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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mictho100:
Hi Guys,

my HTC Desire GSM is stuck in Fastboot and won't boot into the ROM. The background to this issue is that I installed S-Off and then ClockworkMod and flashed Cyogenmod 7 to see if it would fix a reboot issue on the phone. The damn thing just reboots itself when the CPU is used heavily...

Anywho, after realising that Cyogen wouldn't resolve the issue I flashed the standard Virgin UK rom back over it and upgraded to 2.22.351.2 via the system update feature. The problem was that ClockwordMod was still installed and I had to get rid of it to sent the phone off for repair to Virgin!

So I did further research and found that I could flash HBoot via the AlphaRev.nl downgrader tool. I downloaded it and popped it into the root of my SD card and it flashed the bootloader back to Hboot 0.80.0000. That should have been it, but all of the sudden the phone no longer boots into the Rom. All it does is to power on and then go into Fastboot. That's it! When I try putting the standard Virgin Rom back onto the SD it tries to load it and then says "Main Version is older!" "Update Fail!".

How do I get around this now? The phone doesn't boot, so I can't re-flash S-Off and start again, not am I able to run the stock Virgin Rom within Windows because it complains about the versions.

Is there any ways around this situation? I just want to get the phone back to stock so I can send it to Virgin and get it repaired.

P.S. I *have* used the search function and spent the last 4 hours testing various things but I'm now stuck.

Cheers Guys!

Mich
[HTC Inspire 4G] JosepHF:
im running android 2.3.5 sense 3.5(RCMix3d Runny v2.2) on my inspire 4g.

I just wanted to know is it safe to remove the stock browser,music and wi-fi hotspot without having any problems with my phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] man666:
Last time that i removed a stock app, i got stuck on a boot loop.
[HTC Inspire 4G] JosepHF:
and what happends if i rename those apps?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Mister J:
Those aren't anything important so they SHOULD be safe to remove. Not my phone so I can't say for sure.
[HTC Inspire 4G] JosepHF:
wich phone u have?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ranklepup:
He was saying, he isn't working on his own phone so he wouldn't know.

He has an inspire, otherwise he wouldn't be in this forum.

He did word his statement somewhat differently, next time just re-read if you don't understand.
[HTC Inspire 4G] JosepHF:
Sorry im new here :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] Agoattamer:
Just do a NAND backup and give it a try JosepHF. If your phone does boot loop all you have to do is restore your backup.
[Android Apps and Games] CarpeNoctem:
Dear All,

A lot of people here are trying to compare their phones, their performance using benchmarks. Or, each benchmark tool has it own set of test and of instructions, take advantage of the multi-core capabilities, or not...

Also I wanted to have a tools to compare versions of the same rom in terms of performance evolution.

For this reasons, I started a page on my site, the principle is as follow:

Clean installation of the device and full wipe.

No custom kernel if not already installed in the ROM

Installation of the following Benchmark tools:

Antutu:

It can run a full test of a key project, through the "Memory Performance","CPU Integer Performance","CPU Floating point Performance","2D 3D Graphics Performance","SD card reading/writing speed","Database IO" performance testing on the mobile phone Performance of the hardware to make score.​

CF-Bench:

CF-Bench is (mainly) CPU and memory benchmark tool specifically designed to be able to handle multi-core devices, produce a fairly stable score, and test both native as well managed code performance.​

Linpack:

The LINPACK Benchmarks are a measure of a system’s floating point computing power. Introduced by Jack Dongarra, they measure how fast a computer solves a dense N by N system of linear equations Ax = b, which is a common task in engineering. The solution is obtained by Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting, with 2/3*N3 + 2*N2 floating point operations. The result is reported in Millions of FLoating-point Operations Per Second (MFLOP/s, sometimes simply called FLOPS).​

Quadrant:

Quadrant is a CPU, I/O and 3D graphics benchmark. The Standard Edition requires an Internet connection to compute benchmark results and is supported by ads.​

Vellamo:

Vellamo is a mobile Web benchmark that evaluates browser performance on Android devices. Vellamo provides a holistic view into browser performance and stability, including networking, JavaScript, rendering, and user experience.​

Reboot of the machine

15 seconds of wait time for the machine to boot and launch of the bench

Reboot between each benchmark

Of course I will try to include as many roms and versions as possible but for that I will need your help. I still need to think of a detail protocol to submit the result and make sure the benchmarks are run for all in the exact same way (no overclocking and all. I also in the short terms would like to introduce a bench to stress test the battery and have a comparison here too.

