yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hauj0bb:
Google Voice number porting FAQ: http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/answer.py?answer=1065667

"Your mobile phone service plan will be terminated when you port your number to Google Voice and your carrier may charge you an early termination fee. You may also experience disruptions in sending and receiving text messages for up to 3 business days after the porting process is complete"

Suck.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbrconst:
Text Plus works for me
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twister99403:
an app called "textab" works great for me....it bluetooths to your phone and has worked like a charm....

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.howettl.textab&feature=search_result
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danr238:
One word DesktopSMS. Try it. You won't be disappointed.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] madj1:
This is the Acase Leather Case Folio (not folio case) with multi view Stand. It can be found here http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005D1Q6J0

I purchased this case on Amazon on July 25th from Okinawa, Japan and it arrived here in July 30th. I opted for the $5 delivery which came to a grand total of $40 for this case. It is very similar to the roocase slim-fit but wasn't being delayed and did not cost $20 for shipping like the roocase. Overall I am very happy with this case. It does not add too much bulk and feels nice to hold. I originally only wanted it for the case and did not care about the stand but have now come to realize just how nice and perfect the lower angle is. It is a snug fit on the corners and there seems be some magnets that help to keep the case closed nicely. It also can be folded all the way back easily and does not stick out over the top. Here are some pictures.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] philburkhardt:
There was a thread on this started yesterday:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1191079

I got the Acase version delivered this morning. There are definitely no magnets anywhere in the case. Just a nice snug fit.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] isolated_epidemic:
Not the same case. This is by Acase, the other by Roocase, which the OP does kind of mention. They look strikingly similar though.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] philburkhardt:
As stated in the thread I referenced, they are the same case. RooCase, Acase & Poetic. All manufactured in the same place. The op also does kinda put the fact that it is the same as the RooCase in parentheses.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] tbosscher:
Roocase slim is in stock, $27 + $5 shipping and shipped from USA. Great case, where was this $20 for shipping?

;)
[Motorola Droid X2] Deleted member 4177996:
What chance is there of me bricking my phone by doing sbfing, rooting, installing custom recovery, and then applying p3's custom update? Have there been reports of people irreversibly bricking their phones by doing any of this? I am trying to assess the risk of doing this.
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
Just sbf and factory reset and don't install anything but system recovery and you will be fine
[Motorola Droid X2] zakth:
There should be little risk but one thing you should know is that you take a risk anytime you modify your phone from it's factory condition. With that said, make sure your have Gingerbreak.apk and MOTODX2_Bootstrap_signed.apk in the root of your SDCard (external card). SBF to factory so that you have a clean plate to start with... think of it as going to a buffet... you must use a clean plate each trip :) Once you root and install the bootstrap you'll want to boot into recovery then do a data wipe to make sure you don't run into trouble. Then simply install the zip. It will take about 5 minutes or less.

P.S. Make sure to put the update in the same place you put the other two files.
[Motorola Droid X2] EvilTim:
Pretty much every dev has in their sig something about putting your phone at risk any time you modify the system, that being said i am a total noob at this stuff and i got it right first try, even having to sbf back from 2.3.3. As long as you are careful and follow all directions you shouldnt have a problem. i suggest doing an android factory reset after SBFing to 2.2.2 and before rooting it, then root, bootstrap, upgrade and do ANOTHER factory reset through recovery. after doing all that mine is BEAUTIFUL
[Motorola Droid X2] Deleted member 4177996:
Well I sucked it up and finally did it. No more than an hour from start to finish, excluding sbf download time, including time to read, reread, and read again the instructions.

Could not have gone smoother.

Somehow my apps just started downloading. Does that make sense? Is it because I had moved the apps to the media area?
[Motorola Droid X2] rancifer:
Did you back up your apps to google? That could explain your apps being restored.
[LG Optimus 2x] fifi139:
Hey guys,

I need help. I just realized that I couldn't restore from CWM backup. I have several backups and I even tried diff version of CWM but all keep saying MD5 checksum match error.

What should I do?

Thanks
[LG Optimus 2x] Kickasskev:
have you changed the name of them??

