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[Galaxy S II General] slugger09:
I was lucky to make it through the day on my SG2, but now its 9pm in the UK and I have 80% battery left from 6am and I haven't changed any habits, the culprit was poor signal, I changed operators, while I only have Edge its full bars 99% of the time at home on Vodafone compared to 0% of the time at home on Orange, so just something to keep in mind. I feel this battery could easily last me 2 days now.
[Galaxy S II General] poch_1421:
are you still on a stock rom and kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] slugger09:
Yes still stock unbranded
[HTC EVO 3D] bitterevp:
Sorry for the noob question. Ive read many forums and not found astraight answer. I know the answer is out there, just want to get this thing rooted though. My evo 3d is running software version 2.08.651.2. Everything is entirely sock right now. I want root for wireless tether and overclock.

This software meqns i am running hboot 1.5 doesnt it? If so which methods work for root? Ive found several methods and watched several videos. If i try and choose the wrong method what are the consequences? If i couod post links id link the stuff ive found. Thanks guys is it true that the htc method does not achieve s-off?
[HTC EVO 3D] Moonbloom:
The software version and hboot version isn't entirely connected 100%.

To check which hboot version you have, you'll have to remove the battery, put it back in, and then hold "Volume Down" button and then power on the phone (Most phones don't require having to remove the battery, but the EVO apparently does, as i found out the hard way after 20 times trying to get into recovery..)

It'll say something along the lines of:

*** LOCKED ***

SHOOTER_U PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-x.xx.xxxx

Reply with the HBOOT version and i can tell you more. (or someone else can)

If you try and root and S-OFF with the wrong methods, wrong tools, wrong phone etc, you could potentially brick the phone (which, as it sounds, means it'll be just as useful as a brick, since you can't do anything on it.. at all), but that is an absolute worst case scenario, and it will not happen if you do it correctly (which might sound hard, with all the technical mumbo jumbo, but it is actully quite easy).

The officla HTC Method does indeed not achieve S-OFF, so it's not an optimal solution.
[HTC EVO 3D] bitterevp:
So, do i need s-off? Im kind of a noob, so really advanced functiojs arent really useful yet. Ive read a few threads trying to figure what s-off is exactly, and it sounds like all it does is open a few extra commands over root. Kind of what i understand busybox does in others. I may misunderstand though. If i go ahead with the htc method of root and revolutionary figures out the s-off next week will i still be able to acheive s-off?

This is somewhat unrelated, but if, when i need to repoace an existing file with a new onein say astro, can i simply rename the old one with like a .bbb on the end and not move it? At several poihts in theroot process you are required to replace an existing file with a new one of the same name. Then replace the old one, or delete the added one. Can I just rename the old one, then put the name back and delete the new one to revert?

Indeed my phone is Hboot version 1.5. It reads

Locked

shooter xc ship s-on rL

Hboot-1.50.0000

Emmc-boot

Aug 7 2011, 10:21:40

So with 1.5 my only option is HTC method? With my tab I am able to completely uninstall and unroot as I please. Is the same true here? can someone link me a video of someone dependable doing it the HTC way? if I post my plan for rooting here will someone let me know if I'm off base so I don't brick my phone?

Can someone tell me the deal with cwm? Does it work or not? If its both ways, then what are the conditions under which it fails? Do I need to install cwm and twrp? What should I plan to do if cwm fails to install?

Another noob question. What is pushing a file exactly, and how and why is it done? I really don't want to get half way through this and discover I dont know what in gods name I'm doing.

I think I read on xda somewhere that if you turn of fastboot in the settings you dont have to remove the battery.
[HTC EVO 3D] phatmanxxl:
That's a lot of questions, a lot of this info can be found in the wikis and guides in the development section, but I can probably answer a few.

S-on is the encrypted bootloader, you need a special signature to he able to flash any ROMs or anything else to the system. Only HTC has the keys. So s-off allows you to install a custom recovery or anything else that can rewrite to the system.

From what I read so far HTC so called unlocked is not s-off like we are used to. People are having trouble flashing recoveries and kernels to their phones. I haven't payed much attention to the HTC method cause I used the unrevoked method.

