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[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
For making phone calls & Google Voice, I've rather use a Bluetooth headset - it's much easier (and safer if driving - and, if I can figure out a secure & solid way to mount it solid inside the car as oversized GPS for navigation - with the screen saver disabled .... looking for the Car Mode apk that's on our smartphone but isn't on the Vpad7)

With a better quality (noise-cancelling is best) stereo corded headset - the sound is quite good, no Bose but it's good enough when we travel - it's easy to connect to any 3.5mm with a patch cord.

The compass/calibration aren't a problem for mine (HWver 107 with ITE) and it certainly isn't resetting or losing settings every few minutes - at least no popup about need to configure/calibrate or simply "losing" orientation.

I fine tuned all the related GPS settings and also run the GPS Status & Tool apps from the Market, so fresh positioning data are updated every 2 hours as needed.

As for using the Vpad7 in portrait mode once it started up, I'm using the VTL Launcher (link posted elsewhere in this (sub)forum - just "search") along with Widgetsoid from Market - which provided a lot more options to quickly access, change, turn off/on features as needed (i.e. reboot device) without going thru all the hidden menus (as if anyone will likely remember them) and this combination is making it less likely to swing or rotate 90 degree back to landscape mode or worst, turn upside down. Give it a try & easily uninstalled if you decided later that you don't want to use it.

Cheers !
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] LayZeeDK:
Car mode: https://market.android.com/details?id=net.mandaria.cardashboardfree

Screen always on for certain apps: https://market.android.com/details?id=gr.androiddev.ScreenOn
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
:) Thank you kindly for (sharing) the link - d/l the "ScreenOn" apps - (edit: tested as working) "on the road" in NAV - just what I need to make it a true 7" portable GPS (hell, it sure will knock my old HTC Eris with its (small'ish) 3.2" touch screen or even the HTC Inc2 global that I'm planning to upgrade to with 4" screen running Google Maps. That might just permanently retired the yet to be replaced Garmin 4.3" GPS (it "quit working" for good) & one less gadget to take along on out-of-town trips with carryons.

The other annoying functionality about our VPad7 is when watching YouTube, the screen orientation will turn whichever ways it feel like, no matter what settings that I try to lock it in .... oh, well - limitations of all android devices, until someone comes along with a brighter idea (fix/patch)

Cheers !
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] ghosty_uk:
stay tuned, im working on a mount atm, i have to make a phone call about it tomorrow, to see how much it will cost, it will be custom fabricated so should be secure. ill work out the screen connecting side when i have a suitable mount for it.

on the upside i used it for navigation and it was as good as my desire, i have yet to put it through my tracks to see how acurate it really is, but it kept to the road, only messing up twice when i accellerated hard on a roundabout, it took the wrong turn but corrected itself after a few 1/2 secs.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] LayZeeDK:
No problem, Letitride :)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] armando101:
Everything is working... :)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] kocir:
I have updated my VP7 by this. Unfortunately now the device is not able to make connection to internet thru SIM card. Phone call is working.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] nectons2000:
...

Hi friends.\

Please someone explain what excactly is ITE hardware touchscreen ? I search but everyone talks about it and nowere can find any info.

Is it good to have ITE or not?

Mine says

SWVer=3.420

Model: FM6-0001

HWVer: 103

I have ITE or non-ITE version ?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
1.03 is non-ITE
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] kocir:
What is non-ITE? Still not clear for me.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
Please .... let's try to use the Search button (sometimes, okay) & read first

Search, Google, Bing or whatever - plenty of readings on it & it's been mentioned in the proper sub-forums on XDA

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee336026.aspx

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/9051_Multi-touch_on_resistive_touch.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-touch

In a nutshell, ITE hardware refers to multi-touch, resistive touchscreen panel on the device, this plural plus awareness is far more responsive, i.e. when using inputs such as Swype or while play certain game apps.

Most newer Vpad7 device manufactured more recently typically HWv107 and some v106 build come with ITE, earlier ones like v103 are non-ITE, AFAIK.

