yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Thunderbolt General] ph00ky:
i'm currently rooting my 5th replacement device... this phone is a huge POS. tried my hardest to get a bionic refurb instead of this one, they refused. i even threw in the htclogger.apk security threat but they didn't care.

just need to hold out for another month, then NEXUS HERE I COME!
[Thunderbolt General] hallstevenson:
Damn !! And I'm happy when I see 25Mb/s every so often !! :D

---------- Post added at 12:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:27 PM ----------

5 replacements ... what are the odds ?

Have to ask, what "problems" did they replace it for each time ?
[Thunderbolt General] ghstrdr1985:
ROFLMFAO!!!!! Priceless.
[Thunderbolt General] Dameon45:
Ahahahahahahhabababbababababbbabbbabababahahahhahaha soo awesome.
[Thunderbolt General] CharliesTheMan:
I picked out the Thunderbolt. I wanted it, and I bought it. I had that free choice. I've been very happy with my Thunderbolt. As I have a big business account they typically let me have what I ask for, such as an early upgrade with a phone that had problems.

However, I will be buying the Rezound at full retail off contract price. I may tell the rep I've been happy with my Bolt but just want the Rezound, and if he offered a deal I would accept it.

But making false claims about problems I didn't have is not something I personally would do. To me, its no different than a person bricking their phone by screwing up an installation that they know voids the warranty, and then smashing it to bits and claiming it was an accident.

Verizon will make a profit, that's why they are here. I personally respect my forum members enough that i wouldn't fraudulently claim problems, and then know that such activities are the reason monthly charges will have to go up a little. It's kind of like asking Uncle Sam for a government handout, knowing it will be paid for by other peoples tax money.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalabiYau:
Hi all

If I root a SGS with some kernel (JVT CF or voodoo for example) and then flash again stock kernel, will I retain this root or I'll come back to an unrooted system?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3d_jc:
My understanding is that you will be back to non rooted

jc
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malcho:
No,root will stay butt you will not have any advanced option that comes with root.

Only stock kernel with root.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juvanni:
if you make rooting, as is.... when u return to stock kernel,it will be unrooted...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malcho:
This is what i'm talking about.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1205564&highlight=insecure+kernels

Try this.

From that thread:

You can use these files to return to the stock kernel if you wish, you will still be rooted but adb will not be running as root on first login via shell.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doktorV:
I upgraded to stock 2.3.3 and lost root- the superuser icon was there but apps requiring root eg TiB, would not be granted superuser permissions so effectively unrooted.

re-rooted it easily enough though.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malcho:
I'm gonna try this first time a had time.I will flash stock jvt on semaphore kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juvanni:
yup i 4got to mentioned that,if you will root your device,its better to stick to your version.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trifthen:
This is really weird.

I know people have been having problems with Loss of Service, but so far, I've only had it happen once or twice. What's really bothering me, is that I've noticed an invisible service dropping problem that's actually way worse.

Twice now, my phone has full signal bars, and isn't roaming, but my wife will come home and say she sent me some texts. Sure enough, no texts. So I reboot, and suddenly I get a flood of text and voicemail alerts. So, not only was I not getting texts, but all calls were going straight to voicemail, as if the phone was powered off.

Has anyone noticed this?

I'm not rooted, no alternative kernel, nothing. I'm completely stock. If this keeps up, I have no alternative but to return the phone. I have a job where I have to be available for emergency alerts, and this is definitely a major problem.

I mean... why would the phone say it has a connection if it clearly doesn't?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jordanetodd:
Yeah can confirm the same. Its like the phone has los but doesnt realize it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ioos:
This is definitely a problem. It's usually referred to as "Stealth LOS". (or "POOS" but I have no idea what that stands for.)

If you decide to keep the phone, a workaround is to set Tasker to automatically reboot if it senses no signal. It should work even for the stealth cases. Obviously not everyone will feel that they should have to workaround the issue though.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cyclical:
I posted this to the Arrive forum, but wanted to see if anyone else with an HTC phone is having problems.

I have the Arrive, as does my wife and my friend. All three of us have the Mango update. The HTC Compass, as well as SkyMaps, and Compass 7, all programs that use the compass APIs are not working. The compass shows pointing to the right, or not pointing anywhere near North.

