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[Venue Pro General] Kenji117:
I did the same. Just been unsure if I am still going to be able to get the .219 firmware update. Do you happen to know?

I was in the process of restoring when mango was being released just to make sure I got the best install possible but I accidently deleted my restore in the process. I have 7720 on my DVP though so I havent really cared and I havent had any issues with it so I doubt the firmware is really going to matter.

I'm not sure if the link is the same method I used it seems to have the steps I did.
[Venue Pro General] venelar:
people that had the rtm did not have to revert when official came out, so we should be fine. We get .212 & mango and dell gets time to get **** right. When the update is pushed we should have no probs.
[Venue Pro General] benignfun:
Using the 7720 upgrade path

There's quite a few modifications and derivatives of the instructions in that thread. Did you follow the set on the top of the thread or did you need to make any of the adjustments to upgrade your Dell Venue Pro?

Thx
[Venue Pro General] venelar:
just needed steps 1-15, at that point i was on 7720. the downloads take forever but other than that it was painless
[Venue Pro General] macjr82:
I can't get the update to work. Is it b/c I have a newer version of zune? I can't get past the part where you back up your phone. all i get is a flashing cursor.
[Venue Pro General] venelar:
Did you download the old version of zine from that thread? Uninstall your current zune, then install that one and begin.

When I did mine i did have a problem when trying to backup. When i clicked the updatewp.exe the box would just give me an error: updatewp.exe has stopped working.

to fix: “UpdateWP has stopped working”

This was despite following the instructions to the letter. Turns out they are both due to the UpdateWP setup not overwriting existing files if they are already there. If you get this problem then just go to your “Program files” > “Zune” folder and delete both the UpdateWP.exe and wm7update.dll files (mine were both dated April) and rerun the UpdateWP setup file.

Once i did that it was smooth sailing.
[Venue Pro General] macjr82:
Great. I've unistalled my zune software and can't install this one. I kepp getting error that the it can't install becuase langauge packs aren't installing or something.

edit: finally got zune to reinstall. even though it was from the download it installed version 4.8.2345 instead. So when is the Titan coming to AT&T again?
[Venue Pro General] peeps:
I had no issues with the update...
[Venue Pro General] macjr82:
I think the problem is with my registry and my Zune. The new version doesn't completely uninstall which causes problems with the older version installing. I've had zune since G1 brick and my settings have even traveled from XP to 7. My library huge and not even located on one drive. I don't want to use something like revo to completely uninstall and lose my settings and my syncs, which are for multiple devices.
[Venue Pro General] evilp8ntballer7:
I have a mango .7720 verison, after reading a bit I found that it might not be the newest? I did use a guide to get it to where i am because I guess i have the locked ATT version even though I ordered the unlocked version. Why would the carrier/locked or not locked status matter for the software of mango?
[Venue Pro General] venelar:
Because along with the mango update there is carrier specific software/radio and firmware. Dell and at&t dont have it ready yet...and with the compass/battery performance issues on the .219 firmware (the one that all of the unlocked/t-mo dvp's got with mango) it might be awhile before it shows up as an update for you.

So if you have .212 and mango build #7720, just be happy...it's kinda the "least broken" of all right now :D
[Venue Pro General] evilp8ntballer7:
Ya I'm on 7.5 (7720)

the phone came with 8GB AT&T locked but I have since unlocked it and upgraded it to 16GB so that shouldn't matter for the mango verison I have right? I mean Im using it with AT&T and Tmobile so and it works on both so I still dont see why mango is carrier specific. Also one "weird" thing is that in the firmware version its 7392.212 and before I did the hack upgrade I had 7.0 (7392) so thats kinda strange that it still shows 7392 in the f/w part?
[Venue Pro General] venelar:
Doesn't matter if you unlocked it, it was bought carrier locked. Also sd card has no bearing on it.

Depending on when you got the phone, the firmware could have been .206/.209, i forget what my att dvp had. AT&T pushed the .212 firmware update (wifi fix) about 3-4weeks before the official mango went out.

When at&t does push the official mango update for us, the firmware should be .216 or higher. I'd bet on it being higher (newer revision) as the .216 firmware currently bundled with mango has the compass/battery issues.

Basically...it's an at&t device which is on .212 = up to date. Mango beta or not.
[Venue Pro General] macjr82:
Still nothing, eh. I'm moving to the Titan on the 20th.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justabrake:
anyone here root with a macbook ? I'm coming from jailbreaking iphones and never had an android phone and was wondering how difficult i'm going to have with updates and apps and rooting in a few days (phone should be here tomorrow), I use to dual boot but I sold my windows OS because I never used it so now I only have a macbook but we do have a home computer but thats down due to the power supply took a dump the other day !

