yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommoose:
Hi all,

i'm having a problem locking the bootloader on my r800i. when i flash the relock ftf, the phone just wont boot, all i get is the power on vibration. the phone isnt bricked as flashtool will still let me re-flash the rom which then allows the phone to boot. i cant understand why its become a problem as its let me lock the bootloader in the past. all i'm trying to do is stop any possible ota update mishaps. any ideas would be appreciated. i'm running stock 2.3.3 build .368 with doom v3 kernel

tom
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommoose:
would freezing the update manager using titanium backup stop any ota updates??
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Case87:
Hi i got problem with all gb 2.3.7(gingercrutz 7.5,gingerxperia v10 and fd xperience 2.0) roms with wifi . I have in my room on desk router secured with wep password and when i install one of these roms it says that wifi network is out of range or cant find it , it finds wpa networks from outside my home but my wep cant ,everything else works perfect only this is problem . Ive tried full wipe etc and nothing , anyone can provide any solutions to solve this ? On any other 2.3.5 roms works on 2.3.7 not
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kulen:
There is wifi bug that can be fixed by forgeting all networks.

But yo wouldn't see any network if that was the problem
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Case87:
This wont help tried already cant detect my router , must stick to 2.3.5 roms untill somone kind will help me :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kneedraggin101:
for us with KI4?

anyone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxeli:
Jkay tools
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kneedraggin101:
link to this?

also i have stock version of 2.3.5

says i need a rom to use this....
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fen1331:
I tried searching didnt get specific answer I am needing. I have been flashing roms for about 1 year. Its possible I have been messing it up, although my phone has always worked correctly (CM of different flavors). I usually use the following:

hboot/recovery

wipe dav/factory reset/wipe battery stats

install rom

now I am trying very hard not to make things more difficult for another user. I am trying to flash a sense rom Stock Plus v2.1.

In the install instructions it states:

Full Wipe and Flash Instructions:

Make a Nandroid Backup of your current rom

Reboot into ClockworkMod

Choose "wipe data/factory reset"

Go into "mounts and storage" menu and choose "format /boot" and confirm

Choose "format /system" and confirm

Go back to main menu and choose "install zip from sdcard"

Browse your sdcard for the rom zip and flash!

**Note: I know there are a million methods that folks say to follow for a full wipe, including: wiping dalvik, wiping cache, etc. Let me explain why that's unnecessary. The "wipe data/factory reset" option erases your /data, /cache and /data/data partitions, so doing the "wipe cache" option would be redundant. Dalvik-cache is just a folder that resides on the /data partition (Already cleared, remember, so redundant again). The ONLY 2 partitions, that effect the wipe, and were not already cleared are /boot and /system. I've changed roms quite a bit and this method is fast and works everytime.

I read the note but am confused. I have not heard of the things in red above. Could someone explain what I have been doing wrong, or why that would need to be done for rom to function properly? Thanks
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trickster2369:
Assuming you are talking about formatting system and boot? If so, cm is different than sense roms, and this data needs to be wiped. The fact that you have been using cm for so long, explains why you haven't had issues with your wipe method. The data has just been overwriting itself, which doesn't work when going from aosp to sense, or vice versa.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fen1331:
actually I have 2 different phones. both are htc inc orig, 2 different users. my personal phone has cm. I do not format boot or system and never have. however, when reading about flashing stock plus v2.1 on the other dinc that is freshly rooted with nothing ever having been flashed, it said to do what was highlighted in red (format boot and system). I had never heard of that.

okay, so format boot and system are needed if you are going from asop to sense (did not know that guess I got lucky). So is it still necessary to format boot and system before flashing on a dinc that was just rooted last night and nothing has been done other than rooting? stock is sense, the rom i would like to flash to the newly rooted phone is sense, so it is or is not needed?

I guess it comes down to what is exactly being wiped/formatted in the following:

data wipe/factory reset

format boot

format system

Yeah I guess thats what im trying to ask. Maybe if I understand what those areas are, then I can better understand why they would need to be wiped/formatted.

Oh and thank you for your reply, I do appreciate the help, and maybe im a bit slow in my thinking today. So please bear with me.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trickster2369:
The boot and system files/data take on different characteristics and can be stored differently, depending on the base of the Rom. Base being froyo, gingerbread, Dinc2, Evo, aosp, etc. Things are stored in different places, which means new roms need these areas cleared before flashing in order to work properly.

Edit: Most of these roms have been ported from other devices. If flash instructions are provided, it is best to follow them for best results.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fen1331:
okay i think i understand. will do it. thanks for taking the time to help. sometimes it takes me a few to get it sorted out. :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeedx:
Hello all !