To check for HWver & SWver, power off device first, then hold down top left Volume down button while Powering ON to enter FTM (diagnostic) mode - and you will see the basic build info. To exit, use a small pin to press the Reset button (if you cannot find it .... LOL, seriously - better not be flashing ROM) my std. professional hourly rate is USD $100 for consultation

Please kindly devote time to read, search & learn - ;)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] kocir:
THank you for your reply. Last question. How can I find what HWv I have in my device? I did not found this info in my device "ABOUT".
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
Switch it off.

Press Vol Down and Power - keep pressed untiolk HW Info screen shows up.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] dadoo370:
a new version is available from the same website

:)
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] kocir:
Did you test it? Is It mobile internet (trhu SIM card) working? Do erase all user data and applications or not?
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
From Viewsonic's description:

1.Power manage improvement

2.Language: Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Netherlands, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Russian

The 1st one looks interesting.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] kocir:
???

There is mentioned on their pages (http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/kb...cle.php?id=938 )

-----------------------------------------

Languages included: Czech, Danish, German, English, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Finnish, Swedish, Greek and Russian

-----------------------------------------

---------- Post added at 09:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:25 AM ----------

I have just downloaded. It is still the same FW, with niot working mobile internet. It is the same file.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
You have to look for the newer firmware ;)

Here: http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/downloads/

Here's the firmware update:

http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/kbase/article.php?id=1072
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] kocir:
You are right, Unfortunately there is no Czeczh language in the pack, it make no sence for me to download :-(

Anyway, thank you for uinfo
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
Installed it - and rooting doesn't work now ;)

SuperOneClick never did the job for me, now Gingerbreak 1.2 won't work too... :(
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Letitride:
OMG - Oh, no ! That's not good, must be reading about our exploits & closing them out .... not wanting us to explore & optimize it to our own.

You also now ended up with the stock recovery instead of CWM, and cannot go back to Restore your saved ROM, etc. on the mSD card?

Can you at least downgrade or rollback to an earlier bootloader/stock recovery, but flashing a different update.zip or *.nb0 file ?

Thanks for the heads up on this :eek:

BTW, what's new or different on this? Curious about this power management feature, battery & standby time is pretty good as is.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] astuermer:
Thank god an outdated SuperOneClick did the job ;-)

Version 1.7 from the xda Forum thread works.

Now everything rooted and Clockwork recovery flashed... looking for a perfect launcher.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] Amalgation:
There should be no problem rooting this. I've used this rom as the base for the latest EUViewpad roms.
[Viewsonic ViewPad 7 & Variants] el_haser:
i everybody i have a custom rom now, how i install this oficcial rom in my viewpad 7? also its a ITE ver
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beberik:
Hi, for whatever reason Microsoft decided not to add Czech XT9 dictionary to Mango. They had it in Beta 1, but removed for Beta 2 and decided not to add it to RTM. This left the Czech WP7 community with the dictionary itself (extracted from Mango Beta 1 ROM), but no way to add it into a phone running Mango.

Is there any way to insert the dictionary into the phone and make it work? We found a registry key named XT9 Input Method, but we don't know, if it's related. Did anyone experimented with XT9 on Windows Phone? THX
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N3croman:
Czech dictionary

Same question here for all skilled WP7 registry/rom hackers - is it possible to 'activate' Czech dictionary on Mango final by changing some registry values or not?

Currently it's possible to activate Czech language in Mango by adding new registry value into hklm\MUI\Available... but what about the XT9?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanien:
Same problem here

This goes for all languages even Eng.... wtf?

LOL IDIOT! I forgot taht the menu in Mango is different. You have to enable the xt9 haha
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DON2003:
so there is no XT9 dictionary function on Mango?

miss the autotype function on Blackberry
[HTC Desire S] Mace490:
Hello,

i just wanted to flash the Unity V9 kernel on my desire S.

