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[General Topics] pulser_g2:
I find apple users have higher expectations of support to deal with their own (often) ineptness.

Android users will use google.

Apple users will phone up their network to ask "why can I not install programs on my phone".

As I deal with technical stuff, I find Android users more pleasant to deal with. You can tell an Android user to do a factory reset from the privacy menu, and try it again, but to beware that all their data not on the SD will be lost.

If you try to get an iPhone user to do that, it turns into a nightmare... Most people needing android related help have a basic competence and comprehension of basic technical terms, and can do things for themselves.

iPhone users tend to just want YOU to fix THEIR problem NAO so they can buy some fart app.
[HTC Desire S] fbcyborg:
Hello,

I have few questions to ask before changing my ROM. Many of these already should have an answer but it's better to ask for me, even if I've already searched the forum.

Data on SD Card: as far as I understand, flashing a new ROM doesn't affect the SD card data. Isn't it? In this case, old applications that have been moved to the SD card continue to stay there. Do you think it's the case to make a cleanup of those applications before flashing?

I've done a backup using ClockworkMod into the SD Card. I've read that somebody had problems restoring such a backup in case of necessity. Is this so risky? If I launch the backup restore through CWM, does it restore my previous ROM (the official one in my case) with all my previous settings without any problem?

SMS Backup: I think I can use an application like "SMS Backup & Restore" without any problem even the ROMs are different. Isn't it?

Contacts and Calendar appointments: I use Funambol to sync my contacts and appointments with. What I need once I've flashed the new ROM is simply to install Funambol on the device and start the synchronization? I guess the answer is yes of course, here.

Applications installed using the Android Market: what does it happen when I login with my gmail account? A massive install starts? My applications should be restored automatically without any risk to loose my application on the Android Market on the web? I hope this is true also for AppBrain.

I saw this is the last 3.5 Sense ROM. Is this stable and safe to flash?

May I select Italian language for the new flashed ROMs or they are only English?
[HTC Desire S] kylon:
If you flash a rom you sd card will not be touched.

you ll not need to reinstall all app,unless you don t format data.

Market downlods automatically all your previous downloaded apps

It s very annoying.

Your google account will sync your Contacts and calendar

Clockwork will restore your backup so it ll restore your previous rom

Sense 3.5 need hboot 2 to work propriely.

Virtuous is a good rom with sense for old hboot

All rom are universal instead of MIUI,you can choose any language.

If you have other question,you can pm me in italian
[HTC Desire S] vndnguyen:
1. Data on SD card will not be affected. However old apps on SD card will not be recognized any more. You can use Titanium to backup and then restore your apps.

2. In case of fail on ROM restore, you can use RUU to fallback to your official ROM. Just go to Settings\About phone\Software information to write down your ROM version so that you can find appropriate RUU later.

3. Yes, I think. Or you can use My Backup Pro to backup.

4. You can sync Contacts and Calendar to your Google account and restore them later.

5. If you add your Google account right after 1-st booting, the phone will do a massive install from the Market, and this could lead your phone to hang and may cause to fry an eMMC. Just let it boot as normal without adding Google account, and you can add later in the Settings/Account & Sync.

6 and 7. I have no idea.
[HTC Desire S] fbcyborg:
Thank you very much guys!

These two things make me confused. As far as kylon says and as far as I understand, if the /data directory wiping is not performed, I will automatically find all the application installed on the new ROM, but only as regard the applications on the NAND. Even this sounds me a little be strange but possible, so is this something that avoid me to reinstall all the applications using the Android Market as vndnguyen says at point 5?

Do you suggest to install that hBoot after or before flashing the 3.5 Sense ROM?