They need to be left exactly as the phone makes them
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
They don't, but you can't have spaces in the name of the folder.

If all else fails, recreate the checksum:

md5sum *.img > nandriod.md5
[LG Optimus 2x] fifi139:
not sure i understand this. the code that you mentioned, where should i run it? thanks
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
Run it via adb shell/terminal in the folder the backup is in
[LG Optimus 2x] fifi139:
thanks rusty
[Captivate General] ghost77:
When Android OS bug strikes it kills with no mercy :D

Since i got SGS2 i kept my Captivate as backup alarm for many cycles discharge in couple of weeks recharge ect. no problem ,no apps running in background , phone in plane mode with Cognition rom i get great standby time. Can hold out for weeks, but then, one night, out of the blue BAM :eek: Android OS kills it in two hours flat lol

Lesson: don't rely on your phone for mission critical stuff :p

Just sharing a story....
[Captivate General] bulletproof1013:
Yes this is odd. Hope it gets figured out
[Captivate General] insaneturbo13:
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that most likely the battery is either getting weak or isn't calibrated correctly. And just whatever is using that last little bit of energy, which, in your case, will always be the android os, is going to show using the largest percent of the battery.
[Captivate General] kletiz:
http://tinyurl.com/6xackdy

I think this is a known issue...see above
[Captivate General] sblees:
Sounds like your battery went bad perhaps?
[Captivate General] stangri:
Dude, you're doing it wrong...
[Captivate General] xdahgary:
froyo tastes better than gingerbread. :p
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klaberte:
I am sorry. I just cannot quite understand the partitions for gtablet, explained here

http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/repartition.htm

When you do a nvflash, do you need to re-partition? Do you need to remount these partitions manually before reformatting before a flash? Do you need to remount before flashing a rom? a kernal?

Why do the default instructions suggest making one of the partitions 0 size?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aabbondanza:
No need to repartition just for NVFLASH. Repartitioning normally necessary only once (unless you get a corrupted data area like I did).

The repartitioning is done within CWM. It only repartitions the user data area. No remounting necessary. Just follow the step by step and you will be good to go.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klaberte:
Do you need to remount these partitions manually before reformatting before a flash? Do you need to remount before flashing a rom? a kernal?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aabbondanza:
When you do the reparition using the option within Clockwork Mod (CWM), nothing is unmounted and there is no need to remount anything.

If you read the Dummies site by 'good intention', it says there is a incompatibility between the stock partition and the software & that repartitioning is recommended once (sooner rather than later) to prevent a problem in the future. So, assuming your gTab is new, you would first install CWM, then install the ROM you want & then Repartition (see Code Green).

As long as you do not have corruption in the user data area, that would hopefully be the ONLY time repartitioning is needed.

In my case, I had corruption (all directory/file entries were random characters & attempts to run any app resulted in app no found), so I had to reparition mine a second time.

Al
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klaberte:
still not getting it...

Thanks for your timely response. I have read the dummies web site several times, as well as several guides from xda-forums. However, there are sometimes inconsistencies with these different sets of directions. For example, please see Part 2, step 8 of

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865245

This clearly instructs you to (re)mount these partitions before flashing a new ROM.

However,

http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/rom.htm

makes no mention of checking or mounting these partitions.

I can certainly follow a cookbook set of instructions, but I am trying to actually understand the "why" behind these instructions.

Specifically, which partitions are changed when you do a nvflash? reflash a ROM? flash a new kernel?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aabbondanza:
The first post was back in Dec 2010. That was back when the only bootloader was the 1.1 branch. Part 2 Step8 is flashing the ROM, not repartitioning. It looks like they are having you unmount /system & /data before flashing the rom & then remounting it after you flash the rom. Don't know why thy did it that way back then since you aren't running on those paritions (/system & /data) while in CWM. Maybe back then they thought it was safer to do it that way.

