yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Twisted politiks:
So I attempted too use your script. Everything worked like you described, greyed or signal with an X. Many problem is that even though my cell signal is off, I have a huge battery drain. When checking battery usage, 90% of my usage goes to cell tower standby. I'm ruining a cm 7.2 Rom so I couldn't use the epst.apk. that wouldn't have anything to do with it right

Sent from my SGS3 using Beans Custom ICS Touchwiz
[Droid Incredible Android Development] mirrin:
well in the epst options i could not change the 10 digit phone number but did everything else it still just greyed out the bars and left the radio in standby
[Droid Incredible Android Development] MajikUF:
Does this script have any advantages to just putting the phone in airplane mode and turning on the wifi for wifi items? I just leave my inc in airplane mode and it can last idle for several days. (screen off)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Twisted politiks:
This is what I'm doing. Ad my above post mentioned, when I ran this script, I was still getting battery drain from cell standby, while mode gives me the same battery life you are stating. I would stock with airplane mode.

Sent from my SGS3 using Beans Custom ICS Touchwiz
[Droid Incredible Android Development] danscxda:
I still use my DINC as a "Droid Ipod" I suppose? You can download an app that lets you disable the radios also.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jumperalex:
FWIW, I use Airplane Mode Wifi https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.geekherd.airplanemode and it works great. Set it once, and now any time I turn on my DINC Wifi is on, all other radios are off. Perfect for my needs as a GPS / Media player for jogging and hiking. It just works.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sjared23:
So, I still don't have the GB update. Noticed it was pulled and LG won't let me get it either. Any suggestions about what I can do? I'm using a Macbook for the record. So I don't need to install drivers on here. It won't let me anyways without crossing over into Windows. Any advice would be welcomed. Thank you.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
I would find a computer running Windows, and install the LG Updater on it... Then update. lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
well, i tried to make it as clear as possible step by step, hope this helps everyone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS8h7l_KwSw
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
LMFAO man...how do you find ANYTHING on that desktop...heheh. Nice Vid man, thanks for the contribution!
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
lol, i manage, i even get lost sometimes,lol, but anything to help everyone out, since i don't know a lot of about andriod or making roms or root methods, i figured my small video would help
[Motorola Photon 4G] predwing:
Thanks for the video very helpful.

And yes how do you find anything, I got distracted from the video for a few mins look at your desktop, and also your bookmarks on explorer
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
hahaha, after seeing this for what, 5 years now, i got use to it, you guys should have seen my last rig, the entire screen was full:eek:
[Motorola Photon 4G] Glod:
Although i am already rooted via HD dock, good video and holy **** on the icons, i am one of those people who don't even use desktop icons.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kimmied2000:
c:\root>adb push photon-torpedo.tar /data/tmp

cannot stat 'photon-torpedo.tar': No such file or directory

"No such file or directory"...It looks like you may not have the photon-torpedo.tar in the correct folder on your computer. Did you put the downloaded file "photon-torpedo.tar" in your computer's directory c:/root ? The file has to be in the same folder so adb will know where to look to push it to the correct directory on the photon.
[Motorola Photon 4G] rdcrds:
Yes it is in c:root along with the files of ADB
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
take a screen shot of your folder please, so i can see if all the right files are in, because this should work perfectly
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
are you spacing it?

c:\root>adb push photon-torpedo.tar/data/tmp

it should look like this

c:\root>adb push photon-torpedo.tar /data/tmp

and is your phone in debug mode
[Motorola Photon 4G] rdcrds:
got past that now stuck at /data/tmp/install-su.sh says no such file or directory
[Motorola Photon 4G] kimmied2000:
Did you install superuser and terminal emulator from the market? When I tried to install terminal emulator the first time I got an error and had to reinstall.
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
Huh??? What's terminal emulator for?? Didn't even have to touch that
[Motorola Photon 4G] kimmied2000:
What is terminal emulator for? see bold From the original post

Instructions:

Use your favorite method to get photon-torpedo.tar into /data/tmp

Install Superuser from the Market

***Install Android Terminal Emulator from the Market

Run Android Terminal Emulator

Run cd /data/tmp

Run /bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar

Run /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh

Run /data/tmp/install-su.sh

Download:

Photon Torpedo
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
didn't have to do that, so i don't know what method your using
[Motorola Photon 4G] kimmied2000:
It's from edgan's original post when he found the root method

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1216131

(I should have put the link in my previous post).

