yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Try different versions of Odin (for example, if you're using V4, try V3 1.3 & V3 1.85 and vice versa), try different USB ports (particularly if you're using a port attached to a hub. You need to use a powered port), different USB cables & finally different PC's/different versions of Windoze if you need to.

Also, when you fire up Odin, check Task Manager in Windoze & make absolutely certain Kies or any processes associated with it (if you're not sure what these are, Google/search for them) are not running at the same time. As I've said, you need the drivers that come with Kies to use Odin, but Odin won't work if Kies or anything associated with it is running at the same time.

Try uninstalling Kies on your PC (you need the drivers that come with Kies for Odin to work), rebooting, reinstalling Kies (search for it), rebooting.

If none of that works try cleaning the USB socket of the phone a Q-tip (cotton bud) & some isopropyl alcohol. And if that doesn't work, it might be a case of the USB circuitry of the phone being shot (unless you haven't tried the above steps or are not following the right steps, which we'll never know because we're not there with you).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epic118:
Was also having the same problem. I managed to get round it by flashing an I9100 package with all the files (PDA, PHONE, BOOT, CSC, PIT) and ticking re-partition. If I'm right, this completely wipes the phone and flashes this over, basically leaving you on a fresh slate.

Hope I helped!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Using PIT files is not recommended more brick a phone by flashing PIT than rescue it .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pissyhun:
Hi

It seems u tried to flash a sammobile firmware so look to their forum. Why dont u try a phone service?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] psone:
Sprint Logo repeating and repeating on you?

Mine was too, here is a set of instructions that even a n00b like myself can follow to fix that. We'll simply be restoring the system software/ROM on your phone. There are other instructions listed, but don't include step-by-step instructions.

Keep in mind that this requires bubby's recovery, which is the ACS version. You can not mount USB on other recoveries (yet).

Boot into CWM

(Hold down Power and Up arrow until it appears)

Connect your phone to your computer with the data cable

Go to mounts and storage

Then mount sd card

Then do mount usb storage (second to last option)

and download the files linked inside this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1272186

unzip it into a folder in the following location on the root of the phone's sd card:

/clockworkmod/backup/(any folder name)

so it would look like clockworkmod/backup/folder/ (files)

This is IMPORTANT, it must be in clockwordmod, then backup, then ANY folder name. If you leave the files in just "backup" it will give an error no files found.

Then do a wipe your data/factory reset

Then do a wipe cache

Then go to the backup and restore menu

and then the restore, will be whatever you named the folder that you unzipped the files to.

Let it finish, choose reboot and you should be good to go!

If you want to avoid losing your data in the future, follow these steps to make a full system backup as often as you'd like:

go back into cwm, goto the backup and restore menu again

then press backup

You can keep multiple backups

Again, I take no credit for this, just passing along the information. Hope this saves someone else's day!

All the credit goes to kse91holydiver, he helped me, now I'm trying to pass along the instructions to others who may be in the same spot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
Double post ? maybe
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kse91holydiver:
Also, you have to be on bubby's recovery, which is the ACS version. You can not mount USB on other recoveries yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 12MaNy:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1272186
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kse91holydiver:
that link is in OP brochacho. This is just a more noob friendly version of doing everything.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 12MaNy:
You should put "For Noobs", or "Noob Friendly", or "Idiot Proof" in the thread title so people don't think you're double posting.....Bromigo.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zayin101:
+1.. This is turning into quite the "Bromance" Haha :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] repl1ca:
thanks a lot...this worked perfectly for me!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 12MaNy:
Lol

10char
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bushacro:
noob

first of all i am a noob. i followed the steps perfectly but i am not sure how to access the internal memory from my PC although i have CWM in usb mount mode. please help so i can put the file on my phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kansaskid:
I am also having an issue getting my pc to show the phone as a mass storage device so I could put the recovery file on the phone, I have tried both bubbys kernel which does not have clockwork mod and zedomaxV3 and when I mount usb storage though clockwork mod I get nothing on my pc so I am unable to put the recovery file on my phone. please help

---------- Post added at 04:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:30 PM ----------

Going to repost I resolve my own issue, there are two things I did to finally get my pc to see my phone so I'm not sure which resolved, First which is what I think solved it was be sure you don't have a drive like and dvd-rom drive or flash drive with a assigned letter of E: or F: if you do Google how to change it. And the second thing I did was reflash with zedomaxV3 and let it restart to the boot animation automatically then I unplugged and pulled battery and put battery back in and plugged usb back in and boot to animation again, then restart and mount in clockwork mod.

