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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] siskiou:
So, having tried out three Roms, it's a lot of fun seeing the differences, but the lingo is still way over my head, sometimes.

Sense is an HTC brand launcher/theme, if I understand correctly?

And of the Roms I've tried, stock debloated and Skyraider are Sense Roms, and cm7 is not?

What I definitely need in a Rom is the ability to use the phone with local sim cards in Europe, the ability to turn off/dim the softkey backlight, good signal and battery usage, and reasonable stability.

Skyraider is great, but I can't turn of the softkey backlight (to my knowledge).

CM7 is very nice, but has issues with the sound level. Heard about a certain kernel fixing it, but am too new to understand kernels and how to get back to your old one, if need be.

Does anyone know of any Roms that fit the bill, that are safe for a noob?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] knipp21:
Skyraider and cm7 both do all but the back light thing and no Rom does that yet.

Flashing a kernel is just like flashing the Rom and to return to the kernel in the Rom, just flash the Rom again without wiping.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] oxlong27:
tiamat is the kernel that fixed sound on cm7 you flash a kernel just like a ROM but you don't need to wipe data first. I just flash. don't use aosp (cm7, miui,omgb) kernels on sense roms and vice versa it will cause problems. I like miui that's the ROM I use. stable fast and very customizable. not sure if it supports global mode or not I don't need it. if you have any further questions just ask

edit: looks like your a bit faster than me knipp!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] knipp21:
Just barely lol. I think miui needs testing but the gsm works...not sure though.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ChrisDDD:
MIUI dims the soft-key back lights in conjunction with the screen, and at the lowest screen brightness, the soft-key back lights are completely off. I love how it works, I could never stand how the soft-key back lights on my Fascinate would totally outshine the screen when it was at it's dimmest setting.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] siskiou:
Thanks for explaining!

So, just place the kernel on the root of the sd, and flash with CWR?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] siskiou:
Sounds like me!

Maybe I should give that one a try, and then flash to a "known to work with global" rom before the trip.

I saw you mention the kernel, but as someone who can only follow instructions, and not really understand all the reasoning behind it, I didn't want to jump in with both feet and mess up. :)

What does aosp stand for?

Is there something like a kernel manager that will show you which kernel is appropriate for your rom?

And once I have tried a bunch of Roms, and made backups of them in CWR, can I just restore the one I want, instead of flashing from sd card, and having to reinstall everything? And if yes, do I still want to do a full wipe before?

Thanks for all the help, everyone!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] knipp21:
Yup
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] shoman24v:
You must wipe Dalvik cache prior to flashing a new kernel.

If you need something with global access, CM7 and any GSM port really won't be a wise choice. If you want to use ROMs like those while maintaining global access, you probably want to do a nandroid backup of a stock ROM and keep it handy or flash Skyraider. Skyraider is a great choice.

Not sure why you'd want to turn off the keys backlight :confused: with them off you can't see where the keys are lol.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] oxlong27:
I never wipe dalvik before flashing a kernel. aosp is Android open source project. its a ROM built from that source. miui and Cm7 for example are aosp roms
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] siskiou:
I really like Skyraider, so will keep that one handy.

And the backlight is really annoying when reading at night, or having the clock on at night, or watching vids.

What's the reason for CM7 not working for global?

Ah, got it! Thanks!

Anyone know about using the backups, instead of flashing and starting from scratch each time?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] knipp21:
Cm7 supposedly works for global.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] shoman24v:
The benefit of sense ROMs is when you flash one, at least one based off the original ROM you can expect everything to work. CM7 won't support it, unless someone figures out how to code the hardware to AOSP. Just like when CM7 was released for the EVO. It took some time for them to get 4G to it. It really depends on how many are trying to get CM7 to the incredible 2...

But that's one of the benefits of a sense ROM. Things just work.

Edit: previous post says it may be working.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] oxlong27:
to answer your question about restoring backups, it certainly doesnt hurt to wipe before restoring but I dont and never had issues, the reason being is that backups are an EXACT system image of when you took the backup so all your settings apps etc are left intact and it completely overwrites your previous rom. backups are very handy but remember they take up a lot of space at minimum they take up 500 mb but in actuality they probably will be much larger
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] siskiou:
I like sense, but this is my very first smartphone, and my only android experience is with a Nook Color, running phiremod, so I've not seen much.

I've seen a report or two that cm7 works with different sims.

Thank you! And yes, I've noticed that a 2GB card fills up in no time.

I will have to get something larger, so I can transfer the backups (are the files in the clockwork folder all I need?) I made, plus fit my documents, music and videos onto.

