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[Droid 2 Global General] seventieslord:
I am overjoyed to see that there is finally an official gingerbread update that I can flash, and then a CM7 for this kernel, that doesn't have any bugs that are too annoying. However, it's been a while since I became an expert on flashing my old LG Eve. Is there a thread somewhere that outlines exactly how to do this for this exact phone and mod?

I've got a D2G, with Fission ROM. the phone is unlocked and rooted. I have an original ROM saved to flash to the phone if need be. Everything I would ever need is backed up using Titanium Backup. I've downloaded the GB update and CM7. I think I'm ready to go.

Questions:

- Is there a thread that answers all this already?

- Am I going to run into any problems being unlocked or rooted?

- Does the phone revert back to being locked once the new GB is installed? That would not be good considering I'm in Canada, not on Verizon. I bought my phone unlocked so I don't know how to just unlock it again.

- I remember using nandroid before to make a complete backup of the contents of my phone so that if I screwed up I could just go back to it seamlessly. Same thing this time around?

- I'm not completely illiterate here though, so I'm going to give it a go and you can just correct me where I am wrong. First, put the CM7 and GB files on the SD card. then do a nandroid backup of the phone. Clear data, clear cache. Then use clockworkmod to flash the GB update. then use clockworkmod again to flash CM7. then use clockworkmod again to flash gapps. Start up phone, do a complete restore with Titanium and I'll have all my apps and settings, call history and texts back. I'm probably wrong somewhere in all this, but where?

If there's not already a comprehensive thread on this, let this be it!
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
You will need to SBF to stock to be able to install the update.

Refer to the following for some instructions:

http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/SBF

http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/4.5.607_Firmware

http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/CyanogenMod
[Droid 2 Global General] seventieslord:
Ok, I read these all over about 5 times. So in a nutshell, these are the steps:

- use rsdlite to put your phone back to the stock firmware 2.4.330

- unroot and remove cwm

- use android recovery to install gingerbread 4.5.607

- root again and install cwm again

- use cwm to install cyanogen and gapps.

Correct?

Also, I am running fission. According to my system info it is firmware 2.4.3. I would rather skip step 1 and just install gingerbread. I am guessing I can't, but please confirm.
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
You don't need to unroot and remove CWM after flashing the SBF.

Otherwise everything's correct.

You cannot install the official Gingerbread firmware update onto a phone that is not running stock unrooted 2.4.330 without CWM and with all bundled software intact.

Note: if you need to backup your applications and configuration data, you can do so with CWM. Make a backup under Fission, then perform all those steps above, and once you're running CM7 on 4.5.607, use CWM's advanced restore feature to only restore /data.
[Droid 2 Global General] seventieslord:
So here I am in Gingerbread on my D2G (already further than I thought I'd get!) and you would think it would be smooth sailing from here... except I can't root it now! Is there a different technique for rooting in Gingerbread? I used Z4 before, and it worked in seconds.
[Droid 2 Global General] seventieslord:
OK, I figured out how to root using another thread. and when i am in adb shell I get "#" and not "$" after entering a string of commands.

But, apps think that I'm not rooted. All I need is to install CWM, but it runs into errors, presumably because I am not rooted.

The phone is in some sort of weird half-rooted state.
[Droid 2 Global General] seventieslord:
really weird experience with rooting. I realized that I hadn't done the additional steps where you push superuser to the phone and a couple other commands. So I did that, and then root check said i was rooted. I rebooted, and adb shell was acting like I wasn't rooted! yet root check still said I was. I was able to flash CWM and reboot, and then install CM7. Everything seems great!

except, right from the start I was getting repeated FCs for com.android.phone.

I remember that there's an issue with needing to reboot after switching to GSM... so I'm trying that now. Let's hope that stops the FCs.
[Droid 2 Global General] seventieslord:
So what ended up happening was, I rebooted and stopped getting the FCs for the phone after switching to GSM. So that is good. However, aside from the two minor bugs that I was prepared to live with, this is happening now:

- I have phone and SMS service, just no data. Wireless works fine, and so do GPS and Bluetooth to my knowledge.

