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[Galaxy S II General] drreality:
Hahahahaaaaaaa I do the same with the old sgs (which belongs to wife now), every time I start having craving I flash a new rom on it :D:D:D
[Galaxy S II General] noobdeagle:
Adfree.......need I say more?
[Galaxy S II General] synaesthetic:
I won't own an Android device unless it has CyanogenMod or some other AOSP ROM (but I prefer CM). I remember the nightmares of the Vibrant. I won't ever buy another phone that I can't run bone-stock Android on.

Nokia N9 maybe though. >.>;
[Galaxy S II General] yorkmolko:
They wanna see dancing clouds every time waking up the phone?.. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] Dj21o:
That is the gayest animation effect I have seen on Android. And you can still have that, regardless if you have stock or not.
[Galaxy S II General] fenguinpower:
Same thoughts before. I thought I dont need root but when I encountered a spyware app which refused to close and.keeps on eating my battery.
[Galaxy S II General] rickg99:
+1

Backup Titanium+Nandroid

Adfree

BusyBox

... more to list

At the end I don't understand the discussion: What is the problem with rooting?
[Galaxy S II General] Frostfree:
The S2 is my 4th Android phone coming after the vodafone magic, ZTE Blade, and Galaxy S. All previous phones HAD to be rooted to get decent performance out of them. I was going to root the S2 as soon as I got it out of habit but just never got round to doing it, but after a week or so I realised it wasn't necessary, stock performance is awesome, I don't need to shave nano seconds here or there.

However I WILL root with time just for Adfree, and to take a Titanium backup of the phone. So yes I will root, but for completely different reasons, basically I'm with the yes and no camps!
[Galaxy S II General] tshoulihane:
what are the poll questions supposed to mean? I rooted mine to un-sim-lock it. I also want to be able to run a state-of-the art kernel, and avoid messing about with kies.
[Galaxy S II General] snudel:
i just rooted to get some advanced tools available. adfree. root explorer.

i dont want custom roms since you are always unhappy with certain things.

stock rom. removed bloatware and rooted.

perfect phone!
[Galaxy S II General] prodygee:
Nuff said
[Galaxy S II General] hyperbolic:
That is exactly what I am going to do very soon :)

After reading a lot of opinions and discussions, this is the best way.
[Galaxy S II General] Roman5:
I haven't done any flashing or rooting for various reasons. One of which is I'm scared to break something. First, the phone performs very fast and efficiently for me, I don't feel a need to speed it up nor am particularly interested in ROM's since I like the look of the menus on the stock phone, and launcher pro which is the only thing I added. The novelty has worn off and I just use the phone as my daily organiser (calendar is used all the time), phone calls, texts, email and browsing. GPS works great, instant signal every time, even indoors where my last phone never got a signal indoors. Camera works great as does the video recording. Everything else like games and other apps I don't make much if any use of.

However, it would certainly be nice to know I can backup everything whenever I need to such as if the phone needs a factory reset. And although I think the battery life is very good on idle and ok on usage, I don't know if anything changed from stock, like rooting and/or firmware would really improve the battery life much. Do I need later than 2.3.3 to see much difference in battery or anything else? And do I invalidate my warranty and risk bricking my phone by rooting?
[Galaxy S II General] drreality:
hi Guys,

I want to point out something that people tend to ignore when rooting their devices.

The root access is blocked by google as they dont want to give any application a root access to device which can basically modify the stock fw.

when u root ur device ur going to void this protection wall and then leave ur phone vulnerable for malicious apps which even can be found in market.

as another piece of advice dont install apps that u dont know
[Galaxy S II General] drreality:
well most of the people are reporting that 2.3.4 has a better batt. life performance, however, there is no clear outline on how true is this as the data are contradicting.

yes, rooting will void ur warranty. Nevertheless, if u know how reverse back to stock & how to reset the counter you'll be fine.

any flashing process will carry some risk of bricking ur device but if u know what r u doing u its ok.

to make it easy, its like driving ur car there is always a risk of having an accident but the chances go to minimal if u r an experienced concious driver :D

hope that did help
[Galaxy S II General] Roman5:
Thanks, except that although I'm a experienced driver, I don't know what I'm doing if I decided to root, I might crash :p
[Galaxy S II General] drreality:
means simply:

1- u dont really need to root

2- u have to root it

3- unsure yet whether to root or not

this is helping in giving a glance on how people r reacting with original post

:D:D
[Galaxy S II General] drreality:
u need at least 2-4 hours of reading on how to root, and the terrible stories which happened during so u can avoid them ;)
[Galaxy S II General] ricko2169:
Friends don't let friends root and drive!:p

Most people here are "enthusiasts" for want of a better term, and in that want to get everything out of their devices possible. Sometimes the device will meet all of the enthusiasts needs and expectations out of the box, sometimes it will not.