Any suggestion is of course more that welcome and the page can be found here:

​
[Android Apps and Games] CarpeNoctem:
Test protocol

Test protocol

On the rom you currently have in your device, download:

AnTuTu Benchmark

: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.antutu.ABenchMark

CF-Bench

: https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.cfbench

Linpack

: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.greenecomputing.linpack

Quadrant Standard Edition

: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.aurorasoftworks.quadrant.ui.standard

Vellamo Mobile Web Benchmark

: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.quicinc.vellamo

Battery Benchmark

: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.batterybench

All those benchmark tools are FREE

Once those installed, I used Titanium or myBackup pro to extract the APKs and move them to a folder on my desktop.

Once this is done

Install the rom you want to benchmark

Full wipe (data and cache)!!!

Once the rom booted, no account must been set

No gmail, no mail, no twitter, no facebook....

This is to avoid any kind of background loading that could perturb the bench

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE a WIFI INTERNET CONNECTION SET UP somme bench need it

install all the benchmark tools using abd, here is what my install scrept look like:

Unplug the phone from your computer and plug it to the power supply

Once the phone restarted, wait 20 seconds to have the phone completely loaded and all processes launched

Start the bench

Write the results

Reboot the phone

back to step 07 until all benchmarks are done*

For Linpack: the Single thread bench will be launched just before the multi-thread one WITHOUT REBOUT in betweend

For Battery Benchmark:

the battery must be fully charged before starting the test

the 5% Bench will be the one chosen in order to be "fast" (the most inaccurate but gives an idea and a base to compare)

For the results, the should be presented as follow:

Device

Brand: ex. HTC

Name: ex. Desire Z

Rom

Name: ex. MIUI OsiMood

Cook: ex. CarpeNoctem

Link: ex. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=958475

Version: ex. 1.10.21

Min CPU speed Frequency (can be read in Antutu Info tab): ex. 216.5

Max CPU speed Frequency (can be read in Antutu Info tab): ex. 1003.5

Android version (can be read in Antutu Info tab): ex. 2.3.7

Antutu

version: ex. 2.4

RAM: ex. 305

CPU Integer: ex. 631

CPU Float-point: ex. 275

2D Graphics: ex. 287

3D Graphics: ex: 659

Database IO: ex: 265

SD Card Write: ex. 48

SD Card Read: ex. 170

Total Score: ex. 2999

CF-Bench

version: ex. 1.1

Native Score 4401

Java Score 1641

Overall Score 2745

Linpack

version: 1.2.8

ST - MFLOPS: 41.543

ST- Time (in second) 2.02

ST - Norm Res 5.68

MT - MFLOPS 36.563

MT- Time (in second) 4.61

MT - Norm Res 3.24

Quadrant

version 1.1.7

Sccore 2301

Vellamo

version 1.0.3

Score 785

Battery Benchmark

version: 2.6

Elapsed Time: 1374

Test completed - N° of loop: 252

Test completed - N° of GET: 125
[Android Apps and Games] CarpeNoctem:
One more to be edited soon
[Android Apps and Games] cobraboy85:
thanks for this :) now i have a way to tell if my phone is fast and efficient

:) :) :) :)
[Android Apps and Games] CarpeNoctem:
For the battery Benchmark, I've come through this one that seems to be the most systematic in terms of protocols: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.batterybench

Does anybody have experience to share about it?

Also how many people out there would be willing to help me to populate the database ?
[Android Apps and Games] rizaldo:
nice info ...thanx!
[Android Apps and Games] CarpeNoctem:
Sure, no problem.

If you are willing to help to populate the database, please let me know:

the device you are using

the rom

its version

and if you are willing to send me an update on every revision

The best is if you are the cook of the rom.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] CarpeNoctem:
Nobody's interested ?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDiggyDawg:
Hey everyone. I posted a thread about this in the general section, but i figured this section would be more appropriate in here.