I hope this helps anyone else.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TMBS414688:
I made a nandroid backup in cmw v5, installed AE mod rom, didnt like it, booted, and I got cwm v4? ...and my restore/backup file no longer exists.

I cannot unzip the files to the phones folder: /clockworkmod/backup/folder/ (files) because I dont have a folder understand name at all.

This is my first time rooting, Iam still stuck with a looping SPrint loop boot screen.

Any suggestions?

---------- Post added at 03:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:14 AM ----------

Never mind, got it. : )
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fredygonz:
This saved my phone! I love you all!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dandevo333:
OMG! Thank you so much! I had bricked my phone and this worked when other methods did not! It only took me 16 hours to research and try different methods. You are awesome! Back to factory so now I can hopefully find a good root and rom.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] digital-native:
Situation:

- My HD2 with WP7(7004) no longer recognize my micro sd-card. I know the best friend is the the backup, but some new picture are not included in the last backup.

- Accessing the micro with a adapter and pc failed. win7 aborting after a while and no drive appears.

- I think the controller on the sd-card is defect. So no accessing with recovery tools.

Idea:

- After some time and investigation i found a special service. The reason for defect cards are to 80% defect controller not memory. They offer to read the nand flash with a direct interface to the chip.

- I Know the sd-card(my) is encrypted, and as far as i know, the key is saved on the HD2 after first install with the sd-card or factory reset.

Behavior:

- Sporadically my HD2 reboots, sometime 2-3 times, but then it boots correctly with saved settings.

Question:

- Whats your opinion to rescue the raw data this way, make a copy to a not defect card and accessing with the HD2 and the key in it.

Of course any other suggestions are welcome.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Robbie P:
Are you sure that your photos weren't uploaded to skydrive?

Check using pc and log-in to skydrive using your windows live id
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] digital-native:
Hi Robbie,

no way, because SkyDrive was not activated. I have made some videos that were to large for my 500 mb volume rate.

dn
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Robbie P:
Its going to be difficult to copy the card because of the encryption you mentioned.

Its difficult enough to format it! Most OS don't recognise it.

The link you mentioned would only return to you a load of stuff.

Not sure what you can do, sorry.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Vazelos:
To anyone interested in the new ICS launcher have a look at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1268003

Sorry but I haven't tested it yet...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] mundy725:
i checked it , not working very well , have three wallpapers, only market and two other applications works fine . btw thanks for info )
[GT540 Optimus General] coleonyx:
I flashed original rom but my battery behavior is still like on 2.3.5 RC4. Charge to 99% and drains very fast. Did someone know how to get back it original life. I tried battery calibrators from the market and battery wipe from clockwork mod but no result :(
[GT540 Optimus General] mikegapinski:
If your optimus is old it is normal that battery life will get worser and worser ... All you can do is get new battery of ebay like I did and now my battery life is normal ...

Mike
[GT540 Optimus General] coleonyx:
It's not old. Its younger than a year. Battery life was good and on swift it last long and charge to 100% but after last time i flashed 2.3.5 rc4 i calibrate it (to try it last longer like on other roms) and now even on stock it drains like on rc4 and not charged to 100%
[GT540 Optimus General] bataya:
Use spare parts to see is there app that drain battery.
[GT540 Optimus General] smg72523889:
install "batterycalibration" from market, charge to 100% and calibrate your battery for this rom
[GT540 Optimus General] coleonyx:
Yes i download two battery calibration programs but the problem is that it's not charging to 100% but to 99% and drains very fast after this. i'll calibrate it a few days hope to fix
[GT540 Optimus General] smg72523889:
yeah, that happens to most people.

unplug, use a few seconds or 1min or so and plugin and wait if its fully charged, it could be that you have to do that a few times (2-3x)
[GT540 Optimus General] zzsomebody:
Your not alone on this, same thing with me.