I got an error during flashing "status 7" and i think its because my desire s is on android 2.3.3 and the Unity V9 only supprts android 2.3.4 and 2.3.5.

I just restarted my desire s und realized that my wifi does not work. In the wifi settings it sais "error" and i cant activate it...everything else works fine just the wifi not... I dont want to flash any other rom und want stay stock...

So please help me !!

What can i do to get my wifi working ?

Thx
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Check your kernel version in the settings and download the same kernel from here and reflash with the same procedure
[HTC Desire S] Mace490:
Thx for the fast respons...

i found the right kernel nuber but the build number ist not listet there...my build number is 1.47.111.3 and there are only different build numbers...which one can i take? the 1.48.707.1 or the 1.36.481 ?

Thx Man !!
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Isn't this a T-Mobile branded ROM?

Btw which version of the recovery do you have and have you made a Nandroid backup before flashing?
[HTC Desire S] Mace490:
Yeah it's a T-Mobile branded rom... Is there also a diffrence betwene the kernels?

Can't i use any of these roms u recommended to me?

I have done a backup with the rom manager from my current rom before flashing.

but i have restored it yet and the error is still there ?

i have CWM recovery 5.0.2.0

So which kernel do i need to install?
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
As you say your build number is of the stock one so your kernel was not overwritten during the unsuccessful flash.

Have you tried to delete the remembered network and add it again?
[HTC Desire S] Mace490:
The problem is not by the rememered networks... I can't even activate my WiFi !!! Thats the problem. When try to activate it, it sais "error"...so i can't activate it :(

What can i do now?

There has to be a kernel i can use or am i wrong?

Thx for ur help
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
htc-kernel-2.6.35.10-g2ee27f5-build-1.48.707.1.zip
[HTC Desire S] Mace490:
Nice Big THX i will try now !!!
[HTC Desire S] Mace490:
THX for ur help!!! WiFi works fine now :)
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
No problem. I am glad that you sorted this out and I am sorry if my guidance on your other thread was misleading. I totally forgot that 2.3.3 is still the latest Android version on the Stock ROMs and the Unity kernel is updated for custom ROMs now.

I am afraid that it will be hard to find a kernel for 2.3.3, since most of the Custom ROMs are on 2.3.4 or 2.3.5 already. But maybe somebody else will provide some information or a download link if you still want to try.

Anyway, happy to know that your phone is good again :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derMarc:
hi guys,

i´ve recently got an tab 10.1 and, of course, one of the first things i tried was streaming from my NAS.

Unfortunately this doesn´t seem to work all that well - no matter how i connect (uPNP or filebrowser), the videos lag like hell. Its a like a really slow dia-show.

On my Nexus 1 (2.3) it works like a charm (using the same apps and of course WIFI)

Has somebody experienced similar behavior?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gokpog:
No problems with my Synology NAS and Dice Player. I use ES file explorer to connect to my folders (smb).

Edit: Back when I used Moboplayer, I think I remember problems with lags unless you force software decoding when streaming movies. You can enable it in the settings.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vlad_z:
No problem with my tab and NAS either. I'm using cifs module and mount Nas volume directly or just use upnp protocol and stream movies.

Try to download that movie to your tab and then play it... Would it still lag? If so that this is not a steaming problem but video format/tab player thingy.

And If it would play fine then start looking at network setup.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlhdk:
I have no problem either. My NAS is a qnap 219p
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sentencedx:
yes, locally they all play without problems - the weird thing is, that it works just fine on my Nexus phone. Using the exact same setup and apps...

i tried it with SMB and uPNP and various videoplayers - they all load up the movie, but the playback is unbearably slow.

The tab is also "fresh out of the box", so no modifications/rooting or anything else that might cause that.

but obviously its not a general honeycomb problem :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derMarc:
ok, its a player issue! "Dice" works right away (thanks!) and "MX Video Player" works, if you force "S/W Decoder" in the settings --> smooth playback :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vlad_z:
can you test your wifi speed? Just time some big file download.

