yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j7jman:
**I just got this evo from my cousin 2 days ago.. he needed me to work on it and i must say i learned quite a bit..

I bricked this evo without a doubt.. Returning to stock 2.1 via The regular RUU method didnt work. So after extracting the rom file (via processor Monitor) from the official 2.1 RUU update, and re-zipping those files, I tried to use the "PC3GIMG.zip" method, .. the original zip wouldn't read so i had to do that... I then ran the "update" via Hboot and everything installed besides Hboot -it was bypassed, and Radio v_2 -it said "Fail-PU" ..and that stank.. (haha.. get it?) I knew just flashing a radio.zip wouldn't work since i tried it a few times before. So i said screw it im done.... I then used the "PC3GIMG.zip" method to re-install Amon_Ra and then flashed the stock 2.3 RUU update.. Now everything's back to normal..:D:D

so basically yes it partially "updates" backto 2.1 & flashes an eclair rom.. but does not boot :( im assuming the radio and hardware version has a lot to do with it.

I wish there were a way.. but as of now it seems as if there isn't.

Thanks I followed your instructions and realized there's no way going back the column read 00040000 ..you saved me some time.. actually a lot of time.. i appreciate it.

MY VERDICT:

This right here says it all:

**anyone who reads this and has the same question about downgrading from 2.3 (for some random reason) should see what Hardware version or partition size they have and save a lot of time by using shortydoggg's method of viewing the erase size, or view which hardware version you have under Settings> About Phone> Hardware Information> Hardware Version.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jollmo:
Hi all,

One question:

Can it be, that with some SD-cards the creation of an ext partition is not possible?

I've got a sandisc 32GB card in my HTC HD2.

I formatted it in an external reader under XP using 'card formatter' in fat32.

Then I used partition manager to create one big fat32 partition, cluster size 4096 an a small, 1GB ext4 partition, same cluster size. Both are set to primary, first is fat, second is ext.

It doesn't matter, if I choose ext2, 3 or 4, as soon as I insert the card in my phone, the ext partition is not seen by it...

Using Titanium Backup, the ext partition should show up...

Under XP, in partition manager, everything works out smooth and both partitions show up fine.

Thank you for your suggestions!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] androidlover123:
what do you mean when you say ext partition is not seen by phone?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jollmo:
When you open titanium backup, in the lower part of the window, it shows:

System-ROM: 'size(free)'

Intern: 'size(free)'

SD-card: 'size(free)'

and then there should be ext?: 'size(free)'

but it doesn't show up...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] QuaQuaRaQuaQua:
Format the SD-card using CWR (P.s. everything gets deleted on the SD-card)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jollmo:
in CWR, the card gets formattedd, but no ext partition comes up :(

I tried several times, but checking in my cardreader, there is no ext partition :confused:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jollmo:
I read and tried already so many tutorials and howtos from xda and other forums, that for now, I'm a bit confused...

Some of them say, the ext partition has to be the first, and others say, it has to be the second...

But all point out, both have to be primary and clustersize should be 4k...

So I start to think, maybe its because the card is too big?

All reports refer to cards smaller than 32GB...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Richy99:
what rom are you using ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jollmo:
[OCT16] AmeriCanAndroid AOSP HD2 GB2.3.7 CM7 | bk2sdext [KERNEL:ACA823]
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Richy99:
thats an SD build isnt it? i dont think the ext partition works on sd builds but i could be wrong

an ext partitoin is used on nand builds, what exactly are you needing the ext partion for?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jollmo:
no, its a NAND-build, runs on clk...

I was running it from SD for over half a year and switched to NAND-version mid september...

From that time on I tried to get the ext stuff running, by reading and trying, but now I decided to ask :rolleyes:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] QuaQuaRaQuaQua:
Weird.. I stick my SD-card in a computer and remove all partitions leaving it blank. Then CWR-partition it. Has worked for me all the time..

Can you try with a smaller card??
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jollmo:
For me its weird too, I briefly followed every tutorial I've seen so far, moving the ext partition from the beginning to the end, trying different cluster sizes...

Thats why I ask if it might be the size of the card, everything else is working fine.