Is there a AZERTY Keyboard available to X10ROM perfect transplant ARC2.3.4 ?

Thx.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sjbayer3:
Thanks for taking a moment to help me...

My father in law just got the Inspire 4g, he has big fingers and poor eyesight, so I have been trying to do things to increase the font size and other things like that.

I noticed when an incoming phone call occurs, theres a giant android robot (for a contact picture) and below in tiny letters is the name/number. Is there a way to make the name/number huge?
[HTC Inspire 4G] zelendel:
Yes but not without running a custom Rom set up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wateryman:
Are there any ways?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] relldroid:
Im not really sure what patents are but after reading about the headlines im sure it has something to do with things like code and how things work, like why we cant be able to drag one icon over another to make a folder etc.. so my question is, why does iOS5 have Android's notification bar?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
In simple terms, patents give you the right to do something other people are not allowed to do. E.g.: if I made a flying robot (and got it patented - they wouldn't allow me to patent all of its features but this is just an example), then you wouldn't be allowed to make one. About your question, Apple is allowed to make a status bar since not all things are allowed to be patented. E.g.: if the first company to make a touchscreen device was allowed to patent the touchscreen, no other company could make touchscreen devices which is just not fair and not many people would be happy with that anyways.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gusar321:
This post just shows how much patents are bastardized by today's tech companies. Patents were not created so that "no one else could do the thing". The point of patents was to give the inventor a temporary monopoly in exchange for the inventor disclosing how his contraption works. This disclosure was about the betterment of society, about making knowledge public.

Patents were meant to promote innovation (the temporary monopoly was an incentive for inventors to, well, invent, as it would give them a chance to recoup their research&development costs), whereas what Theonew describes is a method of using patents to stifle innovation. So nowadays patents have been bastardized into the exact opposite of what they were created for.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
Yes, I know this. That's why I said: "In simple terms" and also based my answer on how it is nowadays (especially in the tech area).
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] oviler:
Hello,

i'm having problems connecting my generic mini bluetooth keyboard to my neo.

ive got the stock rom 2.3.3.

it pairs, but cannot connect..

Also, i have tried connecting the keyboard to my friends lg gt540 and it works instantly.. i really dont know what could be the problem here.. kernel maybe?

Can anyone help me out in any way please?

thank you in advance. :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] armando101:
Try updating to 2.3.4...

I think only 2.3.4 have support for keyboards,mouses etc.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] SĐF:
Thats true ;) I have got 2.3.4 and i can connect BT Mouse,Keyboard,etc. =) Download 2.3.4
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] hilfordjames:
Any update on this issue anyone?

I've been trying multiple methods that past week to connect my bluetooth mouse and I've even been to the shop to try a mini-keyboard but still no luck.

There is a theory that the Neo Bluetooth stack doesn't support bluetooth mice or keyboards but there must be a way around this that why we like Android isn't it?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Akizella:
latest stock should support it. Update it via pc companion
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] waynekirby:
Try it on CM7 or ICS beta
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] dalany:
try to update to .62 rom.

Actually on .62 stock rom and Night-elf full kernel had working bt keyboard and usb keyboard (using usb-host adapter from Nokia N8)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] pitastrudl:
it works on my galaxy tab 2.2 froyo, but not on my miui GB 2.3.7
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackpot08:
hey guys im looking to root and put a rom on the incredible and i was wondering what do you think is the fastest ROM. i would prefer something stable.

thanks
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpie20:
Stock + or cm7, Joel's sense 3.5 is fast too.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watt9493:
sense 3.5 will NEVER BE FAST. go with cm7 or OMGB with chads incredikernel
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
Jermains stock+ gingerbread rom with tinys latest gingersense kernel. Snappy, reliable, and excelent on battery life.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phaze one:
+1. Jermaines stock+ ftw.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WookieFan:
+1 - agreed
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stratman14:
Joelz 3.5 and Gingertiny kernel are working pretty fast for me:) It's also one of the most customizable Sense roms
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooofest:
Another +1.

This is my first custom ROM experience on the Incredible and its snappiness feels very much like our Incredible 2 that got its Gingerbread OTA last month. Thus far it's been solid, too.

Despite all the interesting ROMs out there to try, I'm getting stuck on Stock Plus v2 very quickly.

- ooofest
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
Any of the stock leaks with tinys latest. Only sense 1.0, but everything works, zero lag, and amazing battery. Faster than cm7 or any of the aosp roms. 3.5 sense is not even close to being as fast on our phones.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tag798:
Every time you go up on sense versions the ROMs get slower and slower, stick to sense 1 and you're sure to get a fast ROM. All gingerbread ROMs have bugs tho so some of the older sense 1 froyo ROMs are probably less buggy...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelbsheldon:
Answer: Jermaine's stock plus

I've installed Jermaine's Stock Plus on my Incredible and several others

for friends of friends. The experience is just like HTC and VZN intended,

but without all the junk that slows down a cold stock phone. Before

flashing his ROM, I deleted a couple other apk's that I wouldn't be using,

and made it FAST FAST FAST no lag anywhere and it only sips the battery.