I have ordered another battery from ebay but dont really know why all of a sudden this just began happening whilst using the same Rom which I think has something to do with it.

I use a program from Market called Android Booster to terminate running programs that start up or dont close once started, as sometimes if you use your camera, it will be still running, even if you close it up so hence battery life turns crap.

But also, if somebody phones me for 5 minutes this also nearly drains my battery, and I have everything also turned off. (WLAN, Blutooth, Data, GPS etc).

So dont know why this is suddenly heavy on the battery as it never seemed to do this when first installed.

There you have it, your not alone but think I will migrate to another or buy another phone as I think its pathetic to have to charge one's phone everyday, or twice a day if you chat to somebody for 5 minutes as it defeats the purpose.
[GT540 Optimus General] NoDze:
Try charging through the wall charger instead of through the USB port on your pc. Worked for me :) then, recalibrate.
[GT540 Optimus General] airbus360:
Turning off 3G when not needed?

Try turning 2G Network only in Wireless and Network --> Mobile Network
[GT540 Optimus General] zzsomebody:
I got my brand new battery and even charged it up via Power Supply from the wall.

Have run the phone only on 2G network only box ticked and everything else turned off (and I mean nearly everything) and for whatever reason, the Battery new or old still does not last long.

Even after it charges to 99% says its charged, it discharges very fast, or if somebody phones you and you only talk for 2 minutes the battery drops to like near 30% which is pathetic.

Something is sucking the life out of the battery folks with these Rom's so can somebody exactly put the food on the table here and say, whats up?
[GT540 Optimus General] jhonnyx1000:
What ROM are you using? It takes some time to charge up the battery and even if it says '99%' that doesn't always mean that it is. What is the capacity of the battery? I'd say charge it for about 6 hours and see then.
[GT540 Optimus General] zzsomebody:
Thanks Johnny,

Problem at present seems to be solved now.

Yesterday and before I had been using Mur4ik's CM7 2.0 RC4.

I then uninstalled a stack of apps that I only used every so often and now its like back to normal so I guess it must have been those apps installed.

Folks here is a big tip. Uninstall Apps to test your battery to find out which one is the Energy Hog because even if you are not using them, they seem to be running due to either bad programming of the app or a system management issue related connection between the two.

Now, I have just updated to Mur4ik's CM7 2.0 RC5 and will certainly think twice prior to installing a bunch of things for the sake of installing apps.

Cheers people~!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] achyut:
ok.....dis m8 sound very noob nd weird, but am not able 2 install several xrecovery flashable files to miniCM7 2.0.5 which uses CWM....can anyone gimme a step by step guide on how to install xrecovery files in miniCM7???.....please help me out!!!! :( :(
[Eee Pad Transformer General] KoNP:
Or as many expect, has this one been quietly given up on and is currently being silently shuffled under the rug?

Also, RE: this comment on the android.mobi blog:

"1. We have been asked not to"

By whom, exactly? Asus? Who gives a ****, you don't exist to lick up to them. The fact that they locked the bootloader in the first place should just inspire you to ignore everything they say on the matter. You exist to get us the root we desire. If you can't deliver on that, you don't have a purpose, given that it's more or less your raison d'etre, at least as far as transformer rooting goes.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dr.m0x:
Lol. You sound like an ungrateful child. These developers are people, have lives to live and are doing this for free. If you think its ok to address them as if they are your slaves you should gtfo.

Sent from my Cyanogenmod loaded Htc Sensation 4g
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lilstevie:
We were asked to not release the SBK by those who leaked it to us, we have a reason to want to keep them happy, keep them happy, and we get it again when ASUS change it again.

