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[HTC Wildfire S] adammacleod:
Is there anyway to add another language to the phone without having to S-Off and install a new rom?

My friend has just bought a Wildfire S but it has n hungarian language.

I have successfully S-Offed my own desire but understand its not available without a clip on this model.(Not sure what the clip is)

Edit

For those that might need it, I made a goldcard and then flashed stock European Rom. Seemed to do the trick
[HTC Wildfire S] iDAREK:
Sometimes when you made a goldcard and reflash with WWE firmware, thats not enough (My Desire Z), I still have seened only English and couple more languages on it, even that, that I use XTClip for ChaCha and Wildfire S, and on them all languages are shown. So, in that case I use MoreLocale2 from market to force use build-in language, even if this is not showned on the phone.
[HTC Wildfire S] mehdi_mh:
Yes! there is another way

Take a look at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074445 . you can easily Debrand your cell to another rom (not always possible) and see other languages.

in my case I changed my phone from INDIAN to ARABIC to see Persian fonts :)
[General Topics] MartyLK:
This is a terrific app. I use the Water Color selection and it makes excellent background or wallpaper images that look professionally done. You can point at anything and it will make a nice BG image.
[General Topics] alekos100:
great app, thanks
[General Topics] vetvito:
Amazon free apps have been bad lately. Last few days have been simple games.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DaNnY549:
Why in Technical Specifications of the Inspire 4G say that is Internal memory storage 4 GB internal memory and the cellphone say me that is 1.21 GB in the Titanium Backup APP???????????????????????????????????????????????????? :confused::confused::confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
Its 4gb total. But only about 1gb is user accessible. There is an old thread about this where someone explained this in much better detail Ill see if I can find it

no hay de queso no mas de papa
[HTC Inspire 4G] Pirateghost:
i think its because you didnt add enough ?? to your confusion

ever wondered where your ROM resides? a rom is more than just /system. the partitions you DONT see are:

/data

/cache

/devlog

and a few more i am forgetting at the moment
[HTC Inspire 4G] DaNnY549:
Thanks for clarify my question. and sorry if it was before I don't found it :/
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
It also depends on how the NAND is setup. Certain partitions are considered more important and have more bytes allocated error correction and bad block recovery. Here's a document I found some time ago that explains it in excruciating detail:

http://tjworld.net/wiki/Android/HTC/EMMC/UnderstandingUserCapacity
[T-Mobile LG G2x] AimanF:
I'm having some really annoying radio issues with my phone and I'm on the March 27 2011 radio. I'm used to my old HTC phones where all I would have to do is a fastboot flash radio command. Can someone explain how to upgrade the radio on this phone?

Thanks :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Mister Hat:
Goto Lg's website and use the official updater. That's pretty much the only way.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] AimanF:
I tried that way a little while back and for some reason it would just refuse to update for me :\
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jboxer:
That issue should be fixed. Try the updater again. It now supports all G2X internal model numbers (i.e.,LGP999DW, LGP999DWP and LGP999DWDU).
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Mister Hat:
indeed. ;)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sryan1983:
The issue I came across was that I had to go back to complete stock (rom, recovery, no root) before the updater would actually work.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
When I did mine I was rooted and had cwm recovery flashed to the phone. Updater worked like a charm.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antique_Angel:
Guys, which is the best Dialer and Contact manager for Android and why? I don't like Cyanogen's / CUSTOM ROMS Dialer. I wan't to have Fav contacts in squad like in Stock ROM.

Thanks!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vdpatel:
Try GO dialer EX & GO contacts EX.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hi guys i know already properly alot of people have asked this question but what is the best rom to use on galaxy s2.

I just upgraded and got me the galaxy s2 over the sensation and i am loving it so far..But would like to find out what rom out there is best to use on a daily basis. So if anyone has any recommendations i would appreciate it:D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
No best rom try them is the simple answer yet again.

If their was a best rom then their would only be one rom .

I know this answer has been given many many times but its the answer .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pukemon:
The best rom is the one you like the best. Now get flashing.

I voided my warranty and your mum.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1244535&highlight=Best+ROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1235592&highlight=Best+ROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1223402&highlight=Best+ROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1223833&highlight=Best+ROM
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pukemon:
undervolting has a lot to do with battery life. especially ask laptop owners with core 2 duo's what undervolting does. don't spread false information because you're not impressed or it didn't meet your expectations. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
And you don't need to spread your non sense here!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pukemon:
lmao. half your posts lately have been undervolting is worthless. you don't even know what you're talking about and that is non sense in and of itself.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Well I am not wasting anymore post behind a freak and non sense like you. So say whatever story you have in bag, at least it will make you happy.

Way.....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pukemon:
your untruthful signature makes it a topic every time you post.....

