yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] twisticles:
Yeah it can, but the OS version only, not the version with Developer Tools.

I upgraded from Win7 Premium no problems using the 32-bit only version. Was slower than a clean install, but it preserved all my files and programs. The only thing it dropped was the BT driver, which was a quick fix from the OEM site.

During upgrade, Win8 asks how you want to proceed - either preserve all files/programs/settings, files and settings only, or files only IIRC (I wasn't paying too much attention at the time).

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Well Win8 probably needs those 16gb for installation, so say MS. If you proceed without then either:

a) you will kill a lot of kittens

or

b) the install will fail

Your options are to uninstall junk until you can make a 16gb partition, or ghost your device (so you can revert to previous OS) and install on the primary partition.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] srgudhka:
hey thanks for the guide...
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Ampicillin:
Hi, I have a question!

I have 640GB single hard drive with C: 96GB And D drive with 500 GB. I'm thinking to give windows 8 a try. And Create 25GB Partition from C drive and dual boot it. Is it possible without formatting C drive (Windows drive)? And If in the future i want to undo process and go back to 96 GB Without damaging my 500GB Drive is it possible? Because I've got lots of data in 500GB drive. I can't take risk.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Horse666:
I have a problem.

My netbook wont boot from the USB key even when it's set to do so. I have Win7 and Ubuntu installed already. Is GRUB interfering in some way, and is there anything I can do to change it?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Dyzophoria:
has anyone tried installing from a USB but using UEFI?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] royal.tarun:
Mine is showing "100%. Status : Backup Complete."

Is it done??
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] ChoctawT:
If i have ubuntu & linux ...can i also install windows 8.. Sorry for the noob question
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] joefrank:
Question, I've been looking for a way to restore my w 7. As I was reading there is a way with this usb tool. As my other comp doesn't have a dvd drive. Is this ISO can be installed even if I can't boot my pc. Maybe do the installation and overwrite the old version? Thanks.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Alex530:
I have an acer aspire 3680. 1.66 cpu 2 gig ram. Do you think it'd run ok?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] nguyenhonganh:
Thanks man! I try to install W8 on my old laptop (lenovo 3000 Y410)
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] emo-dudes:
Windows 8 Installation

Installing Windows 8 over the Windows 7 partition will destroy all your data, install to another partition. You can also just run setup.exe from the extracted .iso and all your data will be backed up to a folder called windows.old in your main drive, normally C: . Please note that if you install directly from the setup on top of Windows 7 they say they won't keep any data; well they do so you just ignore that. Setting up Windows 8 on a pendrive is a lot easier if you use the pendrivelinux tool. Peace.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] AFAinHD:
guys please help I cancelled the installition on a seperate partition and it undid all the changes and now when I try to boot it just says boot:0 MBR boot0: done_ please help I really don't know what to do, I don't want to gett in troble for breaking the damn computer I don't even know what went wrong!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] PoXFreak:
Looks to me like you killed your MBR...

Easiest fix is to stick your original Win7/Vista/XP install disc in and try to repair it.

Win7 will try to fix it automatically but XP needs a backup of your original boot sector information.

I have screwed many pooches with Win XP in the past and I generally use GParted for any MBR repairs.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] ndmuni:
Uninstall win 8

I ve created a 80gig partition on my c to install win 8, I understand that once installed u cannot uninstalled it. I was wondering if i create a restore point on win 7 b4 i install win 8 would it remove win 8 if i restore or do i ve to go to full recovery??? Thanks if someone can offer an answer b4 i install.:confused:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] aliensk:
linux usb disk

yes if u have linux u can also create usb installation. just use gparted to format the drive to ntfs and unetboot tool and ull create usb installation no problem i tested it yesterday installed very fast
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] BenSow:
Installation Time

It would be nice if you guys could share how long did it take for it to finish installing, so that we don't waste too much time waiting for a stalled install :)
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Xalies:
If i were you I would just wait Windows 8 Consumer Preview will be out on the 29th
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] nikhilgavit:
had installed windows 8 customer preview on a separate partition hoping i would be able to dualboot but unfortunately it didnt.. had to format the partition i installed win 8 and restore bootmgr using win 7 bootable dvd to go back to windows 7..
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] k1chy:
I installed it and it detected all my OS installations, Ubuntu, OS X and windows 7. May be it is an isolated incident. A lot of my friends have done so.

