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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muneeb.ansari:
Depends on the ROM package. Most (in fact all) of the ROMs I have tried, flash a native Kernel to avoid any initial boot-up/setup issues.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bedalus:
Just delete everything in init.d then reflash your desired kernel zip. It will replace anything that is supposed to be there. You should check your ROM zip for anything and copy that too.

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[HTC Inspire 4G] abehbeh:
I'm with att and im up for an upgrade. I currently have the inspire unlocked and rooted and I love it but I always like new toys. Was thinking about getting the samsung galaxy s II. What do you guys think? anybody made the move from the inspire to the sII yet? How is it?

I love the big screen on the inspire but the short battery life is starting to annoy me a little because I am a heavy user.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
There's plenty of folks that have. I personally, am awaiting the Holiday/Raider.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Joshp406:
That's android for ya dude, ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] abehbeh:
lol im sure there are android phones with better battery life then the inspire out there.

Tx Redneck, is there any offical date for raider? I googled and it sounds like a great phone but most of it seems to be rumors. I love my HTC's tho.
[HTC Inspire 4G] zelendel:
Do a little research. Android phones have been known to be crap on battery. The more we ask the phones to do the less battery they will have. Look in the other forums for Tue newer devices and you will see an average of about a day maybe a little more but that's about it. Hell the new dual core are showing 18 with minor use
[HTC Inspire 4G] abehbeh:
I hear that the galaxy supposedly has pretty good battery life compared to the inspire. I guess its just different from different sources.
[HTC Inspire 4G] zelendel:
It also depends on how you use it. I have a buddy that has he galaxy s II and he gets about a day out of it with mild use. The only way to tell is to get it and see how it stands up to how you use it.

The days of phones lasting days without charge are long gone so charging every night is expected and accepted
[HTC Inspire 4G] abehbeh:
I'm ok with it lasting 1 day, the problem is to get it to last the whole day lol.

I use apps like veetle, hulu, fb, and pandora and from what I heard the samsung screen requires less battery then the lcd on the inspire so hopefully that would work to my benefit.

I'm not sure yet if I should get it or wait till the end of the year and see if at&t gets something interesting because these upgrades only come around so often.
[HTC Inspire 4G] zelendel:
I cant say for sure as the SMOLD screen on the captivate used a ton more battery then my inspire. I would wait If i were you but that is just me. The screen on the Captivate was not enough for me to keep it so I traded it for the Inspire and after seeing the galaxy s II I wasnt really impressed. I am waiting on the the next good HTC. Ill never use a samsung phone again.
[HTC Inspire 4G] houstonsveryown:
I think that device is coming as the HTC vivid. One AT&T's Two LTE phones.
[HTC Inspire 4G] pazzo02:
From what I've heard the HTC phones are harder on the battery than other manufacturers because Sense is such a hog. But there's always ways around that (root:p)
[HTC Inspire 4G] zelendel:
Yeah sense is a resource hog indeed but with the right tweaks it can be onenof the best over all UI as it all works together seemlessly. I run a senseless rom my self as i have my fav 3rd party apps for launcher, messaging, email and stuff so other then the dialer and contacts app witch is the best dialer/contacts combo I have come across. But it is about the same as the TouchWiz from Samsung or motoblur from Motorola.
[HTC Inspire 4G] stickbo:
lol yeah there are a few. My last phone was an inspire and I picked up a gs2 a couple of weeks ago. My battery life has over doubled using the same habits. moderate/light use I can get 2 days, I never ever thought that would be possible on an android. My gs2 has better battery life than my friggin iphone. I have allot of phones and the inspire might be the worst battery life of any of them, but I still love that *****. I actually traded one of my inspires for a focus, but wp7 has some serious growing up to do before I make the switch full time.

Not trying to **** on the inspire and not trying to sway your decision. The new htc looks crazy nice, but I have yet to use it so I have no comment. The things I will be looking at closely on it are cell reception, battery life, glass fit, and of course a usable speaker. Those issues caused me to leave htc, for the first time in a while I might add. Here's to hoping the new holiday is all that and a bag of chips.

