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[Desire General] TVTV:
Hey, guys!

Upon searching the Internet, i've found a way to delete the HTC default scenes in Sense UI. It works for the Desire with the stock Sense UI (HTC GB RUU), tried it myself.

P.S. - You need to be rooted (& prolly S-OFFed).

The easiest way to do it is to get SQLite Editor. Install & open, let it search for databases, then click on HTC Sense (com.htc.launcher) and edit "launcher.db". Upon opening it, you will find four items:

android_metadata;

favorites;

widget_item_types;

widget_workspaces.

Click on "widget_workspaces" and you will find a table with all the scenes saved in Sense UI. Long click on the ones you want to remove and "Delete Record". I have only left "Clean Slate", just to be on the safe side.

You will have to restart the phone in order to see the changes.

Another way is to navigate to data/data/com.htc.launcher/databases (with Root Explorer etc.), copy "launcher.db" somewhere, send it to your computer and remove above-said tables with your favourite SQLite editor; save, then send to phone and replace the original file in said folder. Restart the phone in order to see the changes.

I guess the 2'nd method could also be done by adb, in which case you don't need root nor S-OFF.

Have fun and remember to back-up first! I cannot be held responsible if you damage your phone in the process, so mind how you go.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takamichi:
I bought a SGII off ebay and after a few hours of reading I'm totally confused about how to debrand the phone. The original owner received the phone from Vodafone Ireland and rooted it to unlock it. Below are the phone specs

Android- 2.3.3

Baseband version- I9100BUKG1

Kernel-2.6.35.7-I9100XWKE2-CL187606 root-DELL101#2

Build- GINGERBREAD.BUKG2

I just want to get rid of all the vodafone software and other bloatware. Im not interested in rooting the phone.

From my research I should go for the latest XEU firmware (Im in Malta, Europe) which is XWKF3

GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWKF3_I9100XXKE7_I9100XEUKD1

Is this correct? It seems older than what I have.. I dont mind, like I said I just want to debrand without ending up bricking the device. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takamichi:
Thanks JJEgan, and just to confirm, the only downside to using these Franenstein builds is that I cannot use Kies to upgrade the firmware?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takamichi:
I just installed the firmware below as advised but I'm still seeing all the Vodafone bloatware. Everything went perfectly s described in the official thread. Did I do something wrong?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Factory reset your phone .

Phone should now be

PDA:XXKG6| Baseband : XXKG6| CSC:XEUKD1

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takamichi:
Thanks, that worked perfectly!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuo:
Ive been unable to use fastboot ever since upgrading my firmware.

I unlocked the bootloader previously and flashed with the 4.0.A.2.368 firmware which bought me upto 2.3.3 firmware on my Arc.

Since doing that i've been unable to root (via gingerbreak) or flash anything to the phone itself using fastboot (all i get is waiting for device)

Now I want to root my phone and flash a recovery to it so I can upgrade firmware in future with no problems.

I can still use flashtools, thats not a problem but I can't do anything else can someone help me trying to get this thing rooted and recovery installed.

I've checked the bootloader to make sure if its still unlocked and it is so I'm kinda lost at what to do next.

Any ideas
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pushtostop:
Hi

Gingerbreak wont work on 2.3.3

Best way is custom kernel to get root and recovery

Im using doomkernel its v good

Do u get blue light when u plug in ur usb (while holding menu key)?

If so, sounds like ya need to download drivers

Hope that helps
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuo:
Sorted thanks, turns out I had the wrong version of fastboot on my computer and it wasnt communicating with my arc properly, replaced the fastboot and everything worked fine, succesfully installed Doom kernel and installed recovery, plus fully rooted through RootXperia. Everythings fine now, i can do all I need to with the phone, thanks
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pushtostop:
Glad ya got it going enjoy
[Acer Iconia A500] Chuban7:
So I am going to return my tab to staples and I need to return it to stock

What steps do I need to take to make it returnable?

