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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ChrisDDD:
ROMs don't effect real signal strength. There can be variations to how each rom reports signal strength, but the actual signal isn't determined and can't be enhanced by the rom. For example, I've seen one rom constantly bounce around, displaying 1 bar for -90dbm and 3 bars when the dbm was -100+, where another rom was more consistent, but the true signal strength was the same between the two. Probably one just averaged more when determining what to display.

I've battled with low signal strength for the past 2 years on Verizon. Tried every trick in the book, and nothing did a thing. The only thing that helped was getting a network extender.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] x Eacott:
Hmmm... interesting. Then what do you think could have given me signal in my school versus this current rom which gets nothing?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] x Eacott:
Nvm stupid question
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sjpritch25:
What radio do you have.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tincbtrar:
Not a stupid question at all.

As a matter of fact, ROM's will not affect your TRUE signal strength, but I have tried Sense and AOSP ROMs on the Inc1 and its readout 'bar' wise did change between both styles of ROM.

More then likely its a reporting issue on the Dinc2 - which means nothing really.

If on AOSP you should be able to change the bar readout to -dbm readout which will be more accurate.

The true question is this...have you been measuring by dbm in 'about phone'?

And the real money maker...Are you able to make and receive calls? Is data speed an issue?
[Huawei Ideos X6] kshitij_bhatt:
Through xda tv i came to know about this very great application for android and i think it needed to be talked about

as the Description for iRis at Market says

iris. makes your phone talk on topics ranging from Einstein to Mozart.

Yeah, Iris is siri in reverse. Inspired from the iPhone feature Siri, iris interacts with you in voice.

Gone are the days when you "Google searched" for information.

Just "ask" iris. She will talk to you on any topic. Ranging from Philosophy, Culture, History, science to general conversation.

Note: You need to have "Voice Search" and "TTS library" installed in your phone for iris. to work. Most of the phones have these pre-installed, if not please install them from Android market before you try iris.

:mad: so the problem i should let u note that ... MI410's Voice Search Is very bad and most of the time on the stock rom of mi410 TTS Liabrary jst dont get installed no matter how many times u install it .. and daa in the settings also it does not give option to install ... dumb phone :(
[Huawei Ideos X6] yourpappa:
I saw it when i was googling ICS , tried it but right now people are sleeping here so it cant hear me properly ;)
[Huawei Ideos X6] vibhor15:
works fine on my MI 410 spice stock rom. I tried iris and Assistant.

Assistant seems to be better as it has persistent conversations like Siri.
[Huawei Ideos X6] kshitij_bhatt:
Gr8 to know that... bt some times speech synthsis for this phone is a bad bad option
[Huawei Ideos X6] pr@x:
sublysis burly

Is there any alternative to iris ?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] welchertc:
So, i just put cm7 on my phone, and I'm having the issue where going into the market causes the apn to switch and data to drop. I know this is fixed by the single apn trick, i just can't seem to find where it is on the forums. My computer crashed, so searching is breaking my balls on my phone. Anybody have a link they can post for me? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] RUNNERX:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17982467&postcount=7
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jwl12345:
This gives me no data. Is there anything else?

From XDA App on CM7 UCKJ2
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jwl12345:
I'm fine now - I never use MMS so I just deleted that APN.

From XDA App on CM7 UCKJ2
[Vibrant General] dtexan:
I just bought a T959 off of ebay. It came with Bionix-v 1.2 and I was trying to upgrade it to Bionix-NextGen-V2 using CWM.

I have the Bionix-NextGen-V2.zip on my external microSD. I can't seem to access the external microSD to select it via CWM.

Am I supposed to flash it from the internal flash memory? I don't think I have done that with my other Android phones... If so, will that cause any problems with wiping data off the phone?

Thanks for any help!
[Vibrant General] jneal9:
Yes with regular CWM it needs to be on the internal sd. Eugene has a kernel that can access the external sd but installing that kernel then flashing from your exteral sd would be much more cumbersome than just moving the rom to the internal sd to flash.
[Vibrant General] dtexan:
Cool... thanks.