- When attempting to select a network to register on, I get the dreaded “Your SIM card does not allow connection to this network” message. I have tried doing this with data/roaming enabled/disabled and with “only 2G” selected. I have also tried a couple of tips I found online such as removing the battery for 15 minutes and also getting a new SIM card.

- At first I was able to enter new APNs, but they wouldn’t save. I hit menu, then save, but it goes back to the APN screen and none are listed. Now, what happens is, if I hit menu, then “add new apn”, nothing happens.

I went into the telephony.db file to manually enter my APNs, and it seems that they are already there, which is good. I re-entered them all manually using sqlite anyway. This did not work. I also noticed that Verizon was listed with a “1” in current, which probably means that Verizon is my current APN. So I removed that 1 and placed it on all my rogers APN entries. Still, nothing is saved at the APN screen in settings, and I can’t enter them through that screen, either. And no data.

Suppose it turns out that this is just a bug with CM7 right now and it’s unusable for me. Obviously I don’t want to go all the way back to Fission on Froyo when I can use gingerbread. How far back into this process do I have to go? Can I just flash GB and it will overwrite CM7?
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
Did you make a CWM backup of your freshly installed Gingerbread? If so, just restore.

If not, I don't see how you're going to “just flash Gingerbread” without SBF'ing to 2.4.x.
[Droid 2 Global General] seventieslord:
Well, I have done a lot of testing and troubleshooting. I went back to the start of this whole process, and I backed up my APNs and fully tested the phone at every turn, and my conclusion is that CM7 is not friendly to APNs. There was no problem with stock Froyo or stock Gingerbread. With the working APNs that I had, I was able to use data on both. Once CM7 was installed, it was a no go.

I used a couple of apps to backup my APNs both in Froyo and Gingerbread prior to installing CM7, and when CM7 inevitably didn't allow me to use data, I tried to restore my APNs using these programs as well. They say that they worked, and it's true that if you go into root explorer the APNs are there as you entered them or restored them using a program. But it seems these APNs are not going to work unless you actually see them at the APN page in settings. And nothing I have tried up to this point has been able to make any APN show up at that screen.

I think the “Your SIM card does not allow connection to this network” message at the network operators screen, as well as my inability to enter APNs, are 100% related. I also bet there is a simple solution to it!

If anyone has any ideas about how to make an APN stick, and how to force a phone to start using it, please let me know. I'll also post this at the CM7 forum.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheV:
As the title suggests I'm looking for widgets that work with the stock music player.

At the moment the only 2 options I know of are:

Music Timer Widget

Widgetsoid2.x

Music Timer seems to do a good enough job.

The controls possible with Widgetsoid do work but they don't always update visually.

Are there any other options I should be aware of? (Apart from using a different music player of course)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bopster1888:
Never used the stock music player. Pay and get the Poweramp player worth every penny and has a few nice widgets.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheV:
I've tried PowerAMP Music Player but I'm not a big fan of the lockscreen widget (more specifically the fact that unlocking goes to the stock lockscreen) and the notification entry.

I like the way that the stock player is integrated into the lockscreen and also that there are controls on the notification entry.

The stock player does a great job, except for the fact that it doesn't have a dedicated widget.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tornado6:
Did anyone have problem when streaming live video on the stock browser using mobile 3G connection? It's perfectly fine when using wifi. When I use mobile 3G, it won't load anything
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SouthPhilly:
Most likely you have a crappy 3g signal.

I have a wifi only Tab but i do tether to my eVo4g using its 3g just about everyday and even if I get full bars on my eVo streaming anything in any browser it buffers alot.

Just cause you have full bars doesn't always mean your getting a good solid signal.

Sent from my Galaxy10.1 TouchWiz/ADWex equipped Starship.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] sasaisinlove:
Hi, I am completely newbie with android but lately i had update my NEO to 2.3.4 and i want to root it without downgrading to 2.3.2 cause as i see from reading several post that it could cause some problems so i hope if there i a step-by-step guide to root my phone (also i want know if i root my phone can i still update to any new official rom update) .. thanks in advance
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] taaviu:
Unlock bootloader and flash "rootxperia zip" via recovery. Its fastest way. :)

Updates to ok.

