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[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] canavanin:
Hi everyone

I have a Huawei U8800 which I can no longer boot (it gets stuck at the white Huawei screen). I can, however, access the 'pink screen' (vol+, vol-, power button) and the files when connecting it to my computer, but entering recovery mode (vol+, power button) does not seem to work.

I am an utter noob, so my approach to solve my problem would be to simply take the phone back to the shop, but first I would like to erase my personal data. Is this possible in my case, without voiding my warranty? In case it is not, could you perhaps tell me how I could go about fixing the phone myself (in such a case I would also be willing to scrap the warranty)?

Thanks a lot in advance!

PS: I have not rooted the phone or done anything like that, all I did was installing a couple of apps, so it's pretty much in its original state.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dionero:
You should be able to flash one of the original roms and the phone would boot if there're no hardware problems.

The original roms were removed from the huawei website but if you search the site there were plenty links afaik.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] canavanin:
Thanks dionero. The trouble is that I am too much of a noob to understand what exactly you mean by 'flash one of the original roms'. Could you please provide some more detail? Thanks a lot :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dionero:
Here is a rom with instructions on how to flash :

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17591131&postcount=1
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] canavanin:
Thanks again! I will give it a go later on today.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dionero:
Did you manage to recover the phone?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] canavanin:
Thanks for asking! First I need to go and buy a micro SD card, as that seems to be required for the process. But I'll post an update once that's done and I've attempted the recovery. Thanks again for your time!!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] canavanin:
Hi,

finally the micro SD card has been delivered - I'll never buy from that shop again, what long shipping times!

Anyway, I'm afraid the recovery did not work. The phone did react, said it was performing the upgrade, and it the end it even displayed the "Upgrade completed" message. Attempts to reboot, however, still don't let me get any further than the Huawei screen :(

One further observation I have made (even before the attempted recovery, but ever since the phone stopped booting): when the phone is switched off (which nowadays can only be accomplished by removing the battery), and I plug it into the power outlet, it immediately starts its booting attempt. When the phone was still alright, however, it would recharge its battery without trying to boot immediately. I don't know whether that's important, but maybe someone can make use of this information!?

Well, in case anyone on here has got some more suggestions as to what else I could try I would be really grateful. Thanks a lot for your time and effort, and for reading this!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Blefish:
How long did you wait at the Huawei screen? First start takes longer time and it should reboot multiple times. Anyway, you should try flashing one of the recoveries, 5.0.2.3 for example. You can find it in the development section. With that you should wipe cache and data, delete dalvik cache and then try to start it.

I'm on mobile so I can't give you a good tutorial, but recovery should be fairly easy to install (look for stockwell's recovery).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] canavanin:
Thanks, Blefish, for your reply. I tried recovery flashing at some point along the way, and I tried it again now, this time using the version you suggested. Still I simply cannot boot into recovery mode. I can either get the "pink screen", or simply the white Huawei screen, even if I press Vol+ and the power button (I've also tried pressing them for different amounts of time, but all to no avail) :(

Oh, and as an answer to your question: I waited for maybe 15 minutes or so.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dionero:
Sorry wrong info :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ufukyayla:
1. Download a stock rom.

2. Create a folder on the SD card named "dload"

3. Copy UPDATE.APP and UPDATE_CUST.APP from stock rom archive to dload folder

4. Insert sdcart to phone

5. Switch on phone with press vol+ and vol- buttons

6. The installation will start automatically
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] canavanin:
Thanks ufukyayla, but what you're suggesting is exactly what dionero had suggested earlier, and unfortunately it did not work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] thelastjedi:
I remember reading a while back on some thread that Wolfson had a line on their earnings call sheet saying one of the US models of the GSII uses the Wolfson DAC.

I have always been a fan of the DAC on my Zune and Captivate. I sure hope this is the one that has the Wolfson and not the T-mob.

Has anyone figured if the DAC inside is a Wolfson or (shudder) Yamaha ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
I'll need to double-check tonight, but 90% certain it's Yamaha - we're almost identical hardware-wise to the international variant.