:confused:

Thanks a lot.
[HTC Desire S] vndnguyen:
you should wipe all partition before installing new ROM, this is mandatory, so the only way you can restore your installed apps is via Titanium backup (for 3rd party apps or apps from unknown source) or Market (for apps from Google Market).
[HTC Desire S] kylon:
If u install a rom without wipe anything the rom will wipe only /system,so when you boot the rom all your apps will be there and the new system is installed
[HTC Desire S] fbcyborg:
So it seems there are two contrasting opinions here. Despite that I've seen that it is suggested to always wipe all partitions maybe I'll do.
[HTC Desire S] vndnguyen:
yes, but it is not recommended, if you don't want any unpredictable fault.

Plz follow a guide here:

Guide to Flash a Rom in a Perfect Way...

It is recommended that you wipe all partitions before flashing new ROM.
[HTC Desire S] kylon:
I didn t recommend anything.

I told him that in this case(without wipe) he ll not lose any app.

Anyway i do full wipe.
[HTC Desire S] fbcyborg:
OK, thank you. It is all clear now.

By the way. I've seen that ROMs like the Virtuous have the overclock.

I don't want the overclock damage my Desire S, so I would like to know what do you think about that and if it is recommended to install the patch mentioned in the "Important Notes" anyway.
[HTC Desire S] kylon:
I don t like overclock but sometimes can help

Personally i m using set cpu 998/192 smartass

I actived jit and other tweaks to improve performances so my phone is fast with a low cpu(teted 850mhz fully working)

I don t use any patch
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M-A-X:
Hi.

Since I (idiot that I am^^) installed another kernel to my "supernova" Rom on my Desire, I can't overclock it anymore with SetCPU.

So I'd like to reinstall the stock kernel but I can't find a zip anywhere.. Anyone can help?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hvihavai:
Try the kernels from the downloads section of the homepage of the rom...

Sorry, seems that I cannot yet post full urls... :(

supernova.

droidzone.in

/?page_id=24
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M-A-X:
the problem is, that there are only "non Overclocked" Kernels on this page. No matter which of them I install, i can't choose an overclocked setting in setcpu (i could do so after installing the rom)

EDIT: THats the one that is in the rom itself: Kernel: O2.6.35.10-g3f43272 based [v06-snq-is-still-#01]- snq kernel based on htc-kernel@and18-2 #1

I really dont know what of this line is the "type" of kernel i'm looking for ^^
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hvihavai:
Maybe you could flash the ROM again to get the original kernel, shouldn't delete anything on the phone.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M-A-X:
Like this i would screw up the "clean" install I have^^. I think I'm going to install ALL new after a wipe .)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mortenmhp:
Just download the Rom zip file again. It contains a boot.img which you can just flash using fastboot if you are s-off or using recovery if you know how to make the zip file.

You could also just flash the Rom, if you haven't made changes to the system, it should not change anything else than the kernel
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M-A-X:
I wiped everything and flashed the rom again.

But in case i need to do it again^^:

Do I need to make a "special" Zip File? Does it need to contain anything but the boot.img?

I know how to zip files / folders with windows, just want to know if there is anything special?
[General Questions and Answers] Joel.Bertrand:
Hello,

I have installed last FRX07.1 rom in a HTC Touch pro. It perfectly runs but french keymap is unavailable. I can write a raph100_fr layout but I'm unable to compile microp file as android.git.kernel.org is down. If I post a keymap here, is someone able to compile this file ?

Regards,

JB
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lambstone:
I've used ninphetamine 2.1.3+ and it used to drain my battery a fair bit. After having seen another user who said he was experiencing better battery life with ninphetamine 2.0.5. I flashed the older version and it turns out to be indeed better.

My idle drain rate is now 15-17mA using Battery Monitor widget.

So when put in picture. Drain rate is about 2% per hour with minimal usage. (Note 3g data was on)

Anyone else have a better kernel?