If it doesn't, then you have to way up two things:

1. The risk of hard bricking your device, no matter how low.

2. The risk that a ROM does not meet your needs or expectations and the subsequent afflliction of RFA (Rom Flashing Addiction).

It's number two for me. If I hard brick, I just buy another phone, simle. But I know that if I choose root and start flashing, I will flash at least 3 different ROMS until I find one I really like. I will then break the cardinal rule of all things flashable, and flash an update even if I have no issues and there are no new features.

While there are some advantages to root without flashing a ROM its kinda like going to McDonalds and ordering a salad.
[Galaxy S II General] drreality:
U m8 just analysed the scenario in very realistic way haha :D

This what exactly will happen, flashing fever will develop & being honest sgs was desperate for flashing. However, I don't c this in sgs2 yet, especially that cm&miui are not ready yet!
[Galaxy S II General] euphoria47:
This is the same for me. i did a cf root because i needed to to carrier unlock this phone. when i was using my touch pro and x1, they were so slow, bogged down by bloatware and limited to winmo 6.1. i had to flash custom roms and play with radio/rilphone combos just to get acceptable performance. then it was the game of reg tweaks and "fixing" things that dont work properly.

Now i use a phone that has no bottlenecks, as others have mentioned, the bloatware can be neatly moved to a little folder i call "useless" where they dont cause clutter. they dont impede function, or take up a signifigant amount of storage.

I will probably have to flash, as with a hacked kernel i wont get my proper updates via normal channels, but will likely stay with updated stock. i am sure custom roms for android are 1000x more stable than those of winmo, but dont have patience to spend too many hours reflashing and restoring settings, troubleshooting then reflashing again.

When the device is old hat and made to look slow compared to others, there will be some good, performance custom roms that have matured to stability that i may try, but for me thats still a ways away

just how i feel though
[Galaxy S II General] drreality:
same here i feel that i am 6 months away from the first flash
[Galaxy S II General] Dj21o:
When I get this phone I will be putting it to bone stock. Deleting all the BS system apps and underclocking when my screen is off. That's it lol.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beckvn:
HI guys

Last week I received one hd2 tmobile-us from my friend. He got stuck when he was trying to install android.

Currently he's stuck at the t-mobile screen, so I tried to do the power+volume down key and here's the result:

Security Unlocked

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

PB81*** SS-B3

SPL-3.03.0000 XE

MicroP(LED) 0x50

MicroP(TOUCH) 0x50

I'm aware that this is the new fone with spl3.03 on it. So here what I tried:

I tried to use hspl4 and install spl2.08 instead of 3.03 on it, and hspl gives me a error (code 0000000D)

I tried to download a old stock rom (LEO_RUU_1_5_TMOUS_2.10.531.0_Radio_2.08.50) and copy to the SD-CARd (8g), but it stuck at the white screen with the "loading...." text

I tried to install the rom by the bootscreen, does not work.

I tried to install MAGLD on spl3.03 anyway, and as expected, it did not work.

I myself do have another hd2 that's running android NAND on it, and I already spent 3 days searching the forum but I can find any answer on my problem. I'm running out of option and dont know what to do next.

Please help
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beckvn:
ps: I forgot to click on the "is this a question thread", but I think it's a question thread
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyykw:
I was using indroid 4.0 earlier.. decided to flash indroid 5 today... the phone booted up easily after the flash and everything was fine.. now when i put in the sd card and boot ,, its stuck at bootanimation.. ive tried everything,, formatting the sd card.. my sd card is in fat32.. is it a problem.. please help me....:(:(

please
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhirend_6d:
Goto recovery and wipe data and cache.
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itzik_man:
If this does't work...

