yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbeak:
generic root

well, in order to get rooted, we need to use the superuser binary which is reused for all roots. thats not our problem. The problem with this tablet is the oddball mount path. So whenever a rooting software is used, it gets confused when looking for /system/bin to drop the su file. what needs to be done is edit our rooting software to compensate for this file system phenomenon. Also, an exploit needs to be found so that we can actually execute this rooting code without the tablet denying us. I believe the answer to rooting this tablet is related to the Acer Iconia, which also has this strange mount path. I am currently talking with the vizio support people, and i am requesting the kernel sources for V.I.A plus 1.4 and the OTA 1.5 update which closed root. Because of the open source licenses, they are required to give them up. I advise everybody to do the same so that we can get this moving. Once this is done, we must find a way to flash a new kernel built from the source code of 1.4. this kernel will have security turned off. This is a method very similar to rooting the Samsung stratosphere and other galaxy devices.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FadeFx:
I did so a while ago, but the support is an external company, the development department is an external company and i was not able to get any contact to them or to vizio itselves through the support. However, try your luck as well, possibly you are doing better...

Good luck.

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tapatalked from GalaxyS
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbeak:
honeycomb update

Hello guys,

As you may know, the honeycomb 3.2 update is being pushed to vtabs everywhere in waves. I spoke with a VIZIO tech who claimed that "root cannot be attained with this update. That's why it took so long to be released." Now, this means, that most rooting methods for honeycomb wont work. This update has the option to change where apps get installed. AFAIK, this should change the mount path for the sd card. I believe that the root for the Acer Iconia may work for the vtab now. I will be trying to get these adb drivers to work and then i will look into this more.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwelder:
Let us know if you have any success.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sicilykill:
any luck anyone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DCRocks:
Still nothing?

Bummin.. I have 2.3 (v1.4) rooted, and havent put HC on it as I dont want to loose root, just to gain a few HC bits and peices.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lesterf:
I checked out the exploit that was used to root the Acer Icona A100 and it involves accessing the following file with adb commands: /system/bin/cmdclient

Unfortunately, the VTAB does not have this file, so I don't think the same method will work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbeak:
I do believe that the Iconia needed to be downgraded to 3.0 to be rooted. We are on 3.2. There is no official exploit for 3.2. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PULL UPDATE.ZIP for HONEYCOMB FOR ME PLEASE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

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It's this simple:I've seen a ROM for the tab. It's called Kaos420. We cant flash it because there is a VERY LOW LEVEL piece of signature verification software in the vtab. What we need:

ROOT

a qualified developer (i.e more than java, c++ programmers)

Until we get those things, this tablet will continue to be a boring POS. This tablet needs some SERIOUS dev attention.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbeak:
I really hate how there is no attention for this tablet.....the kindle fire stoke all the thunder.:banghead:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinnyveganboy:
Well, it's May and I've been following this thread for some time now. I've been waiting on the sidelines, hoping for root before I got my tablet but my family all chipped in and I got mine for my birthday (May 20th).

I've asked a friend if he'd be interested in attempting to root the newest Honeycomb release. I'm waiting for a response from him but while I was showing it to him he made the comment, "are you rooted? It shouldn't be that difficult." He's a programmer with linux experience and since there doesn't seem to be any legit developer working on root, maybe his expertise is what we need.

If he shows interest in the project, we'll need to get him a vtab to work on. I can start a kickstarter for the ~$200 necessary.

This is all contingent on his interest in the project. I'll let you guys know.

Is there still a want/need for this? Will you be willing to donate to the cause?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azturbomini:
I would donate. I/We need an over clockable kernel bad.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinnyveganboy:
Maybe I'll start a new thread, I was hoping for more support than just one. Thanks. I'll link to the new thread here.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FadeFx:
Maybe also post to androidtablets.net vizio subforum, probably u get more response there...