Can go on one charge til end of day, using it for phone, Maps, and txting.

It's a great daily user with no force closes or problem apps.

Props to all the devs who worked on the end result!

ITSA FINE!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooofest:
Do you recall which ones you deleted, please?

- ooofest
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DustinBooyah:
Stock Plus... Solid and versatile
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelbsheldon:
ooofest answer

apk's removed from Jermaine's

Facebook

Flickr

Friendstream

HTCFacebook

HTCFootprints

HTCFootprintsWidget

com.htc.FriendstreamWidget

com.htc.TwitterWidget

Teeter

Taking these out did not cripple anything else running on the phone.

Be careful, though: removing others may result in an unstable install.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMarkwald:
You don't get the constant sync issue when removing Friendstream.apk?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelbsheldon:
constant sync

re: removal of Friendstream.apk --

No constant sync here for Google Contacts and Calendar plus Weather.

I'm not using Exchange.

If you run Exchange, that may happen. I think it needs Friendstream.apk

to run OK.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jermaine151:
Did you guys thank Jermaine for you and your friends? :) LOL. Sooooo kidding.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jstrom23:
Jermaine's Stock+ or, if you can live without the widgets and launcher, Jermaine's InSensitive Minimalist. They are both superb.

And yes, please thank the man already! :-)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trickster2369:
If you remove Facebook and Friendstream, should be fine. I remove those on every Rom I flash without issue.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wildstang83:
I've only seen the sync issue once before and that was on an older GB rom. I haven't seen or been able to replicate the issue on the newer official OTA based roms.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnavi:
I removed those and a few more and then replaced the new Market with the Old.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JewRican:
+1 to jermaines stock plus. Quick and snappy and much better battery life.

I was running a 3.5 ROM and while so nice, it ran like crap with all kinds of bugs. Just not worth it to me. I will be sticking with a stock ROM from here on out.... just cant beat battery, reliability, and speed.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheManCalledX:
Stock+ seemed to be the fastest to me. But with the new Sense 3.5 base everyone's been using, I've noticed a huge jump without even adding tiny's kernel/setcpu to it yet. I'm willing to stick it out with Nils 3.5, just wish UOT kitchen would work with it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wildstang83:
This rom is pretty nice http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1316843

Stangs latest update helped out alot with tiny's kernel and ext4 from jermaine cooked in already.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blckngldhwk:
CondemnedSoul S2H handsdown.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonzin:
+1 on jermaine's stock plus. add the ext4 mod and tniy's kernal. don't forget to thank them both, they deserve more than that.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bull_Moose:
Bugless Beast seems to be the fastest of the ones I've tried out.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris7os:
From koush, one of the original android developers - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14630430

I've literally tried all the roms for our beloved incredible and this is the one I always come back to.

Absolutely rock solid and mind blowingly fast.

Sent from SkyNet's Matrix in a galaxy far, far away, where no man has gone before ...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k_nivesout:
That rom is by "kushdeck", not Koushik Dutta.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris7os:
Lol. That's right. I'm dumb.

Sent from SkyNet's Matrix in a galaxy far, far away, where no man has gone before ...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyuubi08:
ive had a tendency to stick with nils, and with xda-developer pretty much doing a stock release of his 2.1/3 mix, im going to have to go with bgs or anyone of nils if you like the higher sense versions. course we all have our own opinions as to what the best rom is, so just go out there and test them all until you find the one that clicks for you
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragery:
Using Condemned CM7.1 (2.3.7) and I freaking love it. Once in, I disabled all of the animations and other stuff that would slow it down, uninstalled ADW for LauncherPro (personal preference of mine). This thing flies. Extremely stable, I've had zero force closes that weren't my own fault, and the battery life is great since it has Chads Incredikernel. It's all the tweaks and customizing of CM7.1, without a lot of the bloat.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chocolate8175:
My opinion

Cyanogen mod 7.1 is the fastest, hands down. Doesn't have all the bells and whistles that Joelz's prime xl 3d, but if it's speed you want then cm7.1 is the way to go. After that, I would have to say insensitive minimalist by Jermaine. Haven't tried stock + though, looks like a lot of people like that one.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmagsho:
+1 for Bugless Beast. It has proven to be very fast for me as well.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeRom:
Bugless Beast all the way. Never used a faster or more stable ROM.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puertorican:
For sense I say Joelz Prime XL 3D 2.3.5 Sense 3.5. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1262775This has been the most stable 3.5 sense Rom with tons of tweaks.