It's probably either the TMo or Sprint variant that have Wolfson. Probably TMo - the E4GTouch is pretty similar to our device other than the radios.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] thelastjedi:
Hasn't the Sprint version already been confirmed to have the Yamaha ?

I thought of this question because of all the audio issues people are having after rooting and also because of a few reviews stating that the audio quality on this is awesome (one of them being GSMArena). Fingers crossed for a Wolfson, though don't have much hope :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Well it might be a Yamaha chipset that's different (improved) from the one that gave Yamaha a bad name...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nraudigy2:
Yamaha is not that bad. Android 2.3.5 in International SGS2 improves the sound tremendously compares to 2.3.3 and 2.3.4. Sound quality is very close to my Cowon J3 now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pb1866:
/sys/devices/platform/soc-audio/sound/card0 # cat id

cat id

C1YMU823 <--- same chip as the international version

sorry everyone... it's still yamaha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] halfnelson117:
Samsung, Y U NO use high quality audio chip?

I mean c'mon if this is their flagship, why would they stay away from the wolfson....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Milkshakes00:
Voodoo Sound will surely make things better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pokey9000:
I've only played with mine for an hour or so, but I've listened to some of my "test" tracks with my Etymotic ER6is, Audio Technica M50s, and Portapros and it sounds decent enough to me, definitely better than the Nexus One it's replacing. No perceivable noise floor to speak of, no treble rolloff in anything I listened to, and it seems to be able to drive bass well (a problem with the N1 IMHO)

Wish I still had access to audio test equipment...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] thelastjedi:
Does it suffer from the same static hissing and also some processor sounds when UI is being manipulated ? I remember reading all sorts of crappy noises made by this DAC when headphones are plugged in and the phone is being used in Supercurio's test on Anandtech. Still true ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
VS is only for Wolfson headphone amps. There's a reason it doesn't exist for the I9100 as far as I know - if it did, it would be a complete rewrite.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gtg465x:
Yes, but I think turning off UI sounds (the little pop when you click things) will prevent some crappy noises when using the UI while listening to headphones. I'm guessing the chip isn't very good at playing multiple audio streams at once. Also, the drivers were updated in 2.3.5 for the i9100 and audio is supposedly much improved.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] thelastjedi:
I hope against hopes, this phone gets a quick 2.3.5 update to enable the FM radio, give us Google wallet for NFC and improve the DAC. I might put the NFC to good use with banks now charging for debit transactions. Come on AT&T shows us that your are not an Android enemy after all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gtg465x:
Overall, audio quality seemed more than acceptable in my preliminary listening tests. It isn't as good as audio on the Thrill and original Galaxy S variants like the Infuse and Captivate, but it sounded on par or better than some other Android phones like the Inspire and Aria. If you have cheap headphones you likely won't notice a difference between any of these phones anyways.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] thelastjedi:
i will be listening to it mostly on a medium range Sony in-ear or Harman-Kardon 2.1 at home. So I don't think it will sound much different, but it is sad to know the Wolfson DAC is gone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
If 2.3.5 had a kernel update for the DAC with no userland component, we might have gotten those fixes in our kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] thelastjedi:
And is there a way for us to verify if that update was done to the i777 kernel ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] naplesbill:
I believe the audio issues only apply to headphone usage. I read a few threads in the Optimus 3D forum regarding audio quality. There were some links to a review of the O3D that showed the SGS II having a bit of an edge (from a measured standpoint) over it. The Thrill is essentially the same so I would assume that the sound quality of the SGS II is slightly better than the Thrill. Again, this was compared in a measured test environment. The issue with the O3D and Thrill was due to stereo crosstalk. The O3D and SGSII were both given an average rating though.

Personally, I rarely use headphones and more often use the headphone jack as an audio out to an amplified system. Really not an issue for me. It is kind of interesting that the original Galaxy S has a better audio chip though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pokey9000:
My ER6is are really sensitive and isolate really well, so if there's a noise floor to be heard I'd hear it. And on a second try, in a quiet room with these headphones and paying very careful attention I can hear a tiny bit of noise after a system sound or music is playing up until about 3 seconds later when the amp powers off. But I REALLY have to be listening for it.