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grnsl2:
I'm in, I'd donate a bit for root. Anything to get this thing a bit smoother. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinnyveganboy:
I spoke with my dev. He's interested but just doesn't have the time. He's full-time employed. However, I have decided to return my vtab because of the major HDMI out issue. If you don't know, the vtab will not output to many tv's, I think because it outputs in 768 and not 720 so many televisions do not know how to handle this. I'm going to be getting the Acer Iconia a500 which has multiple dev's support already and many roms available. I wish everyone who's decided to stick it out, good luck and I hope you get root soon.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManWithCamera:
I just wish I'd researched the VTAB before buying one. I assumed that getting root would be trivial, turned it on, installed the update that was pushed to the device via my wifi, and only minutes later discovered that my one and only chance at root had just been lost.

My son's new Nook Color was easy to root and I'm a little jealous. But, my VTAB is still a great device, even though there'll probably never be a way to root it. I still get plenty of use out of the thing, but it'd be really nice to get root someday...

I wish the hardware manufacturers wouldn't lock these devices down so hard. I'll never recommend a VTAB to anyone remotely tech-savy. I love that the Nook Color can boot off of the micro-sd card. It gave me piece of mind as I was rooting it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinnyquiver:
Got a honeycomb root for this device. I am not looking for donations just want some life brought back to this thing.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47852635
[Android Apps and Games] yokozuna:
Is any good soul from the States who could upload this apk? I cannot understand why it is not available in Europe (at least in Poland - I tried to download it from Android market yesterday. No success). It seems to be a pretty good program, moreover, all the services which it uses are available worldwide (Google, box.net, etc.). The program is free. More about it here:

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...ard-cloud-storage-management-app-for-android/

and here:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sandisk.mz

Thank you in advance!
[Android Apps and Games] crnkoj:
Use marketenabler, and fake tmobile-us, than dl from market.
[Android Apps and Games] yokozuna:
Thank you!
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Does anyone know how to speed up the window animation speed in the ROM without using Spare Parts? How to cook it into the ROM?
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
Great question. The quickest method which came to mind was to use look at the Spare Parst app source code and find how its controlling the window animation speed.

I purely speculate, there are two ways of controling window animation speed.

1) modifying a setting in a preference file in /data.

2) setting something in the android system via java.

Unfortunately the master source would be android.git.kernel.org (specifically http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/development.git;a=tree;f=apps/SpareParts;hb=HEAD ) but the server is still offline. I'm not able to quickly find the Spare Parts app source code through google searching. If somebody does have a link to the online source code for Spare Parts, I'd be interested in taking a look and seeing how it works!

The only semi helpful link I could find is an older XDA thread: http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-708774.html . Unfortunatley it appears he has taken his github files offline so I wasn't able to find the Spare Parts java source code.

Sorry for not having a specific answer but hopefully the ideas provide a lil more guidance!
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Thanks for looking into this. I will post back if I find anything but as of now I havent found squat.
[HTC EVO 3D] mazook98:
Gotcha.

Add (or edit that number..higher=faster) this line in the build.prop:

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=100

(MAKE SURE there's still a blank line at the end of all your build.prop tweaks, or it won't "take".)

<<bringing it since 2010>>
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Thanks man!

Is there a max?

Gonna try 300 now...
[HTC EVO 3D] mazook98:
Lol... It gets wonky over 110 in most roms.. In fact, 100 is at the high range. Most chef's that add this usually come in about 90, but I've never had issues with 100.

LMK how it works for you.

<<bringing it since 2010>>
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Yea, I was rocking 100... But... When I changed it up to 200 nothing changed. Gonna drop down very low to test theory.

Something that SpareParts+ is doing is making it haul ass. Much faster than what it is now.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Changed to 50 and see no difference. Hmmm.....
[HTC EVO 3D] mazook98:
Are you clearing Dalvik in between changes? (If, that is, you're in one of your awesome deodexed roms?)

I think all your apps are opted in relation to build.prop guidelines, so that would be needed.