Just as example, using cifs module my transfer speed is about 1.3Mbyte per sec. Ghost commander with build in smb protocol is around 2.0 Mbyte per sec.

Laptop with N wifi goes around 9.0 Mbyte per second.
[HTC Sensation] WiKDMoNKY:
On my N1, once the phone is unlocked, it cannot be relocked (AFAIK). I am getting the phone today and I have 30 days till I cannot return it (possibly for the Amaze).

I plan on rooting and flashing AR XE 3.6.1 right out of the box and I do not want yo risk not being able to return it.

Thanks in advance!!!
[HTC Sensation] EddyOS:
Yes, so long as the RUU for your phone is available
[HTC Sensation] WiKDMoNKY:
I am assuming there is a RUU for the Sensation right now? If so, I will download it and burn it to a disk and put it away for safe keeping.
[HTC Sensation] Panagiotis.:
Double check because there are not all the stock versions available.
[HTC Sensation] EddyOS:
Correct. Go to Settings>About phone>Software information and make a note of the software version. This is your current ROM.

Then try and find it
[HTC Sensation] barondebxl:
You should wait for the amaze, same phone but more powerful, more ram better camera. I will personally go with the GSII
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piburglar:
After upgrading to pinnacle a few weeks ago, I lost the option to share my photos and videos from the gallery to both YouTube and Picasa.

When browsing the gallery and I find a video/picture I took that I want to upload to YouTube/Picasa, press and hold, get the check mark on it, then share -> YouTube right? Except I don't have either option when i click share. I think i have most of the other normal options, bluetooth, messaging, gmail, email, etc.

I have you tube installed, updated to the latest, etc. I also have my picasawebalbums synced in Accounts & Sync.

I'm sure there may be other options in uploading with youtube or picasa, but I really liked the share method and I'm confused as to why it disappeared.

Any help or insight would be much appreciated.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piburglar:
really? No one can offer any insight into this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
Been a while since I messed with a captivate but do you have a mediauploader.apk in /system/app ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piburglar:
No, I dont. How do i get that back?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Grab it from another ROM, or from the stock firmware that ROM you're running is based on.
[Nexus S General] oVeRdOsE.:
Hi,

(I did search on google and xda).

No solutions found so far.

On my nexus S (no 4g); the screen turn off when the battery was about at 20%.

Impossible to get it back on. The backlight is very very very low, I can say almost off. In a absolute dark I can see the screen to make my backups.

What I tried :

- Complete flash rom ( running CM7)

- Hard reset

- Battery change

- Using the device on AC power

My guess is that the phone's dead because even on boot the backlight's off.

So far, on the internet, it seems to be a recurrent problem...

Any solution? BTW : this device is from a exchange on a old warranty. It's about 2 month old and I can't return it back...

Thanks
[Nexus S General] melvinchng:
How about Pull the battery out for a night to let it lost power and memory at all.

Accidentally sent from my Google Nexus S using XDA Premium
[Nexus S General] oVeRdOsE.:
Done, but only for 4 hours...

I'll try for a night.

Thanks
[Nexus S General] Apolyxon:
Worth a try but it really sounds like the display is broken. Still got warranty? You should also try to flash stock and "oem lock" it before, obviously.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
Has anyone been able to update the binaries using the latest version of Superuser (v3)? The application successfully updated via the Market for me, but I cannot get the binaries to update properly.

Looking for a workaround to Superuser not being able to write to /sbin/su

ROM: SRF 1.2

Kernel: Twilight Zone 1.1.1
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Root:
We're trying to figure it out. I'm getting the same thing. Not all users are. Very odd error. Not even the install assister is helping for me. You should try it from the Market if you haven't already.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
I should have mentioned that I already did that and no dice. That update assist application is more for signature mismatches, as per the app description in the Market.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ugothakd:
Basicly, it says if you reboot the binary will be downgraded so why try. Get a new kernel
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
Well I've tried out Genocide v2 and it kept causing the black screen of death on my phone. I had to go back to Twilight in order to get stable again. (Stock speeds and voltage when using Genocide too.)