Anyone else having this problem?
[Windows Phone 7 General] FiyaFleye:
Just testing the HTC Compass on my HD7 and it works :-\ Did it ever work?
[Windows Phone 7 General] cyclical:
yeah worked on my Arrive while it was on NoDo
[Windows Phone 7 General] NachoNut:
Worked for me before the official update. I had the mango beta working and the compass was jittery, but worked. Now it just sits there...

HD7
[Windows Phone 7 General] Flowsche:
Then your phone doesn't have all available updates with all drivers. After the mango update zune pops out another update with a new boot loader and hardware drivers. After this the compass should work.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kirk999:
HTC Compass

Use this working compass on Mango
[Windows Phone 7 General] MyRho:
No, even the HTC compass doesn't work on my HTC Mozart (Mango).

:(
[Windows Phone 7 General] kirk999:
i use this compass on mango and it works perfect
[Windows Phone 7 General] poker100:
Only htc_compass works fine, other app say: no compass
[Windows Phone 7 General] darkdz:
My hd7 compass doesn't work after mango update

I've try more than three application that use compass and ell given

that my device doesn't support compass

please help to get it work :confused:
[Windows Phone 7 General] prjkthack:
If your compass does not work, then as someone said above, you do not have all the drivers necessary. You not only need Windows Phone Mango, you also need the appropriate update from your phone manufacturer (HTC, Samsung, whoever). This second update will provide your phone with the necessary drivers.

If you didn't get the alert for it after the Mango update was complete, try checking again, or it may simply have yet to be pushed to your phone and is taking some extra time to show up for you.

Its like running Windows without the proper drivers for your video card or whatever. You need the real drivers from the manufacturer in order to take advantage of all that your hardware has to offer.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cyclical:
Well its been a few weeks and I haven't gotten any additional driver pushes from HTC for my Arrive or my wifes.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ninjy:
Having same problem on my Omnia 7, all apps show "Compass interference".. :/
[Windows Phone 7 General] dr_strangetrick:
Other posts here also say the same thing and its not just HTC, its Samsung, Dell etc and reading the other posts it seems the manufacturers are not going to post new drivers.

Only devices shipped from the manufacturer with Mango factory loaded seem to be the only ones with working compass (bit like the built in wifi router is only on new mango devices)

We need a developer to try and extract the drivers from a factory Mango device and turn this into a cab so we can update our devices.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cyclical:
Its annoying, as the compass worked just fine under NoDo.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dr_strangetrick:
Nodo does not have compass support, there were no apps in the marketplace with compass features.

HTC had their own compass app which worked directly with the hardware, now Mango has been released this includes the compass api and as such Microsoft have removed the HTC compass application from the marketplace and we have a multitude of alternative compass apps.

Fingers crossed someone can produce a fix for us.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ineedtoys:
Got a replacement 7 Pro from HTC which was still on NoDo. Just had 3 software updates to bring it up to Mango, and the compass now works!

HTC Compass is still available in the HTC marketplace. Skymap Free triggered a "figure of 8" calibration routine which I'd not seen before. After that, HTC Compass, Compass VO, Mango Compass and Skymap Free "point to sky" all work OK.

These definitely didn't work under Mango on my last 7 Pro so perhaps

a) there is a change in the firmware, or

b) updating from RTM misses out the drivers

c) triggering the calibration routine is key to enabling the API?
[Windows Phone 7 General] dr_strangetrick:
Other threads have just started to notice that the 'official' update works whereas users who 'tricked' Zune to download Mango are the ones suffering now as they would have just dowloaded the Mango software only update.

Microsoft do not supply the hardware drivers so they have the latest software but as forced the download it looks like Zune is ignoring the manufacturers update (possibly because it thinks its already been done)

These updates have literally only just started to come through and I suspect someone will post them.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
I forced mango update onto my phone and recieved the updated firmware as well. Just like many others did. So no, you're wrong here.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cyclical:
The HTC Compass app was removed from the marketplace for a few days, but it is available for download for HTC phones again. However, that APP also does not work directly with the phone any longer after Mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] NachoNut:
Compass is still not working for me. Constantly points in the same direction, and never prompts to be calibrated at all. I downloaded another compass app, and I get the same issue... Never forced an update or anything. I'll test out my wife's phone when I get home. I forced mango onto her phone with the disconnect trick.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dr_strangetrick:
How did you force your update? have you done anything different??