Regards!

Taavi
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] sasaisinlove:
Thanks for your help but could you explain mor please cause as i said am completely newbie in this thanks again
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] LenAsh:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17706870&postcount=2

That's how I did it and all good. And really quick amd easy.

If the post makes little sense, read the various threads about Recovery, Bootloader unlocking and Root. It's all here.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] centavar:
I followed that and got "cannot download boot.img,device needs to be rooted first". Well,if I was rooted i wouldn't be doing that in the first place!?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] LenAsh:
You're doing something wrong then

You have unlocked BL?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] SXUsr:
Unlocking the boot loader is the way forward.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] centavar:
Thanks for the replays,that was the problem. I thought it was unlocked,but actually wasn't. However I rooted,then installed CM 7 beta-nice,but still not ready for primetime. Now the question is what to do to return to stock rom-just flash it via flashtool? And will the root remain?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] LenAsh:
Clear/Reset Everything and then go through the procedure again (without re-unlocking BL obviously).

Follow the steps this time...

I suggest you use this ftf (Global 2.3.4) as it works perfectly.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KWNWTH47
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] centavar:
Thanks again it worked flawlessly :) Now,do you know if there is a list or something about which system apps are safe to remove from the stock rom?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] taaviu:
Look arc forum. There is pretty good thread for that. :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] sasaisinlove:
thanks for reply, finally i rooted my neo but how to over clock

thanks finally i rooted my neo :D using this method http://xdaforums.com/show...70&postcount=2 but now when i try to overclock my neo using set cpu it show me max 1024 but i cant exceed this so i want to know if there is any way to over clock to 1.4 or 1.5 thanks again
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] taaviu:
Flash doomlord v8 kernel via fastboot and you can overclock 1,9ghz. :) Your bootloader must be relocked!!

Regards!

Taavi
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] tinyXperia:
Are there still bugs with the doomlord kernel? I need WiFi absolutely, don't have a data plan...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] centavar:
The DoomKernel is to be avoided for now,as the Wifi and vibration are not working,tried it yesterday. I can live without the vibra,but Wifi is a must.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] taaviu:
If you are 2.3.4 then YES. theres is a wifi etc bugs.

If you are 2.3.3 all OK.

AND if you already 2.3.4 then dont flash kernel because kernel dont work well...

We still wait new kernel source code relase :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwgibson:
I have tried to figure this one out but I am confused. I am noob got pretty good at the FUZE but this Android stuff for loading is kind of confusing. Got my SGII rooted.....and and got rid of the yellow triangle.....tried to do a factory reset to start over and now I'm stuck in recovery mode.....can move the selections up and down but the power/enter button does nothing. I have a plug and can get to download mode.....but can't find a stock ROM image to load and I don't believe that I can load it from ODIN.....probably wrong but not for sure. I could certainly use some assistance..... I know that there are those of you out there that know this stuff cold......I just want to get back to a rooted stock ROM (if I can) and am having troubles. Thank you in advance for any and all assistance. Hope I don't go down in flames!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidphile:
Why would you do a factory reset 'to start all over'???!!!

wipe data+factory reset is used only while switching to a new ROM.

You can flash ROMs from ODIN.

Use google or search in XDA to find odin flashable ROMS.

