier. So you're left with 240 lines. That's not much but its not as bad like you make it sound. The same rules apply to pictures and movies,your experience with them should have been the same.
[LG Optimus 3D] borgqueenx:
Well, i spoke the truth...
[LG Optimus 3D] otacon888:
Nova, Gold and archercraft looks good in 3d.
[LG Optimus 3D] simacca:
You are correct, but I think 3d still looks very impressive as the depth more than makes up for the lower resolution.

Same with the Nintendo 3ds.
[LG Optimus 3D] hefonthefjords:
Keep in mind as well that this is a total bleeding edge device and that all those games you are talking about are from a single developer. Im sure there will be more games from other developers down the line and that advances will be made graphically through the life of the device within the scope of the hardware boundaries.
[LG Optimus 3D] SinSilla:
Of course you did. :)

If that was your subjective impression then it's fine. It's just that the majority of users and people who have seen 3D Games running on this device haven't had such a drastic experience (that would imply a malfunctioning display).

But in reality, the 2D graphics of Nova, Asphalt etc (undoubted good looking games) are exactly the same in 3D, only with half the vertical resolution.

Due to the parallax barrier in 3D Mode you can indeed make out the individual lines if you want, but they're not "part of the 3d models". Maybe your demo device was glitching.
[LG Optimus 3D] mmace:
it's the 800 that's halved so it's actually 400x480
[LG Optimus 3D] snowing:
If you really have a very high expectation from 3D mobile phone at this stage, I really suggest that you look else where instead of always say that these phones are bad for this and that.

This is in fact the first generation of 3D on mobile and also is a starting point. I see that you really like E3D. If you have your mind fixed, why would you keep on looking at O3D? Personally I have chance to use both phones side by side and I own a O3D myself while my friend has a E3D. We both have the same impression that O3D truely looks better for 3D.

Talking about games, if you think 3D games viewing on O3D is crap, then E3D is much worse. For O3D you can still play your game while travelling. With E3D, it is very hard to keep your eye on the sweet spot for games while travelling for sure. You comment regarding to aliasing everywhere and counting the freaking pixels is definitely on E3D as well. It is worse as the 3D games was aim for O3D screen in first place.