Ive been trying to make my own Bootanimation and i need some help, because im clueless. Its all created with everything being how it should be (as far as i know). I even tested it with the bootanimation tester and it said everything was fine. But when i put it where it should and reboot to test it, it never loads my bootanimation. It just stays black.... i have no idea why its doing this, and i was hoping someone would check it out and see whats up.

If someone could help me out that would be awesome.

Thanks

Download link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/17umsuxizu6adv4/MYT4G_METALGLOW.zip
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
1) Check where you put it. Different ROMs have different places for bootanimation.zip. What ROM are you running?

Sense: /system/customize/resource/

CM7: /system/media/

2) Remove the spaces and capital letters in all the file names.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDiggyDawg:
I am running sense. But I was able to figure out what was wrong and it works perfect now.

I'll make sure to remember that if I'm not on sense. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcooper113084:
I have tried flashing a few things to my stock Rom but it always creates problems...good thing I did a nandroid back up.

I like the stock Rom but I want to

- change the lock screen banner (havent tried yet)

-change battery icon to Glowing_crysis (no FBI, no file size displayed)

-inverted mms color (wont open)

Help thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Concordium:
Widget locker - **CLICK HERE**

UOT Kitchen - **CLICK HERE**

Inverted MMS Colors - **CLICK HERE**

Don't forget the "Thanks" button. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] tweeker404:
Whenever I dial one of my contacts set up as say 555-555-5555... When I press it goes to dial and it says 1-555-555-5555 instead.

I have never had a phone do this... Is there a way to not have this happening? Is there a reason why it is happening?

Thanks very much for anyones time.
[HTC EVO 3D] southern87:
It has to do with area codes and long distance crap. Its ok, you dont have to add it all the time but having it done automatically is good so you dont have to.
[HTC EVO 3D] peecs121:
Go under call in the settings menu and uncheck automatic pretend. That will take away the 1
[HTC EVO 3D] tweeker404:
Thanks very much! Couldn't find that. Appreciate it!
[HTC EVO 3D] bobbinferbears:
Exactly what peecs said

It's in Settings > Call > uncheck the box marked Automatic prepend

Really, leaving this checked doesn't have any negative impact on how your phone operates or calls out to other numbers. You won't get any sort of overage charge on your bill or anything like that. Plus, it's helpful if you're dialing someone from a different area code because it will automatically add the 1 to the beginning of the number
[HTC EVO 3D] hitman4274:
Yep best to just ignore it, there for good reason

Shot from my shooter in 3D

injected with cleanrom2.7
[HTC EVO 3D] DoMiNiKiNG947:
But why does it bother you at all?? As long it is making the call is what should matter. It can dial a 9 instead of a 1 doesn't matter to me. Long distance calls have to have it. But there's an option to take it off.
[HTC EVO 3D] TaintedByte:
It's a calling code for a country, our country code is 1. If you were calling someone in lets say... Argentina it would be 54 instead of 1 (so +54-9-555-555-1234) if you were calling the US from another country it would show up as: +1-555-555-1234.

But yeah, as long as you don't call other countries, it doesn't matter what the setting is set at.
[HTC EVO 3D] tweeker404:
I didn't say it bothered me. I was just wondering what the deal was. I had never had a phone that did this by default.

Thanks to everyone for their help.
[HTC EVO 3D] tweeker404:
Yeah exactly... I'm not sure why people are talking that there needs to be a 1 for other area codes. It isn't a land line hehe. I've never had to dial one for other area codes on a cell.
[XPERIA X10 General] DenvarStorm:
hi

some news!!...

http://ptcrb.com/ctiastaff/complete/view_complete_request.cfm?modelid=16755

new changes? 2.3.4?

ICS LOL?
[XPERIA X10 General] scoobysnacks:
Already posted...

Judging by the version number it's a 2.1
[XPERIA X10 General] Meraklis56:
Why are they messing around with 2.1 and not with 2.3.3?
[XPERIA X10 General] -- X10B --:
It's not japanese. So-01b will stay 2.1 forever no such plans for 2.3 unless japanese users and so-01b users wolrdwide unite for a petition and it will not happen promise. I have so-01b (x10) myself and personally i dont bother anymore cause we have flashtool to upgrade fw. Nttdocomo didnt update x10 to 2.3 cause arc arrived and x10 is crap compared to others.