Flashing now...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kevincbe:
Hello there as you can see, I am a NOOB. I came from an Iphone family and I must say I was blind but now I see ANDROID is the way.

I recently got the Samsung Galaxy S2 from AT&T and I LOVE THE PHONE!!! I recently rooted the phone with a modified Kernel via ODIN. I know that in order for me to remove the yellow triangle I need to reflash to stock kernel. I was wondering if there is a thread already somewhere with instructions (for noobs) with the download for the stock kernel for AT&T I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] harlenm:
I can't find the link now.

Or you can order a jig and keep the modified kernel. $8 from mobiletechvideos.com
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] harlenm:
Thats it, thanks, for some reason I couldn't find it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
For more on getting root, custom kernels, and no ! - read the FAQ thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Download the file StockKernel-PDA.tar from (Hotfile is dead) see attachment. This is an Odin flashable stock kernel without the ROM.

Follow this procedure to flash the kernel:

Download the Odin3 v1.85 package from MediaFire or xda-developers, or another source of your choice. Odin3 v1.82 will also work. Extract the contents of the zip file to a directory on your hard disk drive.

Start the Odin3 program by double clicking on "Odin3 v1.85.exe".

Now Enter Download Mode:

With the phone powered off, plug in the usb cable while holding the vol up + vol down buttons (but not the power button).

When the warning screen appears, press Volume up to continue into download mode.

In Odin, the first small edit box under the words "ID:COM" will turn yellow, and say something like [0:COM8]. The number could be different.

In Odin, the two items "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time' should be checked, and

everything else should be left unchecked

. (Very Important)

In Odin, click on the button that is labeled "PDA". In the dialog box find and select the StockKernell-PDA.tar file you downloaded. The tick box next to the PDA button should become checked. This will be the only file that will be flashed.

Click Start. Watch the progress bar advance in green while the message box in the lower left describes the steps. When the flash is finished, the top left larger edit box will turn green and say PASS! and your phone will automatically reboot.

Unplug the usb cable from you phone after it boots up. Success. This will clear the warning triangle.

Now, if you want to install custom software without invoking the warning triangle, follow the Guide, How to Flash Custom Binaries Without Ever Incrementing the Flash counter!!. If you have already installed a custom rom, and you just want to clear the warning triangle and restore a ClockworkMod enabled kernel, then flash the kernel of your choice using one of the procedures in step 3 of the Guide.

This procedure will clear the warning triangle, but it will not reset the flash counter. The only known way to reset the flash counter is with a micro usb Jig. See the Guide, How to Prepare Your Phone to Return to the Store or for Warranty Replacement for more information about the Jig.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kevincbe:
I LOVE YOU!!!!! Thank you so very much, you are, LITERALLY, THE COOLEST AND MOST AWESOME PERSON I have NEVER met
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jazzboyrules:
Need to get a streamlined understanding of reverting to just the stock kernel

Updated (older post was before I installed any custom kernel)

Q1

Is the "StockKernel_PDA" same as the stock kernel for any AT&T SGS2 regardless of OS and baseband version?

From what I understand from this post, flashing StockKernal_PDA will strip off the CWM and will need to flash in a custom kernel like Entropy DD or Siyah to get CWM back.

Q2

Is a version of stock kernel available that has CWM too?

Q3

What is PDA in StockKernal_PDA? programmable device array?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] os21um:
If I flash this kernel, will that affect my cwm? I'm running MIUI and have the triangle. Just wanted to know what affects flashing this stock kernel will have.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
You need a jig, or you are going to have to flash a Samsung-based ROM then flash MIUI again. Stock kernels cannot be used with MIUI. Stock kernels cannot contain CWM - putting CWM in the initramfs would cause a signature mismatch and it would be considered by the phone to be "non-stock".

For any more information - please read creepy's guide. It's sticky for a reason.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] os21um:
Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Step666:
.☆.☆.☆. Section Rules .☆.☆.☆. - Updated March 29th - PLEASE RE-READ

Further to the pre-existing Dev section rules listed below, a couple of new rules.

