yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] touge_ninja:
I was surprised the walkthrough provided here for using NVflash was actually really EASY. whoever made it made sure it was idiot proof. got it on my first try.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] itslinx:
Yeah, I might look at it again and give it a try later on. There's still a few things i'm confused about though.

I didn't know you could flash roms without rooting first. But I guess flashing a rooted rom technically does root your phone? It's just a different way of achieving root? Also, if you are gonna flash roms, I thought you had to do the nvflash routine.. which would root your phone anyway.. lol.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] alias503:
I believe some cases that could be true. Root could be needed to install a flash recovery. Our phone use nvidia. The nvflash utility makes it easy. Some one please correct me if I am wrong. When you nvflash you are replacing the factor/stock recovery with CWM. At that point you could put any Rom you like. I kind of see it like a boot disk. Root allows you to see system folders and such. Kind of like having admin rites on your computers operating system. Root also aloes programs to modify system information. To compare this to the common computer root is like an admin account in windows. Unroot is like a user account that companies give you on their computer. CWM is like having a boot disk. I hope I cleared that up for some one.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] brannondean09:
rooting

so I hope the Moderators and the developer for eaglesblood dont mind my following anouncements ne flashing NCFlash does not give you su permissions therefore for people like me (i consider my self a super user and i want to steal a phrase from another post i seen " i got the new gx2 and i have not made it screem my bit** yet" meaning i dont want my phone to act like anyone else phone I have diffrent needs) i do however like the stock rom and Eaglesblood rom is as close to stoc as can get but is rooted i am working on porting a recovery that is just like the stock room when you get it this will take a little time to do and i will start it of by modding the eaglesblood romso i hope that does not make them mad anyways i will not post on here when i am finished with it i wil post on my "LG G2X (official) group on facebook and the link to that is... well it want let me post a link yet so if i could get a moderator to post it that would be great
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sarni84:
Hey I know u mean well but I would first ask doniqcc since it is his rom ya know
[T-Mobile LG G2x] pioneers2001:
Root first?

So with this whole NVflash thing, does that mean you really don't need to root first, because NVflashing is already rooting it for you?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
Yes and no, in that order. You can use nvflash to replace the stock recovery with a custom recovery, such as clockworkmod recovery. Using custom recovery, you can flash any rom that's compatible with the phone. Most of the roms have superuser privileges (root) built into them.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] brannondean09:
Good news i found a root for and it works i am so happy and now i dont have to mess with the eaglesblood rom (now offence) but you do have to flash clockworkmod recovery in order to flash the su root package for my info go to facebook and search LG G2x (official)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jboxer:
Huh? The info has been on this board for weeks how to do that already.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] pioneers2001:
Thanks for the help everyone, I get it now!

Hey everyone, I just want to let you all know that I was able to do the NVFlash, backup everything, and install CM7.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HECK I WAS WORRIED ABOUT!!!! It was so incredibly easy.

CM7 is installed, however I'm having issues with my APN now working and losing its information, I've posted for help on that in another thread.

Thanks again, and to those out there who worry like I did...have no fear....CWM is a neat tool, ESPECIALLY for backup of your entire phone.

Thanks.

John
[T-Mobile LG G2x] freakboy13:
I have root! And I used s1c! It was easy! Su?? Hells yeah!

Oh... that's right. I never upgraded to gb.

Hooray for me!

meh...
[Android Apps and Games] creeve4:
I would love to be able to use a calendar app like that on Windows Phone 7!
[Android Apps and Games] oddfuturejoey:
+1
[Android Apps and Games] mick1475:
+1
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ugothakd:
Has anyone noticed this?? Not only in the gingerbread leaks /system/app folder...but theres also some libs named "libterm1.so" all the way through 5.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megabiteg:
What's your take on this?

Sent from an Epic with 4G
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malcolmXman:
I've been wanting to open them up and take a look, I keep getting busy with something else.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ugothakd:
Maybe samfirmware is messing with the leaks? I mean ok, a few apk's. But the libs kinda freaked me out
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megabiteg:
Well, I can see where your coming from. Well its arisk that we all take for downloading an unafficially posted package but I think tht we need to realy know what they are before we point fingers.

