yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Amphibliam:
Guys, I updated the OP, based on feedback.

And I think the reason that I did all that extra wiping was from back in the droid incredible 1 forums. When gingersense roms came out, the op's of every thread said to wipe EVERYTHING like 3 times. I just did everything once, but still. I probably didn't need to wipe all that stuff.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] beeblebrux:
Maybe change the title to "Noob's Guide to Flashing ROMs Manually"? The noob way to flash a ROM (or managing/creating backups) is definitely using Rom Manager.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Amphibliam:
Done. Good point, although ROM manager is known to mess things up.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] cory.spicer:
Yeah what's now in the OP is the exact procedure I've been using, it's been working great so far.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] shoman24v:
I've never wiped battery stats, not really sure what the benefit is. Used multiple batteries and ROMs on my previous phone.

If you do a factory reset it wipes your data and cache. I generally just do a factory reset/dalvik wipe on new ROMs. When flashing over a ROM, just format cache and dalvik.

If you are really picky you can go into advanced and wipe each partition there manually.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] lddrew:
thanks for the great write up. i hope this isn't a stupid question, but when you're switching roms and doing all this formatting do you lose your pictures, text messages, contacts, etc.???
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] times_infinity:
wiping cache and dalvik is redundant after doing a data wipe/ factory reset. dalvik cache lives on the data partition. and the factory reset wipes cache already anyway.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Amphibliam:
I wipe battery stats now, but not through recovery. I download battery calibration from the market, and follow the instructions in the app. Major increase in battery life.

If you wipe cache and/or dalvik cache only, no. If you wipe data/factory reset, you will lose any of the above on PHONE STORAGE. You can save pics to the SD card, so they won't be deleted, you can download SMS Backup and Restore from the market for texts. For contacts, some ROMs have backup assistant. For those that don't, make sure you check "backup my settings" under settings/privacy on your current ROM. This will back up your contacts to you google account. After you flash a new ROM, just check the "backup my settings" box when setting up your google account. Also, just redownload SMS B+R, and restore your SMS. If your pics are on the SD, they will still be there, you don't have to do anything. Hope this helps.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Amphibliam:
Lots of edits in the OP.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] lddrew:
thank you so much, i've been doing a lot of reading but this has all the answers i was looking for in one place. i really appreciate it. thanks!!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Occidentalist:
This is the only guide I've managed to find that gives simple and concise instructions. Many other guides leave out steps, use different names for things, or use abstract terminology.

Very well done and a HUGE thank you! I'm new to rooting and I've been trying different roms like I've been doing it for years.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Amphibliam:
I'm glad I helped. I flashed my first ROM with my friend giving step-by-step instructions over the phone lol.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tincbtrar:
This is exactly what I do for ALL of my android devices.

However...especially when going from aosp to sense...or vice versa...system, data and cache should really be formatted.

This is really a solid habit to get into...as I do this with every ROM. This way I can accurately find bugs if applicable and helps me determine if the ROM quality is up to snuff.

Kinda like hand tightening lugs on wheels and torquing them. :)

Great writeup. Thanks!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] svennis:
Hi guys!

I got an htc incredible which is/was locked to Verizon. I tried to root it and also flashed it, I still can't use my Norwegian sim card and the system is like a Samsung (hate that)! Can anyone help me getting it back to, the great, Droid?

And how to unlock it for good?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Amphibliam:
I really can't understand what you are saying. You have the Incredible or the Incredible 2? The OG Incredible has no SIM slot. So, you rooted and flashed a ROM? Make sure it is based on the stock firmware, like AndyBONESTOCK or Skyraider Zeus, otherwise global mode won't work. Then, you have to call Verizon and ask them to unlock your SIM slot.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeahtyeaht:
is it possible to play pokemon black or white with android?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antispiral:
is that the new ds version? Because there is a Ds emulator on the market but it's pretty worthless. I would like to know other alternatives as well.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeahtyeaht:
yes its the new ds version
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arifafzan:
sure. search in the market
[General Questions and Answers] pmdied:
I'd like to revert back to clockwork for the time being.. How can I uninstall TWRP and install Clockwork Recovery?
[General Questions and Answers] PMGRANDS:
I believe you can just Open the Rom manager app and select the Flash Recovery option!
[Desire HD General] Coolahmed:
I really need to root i bought DHD 4 months ago but i updated it accidently

can i root it now is there any way?

please help me out. I never rooted any phone before.

thanks.
[Desire HD General] harrehk:
I'm pretty sure you can.