<<bringing it since 2010>>
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
wasn't much information provided on what this build.prop line edit actually does or how android implements the number values. so researched this setting - windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec.

first found an older thread on XDA about it. they claim you can adjust the value after boot but it won't change anything until after a reboot. i.e. setprop *should* work on changing the value, but won't have any impact. seems have to edit/save actual build.prop and restart.

also they state 55 is the default value and the android framework doesnt recognize values under 35.

they also say: "That value does not affect the framerate, but how many touch events are reported to the apps; this saves some cpu if the user keeps touching the screen." all this information is taken from this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=813309

read on another forum post, "To enable better scrolling speed through lists, I changed windowsmgr. max_events_per_sec=55 to windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60. Scrolling through the app drawer and contacts and any lists really is now smoother. " - http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/164447-mod-lots-build-prop-edits.html

not able to find anything from google/android developers to reference as an "official" source .. maybe a grep through aosp code could reveal where android reads and implements this build.prop setting change.

hopefully some of that information helps sheds a bit more light on this "tweak", i.e. default value, range, areas it will impact, etc.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
After reading your post I would believe this is not the golden egg I am looking for. Im going to decompile SpartParts+ and see what, if anything I can find by poking around.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
No, I didnt clear cache but I can try... Cant hurt, right? I just dont think this the correct mod... But what the heck/.... Lets see if clearing any thnig helps.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Nope, nothing.
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
first approach which comes to mind: i'd prob grep through there looking for any strings regarding window animation speed. i forget what it is called in the real app, but that is probably a great starting point. then start back tracing the code .. i don't deal much with smali but i'm sure you'll be able to trace it down.

keep us updated!
[HTC EVO 3D] mazook98:
Sorry to sidetrack you Scott!

I "thought" I knew what I was talking about...

Good luck in the effort, bro.

(and I'll also stop editing that line into every single build.prop I see, lol.)

Thanks for the work.

<<bringing it since 2010>>
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
That was my plan of attack.. somewhat.. Lets see how complicated the code is in this... iM hoping its using an echo command or something similar... Because the speed change sticks after a reboot so wouldn't that indicate its writing to a file?

Its all good man. Atleast you tried.
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
yea, i would agree. wish i had taken a look at the spare parts source code when it was posted on the android aosp site!

i doubt its using echo to send a value to a sysfs file generated by the kernel. my guess would be to a data settings file on the /data partition. at least thats what i'd hope as that would be easy to duplicate!

if you want to post up the smali files, i can try and take a look through. yay for java being so easy to reverse!
[HTC EVO 3D] mazook98:
Related dumb (awesome) geek joke:

Q: Why do all Java developers wear glasses?

.

.

.

A: Because they can't C#.

(ba dump bump).

<<I first learned about binary from Pac Man>>
[HTC EVO 3D] SteelH:
Ill drop you a pm for this when I get home. It is NOT the build prop edit posted earlier. That has ZERO to do with animation speed.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Thanks man! As always your tutorials make my ROM! They are unbeatable!
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Here is the entire APK decompiled: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31360541/com.droidgram.spareparts-1.apk.7z

I can see the code for the change but have no clue what it means, lol
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
which file and rough line number/area do you see the code for the change?
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Here is a screenshot of Notepad++ with ALL smali files loaded and searched for window_animation. SpareParts.smali on line 1282 seems to be where the magic happens.

Thats just a guess anyways....
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
This is insane...

So my next question... Can this be cooked in? I know I can pull the DB but inserting it is another issue. Maybe thats why I dont see any ROMS at max speed! lol
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
Sure, all depends on how the ROM is being installed.

If you instruct your ROM users to wipe their /data partition when installing your ROM, you might as well just "cook" in the settings.db file with the window animation scale adjusted.

By "cook" I'm assuming this means store the settings.db file in the ROM .zip file and copy it over during ROM install.

This should be more uncommon, but if your users are flashing this ROM on top of another ROM and don't wipe their /data, you can still copy over your settings.db during your ROM install but the user might lose some of their former system settings.