Mine just keeps saying I am up to date?
[Windows Phone 7 General] TeenTitan Raven:
I've got the same problem with my HD7. Zune doesn't give me any other update.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dr_strangetrick:
Anyone else know how to update the compass?
[Windows Phone 7 General] cyclical:
Start complaining on the HTC forums
[Windows Phone 7 General] NachoNut:
Still on this boat.. and don't have the HTC Compass app anymore.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kirk999:
use this

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18620524&postcount=6
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Compass works fine on this phone.

I forced my mango update as well.

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] NachoNut:
Ok so compass now works after i did a factory reset to my phone...

Like i said, my wife's HD7 worked fine, but mine was a bit buggy... and the reset fixed it.

When in doubt, just reset.
[Windows Phone 7 General] range152:
Compass Fix

Hiya, if you are still having problems, I wrote an app that fixes this problem by calibrating the compass manually... This is pretty much the HTC compass app with an offset tbh, but it works lol. (haven't updated it to save the setting into isolatedStorage, but will do later on)

arrgh, i can't post the link yet, just search for "Compass Fixer" on the marketplace
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dinchy87:
i had similar problem before the htc update and before 8107 os update. now i can use the compass normal. i have an Htc 7 pro, is it because of this or maybe you dont have all updates from htc?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
range152, your app can't "fix" compass. As for HTC, it's a well known bug: in original HTC's compass app, HTC developers did a messy workaround:

protected override void getDegree(double dRawValue, ref double dOutputValue)
{
double num = 0.0;
if ((base.m_dOldAngle < 90.0) && (dRawValue > 270.0))
{
dOutputValue = 360.0 - dRawValue;
}
else if ((base.m_dOldAngle > 270.0) && (dRawValue < 90.0))
{
dOutputValue = num - dRawValue;
}
else
{
dOutputValue = num - dRawValue;
}
}
[Windows Phone 7 General] range152:
sensboston, yea I know, but I don't think there's anything I could do if I want it on the marketplace...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osmorgan:
Hi all. I've just moved from an iPhone 3gs to this gs2, its a beast! Just wondering if there's a way of creating custom skins to various widets, tweetdeck and news and weather in particularr, I have used root explorer to search for any GUI features of these Widgets but can't see anything, I would just like to make the backgrounds transparent, leaving the text/button visible.

Thanks

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[HTC Amaze 4G] Cayniarb:
These are the partition mounts on the Amaze 4G:

