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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tekken179:
Ok so now i have a Rooted r800i (locked bootloader) on 2.3.3, zergRush method.

On 02 UK, bought it from 02...

so basically it's locked to 02 atm.

I have everything ready to go for the unlocking the bootloader process.. but when i attempt to put my Play in fastboot mode... it just goes to charging signal (the LED won't go blue).

Where do i go from here? :S

I basically just want CM7 and CWM.

Also

will i lose my current rom/data/apps ? (i know i will lose it when installing CM7) but i mean will i have the option to back it up before losing it?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jutley:
you can't do much with a locked bootloader.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tekken179:
thought i knew how to unlock the bootloader now... i'm not so sure lol.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aranium:
You must pay to unlock

Sent from my rooted R800a 2.3.3 BL locked
[General Questions and Answers] russ18uk:
Looking at buying a new phone - most probably the S2/Note.

Thanks a lot.
[General Questions and Answers] Dark3n:
You will most likely be very happy with the S2.

The note is pretty huge...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] willmon22:
I just got Annoying Orange Kitchen Carnage from the amazon store. When I open it all it does is got to a black screen for a second then it says it closed unexpectedly. And no matter what I do it won't launch even when I kill off processes and have over 300MBs of memory free. Does this game just not work on this version of rom/kernel? I have played lots of other games in the android market and thus far every single one worked so what is the issue with this game?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] willmon22:
Any ideas? Is this game just not compatible with the latest android available for the phone? I have 2.3.7 I believe which is in the IHO release.
[About XDA developers] AmirolAhmad:
hey dude..whats up? doing great huh? :0

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this is because, our member for i9003 just increase day by day. new user always post the UN-DEVELOPMENT thread to DEVELOPMENT thread because of their post in Q&A thread not read by us (too many question and their question will be old post)..as a prove, i will attach u 2 things:-

1. http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1183516

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hope u will consider from us.. We need some space for us..

TQ

Kind and regards,

AmirolAhmad
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonfreeborn:
hi im haveing problems finding the right program that will root my phone im running 2.3.3 and my hboot is 6.98.1002 and my phone is allready s-off
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melvinchng:
If you are s-off, you can just push recovery into phone. Then you are done.

Accidentally sent from my Google Nexus S using XDA Premium
[Android Themes] relldroid:
Finally us non miui users can enjoy the better lockscreens (no offense on widget locker) soooo is anybody going to make a thread for custom themes or do we just get the few on the market????? :-D
[Galaxy Tab General] drago_d:
Hello guys,i have a really annoying problem with my galaxy tab.

I have the T-Mobile US version and i flashed the Euro firmware to get the calling & messaging capabilities.

Everything went fine flashed with Odin i can call & text message but here is the problem.

It restarts any time i try to lock the screen by the power button.i can't even have it time out and press it to get the lock screen.

Anytime it opens the keyboard it also reboots.

If someone know what causes this or how to fix this annoying problem i will appreciate it.

Thank you in advance
[Galaxy Tab General] hellomobi:
i have same problem after i flashed the Euro firmware ,as i start typing my tab is restart.

plz help me
[Galaxy Tab General] drago_d:
I fixed my tab by flashing this:

http://www.thegalaxytabforum.com/index.php?/topic/3248-stock-rom-android-233-gingerbread-p1000xxjq1-p1000xxjq1-p1000xxjpz/

This is also Euro Firmware.

For the problem with the keyboard i found a workaround just go to options and change to swype method.Then you can install from market different keyboard anyway this doesnt fix the sleep issue.

Let me know if it helps
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fabulous69:
Hi everybody

I would like to unlock the bootloader of my ARC S , 4.0.2.A.0.42, sim unlock factory and with a generic fw.

I used the tuto of sony ericsson , asking me to replace a file in C:/AndroidSDK/extras/google/usb_drivers , something like that.

So i replaced the file. Pressed menu button and plugged the phone.