Hope that helps bring it all back to answering the original question!
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
What b/s.. But gonna give it a try..LOL
[HTC EVO 3D] Abracastabya:
This app works super good! I've been using it since evo 4g launch...its way better than spare parts.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scott:
Thats not a bad idea right there. Thats really what I want beings that is going to be a ***** to put that default in the ROM. Im gonna go check it out! Thanks!!!!

Ah snap, thats a pay for app. I dont want that... I cant put it in the ROMS.
[HTC EVO 3D] Abracastabya:
Ahh crap...maybe try it out for personal use
[HTC EVO 3D] loopypalm:
what do you mean by blank ?

a space after each value ?
[Droid X General] theherkman:
Just bought a droid x off someone. Called verizon and the IMEI/ESN/WHATEVER is clean. So after she finished showing me that everything on the phone works and I bought it. So my wife played with it a bit on the way home and somehow locked it up. Now it wants the original owner to log in with her google account before letting me use the phone. After a week of trying to get ahold of this girl with no response, I have a problem. What can I do to reset the phone? Home + power brings me to the triangle/droid/! screen. I assume that means recovery isn't installed. Can someone explain if I need to use SBF/How to use SBF/What to flash?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Is there a DX IRC you guys use?
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
You do need to SBF. Google for instructions; there's tons of videos and guides to help you.
[Droid X General] theherkman:
Okay, so I have the 30.04 Bootloader. I tried flashing the 2.3.340 FULL SBF, and RSD Lite showed the flash passed. It didn't and nothing has changed. Comments, Spock?
[Droid X General] theherkman:
Also tried the 2.3.34 SYSTEM ONLY SBF. Didn't do anything. It shows the flash as completing correctly, but I boot it up and nothing has changed.
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
Ehh, try SBFing again, and wipe data from recovery.

To enter recovery press home and power (to get the the screen with the Android and the exclamation mark), then press both volume buttons.
[Droid X General] theherkman:
So Home+Power, release both when I see the Android/Exclamation mark, then hold both volume buttons?

Because for some reason I can't get past the Android/Exclamation mark. I don't think it has recovery installed.

EDIT: The search button did it for me.
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
Excellent, did wiping data work for you?
[HTC EVO 3D] Joey_UFC:
im hearing a lot about this rom manager that can hold 4 roms and never really gave it much thought until now.

Can anyone enlighten me on how to use it and what it does exactly?

A updated thread link would be the shizz
[HTC EVO 3D] mazook98:
Joey, it's "Boot Manager" and there are a few threads scattered around XDA, but who needs those when you have this:

http://init2winitapps.com/stories/BMManual.html

Peace, bro... Lmk if you need more specifics.

<<bringing it since 2010>>
[HTC EVO 3D] Joey_UFC:
thanks man. is the paid version from market the only way to get boot manager? or is that just there for support and donations
[HTC EVO 3D] mazook98:
Gotta pay for this one, Bro. License check is strong in this one.

<<bringing it since 2010>>
[HTC Sensation] jonio298:
I don't know why, I tried both the 3.5 sense revolutionary rom and the current insert coin rom and both are running veryyyyy slow. -____-

Benchmarks prove it. I'm getting less than nexus on both CF benchmark and Quadrant.

Could it be that I haven't flashed a radio, or do I need a different kernel? What could be the problem?
[HTC Sensation] jonio298:
Yeah, complete fail on the title bold haha
[HTC Sensation] Michaelearljohansen:
It could just be that they are based off of the HTC leaked rom. There is still possibly bugs in the code for said roms considering they are not finals. Afaik, there aren't any recommended radios or kernels to flash for Sense 3.5 roms as they are still fairly new. Honestly, you're probably better off sticking to the 2.3.4 stuff as that's what's the most stable and least problematic.
[HTC Sensation] alyoder:
I stopped reading at "benchmarks prove it."
[LG Optimus Black] sweetnsour:
hey guys. i'm over from the lg optimus one forum.