Anyway, I don't really know what it is, I just know how to follow directions and it worked for me. Guess you didn't need to do it, so I guess it's a moot point. Just thought that might be why the other poster was having such problems getting root to work. :confused:

By the way, thanks for posting the video.
[Motorola Photon 4G] khaag27:
Can someone help me? after the second command I'm getting device not found??
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
did you install the drivers and is your phone in debug mode???
[Motorola Photon 4G] khaag27:
I installed the 64 drivers to my laptop. (correct?) As far as debugg mode i have no idea how to do that, no option is coming up on the phone when i plug it in. Sorry im sure these are really stupid questions :/
[Motorola Photon 4G] car_lost:
I am getting an error at this step:

/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar

the error:
[Motorola Photon 4G] HYDE1000:
This was very helpful. Thank you very much for taking the time to do this for other users.
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
Settings >applications>development
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
Lol, someone didn't listen to the video, that's normal, your suppose to get that
[Motorola Photon 4G] car_lost:
Eff me. I kept pausing the video. Sorry for the unnecessary post.
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
Lol, it's cool, happens, no biggie
[Motorola Photon 4G] khaag27:
So i got that too, entered in the last command and nothing happened, just got another thing that poped up last part says

Root@localhost:/data/tmp#

Am i rooted? Sorru but my phone takes like foreber to play a video on youtube for some reason.

Oh, and thanks for telling me how to enter dubugg mode :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
No problem, and yep, your rooted
[Motorola Photon 4G] car_lost:
Yep, you're rooted. You can test it by downloading the android wifi tethering app and checking to see if you can tether off your photon.

Here is a link to the tethering app: http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wireless_tether_2_0_7.apk
[Motorola Photon 4G] khaag27:
Its saying no access control
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
Photon can't support it yet, but an encrypted network will work
[Motorola Photon 4G] khaag27:
Ok :) however my computer wont connect, and my 3g is dropping down to one bar and wont go higher than that??
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
Hmm, weird, i've used it on 4g and 3g works great, never noticed bars dropping, may be normal, who knows :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] khaag27:
It wont connect all all its making the teether network but my computer wont connect, maybe im not rooted then.
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
i'll make another video for everyone on how to check if your rooted, did you download the superuser app from the market? and you started the teather did it ask for the permission rights?
[Motorola Photon 4G] scott.ragan:
How to check if your rooted

download terminal emulator

type SU

if you get permission denied, your not rooted

:D

/sarcasm, still waiting for my mopho to get here from the states, at least this way they should have the auto-root script fixed by the time it gets here.
[Motorola Photon 4G] VDub2174:
Thanks for the vid!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] foxracinggirl0209:
i can't even get past the second line. I have terminal emulator downloaded and also super users and my phone is in debugging mode.

after i get past the first line, the second line says "adb " is not recognized as a internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

what am i doing wrong?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Pete720:
Hey all. I just got the OTA update. I need to reroot. Does this method still work or how do I root with this new update installed? Thanks in advance folks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] abedrn:
We need a better "how to" video.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jeff_in_LA:
To check root access and proper busybox install, download "Root Checker" by Joey Krim in the market.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sirscrubsalot:
Okay so I finally got the stock sprint OTA update from MR1 to MR5. I have not rooted the photon prior. All I want for now is just the ability to wifi tether via my data plan to my tablet pc. Will all other functions from stock sprint remain, i.e. 4g and if I do not plan on installing a custom rom?