You don't need s-off to flash ROMs but I guess if you want complete control over your phone (like the ability to flash bootloaders and various recoveries) you need to be s-off.

If you want to replace a file in the system name the old file extention .bak and then drop the new file in. Reboot to complete the changes. To revert, delete the modified file and just rename and take off the .bak extension.

As of now yes your only method of unlocking is using the HTC method with the 1.50 bootloader. CWM works fine and I think its the only compatible recovery with the 1.50 BL, TWRP is more polished and has a few added functions. I don't know when unrevoked will crack 1.5. Eventually they will.

If you don't know what in gods name your doing, don't mess with it until you do or understand the directions. Go though the general and q&a because I know there are already threads discussing setbacks and situations that your asking about.

Hope this helps.
[HTC EVO 3D] Drewmungus:
One other thing to note is you need a different than stock kernal to overclock
[HTC EVO 3D] housry23:
The problem is HTC's unlock method DOES NOT allow you to flash a kernel! I repeat, it DOES NOT allow you to flash a kernel. I would highly suggest waiting for AlphaRevX and Unrevoked to implement the latest HBOOT to be supported in their tool. It is being worked on and when it is done it will give 100% s-off and unlock nand write protection(or eMMC in our case). It will allow you to flash kernels, radios and whatever else your heart desires. I suggest holding off until Revolutionary is updated. They will then tell you if you need to do HTC's method before theirs or not. If you use HTC's method and then Revolutionary is updated and you want full unlock, there is no way to know if you are screwed or not. We really need a sticky thread describing the difference between the 2 unlock methods and the benefits of each one. There are tons of posts in Q&A and General about 'I have HBOOT 1.50, can I overclock my phone?'...The answer is NO, because you have to be able to flash custom kernels to overclock and HTC is not going to allow that to happen. If they did they would have tons of returned devices from people screwing up their phones from overclocking and flashing radios and what not. It really makes sense to me why HTC didn't fully unlock the phone, but if you wait for the Revolutionary tool to be updated, it will. By then we may even have the latest source code for HTC's 2.3.4 kernel and will have custom kernels to play with. Right now there is no overclockable kernels for the latest update from HTC because they haven't released the kernel source yet.
[HTC EVO 3D] bitterevp:
thats confirmed, no kernel. and dont try. screws things up a little. reflashed. no change. you think if i flash the stock kernel it would let me? i think probably not. rom was doing fine till i attempted kernel though. synergy. its nice. lot nicer with s-off im sure.
[Thrive Accessories] crazy_jake:
I was considering the possibly of putting an emulator on my Thrive to play some old PS1 games today, and it occurred to me that this tablet is unique amongst many android devices in that is has a USB port.

I took an Xbox360 controller from Gamestop and plugged it in...

Excellent accessory support indeed! Apparently, i can scroll though the screens with the joysticks and use the Dpad and buttons to control some widgets!

I was more then surprised, and have not figured out what all the buttons do or the extent to which different apps will work with this.

Are there any other unlikely accessories you've tried on your Thrive yet?
[Thrive Accessories] jamaa124:
I'm going to try it out tonight. Good find!:D
[Thrive Accessories] blorenzo:
I use the SNES9x EX and found out last week that I could plug in my old Logitech Dual Action controller and it worked perfectly fine... Now I play a bunch of games all the time. I havnt tried the PSX emu yet but I will get around to it.

You can buy that controller off ebay for like $13
[Thrive Accessories] Peahnuts:
I use my tab to power a USB lamp and sometimes a fan shaped as a cow...
[Thrive Accessories] dincdoes.me:
I am so happy I bought my thrive:-) this is sweet! God to think I was going to just get the galaxy tab7 phew.
[Thrive Accessories] Beaster1174:
I just plugged in a Saitek P2500 game controller & it also worked. Played a game of Dragon Fly with it. :p
[Thrive Accessories] zerojay:
I just installed Tiger Arcade and was using the full HDMI port to play Street Fighter 3 Third Strike on my HD TV and using the USB port to play it using my 360 Madcatz Arcade Fightstick. :)
[Thrive Accessories] crazy_jake:
that sounds just awesome.