If your just looking for an htc then I would say screw it and get the holiday, but if your not married to one brand I would go to the stores and use the phones. Read online in the forums about issues and complaints and pick the phone that best suites your likes and needs. buying on launch day is just gonna make you one of the guinea pigs, which is fine with some like myself.

In my opinion the gs2 is a better buy than the new skyrocket due to screen size and the cpu. I dont have lte here and would rather have the horsepower and smaller screen, 4.3" is plenty big especially at that resolution. The new atrix 2 looks pretty nice to, but I havent messed with it that much. THe new motopoop is much much lighter than the last. And unlike the first atrix, it doesnt lag like hell out of the box, gingerbread was a God send for the first one. Happy hunting :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] dough_boy:
My Inspire battery is pretty good. I charge it at night and go to work. I'm on WiFi all day at work and frequently check fb and other things. Even some YouTube or Pandora. When I get off I put it on my carcharger for the 15 min ride home and that's it till bedtime. Wasn't great though till I got advance task killer. I kill pretty much everything bout every hour or so now its pretty good.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmy the saint:
So I just bought a new car and was all excited to finally have a hands free system. I live in a place that requires them.

Of course, my Epic4G (ACS 1.1.1) craps all over itself after the first phone call ends. I get high battery usage, slow phone, and the connection between the phone and my car is gone (even though neither device seems to realize this).

Anyway, my few hours of research has led me to the conclusion that it is the bluetooth stack on my phone, not the car, causing the problem.

Is there a ROM that swaps out the bluetooth stack with one that is functional? Is there a way for ME to do this? Should I just buy another phone?

Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] ratedr75:
Ok, did have my phone rooted but one of the ROM's on here managed to cause problems so installed one of the factory HTC ROM's to unroot it and put it back should I need to send it to HTC to fix.

So after putting the stock HTC ROM on when I enter recovery mode it is now teling me that the handset is locked (bootloader is presume) also the it is still showing S-OFF.

It is showing the following so if someone can explain to a noob how to re-root it that would be fantastic.

SHOOTER_U PUT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT - 1.49.0018

RADIO-10.14.9020.06_M

eMMC-boot

Oct 3 2011,15:03:01

Any help is really appreciated as there is some really cool looking ROM's that I would like to try.
[HTC EVO 3D] ratedr75:
So, over 80 views and no-one has an answer for this?!
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
Wow .. so originally you had an older hboot and used revolutionary to set s-off. Then you loaded a newer RUU which contained an hboot that was patched against revolutionary's s-off method.

Now you're on a newer hboot patched against revolutionary's s-off method, but you're still set s-off from previously using their method.

Don't see this situation very often. According to the theory, of how unrevoked set s-off and how I assume revolutionary is similar, you should still be s-off, as your bootloader shows, meaning your internal memory is NOT write protected.

In order to root your device, you should be able to fastboot flash a custom recovery. Boot into the custom recovery and load the normal superuser .zip or manually over adb push an su binary (I prefer aosp for developers) and chmod 4755 /system/bin/su . Both of those methods should give you root!

Hope that helps!
[HTC EVO 3D] ratedr75:
So if I install another ROM and try to goto recovery mode (which at the moment I am getting the triangle when I enter) I should be able to re-root this?
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
I've quoted my previous post to highlight the steps outlined. I never mentioned anything about another ROM.

If the theory holds, as it was true for unrevoked's method of s-off and some members of unrevoked are now part of AlphaRevX releasing the revolutionary tool, you only need to flash a custom recovery through fastboot or bootloader.

If you have adb setup, it would literally take you 10 seconds to issue the fastboot command and another 10 seconds to reboot into recovery to see if t worked.

Currently, when you boot into recovery and you see the triangle, that is the stock recovery. Sometimes on the stock recovery screen, if you want to activate the menu, pressing vol up + pwr *should* work in stock recovery but sometimes manf like HTC change this function in the version of recovery they distribute.

Once you use the command: fastboot flash recovery c:\android\cwm-recovery.img , you should be able to boot into recovery and see the custom recovery load.