Sent from my MIUI Fascinate
[Acer Iconia A500] Chuban7:
so i followed the instructions here http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/acer-icon...conia-tablet-restore-1-141-07-ota-update.html

and i am stuck at step 5 when i press pwr and vol rockers it boots into recovery and hangs with a android and a exclaimation mark. I have the update.zip on my external sdcard and internal storage. If i let the tab boot in the upper right corner it says "Secure Boot: image LNX checksum fail!" and will hang

Please will anybody please help? Any help will be greatly apprieciated
[Motorola Photon 4G] adamjt:
Is there any why to turn off the first slide to unlock screen that shows before the one you place your pattern into?

I just want to put in my pattern like I did on my Epic 4g, then have it unlock. Don't see a reason to double lock it...odd.
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
+1

Was trying to do this also. Even when using Widgetlocker I still get the vanilla lockscreen popping up from time to time. Would like to just use the pattern lock instead.
[Motorola Photon 4G] acjohnson55:
Definitely a bug. Was this not resolved with the OTA?
[Motorola Photon 4G] adamjt:
Nope. I have the OTA and still have the double lock screens. Pretty annoying...
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
My wife's evo shift does this too. I think it's a GB issue.
[Motorola Photon 4G] moonzbabysh:
"No Lock" from the market might help, It'll turn off the Stock lock screen only but if you have another lock screen app from the market enabled, it won't disable that one. It's the only "fix" i've found so far.

Sent from my Photon Blaster.
[Motorola Photon 4G] raptorseye:
so to clarify... if you download the "no lock" from the market and you have the pattern lock and the default slide lock (that currently can't be disabled) the "no lock" will remove both the slide and the pattern lock? or just the slide lock?
[Motorola Photon 4G] blues2009:
I still get double lock and silent bug after it's.

Sent from one sad mo fo
[Motorola Photon 4G] phyba:
My EVO was the sane way so its not a photon issue. Might just be a gingerbread issue.
[Motorola Photon 4G] moonzbabysh:
Not 100 % sure, I disabled the stock lock app and use the sense 3.0 lockscreen that I downloaded from xda. No lock will for sure disable the Stock lockscreen though.

Sent from my Photon Blaster.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigj225:
There is a 3.0 lock screen apk? That is the only thing I am missing from my evo. Do u happen to have a link?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Cubanluke88:
I am currently using No lock to disable the Stock lockscreen so I don't get double lock screens (using widget locker) but I still get the stock lock screen when I boot my phone.

How did you manage to disable it without this app?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] egaletti:
Dear Colleagues,

I have a SCH-I800 GT and 02 weeks ago I tried to flash a Gingerbread Android version and the device stuck at the Samsung logo.

I was able the stock ROM DJ-11 as above but the search, menu and home buttons stopped working and the system very slow. So, I root to EC02 e system speed is okay but the buttons still not working. I can affirm that this is software problem because on the boot recovery mode it works. Any idea how can I fix this?

Many thanks,

Eduardo Galetti
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrsg:
any idea of a good radio, im suffering from slow/poor call/3G connection?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Br1g0:
Unfortunately it all depends on the area where you are and by your carrier.

However, the modem JVR looks good otherwise try to flash the modem present in the firmware of your carrier (if available).

Otherwise you just have to test some modems (the flash of a modem is something fast)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RickyBO89:
what's the best radio to be used in italy? i'm currently using CM 7.1 and it uses the XXJVK one... do you think I should change it? (my carrier is 3 italia)

thank you :)
[Gen8 General] Guanfy:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1236273

If I understand this thread correctly, the developers have figured out a way to replace bootloaders in devices that run the Cortex A8 processor. I checked and I think all of the Gen8 devices that Archos makes run this chip. Right now the developers in thread are looking for people to donate broken/not wanted devices with the C-A8 chips to be able to make their program run for specific devices. I figured I would post this here in case someone has a Gen 8 Archos device they might want to send these guys for the cause...
[Gen8 General] eagleofdeath13:
The problem is that it needs some harware modifications, so not many people will try it :s
[Gen8 General] fzelle:
@Guanfy

This is for the samsung hummingbird processor, not a ti omap.
[Gen8 General] scholbert:
Yupp, fzelle is right...