For clockworkmod flashable roms

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1125282

Stock Roms .and csc

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

Root + CWM .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

Root faqs

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1246131

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwgibson:
OK....maybe I'm not the brighest bulb in the box......I can get to download mode with the plug......I have loaded CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEU_KH4-v4.1-CWM4.tar using ODIN.....it loads w/o error. When the phone reboots it's stuck on ClockworkMod v4.0.0.2. The volume up and down keys work fine for the selection....but the power/selection button takes me to a tophat and the phone does absolutely nothing from there.........sat at the screen for 8 hours..... Might be simple to some but I'm lost......not a expert like some.....just want to get my phone back to working.........
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
HOME SCREEN BUTTON .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1125282

Experts are just those of us that have read the instructions .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwgibson:
Well I have read and tried to piece together information from the posts in the forums. I read for two weeks but it's difficult to glean info from a post that starts OK then everyone puts their 2 cents into the post then you have a 150 page post the your trying to get the info from. I'm not here to get flamed.......as I pretty much figured that I would....... I can not get CWM to take an "enter" from the power on button.....so I can not reload CWM by it's self, cause the phone won't boot. Or from the phone booting..... I can get to download mod and have tried to reload the afore mentioned image.......it loads ok from ODIN but on reboot it stops a CWM and again I can go no futher........I get the tophat and circle....but that is where CWM stops........ I can not get it to go further. I thought that was a legitatmate question.........
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidphile:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1131993

Download the stable kernel (4.0.1.5) from OP and flash using ODIN. If your phone boots normally, then you can go for different roms/kernels/modems whatever.

Also, before powering off the phone if you had forgotten to tick USB debuggin, then the phone won't automatically boot after ODIN flash. But if flash was a success, you can manually reboot.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] acaruana:
Trying to find a kernel to use on my galaxy s so I can use bln. Phone details are:

Model - gt-i9000

Android - 2.3.4

Baseband - I9000XXJVK

Kernel - 2.6.35-7-g8f2a88c-dirtyatinm@wolverine#1

Mod - CyanogenMod-7.1.0-RC1-GalaxyS

Build - GRJ22

I did try to use the one recommended on the cyanogenmod wiki for galaxy s but i kept getting a status 7 error when trying to flash the rom.

Any help would be great
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gsw5700:
Semaphore and galaxian both work with bln
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kenzoc:
The Talondev kernel also supports BLN.
[Thunderbolt General] voxigenboy:
EDIT: I apologize, the title should have been "

Best 720P MKV Video Player

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Dice Player

so far seems to be the top player for 720P .mkv video files. Handles them flawlessly and there's never a sync issue. The only down side is the free version is only good for a few days and if you want to keep using it you have to pay $5.

If you are looking for something free, the next alternative is Kascend Video Player. It also does a good job with 720P .mkv files just that the menu system is a bit screwy and it ignores your brightness settings and will play videos at full brightness.

Additionally, as far as just a regular .mkv player goes(non 720P), RockPlayer is really nice.

Other players as you guys listed below; MX Player, Mobo Player, QQ Player, etc... all of those are decent to but will not handle 720P properly. they'll either play and not show the video or play out-of-sync. You have to use Dice Player or Kascend Video Player for 720P.
[Thunderbolt General] nrfitchett4:
have you tried v player? I don't usually play 720p, but for all the t.v. shows and movies I watch it works fine.
[Thunderbolt General] voxigenboy:
that doesn't handle 720P either.

if you don't care about 720P, but want to play .mkv, RockPlayer is very good.

if you don't care about 720P or .mkv, then Seaman Player is great.
[Thunderbolt General] yumms:
MX Player and MoboPlayer work great with MKV...try those.
[Thunderbolt General] EEdaesung:
Mobo player hands down best I've seen.

tbolt ^_^_^
[Thunderbolt General] onestoploser:
QQPlayer is good for mkv or pretty much anything else you throw at it.

Drunk texted from my Thunderbreaded Bolt
[Thunderbolt General] MrCapcom:
Just downloaded QQplayer seems to work great on GG Anime releases. I will test out some other mkv's I have thanks a bunch
[Thunderbolt General] voxigenboy:
sorry dudes, the thread was supposed to be for 720P .mkv playback. i edited the original post but it won't let me change the subject title.
[Thunderbolt General] juami:
dice use less cpu ( it uses HW video decoder ) so, you can save your battery..

and dice gives better picture quality.
[Thunderbolt General] MrCapcom:
I wanna use Dice I might try the trial and see how well it plays then buy it 5 bucks is alot lol
[Thunderbolt General] yumms:
Does Dice Player uses HW decoding on divx/xvid files too?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adam1741:
Hi. I've been wanting to root my phone. Is there a way to back up my apps before I wipe it and install the rooted rom so that I can restore them once I've rooted my phone? If not. What other options might I have? Thanks. Adam
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zantiszar:
Yes give titanium backup a try it backups all user apps with the data really useful when changing roms you get it at the Android market

sent from inspire 4g runing BBmod :-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidphile:
You don't need to restore your apps after rooting your phone because rooting doesn't wipe anything.