What I can tell you is that I have flashed roms/configured four gTablets (everyone in the family wanted one) using the dummies instructions & they work correctly & are up to date for both bootloader branches.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
Read through these 2 posts where I've gone into some detail regarding the partition and SD card structure and contents on the gTablet:

SD card on gTablet

Android partitions on gTablet
[Acer Iconia A500] cfrock:
Been to Amazon, Newegg, Best Buy, Staples, Target, Office Depot, Office Max and Walmart and am unable to find a reasonably priced case for my tab. Even the expensive ones are crap. The Targus Truss is widely available but too expensive for what it is and really not great at all. I can't remember all the other options I've man-handled in the past 48 hrs. At this point in my frustration, I'm looking for a generic zippered case that has a slightly hardened front and back cover (I realize it's just stiff cardboard). Ideally, I'm looking for black/dark (read not pink,yellow etc.) with edges slightly past the ends of tab. The closure doesn't matter (zippered, magnetic, velcro). There can be a bit of extra room if need be but not so much that the tab rattles around and causes imbalance in bag. A bit of protection from slight bumps or scratches would be nice but not something that can be flung across room. Currently my tab resides in a bubble padded mailing envelope that I can't recall who mailed to my house. Any ideas?
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Yea I want a hot pink leather tight fitting.Acer case like but real quality

Gotta love hot pink
[Acer Iconia A500] acericoniagirl:
same size

Since its the same size of some of the others, how about looking on ebay? Its flooded with some for ones the same size.

I use a soft case that came with a laptop set. Has a Velcro strap in it, and it fits snug into it and enough spots for chargers, pad of paper, pens, etc. I'll try to update this with a pic later.

And its pink...lol
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
in thailand we do not have accessories...

so far just official case (and not easy to find)

no film protection for screen

have to wait one more month for get the cable very expensive

no spare part at all .... (better buy a new tablet than to repair it seems...)

and if wanna buy from amazon or else... 300% taxes... woOooow

and worst of it... not a lot of choices GENUINE

I want the TDP case... and a SCREEN SHIELD!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] cfrock:
Yeah, right now this is what I'm considering on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/Carrying-Bag-Case-Cover-Apple-Ipad-ACER-A500-Iconia-/330595484639?pt=US_Tablet_Accessories&hash=item4cf906c3df

Kind of a shot in the dark as they don't give dimensions. If I get it, I'll probably cut out the net pocket.
[Dell Streak 7] magus57:
I need to return it to stock before returning it, and I've got less than a week to do so. I've tried so many different methods and files, and the closest I've gotten is a stock/factory reset (with the original setup screen) with a root with Clockwork Recovery (CWR) installed.

I can't use the method in this thread, since this is for the T-Mobile version, and removing the T-Mobile apps and bootscreen would require my rooting it, which would put me back at square one:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12590019&postcount=1

I did find a Wifi version of it in this post, but after flashing it multiple times (once after botching a recovery flash and being unable to boot into it), I think I found out that it's already rooted with CWR installed:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14303822&postcount=3

And then I tried using this method (along with simply using fastboot to flash the stock recovery from the first link), and every time either CWR still came up, or no recovery came up and it simply booted into the OS when I tried to do the update or full factory reset option:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12355315&postcount=1

EDIT: I also found this method looking through the boards, but sadly the files are also for the T-Mobile version:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12453284&postcount=1

(I can't even access the flash_image file needed because the link is invalid)

Any help? I'd rather not return the Streak in its rooted state, even if it looks stock. If all else fails...I'll just use the method in link 2 to restore it, since at least it looks stock when it first boots up...
[Dell Streak 7] shadowswithin:
use the t-mobile method but the WI-FI only files instead of the t-mobile ones, then when you are back to stock get gingerbreak 1.20 and unroot it (this might be optional) then root it and then unroot it again, it gets rid of CWM and Superuser. It is completely at stock for me now.

also I used fastboot to flash the stock recovery before I used gingerbreak, I don't know if that helped or not but just to be on the safe side.
[Dell Streak 7] magus57:
I'll try that now, I'll post how it turns out. I tried using Gingerbreak to unroot earlier, but didn't think it would work since it just rebooted with no changes.