The Cortex-A8 is just the CPU core of the so called SoC's running in our devices.

Samsungs Hummingbird and Ti's OMAP are completely different architectures but running the same core.

BTW, they are tweaking the boot mode pins of Hummingbird to make it "unbrickable".

On A101 there are similar pins :cool:

Anyway if you like tweaking hardware see this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1199450

Though it is not pointed out very clearly, but...

by using peripheral boot mode and the Ti Flash tool you may put anything you like into your devices SDRAM and execute it :D

Regards,

scholbert
[Android Themes] dully79:
Never mind.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beniuec:
Trying to change ua string on stock browser. I know a while back in a rom it was under the settings does anyone have that apk or tell me how to change it thank
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamcooks:
Type " about: useragent " into the browser address bar

Beware of angry gingerbread man
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beniuec:
Thanks do you if this can be made permanent
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lonnie.mercer:
If someone has any suggestions that would be great. I have flashed multiple roms but never had a desire to create one so I know my way around linux/andriod. Anyways my cache partition is screwed, it wont let me format it convert it anything. The only rom I can get to run on the tab is spacemooses gingerbread which clears everything on reboot. Sprint tab btw.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pvtjoker42:
Have you tried going back to original stock? Do an Odin or Heimdall flash for EA24, and it should wipe everything out and get you back to normal.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lonnie.mercer:
yeap tried that and DJ30 both boot loop before even getting to the first sprint screen.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pvtjoker42:
if you've tried the full EA24 flash with pit file to repartition the Tab, then you probably have a hardware issue if it's still boot looping. Are you able to get into stock recovery and try to do a factory wipe, and or cache wipe?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lonnie.mercer:
yea i have tried that also, i haven't tried with the pit file on EA24, it was on DJ30 that i used it. Anything Gingerbread based will boot to the second samsung screen and then just hang, anything Froyo based just boot loops at the first samsung screen, Spacemooses honeycomb will boot but take about a hour. When i try to wipe data/factory reset it says cannot format cache partition in factory recovery and clockwork. Ill post here in a bit the actually message it gives me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luciferii:
before the new market update i bought quite a few apps and dont have all of them installed, now when i try to download them it says theyre incompatable with my device. i even had the premium xda app installed and it wouldnt let me upgrade for the same reason. how do i fix this? thanks in advance for any help.

oh, incase its important im running cm7 nightly 176 w/ savaged zen kernel.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luciferii:
bump......
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silenthatred:
What new market update? Or do you mean the one that came with your ROM? Is that what was in the OTA update I saw yesterday? I just ignored it like I normally do.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luciferii:
the 3.1.3 market version. it did the same thing with the previous version but not with the "original" or "classic" market.
[HTC Desire S] Eisken:
Hi there,

I used Cyanogenmod 1.1 beta for a while and while I was pretty happy about it, it did have some issues i wasn't very fond of. So I decided to to perform a nandroid restore of my stock rom and succeeded. My stock rom kept crashing when trying to use internet (synchronising, browsing etc). While messing a little with the settings (like no account syncing etc) my phone crashed and it went into an infinite bootloop. I went into recovery, did the neccesary wipes and performed a nandroid recovery to my Cyanogenmod again. It errored while doing so (can't remember exactly what the line was, but was something like unable to format...something).

Now when I boot into recovery it displays the following information:

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

Any idea's? I know there is a lot to find about this on the internet and this forum but they're all guides from other devices and don't know if it would be wise to follow them :)

Help would be appreciated!

Clockworkmod v4.0.1.4
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
What happens when you attempt to enter RECOVERY and format CACHE?

Did you at any point in this boot loop process pull the battery?
[HTC Desire S] Eisken:
When doing cache wipe:

Formatting /cache...

Cache wipe complete.