EDIT 1:

I've tried using SiyahKernel (KI3) and it seems that according to Battery Monitor widget the idle battery drain is 14-15ma. Seems to be much better. However, occasionally the touchscreen freezes and only the touch button works. But then again it could have been because I was using the KI3 kernel on a KH3 rom. Would report back after I finally get off my lazy ass and flash a KI3 rom :p

EDIT 2:

Got off my lazy ass finally. Flashed LeoMar 2.7.1 rom with SiyahKernel 1.7.8. Will report back after a while. Though I must say that for some reasons after the boot animation the phone turns black for quite a long time (1-4 Seconds) before the lockscreen appears. This did not happened with the default LeoMar 2.7.1 kernel. Will report back in 24 Hours.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
http://xdaforums.com/search.php?searchid=92694072&pp=25
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lambstone:
Thanks sherlock. I posted my findings and was asking if anyone else had better. If it the time of the month of you. Stay off this forum.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claimui:
Personally I find it very difficult to make meaningful comparisons, especially at idle.

Battery Monitor Widget gives estimates and not actual current drain. See this thread for some discussion: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1056486 but basically it's either not in Samsung's battery driver or the app is not reading the information. So you are comparing estimates and the margin for error might be pretty large.

When you flash new kernels you also need to recalibrate the battery. That also affects your battery drain estimates. (I've had Battery Monitor Widget tell me my battery is going up when its unplugged, so go figure.)

Battery life at idle is affected by so many factors. Maybe your signal strength is better one day than another. Or you got more emails or did more syncing. Or one app just happen to glitch and have a very long wakelock. If you get battery drain, you should be checking your partial wakelocks with BetterBatteryStats. Did you get more partial wakelocks when you were running Nin 2.1.3? Is it the kernel's fault or did you just have a misbehaving app?

I like experimenting with different kernels too, so my point is don't expect miracles when somebody says Kernel X gives amazing battery life compared to Kernel Y. Personally I think they are all about the same at idle, and the big differences are in your settings and your usage. If you wipe your phone, don't add any Google or Exchange accounts, and don't sync or download anything, your battery will last 3 or 4 days on idle no matter what kernel you use.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rembrandtlnx:
Stock rooted KI3 (cf-root) is the best for battery life for me, i also have constat 3800+ quadrant score (with top of 4109 as my screenshot in leomar 2.7 rom thread).

Also i have the phone a lot, but really a lot less hot while gaming or stressing it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndreiLux:
KI3 stock kernel and SiyahKernel are at the moment the best in battery life. Anything else is running on older sources and drain more.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alexpiri:
The best for me is SpeedMod! Smooth and long life battery. There is something you can't do (bootanimation oc uv bln) but simply great!

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickbarbs:
best results for me: stock kernel reflashed after rooting, for that stock rom.

Bar none the way to go.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superleeds27:
Stock Rooted KI3 does look good, am yet to test it though
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lambstone:
Hmm. So seems like you guys are experiencing deliciously good battery life with KI3 kernel. I shall try it and report back with some numbers.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poch_1421:
try siyah kernel. one of the fastest growing kernels IMO
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shrubber83:
For me is Ninphetamine 2.1.3 and now i'm trying SiyahKernel 1.7.7 ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rembrandtlnx:
My question is.. between stock ki3 and SiyahKernel 1.7.7 the difference is really small (barely notice it) or big?

I tend to not flash to much kernels since the very small chance to corrupt the efs folder (even if ofc i have my backup), so if it's only small improvement, i stay on the stock ki3, if it improves a lot, i prolly try it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomascunill:
I've been using the siyah kernel v1.7.7 and I've been experiencing a great battery life. I didn't use the stock kernel for long to make a comparison but I sugest you give siyah at least a try, since you can always go back to stock if you don't like ir.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lambstone:
Updated 1st post with my new findings.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matriak31:
batistaRom and ninp 2.0.5 great battery life for me...if you like i can post screenshots:D if anyone is using setcpu, depending on your kernel try and research in the kernel thread regarding frequencies that other users suggest and adjust yours accordingly...thats what i have done for mine and i could not be any more happier
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lambstone:
Alright. I've finally got off my lazy ass and flashed a 2.3.5 rom (LeoMar if you must know) and am currently using siyah 1.7.8. Will report back within 24 hours after I've put the device through a day's use.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scorpion667:
cf root KI3 stock kernel on RevolutionRom 2.7.1.

