yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenfly:
if you are running a custom rom, factory reset will only wipe all user data, bringing you back to the beginning of the rom (like booting the rom for the first time) do what the guy above me said to go back to stock
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okantomi:
You can probably find the stock image for your specific device here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1049485
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
I know this forum emphasizes a lot on obviously finding other threads which will likely have the answer to your questions, however everything I've looked at so far has a similar problem, but not entirely the same or the solution for them doesn't work for me. So do forgive if this is something ridiculously simple, I am new to rooting!

So I'm on a Galaxy S2 running Gingerbread 2.3.4, my baseband version is I9100XXKI1 and my kernel version is 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKH4-CL487028root@DELL136 #2

Using Odin3 v1.85 and S2 Root. (Superoneclick kept freezing on me)

My aim is to install Cyanogenmod 7.1.

So far I started off by trying to flash it with XWKDD Insecure, which I believe is wrong? However after rooting it, I installed ClockworkMod Recovery, downloaded the ROM and tried installing it - which is where the problem started - I kept getting the error in recovery mode 'Invalid whole-file signature'.

It just wouldn't boot in to ClockworkMod Recovery.

So after some digging around I managed to find a file to flash to my device for the CWM Recovery mode, tried it, and it worked. However, I still couldn't install Cyanogenmod from my SDcard.

I tried it a few times, wiped/formatted a few times and ended up getting my device stuck in a bootloop.

So, I've managed to get it out of the boot loop, and started fresh...

I flashed it with XWKH4 Insecure, unrooted, rerooted etc.

I've downloaded CWM again, downloaded the Cyanogenmod again, tried installing it, and once again it's gone back into Androids recovery and failed to install because of the 'whole-file signature' and failing to verify it.

Any help would be extremely appreciated, sorry it's a bit of a long read,

Thanks in advance!

Adam

I did post this in Q&A as well, however it doesn't seem to be as popular a forum as this one, I'm not really looking to wait for days for a response.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
40 views and no response? Come on man...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
Bump... Anyone? Seriously... :/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
Do you have s=off? Did you flash CWM through ROM manager? Did you try to reboot into recovery from ROM Manager? Have you been able to access CWM at all?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
Hey lowandbehold, thanks for the reply.

Where is the option to turn s on and off? If you mean the signature verification I tried toggling it with no success.

Yes I flashed CWM through ROM Manager, also tried through Odin3 which results in a bootloop.

I tried rebooting into recovery from ROM Manager which doesn't work, also from the phone turned off which still doesn't work.

I have been able to access CWM Recovery but only through flashing it through Odin3, which when I try to update to Cyanogenmod 7.1, it doesn't boot (bootloop).

Thanks again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
Is your phone rooted? When you go into the Hboot screen, does it say s=off? You need S=off to have a custom recovery.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
Not necessarily. Take the HTC Aria for example, with it's old bootloader, you could use Unrevoked to install CWM Recovery without having S-Off.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
Well that is great...but he has a Galaxay S2.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
What is s=off? What is HBoot? Honestly guys I'm very new to this and not familiar with the terms and where stuff is. I've tried to include as much as possible in the OP :/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
Ok, did you take any steps to root your phone at all?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
HBOOT - The phone's bootloader

S-Off - See here: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...on-htc-android-phones-with-unrevoked-forever/ (would take a while to explain... again).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
Yes the phone's rooted. It's just getting stuck when I try to install Cyanogen, because it's failing signature verification.

Thanks Theonew, I'll take a look at it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
It sounds like you might have a bad download. Delete it, download it again and start over.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
I'm not sure it's the download of Cyanogen, I've tried the one from ROM Manager and from the Cyanogen website... I've tried un-rooting and re-rooting the device, tried different insecure kernels and gone over it about 3 times.

I'm not sure if HBOOT is the same on a Samsung btw? All I get when I boot into recovery mode is this:

However at the bottom, mine says 'Cant access to '/system/csc/CPW/system/'.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
Also I've just flashed the Clockwork Recovery to the device, disabled signature verification and tried installing the update (cyanogen), and I get:

-- Installing: /sdcard/update.zip

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Installing update...

Installation aborted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TOMWALK:
Yes. When all else fails, try a fresh download. It's amazing how so many headaches are often the result of a corrupted download.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
What version of CWM Recovery did you use? Also, you are not supposed to select "apply update.zip". You are supposed to select "install zip from SD".
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
Err the latest just off the market, also tried an .apk from the internet, neither worked.

I know I had been trying installing zip from SD as well, same result.

I've kinda screwed it now though, the phone's stuck in a boot loop, but I can't flash a different ROM, I don't think USB Debugging was on, so it won't connect to Odin.. Tried wiping/formatting several times and that kinda jazz...