I found my Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and once i find my hdmi cable, i'll let you all know how it works just as a TV/media/whatever computer hooked up to a TV! :D
[Thrive Accessories] blorenzo:
I'm totally doing this next!!!

My friend has a GT10.1 and is considering swapping...
[Thrive Accessories] jackrabbit72380:
hay you tryed the wireless adapter for windows with the wireless xbox360 controler ?

the fact that you did that and it just worked like that with no hassle is amsing!

out of al teh tabs out right now the thrive defenetly seams liek teh best because of all the ports and such however i havent ever had a tab i ben waiting for the right one i suppse with 3d from lg anyway toshibal deffenetly makes teh best laptops and the thrive realy caught my eye when it came out and still dose!

anyway someone try a xbox360 wireless addapter for windows and see if thay can sink thare xbox360 controler up i wont be back in thisform so please pm me with results n thanks for teh heads up it makes the thribe to owen a thribe even more!
[Thrive Accessories] the k9:
I've been using the full and micro USB slots to charge my e-cigarettes... also my phone (SGS2 I727R).

The tab looks like something out of an old sci-fi flick with an autobattery volt e-cig witha blue tip sticking out the top... pretty funny.
[Thrive Accessories] insanenyc:
Why not just use or buy a ps3 controller it works with Bluetooth and I read that it works very well with tablets
[Thrive Accessories] GaMe_G2:
the ports are what make this tablet worth getting
[Thrive Accessories] crazy_jake:
yea, ive been using mine as an emergency battery backup when my phone gets low on day trips :P
[Samsung Infuse 4G] RepublicanDaddy:
Sorry if this is posted elsewhere, but I've not seen any references to it after spending time searching the posts.

Ok, so it appears that on the Infuse, Media Hub has been locked out of the ability to view a movie from Media Hub into a TV with the included HDMI adapter. Anyone know a work around?

I can see not allowing one to view the movie on a dvr like Tivo for copyright purposes, but locking me out of watching it on my tv (a non-recording device)? Really Samsung? Btw - It's a Samsung TV too!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Entropy512:
gtg looked into this quite a while ago - it was not looking like an easy task.

Then Rogers Gingerbread hit and we had bigger fish to fry. :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] RepublicanDaddy:
True, True, but none-the-less, if anyone finds a solution, I'd appreciate a post here or a PM.....thanx.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dk98classic:
Found this today on DroidDog web site reviewing a Samsung Tablet.

Quote "Samsung Media Hub –Offering a vast lineup of critically acclaimed films and TV programs for rent or purchase. Media Hub has been redesigned allowing customers to playback Media Hub content on their TV through an HDMI adapter (sold separately). Purchased content can be shared with up to five devices enabled with Media Hub at no extra cost. End Quote.

I hope this isn't just a tablet update. Love this phone and better current movie releases on Movie Hub than streaming Netflix.

Let's test!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
the reason it is locked out is that the license only allow playback on the phone. it is the studios. the licenses are expensive and mobile requires a different license from television and general computing deivces. i dont know about the tablet. it may qualify as a computer, maybe that is easier for the tablet because it doesn't make phone calls.

i hope they come to an agreement that allows playback on the phone. untill then there is netflix and various websites but the streaming quality isnt as good as the 1+gb movie files you get from media hub.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] nstong:
I have a great solution: torrents, specifically tTorrent on android
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliteDrOiD:
How about it, and provide this room and the CM7, but I like the WB although CM7 takes more advantage in the issues because I ask those who know that if I can jajajajja issues with room for x10 WB v4.0.4 and it's a very good room and you just have more issues that change the aesthetic appearance of the x10 I think many agree with my request
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbiggs31183:
Que??

10 char limit
[HTC Sensation] bakili:
It is bit worrying now reading all issues with Sensations :mad:

My Sensation 100% stock, today in the morning when i did unplug it from charge, phone screen was not responding at all. It would let me access to menu, but nothing else. After restart, everything seems to be working fine.