On a side note, even if you had the SBK it isn't going to work. ASUS/nVidia changed something, which broke the miniloader
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jerdog:
You are not here to be spoon fed. You are here to contribute and/or sit down, shut up and wait for someone to do the work for you. You take all the risks here for what you do to your phone/device. You don't like it, there are plenty of places out there that pander to users demanding things instead of contributing.

No one has to answer to you for your whining and complaining. The devs do this out of their own time, desire, etc.

Read the Policy Announcement to get a feel for why XDA is here.

(begin paraphrase from a former Senior Moderator)

This is not a site to make people popular. I don't care how many people use a specific kernel/ROM/mod/hack/bicycle - act like a fool and demand something from a developer who has put their time and energy and effort - and you deserve to be called out for it. The rules are here for a reason. You either follow them or leave, your choice.

What XDA is:

XDA is a developers site

XDA is a free forum you are ALLOWED to use. We could make it invite only

XDA is and always will be about the developers. And before you say without the users there would be no XDA, Bull****, who do you think used the stuff before normal people even knew what a smartphone was......wait for it.........other developers. People that could give good feedback with relavent info. Not just "dahhh this is broken, please fix".

What XDA is NOT:

XDA is not a place to come and make your phone cool.

XDA is not the cool place for idiots to hang out.

XDA is not your friends house

XDA is not a democracy

XDA is not a place to make Money.

XDA IS a place to come to learn and share your knowledge. If you are not here for those reasons then you are here for the wrong ones.

XDA has become a place where every dumbass in the world has a smartphone and comes here thinking they have the right to anything. Well guess what? You dont have the right to s**t. We share it because we want to and we dont if we dont feel like it. Are the Developers or the Mods required to make you happy? Nope not in the least. Wanna leave. Go ahead. I beg you, please do. The less people that are asking dumb question because they dont know what they are doing (this is understand, but at least look) or are too lazy to look for it the better.

[/end paraphrase]

XDA MANTRA

XDA POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baschdard:
If I write an app, is it possible to to override the default functionality of the hardware power button?

I only found this on google, but it didn't work:

stackoverflow.com/questions/3703071/how-to-hook-into-the-power-button-in-android

Thank you! :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmceorange:
I would be interested in an app to do this, as well as bringing up the power menu as holding the power button usually does.

The power button on my Desire has issues letting go... the phone seems to think that the button is always pressed, effectively making me unable to "press" the button when I want. Pretty certain it is mechanical failure, since if I take the battery out and then put back in, the phone turns on without my doing anything else. So, I cannot shutdown via the power menu... tried apps which use SU to power off/reboot, but they are causing problems with Data2Ext and A2SD+ filesystems. I also cannot do anything from hboot or fastboot... must enter recovery through a root app.. which is not always helpful.

Been looking for several months
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] millab:
I would really like for this too.

I am trying to do an in-dash install of a 7inch tablet and it is unable to sense when the power is removed. I have also tried running Tasker but it says 'Application not installed'.

So I would like to send a pulse to the power button and trigger a shutdown app. Otherwise I will just be cutting power which is sure to corrupt things
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidKev:
It's Needed!!!

Please see my other post in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1052451

Thanks!!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] exbarboss:
Hi 2 all!

I've installed MIUI on my device.

And I have some problems:

- When shoot with miui camera in max resolution - color line appears at the top of the photo;

- WiFi ad-hoc networks - device see it but doesn't want to connect;

- iwconfig command results: iwconfig not found.

Any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] koolkat12:
Hey guys,

I'm in china and bought xoom yesterday cuz wanted to give android a try. The thing is I was trying to root it cuz I'm from Canada and the regular android market don't run on the chinese version. The thing is when I was unlocking it the process started to go smoothly but at the command "adb reboot bootloader" it rebooted but got stuck at the motorola logo and can't seem to pass that, also my pc doesn't seem to have the usb driver any more so I can't run any cmd from terminal.

I wan running honeycomb 3.1 mod.MZ606.

Can anyone help me?
[Desire HD General] a961009:
What do you think if htc make smart player? For me, I will buy it!