For AOSP I say Pete's Bugless Beast V. GPA19 2.3.7 .http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1316679 It is very fast and simple.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eraysevinc:
my atrix screen is cracked and i cant see anything but it still can still be used because i can feel the vibrate when i unlock the screen, how can i enter usb mode so i can take out things from my phone?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turl1:
You can do it with adb shell if you're technically skilled. Otherwise play 'guess the place to touch' until it works :p

Also, if your photos are on the external SDCard you can always get a cheap PC SDCard reader and put your card on it
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eraysevinc:
the photos im trying to get out are in the download folder for the handcent app and i tried looking in the sd card but its not there so its in the phones storage
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malfuncion:
as said before, ADB will be your best bet.

adb pull /sdcard/whateverthefolderishere C:\Whateveryourwant
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mandroid717:
i believe if you plug your phone into your pc via usb the phone should show up as 2 drives (MB860 & MOT) MB860 is your internal sd card. should be able to navigate to it assuming your phone is already in mass usb storage. sometimes the phone is already set to mass usb storage and you just have to plug it in.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Copix:
In my U8800 Pro I have a chinese rom without gapps and I'm interested to install it to have at least the market. I have already rooted it and installed de CWM recovery, but now I don't know if I should install any gapps for froyo through the recovery. I'm afraid to brick it.

Can anyone help me?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] NForce25:
Just make a backup before flashing and you wont brick it even if gapps wont work
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Copix:
Thank you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pb05life:
So for the first time I decided to spend the insane price Tmobile charges for screen protectors and I an very upset, they are crap. Dust all over them from when they were made, the dust free wipe was were most the dust came from. Could not get either to work and look good.

I have always used the $3 for a six pack ones from Ebay and they work great, pay $18 at Tmobile for 2 and get junk, go figure.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wootek76:
I bought the ones from ebay and they were not perfectly made....so I went and bought t-mobile ones with 2 in a pack and I got them on so perfect and extremely happy and still have extra one.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] droidsrus:
Zagg screen protectors are the truth. First screen protector i have used that doesnt have one spec of dust or one bubble. Looks like i dont even have one on. Best one out there. I suggest that brand over anything. N trust me. I been through a bunch.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pb05life:
I'm going to give zagg a try I have heard good things about them
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cashyftw:
Yeah I agree, you should try zagg out, they're really good. Going to get one today actually (:

Sent from my SGH-T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hughey2k2:
I bought one just waiting for them to send it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
From years of buying quality screen protectors, I'd say the t-mobile ones are on par with clarivue ones. I have applied 3 of them so far and all 3 were flawless. No dust, dirt or lint on them or under them during or after the installation. Maybe try exchanging them and putting them on in a better environment? :)

I'm not your average screen protector guy though. I can install any protector flawless and make them perfect every time the first time. :cool:
[HTC EVO 3D] oakieville:
does the tvout app work thru head phone jack i cant find a yes or no answer and if so how to use it
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
no, the headphone jack does not have the ability to transmit video.
[General Questions and Answers] Cypher123:
I'll start by saying that I have done a search through this section (Q&A) and have not found anything related to this, so hopefully this isn't floating around somewhere already.

I have read through the thread here which gives instructions and info on how to change your modem and other things pertaining to modems

I am having battery and call quality issues on my captivated running the CM 7.1 ROM, and read elsewhere that it could be a modem issue so thought I would test it.

On the thread above there is a link to a site that saying on the captivate I897 it is necessary to do what's called the "modem dance". This does not seem to work on my captivate running CM7.1.

Is it a necessary procedure, or can I just go ahead with flashing the modem without much worry or ill effects?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bramv101:
Hi,

I have been running litening rom 6.1 since 2 months and wanted to change to another rom (MIUI or cyanogen 7 stable or other).

Problem 1: when i go through rommanager (not for cyanogen) i get the warning verification failed in cwm recovery 4.0.0.2. I then do manual wipe data/cache and toggle verification and do install from sd. but no luck, i just get a clean litening rom.

Problem2: with cyanogen method: no rommanager as described in their thread, just download the stable version, then go to cwm recovery and do the manual steps. (after 1 st install from sd i notice my cwm buttons are reversed, now suddenly my home button is back???) I manage to do second install, and at reboot all i see is a clean litening rom.

What can be the cause of this very annoying phenomenon? Can other litening users confirm succesfull flashing of any rom?

Many thanks,
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
1) don't use rom manager

2) flash the cf-root kernel, then install the rom through recovery