If that method doesnt work, the other method to attempt is loading a PG86IMG.zip file on the root of the sdcard with the custom recovery inside the PG86IMG.zip. Upon booting into the bootloader, it should scan this file and ask to update. If you select yes to update, the bootloader should flash and you should have a custom recovery.

If neither of those two methods work, you'll likely have to use the HTC unlock method. But I think those methods should work as your device still shows S-OFF.

Good luck!
[HTC EVO 3D] ratedr75:
Have tried all your methods and various other ones.

None of them work at all, a lot of the people on here seem to think that eveyrone has their abilities.

I could get an ADB shell up, the CMD prompt didn't work either.

The phone is going in its box and i'd rather spend some money on a phone that is easier to work with a windows 7 laptop.
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
The issues you're experiencing are due to HTC's complex locking method to deter root access. There are many Android devices which come stock with no locking protection or must less sophisticated locking protection.

If you're not able to properly setup adb, then the PG86IMG.zip method should be more convenient for you. All you need to do is put a PG86IMG.zip file onto the root (main dir) of your sdcard and holding vol down + pwr (boot into the bootloader). From here, it will scan the PG86IMG.zip and prompt if you want to load. Choose yes and this will flash the custom recovery.

Once the custom recovery is loaded, you should be able to flash a rooted ROM from, flash superuser .zip file or adb push su binary to restore root.

HTC intentionally makes this process difficult and it is relatively more difficult than other Android devices. All the resources are here at your disposal but HTC requires a bit more work/effort/learning to accomplish what is easier on some other Android devices. Although, even the Google Nexus S requires using fastboot to unlock t he device.

Nobody wants to see anybody give up and abandon. Hope that helps!
[HTC EVO 3D] patrick92260:
for whatever reason on the evo 3D, fastboot commands for things like flashing a recovery don't seem to work even with s-off. You need to put the custom recovery in a zip and name it PG86IMG then flash it from the bootloader and it will work.

fyi you should always be able to run a stock RUU (even new ones) because Revolutionary for the evo 3D gave you actual radio s-off and not just fake s-off with a patched hboot which is how Revolutionary worked on most phones. radio s-off pretty much means your phone will never go back to s-on even with a stock RUU. that is why you were able to upgrade the hboot and still keep s-off.
[HTC EVO 3D] ratedr75:
Thanks for the help guys. I'm going to give this one last try before I got and invest in an xperia arc s.

Does anyone have a decent download for the PG86IMG.zip file?

Ill try this at lunch, if not its away it goes.
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
fastboot commands don't work on the EVO 3D? even for recovery?

I haven't seen this complaint on the Q&A board. Majority of users seem to have plenty of success using fastboot to flash kernels and custom recoveries. Although, majority of people posting on the Q&A board recently have the latest hboot and can only use HTC's unlock method. Perhaps this is only an issue on revolutionary s-off devices?

I went to google.com and typed in the phrase, "twrp PG86IMG.zip" and the second link looks to be the quickest to obtaining the file:

http://teamw.in/project/twrp/67

I have heard pretty decent reports of Sony being fairly support of developers and allowing their devices to be unlocked and rooted.

Good Luck!
[HTC EVO 3D] ratedr75:
Thanks guys. Again. Now would anyone be interested in purchasing the EVO 3D GSM sim free from myself?
[HTC EVO 3D] kag8:
hi I am in the same position as the OP, just got my phone 2nd hand..want to flash LeeDroids Rom, my phone is GSM version, please advise how to get custom recovery..thanks
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aloisius95:
Hey guys,, found this via google, can someone tell me if it is a working root?

addictivetips.com/mobile/root-xperia-arc-with-xperia-easy-rooting-toolkit-guide-zergrush/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alhena:
Is there any app that shows notes (or to-do items) in the status bar without an icon? I know there is one that does something like that, but with the icon.

I like to keep my status bar clean...