Feels like, putting it on Ebay and selling it and getting SGS2, which I sold to get Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] shammanCZ:
ok if i understood it correctly, you sold SGS2 to get a Sensation and now selling Sensation on ebay to get back the SGS2 and for for me unknown reason felt like sharing this with us ... amirite? :rolleyes:

i dont want to be rude i just dont get the point of this kind of posts ... srsly
[HTC Sensation] Cerv3r:
epic fail.
[HTC Sensation] Sdobron:
I could never go back to a low resolution screen after having Sensation since US release date...the previous standard just doesn't cut it for web browsing and the like.
[HTC Sensation] xl VipeR lx:
Did you think about galaxy s2 and its issues with the yellow tint on the screen?

If you dont want the phone then sell it. otherwise get it off stock and get it rooted

quit whining and make your mind up!

It seems to me you are more inclined to the SGS2
[HTC Sensation] bakili:
I am not whining! and not trying to compare phones, but SGS2 used to run a lot smoother. I have to restart Sensation nearly every day. I had quite few HTC's in past, and never had issues with them. I hope it will be all sorted with update.

Get it rooted not option as well, in past few days so many post phone would not power up.
[HTC Sensation] aNYthing24:
Sounds like you have a bad unit. Ever think of getting it exchanged?
[HTC Sensation] emo72:
hi my first post here. although i have been lurking a while. im kinda in agreement with the OP. my handset is giving the touchscreen issue too and i think HTC are very slow or have their heads in the sand on this.

the thing is i can get it changed but theres no guarantee that i wont get the same problem on another handset. HTC are not inspiring me with confidence here.

i previously had a desire which i gave to my son. i am now enviously looking at my sons desire wishing i had it back. i think as time time goes by HTC will lose a lot of custom over the sensation.

my sensation is working fine at the moment. but the intermittent fault could come back at any time. im rapidly losing faith with it.
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
I'm lucky, so far I've had no problems with my Sensation. However I sympathise with the people having the unresponsive screen issue. I wouldnt be happy at all if I was getting that problem after paying £400 cash for an unbranded sim free phone, and after looking at a poll on here where around half of sensations seem to have the problem,I Think its fair to criticise HTC here. After all its a high end expensive device not a £20 handset :eek:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KnightUK:
Well, after trying a few keyboards, im still on the hunt for a decent keyboard that doesnt lag or totally miss letters when typing, so far ive tried the stock one, HTC-ime, Gingerbread keyboard from the market, the only one i got along with was the HTC one, but even then it still misses letters every now and then.

So what do you find works well on the X10? 2.3.3.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iridaki:
Hands-down, SmartKeyboard Pro!

I've been using it for almost a year now, it's so good, fast, stable,

supports themes and has many many neat features that imho make it stand out.

;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] om23:
Smart keyboard is probably the best keyboard out there.

But there are others out there like Swype (which you can get from their website) and SlideIt. With these keyboards you don't have to type, you just move your fingers over the letters.

Top two keyboards would be Smart Keyboard Pro and SlideIt Pro.

Sent from my x10 Platinum
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gadgetz:
I like SlideIt......but I prefer to type in my words manually in ABC mode

via x10i WB GB v4.0 edition
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runaway_bunny:
+10 ! Probably the best so far I checked ! :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dualbore:
Add another vote for Smart Keyboard Pro. I tried a bunch of different keyboards including Swype but always came back to it.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamed1297:
Default is on of the bests:D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moltres32:
I like the stock keyboard in gingerbread a lot
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KnightUK:
Cheers guys ill try those out later today, as for the last 2 that say they like the Gingerbread stock keyboard, its not bad but it lags abit for me and is probably a little worse for missing letters when im typing/tapping fast.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FallenOut:
im usin slide it on x10

im usin swype on sgs2

once u get the hang of it

its fast
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veggalamvenu:
Try better keyboard 8 .. it is very cool and customisable...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EffectX:
i would recommend thumb keyboard :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoobysnacks:
I don't even really find smart keyboard pro that good..