You need a rooted phone and a clockworkmod or cfroot recovery to install any custom ROMs. For restoring apps, you can use Titanium backup. It's free and the paid version is even better.

Also, dont forget to take a nandroid backup before flashing a new ROM!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adam1741:
Okay thanks. But if I flash a rom does that not wipe the phone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidphile:
Yes flashing a new ROM needs wipe. It wipes your user apps/contacts/settings/messages, etc etc.

There are easy ways to get all of them back after rom installation.

A simple export,import could be used to restore ur contacts/messages, etc.

Titanium can restore your apps (with app data)

Your pics, videos, and other files will not be deletd on a ROM flashing !!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Yes if its a wipe rom no if its non wipe .Depends upon what sort of rom stock rom custom rom root kernel is not a rom /full firmware .

A Yes always backup you can not recover non backed up items .

Apps backup is Titanium Pro .

.and should not wipe anything .

CF Root and CWM should not wipe anything .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adam1741:
Okay thanks. Which rom is best for battery speed and stability?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidphile:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1131993

List is incomplete. Read ROM threads, and from user comments, you will know which ROM is best for you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adam1741:
Thank you for your help I appreciate it. :-)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] finoqq84:
Hi, another noobie question, I am going to buy the xperia arc s , can it be rooted and over clock like the one I did on my current xperia arc? Is the whole process from root to flash EXACTLY the same? Most importantly, can doomlord's #10 be installed too?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taaviu:
Rooting problaly yes same, but kernel is wifi, vibrate and usb bugs. :) kernel sources for 2.3.4 not relased yet.
[Galaxy S II General] varun.dhir:
hi my galaxy S2 has a small hairline chip on the middle silver benzel. does anyone know of any touchup paints that could get the job done. pls post a link from where i can buy the silver paint
[Galaxy S II General] Nyssa1104:
Just put the fone in a case...
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Car Accessories shop .

jje
[Droid 2 General] iSpencerPro:
I just got a replacement droid 2 and I have tried z4root and I've tried to do the easy 1-2-3 root and my phone will freeze up when trying to root and won't work. On z4root it ends up just exiting z4root and when I try to enter it i get a force close. I try to enter it again and it ends up just click and nothing happens.

The settings are as follows

system version 4.5.601 A955

Android version 2.3.3

Kernel 2.6.3.2.9

Build number 4.5.1_57

I don't get it. Can someone please help me on why this phone isn't rooting or wtf is going on. Please tell me if there is a new root and i'm just messing up. I've tried it on two computers both are windows 7 and 1 is 32 bit and a 64 bit. Soon I will be trying it on a mac. But I'm hoping I don't need to resort to using the mac so please help me out =]
[Droid 2 General] JDunc:
Your already on GB (2.3.3) so the only working way to root now is this method:

http://www.psouza4.com/droid3

Will work with Droid 2.
[Droid 2 General] iSpencerPro:
I'll try it again with this method. i tried last time to no avail because it never recognized and yes I do have the moto driver installed. thank you for the advice. will post again after trying
[Droid 2 General] xxmetasolxx:
I tried the site, and it absolutely works, :) thanks to psouza4's application, did the instructions and checked with root checker that you can install free at the android application store
[Droid 2 General] vincey2kr1:
I rooted this way and i show superuser in apps. Downloaded Rom manager flashed Clockwork through it but I cant get my phone to reboot into clockwordmod so that I can flash Miui Zip file?? Any help please?