Any ideas? Been one massive nightmare so far! :(

Nevermind, got it working. Luckily had a backup on the phone in ClockworkMod!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
Just tried the whole thing again, redownloaded ROM Manager, deleted all versions of CM7 I had, downloaded that again through ROM manager, tried to install it and it rebooted into Android System Recovery <3e> and gave me:

-- Installing package...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
Managed to root it with SuperOneClick, tried installing it again, and it wouldn't reboot into CWM through ROM Manager.

However I did manage to get into CWM Recovery, and when I try installing the update, I get this:

-- Installing /sdcard/update-cm-7.1.0-GalaxyS2.zip

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Installing update...

Installation aborted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
are you selecting "install zip from sdcard". Do not select install update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
Yes I am. I've tried it basically every way...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
Ok, this might be a long shot but just to cover all bases...CyanongenMod is available for numerous devices, are you downloading the one for the SGSII FOR YOUR CARRIER? I don't have the phone so I don't know if they are compatible between each other.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
Hmm, well the device is unlocked anyway, but I am on Orange (UK), and haven't seen anything specific to my network...

:/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
How about you try a different ROM and see what happens.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venturion:
I've flashed Lite'ning 6.1 to my device, all worked fine, if only CM7 was that easy. Is there not a .tar.md5 file for CM7.1 that I can just flash to the phone using Odin?

I've done it!

Whilst I was in Lite'ning 6.1, it let me reboot to recovery. So I tried downloading CM7.1, renamed it to update.zip, applied it in CWM. It worked, however it got stuck on the yellow triangle screen.

So I went back into recovery, this time it booted into CWM Recovery v5, I installed CM7.1 again after doing data wipe + clearing cache/dalvik, all went well!

Thanks a lot for your help guys, seriously much appreciated!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowandbehold:
Nice, glad it all worked out for you! I was really pulling for you on this one!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maramat_99:
Hi guys,

I'm having a similar problem now on my s2.

I've upgraded to gingerbread 2.3.5, the original firmware launched in Norway (XWKI8) and then installed an insecure kernel and rooted the phone.

The problem is that now my computer doesn't see the SD card and I also don't see CWM on my phone.

I have Rom Manager and from there I pressed the first option (Flash ClockworkMod Recovery), gave the SUperuser permission and the iI tried Reboot into Recovery. But while trying to reboot, it writes with red this:

E: failed to verify whole-file signature

E: signature verification failed

Installation aborted

You say I have to have S=off, but I don;t know what is that or from where to turn it off.

I am still using the insecure kernel because I couldn't find the stock kernel (the link from multiupload does not work).

What should I do? Is the phone not rooted properly? What is the reason for this and how can it be fixed?

I can't backup and I'm afraid to flash something else from Odin before I know the system is backed up.

Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dj21o:
I have the stock widget for the clock, but I would LOVE to have it fully transparent. I know these are in themes, but I am on completely stock at the moment.

If someone could please post the apk file I would really appreciate it.

Thank you. :)

Sent from my Galaxy S II
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dj21o:
Nobody?

Sent from my Galaxy S II
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KingOfThaJungle:
Post a link to the theme where you've seen it and I will get you the apk :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EJayMz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=990014
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjcollum:
i was bored and drunk tonight so this may or may not work for ya (worked for me on starburst 1.5)

http://www.multiupload.com/UXPU06DBMI

is the stock DIGITAL CLOCK .apk with the background set to clear. i didnt check the rom you linked to but i think this may be what you wanted.

so to clarify.

this is the stock DigitalClock.apk with the background set to transparent instead of the semi transparent grey.

to install

::::

replace DigitalClock.apk in system/app

with this .apk

i would probably rename orig DigitalClock.apk in system/app to something like DigitalClock.apk.old or DigitalClock.apk.bak

this will require root and access to the /system/app folder in write mode.

several programs can achieve this i personally used ES FILE EXPLORER (free market)

hope this helps.

--mike (oh yea by .... ME lol. just edited res/drawable/bg.png no other changes)

EDIT

using es file explorer to accomplish this...

SETTINGS>>>

(1) set HOME DIRECTORY to /

instead of /sdcard/

(2) check both ROOT EXPLORER and MOUNT FILE SYSTEM check boxes

then just copy and paste as normal

after copy .. may require a reboot and re-adding the clock widget to whatever screen you wish.

**REQUIRES ROOT to install**
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dj21o:
Awesome dude it looks tight as hell. Thanks everyone! We should start a thread doing all of the TouchWiz Widgets like this. Like the calendar, accuweather, etc.

I saw that other post that had all of the different ones, but we should do it for the stock themers here for them to build off of.

Sent from my Galaxy S II
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] _Burst_:
first mod i did when i rooted. glad you got it though. would have posted it too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
I have this in my proton and black dusk themes AND I've themed the weather to clear too. All you have to do is extract the apks and use the method above to put them on your phone....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] OllerLoewe:
Can someone upload this clock again, please?