Power off your phone > remove your SD card > start your phone (with no SD card) only when your phone is completely functional > insert the SD card (wait till it scans your SD card), and you should be OK.
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcmikechan123:
Sos! Help asap! What do i do now?

I have a similar problem. First off, I'm a newb to android stuff and don't know a whole lot(especially technical terms like bootloader, flashing, etc.) because im not a good computer guy. But after researching online and reading some forums, i really want to update my phone to gingerbread because the HK froyo version can't get flash or most froyo apps.

When i heard the CM GB ROM, i downloaded odin and flashed it. Afterwards, the rom manager clockworld page popup and i rebooted the phone off course. Now everytime i boot up my phone, it gets stuck on the CM7 logo page and keeps loading and reloading for 30 sec. and continue to popup and do the whole sequence again. HELP PLEASE! THIS IS MY ONLY PHONE AND MY MOM IS GONNA KILL ME IF SHE FIND OUT! If theres a way, please tell me.

P.S- I am very stupid so please explain in simple way but elaborate details.
[Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hadi_xman:
do and download kyrillos rom v8 non-oc rom..

instructions are given in that thread...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheUndertaker21:
well i tried to install that rom its really sexy and i really liked it

but after restore through titanium then rebooted but i got a force to close after reboot

ive tried everything this is driving me crazy

i was wondering if anyone else is having the problem

help me please or i guess im ma go back to CM7 :(
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
What did you restore from Titanium Backup? If you restored "system data" thats probably the problem. You should only restore "apps + data". Even this can cause some issues with a few apps.

Also, you should run a fix permissions in ROM manager and do a reboot, that can help.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheUndertaker21:
Thank you buddy.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seade:
I remember having black bubbles with colored edges in the stock sms-app MMS.apk on a stock rom. Am I remembering this wrong or was it a different app?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sp1tfire:
Sms themes were removed in newer firmware :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seade:
Oh that's a bummer! Any ideas as to why? Thanks for the reply! =)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sp1tfire:
Not a clue, i used them too, kinda hate the default one :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotemk:
I'm on JV9 ODEX rom (of my carrier), and I wanted to ask if it's possible to do the folowing on ODEX rom:

1) Disable the increasing ringtone? It's the most important - IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY

2) Enable CRT off screen?

3) Get rid of the battery icon - it really doesn't help if no it doesnt show precentage.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
You could do all those with a custom ROM of your choice... But that wouldn't be an ODEX ROM then...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotemk:
I know that.

But i like a specific rom and it works excellent, but it's odexed, so i wanna know if it's possible to apply these changes on an odexed rom!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenjari:
Okay I think I have pinpoint a problem on my device. I would like some advice.

I'm on Synergy ROM....Amon Ra 2.2.1. I flashed Fresh 4.1 beta back a month ago and had the same problem.

When on a Sense ROM gingerbread, I loose Gallery. My SD card unmount everytime I go into Gallery or Mms and attempt to load a picture from gallery. Even when I open gallery via Camera...it maintains for probably a minute or two longer before it unmount.

Why am I having this problem? On Cyanogen and Miui it doesn't happen? Not at all. Is there something up with Sense and my SD card? 16gb class 2 sandisk. Or is there a general bug in the Gallery app on gingerbread sense. I have read about four people on xda with same problem over the past two months....they all conclude with reformat card. But it "only" happens in Gallery. No other system app or download app can reproduce this unmount issue.

Any advice helps.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenjari:
Bump
[EVO 4G General] slawson:
So after all this time using an EVO since ship date, Sprint and HTC blew it with this gb update. Getting a comparable device without losing my upgrade, was a huge plus for me to move on to this.

It wasn't the of root. It was the lack of testing, and caring about the users of this phone, the 30 second update that went on while I slept, the 2 replacements that randomly revolted every 3+hrs just everything I hope the ns4g is better.