Is there a way to verify a CWM backup, apart from actually restoring it?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] oxlong27:
well I'm sure there is a way to verify a backup but if its no good it just simply won't flash it will say installation aborted so I never really bothered to check integrity. I will say though backups aren't always 100% for example I restored a backup once and the status bar was completely missing but they are usually reliable. and yes your backups are stored in your cwm folder that is all you need
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ftmaniac948:
Personally I love the sense 3.0 on my phone, and the rim that seems most stable and fast to me is newts incredible 2 3d. Lightening quick and shows how huge the gap between 2.1 and 3.0 is.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jalin725:
my 2cents... I like either SkyRaider or newt 3d roms I am running SkyRaider and haven't had any issues. Will move over to try 3d once the nav issue is resolved.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] siskiou:
Will have to give this one a try. I just wish the sense roms would include backlight control. It's so annoying to read with it on.

Agreed on Skyraider, and lots of people seem to like newts roms.
[HTC Sensation] LittleH79:
Hi,

I accidentally chose option to partition sd card in cwm.

Now when I factory reset in CWM I always get the following error:

E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/blo

ck/mmcblk0p2

Is there any way to get rid of this error?

I mean, there's something in CWM's config that thinks there's an ext partition on my SD.

I already completely formatted my sd in Windows, flashed stock 1.45 rom, then reinstalled everything (CWM, data on sd etc) and I still get the error!

It's driving me nuts!
[HTC Sensation] CrazyCharlie:
Doing a factory reset doesn't touch the removable SD card only the internal memory. Try unmounting and formatting the internal memory and see if that works.
[HTC Sensation] darryll4sh0:
You may have to try using a next sd card
[HTC Sensation] CrazyCharlie:
Scratch that. I just looked in settings and realized formatting the internal memory isn't an option on the Sensation. Factory resets still don't touch the SD card though.
[HTC Sensation] ClydeB1:
Try Easus Home Partition Manager and delete the partition.
[HTC Sensation] LittleH79:
Thankz for the suggestion, downloaded the app but it only shows a Fat32 partition full size :o
[HTC Sensation] claudenegm:
If you have Windows XP installation disk, boot from it and plug in the sd card to your pc.

Delete the partition if you find it. By going to it and pressing D on your keyboard.

You may try deleting all the partitions on your sdcard and re-create them from the windows xp disk and try again.
[HTC Sensation] LittleH79:
Well I took a new sd card, lowlevel formatted single fat32 partition.

Chose factory reset in CWM and still get the error :mad:

It must be something in CWM, not sd card related.

Thankz for all your help :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonny82:
Can someone please tell me if this can be fixed? Phone got wet in my pocket. Dryed it. Everything is working except wifi. Please help
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dude Random21:
Put it in a bowl of uncooked rice with plastic rap over it and wait a little while, the longueur the better.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiu115:
wait, you do that?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonny82:
How does that help? Ans IRS been 4 days now since it happened
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpm:
The rice absorbs moisture. You may remember seeing rice in salt shakers to prevent the salt becoming damp and blocking the shaker :D
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
Yeah it might be too late for the rice thing but I suspect the wifi module probably got fried. Usually one would take the battery out and stick it in a rice bowl/bag for a few days.

Just last week a friend dropped her iPhone in the toilet at my house.

Put it in a zip lock bag of rice. Working fine the next day.:D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nimyea:
Hello, I'm running Oxygen, and I can't find where to mount internal memory. On other ROMs, both the sdcard and the internal memory appeared when I connected to phone to my PC, but now only the sdcard appears.

Thanks in advance.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tommixoft:
Hi don't know if it helps, but this config is in cm7 rom and it mounts both disks so put this (extracted first) in your etc folder replace if needed (backup your original) reboot phone and then try to mount and see what happens :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] spirosbond:
Didn't worked for me. I think oxygen doesn't support mounting the internal memory. It's a known issue
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tommixoft:
maybe oxygen formats that partition with ex4? or 3? so windows don't mount it?

what if yo format it with phone menu and then press mount in storage menu.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dancer_69:
No, the partition is fat, you can see this if you run /proc/mounts from adb shell.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nimyea:
So, how can I install a new ROM, without mounting the internal memory? Suggestions?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] spirosbond:
the problem is with the rom because at the storage settings it doesn't recognize any internal sd. Only your external. That's why windows don't mount it either.

Yes I have oxygen r1 too and install any new rom via clockworkmod. I paste from external sd to internal with root explorer (i think astro can do it also), boot to clockworkmod and install zip from sd card (the internal sd card).

Clockworkmod reads the internal sd card correctly.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nimyea:
Thanks, by the way, what's the internal sd folder?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] spirosbond:
Your internal sd card folder is named "HWUserData" and you can find it with a file manager (astro or root explorer etc...).