I did not hear any CPU activity or radio related interference at all, but I've been on HSDPA constantly so far. Maybe EDGE/GSM is worse. Induced noise is usually not the fault of the chip itself, but a result of bad PCB design, bad power supply filtering, and shielding. Maybe Samsung fixed this in the 777.

The Anandtech test does show some shortcomings, but think about it this way: for 16 bit audio, the difference between the quietest sound that can be represented and complete silence is 96dB, or 1 bit of audio. The noise floor according to the tests is 95.1dB. You will never notice this when listening to music.

The distortion and crosstalk, particularly the intermodulation from that article doesn't look so hot, but it isn't bad really. It's entirely possible that this can be fixed with tweaks to chip settings once we get a datasheet or some register setting info.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] thelastjedi:
Awesome input. Thank you. So far from what we have heard i think its safe to assume that this is a Yamaha DAC, but with some changes to shielding/PCB design or updated kernel or probably even both. If Anandtech does a detailed analysis on all 3 US variants, it would be awesome, but chances are they won't. Lets hope one of you guys take up the audio on this beast as a challenge and give us some great tweaks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jade Eyed Wolf:
I really think the issue that most people encounter is with the included earphones and not the chip. There is a HUGE quality difference between the included earphones of the SGS2 vs the Captivate. The SGS2 included earphones are CRAP compared to the ones included with the Captivate.

For anyone who had an old Captivate or GS1, try using your old earphones that came with the Captivate on your new SGS2. The difference is very noticeable.

I've been using my old Captivate earphones and been quite happy with the sound quality from my SGS2! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] damon20r:
Your sgs2 came with headphones? My cappy had them but they were absent from my i777.

Edit: I just checked the box and there not listed as included.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DJSLINKARD:
My GS2 didnt come with headphones and I'm glad it didnt. Im currently using some $25 Jlab Jbuds j3m and it sounds pretty good to me. I havent noticed any system sounds though i havent been listening for them. I know its not saying much but this sounds leaps and bounds better than when i was using an iPhone 3gs. The GS2 just has so much more clarity and the right amount of bass and thats enough to keep me satisfied. If there are improvements in future updates, Im ok with that too
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gordec:
There are multiple posts in head-fi.org talking about how SII's DAC sound quality through audiophile quality headphones is inferior to the SI and Iphone 4. I used the Captivate and was fine with the sound quality. Now I'm on Inspire 4G, though it's a much better phone, I'm suffering from my music. Dec 14 is my upgrade date, I hope Samsung or someone comes up with an update for the DAC driver to improve headphone sound quality (if it's even possible). May be the Galaxy Note will be released at that point with a better DAC. I hate to get an Iphone 4s, but the idea of carrying around a separate mp3 player when you have a state of the art flagship smartphone is just silly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mbze430:
well I finally got some time to listen to some music with my Sennheiser HD 25 & HD 25 SP. I came from an iPhone 4 before this SGS2. So I really can't comment how it sound compared to the Wolfson.

I can say that the SGS2 is completely and utterly inferior to the i4. HOWEVER! I never tried listening to the stock rom. I went straight CM7.1 So my finding is very inconclusive. But from how things are right now. I would say SGS2 have much stereo cross talk. and I can hear some minor static and very low hiss but I know 80% of the population is not going to hear them.

I am not sure what the Voodoo tweak is, but I am going to look around as to what it does. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] arctia:
Don't know about iPhone. But I can confirm the sound quality is inferior to my sansa fuze. There seems to be interference from the phone itself.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ErebusRaze:
Right before I sold my Captivate I compared the speakers of my Galaxy S2 and my old Captivate. The difference is negligible. The S2's speakers sound a bit tinny comparitively (like HTC) but the amount of bass and rich tones are the same. If I had to choose one... It would be the Captivate.
[General Questions and Answers] vishalsingh0023:
so my phone is rooted and have downloaded the darkey Rom and next Rom manager but when i go to recovery mode and try to update the zip file its giving error saying "signature verification failed" so what's the reason and how to solve it my galaxy s is running on 2.3.3 firmware xxjvk
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rukinis:
I have problems playing with some avi movies. I do not know why but lot of avi rips freezes in one time. No mater which player I am using with all players the same.