All Links on Multiupload are down.

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] suwu10:
Here's my blue theme clock that's goin to b included in my next update :).

http://www.4shared.com/android/8sgmCS12/DigitalClock.html
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] johnnyutah22:
On stock Gingerbread, when receiving a phone call, I just pushed the button to answer or ignore. Now on CM7 I have to slide to unlock in order to answer or ignore. I have checked all the Cyanogen Settings for the lock screen and phone and there is no way to diasble this. I also use "No Lock" from the market but it looks like there is no option to change this cm7. Can anyone help?
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] DroidRunner:
When screen is locked and phone rings, you slide to answer. When you are on your phone with the screen in, you push button to answer. I havnt been on cm7 for a while, so I could be wrong. That's how it is in homebase

Sent from my Atrix
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] johnnyutah22:
No, you have to slide to unlock whether the phone is awake or sleeping. After researching for a while I can't understand why this would be stripped in cm7 when they seemed to fix it in Gingerbread and even Froyo I think. Seems like a lot of people were complaining about it on other message boards. I just wonder if it was intentionally stripped out of cm7 along with the ability to ignore with text response.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] darkamikaze:
Uhmm.. Mine works fine. No issue like that.don't need to unlock to answer.

Xda app via atrix
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] johnnyutah22:
Thanks for the reply but could you be more specific? Are you running the Cyanogen Mod 7 beta ROM and if so are you saying that when your phone rings that you don't have to slide to answer i.e just push the answer button, or are you saying that you dont have to swipe to wake up your device and then swipe to answer?
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] darkamikaze:
Yep running latest cm7 available for atrix. Didn't really changed anything regarding the locksreen.. though i do have gestures enabled along with the regular lockscreen.

I only have to slide to pickup the phone.. never needed to slide to unlock.. then slide to pick up..
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] johnnyutah22:
I think you misunderstood my original post. I do not have to "slide to unlock" to wake the phone in order to "slide to answer". Just like you, all I have to do is slide to answer. I want to change it where I can just push the "answer" button to answer the call like you could in stock Gingerbread.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Alcapone263:
not sure if this does what you want it to do, but i replaced my caller ID screen with it because the stock one wasn't compatible with my density levels.

anyways, check it out, it's pretty customizable: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.androminigsm.fscifree&hl=en
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] darkamikaze:
Well you need to reword this..

You can try and use a different dialer in the market. Personally, Sliding makes more sense to me as you don't wanna accidentally pick it up or hang it up on a press..
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Phoneguy589:
Maybe widgetlocker will let you add extra sliders to your lock screen.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
First off, let me say I am in no way a themeing whiz (or even very good for that matter) but I'll try to help as best as I can.

Another thing I should say is that the link to the thread doesn't work.

Those things said, let me see if I understand the whole scope of what you're trying to do:

Based on the files you listed as the nine patches you're trying to change, you want every instance of the status bar to be transparent (including when the notification pane is open?). In my experience, a disappearing status bar indicates an issue in the file that causes the system to just not open it, so there must be an issue somewhere. Usually, again in my limited experience, this is because of a stupid error that you just missed.

I'm not sure you'd have to edit the smali files to execute this, but I could very easily be wrong. I'm going to do some research and check back in a little bit to see if you were able to fix the link so I can see the file you were referencing.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] denverg:
Link in OP fixed. Here it is again:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1031106

In terms of scope, I have the notification area transparent, and right now, I could care less about how it looks when you pull it down. I'm interested in the status bar (just as it looks in the image in the OP) being clear. I hope that makes sense. I copied all of the .9s from the downloaded SystemUI to be sure I got what I needed, which was probably overkill, but I wanted to be sure. Really, I guess I would only need the statusbar_background.9.png to make what I am after work since the status_bar.xml file calls out that file specifically for the status bar background.

The reason I'm going after the smali files is because of this post (step 6.2):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9978779#post9978779
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Okay from what I understand you would just need to make one file transparent, titlebar.png or something like that. I'll look into it more and let you know!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] denverg:
Nobody...., really?

Nothing? No ideas?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] slimdizzy:
I think what he mentioned works. I made one or two status bar mods for personal reasons so ill give this a shot.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Sorry got called into work that day and just got home. Didn't get a chance to figure it out.

Sent from my Nexus S MV from the XDA Premium app.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] denverg:
I don't have a titlebar.png file. The png files that I have are listed in the OP. When I change any of the images to be transparent - or even copy transparent images from another clear status bar, I get what I attached in the OP, basically, fuzzy text and icons in a still black status bar.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] denverg:
Well, I suppose you're excused ;)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dazednconfused:
You could use the UOT Kitchen, and in the status bar section at the top, click the option to use a transparent status bar. Then in the first section, set the transparency to 0%. Then go and upload your frameworks.res.apk and your systemui.apk under system files and let it do it for you. I did mine that way. Just search UOT kitchen. I would post the link but I'm on my phone.