Firstly, when starting a new ROM thread, can Devs please start a 'companion' thread in the Q&A section?

In doing so, it makes it much easier to separate genuine feedback (bug reports, fixes etc) from the other crap (thanks, 'downloading now!' and so on).

A couple of recent threads have become inadvertent test grounds for these new, stricter rules:

CM7 T989 Kang with bug fixes

And

Rom skyrocket ics port sgh-t989

And as I'm sure we can all agree, the threads are significantly cleaner which makes it much easier to find the useful information, both for Devs and downloaders alike.

Whilst we're on the subject, I'd like to thank both eugene373 and Racing19969 for having been our unsuspecting guinea pigs in all this.

NB - please only do this for new ROM threads, it's just too much work to try and sift through the hundreds, if not thousands of posts in pre-existing ROM threads and sort between posts that should be in the Dev thread and posts that should be in the companion thread.

With that in mind, I'd ask RDs to consider starting new threads for their next releases instead of updating existing threads, that way the new split system can be implemented from a fresh start.

Secondly, can everyone please be more vigilant in terms of reporting posts that not appropriate for the Dev section?

We Mods can only do so much, we need the help of everyone here - in particular RDs, if you see your ROM threads going off-topic/getting cluttered, please report the post(s) and lock the thread so that it doesn't deteriorate before a Mod has a chance to intervene.

Hopefully, with everyone doing their bit we can get this section tidied up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
☞ [ READ ME 1st ] .☆.☆.☆. Section Rules .☆.☆.☆.

I know we all have busy lives and don't have time to go through a list of long winded rules, so here's a shortened version to make your life easier

Only the following topics are allowed in DEVELOPMENT area:

[DEV] - Development for any special projects or Apps

[ROM] - Custom ROMs

[KERNEL] - Custom Kernels

[MOD] - Hack & Modifications for the phone

[FIX] - Fixes for known issues & bugs

[R&D] - Research & Development for Devs only, when gathering data for a new projects

[HOWTO] / [GUIDE] - How to instructions and Guides

Note: If you are unsure where your new topic should go, then please post it to General

Please Include Screen Shots for ROM / MOD / THEME / Apps & Games, when possible as it's expected by our members

DEV Support for ROM / KERNEL / MOD / THEME must be provided within XDA thread posted by the Developer, otherwise it won't count as a Development, and in turn it'll be considered [INFO]rmation / [REF]erence and moved to General

Unmodified Stock ROM and Source Codes does not count as a DEVELOPMENT project unless it's part of an active project you have already started

Password must be provided for all password protected files

Direct download links preferred, due to stipulations stated in forum rule #11

Extra emphasis on rule #12

All ROM / MOD / DEV / etc... found in the DEV section not created by the DEV themselves does not qualify as a development, and it'll be moved to General, it should be properly tag as [INFO] or [REF], with links to the source website were it was found

Please keep all non Development relevant chatter off the DEV project topics, feel free to create a new topic in General for non Development comments about specific ROM / MOD / THEME / etc... valid replies within a DEV project are: BUG Reports, Problem, Troubleshooting Steps & Logs.

... and Please! keep all your personal bickering via PMs, do not pollute the forum with your personal indifferences.

If you have a problem with a specific member please contact the Moderators for help, that's what we're here for, but we are not babysitters, we are here to gather, organize and provide useful information for our over priced phones ;)

...for additional details please read the full Forum & Marketplace Rules

Thanks for your cooperation

A.G.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
POSTING FORMAT! [Q] Question, [INFO] Information, [REQ] Request, [REVIEW] Reviews...

[Q] - All Questions

[REQ] - Requests topics for ROM ports, INFO, THEME, MOD, etc.