If this movie is broken I can't even scroll it. in desktop windows computer all is ok. Media player plays the same avi's with no problem.

Have anybody got the same problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mfw111:
Ive used odin installed back to stock.

I had rooted it using insecure kernel then used super one click.

Everything works except voice calls

even when install

miui

cm7

stock

no voice calls

please help

thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elvispen:
1

Does voip like skype work?

2

Does voice call work trough speaker or handsfree?

3

Have you been inside the service menu (*#*#197328640#*#*) at any time?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Are your network APN settings correct .

Is your IMEI the original one .

jje
[HTC Sensation] ak1196:
Hi. I'd like to know what you guys would recommend as the best Custom ROM for HTC. I love the theme and I think that my theme needs to look good. I love my phone even more when the visual appearance is better but it also needs to have a decent speed. Also, can you suggest ROMs with Sense as I like it a lot too...

Love to hear your suggestions...

~Ak
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] atulgajbhiye:
pls guys develop something to upgrade from win 6.5 to win 7. i cant buy a new $500 device.
[Xoom General] sirius b:
http://www.androidcentral.com/adobe...ed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)#bXpulseX
[Xoom General] hipocrazy:
Found a little more info....

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/adobe-unveils-creative-cloud-tablet-apps-2011-10-03
[Xoom General] sirius b:
Nice find and additional information.
[Xoom General] kenfly:
Ive been waiting for Photoshop on Honeycomb FOREVER!!!
[Xoom General] gerbick:
The star of the show is Adobe Proto, in my opinion.
[Xoom General] okantomi:
I haven't had the chance to actually use it yet, but it looks terrific.
[Xoom General] SteveH0773:
I've got PS Touch, and although I haven't had a full play, the tutorials are great and it looks plenty powerful for a tablet
[Xoom General] aitken88:
Adobe PS

Hi Steve I am also in the UK with MZ604. Where did you get the PS Adobe software from??

I am still awaiting info from Abobe

Thanks for your help
[Xoom General] double1:
I have Photoshop, collage and proto. I think we might be seeing a innovation in graphic design that hasn't occurred since Photoshop was invented. The touch elements are very immersive and the programs run smooth. I can see a lot of people might be ditching their macbooks after using this suite of apps. :eek:
[Xoom General] Jeffu:
Speaking as a designer and illustrator, I'd say the Adobe apps are nice, but some in particular really don't feel like they're worth the $9.99. I've bought PS Touch and Adobe Kuler, tried out the others.

The whole free 20gb creative cloud thing is nice, but they really should have allowed for sharing files via other means, and also not restricting the export of psds, ai files etc. to being only compatible for CS5.

It may be a hardware thing, but the 1600x1600px limit for PS Touch, or the currently one layer limit (wtf) for Ideas pretty much puts the app suite down as useful for very light work. I've read posts here and there about people excited to edit photos on the go, but I'm wondering how they'll manage as even point and shoot cameras output photos larger than 1600x1600px. I'm not under any illusion that it's meant to replace the desktop suite, but I think there is definitely room for improvement.

My Xoom doesn't run extremely smooth with them either, so if they manage to fix many of the issues with the apps I could consider it as justification to upgrade to a better tablet later.
[Xoom General] SteveH0773:
It's all on the market - Just search for Adobe... The full suite is there, but each app is downloaded independently :)

Steve
[Xoom General] lpasq:
Please comment on stylus sensitivity and accuracy.

Anyone know status of PS playing nice with digitizer stylus devices such as Flyer, Jetstream, Thinkpad Tablet, and Xoom 2 all allowing pressure sensitive interactive stylus?
[Xoom General] Jeffu:
Using the brush is accurate enough; not much different than other apps, keeping in mind PS Touch can do a lot more than other apps as well. I've used Sketchbook Express and Fresco Pro quite a bit, for my app comparisons. It's not extremely snappy but I'm just on 3.1 stock so I imagine something OCed would do better.