So with SGS2 AT&T + macbook intel :confused: I tried to google and I can't find a straight answer to this !

1-can I root ?

2-how much more difficult without windows is it going to be ?

3-should I buy a windows OS and go back to dual boot ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eep2378:
If you're familiar with terminal on your mac, there is a multi platform tool named Heimdall. Very easy to flash on a mac with this program :-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justabrake:
I downloaded it and installed it I guess I need the device first to use it !

Is this something like cyberduck ? or more like tinyumbrella ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
MacOS will be easier than Windows. It's closer to Linux. So ADB is easier to get up and running I think, and heimdall is easier to get up and running. Note that I think heimdall had some issues with recent revisions of MacOS, and there's supposed to be an update (1.3.1) coming out in a day or two.

With heimdall you've got multiple paths to root. In my opinion the easiest now is to flash my kernel - as soon as the kernel boots it'll autoroot your system partition. ;)

In terms of getting really "down and dirty" with an Android device, the order of easiness is:

1) Linux - because Android itself is a form of Linux, and is open source, Linux is the official development platform for Android. As an example, if you want to compile cyanogenmod from source, it's easiest on Linux.

2) MacOS - because it's much closer to Linux than Windows - it's possible to compile cyanogenmod from source on MacOS, but it's a bit difficult

3) Windows - It's the odd one out. It's the only platform where you need to install drivers for ADB to work, the only platform you need to install drivers for flashing utilities to work, and it's also not possible to compile Cyanogenmod from source and barely possible to compile kernels from source (if at all) if you want to get into the real down-to-the-metal development.

FYI, if you're messing with Android from MacOS, you may want to familiarize yourself with your terminal shell. :)

No clue what those are.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justabrake:
You say it's easier using a mac then windows ! I'd bet you never used a mac to do this :mad: there isn't many threads or downloads for mac OSX

I read some and there's just too many steps using a mac were as if you used 4 easy steps using windows So if you know an easy step by step that you don't have to use Terminal and a bunch of downloads to get Heimdall working please don't hesitate to post here !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] flightsimmer:
I just rooted my phone last night, and I'm on a Mac. Since I couldn't find any steps for rooting the GS2 on a Mac, I just ran Windows through VMWare Fusion and forwarded the USB connection to the VM. It looks like it worked perfectly, as everything I've tried so far that requires root has ran flawlessly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justabrake:
I Posted I don't have windows

Are you trying to impress me?

I'm not

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Unfortunately, I'm a terminal kind of guy. My rooting method was initially developed on a Linux box, and my kernel is always flashed from a Linux box when I develop it.

MacOS is much closer to Linux than Windows is - so yes, it's actually easier if you have basic terminal/shell familiarity.

The only problem is that apparently Heimdall and OSX Lion don't seem to like each other much... :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Terminal shell its much easier to use, once you get use to using. The problem is, like most things you have never attempted before it will always seem more complicated than it is.

I have found most tasks I do to be easier and quicker with one exception and that is file/folder navigation, that is one thing where GUI clearly beats terminal command line.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bella92108:
I share your pain man. I actually found that while the MAC method might be easier, it was more practical from a community support perspective, to just install windows on boot camp and use that partition when dealing with rooting.

I know it's not ideal but if you're doing it on a MAC there will be far less of a community on here to support you, given the small percentage of users with macs in general.

I rooted mine in boot camp just by following the directions. You can remove the boot camp partition when done anyhow :-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Not once you learn the joys of tab completion... :) (Not all shells have that feature, but I think OSX defaults to bash which should have it.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
I'll have to learn.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eep2378:
I'm on lion and have no problems using command line heimdall. I've flashed a bunch of your kernels already ;) So it may be user error/other factors affecting heimdall and OS lion. Lion has had a few updates already, last one being yesterday. I've had well documented, wifi issues on lion, etc(supposed to be fixed with latest update)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justabrake:
I'll have to get a windows OS, Never thought there wouldn't be a youtube or support sites for this ! :rolleyes:

Thanks !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bella92108:
I'm confused by your phrasing, lol. :-)

At least you're a smart Apple customer. Most who use Apple computers (best computers on the market), are "fanboys" and end up thinking just because Apple makes a good tablet, or a good computer, that their phones must be the best, and 1 million line up on pre-order day to buy a 1.5 year old model thinking it's going to be any different than the half-baked, crippled iDevice they had before, hehe.