dev: size erasesize name
mmcblk0p24: 00fff600 00000200 "misc"
mmcblk0p23: 00fffc00 00000200 "recovery"
mmcblk0p22: 01000000 00000200 "boot"
mmcblk0p29: 5ffffc00 00000200 "system"
mmcblk0p30: 13fffe00 00000200 "cache"
mmcblk0p31: 9ffffe00 00000200 "userdata"
mmcblk0p32: 01fba800 00000200 "devlog"
mmcblk0p34: 00040000 00000200 "pdata"
mmcblk0p17: 02800000 00000200 "radio"
mmcblk0p21: 02000000 00000200 "adsp"
mmcblk0p19: 007ffc00 00000200 "radio_config"
mmcblk0p25: 00400000 00000200 "modem_st1"
mmcblk0p26: 00400000 00000200 "modem_st2"
mmcblk0p18: 02800000 00000200 "mdm9k"
mmcblk0p20: 007ffa00 00000200 "mdm9k_config"
mmcblk0p27: 00400000 00000200 "mdm_efs1"
mmcblk0p28: 00400000 00000200 "mdm_efs2"
[HTC Amaze 4G] Enzopreme:
nice!!! thanks cayniarb!! cant wait to see your work on this device!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Jaywan:
Thanks bro
[HTC Amaze 4G] Binary100100:
I was thinking... could we pull the bootloader, hex edit it with S-OFF and flash it by the flash_image command?
[HTC Amaze 4G] |Melvin|:
I dont think so.. if you could you would brick the phone all the way..
[HTC Amaze 4G] nixxofugi:
Good morning. I just dumped the mmcblk0p12 partition since it was 1024 bytes in size (same size as hboot). I then compared this dump to the hboot available in the bootloaders thread. The Md5sum of the dump matched up with the one I downloaded. This tells me that the partition we need access to is definitely number 12. When I tried to use gfree I noticed that it's trying to write to partition 18 I believe. Does anyone have that devs contact info ? Maybe they can recode the program to work for the Amaze just as a quick test ?
[Motorola Droid X2] richgangsta41:
Is there a way I can get the MOTOBLUR social status widget on eclipse??
[Motorola Droid X2] triplec76:
I think you would have to use 6.1 remix, although I'm not seeing it in the Eclipse thread anymore.
[Motorola Droid X2] AtLemacks:
If you don't want to use the regular apps themselves (i.e. FB, Twitter, etc.), use friendcaster. The Blur widgets are based on the blur apps/accounts being baked into the oe product. He can't use Blur and AOSP both, one or the other, and more people than not would rather use AOSP.
[Motorola Droid X2] Robin M:
I sincerely hope remix is not dead, but I fear the worst. It'd be so nice to see it updated for GB 2.3.4. ;)
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Should be in general section((just saying ;) ))

Remix was put in hold as far as I know. Might not be completely dead.

but we do have a functional remix. 6.1
[Motorola Droid X2] Mr. Clown:
Whate he said ;).
[Motorola Droid X2] Robin M:
Yeah, Eclipse remix 6.1 is stable, but it's based on GB 2.3.3 and there are so many nice fixes and improvements in GB 2.3.4. (like a fix for the music skip problem, better radio, better battery performance and better graphics).

HOWEVER, mastafunk recently put out a new deodexed/debloated enhanced stock Moto-ROM based on 2.3.4 called Moto-Ginger-Funk. It's absolutely awsome and and beats the pants off remix, in my very humble opinion. :D I'm on it now and lovin' it. :)

There are only two AOSP apps in it - Gallery and Music. (Because these are simply better than their Blur counter parts.) It's quick with fantastic battery performance. It's got the pull-down toggles, 1% battery indicator, and other enhancements. And it's easily themeable. He's working on porting several themes and UOT Kitchen works with it.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Im sure its pretty good ;)

I just don't have resources to sbf ATM so im stuck for now ;(

And if remix is ever brought to 2.3.4 it would be an exciting day. I can just see it having big improvement over 2.3.3 version
[Motorola Droid X2] Robin M:
Yes, an updated Eclipse remix, with the features that Nitro has added to his AOSP version would be great. But I'm not holding my breath. It's just that some folks like Blur and some folks don't.

What do you mean by sbf ATM? (I think I've seen that "ATM" abreviation before, but I'm having a memory block.)
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
ATM= At The Moment
[Motorola Droid X2] mastafunk:
Or a$$ to mouth depends what your up to :)
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
That immediately made me think of the south park episode with the HUMAN-CENT-IPAD
[Motorola Droid X2] mastafunk:
Why wont the USERS learn to read.......
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
HAHAHA

it gets email AND ****S IN KYLES MOUTH!!! YYYEESS! Best line ever from cartman. Then even better he gets struck by lightning hahaha...I love that episode
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaguars34:
Okay, I was on a samsung captivate before the aria, but hard bricked it from a bad flash. I am using my friends aria, and I have my SD in the phone. But, when i try to use rom manager, it says the SD needs to be monted. I go to settings, but it says it's unavailable! How can i get the phone to recognize the SD, so I can flash my roms and be happy? Please help, tips, anything. Thank you much..
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
1. Turn off your device

2. Remove the SD card

3. Reinsert the SD card (Make sure it is fixed properly)

4. Turn on the device

These steps should do the trick.
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] w.moyer30:
What size SD card do you have???
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalabiYau:
Hi all.

I'd like to know what should I wipe to safely change from one kernel to the other.