I'm not able to test the pressure sensitivity, so I don't know about that.

Poking around some more I don't think there's much in brush selection, so definitely not an app with the painter in mind. However I almost always use the round brush anyway so this isn't a big deal to me. I think being able to make curve/level/etc. changes in the same app is pretty valuable though.
[Xoom General] wes_s:
Photoshop Touch is fun to play around with. It doesn't turn your Xoom into a editing monster but it has some neat effects available.
[Xoom General] lpasq:
Thanks for the report. I will sideload onto my Flyer in a few hours or so and report if digitizer stylus and N-Trig devices offer any accuracy advantages using PS Touch brushes.
[Xoom General] wes_s:
It wouldn't sideload on the kindle fire, so you may be sol on the Flyer if you are running Gbread.

Edit: nevermind, saw your sig.
[Xoom General] lpasq:
My Flyer running HC leak 3 loaded apk pulled from Xoom data/app and loaded with no issue. App runs great. Lag experienced on Xoom is gone. Though no pressure sensitivity, the digitized pen combined with N-Trig makes painting effects a much more accurate process than on capacitive Xoom using either finger or nipple type stylus. The new Xoom 2 will like this app especially once Adobe adds all ICS' new digital scribe functionality.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] everlethal:
Hi to all

I have a friend with SGS Froyo 2.2.1 JPY and he want to flash GB. The problem is that he can't connect to the PC. He have installed Kies and when he plug the phone nothing happen, only sound for connecting and charging . The PC didn't recognize the phone at all. Try different cable,different PC, Factory Reset and nothing. We try with my phone and there is no problem on the same PC's. Also try with external card and the card is not recognized too. Change usb settings from kies to mass storage and back, again nothing.

So please help, any ideas?

Thanks in advance
[T-Mobile LG G2x] gypsy214:
i been seeing a lot of threats online when people flashed the 2x rom to the g2x and get the phone to boot up

they say everything works and the phone gets the lg ui

well they say that it also flashed the baseband and your phone wont work with t-mobile usa bands. does that means your phone is bricked?

i just wanted to know if y'all figure out how to flashed the g2x baseband back to it

and if this the case why our devs havent customized a 2x rom with the g2x baseband?

i'm just asking because i'm curious, and i willing to test it on my phone.

when i got my phone i almost accidently a 2x rom to my g2x cause i got confuse on the forums
[T-Mobile LG G2x] gaww:
There is NO WAY to flash a G2X baseband outside of the LG Updater or KDX process, so if you mess with it it is bricked (unless the KDX tool would work after-the-fact).
[T-Mobile LG G2x] gypsy214:
not even restoring a nandroid back up would help?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] d12unk13astard:
No

your options if they work are

a.LG updater tool

b.KDZ method

both can flash the original/newer basebands to your device.

or c. Return to LG and get a replacement.
[HTC EVO 3D] Wadech:
Since I was stupid and updated my phone to the 1.5000 version of hboot, I had to use HTC's method to unlock my bootloader. Now that this is done, how do I go about obtaining root so I can install a new recovery image and get to flashing some new roms and kernels?
[HTC EVO 3D] greeg32:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1239821
[HTC EVO 3D] Wadech:
Son of a *****, that's exactly what I need! Success!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] faruk_patwary:
my samsung galaxy S I9003, everythink work, but only menu and back key touch not work. please help me anyone....

Thanks advance........
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] nitinvaid:
I think that is hardware fault
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] :
It does not works, or is it laggy? If you are on KP7 or KP9, you can facethis lag issue. But, once you upgrade to KPH, the issue seems to have vanished. If you are on KPH, I think it should be a hardware fault. Better, show it to a Samsung Service Center!
[General Topics] Solidsnake726:
Are there really that many things out there that can take advantage of a dual-core cpu? It seems to me that a decent cpu/gpu can go really far, but idk.