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[Motorola Droid Bionic] mylasthope:
Can someone please explain the difference between the donate version and the open source version? Also, what's the difference between getting the bootstrap vs rom manager pro? I'm not used to moto phones--came from droid charge and htc evo 4g. :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] owenbeals:
Donate and opensource are the same apk.. if you purchase the apk in the market you are supporting the dev...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Terri M:
It is now showing up in the Market :)

Remember to hit the "Thanks" button when someone helps you!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
im confused whats the point of getting the bootstrap when we have cwm now...isnt it the same
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
You need the bootstrap to access CWM recovery. Locked bootloader.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Sleeper69:
The backup dir will be on internal not sd card correct?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dubsx:
Not true...recovery is not the same as the bootloader
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
The Droid 2 and Droid X are the only other phones I know of that need a bootstrap to enter recovery. All Motorola, all locked... It makes me think it does have something to do with it...

EDIT: Add the X2 to the list - same profile.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
thats not true because i use cwm without the boot loader and i get into it no problem
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Nismo6921:
Why?

All the questions appear to be the same but yet I see no answer. So will someone please be so kind as to explain why we would need the Official Bootstrap App if we can access CM Recovery from Rom Manager? It seems unnecessary and redundant.

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
On what phone?

EDIT: You're mistaken if you think you got into CWM without using the bootstrapper at least once, on any of the devices I listed.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
And it's called a 'bootstrapper' not a bootloader - two different things. You obviously don't know what you are talking about.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
You don't need the "official" the "unofficial" apk on the webs will work just fine. Here is why you need it, quoted from the man cvpcs himself:

How does this work?

When your device boots up, there is a init.rc script in your boot image that runs various components found in /system. The Droid X recovery bootstrap mimics the "logwrapper" binary. The hijacker then looks for "/data/.recovery_mode", and if it finds it, it unmounts /system to prevent android from starting. It then starts up recovery instead.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jawonder:
You are right i know this from my Droid X days.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Archangel:
What I do is after a nandroid back up I go into sd card.ext and copy the backup I just made to the cwm backup folder in sdcard in order for it to be seen in rom manager. I am unable to make a nandroid backup from rom manager (get all kinds of errors) so I do it the old way through bootstrap then into cwm>backup/restore.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
WOAH lets all freak out because i accidentally called it the wrong thing.. u know i accidentally called the gas peddle the brake so clearly i dont know anything about driving cars either.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
Disregard that part then. So do you still access CWM without using a bootstrapper?

Subject changer.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
i didnt know that you had to use it once at one point in your phones life, i couldnt get cwm to install and work so installed it used it then tried cwm it worked, so i deleted bootsrapper. my cwm works now without the strapper on my phone so i guess i was wrong* lol
[Motorola Droid Bionic] the_kwa:
Any one else having problems getting to recovery? I was able to get there to create a backup and flash a Rom, but now when I try getting to recovery my phone just reboots...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mistawolfe:
Use the bootstrapper.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] PhilDX:
you're hitting the bootstrap (top) button first, and then the reboot (bottom) button, right?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gnargnarshreder:
no hes prob just using rom manger like i did... use the bootstrapper first then u can use rom manager to flash cwm.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] the_kwa:
Thanks for the help. I'm back in recovery!

But I did notice something. ROM Manager says I'm in V5.0.2.5, while actual Recovery says I'm in V4.0.1.5...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] triton302:
You need to get the official bootstrap from the Market.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] leo5111:
im confused how do i install this? im rooted
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Character Zero:
I installed the bootstrap from the market. I rebooted to CWM and made a backup. But I always liked using Rom Manager to make my backups because I could append the folder name so I could remeber what I was bakcing up. So I install Rom Manager and when I do a backup there it reboots into CWM and looks like it is doing a backup, but then I don't see the backup folder when I browse the SD card.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dan46n2:
^ Look on the sd-ext for the clockworkmod backup folder.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Blaqhawk:
Anyone have any idea what is going on here?

I was rooted with the Bionic Bootstrap Recovery app installed and working. Today, I just installed the new Verizon update because I was having the black screen problem as well as the no data signal problem (all the time).

Since the update, I lost root (I figured I would) so I re-rooted. Now I cannot update my SU and Bionic Bootstrap Recovery doesn't work as well as WiFi tether. WTF Verizon?

Any help is welcome. Thanks

Adam
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bhp117:
How do i boot into cwm when the phone is off?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ROB281:
To do that you would need safestrap, can't cold boot into cwm any other way
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bhp117:
With safestrap do i just hold the power and volume down buttons ?