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

I did not pull the battery out except for the infinite bootloop I mentioned earlier.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Sorry, I'm afraid that I must be the bearer of bad news :(....I believe that by pulling out the battery you have ruined the eMMC chip in the device, this appears to be a flaw or defect with a selection of recent HTC devices. :mad:

I believe that the only thing you can do is to return the device for warranty or to attempt to get the chip replaced.

Here are a selection of similar threads, within this forum which also cover this problem and I believe that you should be able to find others......

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1165304

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1150917

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1226849
[HTC Desire S] Eisken:
Thanks for your reply!

Too bad there is nothing to do about it. I'll just send it in for repair then. :)
[HTC Desire S] boazgalpo:
having the same problem.. so should i try to wipe the cache and see what happens?
[HTC Desire S] Jan_Joris:
I fixed that by going into recovery and wiping the cache. It still says that it is unable to mount but re-flashing the ROM fixed all that.
[HTC Desire S] Eisken:
I've tried that quite a few times, but it always failed to flash the rom. Did you get errors when flashing the rom?
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
What errors do you get when you're installing the ROM?

If you are still able to go into recovery then....

Do you have EXT4 recovery installed?

If not 1) Download this FILE which is EXT4 recovery 2) then copy it onto your SD card 3) enter recovery and flash the EXT4 ZIP file 4) Reboot Recovery

Then look at what format the existing CACHE partition is in?
[HTC Desire S] EbiEre:
OK i seem to be the next one with this Problem.

But for now it isn't a real problem, the following happended:

Used Hydrogen for some weeks, but wanted to try the new Virtuous Unity. So i did a backup of my apps with titanium, booted into recovery, flashed the Virtuous Rom, Install was complete and after that it says the known E: cant't mount ... and so on.

After that i pressed restart now in ext4 recovery and the Rom booted as it should. I restored my apps, everything is ok. But now i'm a little scared what will happen next ;)

So is this the normal "way" it goes, or did i just have luck? I'm thinking about going back to s-on and stock, if this is possible.

Btw i didn't pull out the battery ever, cause i knew this could brick my ds, and i never had a bootloop or something like that.

Hope someone can give me some tips.

Cheers
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
The good news here is that you recovered from this problem and also that you didn't pull battery, so we can rule that out as being the cause in your case.

Between the Installation/flashing of the second ROM did you perform the necessary WIPES?

You may well have done, but, just in case, I'd always recommend that you take a full Nandroid backup of an existing system ROM before moving and flashing another (just to have a fall back position in case)?
[HTC Desire S] .sh4d0w.:
@ EbiEre

I got scared after reading those lines too. Nothing to worry about. Just keep flashing roms as usual :D. Just a cache error. If you didnt pull out the battery, and if the rom booted, then everything is ok.
[HTC Desire S] EbiEre:
Yeah but I'm scared because I think it could brick "really".

I don't think it is sure that it only happen if i pull out the battery isn't it?

For now I'm back at the stock tom, it's OK but to be honest I love to root my phone and flash rims, and so maybe I will root again ;)

Thx for your answers
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Can only echo the comments of @.sh4d0w.

We all take a minor risk of bricking our devices with the majority of commands and flashes that we do.....but we still do them because that's half the fun...:D:D

Did you ever examine the format types ie EXT3/EXT4 of each partition using the EXT4 recovery?
[HTC Sensation] soulsniper:
Hey guys,

My sensation is not rooted and is s-on. Unlocked, I am with Fido. This phone is initially with Bell. How do i get 2.3.4 and system updates?

I am not too sure but I think if I reformat or do a factory data reset it might be able download the new updates as it may think it is still with bell?..or that only worked once as Fido has the 2.3 upgrade...

I don't want to root or s-off for now... is there a way to get the updates?

Thanks. sorry if this has been covered.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fokezy:
First of all i'm sorry to post more questions about rooting but it seems like no one cares about some problems... i searched so many times on xda and even google advanced search

I have the r800 xperia play...I've been using it for couple of months so i have a lot of apps n stuff. I am running the newest 4.0.A update and i love it but i read i cant flash to 2.3.2,root it with gingerbread then update to 4.0.A cuz its not OTA

so i thought i could do it the unlocking bootloader way but i have a lot of questions so lets start...