I have the choice to select the driver, indicate the folder and it begins to install and suddenly stop each time, saying me :

I have the fastboot.exe file, adb.exe and all the others files in my sdk..

Please help me to solve this problem :)

Thx!!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cezarL:
Not sure what drivers you found, but the ones from this thread worked fine for me.

Just extract the zip somewhere and when prompted for a driver location, point it to that folder, don't complicate things by messing around with file swaps in the Android SDK folder.

Also, that guide is pretty much all you need, to get your bootloader unlocked.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fabulous69:
hi

Thx a lot for your answer

I tryed another folder found on google yesterday and it works.

Files seems to be the same than yours so if i havent found yet and used these ones, it should have worked too.

Thk you, and have a good day.

Fabulous
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SieMoves:
HELLO.. can i ask for the link of where you downloaded the android_winusb.inf ?THanks :)
[Motorola Droid X2] SuBDivisions:
Just thinking of how the lack of GB Hardware Acceleration on the UI Has killed this (any many) droid phones.. The Tegra2 was suppose to be groundbreaking, amazing performer, to which it is in the benchmarks.. but forcing the CPU to do everything and leaving the dedicated GPU to fiddle about (while there was nothing that could be done at our level to fix this) is really frustrating and highly dissapointing.

If our phone had the fluidity of an iphone UI, we would be in a totally different light then we are now, unlocked BL or Not.

I really wanted to see the x2 take the king of the hill (it did for what 72 hours?), and i know NVidia cant be happy with the way their Tegra2 devices have been shelved due to proper OS functionality.

Just venting i guess.
[Motorola Droid X2] Robin M:
...or, it could have been much smoother if they had simply given the X2 more sytem memory to take advantage of the Tegra2. Moto gave the X2 almost 5 gigs of internal memory, but restricted the system to only 448M. Very dumb!

Still, now that some developers have taken an interest in the X2, there are some ROMS availabe that enable it to run much better than stock. I'm very pleased with the stability and performance I'm getting with Moto-Ginger-Funk, which is a streamlined version of stock GB 2.3.4 with some nice enhancements. I can make it through my 2-year contract period with Verizon, and still be happy. ;)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] TidBit:
THIS IS JUST MY OPINION:

I don't know why, but it seems to me that people seem to think that they are entitled to get the newest operating systems.

I am not talking about incremental items like 2.3.3 to 2.3.4, 3.1 to 3.2 but major upgrades... Froyo to Gingerbread, Gingerbread to Honeycomb, etc.

If I want to upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7, it will cost me money, and my hardware might not be able to run it. If a Mac user wants to upgrade to Snowleopard, it cost them, too.

I think if we had to pay $49 for a new operating system, we wouldn't be so hard HTC or other manufactures that are slow to release an operating system.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] sbrownla:
They won't charge because they can't adhere to any established schedule.

LG Optimus 3D (T-Mobile/P920)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
Theoretically that could work and provide an incentive to the vendors. They could lower their initial price to buy a device (since the support cost are baked in), but software is still hard and i think customer acceptance of those upgrade fees would be the problem. As long as the industry leader (Apple) gives free OS updates it would be a hard sell to charge for Android updates. The bigger problem for most handset and tablet makers is that they are in a constant churn cycle trying to bring the next shiny new paperweight to market ahead of the competition. Apple has a fanatical user base and is somewhat insulated from competition. If you look at their hardware against say Samsung, Apple is a generation behind in radio and processor technology.

And each of these new churns of the newest hardware causes a hardware maker to have to redo all the device specific software (there's a lot of it) to run Android.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] barry99705:
Who says they have to have a schedule? MS doesn't have a schedule. Also, didn't MS charge for one of the Windows Mobile updates? Pretty sure I'm remembering that correctly.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kkinder:
Well and the reason a lot of us even use Android is that it's perceived (rightly or wrongly) as being more open and inclusive. Part of that openness has been the eventual Open Source release of each version of the operating system.