Not really sure where I'm going with that... but yeah, buy a cheap OEM copy of windows. I'd say download a pirated copy, but I don't want to get yelled at on here, so definitely don't download a pirated copy, pirated copies of windows are bad... :-)

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Wifi issues on Lion? I have never had an issue. I DO have a big Wifi issue on my Galaxy SII just like the Wifi issues I had on my Infuse 4G. Wish someone would fix that. It's annoying to have 1 bar of wifi when I'm sitting 2 feet from my router, hehe.

Maybe I should try tweaking the frequencies on my routers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eep2378:
Consider yourself lucky then. There was a pretty sizable issue with lion where wifi/network would not be connected to internet when waking computer from sleep. If you google it, there were A LOT of people having problems.

Also, in there Lion update yesterday, the issue is addressed in the changelog directly from Apple, so they were aware of the problem.

For me it was pretty annoying. I tried a bunch of workarounds but none of them worked long term. I was forced to constantly turn wifi on/off whenever it would not connect. Pretty weak!!:(

I have not had the issue since updating yesterday, lets hope it stays that way :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] abacon15:
Yeah, I have a Macbook Pro and have been rooted. Command line heimdall is not difficult in the least to use in my opinion. Any questions can be answered by a multitude of us using it.

Btw, its nothing like cyberduck. That was just a FTP interface. This is a completely different thing.

Edit: Off topic, I was having that wifi problem too! I just thought it was my crappy university internet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bella92108:
In regards to wifi on your MBP or your GSII?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] abacon15:
MBP. I have nothing but great things to say about my GSII.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bella92108:
I think I need to tweak my settings on my router, I think it's responsible for the spotty wifi on my GSII.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
BCM4330 seems pretty intolerant of some routers...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bella92108:
Is that the broadcomm chip that's in our SGSII? Any way to rectify?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Get a less flaky router...

Same broadcom chip in the Infuse and Tab 10.1 and a LOT of other phones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bella92108:
I'm pretty sure an 2011 Apple Airport Extreme Dual-Sim N router is about the least flaky router on the market. I've had every router brand and run every mod'd router "trouble free" software on the market. You can't blame the ROUTER for a phone's poor Wifi reception when ANY other device EXCEPT the Infuse\SGSII work just fine. lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alphanumer1c:
I realize this may be a tall order, but I was hoping you or anyone else could elaborate on the actual process of rooting the phone on OS X without the use of Windows via boot camp or VMWare. Being completely new to the Android world, its fairly difficult to find any definitive and comprehensive tutorial on how to do so for Macs especially for our phone specifically. If doing a complete step-by-step is out of the question, could you explain what steps are different from the how-to thread or at the very least, point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance :D
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Diablosblizz:
jdControl allows you to control jDownload from your phone. With it's simplistic interface, you can start / pause and stop downloads directly from your phone! You can also add links from your phone, in case you aren't at home. For this to work properly, you must enable Remote Control within jDownloader. Because there isn't any security measures through Remote Control, I advise you to change the port and tell nobody your IP address. I will add a username / password login through the application in later versions, right now this is just a basic application.

Upcoming features:

- Username and password login

- Dynamic tiles stating if the downloads are in progress and how many downloads

- Ability to automatically add spaces between links

- Settings page to change the URL and port of jDownloader

- More options to customize downloads, to automatically start them and whatnot.

For now, this is a basic application. It works, but there aren't many features to it. I will be adding more eventually. If you have any ideas or comments please let me now! Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] mrbel87:
OMG it's awesome!!! thank you :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Ttblondey:
can't install to my hd7 final mango, Error connection.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Diablosblizz:
Do you have your data connection or WiFi connection enabled? It does require an active internet connection. If you do, the only other thing I could suggest is you typed your URL / Port wrong or you don't have Remote Control enabled in jDownloader. Try uninstalling the application (to delete the saved files) and try again.

Glad you like it! It will soon be available on the Marketplace, it's currently going through certification at Microsoft.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Ttblondey:
I manage to install it Thanks :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Diablosblizz:
Glad to hear it!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Ttblondey:
It ask me to type the URL and the port stated is 10025:confused:
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Diablosblizz:
This isn't a downloader for your phone, this is a mobile addon to jDownloader. You must enable the Remote Control addon in jDownloader before this application will work. jDownloader will ask for a port to use (defaulting at 10025), then type the URL to your computer running jDownloader. For example, if the computer is on the IP 192.168.1.103 then you would type http://192.168.1.103 for the URL and 10025 for the port.

Does that make sense? I might make a tutorial when I release version 2.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Ttblondey:
ok, thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] P@nos:
Very Nice!

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ceo.mtcl:
I have to return my phone back to best buy for a return, what all do I have to do? I'm on cognition x2. I want to get rid of the yellow triangle and return to UN rooted stock ROM...