-Is there a way to be rooted in 4.0.A,and if there is...do i need a rom or what?

-If I root my phone will i loose all my app data(this is the most important part,i dont want to loose all my perfect games in cut the rope and games like modern combat which have incredibly hard levels)

-When my phone is rooted...will i be able to update it to 2.3.4 and the Ice Cream Sandwich next year,or i would have to load custom roms

-I also noticed that when i uninstall a free app from my phone it disappears from the My Apps tab in The Market so what am i supposed to do if the root wipes all my apps? Write all 60+ of them on a peace of paper?

Contacts and stuff dont worry me
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mozza2k11:
First off i dont have an unlocked bootloader but i will answer what i can.

1. Someone with an unlocked bootloader will have answer this one but im sure you can.

2. If you unlock your bootloader your phone will be wiped. The only way you would have kept root and all your apps is if your are on 2.3.3 (with a locked bootloader) and are waiting for the xloud update over ota (like i am) But since you have already updated to 4.0.A if you reflashed to 2.3.2 > rooted > ota to 2.3.3 (and wait like me) you will still loose all your apps (since you had to reflash). Best you can hope for is backing up your apps data with titanium backup pro or my backup pro. Then once you are rooted on an unlocked bootloader (or if you have reflashed 2.3.2 > rooted > ota to 2.3.3 with root) you can reinstall the app data.

3. If you unlock the bootloader you can still get updates but you cannot get them from OTA, PC Companion or SEUS (it will brick your phone) you will have to go the development section and a user who has got 2.3.4 (when its out) will post an update package you can use.

4. I have used App List Backup from the market. It saves all your market apps in a list so you can just redownload them and you still get updates e.t.c. Only works with market apps no 3rd party ones. Or even MyAppsList just to create a txt of app names.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fokezy:
Thats what I feared...but doesnt titanium backup require root? Maybe i misread it somewhere and its stuck in my head:)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mozza2k11:
LOL yeah sorry my bad. Indeed it does. I think mybackup pro works without root but im not sure if it is 100% reliable. Either way you are gonna have to either loose all your data or gamble saving your app data with my backup pro since rooting on anything after 2.3.2 (with a locked bootloader) does not work.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fokezy:
MyBackup requires root to backup app data:( I mean hasn't anyone figured out how to save their data...seems to me nobody cares about it

Anyways,provided that somehow i magically manage to save it i would still have to wait for OTA. Any ideas where i can check daily when the update will be available?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mozza2k11:
lol sigh... something is wrong with me today. I stoped reading as soon i a saw

Didnt get to the bottom

Sorry bout that bud. Probably got your hopes up for nothing :p I think the arc got their ota update a few weeks after it appeared on SEUS/Pc Companion but who knows its totally up to SE. I dont even think all the countries have got the ota yet for the arc.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerojay:
You can root without unlocking the bootloader as far as I remember. I believe I used SuperOneClick for it.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fokezy:
What is this guy at post #7 talking about? http://forums.androidcentral.com/general-help-how/63387-backup-application-data.html
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fokezy:
Nope

That was patched up in 2.3.2 so it doesnt work
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerojay:
I believe that basic Android - unthemed, untouched - does regular backups to Google. Basically, it will backup your app data and your list of apps. When you wipe a phone and log back in, it'll restore the apps and data automatically.

I noticed this myself when I was on my Samsung Galaxy S Captivate. The first time I installed Cyanogenmod 7 on it, it restored a ton of apps on my phone. The touchwiz framework for the Captivate doesn't allow it by default, I believe.

I have not seen this work on the Xperia Play.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fokezy:
Well...if it works on other phones it can work on any other phone running it...right?

I guess someone would have to extract the feature and somehow make an apk
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerojay:
I don't think it's quite that simple. It's most likely completely removed from the framework, so there's no readding an APK.

More info: http://code.google.com/android/backup/index.html