I've got a 2GB card lying around somewhere :rolleyes: I'll try to find it and see if that one works.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jollmo:
One thing, thats making it a pain in the a.. to try again and again is, that in the meantime I've got about 16GB of music on my card, which is taking some time to copy everything back :mad:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jollmo:
Ok, just to end this:

I managed, to get it to work.

I didn't change anything in my setup, but after downloading Link2SD from the market, my ext4 partition is recognised and working :-)

It's still not recognised by TB or other skripts, but thats ok for me, as long as I can use it...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jobbo:
Hi, Im having problems with the above.

Running a SGS2 on optus network in aus. VR3.0 with jkays mod. since i flashed it has been saying process com.android.mms has stoped unexpectedly....

Please help

Thanks,

Mick
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jobbo:
can anyone help on this issue? ive trouble shot right through all the APN's etc. even flashed a new mms.apk file.... no help at all
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gneville:
Is it worth getting the bootloader unlocked? (at the moment it is a pay-only option).

If I flash something like CM7 does the phone perform just as good as stock, in terms of hardware acceleration for games etc?

Thanks
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Azeazezar:
I'd say so. depends on what you want to do with it.

CM7 is looking promising, should they fix the bugs introduced in the recent versions..., 028a is my daily driver on my 800i.

miui sounds good too.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeanBoro:
At this moment in time I would advice you to stick to stock rom, the only good thing at this moment in time in my own opinion is the overclocking module which is built into custom kernels.

Until there is a fully stable CM7, MIUI or custom stock ROM with good benefits I would advice you to not unlock the bootloader :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cat_On_Droid:
im stock 2.3.4 with a Samsung theme.Its great.

Not much ROMS Atm ... but bootloader unlocking ,rooting and DooMNkernel for 2.3.3 will make ur phone crazy ass fast.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iliketrains:
It depends. Which model do you have? If its the Verizon model then hell yes, unlock the bootloader and load the UK firmware. The Verizon branded firmware takes this awesome phone with awesome features and makes it just another Verizon phone. The UK firmware is faster, better battery life, etc. there is a learning curve when it comes to flashing these phones compared to other Android phones though so research it first.

Edit: I would not recommend CM7 atm. Too buggy and laggy.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aranium:
Unlock only to change carrier or r800x model. But definitely root the play.

Sent from my rooted R800a 2.3.3 BL locked
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] maxx1973:
Hello,

i'm looking for an app to downclock my Xperia cpu for saving battery.

I saw some apps like SetCPU and other, but i would know if there one better for this terminal.

Sorry if similar thread is already open....and, well, for my bad English :)

Thanks to all for any reply.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] lordjoeho:
Antutu's 'CPU master' is my favourite
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] maxx1973:
Thanks for the reply; i'm going to try it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bergaliden:
Hey all rooters,

I wanted to write this in the developer section of this ROM but the forum didn't let me since I had too few posts and was then regarded as a n00b. In a way I am but I have done a lot of searching and testing to get this ROM to run on my SGS2 but fails every time.

It gets stuck at the boot logo every time and here is what I have done after reading more then 55 pages of the official thread and also searched in it to find ppl with similar problem.

1. Installed XXKI3 stock via Odin. Rooted it with CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KI3-42-v4.2-CWM4. Booted into CWM Recovery. Flashed with Androidmeda_Hyperdroid-Amazing_Aquila-v1.0.0-signed.

Result: Stuck on boot

2. Since I saw ppl gone from LeoMar75 I restored a backup from that ROM and tried again to just flash from CWM Rec.

Result: Stuck on boot

3. One guy said he struggled with this for a week until he finally stock flashed XXKH3 to get the old boot loader.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18328417&highlight=stuck+on+boot#post18328417

I did the same just before I went to bed last night. Stock installed XXKH3 and rooted with CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KH3-v4.1-CWM4. Flashed with Androidmeda_Hyperdroid-Amazing_Aquila-v1.0.0-signed.

Result: Stuck on boot

Of course prior to flashing any kernel or firmware I do a full wipe.

Is there anyone out there that can help me with information what exactly I have to do to flash this ROM? Like what's the preferred baseband, kernel and build number prior to flash?