Thanks (:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.coinsoft.android.barshortcuts
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eikur:
Hi everyone,

First things first, sorry if this was covered somewhere else in the forums, I really didn't find this question anywhere so I "had" to post this. ;)

I got my Samsung GT-I9003 4GB a month ago, and everything was working perfectly until 3 days ago. It starts showing an "Internal SD card unexpectedly removed" error whenever the phone goes standby, then it forces me to terminate processes one after another, and finally it shuts down. I hadn't done any kind of ROM flashing nor rooting the device until the problems arose, so I don't know where the problem comes from.

I've tried to re-flash froyo 2.2.1 in my device, but the problem keeps showing up.

I found in this forums this thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1088474) covering the possibility of swapping both internal memory and external SD. It works great, but I still had problems with the "external SD card" being "unexpectedly removed"...

It crossed my mind if it was possible to modify the vold.fstab file further to only detect the external SD card as the internal memory and ignore the internal memory, as if it wasn't even on the phone. I don't know if that's even possible (since I don't know much about file systems nor Android), but I'd appreciate your thoughts on the matter.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vikaskulai:
same issue

Was having the exact same problem with a further twist, the issue occured almost every half an hour at office and very rarely at home. Tried a factory reset and also GB update via Kies. Problem was still present, so have given it to samsung service and the service rep informed me that it was most likely a motherboard issue.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pradeepadiga:
Recently one of my friends had the same issue. Samsung service center replaced the motheboard and the issue seems to be resolved.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dipu K:
Check this out to recover from a broken (but not fully broken) internal sd card ->http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30195720
[General Topics] JayMot:
Tried to reply in the appropriate thread here but can't as I'm a "noob" with <10 posts, so mods: please move this to there.

I flashed this mod last night. So far so good, except that after enabling volume controls=zoom and power button=take picture in the camera's advanced settings, these features don't work. I verified that my settings "took" and rebooted the phone. Still no zoom, and the power button just sleeps the screen.
[General Topics] orb3000:
Welcome to forums, when you reach to more useful posts you´ll be able to post there, meantime you may PM anyone over there for help
[General Questions and Answers] paolosagenes:
My xperia play current version: 4.0.1.A.0.283

Latest version: 4.0.2.A.0.42

Need help on updating my xperia play. The PC companion said that I have the latest version which is 4.0.1.A.0.283 but my GF's xperia play was able to upate to 4.0.2.A.0.42. anyone can help? thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Godhandfreedom:
i also need help with this i cant get past the prepare phone part
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] maxbrothersinc:
I'm currently running unnamed mod and having a glitchy browser whenever I visit a site with flash videos. For Ex: cinemassacre.co

Whenever I scroll down it bounces me back up. Then, I try clicking on one of the front page videos and it disappears. Could this be the addblocker thats on this ROM? If so, how can I disable it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fone_fanatic:
I'm on unnamed 1.0.4 and just went to that site and it ran fine. Was able to scroll down, up, zoom in/out, watched a couple embedded YouTube videos and everything ran smoothly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] appdroid:
Hey did you clear data for Browser? if not try that!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] maxbrothersinc:
I have tried rebooting and clearing the data browser. Heres my problem.

youtube.com/watch?v=E_DqChJ5OEY&feature=channel_video_title

1. The browser bounces back up

2. flash video disappears.

Sorry about the crappy video.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Murphy1888:
Hi guys i was looking at some threads and people were talking about Omega rooting etc...

i am unsure to what root i have and was wondering if there was any way to tell.

I followed this tutorial so if anybody knows could you please tell me,

http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s2/

thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Root is root no matter how you accomplished it, there are different ways of doing the same thing.
[HTC Sensation] wifesabitch:
I've searched around, tried QQPlayer, Kascend, Rock Player and Mobo and none of them can play the files properly. Either there is no sound or way too much lag.