DHD Development Sticky Roll-Up Thread **Check this thread BEFORE posting**

Everything you need to know is in the link above. Next time use the search function/look through the threads for similar posts.

Good luck!
[Desire HD General] affinity121:
Yeah you can all you need to do is downgrade first.
[Desire HD General] unhallowedone:
You can. I had to switch my dhd recently due to hardware issues. They gave me back a gb dhd which was rooted again by me at the first evening. Follow the instructions and you can manage it!

Sent from LeeDrOiD Desire HD using XDA app.
[Desire HD General] llawarta:
Time ago I upgrade too by mistake to '2.3.37' and this thread had the solution:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1152233

Be carefull in goldcard step when copying the serial from phone to post in the revSkill page. Took me two attempts to create correctly the goldcard to execute the downgrade.
[Desire HD General] ash005:
i could do with pointing in the right direction

i have a dhd - unbranded

android 2.3.3

sense 2.1

build 2.50.405.2

i have read through the downgrading instructions i have found and downloaded the files but can't get it to work

when i run adb it doesn't even find my dhd!

any advice would be appreciated

ash .
[Desire HD General] anndrius:
maybe you forgot to turn usb debuging? or set to carge only ? or put all files to downgrade folder? try doing everything the tutorial says, cuz i had no problems when downgrading my DHD. Good luck
[Desire HD General] ash005:
debugging was off!!!!!!!!!!!

why i have no idea

many thanks

ash .
[Desire HD General] anndrius:
i'm glad to help you :) I know i'm happy that i rooted my phone, custom roms are awesome :)
[Desire HD General] SourCreamGash:
Hey Hey !!!

First post here on XDA but have been a seasoned voyeur...

you made me buy back my DHD with all the tricks... recommended to 3 pals.

i dont want to sound like a suck arse but genuinely impressed! have now rooted all of the above mentioned pals..

to be fair their crack regarding phones wasnt really enough so decided to register!

Thanks again!

gives me something to do whilst smashing out the gin ! :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] donaldsons:
bricked my X10 mini pro and now it wont connect to my pc, it's just stuck on the white sony ericsson screen so I cant even flash it back. please help
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
You have few posts, so I hope I can be the one to introduce you to the wonderful SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service) which is separate to the PC Companion, available on the SE website, which can fix many, many, many problems like this. It has fixed many severely-broken devices. When you have it installed, what you need to do is restart the phone (e.g. hold the top power button and the middle grey home button together for 2 seconds) and plug in the USB, holding the right grey button (with the arrow) and wait for the green light to come up on the top of the phone. SEUS will detect the phone and take it over from there. Try this and let us know. P.s. the first time you mess up your phone is the worst, but after that you know what to do if it goes wrong.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] donaldsons:
I don't want to sound like a total noob but can I please get a link to that? I can't seem to find it.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
They have moved it, but I found it. I found it under the Xperia X1, but when you install the program, it let's you chose your phone. I used it about 2 days ago so it's good to go. If you need any more help with that, drop a line.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup...ds/subject/updateservice/1.349192?cc=gb&lc=en
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] XxLordxX:
DId it worked? if not try this video, I show how to repair ;):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS2LIuy6YfY
[Nook Color General] alcalc76:
Hi.

I did some searching and didnt feel like I really found the answer to what Im trying to do... so i thought Id create this quick post.