Sent from an Epic with 4G
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ugothakd:
I'll open them up and see...not exactly sure what I could find though. I know the basics of apk editing/theming
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deesto-xda:
I'm wondering how the recommendation to `chmod 000 /data/data/com.android.browser/app_plugins/com.adobe.flashplayer/.macromedia/Flash_Player/config.data` works for fixing flash browser playback, when in my case the dir `/data/data/com.android.browser/app_plugins/` does not exist ... I have app_appcache, app_database, app_geolocation, app_icons, app_thumbnails ... but no app_plugins dir. Am I missing something? I have root, CM7 RC 1.6.1 on a HTC Thunderbolt. I don't see this directory under firefox either.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr_rick:
If I recall, I had to enable viewing system files and also hidden files in order to get access to those files. I couldn't find them at first either and it was driving me nuts. I think it was the hidden files setting I needed to enable for it to show up, but I could be wrong. Regardless, you might try poking around in the settings of your file manager and see if it makes a difference.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shelooga:
which file exploring app are you using?

i recommend root explorer; never have any problems finding anything i need in that
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deesto-xda:
Thanks dr_rick and shelooga, but I've now downloaded and tried finding this folder in 3 different file managers (Including ES; didn't want to spring for Root Explorer just for this, esp. if it doesn't work), and making sure any "show hidden files" options are enabled (otherwise I don't think you can even see /data/data in some cases). Note: Astro doesn't show anything in /data, even with hidden files enabled. But even in ES, the app_plugins directory just isn't there among the others in /data/data/com.android.browser.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr_rick:
Sorry that didn't work. I use ES and what you described is exactly what I had happening, and I know I changed something to make it work. Let me fiddle with ES a little and see if I can figure out what I did. I'll post back if I figure it out.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr_rick:
Ok, I think I replicated the problem I was having before. Do you have the root explorer option enabled in the ES settings? It isn't enabled by default, and will give you some warning messages when you check it. You also need to ensure that mount system as writable is checked.

If that doesn't solve your problem, them I'm at a loss. When I unchecked root access, it made my app_plugins folder empty. Checking it brought back the stuff that should be there. I'm sure that's what I ran into before--after a reinstall of ES, the root explorer option was unchecked again.

Anyway, hope that's all it is. If not, I'm really at a loss, though I'll do what I can to help!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deesto-xda:
When I start ES I get the info note that SU has granted it root permissions (which I'm pretty sure happened when I first enabled root mode in ES). But just to check, I went into settings, and "Root Explorer" is checked, and also "File Settings" -> "Show Hidden Files" is checked as well. What wasn't checked was "Mount File System", but I think that's only for writing and not reading. I enabled that just for the heck of it, since I'd need it eventually. But still there's no app_plugins folder in app.android.browser. I must be missing something.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr_rick:
Sorry that didn't fix your problem. I poked around a bit more and realized that I hadn't been checking the com.android.browser folder, but rather the folder for Dolphin HD (which is what I use). When I looked in my com.android.browser folder I didn't have an app_plugins folder either (I don't have firefox installed on my phone, so didn't check it). Not sure what the deal is there. There's one in every other app I use that utilizes flash for videos. I've done the mod for Dolphin, Crackle, and a game that my daughter plays. So I don't know why it doesn't show up for the regular browser, but at least it means you probably aren't doing anything wrong. Wish I could offer more help besides recommending using Dolphin HD.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr_rick:
Ok, this is just like a challenge I really wanted to unravel, and I made the app_plugins folder show up on my phone. I went in and tried to actually play a video using flash in the stock browser. Don't use youtube, but use something different. I went to collegehumor.com and started a video there. As expected, I got sound but no picture. I stopped the video and went into ES and lo and behold, there was an app_plugins folder under com.android.browser and inside the appropriate folder was the config.data file. So give that a shot and see if that solves the problem for you.

What's strange for me is that even after doing this fix, it didn't make the video play in my browser (though the fix works for Dolphin HD). I don't know what the deal is there. Anyway, see what it does for you. I'll keep messing around with it and see if I can't get mine to work just for the heck of it. I'll see what I can do to help if you can't get yours up and running.

BTW, I noticed in another thread that some people had luck just fixing the file in terminal. So if all else fails, you might try that.

The code they used was

su
chmod 000 /data/data/com.android.browser/app_plugins/com.adobe.flashplayer/.macromedia/Flash_Player/config.data
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr_rick:
Ok, one more update for you. Though videos at collegehumor.com don't seem to work, everywhere else on the web (well, foxsports.com and engadget) seems to after applying the fix. Hopefully that should get you up and running now. Don't know what the deal is with collegehumor though. After checking Dolphin HD, it doesn't work there either. Must be a quirk of the site.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deesto-xda:
OK, here's what I've tried since my last post and your most recent suggestions:

- Downloaded Dolphin Browser HD, tried a Flash test page, which showed that plugin 10.3 was installed (which is good)

- Tried a Flash embedded video in Dolphin, which showed the plugin/brick icon, which means Flash isn't working (which is bad)

- Went into /data/data/ to look for a Dolphin directory to check for an app_plugins directory, but couldn't see a `dolphin` directory there (what was it called?)