My conclusion? it's a ios update for x10 so sit back relax and eat some bugger.
[XPERIA X10 General] 0000alex0000:
i just edited my comment.. sorry i should make it clearer
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ZRW089:
Seem to have low quadrant scores oced to 1.5 with faux kernal and cm7 stable only getting like 2640 quadrant score wtf?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tidewaterns:
Try running more of them. They usually start out low then they get higher the more you run.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] matrix0886:
Yeah, scores tend to change. I had around 2900 when I first ran a month back. Just did it tonight 3 different times. 1st time: 2400, 2nd time: 2200, 3rd time: 2700. This is why I don't care when people flash these scores in my face. I find them pretty much useless.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jboxer:
If apps are running on your phone your scores are going to be lower. Kill everything before running your benchmark app to get the highest score.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] d12unk13astard:
Who you trying to impress with quadrant even if you get higher scores?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Dr. Bogenbroom:
2640? That's not low. Quite average from what I gather. I think the tits ones you see are anomalies. If you know anything about chip manufacturing you know it's not entirely consistent. I chalk it up to that. The mid/higher 2000's seem to be pretty standard.
[HTC EVO 3D] ryanalan82:
I switched to CM7 for the first time the other week, and I am having trouble tracking down the exact reason and setting I messed up. There is this voice option that comes up every time I get a call that is 1 for answering the call and 2 to send to voicemail. I miss calls all the time and have to call them back. I did change to google voice for voicemail but I'm not even sure if it had to do with that cause even after undoing google voice and uninstalling, it still does it. does anyone know what I need to do to undo this?

Swyped from my eVo 3d
[HTC EVO 3D] ryanalan82:
Edit: got it figured out, google voice is horrible!

Swyped from my eVo 3d
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gogol:
At 135 mm tall, this is too big. 12 mm taller than the Nexus S that I owned.

I was worried at first with the 4.65" screen, but it wont have buttons.

Turned out it is still big.

Even bigger (taller) than the SGS II !

Oh well, as long as I can still put it in my front jeans pocket, thats OK.

People will get used to it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kanariya:
This was my main concern as well.

Hope they can make the next nexus smaller
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yiannisthegreek:
Small is out man... BIG is the wave of the future and I for one am glad about this.

I own the International SGSII @ 4.3" and also own a Samsung Infuse 4G @ 4.5" and I love them both!!! I will be getting the Galaxy Nexus @ 4.65" AND will also be getting the Galaxy Note @ 5.3"... This is how the market will be going from here on in. I don't think u will find a "top end" phone from here on in that will be less than 4.5"...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slowz3r:
I have big hands, and my phone never goes in my pant pocket, so its A-OK with me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Captain_Nero:
If it's too big use something else. And you never know when you get it in your hands you may like the bigger size.

*Get Chance and Luck*
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Q.Entity:
I am buying it precisely because of its screen size...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mainspring:
all this big/small talk reminds me of this... :p

[youtube]JcAp1ogn79g[/youtube]
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pukemon:
I knew it wouldnt be too big. I am surprised it s a cm taller that gs2. I think they definitely went taller because it would fit in pocket/pouch better.

I voided my warranty and your mum.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] latindor17:
135 is actually small and why the hell would you compare it to the Nexus s or Galaxy s 2?

Another question, how do you put it in your jean pocket? Are you that flexible?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kanariya:
I love the screen size and resolution but hope they can reduce the physical size somewhat.

Trim out more bezel.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Melon_Bread:
Agreed, among other reasons
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shadow65781:
That's what she said.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Griffrez:
So basically, in 10 years when smartphones are 20" size. "IT'S THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE!" -.- I believe that when manufacturers hit a certain point they'll work on managing the size.

---------- Post added at 01:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:00 PM ----------

What do you mean? I can put anything in my pants pocket with my... oh wait... arm. I don't do circus tricks to do that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gogol:
Are you suggesting to compare it with television? With ipad?

Doh... Come on, I just want to see how big it is compared to something that I know or own.