I have tried to follow the guides in the official thread but of course with no luck. I have flashed a lot of other ROMs with no problems (Cognition 1.5.1, VillainROM, CM7, LeoMar75 etc).

Finally I just restored a backup to just get it running again and right now I have:

Android version: 2.3.5

Baseband version: I9100XXKH3

Kernel version: 2.6.35.7hardcore@speedmod-sk2-k2-1

Build number: GINGERBREAD.XXKI3

I really want to try this rom so please.......HELP!!! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bergaliden:
I tried some new stuff.

I read also ppl saying to "format /dalvik" from CWM recovery. I have no such option under Mounts and Storage (CWM 4.0.1.4). I have:

format /cache

format /system

format /data

format /sdcard

format /emmc

I formatted cache and system while I was on CF-Root KH3 but it still wont start up. I allowed it to recreate the Dalvik for 20-25 minutes.

I also read that you don't need to remove the yellow triangle if you only flash the Theme and not a Surgeon. But I thought I would give that a try.

But the guide does not say which firmware version should be used for this to work. I tried with the KH3 version but after flashing the stock firmware the CWM app was gone hence I could not flash the zImage kernel to permanently remove the yellow triangle.

I am completely out of ideas now and I really want to give this ROM a go.

Please.......HELP!!!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bergaliden:
Close this thread. I'm in now with new version. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] xAnimal5:
I just did a full cycle charge and calibrated the battery, for some reason the Battery says "Discharging", instead of "Not Charging". My battery is also dying REALLY fast, I lost like 15% from 20 mins of internet browsing with Bluetooth and data syncing off. My governor is on conservative too
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Deleted member 663166:
Discharging means the battery is being used. It's a common term for battery usage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Yup.

Also calibrating does nothing on our phones. This is a Samsung, not an HTC. Samsung uses a fuel gauge chip which is COMPLETELY different in operation from that found on most HTC phones. (At least Samsung does in phones with their own CPUs - the Tegra-based Tabs are a different story, probably same for Tegra and Snapdragon-based phones.)

As usual - BetterBatteryStats

And if you have idle drain, look at my "notorious drainers" thread in this forum section.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] nvt992:
-go to setting-cyanogenMod setting-performance

-tick "use 16 bit transparency"

-reboot

someone may have question.i know the notice.but i think galaxy mini using 256K colors display,so there is no difference.i have tried it.

is that right?:D
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] lexonic:
There is no such option in my GM CM7.I have CyanogenMod-7.1.0-GalaxyMini-KANG
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] nvt992:
i'm using CyanogenMod-7.1.0-GalaxyMini-KANG.check again :D
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] yagya:
The 16 bit transparency option is availabe only on the latest CM7 release on 09 October... You can download and try if you want from here http://download.andro-id.net/index.php?dir=GT-S5570/Cyanogenmod/ . It is the one with 09102011 at the end. :)

Also, if you want to improve speed and memory you might want to read this... V6 SuperCHarger manages your memory and ram uses and provided better performance...

http://yagyagaire.blogspot.com/2011/10/v6-super-charger-complete-memory.html

:)
[XPERIA X10 General] spaarc:
The mere creation of this thread is stupid ,

I'm sorry to all guys who had fate in me

I'm not upgrading to any other device

I'm just stopping development

Thanks to the 23578+ people who downloaded my ROMS :D

Today and tomorrow will be my last update

I'm a student so will not be able to

If circumstances are good , I can return after a month but that would be too late

I bet you'll the life of the party here :D

The one and only 15 yr old developer junkie :D:D:D
[XPERIA X10 General] zuli007:
Thanks for great rom - GingerScape!
[XPERIA X10 General] sahibunlimited:
Ooh no:(:(

My developer junkie is gone:(

Good bye bro;)
[XPERIA X10 General] sabersylar:
Good Bye :(

I hope see you soon ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] Prodigy:
We will miss you!!!

Come back soon if out can!

Im using your gingervillain rom right now, and nothing beats it!
[XPERIA X10 General] pyromatic18:
You were truly an awesome developer that gave his creations to the community and even tried to teach us how to do it ourselves...