Must say, its been a great run.
[EVO 4G General] jessejames111981:
My wife has had 2 replacement evos in the past month due to broken usb port. I wish at this point they'd just offer a nexus
[EVO 4G General] jordanetodd:
My camera is being retarded and after 2 or 3 pics my phone reboots. I'm hoping sprint will offer me a ns4g.

from my PC36100 using XDA App
[EVO 4G General] xsisbest:
This same exact thing is happening to me too.. very irritating.. So much for getting that perfect shot..
[EVO 4G General] SilverZero:
Are you using a stock Evo? If so, call and ask if they'll upgrade you. I don't think they're reading this and cross-referencing your username to your account. :)
[EVO 4G General] slawson:
When you call for a replacement, state that you are not physically able to make it to a sprint repair center: wheelchair bound, etc, whatever your excuse may be, as wrong as that seems, it's the only way to get them to MAIL the replacement to you, express that you've had the device replaced 1+ times, and that you spoke to a manager who told you, you were eligible for a like or comparable replacement, they will offer you the evo shift, ns4g, and all the other low-end devices.

This is up to you form here on.

This bypass's the reps at the store.

Foot note: make sure you do this with TECH SUPPORT!
[EVO 4G General] runcool:
They are so lame to make us go into the stores anyway. It's very annoying. however on my side... I've been lucky. never once have had an issue. my last phone I even changed out my own touch screen. :-D then when I got my evo. I got a hammer and killed my last phone. hahahha
[EVO 4G General] slawson:
haha, I wish. I've had nothing but issues out of my evo :(
[EVO 4G General] c-had2001:
I got some pretty bad light leaks under the home,back, and search buttons to where it looks like the metal around the bottom of the phone is white. I have heard you can get a replacement for light leakage but does or would this qualify?

who cares what this says anyways
[EVO 4G General] Hypeo:
sounds like some here have the new phone itch.. after the new phones come out all kinds of defects are found on our current phones..

ha ha.. I suffer from it..
[EVO 4G General] slawson:
Just tell them your phone randomly reboots lol.
[EVO 4G General] ronnienyc:
Good luck with the Nexus. I have had two and sold them both. (traaded in my OG Evo.) The Nexus phones have all kinds of issues, including miserable battery life, bad radios causing dropped calls, taking 6 hours to charge the battery, flimsy plastic construction, etc.

I ended up with an Evo 3D, and so far, so good. It's nice to have a fast phone with a large screen, but somewhat more narrow than the original Evo.

Go to the Sprint site and see the Nexus user reviews vs. either of the Evos. It's no contest.

Good luck.
[EVO 4G General] slawson:
Thanks, and I always have 2 more evo's lol.
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
I don't have any of these problems. I have a rooted EVO 4G in the drawer and a Sprint upgrade ready to be claimed. Other Android phones I have are the N1 and Atrix 4G, bought the 3D as a gift for my dad as well. Right now the NS4G is the only Android phone that I'd use.
[EVO 4G General] c-had2001:
I told them that and they told me I need a task killer app because there apps staying open causing my phone to reboot. It has done it but not lately. I do want a different phone since I can't root this one and I just got it like 3-4 weeks ago. So not so much a new phone just one that isn't locked. If the EVO gets root I would keep it but with all the rumors going around that it won't or it maybe October or never I don't want to wait 2 years to get a phone I can root.

who cares what this says anyways
[EVO 4G General] ronnienyc:
Why is that?
[EVO 4G General] Rem3Dy:
I just called and they are offering me a Transform or a zio LOL........
[EVO 4G General] mxl180:
I also got reboot while trying to snap a picture
[EVO 4G General] gab2012:
The latest and greatest :D!
[EVO 4G General] jordanetodd:
Right hahaha
[T-Mobile LG G2x] GameOver69:
I have a Vibrant w/ CM7 on it. Was wondering if this phone is worth the upgrade. I love the screen on the Vibrant, and know this is a bit of a downgrade, but everything else just seems so worth it. And yes i would be putting CM7 on this as well.