I'd pay extra for hardware that ran a 100% Open Source version of Android though, with some freeer alternative to Market, etc.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Bluediss:
In the Windows world things are a bit different. You pay Microsoft only for the OS. The biggest issue to get a new Windows version running on an old pc is drivers. If we translate the Windows world to Android we would pay Google for the OS (and upgrades) and HTC (for example) for the hardware (and drivers). In this world, when a new Android version is released, I can asure you that users will start to chase HTC to write new drivers compatible with the new Android version. And they want it for free.

It would be better to standarize all internal components and connections in devices. And android should contain some generic drivers to at least boot the device and use basic functions (screen, sd card, touch).

I wouldn't mind paying something extra for OS upgrades, but I don't like the idea of paying HTC for an OS upgrade while most of the work was done by Google.

Btw, by buying an HTC Android device, you also donate some bucks to the nice guys @ Microsoft.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
As a consumer, unless you enter a contract with a vendor, you are entitled to nothing. However the market forces suppliers to behave in a certain fashion in order to maintain a place in the market. How well a company balances service, vs. cost vs. profit will in the long run determine how well they do in comparison to their competitors. Therefore consumers are in effect entitled to expect some level of support from vendors when they purchase a product.

The problem is , that level of support is undefined, so a vendor has to be careful how they set expectations and consumers have to be realistic in their expectations. It's a hard balance to achieve.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] myke66:
I would love to see the whole concept of mobile devices move to a more PC oriented ecosystem.

Think about it.. Being able to pick and choose which hardware and which OS, and only having to deal with the carrier for service (ala cable providers) would certainly change the way things work. In my opinion for the better.

No more carrier locked phones, no more manufacturer locked OS's. I could go pick up my HTC Phone1 or Samsung Phone9, load up my Android XP and punch in my Verizon credentials and im off.

Crazy concept, i like it. Downsides i could see being increased price in phones. But on the same token, just the fact they are carrier free would drive down the price due to competition.

Would drive down cellular prices too since the only thing they would be competing with would be service area, price and data caps. Similiar to now, but without the contracts tying you in to a phone for 2 years.

Also, side-rant. 2 years for a mobile contract is absurd right now. Mobile tech is exploding, and with major hw improvements within a years time are rolling out, its just not fair.

My buddy just upgraded from his HTC Hero last month. I couldnt imagine still using that relic after having upgraded to an Epic, then an iphone4. Going back to the Hero would be torture.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] thetruth1983:
It's funny that you mention this because I remember Apple charging like $5 to upgrade older ipod touches to the newer OS and people were throwing a fit. They eventually gave the software upgrade away for free. I think everyone feels entitled to the honeycomb upgrade since HTC promised that it was going to be available soon. Nobody wants to buy a new tablet every year. Just look at Apple as an example. They could have easily only made IOS 5 only available for the Ipad 2 and alienated the millions of Ipad 1 owners out there. Instead, they offered the upgrade for both devices so people with the older model can still enjoy some of the new features. I think what everyone here is afraid of is that HTC is going to announce a HTC Flyer 2 in a couple months with a dual core processor and honeycomb/ice cream sandwich.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] TidBit:
I guess you are right. I did buy my HTC Flyer when the price dropped to $299 and I really love it. It is much better than my old Viewsonic G Tablet. I guess if I paid the $499, I would feel a little different.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
Google tried the complete unlocked , open source concept essentially with their first Nexus phone, unfortunately it was a flop. The percentage of people that want to tinker with a phone (or tablet) vs. those that just want it to work is really small, otherwise, Apple wouldn't be so successful. I know most if us feel differently because we are passionate about the tech. and customizing.

And one more note. I worked for General Electric doing commercial software development for many years.I understand the business and legal aspect. Consumers are not "entitled" to anything, but..