You will be missed!!!

Good luck on any of your future endeavors!
[XPERIA X10 General] pficrx:
See you around ... Thank you for your GREAT ROMS.... Waiting you to see you again around here....
[XPERIA X10 General] Hzu:
Be good at school.

That's all I have to say.
[XPERIA X10 General] devadatta:
Have fun

thanks for your works @Spaarc.

wish you luck for whatever you are up to...
[XPERIA X10 General] spaarc:
This ain't a matter of school, study or parents buddy :D

I will be away for a long while where I can't access any computer

I guess I'll be back in a month

But the coming year will be very important for me

Cause in my country , 12th grade has a lot of value ,

That decides your career

I'm taking a break sorta forever
[XPERIA X10 General] realunited123:
Tell me about it :( . I became so addicted of being here and flashing new ROMs every other day I couldn't get into IITs and didn't get a good branch in a good NIT. Going to try again this year.
[XPERIA X10 General] Hzu:
Ok good luck.

Sent from my X10i
[XPERIA X10 General] a1exander:
Gonna miss you spaarc! And you've learned me alot about android developement. :)

Hope you'll be back! ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] festa20:
Good luck buddy, your peering thread is awesome

Just lounge all your Roms I've tried and tested for you :D

Biggest of thanks

Best regards
[XPERIA X10 General] Asadroid:
damn you youngster i envy your programming skills and your roms, i have your gingerscape, and i love it, GL hope you find time to keep developing, i understand what is not having time or things like that.

college, daily life, women, hah, lots of things.

god speed young boy
[XPERIA X10 General] spaarc:
hAHAHA ,

That's a little over rated

XDA is addicting and to get rid of it is the Best choice

If I can't stay away , I can always be back :D

But I won't

I'm No DEV

I'm a dev junkie :p
[XPERIA X10 General] Asadroid:
hahaha you have done way more than me and im an IT so yeah, my hats off and i considere you a "dev" even if you only know some trick and know hows, thats more that i can do for the android community
[XPERIA X10 General] Skumtomten:
Technically you are not the only teen developer here, I was 15 when I released SkuMIUI ^^
[XPERIA X10 General] tatouss:
Thanx a lot for your work,

See you later !
[XPERIA X10 General] colossus:
Well i am sorry to see you go for sure bro, at least you left a clean aosp rom that i like and if you had ever set that paypal link up i would have sent a donation for all your hard work.;)

Have fun mate and keep in touch.:)
[XPERIA X10 General] kantk20111:
nooooooooooo....the ICS dump came out today :(. I was looking at you to port it :D. Anyway, good luck in school and thanks a lot for everything!
[XPERIA X10 General] spaarc:
If I return ,

I promise you ICS :)

For sparta !

I will be leaving tomorrow
[XPERIA X10 General] Angie*:
thanxx for your hard work! :o
[XPERIA X10 General] DooMLoRD:
ah man... sad to see another dev go...

well i guess this is how X10 community will die...

great work so far mate...

too bad we couldnt complete that ext4/ext2 project

and now ICS is out :P

anyways hope to see u around the XDA forums (may be for some other device ;) )

best of luck!!!!
[XPERIA X10 General] Oodie:
Ohh !! Good Luck With your school work :)

Be with us soon .

Thanks For your amazing work ..

TC !
[XPERIA X10 General] Thareh:
Thanks for all your hard work, it's well appreciated! :)

Good Luck!
[XPERIA X10 General] dawja5215:
Thanks for the community experience,and good luck in whatever you set out to do mate.
[XPERIA X10 General] marksee:
thank you for your dev. its a great rom
[XPERIA X10 General] patoga100:
Thanks your work Spaarc. Cheerz P
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Caligula36:
Im asking all you guys to help me find best methods, settings, and tweaks to get the best possible audio recordings on my SGS4G. Im asking this not only from the devs here but from all the audiophiles as well.