There are so many tutorials on this subforum that I am confused :) I have the photon dock which I haven't used yet either...
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Yes, as long as you don't unlock. That is what breaks 4g. The root using the dock is easiest IMO
[Motorola Photon 4G] sirscrubsalot:
Thanks @bricky - which is the best link to proceed from in that case - many to choose from here and wonder how long it will take.
[Motorola Photon 4G] justforflashing:
I did the OTA yesterday and just rooted tonight with this process. Worked flawlessly!!!

Key thing to pay attention to is the spacing in the command prompts. There are spaces between words and slashes. PAY ATTENTION!!!

Sent from my MoPho using the XDA app
[Motorola Photon 4G] sirscrubsalot:
Additionally, I have the webtop dock, but I don't have a HDMI display - (no HDTV, or TV for that matter). I have an external VGA and 1 VGA/DVI. Is there a workaround for this?
[Motorola Photon 4G] justforflashing:
You dont need a TV or the dock for this method. If the video isnt making any sense to you, then follow the STEP BY STEP tutorial in the link posted in the OP. It simply just works!
[Motorola Photon 4G] justforflashing:
Once you use this process to root, simply download superuser and the wifi tether apps from the market. Install superuser first. Then the wifi tether. The tether will ask for permission in SuperUser. BAM!!!! Free hotspot!
[Motorola Photon 4G] justforflashing:
DO BE AWARE....you will lose the kickstand widget clock and gallery options!! It will still go landscape in the lockscreen, but you will no longer have the options for the clock and/or gallery when you activate the kickstand!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Nick8539:
Great video and very easy to follow. Rooted in 5 minutes and now have wifi tether which was my main reason for rooting.

Again, make sure you install superuser first from the market.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sirscrubsalot:
What did you mean by this? Installing superuser and wifitether apps or doing the process of rooting with the video method?
[General Questions and Answers] ardcifliku:
how can i change the taskbar on my phone (android htc hd2)..
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] shatnershaman:
Hi, I recently changed to the rom FroyoMOD and after a a couple hours of use felt the phone was getting too hot so I went into recovery (androidian 3.3) and lower the clock down using the overclock menu under Froyo modding menu. Unfortunately after rebooting it gets stuck at the Moto "M", goes dark and repeats. I can still access recovery and tried wiping dalvik cache and cache but it didnt fix the problem :( Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
The overclock options from OR are outdated and cause bootloops. You will need to flash another OC pack from the FroyoMOD thread and know that next time you can use the "10overclock method"
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] shatnershaman:
Ah thank you very much. I have a .zip OC pack from the first page of the rom's thread though am not sure how to install.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
Just place the OC pack in OpenRecovery/updates and flash in OR.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] shatnershaman:
Well I put the .zip in the updates folder, flashed it and it said the successful/reboot line but when I clicked reboot its back to boot looping again :(
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
Which OC pack did you flash? Try flashing the stock 1000MHz OC.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] shatnershaman:
I first tried the one that went up to 800mhz but even after flashing the stock one it still gets stuck at boot.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
You probably need to reflash the ROM again to get rid of the buggy OR overclock.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] shatnershaman:
It worked! Thank you so much your a lifesaver, I could (virtually) kiss you :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
Haha, glad it worked :D
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] jms_209:
first of i don't have a galaxy tab and i'm planning on getting one soon ;)

i saw that vmware view can stream a virtual OS to the device via wifi,at least that's what i got at

my question is does it stream your now "running" desktop.....or does it open a virtual machine from your PC, which is separate?

i tried to use this on my incredble,but couldn't get past the login screen lmao :p

if anyone could give me a tutorial or something on using this,it would be appreciated :cool:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbjames:
My Evo just recently lost all connectivity as far as phone and text. My phone was rooted to Metro, lost all service so I brought it back to original sprint and still nothing but my wifi works fine??? Anybody have this problem ever??

:confused:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fscussel:
May I use a charger with this specifications:

4.8v - 400ma

original is:

5v 700ma
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex530:
Yea.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fscussel:
what about a 5.0v but 1000ma?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igor.ibit:
you can use this as well.