EDIT: Seems to work so far, I need to recharge before I can use the update or full reset options in the recovery and see if CWR is truly gone, but in any case, thank you so much, finally got it stock and unrooted.
[Dell Streak 7] magus57:
Well, I tried what you said, and while I was able to remove the root through Gingerbreak, and I flashed the stock recovery through fastboot both before and after unrooting...CWR still came up. Tried rooting and unrooting it again, flashing the stock recovery through fastboot before and after unrooting again...CWR still came up.

I think I'll just give up and return it the way it is, I did a factory reset through CWR and turned it off (testing it once before that to make sure the setup screen would show and Superuser wasn't installed), I doubt anybody is going to notice anyway.
[Dell Streak 7] bimbot:
I'm in a similar situation. I tried DJ Steve's Honeystreak, got back to stock 2.2.2 but it was still rooted. Went the Gingerbreak route to unroot, root, then unroot again. Tried to flash stock update.pkg from Dell website and it booted into CWR. I would try to flash the recovery image using fastboot but 1) I don't have the recovery image and have never used fastboot and 2) it doesn't look like it would work even if I tried according to your results.
[Dell Streak 7] jayfr76:
I got rid of cwr following by just following the recovery flash steps here, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1011654 nothing more and it was done.
[Dell Streak 7] Bigirish:
I tried that as well, still has CWM, but I'm stuck in DELL logo loop. Can't flash anything successfully and can't boot into OS. Was up until 5am trying everything I read in the threads. Nothing. Everything I try gives me no errors, that's the wierd bit. All I need to do is break through the boot loop.
[Dell Streak 7] err500:
I tried the files from that thread, but they are for the t-Mobile version, not the wifi only version. Does anybody know where we can find a stock wifi only recovery image?
[Dell Streak 7] magus57:
Yeah, I wouldn't bother, doubt it'd work for you if it didn't work for me the however many times I tried it.

And if you've ever done anything in adb with the Android SDK, fastboot is similar - basically, you hold volume (-) and power, wait to get into fastboot, plug it into the computer, and use:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

to flash to the recovery. That also works for boot and system.

Try doing the NVFlash method in APX mode, it's pretty much guaranteed to work. It's the method in the first link in my original post, and the files for the Wifi version are in the second post (extraded, the .rar file is like 14GB's, you only need the images p2 though p14 to flash). You'll still have root and CWR, but at least you'll be out of the boot loop and you'll still be able to at least remove root with Gingerbreak.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p3terr:
so.. as you may know, gingerbread allow us to take screenshots without being root.. do you know how this works?? i've read that its available on the SDK so other apps can use it.. in wich case.. do you know any apps that works great at taking screenshots? :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] MartyLK:
Is it not possible to code a custom ROM so as to then flash it the same way an official ROM is flashed?
[HTC Inspire 4G] inconceeeivable:
Greetings, fellow Oklahoman.

What do you mean "the official way"? RUU? PD98IMG.zip?
[HTC Inspire 4G] MartyLK:
Hi. Thanks for the reply. What I mean is how an official ROM is flashed when an upgrade is issued. A notice is given that there is an upgrade and you download and install the upgrade. Can a custom ROM not be installed this way? Rather than having to go through the process of rooting the phone and then flashing one of the available custom ROMs. I would think it would be possible to issue a rooted ROM as an upgrade flash.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cavsoldier19d:
Wow. U must be truly a noob. The only way u can flash a custom rom is that u have to be rooted and have s off achieved first. And once u achieve that, you are talking about an over the air update. Which that only can happen from an unrooted totally stock phone. The only thing that comes close to that is an update from rom manager, in which u have to be rooted first before rom manager will work properly, which will download and install a custom rom of your choosing.

In other words, you have to be rooted and s off in order for u to do anything outside of stock
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
Bro, very nicely stated.
[HTC Inspire 4G] conantroutman:
I think the OP was asking if its in anyway possible to flash a custom rom via RUU not OTA. In the same way that ROMS for Samsung devices can be cooked to flash via ODIN as opposed to CWM...