Just flashing kernels, nothing else.

For example if I go from a CF kernel to a stock one.

In that case, will it be possible to wipe from a recovery menu even if I don't have access to CWM anymore?

Thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malcho:
Kernel script cleaner is good when you changing kernels.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalabiYau:
Seems to be for CM7, isn't it?

I don't mean to constantly change kernels so I don't mind wiping through recovery if necessary instead of using some extra app as long as this is the recommended procedure...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bork84:
Look for lippol94 ultimate kernel cleaning script in the dev section...

There are 2 versions one for CM7 and the other for samsung rom's...

It will be best for changing kernel's :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] upichie:
I both use and recommend this as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgsshedden:
if all you are doing is going from CF kernel to stock a clean is not necessary as the CF kernel is mostly stock but with root added. A more comprehensive clean is only needed if moving back from a more heavily customized kernel or from one custom kernel to another.

A system cleanse also is recommended when moving from a custom rom to another and especially if moving back from a deodexed custom rom to an odexed one and after changing themes.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jworkcoo:
Remove Please
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmap516:
Hi guys,

I've been loyal to android for about a year now, but I only have one complaint: The keyboard

Typing on iOS is easy and great, even on a small screen. Why don't we have a keyboard with that fluid usability? I've tried Swype (prefer typing), Swiftkey X, the TW4 Keyboard, stock GB keyboard, and Thumb keyboard and they all seem to disappoint a little in the shadow of iOS's keyboard.

So my question is: Is anyone working on or thinking about working on a keyboard with iOS-like functionality? I'd honestly pay $5 to download a keyboard that works like the iPhone's.

If you have any keyboard suggestions, post them below.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LudoGris:
While I am unable to post the keyboard - as I don't have it myself - apparently the keyboard on the Galaxy S2 in Korea is the best. No issues with the patents held here in the US by Apple, so the accuracy is the same as it is with iOS.

If anyone can find it, pull it, set up an apk that will work with other Android phones, it would be appreciated!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmap516:
+1, it would be greatly appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jameslfc5:
Sounds good
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LudoGris:
Sent Zedomax a PM hoping he will pull from his Galaxy S2. It was his video that I first saw the keyboard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGEZUlEGeEE

Around the 4 minute mark is the keyboard.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
Depends on the responsiveness of your phone actually. I have an iPod touch 4g, and I like it so much better than any android phone I've owned.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmap516:
...that's what I said, LOL. I love the iOS keyboard.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LudoGris:
HAHA! That is why we are trying to get the other keyboard. It is (apparently) very much like the iOS keyboard and should be responsive and very accurate. I saw someone state that their accuracy went from 80% with the Android default to about 95% with the Samsung Philippians keyboard.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaXmax:
I want it! But... will it support cyanogen?

Sent from my Nexus One using Oxygen v2.3.1
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LudoGris:
Not sure. I have to get the keyboard to see if it can be used on any other phone with stock ROM first. There may be a device check on the keyboard, though I do not know at the moment.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LudoGris:
Need a daring person to try this app out. I found it from the Philippine Samsung Galaxy S2 Rom on this site. I cannot install it because I have the Samsung Keyboard already and it won't overwrite my current one - I need to root when it is good to go for the Epic Touch.

Let us know how it works.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tactical45:
Just tried to install and it would not. Cappy running S7
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LudoGris:
parse error or just application did not install?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jules.Winnfield:
Thumb Keyboard

I keep going back to Thumb Keyboard, it seems to have the best autocorrect and is the quickest. Also, try A.I. type, although I don't like it, I know many who do.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iStatiK:
There's an emulator in the market. It's $4.50.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tactical45:
After I download I click install and it tries but then says app not installed
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LudoGris:
Asking around for some help (hopefully). Will post back when I get something.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jameslfc5:
I have root and I installed it over the top of the samsung keyboard but it causes force closes
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmap516:
I tried deleting the stock Samsung keyboard on my phone using Titanium (backed it up first!) and then installed this one and it didn't install.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_trade_place:
i see......
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddturnerjr:
Check this one out. This is the closest to iOS keyboard that I have found. Accuracy is great as well. Hope it works for you :)