Sorry for my bad english
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nimyea:
Thanks a lot :D

Your English is fine by the way :)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dxdy:
you dont need to instal chevron cert... BTTF ROM is already unlocked... just dont forget to do hard reset after upgrade to Mango 7720

for Marketplace, you need just to sign in to live (hotmail) account and enter activation code...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jamietuffen:
Awsome. The problem i am having with the marketplace is evrytime i try and purchase and download something it says "cant get this imformation at the moment. Check again in a little while". Its been saying that for the last few days.
[General Questions and Answers] u4david:
I just got the CM7 on the My touch 4g.

All went smooth and i love it.

I got good screen and "bad"chip.

I plane to replace my device with some equally well designed hardware.

My mytouch4g works grate accept the paranoia about the "bad chip"

I love all that My touch 4 g have to offer.

But it seems like this one is the sweet one.As I can not find device that will replace this handheld with out loosing ether,front camera,resolution,connectivity bands,radio or ........

details here:

pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=2514&c=t-mobile_mytouch_hd__mytouch_4g_htc_glacier

This link also makes comparesment easy

So what is good replacement of My touch 4g on GSM network?

In the same cost bracket.I got my touch complete with 8gb card and charger for $230 price date 09/2011

GSM,bluetooth,fm radio ,front camera and back camera with flash,good cpu,ram,wifi bgn,gps,......

Please Recommend devices and i will do more research.
[General Questions and Answers] xT4Z1N4TRx:
desire z!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] u4david:
Please provide model number

Front camera gone and slower processor,less RAM....

I may could loose the front camera if the price is right a may shave some processor speed.

The slide out k board my be good.

Thank you.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dcar777:
I searched and saw some people are having the same issues just on different devies. When I reboot into cwm, I tied to backup my current rom and it says it can't mount the sd. So, I can't backup, I can't flash, I can't do anything.... Anyone know of any soultions?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AustinMartin:
how is your microSD formatted?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dcar777:
not my micro.... my internal sd
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
CWM only work with the micro sd card. You need to have the files you want to flash on the removeable micro sd card.

Also it only backup to micro sd card so you need one format as FAT 32
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dcar777:
Sweet. Thanks for the info! Ill try that now.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamolah:
since the GB (2.3.3) update, when I receive a text message while playing music it interrupts the music to play the notification sound. Very annoying, is there anyway to get rid of that.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamolah:
any help with this, at all?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaudman:
very interested too if anyone could help.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shahkam:
I know that on cm7 settings there is an option "notifications focus " look for that on the stock rom
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamolah:
I don't think that exists on stock ROM
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamolah:
bump... anybody have an answer to this. please...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamolah:
come on guys. Somebody must have an answer to this question.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamolah:
Okay I give up. I just hope ICS solves this dumb issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsw5700:
Hi folks, off on me hols soon on a cruise where 3g and wifi is mega expensive. How do I enable SMS messages only? Is it flight mode and GSM?

Many thx

Sent using geek power
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
Dont turn WiFi on, That solves that problem,

And disable 3g by going into settings > wireless and networks > GSM / 2g Only.

And you should be good to go :D

EDIT: or you could pick up an international SIM Card, They do some good deals with reasonable prices, Or contact your provider and see if they cant put you on a better tariff for the duration of your holiday..

Or dont take your phone with you at all and enjoy being on holiday without people bothering you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGS Dutchie:
Leave your phone @ home.

It's not only cheap but also very relaxed!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faria:
Go to settings/wireless and network/mobile networking settings and untick "use packet data " and "data roaming".

As for wifi, just turn it off.
[Atrix 4G General] gh123man:
THE IDEA​

WHY?​

PLANS​

Project Details​

WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU!!!!​

PROJECT STATUS​

PHASE 1: model and test print an exact copy of the original battery door

PHASE 2: ensure copy is correct and functional

PHASE 3: modify scale model and test print new design

PHASE 4: design kickstand and implement it.

PHASE 5: ????

questions? fire away.

high quality reference images for 3d modeling.
[Atrix 4G General] k4zyn:
I envy your 3D printer access...
[Atrix 4G General] matthew5025:
Just some advice, you might know this already but there are three antennas on the ATRIX, the radio, WiFi and bluetooth (together) and lastly, the GPS antenna. Just make sure not to interfere with those and you are good to go.

FYI the locations are as follow

Radio: bottom (quite obvious)

WiFi and bluetooth: Directly below the camera you see a small metal exposed part next to a screw. Thats it.