Moved to Q&A
[Android Themes] johnnycsx:
Is there an easy way to make my status bar black and I guess the text white? Without an entire custom rom, just replacing a file or 2. I'm using a Motorola Triumph by the way, and I'll probably just test it with my old Optimus V first, in case.
[Android Themes] DJBhardwaj:
Yes! I wanna ask the same question, i have LG Optimus-One P500 with CM7 RC1. But when on stock froyo, we have a white status bar, how can we mod it to black?
[Android Themes] johnnycsx:
Yeah exactly. I hate the white bar. I love darker wallpapers, makes it much more attractive in my opinion. I would love the status bar to match.
[Epic 4G General] RushAOZ:
Ive hated motorola since I had the abomination that was the rokr. theyre phones have always screwed me over sooner or later on the software side, but this phone is calling to me.. its nice.. idk I think there's something wrong with me. I wouldnt get it over the gs2... but id definitely consider it. What do you guys think?
[Epic 4G General] Cuppeerr:
Hey I dont like motorola also!! But the photon looks like it kicks ass. i would consider it but my upgrades not till may and they're gonna have a better phone by then...

Sywped from mah Supasonic!
[Epic 4G General] inimitableac:
I'm getting it I never want another Samsung phone unless the dev community is past amazing
[Epic 4G General] lviv73:
Moto dont have good dev community?

I was thinking that droids get alot of roms and cyanogens.Its probably just for their latest locked down phones.Have Atrix been rooted yet?

i dont like moto eather but Atrix was nice and screen on it almost as nice as my s amoled
[Epic 4G General] hayabusa1300cc:
To me, it just seems pretty basic. Not really feature packed.
[Epic 4G General] squshy 7:
That statement right there means you need to go into a store and play with one. It has a ton of features built in.

@OP: I share your exact same sentiment. I'm waiting for the within, and I hate motorola, but this phone is definitely enticing me. I feel like I'm under some sort of spell lol. The webtop alone is enough for me to consider it. It would be so nice to just throw it on the dock when I get home and fire up netflix or hulu. And have all my texts come through my tv. Ugh...its so tempting.
[Epic 4G General] RushAOZ:
EXACTLY!!! The features on the photon are killer! WORLD PHONE?? GSM? The more I think about it lol
[Epic 4G General] air2k57:
Feels laggy, specially for being a dual core processor device. Screen is pretty good, nothing to write home about though sadly. Just using it for half hour made me appreciate my nexus way more, I wouldn't grtbit unless iI knew dev community was huge and custom roms were outout
[Epic 4G General] dito33:
The only interesting thing for me is has a sim slot, but nothing else to brag about.
[Epic 4G General] RushAOZ:
There isn't that's the thing lol other than the docking features and a few other things there's really nothing amazing about it.. but it still appeals to be for some huge reason. When the time comes to upgrade I'm gonna play with the photon first, then the within.
[Epic 4G General] tenaciousj:
Will continue to wait it out for the GS2 :D
[Epic 4G General] inimitableac:
Honestly were at the point there's nothing huge about any phone that comes out
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
They say it is Moto Blur that causes the Motorola devices to be laggy. Which is 100% true. Look at the Atrix
[Epic 4G General] inimitableac:
Yea it's the ui install another launcher and you'll see
[Epic 4G General] caileb:
MOTO has always had horrible UI's. That was true even for their basic flip phones. I had the MOTO KRKZR years ago with Sprint... and the lag was awful.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dpeters8:
I'm trying to work the HDMI feature that use to work with the stock settings. I noticed that since Ive rooted and Flashed the CM7 the feature is no longer there in the settings. Do I need the settings to be there in order to make it work? Every time I hook up the hdmi cable, it never displays on the tv with whats on my phone.

Or do I need to install an apk from the stock settings? If so does anyone have it? Thanks.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] moeahmad1995:
It will work in cm7 but there is nothing in the settings about it. I can confirm it works though just plug the cable in.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tweeklulz:
just plug the cable in and it automatically projects to the tv. i'm having problems playing 1080p video though
[T-Mobile LG G2x] KingDavid63:
There an app in the market called talk back...