How long should i hold them?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ROB281:
just reboot wait for the safestrap screen to come on then press menu to enter recovery
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kicker13:
Hello everybody!

I'm a student at the HTL Mössingerstraße studying computer engineering.

Now I'm looking for an idea for the thesis.

It can include everything with electronics and programming (java, c)

If anyone has an idea, please write me.

Thanks :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LegionTHEFecalExcretion:
Here is another Live Wallpaper I have ported from the Breakout 4G. This one is called "Sky Weather", and it was a pain in the ass to port.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] speedyink:
Thanks for the effort, that firefly one looks pretty cool. Will install shortly.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
Thanks to this. I'm using the Sky Weather now..:D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Mcds:
Hey, i like your avatar can we be buddies?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] boynamedstacy:
Great work! I'm bummed though. Firefly light doesn't work on my Charge. The thumbnail shows up under LWP but like you said, no image. Is there a fix?
[Windows 8 General] ToonXW:
Hey guys, I believe everyone has known the BUILD conference by Microsoft pretty well and know quite a bit about Windows 8 for now. I have written a short review on the short-comings of Windows 8 and decided to share with you guys. Please leave me a comment and tell me what you think, and I'll gladly thank you in return.

http://www.seednonym.com/2011/09/major-flaws-in-windows-8-known-so-far.html

This article is written as of now and is subject to change as development continues. I'd like to know what you have in mind regarding the issues.

Thank you. :)
[Windows 8 General] tjtj4444:
Regarding "Major Flaw no 2":

Not supporting Flash (or any other plug-ins) in IE10 when running the Metro UI is not an issue in my opinion, that is a great feature. Flash really is a disaster in general especially on smartphones and tablets. Flash has had it's time, now its time to leave Flash for HTML5 or dedicated apps.

And since the breakthrough of ipad, Flash is slowly dying, and this move by MS will speed up this process. So this is not a big issue when W8 arrives. And we'll probably see third party browsers for metro UI with Flash support (e g google chrome/firefox?) if you really need Flash.

And plug-ins is a huge security issue as well.

Regarding the other issues - they seem a bit irritating, but if these are the major flaws you have found in a alpha-OS then this looks really promising. :)
[Windows 8 General] ToonXW:
Thank you for your feedback.

Yes I do agree with point #1. However most web-based applications still run on Flash and it takes time to transition over to HTML5. Flash imo hogs too much system resources hence it actually would slow down performance - a key note why Steve Jobs insisted not to incorporate in iOS.
[Windows 8 General] YoMarK:
Actually, if you make the same banners/advertisements with the same animations in HTML5, it will use even more resources. And believe me, those banners will still be made. HTML5 and supported video codecs(patented) for the video element is also questionable.

Flash is not that bad in regard to performance(especially with the latest version of flash utilizing the GPU for acceleration).

However HTML5 is an open standard and flash is not, so that's a good reason why flash had it's time.
[Windows 8 General] ToonXW:
Thank you for your input.

I think designing on the same base, flash could actually produce better animations as compared to HTML5 as the variety is much more made for animated transitions. Correct me if I'm wrong.
[Windows 8 General] TwoSquared:
How can you judge an OS when its in beta... I remember downloading the W7 beta and it was as bad as vista
[Windows 8 General] ToonXW:
So you can't judge a school child when he is in primary school.

It's the same theory. Everything has to improve, and people has to point it its flaws from time to time. When it's finalized, there will be even more little flaws found. It's how disadvantages are cut down to the minimum.

Give it time to improve now. 8 months from now we'll see to the official release.
[Windows 8 General] tjtj4444:
Regarding closing apps, you're not really supposed to close Metro-apps, just as Android. Look for example here:

http://www.winsupersite.com/article.../wininfo-short-takes-september-16-2011-140606

"

Top Windows 8 Question: How Do You "Close" a Metro App in Windows 8?

Answer: You don't. Windows automatically suspends apps that aren't on the screen and, over time, will shut them down as needed, so you don't have anything to worry about, or anything to micro-manage. In some ways, it works a lot like it does on Windows Phone, which makes sense, though it's a much more sophisticated system. And if a Metro app does hang, you can always kill it with Task Manager, just like you do with today's applications. I'm guessing that won't be a pressing need, based on the quality of the underlying platform, called WinRT (Windows Run Time).

"

If this works well or not in practice is something we'll need to find out of course...
[Windows 8 General] ToonXW:
Thank you for the input.