Just note that if you use the 400ma charger your screen probably wont work during the charge (the touch, not the whole screen...)
[Galaxy S II General] Nikotiko:
I came up with a "serious" observation, which I don't know if someone else has already noticed. The so much hyped AMOLED pixel switch off capability is not present in this particular model. At least not on mine.

I had NoLED installed on my phone, and I received a SMS at night. In the morning I noticed that there was only 65 % battery left. I was off to JuicePlotter, which honestly told me, that the screen was on, ever since I got the SMS. When I went to sleep, battery was at 100 %.

I thought that the tiny green box couldn't have eaten up my battery so severely, I went into a dark room and I realized that the black pixels were not off. I could see the screen completely, as if it was slightly "backlighted". So it's no for NoLED on SGSII.

If you're using the particular phone, check it yourself... To see the "backlight" well, you must let your eyes adapt to the dark first.

Is this a fault by Samsung? Should this be reported to Samsung?

Hoping to get answers quickly.
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
It's quite possible that most of the pixels are off but the backlight has to be on to light up the bit you want.

I am not sure how this type of screen tech works so pleased feel free to correct me.

But the screen is the biggest battery drain so many you should try bln instead?
[Galaxy S II General] yetep:
.... there is no backlight
[Galaxy S II General] 666fff:
I noticed this the other day, the screen doesn't actually turn off for black pixels, it just gets very dark. I tested it with a black picture and screen off by alternating between the two. It's as if the pixels naturally light up a bit when power is fed to the screen...
[Galaxy S II General] Nikotiko:
@veyka

The screen is completely black, so I think it should not be visible at all in a dark room. AMOLED screen is a true led screen, it doesn't have backlight so when the screen is black, all the pixels should be black so they're not on and draining my battery.

@yetep

Yes, I know that. The screen looked AS IF IT WAS slightly "backlighted". That's what I told.
[Galaxy S II General] Nikotiko:
@666fff

Yes, that might be the case. I would like to know if this occurs with the previous Galaxy S' screen too.
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
Ahh! Thanks for that, I need todo some more reading about the screen.

Maybe light bleed from the other pixels?
[Galaxy S II General] BryanNL:
In the dark I noticed a few black spots in my screen.

It's as if the screen is 'backlighted' but this is not possible on AMOLED. For clarity: the black spots look like dead-pixel spots when screen is completely black in the dark.

so my thought is: can you see the circuit-board through the screen? (in the dark)
[Galaxy S II General] hank00k:
I noticed this too around a week ago when I was switching the phone off in a dark room. The screen stays as a dark shade of grey before turning off completely, as if there was backlighting.

My guess is that the pixels don't turn off completely till they're power is cut, as someone mentioned above.
[Galaxy S II General] Endoran:
The black pixels do let off a tiny amount of light, all oled has always, if it didn't the contrast ratio would be infinite.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] seshmaru:
As a graphic designer with the proper testing equipment I can tell you the black pixels (if the image is displayed actually black) is actually black and off.
[Galaxy S II General] BryanNL:
That's why I find it strange I see spots in my screen. Explanation?
[Galaxy S II General] Tri3Dent:
It's not the screen that drained your battery life, more so that the phone is not in "deep sleep" mode when the screen is on. I did a test since I just installed NoLED a few hours ago and tested that when the notification was on the screen, my phone didn't sleep. I had CPUSpy installed and during the time when the notification was on the screen, it was running at 200mhz the whole time. Now when I accepted the notification and have just the screen off, the phone was back in sleep mode. This saves the most battery life.
[Galaxy S II General] Logi_Ca1:
Not long ago while using the phone on my bed at night with lights off, I was lucky enough to have a situation where most of the screen is dark except for some words. The black pixels are well and truly off.

Maybe you have a S-LCD :p

In any case it should be easy enough to test, just create a test picture with some words.
[Galaxy S II General] BryanNL:
Like.how? You confuse me :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Really?

Then try this, goto a pitch black room and use your eyes instead of a testing equipment. Display an all black wallpaper via the gallery and a few seconds after lock the phone you can actually tell that its locked or displaying a black image.