*** "Undervolting has absolutely nothing to do with your battery life. It's as simple as that. " ***

:p:p:p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madroxx:
you can try litening rom its quite good.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
thank you i appreciate that. i will give it a go thank you:D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
can you change kernels once you are on a custom rom or is always best to go by the one that comes with the rom
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madroxx:
ya you can change the kernal of ur choice there is no rule that you have to use the kernal that comes with the rom. you can try speedmods kernal if you want battery life is your priority or go for ninphetamine kernel if you want OC/UV.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fulvian:
So far I found VillainROM + SpeedMod kernel giving me the best battery life, might even be better with undervolting and Black Android theme, but since this ROM doesn't support undervolting and I love my current theme, I haven't tried them. :)

Just my RM 0.02
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
right im using Villainrom and using Nimp kernel 2.0.5. i have put my frequencies on setcpu max 1000GHz and minimum 200.. what i always want to know how can you undervolt a rom
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
Hi guys,

I'm currently running the Bell stock 2.3.3 ROM, I was wondering if there are any vanilla 2.3.4 ROM's for UGKG2 without the bloatware added by Bell/Samsung?

Thanks for your help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mynamesteve:
none that i know of sorry.

Get rooted and cwm recovery get a backup and you can delete the bloat yourself (delete the apk's from system/app) can always restore if you delete the wrong thing. theres a good list of apps you can delete somewere round here have a search in the SGS2 forum.

Or buy titanium backup from the market and freeze them (still gotta be rooted tho).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
Never mind, I used the XXKG3 2.3.4 generic ROM to flash my Bell I9100, it was easy as pie.

Password: samfirmware.com

1) Odin setup:

Result:

2) Do a factory reset: *2767*3855#

No need to root the phone or install CWM. As I said, can't get easier than this. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mynamesteve:
Glad you got it sorted, altho if you dont know the advantages/fun of being rooted its defo something to read about.

If you flashed a generic rom i'm guessing there is still all the samsung apps aka Hubs and other crap still on your phone. these things drain battery there the bloat you speak off. the only other way to rid them is root.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
Ya, I'm about to root the phone and remove all that crap. :)

At least none of Bell apps are installed...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
Apps safe to be removed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bimmerboii:
Bit of a newbie here, but im assuming XXKG3 file you linked contains all files needed? (modem/csc etc in one file?)

Also is this official or one of the leaked?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
Ya, that is the official Samsung package posted by samfirmware.com site and contains all needed files. I just saved you the trouble to register there but you should check their site also. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bimmerboii:
Awesome! I had already planned in flashing generic uk firmware on my Bell SGS2 (seems UK gets updates first right?) and you made it easier :)

Edit: How is the GPS on this firmware? Flashing this uk firmware also changes the GPS servers right?

Also, I read somewhere that when you flash a firmware from a different region, you need to manually change the CSC code? i.e. It should say XEU for UK generic?

Check here http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/showthread.php/4692-Full-Guide-How-to-Debrand-your-Samsung-Galaxy-S2 (Step 8)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
I don't know why you look at other sites when XDA has always the proper info and all real devs hang here. I never saw someone from XDA copying procedures from other sites and paste them here. :D

About your question, all I did was described on the post with screenshots, I did not do anything else extra and everything (including my GPS) works as it should. I thought I would see an improvement on the GPS signal with the 2.3.4, is the same old crap... takes forever to wakes up (if you have your wireless network disabled, of course).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Word of warning, be very careful when using .pit file and repartitioning. It's not something that's needed 99.9% of the time that you flash a firmware but increases the risk for FUBARRING the device if something goes wrong.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
I agree with Intratech 100%, however I did it with XXKG3 and nothing went wrong because the Bell partition is identical to generic XXKG3 one. I actually got a nice talk with Intratech about that, just to clear the partitioning questions for others.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Oh yeah, you'll probably find the download link for firmwares including XXKH3 much faster for downloading from the firmware thread in the dev forum. XWKH4 which is newer that XXKH3 has also been released. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bimmerboii:
Well I couldnt find any info on debranding the SGS2 and that site came up first :)

Thank you and noted!

Thanks that's a good explanation!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
Just so you know, I redid the *#272*{IMEI}# sequence on my XXKG3 phone and it shows KOR as it did with original Bell firmware. :)

Can you try it on your phone and see if it says KOR also? I presume you have a stock unchanged phone... Either ways I'm keeping the KOR setting because I want to get generic updates only.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
KOR is the default CSC when it doesn't find/install the proper CSC for your region. For the Bell firmware the CSC should show as BMC
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bimmerboii:
Yup still running stock (but rooted). Mine says VMC. Got the phone from Virgin Mobile but is 100% same as Bell with Bell bloatware on it

Edit: The menu gives me 4 choices. VMC, SOL, BWA, BMC. VMC is the one highlighted
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
Whoa, I never knew this Intra. I was 100% sure the KOR value will work anywhere. Does it hurt if I leave it on KOR? Edit: I don't even have these codes into firmware...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Yes VMC is Virgin Mobile Canada so that's normal. SOL and BWA must be other carriers or regions.