[MOD] - Modifications & Hacks for our phones

[INFO] - General Information

[GUIDE] or [HOWTO] - How to do instructions or Guides for newbies

[REVIEW] - Reviews of our Phones & Accessories

[REF] - Reference, Knowledge Base, FAQ related topics

[ROM] - Working ROM & Firmware related topics

[KERNEL] - Kernel related topics

[THEME] - Themes related topics

[APP] - Application, Games & Software related topics

[DEV] - Development in progress topics

[R&D] - Research & Development topics

[SOLVED] - for issues that has been fixed or [Q] that has been answered
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epescina:
I have one question....

Why root a phone? I had my phone rooted and honestly it was a complete waste of time. NONE of the Roms I downloaded ever worked properly, the apps never worked, and it was nothing but trouble for me. My phone always "force close" my apps too. No offense to the developers I just didn't see a benefit.

Am I wrong?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marcismo55:
With root you can

1. Run custom ROMs to make your phone your own

2. Remove bloat

3. Tether for free .99

4. Install custom kernels & voltages to increase your batter life or speed up your phone

That's just a few I can think of off the top. Don't think that magic will happen just because you root your phone...your phone can be rooted and still behave exactly how it did prior to root.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
Root makes it possible to customize your phone to your liking. You can change the look and feel of just about everything. Root is also great for making battery life better or making your phone snappier by installing custom kernels and root only aps. I agree with you that a lot of roms are buggy and can be a pain, but some people like the trouble shooting aspect of figuring something out and making it work. I my self usually stick to the stock or mostly stock roms, and then remove, change, add features that i want. Without root your stuck with what htc and verizon gives you. Its all about freedom and choice and the ability to make your phone look how you want, and do the things you want it to do.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mldiroff:
I am relatively new to rooting (this past summer), but what it gave me was a vastly superior phone to what I used to use. I have flashed about 5 ROMS - two Cyanogen Mod and three Sense based ROMS - out of the 5, I only had big problems with one. The other 4 made my phone faster, smoother, and gave me access to some apps (Titanium Backup, Font Changer) that have allowed me to customize my phone to my liking. It's made me change when I was hoping to get a new phone (now I don't care that much - yet) and I literally feel like I've had new phones every time I flash another ROM.

Doing it successfully also required that I read A LOT about phones, hardware, software, etc. - geeky stuff - that I didn't know. (I'm still learning a lot.)

So, maybe you're just not that into your phone and the geeky stuff?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] byrong:
It sounds like your phone is afflicted with the common PEBKAC bug.

Given that, I think you are making the right decision by not rooting in the future.

For those genuinely wondering about the benefits of root, you can check the various stickies throughout this forum or the hundreds of articles that have been written about it. Alternatively, you could do a market search for "root only" to see all the unique apps. Or you could read about what custom roms offer. Or custom kernels. Or a host of other things.

If you don't know why you want to root, you probably shouldn't be rooting.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
PEBKAC bug? I'm assuming thats stands for something smart lol.

Edit: Haha nevermind i figured it out.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sruel3216:
ummm, cuz its awesome...i feel like i escaped from alcatraz
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epescina:
Thanks for all of the great post guys! They were all very informative!

I guess it's true, I must educate myself more about rooting. I always assumed my phone would work better, allow me to use custom roms (that actually worked), and apps that were root only.

I jailbroke my ipod and other devices and they were easy to do and use and not to mention stable. I guess I was expecting the same outcome here.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pharpe:
Why wouldn't you root your phone? All it does is give you full access to your own device. If you don't follow directions and/or load a buggy rom it has nothing to do with rooting.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
If you're having that kind of trouble with ROMs, you're doing something wrong (unless you're using AOSP, then you're ALWAYS going to have issues.) I simply won't use a ROM that isn't stable. I probably won't stick with one long even if it is stable and patched together like some Frankenstein chocked full of scripts and patches to make it work. Reliability is the top priority for me. There used to be devs on this device that valued that more than they seem to now, with a few exceptions. Most of them, from using them, are buggy, unstable projects that probably shouldn't have ever been released as anything but experimental betas. Some of them, like WildStang's, are VERY reliable. Just gotta do your research. This is a totally different world than Apple, and a LOT more powerful.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] br125:
I have to say that I have had zero issues with cm7 and most aosp ROMs out for this phone. sounds like you're doing something wrong.

cm7 gives you so many opportunities for customization and runs so flawlessly I will not be running sense again. Galaxy nexus here I come barring some glaring issue with it, i'm done with HTC for awhile.