I also understand that consumers are entitled to feel they are being treated fairly or you will be out of business (unless you have a monopoly , which unfortunately the cell industry behaves like in a lot of instances).

I do have a problem with false or deceptive advertising which this industry engages in fairly routinely.For example HTC announcing that the Flyer would get the honeycomb update and not delivering is deceptive. Verizon's TV ads about speed of network "rule the airways" while not talking about how they throttle your speeds is deceptive. It's not illegal, but it is deceptive and I do think consumers are entitled to the truth at some point.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kkinder:
I think there's an implied agreement that any major defects will be fixed unless you state otherwise. Take for example the HTC logging security issue.

---------- Post added at 03:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:35 PM ----------

FWIW, consumers *do* care about crapware. Friends know I'm an Android developer and the first thing they always ask, without a doubt, is how to remove ESPN or Avatar or other crap from their phones. Especially when people move over from the iPhone world, they are inundated by crapware.

I think the biggest selling point of the Nexus phones SHOULD be that they are mostly crapware-free, although I consider Twitter and Facebook superfluous.

ICS will let you disable system apps, which is going to be a huge bonus for users as long as the carriers don't find a way of blocking that feature.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
If you believe that whole "implied agreement" thing, go check out what Sprint customers are dealing with now that Sprint yanked their unlimited data plan out from under them.

Eliminating as you call it ,Crapwear is not going to happen in Android period. You seem to have forgotten, Google is a advertising company. That's where they make the overwhelming majority of their income, about $12.5 billion last quarter. Android is a platform for leveraging that market.

The Nexus One phones were actually targeted toward developers and as such were pretty clean and open. The new Nexus Galaxy is a consumer phone.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kkinder:
Google doesn't make a dime from ESPN and Avatar pre-installs. The money they make on Admob is mostly from apps that users opt to download. Maps, which has some sponsored results, isn't crapware by most people's standards.

If Google had no interest in helping people out with clean phones, they wouldn't have put the ICS feature in to disable system apps.

As for implied agreement, see that those customers are angry. It's not like you're going to sue Sprint (although class actions do happen), but if you advertise one thing and do another, people get mad.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] sbrownla:
well ...

MS most certainly does have a schedule for updating all of their devices to Mango, by the way. And, they are updating every single one built by every single manufacturer. The schedule is available online. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/features/update-schedules.aspx MS didn't charge end users for updates and never has, but the expectation is that all phones built around the same time period will have similar capabilities with regard to updating. With Android it's, "build first, slap the OS on later and see what works." In other words, it's not an OS-based market, it's a device-based market (I can't stand that word "ecosystem" unless it's used to describe biological phenomena, sorry).

What it boils down to is consumer expectation, as brought up by other commenters.

If Google were to charge for updates, they'd have a greater obligation to fulfill the promises made: update schedules, device lifespan, OS compatibility, etc. That would put more pressure on manufacturers to adhere to Google's whims, instead of allowing manufacturers to do whatever they want in terms of price/OS--that was the freedom and flexibility that the Open Handset Alliance was meant to offer manufacturers.

Android is too unwieldy and manufacturers (and Google) are making more money just throwing things out there and hoping that they stick than they would if they solidify anything related to the software on devices--which is what they would have to do if they began to charge for the OS.

They also run the risk of exposure to even more complicated licensing issues. You thought the Oracle debacle is bad, if Google were charging end users directly it would have been far worse for them because of the money they would have made on IP that came from sources that: (1) didn't put it out there to be 'profitable' to any one particular entity, (2) didn't put it out there in the first place (allegedly), etc.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
Read this for a good perspective of where Google and the Android update schedules actually sit at the moment. Google tired to get a group of hardware makers to agree to timely updates and virtually nothing came from it. Google has no control.

http://www.tested.com/news/what-googles-android-update-deal-means-for-fragmentation/2310/
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kkinder:
Sad but true.