@OP

What you should look out for is how uniform that faint illumination is, if its the entire screen or a few blotches or splashes.

This is how it looks like on my phone (3rd replacement), gonna get a 4th one as its clearly visible even when watching movies with dark scenes.
[Galaxy S II General] Endoran:
This is false. I don't care what testing equipment you have. Samsung itself does NOT claim infinite contrast ratio. If black pixels were truly black the contest ratio would be infinite. Get a "truly" black picture (full screen all black) and go into a pitch black room and you will see some light, although it shouldn't be blotchy, it should be a really dull hard to see all around emittance of light (you'll have to wait for your eyes to adjust). Do some research and you'll see there is always a small amount of electrical current going thru each pixel when the screen is on.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] aydc:
I read books using eazypdf in a completely dark room sometimes with black background and white text. I can easily see that black is completely black. So much so that it's not possible to tell in darkness where the plastic phone case ends and the screen begins.

It's like white letters are dangling in the emptiness. It's very very cool. At first I thought samoled thing was a marketing trick but now I don't think I can use a not-samoled phone anymore. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Nikotiko:
Oh yes. It seems like the correct answer.
[Galaxy S II General] Nikotiko:
In a dark room the black spots really are dark when there is some text displayed. But when there is nothing else, the screen is grey, not black and off. An how could it be S-LCD on SGSII?
[Galaxy S II General] Nikotiko:
The blacks really are black when there is something else on the screen. Get a total black picture and check it in a dark room, wait for your eyes to adjust to the darkness so you'll clearly see the screen.

Mine is completely grey with no black spots. All the way from the top to the bottom.
[Galaxy S II General] prodygee:
I could also see a very small amount backlit screen when in a dark room. But I saw that months ago and don't bother about it.
[Galaxy S II General] Nikotiko:
Well, I think the bleeding is not possible. All of the pixels should be black, and every pixel is light emitting. GSMArena always points out that the AMOLED screen can switch off pixels so you can believe me I'm a little disappointed. But it's wonders of the tech world.
[Galaxy S II General] seshmaru:
The only reason the screen doesn't have infinite contrast ratio cause the screen is slightly tinted. Besides that in a perfectly dark room there is no light spots at all.

Also I trust calibration tools that can find colour imperfections too subtle for the human eye to notice more than your opinion.

Maybe they used different screens for different batches?
[Galaxy S II General] ooidort:
The blacks aren't "true". Mine also looks as if it had a backlight when looking at the screen in a pitch black room. Doesn't bother me though, the screen still kicks my X10's ass in every single way.
[Galaxy S II General] Logi_Ca1:
Two quick and dirty images I did in MSPaint. Gonna try it out later tonight.

With text:
[Galaxy S II General] Nikotiko:
Thanks everyone for your answers. There is still this one thing I'm unsure about. Does the blacks drain the battery? Since they're quite dark I guess they are a needle in the ocean for my battery.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Yes it does and it also speeds up AMOLED degradation, why NoLED does not have that warning is beyond me.
[Galaxy S II General] mib1800:
Make a picture with paint (or other) and make sure you set it to full black (rgb:0:0:0). Then look again.

I am just speculating, that maybe sometimes the black you see on the screen isnt exact black.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
People are getting pretty confused about this, Sammy says that the individual SAMOLED cells are able to turn off to produce deep blacks, turned off does not mean its not getting power but not producing any other color aside from black. A lit black is normal and expected but no white splotches. If you can tell from a locked screen and a screen displaying blacks then your visually impaired.

Its been like this since the Samsung Wave (3.3" SAMOLED) and Galaxy S, blacks are lit but with 100% uniform illumination, the S2 has severe screen QC issues some of which have white spot/blotches on black screens.
[Galaxy S II General] Toss3:
I think the reason for the battery drainage is that the screen controller is still receiving power even though the pixels are turned off(although still emitting some light). I too see a difference between a completely black screen with the display turned on and with it off, but as some pointed out it might be because I haven't been displaying a proper black(R: 0 G: 0 B: 0).