Yes I have read the app managing system and yes it does work like how Gingerbread manages applications. However there are certain times which you would want to shut down the number of apps as it will affect the amount of applications you have to swipe through each time to reach your desired app.
[Windows 8 General] CruciasNZ:
Point 5: This is amazing for Tablet point's of view, assuming they have an airplane mode. Otherwise "go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200"

For a desktop the fast resume could be useful, but for small individuals or students like myself even small increases in power bills hurt. If we have 4 devices doing this then it will knock us over our budget (yes thats how tight our budget in NZ is)
[Windows 8 General] ToonXW:
Thank you for the input.

Airplane mode would just cut off the data line, however i don't really think it really consumes that much battery. for tablet in deep sleep mode it could last for days on light usage.
[Windows 8 General] utsmaster18:
I liked the new windows. Internet explorer 10 is extremely fast. The switching between apps is fluid and smooth. I know multitasking is an issue but only for a select amount of people. I don't know how many people actually run more than two applications at once but for me its not an issue. You can still snap two windows side by side so I have enough to do my work while watching movie etc. btw the flash works but you have to select the internet explorer from the desktop not from metro.

So far, I've liked it. I like that it suspend tasks, saves battery that way and nothing eats up too much memory that way.

Looking forward to more improvements.

What's a signature?
[Windows 8 General] ToonXW:
I see. I've read Adobe is now stepping up the game and start poking into HTML5 on top of Flash at the same time, so that problem is generally solved. :)
[Windows 8 General] ToonXW:
Has anyone found anything that's worth adding under the list?
[Windows 8 General] NotTarts:
I think the list is almost perfect as it is, but a small correction for #2, Windows 8 does support Flash (and other plugins) on both x86 and ARM when running in regular desktop IE10 rather than the Metro IE10. I think this makes perfect sense because you're mostly going to be using Flash with the mouse and keyboard, as the uses for Flash - games, web apps, etc - don't work too well on a touch screen anyway.
[Windows 8 General] ToonXW:
Thank you, will update as it is. :)
[Windows 8 General] votum:
Not sure which beta you used but I had 7 as my main OS since beta, and it was leagues better than vista.
[Windows 8 General] Convel:
The decision to remove the start menu and its dedicated search along with apps not being designed to close entirely are the ones that are bugging me the most. For now.
[Windows 8 General] AndroHero:
Am i right in assuming that windows 8 RTM, will have both the desktop and metro sides? :confused: If they do that's retarded. I thought the desktop side was there atm to provide compatibility with win32 applications, and in the final build would be hidden :rolleyes:
[Windows 8 General] ToonXW:
On the contrary, hahah. Yes, you will have both desktop and Metro UI.
[Windows 8 General] AndroHero:
Hmmm i hope they improve integration between metro and the desktop then. I know its pre alpha but at the moment it feels clumsy at best :p
[Windows 8 General] domineus:
the whole article commentary can be summed up as

It's a developer preview. Not a community tech preview, not a RC, not even a beta. The build is specifically designed for developers to program. Because it was opened up to users to increase developers, while good, dilutes the purpose of a developer preview.

That said

In any program (desktop included), you can swipe or gesture to the right of the screen and open a far better search engine in any application. Sure it gets rid of a few clicks, but at the same time, users can access it anywhere through the charm interface.

Is it safe to assume you used a reg tweak to remove some of the metro to get the old start menu experience of windows then found the registry lacking?

One glaring issue that has been in the pre alpha m1, the m2, and escrow builds is the difficulty shutting down. With tablet settings enabled, shut down just doesn't work. I would think that issue would've been highlighted considering that is sort of a VERY BIG BUG versus some opinions listed...
[Windows 8 General] ToonXW:
Hmm, noted. Thank you for the input. :)
[Windows 8 General] dragonithe:
I find win8 still a bit lacking on dual screen settings.

A native support for a task bar on both screens is really a welcome new feature.

But for now only the desktop can operate between both screens, while metro is stuck to 1 screen at a time.
[Windows 8 General] Award Tour:
Re: flash on Metro - I think it's a safe bet that Chrome/Opera/Firefox will eventually have a Metro version of their browsers and will have them flash ready.
[Windows 8 General] AndroHero:
Has anyone noticed a massive graphics improvement on low end graphics cards/GPU's?