I wish there were a Nexus with a physical keyboard.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
I remain optimistic for the Flyer. I don't expect much from HTC, but I believe one of our independent developers will pick the ICS ball up and run with it.

HTC has shown a previous pattern of leaving their customers behind. I hope it is changing, but I don't count on it.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nizzon:
Since I started using Windows Phone I have been a bit suspicious that the Check In feature in facebook didnt find all the places around me.

Previously I thought this was because the facebook app sucking in general.

But now that Mango is here I find that it is equally bad in the built in Check in feature.

I was just comparing to the places my friend found on her HTC Desire and there are many missing on my WP.

Yesterday I was trying to add a new location but for about 3 hours I kept getting the message "Sorry we cant create the location at this time" or something like that. I gave up.

Why is it that MS keep failing at integrating systems so they work as they should?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z33dev33l:
I haven't had a single issue with WP7 check in yet... Signal/carrier issue perhaps?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nizzon:
Have you compared the hits to a person with Android or Iphone?

I doubt its a signal problem since we were trying to Check In to the hotel I was sitting in, it found plenty of stuff around me but not the Hotel, the Android found the Hotel and lots of other stuff not showing on my WP.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z33dev33l:
I have both android and iPhone and haven't had an issue getting hits anywhere on any of the 3. They're all pretty precise.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nizzon:
Thats good to hear!

I will test this more with my colleagues Windows Phones and iPhones and se what we find...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nizzon:
Was this moved from the Windows Phone forum?

If so, why?

If not and I posted it at the wrong place, maybe a mod could move it there?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xaccers:
Do you know anyone else with a WP7 device that you could compare with?

Preferably on the same carrier as you.

If they too are missing places, then you'd need to find another person with a WP7 device but on a different carrier to compare at the same location.

This will enable you to find out if it is a carrier or WP7 issue.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z33dev33l:
May be a carrier issue. My iPhone on ATT can't pick up the Hilton garden Inn but my wp7 and android can on t-mobile.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xaccers:
It's a strange one, you'd have thought all that it'd be doing is saying "I'm here" and then letting FB's server supply what is around, so no matter what OS you were using it'd give you the same places.

Wish they'd ban carrier interference :)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z33dev33l:
that's more or less what I thought it was, all linking directly to facebook's servers and pinging them but because of this thread I did a bit of testing.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nizzon:
Exactly.

It doesnt really make any sense.

I have to test some more.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xaccers:
Do you happen to know anyone else with a WP?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nizzon:
Yes, two of my colleagues. I will check with them.
[LG Optimus 2x] Messedupz:
Hello everyone,

I'm new to such things and I messed up my LG Optimus 2X.

Now my 2X stucks on the screen with an LG logo with blue highlights.

I tried NVFlashing but am really stupid that I don't understand a thing.

I just want to get my phone back to stock and most probably won't touch such complicated things again.

Help will be much appreciated.
[LG Optimus 2x] Messedupz:
Just to add on, I can't get into recovery mode, it just stucks on the lg logo with blue highlights screen. I guess if I get into recovery mode, I can do a factory reset right?
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
Try: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1229407
[LG Optimus 2x] Messedupz:
Thanks but I don't quite understand

"I was able to NVFlash (battery out, hold both vol keys and plug in USB) over a good recovery, and the phone booted straight to it, from there I restored the old boot.img that I had, rebooted"

Where do you get the good recovery? :/

Sorry I'm really dumb at such things
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
Er, the link in that post maybe?
[LG Optimus 2x] Messedupz:
I downloaded it but don't really get how to use it..
[LG Optimus 2x] Messedupz:
Somehow I found a link containing "2x-v10b-1300166062-nvflash.zip" and downloaded it. I opened the flash.bat file and it successfully turned my phone into factory state. Thank you very much for your time anyway. I really appreciate it :)
[LG Optimus 2x] miina_tokiha:
do a hard factory reset.

press vol.down + power for 10 seconds.

wait for the phone to recover to its factory state.