GPS: On the extreme other side of the phone, running the length of the battery.
[Atrix 4G General] gh123man:
thank you. i will take that into careful consideration. the type of plastic we are using is ABS. being it is plastic we should not have any issues. but i do have plans, once/if this works to have a metal one of some sort made. where as i will need to pay more attention to the antenna positions. in that situation i will most likely use plastic in the areas where the antennas are located. but i am not concerned with making a metal one at all right now. i just want to get the project off the ground.

glad to see some people are interested :)
[Atrix 4G General] thegregulator:
Very interested. It would be nice to have a different back on the Atrix that fits in all the docks. Great idea!
[Atrix 4G General] Semseddin:
Hello,

It is great to see independent projects like this. As a regular guy i'd like premium touch, look and feel. Maybe something like Razr2 V8 Luxury edition battery cover will do for me.
[Atrix 4G General] the2dcour:
Would help if someone had a digitizer and made a 3d model of the stock door so it could be modified :p
[Atrix 4G General] JayRolla:
I believe the OP said he was doing this?
[Atrix 4G General] gh123man:
i am modeling the stock door. that is the first step. after i make a semi flawless recreation i will begin to modify. if anyone has access to an accurate 3d model or a 3d scanner i would greatly appreciate your help!
[Atrix 4G General] xploited:
The Bionic one looks simple but nice I think:
[Atrix 4G General] BBock9:
Kickstand ;)
[Atrix 4G General] indieman91:
+ 1 would love a kickstand

Sent from my alien atrix with the xda premium app
[Atrix 4G General] leo5111:
id like to try this someone sprayed liquid rubber on the battery door http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1230743&page=13 :p
[Atrix 4G General] gh123man:
fantastic idea. ill add it to the first revision. why didnt i think of that
[Atrix 4G General] filthyfnj24:
Go droid style. Metal battery door with soft touch paint. I would buy it!
[Atrix 4G General] gh123man:
i want to attempt a droid like look. starting with plastic. then move to metal if it turns out REALLY good. i need ideas on how to change the shape of the case. if you have a good idea. please make the best attempt to draw or model it.
[Atrix 4G General] TadMSTR:
I'd like a metal door but not for looks or feel. I want something that will dissipate heat better than the stock battery cover. I'm sure everyone has noticed that the Atrix does tend to get warm often.
[Atrix 4G General] lunder:
If it has a kickstands and is made of metal/good plastic I will deffinitelly buy one. Keep us posted.
[Atrix 4G General] PatriotXT92:
Adding a kickstand would be awesome as well as making the cover so that it isn't so slippery. Maybe something similar to the way the ruggedized battery cover is. I'd be willing to buy one as well if it all works out.
[Atrix 4G General] stvmac11:
I like the idea you have. I'm taking a class on surface coatings, so hopefully by the time this semester is over, I'll be a whiz about what types of substrates and coatings are best for this type of applications. good luck :D
[Atrix 4G General] ccrows:
+1

I would 2nd that idea!... :)
[Atrix 4G General] ccrows:
Also (as others have stated) any ideas that you can come up with making the door less slippery, I would be all ears about myself as well... :)
[Atrix 4G General] pukemon:
A good tpu case.works for me. Get.grip and.it bulks up my phone just right.

Iphone > galaxy s 2.
[Atrix 4G General] karnovaran:
Very interested to follow this. Some thin slits where the heat builds up could be useful for dissipation.
[Atrix 4G General] wmc90:
I would buy the hell out of a replacement door that was simply more solid. I've already ordered a replacement for my current one because its become creaky. It's a real shame our devices are so solidly built underneath this door because it really detracts from the general build quality and feel.

Perhaps it might be worth overlapping over the edges of the screen to give some added screen protection and generally making the entire unit more solid. There's a replacement door available on eBay (at least I think it is, it's hard to tell :P) which does this already - Link: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Battery-...Accessories&hash=item27bcd65516#ht_4690wt_989 . Doing this you could likely avoid using the unreliable little notches to hold the thing in place as well.
[Atrix 4G General] elementaldragon:
Just to kinda cut some of the recommendations down... fairly certain METAL isn't really much of an opiton... both because i haven't seen a 3D Printer that prints in metal #1... and #2, having an all-metal battery cover would wind up breaking the plastic tabs on the main piece of the phone that holds the battery cover in place. Unless you can get your hands on some nice metal that's pliable and won't lose it's shape after being bent to get it off the phone over and over again.

Metal INSERT in the back, maybe... but all metal probably won't happen without having some full-shell replacement with a different way to latch the door on the back.
[Atrix 4G General] eskimopunk:
As corny and cheesy as this sounds... Something transparent, maybe a see-through colour ala original iMac style. Although the battery and SIM/SD card aren't that exciting to look at lol.

I'll see if I can come up with a few cool patterns that aren't as cliche as the carbon fibre look of the past few years.
[Atrix 4G General] gh123man:
You raise a good point. I will keep that in mind. If and only if we get to that stage we will use a 3rd party for the printing or milling. My focus is plastic though. I just miss the solid feel for such a great phone