my laptop uses the intel mobile 4 chipset family with only onboard graphics. and i can play games at higher resolution with better textures than i can on windows 7. without the framerate dropping :D
[Windows 8 General] ToonXW:
Probably Win 8 has reduced their resource hogging by minimalizing unnecessary processes? No idea mate, didn't have the chance to try. :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bhatotia:
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[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan133:
I'm looking for a good start to finish guide for installing a rom (the latest mikshifted rom is what I want) on my htc evo shift. Starting from temp rooting my shift and installing all necessary loaders or whatever to putting on the rom and installing it to the device. I have installed adb on my computer successfully and it can recognize my htc shift. I've looked around but can only find bits and pieces.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prboy1969:
There are quite a few good Guides out there. Your starting point depends on what your on currently. Either way THIS is a good place to start. Are you on 2.3 GB? Then a good next stop is HERE. If your on 2.2 , then just go back to the first link. But you can also, go to THIS THREAD. Before actually flashing you should follow the guide posted HERE .Hope it helps.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan133:
Thank you very much, this is a good starting point. I'm 2.3 so I'll have to downgrade according to that post you linked to.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prboy1969:
Actually you can now just go HERE and DL the quick root zip file. Follow the instructions and your good to go.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ace5198:
Why are all the decent current roms still 2.3.4 based.. i really wanna go EXT4 but all i can seem to find are 2.3.4 kernals with the lagfix option.. i have a nexus s 4g and im currently stock with custom kernal.. but no EXT support.. are there any steps i should take before downgrading to 2.3.4?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
The only difference is the 2.3.5 kernels included some fixes for the ns4g.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SA-07:
Some wifi drivers got updated afaik
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitmaster:
What's the advantage to going ext4? Or partitioning in general?

ahhhhh...........gone todash..............
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamsforgotten:
This phone is ext 4 native. don't stress on a lag fix flash a 235 ROM with some system tweaks to speed up. Get a stable 1.4 gig kernel and oc to 1.2
[General Questions and Answers] kicker13:
Hello everybody!

I'm a student at the HTL Mössingerstraße studying computer engineering.

Now I'm looking for an idea for the thesis.

It can include everything with electronics and programming (java, c)

If anyone has an idea, please write me.

Thanks :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deono:
Hi,

I flashed my european Nexus S to the latest GRK39C software, after this the phone refuses to pick up any GSM networks on the 900mhz frequency band, it still shows and connects to 1800mhz networks though.

I tried reflashing to an older radio, also went into the menu *#*#4636#*#* and tried adjusting to the EURO band and "GSM only" settings.

Nothing seems to work, I've now even tried a full reflash to stock, same issue still.

Could anyone provide any other suggestions? Please????
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
You flashed the radio via fastboot correct?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tenhi:
Did u format /system /data and /cache in recovery? Try that before flashing new ROM. And try to flash stock rooted ROM, but be careful to pick right version...
[Motorola Photon 4G] M@XLOL:
Just found this and its working great for me check out the original thread here
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Wiggums:
I was excited.. and checked the firmware.. still 2.2.1!...

Baseband Version: I997UCKH1

Build Number: FROYO.UCKH1
[Samsung Infuse 4G] crawlgsx:
This is not dev.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] TheNetwork:
um... whut?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] highaltitude:
Wrong forum section i.e should be in "General"
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Entropy512:
This should be covered in General and has, in fact, been covered in at least two threads in General.

Please read before posting, and also be more careful about posting new threads in Dev.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] zelendel:
Moved to general as this is not development related
[Motorola Droid X2] Sandso9:
its a modded version of touchwiz 4.5 with a whole bunch of tweaks the problem with it is that the page indicator is in the middle of the screen instead of at the bottom wondering if any could get this working?

heres the link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1061883
[Motorola Droid X2] SwiftLegend:
This already works, and the page indicator is supposed to be in the middle. I used it for a while, but not being able to use custom icons got to me..
[Motorola Droid X2] XGrinder911:
But its not aligned correctly for the bigger aspect ratio.
[Motorola Droid X2] Sandso9:
Yea there suppose to be lower not that high up.
[Motorola Droid X2] nitroglycerine33:
There is a version out there for the qHD displays. I do not remember where I came across it but someone has already done it.
[Motorola Droid X2] TheMuffStuff:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1131752

I also have a red one to go with my red theme in the OP
[Motorola Droid X2] XGrinder911:
I was just about to say that Muffs! Tryed it out the other day;)
[Motorola Droid X2] Sandso9:
Any chance you can make one that's the normal color? Not a big fan of the rred
[Motorola Droid X2] TheMuffStuff:
That post I sent is the original, I meant I have a red one in my theme topic
[Wildfire General] showlyshah:
Dudes i have got another question regarding dta2sd,as i have installed beta3 in cm7 nightly#177, and every thing runs fine, i have dalvic cache in sd too. But still my phones memory goes down while app installation. And it is due to data storage(app data).although apps are in sd, app data are still on phone memory. So is there any terminal command/ method through which i can move the data storage to sd? I dnt want to use the primary partition( fat32) i like to use ext3( where my apps are stored now), can i try app2sd or link2sd? Or do i need to use the inbuilt app moving option?