On first boot just don't click on other OS displayed cuz it breaks the install, only Windows 8. After setting up is complete try switching OS. This is from my installation experience.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] ccr41981:
Curious, can you partition a 64 gb sd card and install windows 8 to it? I'd like to to do that with my exopc...
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] PoXFreak:
I've already done this on a Dell Opti 745, although it took installing it to a 60G HD, copying the partition in GParted to a flash drive and setting a boot manager on it. Wasn't that hard, just took some time and patience.

I didn't try it on another machine but I assume it would be invalid since win8, like win7, requires SLIC coding or ACPI 2.1 extensions.

Sent from this addictive thumb magnet using XDA
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] jamespoo:
can i install windows 8 from a 4gb sd card?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] PoXFreak:
I don't see why not, although the 64 bit version might not fit with a boot loader. I use ultimate USB installer to make a bootable thumb drive.

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[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] k1chy:
Actually x64 version fits perfectly on a 4GB thumb drive, so it should be possible to install from 4GB SD card :confused:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] hiqasim:
same procedure as we used for installing windows 7 from usb drive
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] :
Great!!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldiers33:
Previously I was on 2.2 and rooted using unrevoked. I then flashed the stock 2.3 pre rooted rom which I found here.

Everything works fine but I wish to remove some of the rubbish which is preinstalled and after reading lots of guides it says I must boot into recovery but I no longer have recovery and dont know how to install it.

Is there an easier way to remove stock apps? I tried deleting with root explorer but it comes back after restart.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
you cant delete stock apps without s-off as they are replaced.

You either need to boot into recovery or reflash a modified version of the rom.

Now what do you mean you have no recovery?

Turn off your device.

Hold vol down+power, and highlight recovery using the volume keys and power to select. What do you see?

If you no longer have clockworkmod, You will have to s-off then fastboot flash it, although I cannot see how you got in this situation.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldiers33:
When I gold volume down and power button nothing happens phone doesn't even turn on. And what is a-off? Is it possible on 2.3?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
It's flashing a custom hboot which ignores the security flag in radio nvram (s-on).

What if you hold vol down, then hold power for 3 seconds then release only power?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldiers33:
Still doesn't do nothing. Sometimes it lists boots into the actual ROM and that's it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Faulty hardware?

What about the same method using Back instead of vol down?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldiers33:
It cant be faulty hardware because when I was on 2.2 it worked. It only stopped working after I flashed the pre rooted 2.3. I will try the back button and will see how it goes.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Well I don't know how software could affect hardware from working. Especially hardware used to power on a device, unless you're not doing it right...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan281082:
rootsu cant he take his system apps off in abd commands even with s-on??
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
yes, but he needs to be booted into recovery to do this. I have a guide in my signature.

Could just freeze them in titanium too.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan281082:
my bad didnt read first post proper!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldiers33:
Sorry couldn't post. Basically I tried to hold volume down and power button but nothing still happens. I held it for 30 seconds but it would even turn on unless I let go off power button.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Don't know what's happened to your device. Personally I'd RUU it and start again but someone may have a better idea
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wigs1l:
Is it possible that you are not rooted anymore as you went to a pre-rooted 2.3? And cannot get to recovery because of a stock rom?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
he cant get to hboot or fastboot either. All these things exist in stock form. Something is really wrong here
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Johndo4550:
I've tried the same thing, an had to pull the battery shortly, afterwoods I could use the volume down / power option. This happen several times, until I flashed another ROM. ???
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] cosmin86:
I bought from my country. there goes perfectly. now I`m in Italy and iy does not run with italian SIM (WIND).it recognize the network but it has no signal, cant make calls or recive.I tried a lot of things: flash back to stock rom,other countries rom, settings *#*#4636*#*# , calling a wind operator.... Pls help!!!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] casiocas:
Hey!