Dice Player seems to be the only option out there, so since I'm a cheap bastard I want to see if there is a free alternative out there before I shell out the five bucks.
[HTC Sensation] execute_method:
Have you tried mplayer? It's the only way to go on a linux desktop. I'd venture to say it would do well on our phones.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1077188
[HTC Sensation] huwande1acruz:
Try daroo player in market.
[HTC Sensation] wifesabitch:
Just tried MX Video Player and Daroo...neither work.

on to mplayer.
[HTC Sensation] saladtoss:
Have you converted the files down to the res of the screen? Also for rockplayer you should try both the software and hardware decoding options before giving up :)
[HTC Sensation] mrboy:
hi..

follow this link to download free diceplayer.apk
[HTC Sensation] wifesabitch:
Nah, I hate converting videos. Use to do that when I had a PS3 a few years ago. Pain in the ass.

I did.

I played around with all of the settings in every player I tried.
[HTC Sensation] wifesabitch:
Really? Is it buried in that thread for Mobile Network settings?
[HTC Sensation] mrboy:
MOD EDIT: NO WAREZ
[HTC Sensation] bimzrus:
How about mobo pro its free and plays everything I throw at it
[HTC Sensation] philje123:
Tried a few and Diceplayer was the best in the end.

It supports HW acceleration and plays 720 videos really smooth.

Phil
[HTC Sensation] wifesabitch:
Tried it, doesn't work.

Yup, the only that works for me. I'm just going to stop being cheap and shell out the $5.

I can't believe it's this difficult to get .mkv support. It's 2011, who uses .avi or .mpg anymore? EVERYTHING you download in high def is an .mkv Playing these files should be like being able to play an .mp3
[HTC Sensation] neo-rg:
Have you tried MX Video Player, there is a trial version available

that has ads, but I liked it so much I paid for it. I have managed

to get it to play 1080 mkv, it supports dual core decoding...
[HTC Sensation] gol_n_dal:
Wow, hadn't heard of .mkv. It looks good though, I need to investigate further. I guess there are many conflicting commercial aspects to it. A bit like FreeBSD/Linux in their early days vs AIX/SunOS/HPUX.....
[HTC Sensation] wifesabitch:
.mkv seems to be the standard with HD videos. I don't download anything unless it's 720p+ and every uploader chooses .mkv
[HTC Sensation] KCuadrado:
Yeah, that's what I was going to say. Try it out, it's free and great.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tripp-phpBB:
So, lately I've noticed that my Evo seems to have a really weak wifi signal. My router is only about ~15 feet from my room and most of the time it can't pick it up. I have to practically stand in front of it to get it to connect. I was also at a friends house where his PS3 was connected but my phone wouldn't even pick up the network.

The weird thing is that this is my second Evo. My first Evo could connect from my room fine without any problems as far as I can remember so I don't see why this one can't do the same. Possible hardware problem?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steven 1:
Are you using a stock ROM ? Custom kernel ? What type of router are you using (and your friends)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tripp-phpBB:
I'm using the senseless version of MikG's 2.1+3.0 ROM. Have always ran his ROMs and have always worked great for me. Running ChopSuey as the kernal but before when I still had stock, I noticed the same problem. Also, I have a Netgear Wireless Router. Not sure what kind my friend has.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steven 1:
I would have thought that the kernel wasn't supporting wireless n but I'm pretty sure chop suey does. Go under settings>wireless network>WiFi go to advanced settings and check "best WiFi performance" might be the culprit ? If not then I would suggest a different ROM
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sup3rn0th1ng:
I have had the same problem. Have been using the same rom and kernel for 3 weeks-a month issue started happening last Wednesday or Thursday. I literally need to be in the same room with my router...n can't get on open wifi. I have flashed diff roms n kernels. Reset my router and wiped my cache dalvik multiple times still barely working. If I am 15' away from router I have no signal or 1 bar. My ipod connects without a problem as well as my gf's EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goobertime:
I have had a similar issue, right when I connect to my router I have great connection but then about 5 minutes later my connection bars slowly go down until it disconnects? And that's having my phone in the same spot the entire time...

Sent from my Synergized Evo 4g
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sup3rn0th1ng:
I have contacted HTC and Sprint regarding this issue. Sprint was not helpful at all, they stated they do not have any reported issues. I was using the Sprint chat so they suggested I call their technicial support team. I will try this after work. HTC ask me to do a factory restore, but that does not work either.

Anyone have any suggestions?