Sent from my precious D'HD
[Desire HD General] affinity121:
What's is smart player?
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Good Idea!

Have put a link to this within the GUIDES section of [INDEX][22 SEP 11] ROMS/RECOVERY/ROOT/HBOOT/RADIOS/TWEAKS/GUIDES/etc

I believe that the guide would be more useful if you put in a link to a URL for the HTC Drivers and moved the advice about enabling USB Debugging to the top!

I can now point people at this guide rather than manually instruct them, Thank's you probably just saved me loads of time and aggravation! :D
[HTC Desire S] blindndumb:
Nice Work, Great Help :)
[HTC Desire S] Deleted member 2496007:
Excellent! Exactly what I needed. Thanks for showing us this.
[HTC Desire S] mimirom:
Hi an thank you. Good guide.

I believe one important information is missing in the guide:

Before installing the HTC drivers (or HTC sync) it is necessary to temporarily disable AntiVirus software on Windows machines. If you don't do that, Windows won't recognise your phone. After the installation is finished, enable AntiVirus again.

I got this advice somewhere and it was true for me personally. I'm using Windows 7.
[HTC Desire S] mimirom:
One more comment:

This is a minor detail but I think it's worth mentioning.

If you are using the HTC Sync installation in order to get the HTC drivers only, you actually don't need to install and immediately uninstall HTC Sync itself.

The Sync installer will first install the Desired (pun fully intended ;-) drivers and the it will stop. Next it's going to ask you if you want to proceed with the installation of HTC Sync. At that point you hit cancel and you're done. No Sync, just the drivers.
[HTC Desire S] ichaochao:
It's very useful, Thanks!!
[HTC Desire S] Desire S:
Doing all this the phone has to be turned off, on, or power button and volume down?
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
You do not need a phone for this guide :) It is setup for PC
[HTC Desire S] bonesy:
Just a tip, if you put the Adb and fastboot files in C:/windows/system32 (32bit) or in C/windows/sysWOW64 (64bit) you can just use them from any command prompt window
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
This is exactly the purpose of point 4 of the guide (global path setup)
[HTC Desire S] bonesy:
Just trying to give another idea mate, I used to set up all the SDK and make a global path but now just drop them in those folders when i reinstal indows
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Agree, added to the first post.
[HTC Desire S] jamsh:
Instructions for Linux users???
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
On my Linux system I have installed Java and the whole Android SDK and the set the path of course. If you are a Linux user you should know how to do this. Also there are guides for other devices that are basically the same
[HTC Desire S] rajverma3135:
Nice work mate
[HTC Desire S] fonpacific:
Thanks a lot for the guide, dude!

By the way, I noticed that it doesn't work for me (windows 7 professional) unless i end the path of adb with "\", for example: ;C:\android-tools

\

and not ;C:\android-tools as in your guide.

Hope it helps! ;)
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
OP edited - there is a link to a guide for Linux users

Thank you for the remark, I hope it will help the users with the same problem :)
[HTC Desire S] RokBedenk:
Hey Guys, I need help!

after an installation of adb all I get is error:device not found

i entered a code adb shell and hit enter, than i entered

dmesg | grep mmc0, since you cannot put two lines of code at once (I'm a rookie)..

where did I put it wrong?

I can get to recovery of my device, but I get error like:

/I]E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command

I made revolutionary S-OFF..

Thanx for a help!

Rocks
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
You have to enable USB debugging in the settings.

And while in recovery it should work too

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] kisame d shark:
soory 4 being a noob

each timei try to puush the command adb keeps on telling me that abd.dll isn't install
[HTC Desire S] TIGER 123:
did you tick usb debugging,also you have to turn off antivirus to install goodluck
[HTC Desire S] Chipmunk888:
Whenever Ill type and enter the "adb" in cmd prompt, another cmd prompt opens then close immediately. Why is this?
[HTC Desire S] faemir:
Does anyone know why despite adb devices listing my device, when I type adb root, it returns
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Try opening up task manager and killing the process adb.exe