- Went to collegehumor.com with the stock browser. Strange thing was that the videos showed a player there with play controls, etc, and I could see that the video data was downloaded/buffered, but playing a video just showed 4 seconds of black screen and wouldn't go any further. I then tried another video there, and that one played sound only with a black screen, as you described.

- Then went to the /data/data/com.android.browser folder in ES, and there was an app_plugins folder! I went in and cleared all permissions from the config.data file.

- Re-opened the stock browser, and got an error: "ReferenceError: gp is not defined".

- After getting past that error, it looks like videos are working!

- Trying to do this for Firefox resulted in the plugin/brick icon on video pages, no "app_plugins" folder in org.mozilla.firefox, no luck so far.

So it looks like the trick to get this working in the stock browser is to first get it to fail miserably! Otherwise you won't have the app_plugins folder to play with, which was the case for me.

It would be nice to get Firefox working too, since I sync all my bookmarks to it from everywhere else, but it's definitely nice to have at least the stock browser working.

Thanks very much, dr_rick, for your ideas and persistence.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolute_Zero:
The exact location of the flash files you modify permissions of will depend on the browser you are using and as dr_rick noticed, the files themselves will not be initially created until you attempt to play a file.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deesto-xda:
Hi Absolute_Zero,

Right: but I _had_ tried to play Flash media and I guess those attempts didn't get far enough to create the necessary files for the default browser. Also, what worked for the default browser didn't seem to work for Firefox, unless the relevant files and folders beneath org.mozilla.firefox are completely different from those under com.android.browser. Is there a listing somewhere where I can find the relevant files for other browsers (Firefox, Dolphin, etc.)?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolute_Zero:
#blamefirefox or #blameadobe

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/825353#answer-187995

If you have to have flash, use another browser that supports it.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deesto-xda:
Thanks. I wasn't asking about Firefox specifically, but about any non-default, Android-compatible browsers that people use, and whether there's a known resource for fixing them (e.g., hacking them, if necessary) to work with Flash media. The answer for the default browser is out there and cited here (in my case, it was just missing a bit of information).
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
As far as I can tell, not every browser is affected by the issue. Opera Mobile works fine with flash on CM7 without doing any fixes.

Also, I don't think chmod 000 is the most desirable thing to do to a config file. That's basically saying "I don't want anything to read from this file, period." Sure it works, but it's not the best solution. Someone needs to narrow down what is causing it in the file by reading the logcats and commenting out that part of the config file (that or check and test by commenting things out one at a time in the config file).

As far as some sites not working with flash, it could be host file related. Some sites will not work if you have certain adhosts blocked, such as espn.com and hulu.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deesto-xda:
Hi yareally,

I'm sure that's the case. I'd rather not install another browser just to view Flash content, but if I had to, it's good to know that Opera works, for whatever reason. Also thought I'd mention that in the latest RC version of CM7 for Nook Color, which is somewhat older and a lower version than the TB one, Flash just worked in the default browser out of the box.

Agreed, and I'm not even sure how this would work (wouldn't it be easier then just to remove/rename the file?). But I'm glad that at least someone has found something that works, for now.

I'm not using any mobile ad blocks, so that's probably not the issue across the board, likely some local Flash player quirk on some sites.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yareally:
Of course, if the stock browser is your favorite, by all means keep using it :). It just doesn't seem to be a flash issue with every app, oddly though.

Renaming it would have the same effect as removing all permissions as you mentioned.
[Android Apps and Games] Jaredsburrows:
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– Hashing messages or numbers can be used in order to hide or send secret messages that could be decrypted later on!

– Hashing you own passwords and then pasting into Google in order to see if they have been cracked is a good way of checking the security of your passwords.

chEcksUm:

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coMpaRe:

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[Android Apps and Games] iomthd:
This is pretty interesting, I'm going to check it out!
[Android Apps and Games] Jaredsburrows:
:)

Thanks and please do! Also, please suggest any changes and anything you would like to see for yourself!
[General Accessories] ChoctawT:
Selling my FFC V2 camera .. pm for details it works with a vibrant and of course the i9000
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] zer037:
Hi all,

I just got the scribe pen for my flyer, the tip seems wiggling a tiny bit. Is this normal? or is it supposed to be absolutely tightly sealed to the shaft of the pen?