As long as the device works it not vital to change it but some people like to. If you change it the device will do a factory reset.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
I thought so, I'll stick with KOR for now. :)

Edit: I bought the phone from FutureShop, not from Bell. I swear that I saw KOR when I checked the CSC on my phone originally... I think I was smoking some new stash. :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bimmerboii:
Based on Itratech's official firmware thread, the CSC of XXKG3 is XEU. Just in case you decide to change it in the future :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
Intra, I wonder if I should flash the original CSC from the UGKG2 firmware... Do you recommend it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Some people do and some just use the CSC packaged with whichever firmware they flash. As long as your APN and SMS/MMS settings are ok there is no need to flash another CSC package.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
Good to know, my APN showed as pda.bell.ca once XXKG3 was flashed and the first thing I tested after the flash was to see if I can text someone. Now that I know everyone has BMC as CSC, I wonder why mines showed as KOR on the UGKG2 firmware... anyways, no biggie, the phone works perfect and I always have 4 bars for signal in places where I used to get 2 or 3.

I like that on the new firmware HSPA+ kicks in only when I pull data (fast dormancy), saving on battery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GroovyMotion:
So is the .pit file necessary for the process or not?

***Update: Disregard I read another of your posts :)

---------- Post added at 08:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:27 PM ----------

Question: why do you do a factory reset after flashing the ROM? Won't it reinstall the original kernel?! :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike@formis:
Thanks!

yqed,

Thank you for your instructions, I followed your steps except:

1. I didn't put a check mark on "Re-Partition"

2. I did not load "PIT"

After loading the vanilla firmware I proceeded to root the firmware using the following file "CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG3-v4.1-CWM4.tar".

Everything works fine, only major difference is I'm on Android 2.3.4 now, Skype video chats ftw!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECK:
You should try KI3, much better. See my sig.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackHawkA4:
I have sadly, yes, not rooted my Nexus or done anything to it. Didn't want to; but, now the bug will not let me go.

Anyways, I'm use to the epic and using Odin and what not. From reading write ups everywhere I'm pretty sure I can root in 10 minutes blindfolded. Excellent.

My question I can't seem to figure out is. BEFORE rooting/WITHOUT root I want to do/be able to do the following:

1) Copy the entire phones content. And entire mirror of what's on the phone now down to the texts, settings, home screens, OS, etc. Doesn't matter if I make the backup from the phone or from the computer. Either way as long as I have access to the file to move to the computer.

2) Be able to plug the phone in to the computer and format the entire storage of the phone. I guess this can be with root as I wouldn't have to do this unless I was already rooted. Just nothing left. Not even the OS

3) Flash the back up from number 1 through the computer and have the phone like I never touched it post that back up.

I would assume this is possible through ADB? Ideally what I'm looking for would be to plug the phone into the computer. Launch ADB. Run a command. Copy the entire phone to the computer. Then, later (Rooting, flashing, etc all in the middle of this period) when I want to go back to stock: plug in the phone. Launch ADB. run a command. Wipe the phone. Run another command. Flash the backup.

That possible on Android?

Thanks.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackHawkA4:
Looking at some of the ADB commands (Don't know if these are all of them). Would I essentially just be able to run the pull command to pull the entire root directory copying everything on the phone? The OS is in there?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
It can't be done. When you unlock the bootloader, the phone will be wiped automatically. Sorry for the bad news.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackHawkA4:
I know it was going to wipe. Actually just did it. Settled on making the IMG files post root with nandroid. Figured if I'm going to flash back to stock I'll just use the ones I have that were posted on some forums. At that point if I'm going stock either sending the phone in for repairs and can flash root imgs back later; or, I'm never going to see it again so doesn't bother me.

I was looking for the commands to make my own backup IMG files from the boot, recovery, system partitions in case I wanted to unroot.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fixxxer2008:
too many outdated threads under the section and apparently no one goes there anymore. im trying to root a friends mytouch 3g slide with the 2.2 ota installed. he just wants a 2.2 stock rooted rom, no cm7. i also know we cannot s-off now.

please someone help me out, im going nuts here. :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fixxxer2008:
really, nobody? i guess my friend is SOL then.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mattykinsx:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/15047-how-to-root-a-mytouch-3g-slide/

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=TMobile_myTouch_Slide:_Full_Update_Guide
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fixxxer2008:
i assume this is updated for the 2.2 ota?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mattykinsx:
I couldn't find any information on that.

You might as well try.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fixxxer2008:
apparently this phone is too outdated and rooting it sucks...thanks anyways.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Stannieman:
This question is probably already asked, but I can't find a clear answer for it.