Statusbar_background.9.png is the image file.

Sent from my super sleek NS4G, powered by TeamNekkid.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] denverg:
I got it! Not sure yet what I did, but I'll backtrack and figure that out.

Everytime I've gone to the Kitchen it says it isn't open... maybe I have a bad link?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ZiggSVO:
Your link probably isn't bad. When they close it it is because it gets backed up. When you get that message just refresh the page every few minutes until you get in.
[Captivate General] theevildevil:
Hello,

Thank you to all amazing developers for the superb ROMs.

Background: I maintain my master contacts in Microsoft Outlook (which I now periodically sync with Gmail contacts). I had a windows based HTC P3450 phone earlier which could directly sync with Outlook. When using that phone, an incoming call used to give much more info about the contact in addition to name and phone number such as company name, title etc.

Not that I am a professional nerd with thousands of contacts, but I particularly found this feature very useful in that phone because I could tag my in-laws names with their cities because I could hardly ever remember their names. :rolleyes:

All in all, when a call used to come from my aunt in law, it looked something like this

I havent tried all of the amazing ROMs here but was wondering how difficult it is for our magicians to either customize the incoming call screen or just hard code additional info fields. Just a food for thought.

P.S. : I'm currently running Cognition 5 v2
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
This has been asked previously about root apps. However, now that the Photon is a bit more mature I am curious as to the following:

What are the most useful apps (root or non) running on your Photon?

*When replying please give a description as to what the benefits are and what makes it so useful to you.
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
Mine....

1) Titanium Backup (paid version, root required) - For the backups and quick uninstalls.

2) Root Explorer (paid, root) - Still best file manager I've used.

3) Juice Defender (using the free one) - Only been running it for a week but seems to really help my battery life when off of WiFi. Thinking about going to the Ultimate version.

4) XDA app (using the free version) - Lets me keep up when mobile.

5) Simple Sound Profile Widget (free) - Since setting times up for the sound modes isn't my thing, this allows me to apply custom sound settings when I want and do it easily.

6) FTP Server (free)- For quick and easy file transfers with no wires. Always works.

6) Terminal Emulator (free) - Obvious I think.

7) K-9 Mail (free) - Still best email client I have used for POP.

8) Folder Organizer (paid) - Using this with SPB Shell. Gives me ability to use custom icons, spacing, themes, and hide the titles.

I'm going to stop at eight for now. Might add more later.
[Motorola Photon 4G] devilsshadow:
So far these are the apps I make the most use of:

Script manager (free version, using it for running scripts and such)

Widget Locker (lock screen replacement, paid version)

Go Launcher EX for all my sexy effect needs.

Root Explorer (Paid version)

Titanium backup obviously

That's about it for my core apps.
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
Seriously? Just one person with feedback? I want to be using my phone to the fullest and there is more out there in the Market that some don't know about.

How bout this then.....What do you want your phone to do but can't find an app that will do it?

I would like an app that will reboot my phone periodically at specific day/time. Gonna try tasker and see if it will. Didn't see anything else in Market to accomplish this.
[Motorola Photon 4G] iLLa:
I don't think most people haven't rooted yet. I just got mine like a week ago. I'm still reading up. I will root but, there is a lot to know.
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
Understand....but this thread is not just root specific apps. It is for any app that makes your Photon a great device to use.

So, all Photon users feel free to participate!
[Motorola Photon 4G] devilsshadow:
Now herein lies the problem. My phone did basically everything I needed it to straight of the box. If anything, I had to remove some stuff that it did because I didn't use it (social networking).

I'm still learning the ropes tho', new to android so if you ask me the same exact question in 2 months time I may give you a completely different answer.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kwazytazz:
Amazon app store - one paid app a day!

Getjar - a bunch of paid apps for free, best one is Beautiful widgets.

Dropbox - easier to sideload apps

Lookout - scans for malware and etc. locate lost phone via gps, and theres a scream function where it will play the sirens really loud so if you misplaced it you know where it is.

Mangawhat - soothes my manga addiction

Roamcontrol - forces roaming when i have bad signal onto verizons ;D

Widgetsoid - the best toggler for the photon. flashlight works, 3g toggle works, vibrate/ring/silent mode. only thing that doesnt work is 4g toggle.

wifitether - free tethering for my netbook when i am traveling.
[Motorola Photon 4G] daniel129001:
tegra games

need for speed

angry birds

asphalt 6

gt racing
[Motorola Photon 4G] jeriel05:
Tapatalk

Voice

Search tv

Pandora

Logmein

Tiny flashlight

Business calendar

Gps test

Amazon appstore

Youversion bible

Launcher pro

Timeriffic