And yes, I put my Nexus S in a pouch made from soft fabric. Then slip it into my front jeans pocket.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Griffrez:
Dude... next time quote who you are answering to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jasonhunterx:
Its to small if you ask me ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gogol:
Dude ... Dont you see that i quoted someone there? latindor17 ... !
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Griffrez:
If that was before, did not notice. But still, you quote at the start, not at the end.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oilfighter:
Living in the south, people don't wear jacket/coats. So where else would you put your phone? Batman style? That's tacky!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shozzking:
Hey everyone,

I'm trying to tether my Blackberry 9700 to my transformer but there seems to be no way to do it. I've tried apps such as PDAnet but they don't work. Is there any way to tether my Blackberry to get internet? I'm willing to root and install a ROM if it'll help.

I've searched around on google and on this forum but I haven't seen any clear answers about it.

Thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
I don't think rooting the tablet is gonna make any difference.

The problems seems to be on the BB side.

You can try by seeing if any other devices can connect to your BB and have internet
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merlin_the_magician:
I bought one of these http://www.sapido.com.tw/EN/productmb1132o_35g.htm MB1132 - meant to work with blackberry. I am on a corporate system with lots of restrictions and to date have not got it to work with this - but I bought this for more than just the blackberry hotspot. Pretty cheap - about $90 so worth a try. I have yet to upgrade the FW on the router o see if that helps anything
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
Guys as you know doomlord is the only kernel dev we have, and he does a great job even though he does not have an xperia play!

Without the device it makes debuggin kernels hard, most of the time he has to do it remotely using teamviewer. Doom is working on nearly 10 diffrent kernels for diffrent devices, This is very time consuming and i feel soon he might stop play kernel development as he is already thinking about stopping support for the x10 mini/pro as he does not have a device.

Doom said recently:

280 usd is not alot for us to raise to give doom some incentive to continue play support!

I will donate $20 now and a bit more later on if need be, doom has said if he had a play he will not only work on kernels but even more development projects. We all know doom could easly bring us the first ICS port, and also check out this thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1278318. Doom said if he has a play he will try and port his x10 boot manager to the play, and even try and get us dual booting roms :D

So if you guys are intrested shall we get a donation thread started?
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
What about one of those o2 phones selling for fifteen tenners? probably buying it, sending it to him and unlocking the phone will be cheaper.
[Xperia Play General] Dousan:
I think it's a great idea @AndroHero.

One thing that i would like to know is do our jack stick support TV out or not. If it does and it could be fixed to work with a little bit of development and Doomlord could do it/ think he could I will for sure donate some money to this project :D

I might do it anyway ;)

Regards Dousan...
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
I told doomlord about that, he said 280usd is cheaper, it's also sim free so it can be easly unlocked for development :D
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
Cool :D i'm going to ask him about AV out via the 3.5mm :D all we need is 28 people to donate $10 .... 26 now i have offered to donate $20 :D
[Xperia Play General] DooMLoRD:
hi thanks for this... but i want to correct u on a few things...

as of now i only work on kernels... the bootmanager might work but at this point since we cant flash kernels thru recovery (for xperia 2011 devices) it might not be really useful... as for dualboot, its possible as long as the the kernel requirements are same... only changes in ramdisk can be handled but if the "dual booted" rom requires another kernel then its a issue... also i dont know much abt ROM related work but can hopefully get some help from others :)

i have absolutely no problems as long as i can flash kernels using fastboot and have radio (gsm/wcdma) working ;)

also i hope its a R800i and not a R800x

hi i dont know abt that part... some aspects are hardware related... the pins/pcb should support it :D
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
Sorry doom just trying to drum up some support :D
[Xperia Play General] silvacrest:
im in favor of getting a donation thread started and i will try and donate what i can
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
Let Doomlord himself start it. It's the easiest way, I think.
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
+1 i'm all for that :)
[Xperia Play General] DAVIDGBJONES:
I'd donate about 5/10 pound, as I love the work he's done for our plays, I'd donate more but not working at mo,
[Xperia Play General] DooMLoRD:
hey guys i have opened a thread:

Consideration for donating a Xperia Play to me (DooMLoRD) to continue development

if interested please go thru it

regards,

DooMLoRD
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Alexander Luna:
Need a Stock kernel(u20a) sony ericsson xperia x10 mini pro
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] evilbarcode:
Im pretty sure the kernel for the u20a is the same as the u20i, correct me if im wrong, but here is the default kernel ive got.

http://www.multiupload.com/UKWIV0GSTS