I have a Rooted NC with ver 1.1 still on it. Back about a year ago when everyone was really getting into this ( along with my co-workers) I was able to get exactly where I wanted, which was to have my NC be rooted to get the full market but still have the ability to take my NC to a B&N store and have the in store features, like the reading for free for an hour. So after I got that how I wanted it I fell out of the loop and have been happy, well since last night. I decided to try to load the Netflix app and kept getting the Parse error, then i found out that the Netflix app does not run in 1.1. So, my question is.. What do i need to do to upgrade to the next ver ( or most recent version, whatever that is called?) to be able to have Netflix running. I do remember my coworker having Gingerbread loaded on a SD Card and didnt think that was where i wanted to be, but if that's what i have to do then so be it.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Aaron
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zacpoc:
I formatted the SD Card on my HTC HD2 to 2 partitions FAT32 and the other for Windows phone 7. So I have a MagLdr to allow dual boot between Windows phone 7 and Android. When I boot into Android (SD/Magldr) it does not detect SD Card. All applications which use SD Card dont work as they complain "Insert SD Card". I tried to reformat the card using Easeus (also tried it with windows) but no luck.

The mount SD Card option on my phone is greyed out so could not do that either.

This is a 16 GB Sandisk micro SD Card. I tried various Android version but no luck. Any idea how to fix this problem :confused:. Please help.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Amer:
Format it while its in your phone and dont partition it

and recheck if the application work
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zacpoc:
The Format option is also grayed out as it does not detect SD Card. I wonder if this is a problem as I am loading Android from SD Card (using Magldr).
[LG Optimus Black] Sly90:
Hi! Today I was browsing MIUI's forum and I found this notice:

http://forums.miuiandroid.com/showthread.php?8833-Notice-MIUI-for-Upcoming-Devices-***3vo-Update***

Does it means they are thinking in porting MIUI to our device? It seems like if we are able to have an stable version of CM7, we could have MIUI in our device.

As I can see, they are giving us the same priority as other HTC devices as HTC Sensation.

Its great, isn't it? :D

Regards
[LG Optimus Black] knzo:
Lol, as soon as CM7 is out, they most likely will kang it and get MIUI for Black.

While MIUI is a good and optimized ROM, even though visually tiring, they usually only release for a device after the CM port is done.
[LG Optimus Black] radkor:
OMG, another spammer!

There's already FOUR threads about MIUI!

What device do you want to see running MIUI?

Will we get MIUI Rom on Optimus Black?

[Q] Miui

Port of MIUI?

Next time, Sly90, move your lazy a$$ and use SEARCH button.
[LG Optimus Black] maludroid:
No need to be rude. This is the first topic where you can read, that MIUI port is actually waiting in a que. It's not one of those silly topics "+1" for MIUI. Please read the notice on miuiandroid.

For me - this post was a great news!

PS: And "thanks" was by a coincidence...
[LG Optimus Black] Huexxx:
Completely agree.
[LG Optimus Black] conantroutman:
This is not a development topic.

Please post topics in the correct forum..

Moved to general.
[LG Optimus Black] denclaud:
Happy to see this. :)
[LG Optimus Black] Alexino23:
i can't wait :D:D:D
[LG Optimus Black] Huexxx:
Yes, we can!!
[LG Optimus Black] Sly90:
I posted it because its a great news that MIUI community has an eye on our device and it's not like all the childish and stupids "+1" posts I've found here.

And you don't have any right to treat me as you treated, because I was respectful with anybody, so don't be so rude and stop being jerkish.

I posted it in developing section because in the deep end, its a developing news from MIUI. Anyway, thanks to move it to General Section.

knzo, it seems like MIUI sources could be based on Cyanogenmod's ones, so maybe thats the reason they need a full port of CM7 to develop MIUI. After all, having it, they only have to work a litte bit to full port it.

Regards!
[LG Optimus Black] i04055:
Please support here for optimus black!

http://www.facebook.com/questions/217517851641131/?qa_ref=ssp
[LG Optimus Black] dxdiag32:
after CM,everything gonna be ok ;)
[LG Optimus Black] i04055:
I hope so... just to make sure... :p
[LG Optimus Black] mujju85:
plz vote for our device to get miui port early
[LG Optimus Black] SensationStyler:
Come on guys vote ;)
[LG Optimus Black] gomez_pt:
+1, cmon guys :D
[LG Optimus Black] lucasmalaguti:
dont worry guys, we are already been ported :)
[LG Optimus Black] dcop7:
What do you mean?
[LG Optimus Black] Sly90:
lucasmalaguti, do you know anything about a possible MIUI port?