Swype for me is much faster and better
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shahkam:
Bough the app don't remember how much but it worth it ! It fully supports multi touch so i never miss a single key ! Supports themes and aall that ! Just one thing is the "learning" system is kinda slow and its prediction is soso compared to swiftkey :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoobysnacks:
Exactly that was my issue with it as well. It doesn't seem to remember new words I typed or anything either
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iridaki:
Of course you don't! ;)

In my view, you can't compare typing keyboards with swyping keyboards.

They are two different input methods.

I like Swype too, but sometimes it suits me better to just type and that's where Smart Keyboard had yet to fail me.

Xperia X10i via Tapatalk
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
I agree, but I use swype and after "training" it to learn the common words you use it is fantastic, and you can always type with it as well as swype it, so its the best of both worlds!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoobysnacks:
I love the customizability of it, but I just find that it gets a lot of words wrong still when I try to type fast.

All personal opinion, many people hate the swype method of typing so it is probably perfect for them.

I just think that after using swype, I tested this one out and it wasn't for me. I was typing slower and making more mistakes
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
SwiftKey #1

World record holder for words per minute. It learns your style and predicts not only the word you are spelling, but also the next word. Many times I only have to type 1 letter and can complete an entire sentence.

If you ever have typed out an entire paragraph and deleted/lost it somehow, all you need to remember is the first word you started the paragraph with. Then watch as the entire paragraph can be duplicated by selecting the middle next predicted word each time. Especially useful on xda when helping noobs with the same question over and over.

I've used all the others, better keyboard, smart keyboard, Swipe, HTC.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Z3US911:
I use Stock one!!

:p:p
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pauljorgy:
I agree!! This keyboard (SwiftKey) has also been fantastic for me. I have used Better Keyboard 8 & Stock GB, I always come back to SwiftKey.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aR_ChRiS:
If you are a Chinese typer then I'll recommend CEDime, it's stable and also the English predictions are good!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prodigy:
If you tap words one by one, Swiftkey is No.1. Predictability is incredible-- so is accuracy.

Use the old one, new one is crap-- though.

If you like swyping, nothing beats SlideIT, it is totally beast.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Horayken:
Hi! I'm using SlideIT pro and Hacker's keyboard. they were the best ones for me!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaisan1:
one word

swiftkey

the best..!!:d
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aelanna:
I just got my new gtablet yesterday. The main reason I bought it is so I can carry my tech documents I need for work around with me. These files are some in PDF, and some in html. The PDF files are displaying properly, but when I copy the html documents to the tablet from my PC, and try to open them, they are all blank. I am using the file browser to find the files on \sdcard and open them by clicking, so I am using whatever default browser is loaded on the tablet.

Any help would be appreciated, most of the documents I need to look at are in html format.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbay:
The stock browser does not seem to read local html, but Dolphin,or Opera Mobile browsers do. Download these and iFileManager. Use iFileManager to locate the file, tap to open, and pick Dolphin or Opera Mobile.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aelanna:
Where can I get ifile manager? I downloaded Opera and that's already leaps and bounds better than the default browser!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbay:
If you have opera mobile (not opera mini) you don't need a file manager. You can type

file://localhost/sdcard/

and get to the files from there.

I had iFilemanager from the TNTLite ROM, not sure if it is in Android Market.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aelanna:
I was just about to post that. I tinkered around and found I can just type in file://sdcard/ and see all my files that way. Awesome! I can now do something useful, instead of just play Angry Birds. :)

Thanks so much!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iceman99393:
Can someone make a zip to add 3.0 lockscreen to the 2.11 ota?
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] stratax:
Does this make any sense? Lol

Im running alien, shouldn't it be faster?

Apparently the ATRIX is better than the phone I have (ATRIX) haha. Irony.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Monsi:
How you said this doesnt make sense... but are you overclocked? Or have a custom rom?
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Auxilium:
Was getting 6k on CF Bench with Faux's OC v0.19 @ 1.3GHz
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] stratax:
im running alien, as i stated in my post. which makes no sense cause it has tons of tweaks and stock should be slower. no i am not overclocked, i want my battery to last lol