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] simpl3lang:
+1

Would be nice for someone to post up a tutorial for this. Im thinking about getting my s2 replaced as battery life is not so great. I think mine is defective. Today i only got 9hrs minimal usage. Im on stock+root+cwm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] foxbat121:
You will need the jig to reset the counter and you will need a stock ROM to flash back to stock. Is stock ROM available yet? Those are the two things I need at hand before doing any rooting or flashing custom ROMs.

I have the jig ordered but has yet to see a stock ROM posted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ceo.mtcl:
Is is not possible to do it without a jig? Can I not flash the stock kernel and get rid of the yellow triangle?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kadin:
Follow Entropy's thread in the Dev section about returning to stock. The exclamation point will disappear.

Here's the thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1286432

[Edit] Thanks for the clarification rquinn19
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rquinn19:
he also put up an untouched, unrooted version now.

edit: dont listen to the post about the jig being needed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] simpl3lang:
i just ordered mine on ebay. i guess there will be a time im gonna have to use it anyways (unbricking etc)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Milkshakes00:
Just tell Best Buy that you have no idea why there is a yellow triangle there.. >_>
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
There is a small (very small) chance some warranty service types might give you grief about the custom binary count being non-zero.

However if you're just plain returning the device to an AT&T store, the device will be returned and your money back before the device reaches Samsung and they pull the counter (if they even bother to do so.)

So just doing the Return to Stock from my thread should do the trick in almost all cases.

Now in my case... If I ever have problems I'm using a jig, my custom binary count is over 40 now. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] simpl3lang:
i actually just want to return my s2 for an exchange to a new s2. i think i got a bad s2, battery just not good on mine.

regarding OP question...

here is ENTROPY's answer on his other thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rogerntami:
Good to know. I got mine at Best Buy, too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SpectraDawn:
BTW I don't think removing the Yellow Exclamation point resets the counter. If they know how to look for that, they can still see that you flashed the phone. The Jig removes the exclamation mark AND resets the counter to 0. So, all you have to do at that point is flash the stock rom, insert jig, and phone was as if you didn't tamper with it at all.

At least that's I hope the jig can do, cause why did I spend $8!!!???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Yes, this has been reported in the i9100 forums with regard to the International version of the SGS II. Developers in this forum say otherwise. I havn't seen any posts proving this one way or the other. I havn't even seen any screen shots of the counter being anything other than "no".

Pretty much everyone agrees that the jig resets both. But it is also reported that bootloaders installed with the leaked versions of the stock rom do not allow the warning to be cleared or the counter to be reset with the jig.

I'd like to see some proof on these issues, or at least reports of first hand experience that gives us some verification on these issues.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] seh6183:
Where does the stock android browser save its settings? I want to access the settings file and modify it for thisgs such as desktop mode.

I am aware of the debug menu, but I am looking to modify the file that stores the settings directly. I am rooted, I just don't know where the file is stored.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rquinn19:
Just use Dolphin HD. Stock browser isn't quite there yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SeanHacker:
You can recompile the frameworkres.apk, then navigate to values/strings.XML. then search for web_user_agent in that XML and change it to desktop there. Then recompile.
[G2 and Desire Z General] clamman:
ok hi im a newbe i have a htc g2 about a year old just wanted to ask what is root and why would you want to do it can it help with things like making the back speaker loulder if it can i need to do it i love this phone but the speaker sucks thanks in advance
[G2 and Desire Z General] ayeitschris:
Its like a jailbreak. To get full control of the phone. With rooting, you can try different roms, mods, overclocking, better proformance ~ reception ~ battery life, ect.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sino8r:
You can boost the volume of the back speaker with volume+ app (requires root), increase overall phone speed by flashing Cyanogen roms (CM7), and save battery life or speed up the phone dramatically by overclocking. Much more too that you will learn and find more useful after rooting your phone. Its worth it... trust me ;)

ONE THING THOUGH... VERY IMPORTANT!

Do your research first. Don't just fly into it blindly. Know your risks and requirements and then follow the directions EXACTLY. It seems scary in a way but if you read carefully and follow it... you'll do fine! Good luck and hope to see you in the CM7 threads soon;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] clamman:
thank you very much i just did som reading on rooting and some of the ways say u can brick it can u suguest the best way to root thanks

p.s i have gingerbread update on this phone
[G2 and Desire Z General] bombadier:
Useful links

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=916431

wiki guide to rooting the g2/desire Z/Vision

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Everything you need to know is found there
[G2 and Desire Z General] clamman:
is there a easy way to root or whatis the best way dont forget im a newbe lol and i have gingerbread ota update on my phone also has any one used the volume+ app and noticed a big differance in volume?

thanks