If you can send us sources, I'd appreciate it a lot.

Regards.
[LG Optimus Black] Sobralobo:
In Miui forums, they say which steps have been done and what is not done yet. We can see that they're waiting for CM7. ;)
[LG Optimus Black] lesp4ul:
Right, they need cm7 first before they started to port roms.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RealRedHair:
Can not find my default mail app from the moment I'm using GingerDX. Where is it? Or do I need to install it?

Thanks

Raoul
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris95X8:
Dx has removed maps, dsp manager and email app to test the battery.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RealRedHair:
Can i add the mail app manually?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris95X8:
I don't know but you can try it.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr-tical:
Yes u can.

Put email.apk from v012 to /system/app and set permissions and that's all.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] impster:
If you haven't tried it, I recommend the K-9 mail app from the marketplace. Seems to work far better for me than the stock mail app.

Impster
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RealRedHair:
Downloaded v12 but cannot find email.apk in it. Sorry. Where can I find it?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr-tical:
Sorry, email.apk is in v010 in system/app

My mistake.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirdree:
Or if you use only gmail you can install from market gmail apk.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RealRedHair:
Solved, thanks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
Just a few tweaks for those who are rooted and not flashing custom roms. some will already be in there, just edit them.

use root explorer, go to system, click mount r/w hold build.prop till a menu pops up and click the text editor one.

read the entire build.prop to ensure no duplicates

also dont misspell!

If its already in there just edit it. if you dont know what your doing dont bother with this.

render ui with gpu

debug.sf.hw=1

smoother scrolling

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=150

better battery by reducing wifi scans

wifi.supplicant_scan_interval = 150

dalvik memory heap size

dalvik.vm.heapsize=48m

screen ppi or font density

ro.sf.lcd_density=235

turn off dithering, not needed anymore in gingerbread

persist.sys.use_dithering=0

more memory

persist.sys.purgeable_assets=1

smoother experience

debug.performance.tuning=1

video.accelerate.hw=1

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y

camera/camcorder mods

ro.media.capture.maxres=8m

ro.media.capture.fast.fps=4

ro.media.capture.slow.fps=120

ro.media.capture.flash=led

ro.media.capture.flashMinV=3300000

ro.media.capture.torchIntensity=40

ro.media.capture.flashIntensity=70

ro.media.panorama.defres=3264x1840

ro.media.panorama.frameres=1280x720

ro.camcorder.videoModes=true

better pics

ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=8000000

ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=8000000

ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100

better playback

media.stagefright.enable-player=true

media.stagefright.enable-meta=true

media.stagefright.enable-scan=true

media.stagefright.enable-http=true

media.stagefright.enable-record=false

i dont use all of these but most. it helps.

Keep in mind in order to update in the future you must keep a back-up of your build.prop to restore if you want to update.

once your done restart
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
Thanks but do you have a short description of what the tweak will enhance? Some are obvious, but others are not. Thanks again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
just edited with some descriptions
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigbassbrent:
Thanks for this. I havent unlocked my bootloader yet so this is something I can play around with to see if I can squeze anything more out of this MoPho!
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
Yes its basically making changes to your build.prop no unlocked bootloader needed. An easier way to do this is to pull the build.prop and get it on your comp then make the changes and replace current build.prop. Id make a backup of unmodified build.prop.
[Motorola Photon 4G] phatmanxxl:
So if these tweaks are not in the stock build prop, is there a specific place in the file they go? Or can I just copy paste to anywhere, such as the bottom.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigbassbrent:
They can go at the end. If my memory serves me correct, the following ones were already in the build.prop and just needed changing. (I didn't do any of the media related ones)

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=150 (default = 70)

wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=150 (default = 45)

dalvik.vm.heapsize=48 (default = 40)

ro.sf.lcd_density=235 (default = 240)

I had to add the following lines at the end of the build.prop

persist.sys.use_dithering=0

persist.sys.purgeable_assets=1

debug.performance.tuning=1

video.accelerate.hw=1

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y (this one was already present and the same)

I'm just learning, but I remember seeing something about there needing to be a blank line at the end of the file. (hit enter after the last line) Dont know if this is true in this case but I figured I'd put one just in case.
[Motorola Photon 4G] abrcrmdl23:
So any that has applied these tweaks which are the best to use for performance enhancement and do you notice the enhancement?