53 hours battery life 3 hours 19mins screen time wifi on 1/3 time, 4g on 2/3 time with facebook sync.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lambstone:
Pix or it didn't happen
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomascunill:
Hi, I posted earlier saying that siyah 1.7.7 gave me good battery life. I tried now the cf root v4.2 KI3 and I had better results. Well, I'm someone that don't play many games, but I surf a lot and download a lot of stuff on wifi. I don't care much for overclocking so I think I'm going to stay wth KI3 cf root. For me they're both great for battery life, and maybe the other ones I have not tried are great also (speedmod, ragemod, ninphetamine...)

I think what happens with kernels, and this happens also with custom ROMs (and everything really, brands, etc..) is there is a lot of fanaticism. People like to choose one ROM and kernel and stick to them. They start to defend the kernels they use convincing themselves they're the best no matter what. That is in my opinion the reason because this kind of discussion turns meaningless. Well not that meaningless, at least it gives an idea of the kernels people are using, at least we know speedmod, ragemod, siyah, nimph, are all great kernels.

I'm not criticizing anyone, in fact, I'm just another example of the people I described.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeotrope:
i have a phone with KG7 firmware. can i still flash the cf-root KI3 and get the improved battery life? or will the differing versions mess things up
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virusted:
For me, i guess is all depends on the hardware, types of roms, modems, kernel etc... The best is to try it out.

I'm on Checkrom with KH3 modem and has been reading thru post that siyah kernel gives the best battery life but not for me. Guess my hardware didn't like it. Not sure why so I tried several kernels and finally found Abyss kernel that work the best of all.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcadam:
When it comes siyah kernel it does solve the aos bug so if that is a problem for you give it a go, my aos went from 15% to 4%. It is also the most actively developed kernel at the moment so it's worth keeping a eye on.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hirencj:
Hello

My friend bought HTC Explorer today I used it for a while n found awesome and the specification of the phone are almost similar it runs on 600mhZ PROCESSER and has 3.2 mp camera with Gingerbread.. its hearty request to developers to port this Rom for our sweet hero if possible! Thankyou :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istosevski:
It would be awesome!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Habarug:
Yes, it is probably possible. It might not be as fast as on the explorer as it probably has better gpu, but still I guess it could be faster than salsasense ;-)

sent with love from me to you
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hirencj:
yeah it would be awesome !!! and better thn salsa rom. .. hope anyone works on it :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0034:
I am ready to build one for you guys if you can provide me the nandroid bakup files :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bharat_goku:
Look in the development forum, zero sense is based on HTC explorer sense
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aleksandar.1:
Goku, there is a problem with the Bluetooth in the Zero Hero rc1... when Bluetooth becomes active, the system fails and gives the bootanimation (and the phone restarts)... and then wifi is in "error" state. A shutdown/restart resolves the wifi issue, but not the bluetooth.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bharat_goku:
Hmmm ill work on a build tomorrow n c wat changes I can make
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aleksandar.1:
if u want, i'll post here some other bugs i've experienced or to send u a PM?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bharat_goku:
Send me a pm ill work on wat I can
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikmax:
Hi,

for the app agile lock free you can download other apps to get points so you can get the full version.

But after i installed some apps and then removed them again. I just needed one more. So i downloaded it and tried to install it. But when it switched to the installing (after you pressed ok) android crashed. And i saw that another application was installed. So i removed it and tried to install another application (setCPU from this forum) and it did the same. Android crashed. Another app (the same as before) was installed.

How can i fix this? I trieded to remove of that exact application but it still installs.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
don't install those kind of apps because that is what they do...i mean the dev ain't getting any money if he makes people download his other free apps...you will never get the paid version without problems
[Galaxy S II General] Larkspeed:
I got my Galaxy S2 a few days ago and just discovered Samsung Voice Talk which will be very useful when in the car.

Does anyone know of a way to change the music program that it launches?