I've come to realize my phone is finicky.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnCorleone:
Did you try Genocide 1.1 Final? At first Genocide 2.0 wasn't playing nice with my phone either but now its working fine. We are looking into updating Twilight to have 1.4 frequency and updated binaries
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
I did not try Genocide 1.1 final. I will give that one a go after vacation.

Edit: on 4G for like the 3rd time ever. I hate you Sprint for sucking so hardcore with you infrastructure.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Root:
I'll post chain's solution in a bit. I have to test it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coucher:
Pretty sure my issue is exactly the same...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1280641

Running SRF 1.2 with Genocide 2.0..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Root:
How to from DDChains

If you have adb, run:

adb remount

adb shell rm /system/app/Superuser.apk

adb shell pm uninstall com.noshufou.android.su

adb reboot

Or from a terminal app on your phone, run:

$ su

# (your phone's remount command, on the Nexus One it's 'mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system'. Other pones follow the same pattern, but may vary on the '/dev...' block)

# rm /system/app/Superuser.apk

# pm uninstall com.noshufou.android.su

# (same remount command as above, but use 'remount,ro' instead of 'remount,rw')

Then reboot your phone as normal.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coucher:
This is of course on an Epic running SRF 1.2..

Don't have access to ADB at the moment so tried using terminal on the phone.

After running the su command, typed:

'mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system'

And received

mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system: not found

Did I type something wrong or should I be using a different command?

Thanks for the help & time..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Root:
same, i'm trying to find the proper mount codes for the epic. as he said, that's the nexus mount code
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coucher:
This may help..

http://wiki.sdx-developers.com/index.php/Commands
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRK4G63:
Problem with ADB command

I tried using the ADB method you outlined above, but when I got to this line: adb shell pm uninstall com.noshufou.android.su

I got this error message below:

/sbin/sh: pm: not found

Any ideas why?

**EDIT** I just tried using the Terminal Emulator method and was successful

The following command worked for me for some reason:

mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

But I'm still curious to see why I got that error in ADB.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Root:
Terminal method didn't work.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hayzooos:
I'm using the most recent AOSP ROM which has Genocide 2.0 as the built-in kernel. I had this and it updated fine. I was coming from the ERA Revolt ROM before that. Did a wipe of everything before, of course.

To be honest, I didn't even know what was all going on, I just kept clicking through and the binaries updated just fine.

If I can be of help somehow, please let me know.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coucher:
Ok, it was user error for me. I was putting ' in front of and after the command. :o

The terminal process worked for me and got me back to a fully working (older. 2.3.1 -ef) SuperUser.

Guess the 3.0 just isn't ready for primetime yet?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Root:
My tab updated fine.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ugothakd:
Kernel developers build superuser and su into the kernel...this is what "root" is...so 9/8 times there going to be using the superuser everyone knows about, 2.3.x. (Fraction mess up on person) The only way to get around this is ask the dev of your kernel to make a non-rooted version, or use a stock kernel.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Root:
Yeah tanimn's still busy, we're hunting someone down.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamdelozier:
So...I have simply AOSP with genocide 2.0. When I was getting the fail on gaining root, I downloaded from the market and then added superuser as an app to the superuser application. Not sure if that makes sense. But the binaries are now downloaded and everything is working fine.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] persko:
if the su binary is installed in /sbin, that will NOT work. when in /sbin, it is part of the ramdisk that is inside the boot.img. To change it you need to change/modify the boot img.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rodderik:
every one is correct...most of the kernel devs built root into the kernel so you didnt lose root switching between kernels or lose root or other stuff if your /system partition got messed up...this was done mainly as a safety for noobs which also allows you to flash a zImage from heimdall or odin and be rooted instead of running a one click script (that doesn't work on gingerbread roms)

i've updated su and superuser on my tab kernel the other day and i'll crunch up a new genocide with the updates for you guys