Oh how to make a backup too do I just write it down our what.

Sent from my iphone killer
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigbassbrent:
All of the changes I listed in my last post are aimed at gaining performace except for the ro.sf.lcd_density=235 (default = 240) line which to me just made the fonts smaller. I ended up setting this one back to 240.

As far as performance gains, I didnt record any benchmarks before I made the changes so I don't have a good baseline, but I compared my scores to another unmodified photon.

Smart Bench 2011

Modified scored 3345, 2665

Stock scored 2823, 2656

Quadarant Standard

Modified scored 2624

Stock scored 2743

Based on Quadrant scores, I'm not sure what we have accomplished by making the changes. The Smart Bench scores seemed to be somewhat better after the changes. I'll continue to watch and report any other findings.
[Motorola Photon 4G] clifton421:
Thanks for the info. The only tweak I made so far is the dalvik cache tweak. It made the phone much smoother and faster. Is there any disadvantage in bumping up the dalvik cache up to 55 or 60?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
These changes will not show up much in benchmarking, however they will make the device feel smoother and faster. better scrolling and better experience. changing how the device renders the ui wont make your quadrant go up:p
[Motorola Photon 4G] phatmanxxl:
People have mixed opinions about what's the best setting, the higher number allows apps to cache more memory into the ram.

I usually set mine to 64m
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
if you set it too high each program will use more memory and the available memory for other programs will be reduced
[Motorola Photon 4G] abrcrmdl23:
So I was looking through my build prop and has anyone else noticed there are a lot odd Verizon references in there like it says the photon is a Verizon wireless world device, and there is other VZW references it also makes mention

of something that enables lte connectivity and ehspa or something like that

Sent from my iphone killer
[Motorola Photon 4G] phatmanxxl:
Sprint phones roam on Verizon
[Motorola Photon 4G] abrcrmdl23:
so I have never used adb to edit things on my computer do I just open adb up and is there a button to link the 2? i don't really feel like editing these from my phone.
[Motorola Photon 4G] phatmanxxl:
Use root explorer, it makes things soooo much easier.
[Motorola Photon 4G] GUARDIANBD:
Is there any change in battery life?

By the way where in the text do i put this syntax's?
[Motorola Photon 4G] noob_2010:
Uh what the hell is this shlt. Omg
[Motorola Photon 4G] Harry_Spade:
to pull you have to

adb pull build.prop/system c:\target folder

c:\[user_name_\target folder > adb shell
$su
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system
# exit
$exit
c:\[user_name_\target folder > adb push build.prop /system
c:\[user_name_\target folder > adb shell
$su
# mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtdblock3 /system
#exit
$exit
c:\[user_name_\target folder > adb reboot
[Vibrant General] Reeonimus:
Hi Folks,

I'm trying to get clockwork installed on a rooted stock firmware vibrant for a friend. Using ROM manager i've tried to install CWM and it says it is successful, however after trying to reboot into recovery and choosing re-install packages I get these errors:

E:Failed to verify Whole File Signature

E:signature verification failed

Installtion aborted

I tried flashing Vibrant (MTD) Clockwork Recover 3.x from ROM manager but it does the same thing.

Also tried the AIO tool from the sticky in the dev section and it doesn't work either. I chose the custom ROM but it doesn't push it to the phone or reboot it into recovery. (The install drivers option gave me a windows unhandled exception error)

I downloaded Heimdall but am not sure how it's used, can it flash any ROM or only specially formatted ones?

I've been searching these forums for a few days now and finding so much new and old processes to do things and I'm not very familiar with Samsung phones so any help is appreciated. Thank-you.