if you havent noticed, miui is casting a vote on which device they should port MIUI to (the vote can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/questions/217517851641131/?qa_ref=ssp). as you can see, both the optimus black and the optimus one are losing to the more popular, higher-end devices.

if you are a fan of miui, then this might be of interest to you. the reason why i am posting this here is because it turns out that you can vote for more than one phone. i believe that if we support each other and cast a vote for both of our phones, we may stand a chance against those other phones. i know that maybe only one device will get it but anything is better than where we stand right now.

if you are not a fan of miui, then please disregard this message (but even if you are not a fan of miui, please support our phones by casting a vote for both of them).

i thought that you guys might understand as we (LG users) are the underdogs to companies such as samsung and motorola
[LG Optimus Black] lesp4ul:
Dont worry p970 is already on the porting list.

This is the fifth thread about miui... we need moderator to merge all the thread.
[LG Optimus Black] sweetnsour:
P970? Which phone is that? The optimus one is the p500
[LG Optimus Black] mujju85:
i dnt think any developer is using Ob u can see there is only 1 custom rom available till now for us i m very said to see this and thinking to sold my beloved OB :(
[LG Optimus Black] lesp4ul:
P970 = optimus black

One of Cyanogenmod devs has p970 and already released early alpha.

Eventually if he finished cm7 porting, miui is next. As i say OB is on miui porting list. They need cm first.

Please take a look on cyanogenmod release & changelog.

I've already voted both facebook poll & miui porting advice thread. I also shared both links to several forums and social networks, lets hope our phone gets one :)
[LG Optimus Black] mujju85:
I agree with u but as compare to other device we have nothing in front of that
[LG Optimus Black] sweetnsour:
at least you guys are on the porting list. we already have a working (and almost official) cm7 but the optimus one is not even on any porting list. miui ports for our phone have not been successful because our phone has an armv6 processor; in the words of another user:

our only chance of getting a working miui for the optimus one is if the miui devs do it themselves

that is why i made this thread; im really hoping that both users of this forum and users of the optimus one forum support each other
[Windows Phone 7 General] Michael_W_L:
I need a direct link to any free xap(if possible, minesweeper or whatsapp, I know they are on the South African marketplace) to give my ISP to try figuring out why it gets 403 forbidden every time it attempts to download an app on the marketplace.
[Windows Phone 7 General] at45:
Personally I don't believe your story. Regardless, pick an app, search for it on the search engine of your choice along with the word "XAP" and check over the results. I just tried two apps and found over a dozen direct links.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Michael_W_L:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/368614-MWEB-and-windows-phone-marketplace

http://twitter.com/#!/WinPhoneSupport/status/118803739707572224

So yeah, it is a known issue that is trying to be solved, error 805a0193 over wifi.

I need the link to Microsoft's marketplace though, random sites don't help me. Need to access MS's link to try solving why the phone get's 403 - forbidden when accessing marketplace over wifi(If 3G wasn't expensive I wouldn't care)

See if you can doenload this please.

http://apps.marketplace.windowsphone.com/7230691A-943F-4A6A-BC65-36EAD5D25CB4/CurrentBinary.xap

I get server error 403 - forbidden
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] nexus2515:
hi everyone, i was about to buy XPeria Neo, but while surfing the net, i got to know that with 2.3.4 update, one can get USB-OTG feature via live dock..

Now the question is that CAN we USE the OTG feature with the normal host cable and without any external power supply ??

the users who are on 2.3.4 pls test and reply..

the otg(host) cable costs only $3~$5.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Marcell96:
if someone had 2 micro usb cables, could try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COkLEJGo6vo

i only have 1 so i'm going to try that :p
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] nexus2515:
thats a clumsy option man,

one can get an OTG cable than destroying one cable and a female-port ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] electricbluejase:
Would be good to know if this is possible, if not looks like buying a live dock might be the way to go.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] arsalan.haqs:
Live dock can take an external power and supply power to connected devices..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] electricbluejase:
Yep, I know but would be nice to see if this can be done without the live dock somehow. :-)