The reason im starting this thread is that my partners iphone 4 just with the built in mic and camera has produced video and audio recordings 10x better then what this phone has. With great dynamic quality and no distortion or anything. I need broadcast quality recordings for this project to succeed. If i am not able to do so im either going to have to try to clone the SIM card and get a used iphone 3GS just for field work, or give up this phone and switch to an iphone 4. Either of which i really dont want to do. If part of the solution is to dump GB and go back to Froyo, then so be it.

Heres what i got:

1. Highly modded SGS4G with Valhalla 1.3.2, Launcher Pro Plus

2. 32GB class 4 Sandisk card

3. UV using the settings in the ICBINB therad (i tried some lower ones dsexton posted, but they made the phone very unstable)

4. Voodoo Plus sound app

5. i-Microphone (sound was horrible, more on this later) http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B004XC6KHS/ref=nosim/betteraddons-20

6. Sennheiser E835 with XLR to 3.5 mono minijack adapter

7. Rec Forge and Hi-Q MP3 recorder (trying both, if you know of any with more features please share)

First off, im concerned that the custom ROM, kernal, and UV settings may be affecting quality. Any input on this would be appreciated. Ive tried OC, but 1.2ghz was never stable and 1.3ghz drained the battery too much.

I first off was looking for a good solution for face to face interviews, i found the i-mic (link above) to have good reviews, but when i bought it and tried it out, the recordings were horrible! Like someone was rubbing their fingers over the mic when talking. I tried gain adjustments in Voodoo and the recording apps im trying out, but nothing helped.

I plugged in my new Sennheiser using a XLR to RCA cable, with a RCA to mini jack adapter. The sound is A LOT better, but still there is a humming over the recordings, and they just do not have the dynamic quality that im hearing with the iphone recordings.

Are there any equalizer and sound processing apps for commercial or professional audio work out there?

Im at a wall here, any help to these issues would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] htaak:
It's hard to tell exactly without seeing your set-up but it sounds like you have the following issue.

The XLR is a balanced connector. When you go to an RCA you are dropping down to an unbalanced connector and losing your ground. That is where the hum would stem from.

To eliminate the hum you would need a cable that converts directly from your balanced XLR to a balanced T/R/S (Tip, Ring Sleeve) mini jack. This mini jack has 3 separate contact points, separated by two plastic bands on the plug instead of one.

Ideally for broadcast quality you would need to run your Sennheiser E835 into some sort of mixer with a mic preamp. Then run the line level out from the mixer to the SGS4G. Your recordings would be crystal clear at this point.

I don't believe your issue is with the SGS4G hardware. I use the camcorder with the built in mic all the time and the audio quality is fine.

Hope this helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nazcalito:
you don't need a balanced connection unless you are talking about long mic cables like over 5 feet long and equipment that is plugged into AC current. Balanced connections are for getting rid of the 60 cycle AC hum, basically.

If I was trying to record using a 4g I would think about using the usb input and some kind of analog to digital converter box. Here is a cheap one -- $25 behringer UCA 202 providing 2 RCA inputs-- it's about the size of a phone. and supposed to work on linux without drivers so maybe it will work on android. I have three of them and use them for laptops. They're pretty good at eliminating noise. I just don't know if the phone has enough power to operate the unit. You need a female to female standard usb adapter to connect the data cable to the converter and something to adapt a (short) mic cable to an RCA port. if it works you can use a dynamic mic like a AKG or Shure or some smaller dynamic mic and will get better recordings than anything built into any phone. It will be a little bit bulky but you'll still be able to fit the whole thing in your pocket. I should try it with my phone and see if it works but I need to get the female to female adapter. if the phone recognizes the UCA202 it should work just fine with a Sennheiser E835. My girlfriend uses a Sennheiser MD-431 for recording songs with her laptop and one of those units.

They also have usb mic adapters at places like guitar center. If you have the female to female USB connector you can take your 4g to guitar center or wherever and try their mics out before you buy anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] htaak:
@Nazcalito....great advice, I guess spending all my time on a control room board I hear the word 'hum' and immediately think 'where's the dirty gear, who's missing a direct box.' Haven't used a cable under 10ft in as many years. I'd be very interested to know if someone could get the USB audio/phone rig cooking on or s4g, that would be sweet.

Sent from my SGH-T959V