Sounds to me like the OP hasn't properly wiped all data before flashing his roms.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
I've flashed at about a dozen different versions of CM on that phone. Of those 3 or so didn't even boot. Of the ones that did, they had some kind of issue that couldn't be remedied like quirky screen brightness, reboots and FC's right off the bat. Of the couple of versions that made it past the first day, only one lasted more than a couple weeks before getting REALLY weird. A friend with an identical phone had a very similar experience. What's more, CM hasn't proven to be any more reliable on the EVOs I've flashed it on. In fact, about half the versions don't even boot. I've been doing this long enough to know I'm not doing it wrong. CM just sucks if reliability is a required trait.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] br125:
that is the furthest from the truth of anything I've ever read. Go to the cm thread and write that. I've been on cm for a looong time without any FC's, reboots, or anything quirky. Stop spewing false opinions as fact, you're not helping anything.

Also, how could such an unreliable, buggy ROM be the most popular over a plethora of devices? Think about it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Div033:
Sounds like that nasty PEBKAC bug. I'm on CM 7.1 and it's been heaven. Almost everything works BETTER than stock.

For example, my car (Cruze 2011) can't utilize my phones contacts over Bluetooth on my stock sense rom. If I allow the car access to my phonebook, my Bluetooth will drop in and out and not work properly. So I have to tap "don't allow" and even though I checkmark the "remember my decision" box, it comes up every time I get in my car unless I grant it access. Annoying? Lets just say I'm thankful for the cyanogen team. Works absolutely flawless.

I adore the new lockscreen in 7.1. It's like a reverse sense 3.0 style where instead of dragging the apps to the ring, you drag the ring to the app. I still overall prefer the sense 3.0 lockscreen, but to get that I have to sacrifice a lot of stability. There are lists upon lists of features that make CM7 the rom to be on.

The one thing I will concede about CM7 is the auto brightness is a bit wonky. There are auto brightness tweaks you can mess with but something like that should work out of the box, so to speak. Another could-be annoyance is the heavy emphasis on customization, since CM comes pretty bare. CM9, however, will be feature rich per ICS.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aweaver33:
screenshot

For one thing, you can't even take a screen shot without rooting. If you want a stable phone that is mostly stock, you can root, install ShootMe, and call it a day. Of course, it looks like they're finally fixing that fatal flaw with ICS (which this phone will never see from HTC).
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epescina:
Thanks, you seem to be the first to admit that most ROMS are unstable and buggy which is what really turned me away from most roms! I researched over and over and couldn't find stable roms, they all claim they are stable but that was never the case.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epescina:
So what is the proper way to wipe all data before flashing? I thought all you had to do was select the two flash boxes and run it!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMarkwald:
That's your problem, you're using ROM Manager to flash/install ROMs. You need to boot your phone into ClockworkMod Recovery and install it from there. Once in CWM Recovery, do:

1. Go into Recovery

2. Clear data: Wipe user data/factory reset

Mounts and Storage - format /system, format /boot, format /data, format /cache

Advanced - Wipe Dalvik, Wipe Battery Stats

3. Select Install zip file from SD Card, browse to the ROM zip file, select it with touch pad to install
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] br125:
Don't use Rom manager. Boot into recovery and factory reset/wipe all user data, then flash the Rom. It also doesn't hurt to wipe dalvik cache and format the system if you are still having issues.

If you post in the thread of the Rom you're trying to flash, the users may have some more 'rom specific' instructions.

Sorry for getting off topic before, but I can't stand someone spreading false information about a very good Rom that may cause someone like you to not try it, when in all reality you may enjoy it, as very many droid incredible users do.

Edit: Try what he said above me too. That is almost an overkill amount of wiping, but it can almost guarantee that you won't have issues with the flash.