I use winamp as opposed to the factory music player and it is set to default but when told to "Play Music" voice talk always launches the factory music app
[HTC Sensation] Fab30:
Hi guys. know someone how i can improve quality of photos? When i take a pic it has around 1.5mb, how can i increase to normal 3.5mb? maybe it will be caused comprimation of Jpeg. Please help and sorry for my english :)
[HTC Sensation] diablokicks:
Hit menu, scroll down to resolution and increase it to 8mb.

Here is what it could look like.
[HTC Sensation] Ladicx:
Root and use Camera modd
[HTC Sensation] cannyavk:
Yes, camera mod improves the bitrate of video and compression of photo. It is the only way to improve.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mosh_java:
i have HTC View, and now is keep restarting on boot, i dont know what matter with it, and am trying to recover it from bootloader, but it seems i dont have the orginal image on sd card, doesn any one have a link for it to download, i've searched sprint and htc website, and nothing found.!!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mrkrad:
my flyer started doing this today.what rom were you using?!?!

htc logo then reboot. very warm.

wtf
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mbobino:
Have either of you done the OTA updates? If not you can use the RUU found here to restore to factory settings. I believe it will revert everything except S-OFF / Revolutionary if you went about unlocking it. Hope this helps!

Cheers,

-mbobino
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mosh_java:
really i didnt any updates as i know, it just crashed by it owns, and i use the original ROM, so where i can find post about s-off for it?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mbobino:
RUU.exe

Download the above file and run it on any windows based computer and it will restore your device to stock. After you do that, if you want s-off / root, go to http://revolutionary.io and follow the directions posted there.

That should get you up and going again.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Kevinreid1:
File deleted no longer there anybody know where I can get it
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] gordonzhao:
....you'll probably get answers in the Evo threads, I think I've comes across a few regarding this.

Sent from my Rooted HTC EVO View 4G (Honeycomb)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HAKA:
The ICS gets a 2-minute walkthrough.

YouTube Link

The person claims that he bought Nexus S from eBay and got the ICS preinstalled.

Real or Fake?

Poll Above!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corythug:
Fake. I'd vote if I wasn't on my mobile :p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowmanwithahat:
Again, can't vote... But I vote fake. Clearly a cyanogen theme with a bunch of custom launcher options. The notification pull down looks like it's done in poor taste as well... Similar to all the epic themes by mystery emotions. It's all very amateur, bright and overly contrasty. (notification bar only)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaredsk74:
They pulled a partial firmware from the device before it was wiped, it was real. I trust Jcase, he is reliable and already has a well established rep.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17971145&postcount=313
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bozzykid:
Yeah, it follows along with the leaks about what will be new (like the categories in the list of apps and the list of widgets). So it is definitely real. It could be a real early version so who knows what will change by the time it is released.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bedalus:
Viral?

Sent from the future to put right what once went wrong.
[Acer Iconia A500] steveoc1991:
I need a little bit of help please
[Acer Iconia A500] josinpaul:
You have to flash a custom kernal which supports over clocking.stock kernal won't support over clocking.
[Acer Iconia A500] muqali:
If you want to keep the stock 3.1 first put use the instructions on the forums to put CWM and Acer Recovery from the market on your tab(will require you to root it). Then go here

http://xda.richardtrip.org/Acer/a500/kernel/

download v2.5 and use the Acer Recovery Installer to install it. The Recovery app MAY have the option to download 2.5 directly inside it, but I can't remember and now have an A100.

Don't get anything newer than 2.5 because as per this post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1170319

which is the creator of the kernel, the newer ones are all 3.2 only. If you're not comfortable doing all this, you may want to wait until the stock 3.2 OTA is rooted, then use the newer kernel versions. It's my understanding that if you do all this and get cwm and a custom kernel on stock 3.1 you'll have to undo it all before you can use the OTA to 3.2, which should be arriving any day to your device.
[Acer Iconia A500] kooorpen:
Try this one

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1138051

and add 2.1b Update for 2.1 (really essential for full rooting)