I think its locked to you CARRIER(you cant use other network SIM).

CHEERS! :cool:

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If its LOCKED, then you can try THIS.

CHEERS! :cool:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] cosmin86:
Thx for fast reply.

it does not ask for unlock code.when i enter *#7465625# all are off
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] casiocas:
Hey!

If its not locked, then I dont get why its not working. Its not matter what SIM(working one) you use, it must work.

Dose you sure, that it not locked?(I seen you answer, but strange why its not working then).

Maybe you need to do some contract with WIND?

CHEERS! :cool:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] cosmin86:
sometimes when i switch airplay mode on/off for a couple of times it recognizes the network, it has signal, I can make calls and recive but only for a couple of minutes or untill next reboot.with my sim from my country works perfectly.at firs i tought that i bought a stolen one and imei is blocked from italian carriers becouse none works.i tried all of them exept 3.

i was searching for /efs folder but i cant find it.maybe is becouse of this?i have a valid imei
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] casiocas:
Hey!

We havnt efs folder in ace.

CHEERS! :cool:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] KunalGautam:
Happens with me when my Mobile service provider is down. It might be showing signal of other operator, but unable to register on their network!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] cosmin86:
When i search for network is shows my network, i connect to it and it says ''connected to network'' i still have no signal.a few minutes later displays the messege ''selected network (i wind) is not avaible'' and i have no signal.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] exotix:
hello,

did you try to flash a stock rom, because i had the same problem and after flashing a stock rom, the problem was fixed.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] blakphoenix:
Running coredroid desire hd gb v3 ...very smooth and fast but it freezes and doesent respond to touch at times....i followed steps to the letter. I really like this rom.... Please help so i can eliminate problems
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] YZ:
tried a clean install ? wipe cache/data/dalvik cache from cwm. Never restore data, only apps when you install a new rom.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] blakphoenix:
ive done that. problem still exists...please help
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonas2295:
Do a real clean, install.

Task 29

Flash magldr

Flash cwm with right partition

Flash rom and wipe everything before.

Make sure if the rom uses a sd ext partition. If so make sure it's big enough 1gb should be the best.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] blakphoenix:
what if it doesnt require an ex partition can i still use one? and how many ext part should i have? data, cache, system..etc?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mr.maxout:
just use the 1.7 version OF COREDROID EVERTYHING WORKS

its the newest one and without the b.s. problems of ginger
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonas2295:
No you can use only. The normal a2sd.

You would just need one in your sd card.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] blakphoenix:
i hear you man but i want a fast 3d rom and this is the fastest ive seen. thats why i didnt go with 1.7. could anything else be the problem
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonas2295:
You can try to overclock your ROM but it won´t make your phone/freezes better ...sry
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] blakphoenix:
wtf do i have a penguin telling me he knows my ip address n service provider?..btw whats causing my sense to crash. after i download an app or return to home screen it loads for a minute
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonas2295:
Your rom has less free ram and kills the launcher.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] blakphoenix:
i hate to keep bugging you but how do i fix this?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonas2295:
You could Flash another cwm Partition.

Or you install a Task Killer app and let it kill all apps except the important ones to you every 15mins etc
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] blakphoenix:
which task killer app would you suggest
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonas2295:
Android task killer
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] earvans:
Helllpppp meee....:(
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gandolff:
It is very easy to partition your memory card.

1st and most importantly, backup your whole memory card,this is because partitioning your memory card will format it at the same time.

2nd open rom manager scroll down to partition memory card and. Follow the prompts.
[HTC Desire S] wankaxd:
Hey guys,

I just wondered, what Rom is the fastest for my DS.

I tried a few Roms (Sense 3.0, Sense 3.5 and CM7) and now i want to create my own "style". For this, I don't need those widgets of Sense etc.