Thanks!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Gumby63:
no it's supposed to be loose. that's how it detects the amount of pressure you push down with i believe.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamlam01:
The little plastic cover over the USB port on the dock - has anyone have problems w/ it? It comes out only partially and it is very hard to insert the USB connector. It feels like the plastic part will snap off eventually from use...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msticninja:
Yeah, It's annoying. But it's just a dustshield. I have the same problem on the Slate too, but even worse.
[Motorola Triumph] scgdavis:
From the android market, install THIS. Run it OUTSIDE.

If this gives you 5 satellites and a Green light, your GPS radio works!!!

Now, while you are still outside, go to

Settings

Location & Security

Make Sure the Green Check is on "Use GPS Satellites"

CLICK IT OFF

then CLICK IT BACK ON!

Start Google Navigation and type in another address that's at least one mile from your current location.

Within 30 seconds, you should be golden. If not, return your phone. Hopefully you bought it from Radio Shack!:)
[Motorola Triumph] DrakonVolk:
Not found 404 error... :-[

What's the name if the app you're trying to link to? I'm interested to try this out.

Sent from my Moto Triumph
[Motorola Triumph] jasoncol01:
It's called GPS Test. Search the market for it.

This process worked for me! Found 7 satellites. Thanks for the tip.

The GPS is now locking on instantly.
[Motorola Triumph] DrakonVolk:
Thanks!

Sent from my Moto Triumph
[Motorola Triumph] DrakonVolk:
Brilliant. Works great!! :-]

Sent from my Moto Triumph
[Motorola Triumph] Rezanow:
I hate to be negative here, but I have been using GPS Status and GPS Test for quite some time on all my phones. GPS Status will actually time how long it takes to connect. Using either one, it's still typically 30-60 seconds for me. However, once I have connected, reconnecting shortly there after is fairly quick (<30 sec). Of course, this fails to address the 3G/1x issue when GPS is active. Until a ROM is available, I am just ignoring the GPS for now.

Just tested it. It took 90 seconds to connect, despite telling me that it had found and connected to anywhere from 6 to 9 satellites while 'searching'. This leads me to believe that it is in fact the phone's SOFTWARE that is the issue (it can see and track the sats, but it is taking forever to process the information and determine a location), not the GPS itself.

And now, after connecting once, when I try to search an address it locates me within 10 seconds. However, the next time I attempt to do this (at a later date), I will have to go through this process all over again.
[Motorola Triumph] tcross8361:
I see 7-9 sats and my accuracy is 18 feet. Navigation locked on and gave me my directions quickly. Still goes to 1x but returns to 3x after a while. Like the previous poster said I'll probably have to do this again because I won't need GPS for a couple weeks.

I've had GPS Test on my phone for a while now but never knew what it really does other than give you your status. Does this actually boost the time it takes get the sat signals?
[Motorola Triumph] motorolatriumph:
Outside mine just gets 3 satelites and when it works accuracy is down to 100 meters ...thats if I can even lock on..
[Motorola Triumph] scgdavis:
If that's the case, return your phone. Hopefully you purchased from radio shack,;-)
[Motorola Triumph] rune-san:
This third Triumph has the best GPS I've received of the 3 (first Triumph had USB port defects, and the second triumph had a random sudden death). On this third Triumph, standing outside I'm able to hit 9 satellites and get accuracy down to 7 feet.

That still isn't as good as my Thunderbolt, but I think thats an unfair comparison since the Thunderbolt has its GPS antenna mounted in the battery cover. Side by Side the Thunderbolt was able to get 11 satellites and an accuracy of 3 feet.
[Motorola Triumph] hangdogdaddy38:
Not Bad

I was able to lock on to 10 sats and 5 feet so I believe my Triumph is good to go.
[HTC Sensation] zahashingo123:
I was wondering if the screen protector at the tmobile store leaves air at the edges like all other screen protectors
[HTC Sensation] Dacoit:
Have them install it there. It only covers the display screen, it doesn't go over the full screen. It doesn't reach the round edges.
[HTC Sensation] Part Four:
Your display is made from Gorilla Glass. You don't need a screen proctor, unless you don't like being able to see your screen clearly.
[HTC Sensation] xdalite:
I use a invisible shield. I hate how the screen is curved at the border.
[HTC Sensation] erasable:
Yes. It lifts up around the edges over time. At least mine did.
[HTC Sensation] nicky041192:
Doesn't mean it's scratch-proof. I have phamtomskinz on and it's still clear.

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e
[HTC Sensation] zahashingo123:
oh so its smaller than the ones that are sold on ebay?

like they don't go all the way to the curves so it doesn't bubble up?