Let me know your thoughts!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] OuncE718:
Definitely worth the upgrade. Only thing the Vibrant has over this phone is the Super Amoled. The G2x has a faster processor, 1080p Video recording, front facing camera, 8 megapixel camera, 4g (feels way faster than my myTouch 4g and G2x) one of the loudest speakers I've heard on a smartphone and I've owned numerous of smartphone's (Nexus One, Nexus S, myTouch 4g, G2, Vibrant, HD7 etc.). The screen has a nice curve around the edge that feels so good when swiping across pages, pictures etc. The issues this phone has is mainly software based since Gingerbread isn't intended for dual core. ICE CREAM SANDWICH should fix this issue if we will ever get an official release from LG. If not there's always XDA devs that will be more than willing to bring this update to the G2x.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sarni84:
dude get the g2x it is beast and guarantee the fastest phone avail stateside, its so responsive, and yea the vibrant has the super amoled but dude the g2x screen is gorgeous, especially the contrast with the ips display i think it contends with amoled just not plus:D, oh camera is very sweet, game play is sick and browsing is super fast , ounce718 basically said what i was gona say ;), only thing i wont agree with him with is gingerbread not being optimized for dual core... well it is , i think what are phones came with ( froyo) isnt
[T-Mobile LG G2x] blestsol:
Yes unless you love the super amoled. Everything else smashes the vibrant.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] OuncE718:
Not to argue, but my reason behind saying gingerbread isn't optimized is that when Google created gingerbread there was no dual core around. The software had single core in mind. G2x users are still experiencing random reboots, but not as frequent as before.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] los0325:
That's the only reason I miss my VIBRANT
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sarni84:
Because the gb update is still ****!!! Cmon I think there even saying T-Mobile pulled the update to fix some bugs and gb is more optimized for dual core then froyo is what I was getting at. Dude gb is definitely good for dual core especially if optimized rite and all the bugs are worked out u can manage ur apps better and gb has a built in task killer if u choose to use it and I/0 is better. Oh and better battery management, idk I would say gb bug free is definitely great for dual core phones look at the sgs 2
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dylanear:
Hands down a major upgrade!! I've had a mint vibrant sitting around the whole time I've had a G2x, and never have seriously considered using it during the trials and tribulations with the G2x. The GPS is all but unusable, and while the screen is very contrasty, saturated and bright, it's also grainy, not very sharp for the resolution specs. I prefer the sharpness and clarity of the G2x IPS LCD.

I ended up getting a second G2x for testing/hacking and sold the Vibrant. A good phone, but the useless GPS was completely unacceptable.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] OuncE718:
Yes, Gingerbread is more efficient and stable than Froyo hands down. I read the post about someone claiming the Gingerbread update being pulled. Hopefully it's true and LG gives us a better version of the update.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kotaro_14:
Wait for the Samsung Galaxy S II to appear in the US. I hear it's coming August. I have it now, bought out from over seas though. You can buy it from overseas and use At & t for using the 3G/4G speeds. And AT&T has a $50 unlimited talk, text, and data. Galaxy S II doesn't show up as a smartphone so you don't have to pay extra for data plan.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] smashpunks:
Gave vibrant to wife I took the g2x. Honestly like said before the g2x screen imo is better than the vibrants samoled but samoled plus is better I'm sure..

That said sold the vibrant and got a g2x for my wife....
[T-Mobile LG G2x] GameOver69:
I was gonna wait for a SGSII Varient, or the Hercules, but i just didnt feel like waiting for the SGSII, and the Hercules screen is probably going to be too big. So i went out and bought it.

Gonna root and put CM7 on it. Hope its worth it!

Thanks everyone!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sarni84:
Its definitely worth it u will be happy your video camera will do 30 fps. , u will still have screenshot, just hold power down u will see the menu, cm increased data speeds, fixed battery issues, there's touch to focus for the camera, alot of nice **** that cm has incorporated into our phone download the latest nightly it is very stable and more stable then rc1 plus more stuff has been incorporated since rc1. Oh and we have voodoo sound for the g2x which is sick just flash fauxs kernel I think he's the only one with the loading module in his kernel, and we also have tons of roms to choose from if u ain't feeling cm, I love my phone with cm tho, the g2x is the best phone state side
[T-Mobile LG G2x] enoch861:
Where does it say that the G2x has an IPS display? I thought the resolution on our G2x is 800x400?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] F120:
IPS refers to the technology used in the display. It has nothing to do with resolution
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jrwingate6:
Just wait another month and get the Hercules or SGSII variant.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] *Omnipresent*:
IPS = In Plane Switching. Here is a link explaining the technology.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/188141/ipad_ips_screen_technology_explained.html