I just need the fastest Rom with maximum battery life. Any hints?
[HTC Desire S] Adidas108:
cm7 and cm7 based like hydrogen...
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
+1

If you not interested in Sense Widgets then don't bother with Sense...and go for a basic clean ROM.

[ROM][12 SEP 11] CyanogenMod 7.1 RC1 v1.0.4 [2.3.5] [CM 2.6.35.14]

You might also want to take a look at this guide...

[GUIDE] Maximum Battery - Maximizing your battery life with CM7 ROM by NeoLojik
[HTC Desire S] Amer:
CM7 roms...
[HTC Desire S] InfernalByte:
Any sense rom will always be slower than AOSP due to its bulk, the CyanogenMOD rom in my sigi that is now official is the best and fastest for the DS, as it was for the original Desire.

One word of caution though, if your after speed and are overclocking, speeds in excess of 1.1-1.2G should only really be used by Devs for stability testing. Prolonged periods at speeds higher than a gig or so will damage your phone in the long term.
[HTC Desire S] wankaxd:
I do not want to overclock my CPU due to battery ;)
[HTC Desire S] djsubtronic:
How long is prolonged?
[HTC Desire S] kyogoku:
I vote proxs newest sense 3.0 v1.1
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Cyanogen or another aosp ROM, there's only included what's really needed!
[HTC Desire S] matthewsucks:
MIUI
[HTC Desire S] zeetype:
CM7 is quite fast. sense roms have a lot of eye candy.
[HTC Desire S] skumara:
Fasted rom... its a never ending quest.

The question is what ROM you like?
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
+1 Fastest is pointless it's all about what suits you!

Sense or no sense ......

EDIT: Bugs, Battery usage, Visuals, Features and Speed!
[HTC Desire S] djsubtronic:
Clockworkmod.
[HTC Desire S] slimfeed:
i think virtuous 2.37 is the fastest custom rom on desire s with 1.2 GHz
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
If you have to O/C then it's doubtful that's its the fastest!
[HTC Desire S] wankaxd:
I tried Hydrogen for a few days and it's really fast but the battery life sucks. And I'm not sure but I think, Hydrogen sometimes interrups my calls.

I use LauncherPro für custom dock and icons so I don't need Sense.

Any hint for a smooth ROM with maximum battery life? Is it CM7? I read about Pure S but I'm not sure whether this ROM is supported and up to date.
[HTC Desire S] lynxnoon:
To me the best ROM would be one with superb battery life
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
I have tried LBC, proxuser's Desire S Sense 3 and CM 7.1 RC in the listed order.

Stuck with CM7 (performance is out of question - it is very fast) but the most important for me is that I have 4+ days between recharge with moderate usage :)

No other ROM of the above mentioned lasted more than 2 days.
[HTC Desire S] InfernalByte:
Sorry I've just noticed your question, but the answer really depends on what your doing. A demanding game at a high clock speed is going to create more burn than simply running some mundane tasks or browsing or what ever. You're talking months before instability creeps in, after that it wont be long before you get a fatal crash no mater what speed you've reduced your clock too.
[HTC Desire S] Demart:
I agree - MIUI is realy fast.
[HTC Desire S] pb12551:
Yes, MIUI is the best choice in my opinion.
[HTC Desire S] forcefreak:
MIUI combined with CPU Master App from Market: 245.76MHz-1516.8MHz

Battery: lasts about 2 days

Usage: Lots of SMS, about 1-2 hour calls, Internet usage about 2 hours

AnTuTu Benchmark total score: 3454
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
I vote for cyanogen, with it I get about 2400 at quadrant, with miui about 2200.