2nd thing is that I can`t see the forest for the trees anymore cause I'm quite an android noob.

I wan't to try to build a custom rom, but how do I get started?

As far as I know there are 2 ways:

1) Take an existing rom (either stock or custom) and mod it.

2) Start from scratch.

The 2nd method is of course the most interesting (but probably also the hardest) method.

So say we take that method.

First of all I think android basically consists of 2 parts, being the kernel + all the rest.

You can take a kernel from a working rom, which may be moddified, but can you also build the original kernel from the source? For getting that to work on my device I'll probably need the drivers, but how? Extract it from the latest official rom? And how to add them?

Samsung (yes I have a samsung s5660 aka gio) also uses the rfs filesystem, would it be possible to use ext4 and does the kernel need to be adapted to that?

And how do you make the rom flashable for odin?

A lot of questions, I know, but isn't there a step to step guid for doing this kind of things?

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mdfzhi:
yes, its possible to create an odin flashable rom with ext4 as default filesystem. and yes, obviously the kernel need to support ext4.

read this thread, particularly the first post.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1202049
[HTC Sensation] Buck767:
Howdy.

I have a '3' branded handset in the UK

I've gone through revolutionary, cwm, rooted etc.

I would like (with little reason) to get onto a stock image, preferably to the OTA providing 2.3.4 eventually.

I've backed up using cwm.

So is it just a simple matter of running through RUU_Pyramid_HTC_Europe_1.45.401.2_Radio_10.56.9035 .00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_208857_signed from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074559 ?

Is there anything else I should be aware of?
[HTC Sensation] Behold_this:
Super CID!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krustymk:
LT15i

As the title says, is this phone capable of HSDPA whilst WiFi is switched on?

Cheers
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Along with your other thread...

...that you've bumped today. Makes sense to disable one while the others running otherwise you're just wasting battery.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krustymk:
Considering the first post has had 88 views and no answers i decided to rephrase the question in case i am being misunderstood.

I didnt ask what made sense or about battery draining issues or how to use my phone, surely if you have no input which can help resolve the matter you keep quite?

Why do people choose to preach and/or ask questions dragging out into multiple posts when all that is required is a simple yes or no....

Perhaps post count is more important than helping people?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DemonicHawk:
If you insist, the simple answer is no.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Then you could have simply edited the thread title and bumped the post.

I couldn't care less what you did or didn't ask about and I'll give my opinion on any thread I like. ;)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krustymk:
Thankyou so much :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krustymk:
You need to sort your attitude out pal
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
YOU'RE the one who needs to sort your "attitude". :rolleyes: If you don't like being pulled up about duplicate posting then I suggest you "keep quite", as YOU'RE the one that's in the wrong from the off ;). I also gave a perfectly reasonable opinion as to why it might be and YOU'RE the one that has made an issue out of nothing. :rolleyes:
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
I'm aware a lot of people are using the 2.3.4 version of android now, but does 2.3.3 development cease to exist now? I mean, I'm aware its not the latest version to date and all that, but hey.. we do have the kernel source for it. I'm not trying to say HEY DEVS. DO THIA FOR ME NOW!!! But I've just been wondering this for a while, have we reached the limits of 2.3.3 yet?

Sent from my evo with 2 cores and 3 D's
[HTC EVO 3D] oohaylima:
You miss the ''not'' before the caps. Now it really does look like you're demanding it. :D

I think it'll be released soon, so that's why they stopped.
[HTC EVO 3D] mazook98:
I may be completely dense, but I wonder the same exact thing. Wouldn't it be a lot easier to develop an AOSP ROM from the 2.3.3 kernel source we already have?

(Tell me if I'm absolutely clueless, please, so at least I'll know.) :)

Sent from my Evo³d
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
Haha thanks!

Sent from my evo with 2 cores and 3 D's
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
Aosp is 2.3.5

Sent from my evo with 2 cores and 3 D's
[HTC EVO 3D] mazook98:
AOSP is whatever version that Google releases, as they update the Android versions,.... So, yes, we may be on 2.3.5 now, but there CERTAINLY was a 2.3.3 Gingerbread ROM out there prior to this release.

Sent from my Evo³d
[HTC EVO 3D] renzo.olivares:
actually aosp is now 2.3.6 :)
[HTC EVO 3D] renzo.olivares:
think of it like this if we stayed with 2.3.3 and the kernel source for 2.3.4 was released we would have to redo everything anyways...think of this as us getting a head start :)
[HTC EVO 3D] cruise350:
If you want to live in the past, try ViperRom. It's a great ROM but still on the old base.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlear3:
Well this is obsolete now :P
[HTC EVO 3D] renzo.olivares:
yup :)

!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] Bamba1260:
2.3.4 kernel source FTW! lol