@forcefreak

I'm sure that your rom is fast, but your device will not live really long with these settings i think.
[HTC Desire S] forcefreak:
My Quadrant score is 2610

Anyone broke his Desire S by overclocking?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Jothen2002:
I recently removed some of the Verizon bloatware....pretty much every "Verizon titled" app other than navigator , My Verizon and the NFL app...Now I cannot log into the NFL app or My Verizon (It just keeps defaulting to the Forgot password page) ...Is it because i removed something I shouldn't have in the bloatware???or completely unrelated. If so is there a way to get those apps back?? I have tried uninstalling and re installing the apps as well??
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Jothen2002:
All VZ apps

Actually it is all the Verizon apps I cannot log into now that I rooted....
[Motorola Droid Bionic] collindv:
Try clearing data on the "verizon single sign on engine" app using titanium backup.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] collindv:
Or reinstalling/unfreezing that app if you got rid of it.
[Windows 8 General] BrettKoster:
I'd like to start a discussion on how to get Windows 8 running properly on a MacBook Pro (or in general any Mac that supports BootCamp).

Everything runs kind of smoothly, except since Apple doesn't "Officially Support" Windows 8, out of the gate I wasn't able to get a few things working. Unfortunately, the driver disc that Apple provides to you doesn't install officially because I was "not running Windows 7."

I am using a MacBook Pro, early 2010. 2.4ghz Core2Duo, 4gb of RAM and a 1tb HDD. (I can post an iso for these drivers later if needed)

Not working

Volume Buttons

Brightness Buttons

Eject button

2-Finger Scroll

I'll update later once I am out of class, but those are some things I've run into.
[Windows 8 General] domineus:
can't you get the drivers from the bootcamp program

if you have the exes of the files just run the programs into compatibility mode

alternatively use uniextract to extract the drivers and run the exes that way..
[Windows 8 General] msanda_77:
right click the setup file choose properties. Goto compatibility, and choose windows 7. Hit ok and run setup file..
[Windows 8 General] inf3rno1:
works for me using the compatibility mode to install bootcamp using windows 7 mode
[Windows 8 General] BrettKoster:
Well thanks guys! As soon as I read that I had a pretty big "DUH" moment. :D Everything is running much smoother now for obvious reasons.
[Windows 8 General] NFRCER:
Anyone had a freeze yet? When I'm doing intensive stuff it hangs and I have to manually shut it down.

I am also still missing a driver: Microsoft Device Association Device Enumerator.

I have an early 2009 MacBook Pro (13 inch), maybe that's why :(
[Windows 8 General] james194zt:
Hi,

I have the same freezing issue on my 2009 MacBook Pro 13 inch, I have narrowed it down to the Nvidia graphics drivers (feels like Vista all over again with Nvidia giving us crappy unstable drivers again), if you go down to the built in Microsoft driver the laptop is solid albeit a little bit less smooth due to the loss of the Nvidia drivers and your laptops fans will be on quite a bit but it stops it crashing.

I have tried several different Nvidia drivers from laptopvideo2go.com and none have stopped the random crashing but other than that Windows 8 is rocking.

Thanks

James
[Windows 8 General] NFRCER:
Thanks for info James. Really helpful!

Sounds like the same issue for me. Did you find the missing driver?

"Microsoft Device Association Device Enumerator"

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You might wanna try updating the PC. There's a driver being offered by Microsoft I think and I been running it since and haven't had a freeze yet. We have yet to see, but give it a try and let me know what you get.
[Windows 8 General] NFRCER:
Nope.. That didn't work either. I even tried 32 bits one with the generic driver.. I guess I'll have to wait for a mature build.
[Windows 8 General] koala996:
yes indeed... very helpful !

I have the same issue and I have thinking about the nVidia drivers also...

I hope it will have a better stability in Win8 beta... because win8 is absolutely amazing !
[Windows 8 General] Rickythemaniac:
I got most of the things working except:

Screen brightness buttons

Volume buttons

Eject button.

W8 treats them like regular function keys, even with the option turned off in the bootcamp meny.

**EDIT**

I got them to work! :D

I installed bootcamp driver 3.3 for windows 8 and installed .net framework 3.5.1 from windows update, now the buttons work but it's not showing the symbols (for example: lowering the volume) on the screen.

Windows 8 have not (yet...) crashed on me.
[Windows 8 General] paris07121978:
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Windows 8 General] moah9998:
all of this works. you probably did something wrong.
[Windows 8 General] jasongw:
Does multitouch on the trackpad work for sliding the screen rapidly side to side?