yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cellzealot:
Official update.zip files are always named for the version they update FROM not TO, so that file is named properly according to the Motorola/VZW convention.

You cannot use this file if you have already updated to any version other than stock that included the boot image, radio or any of the other signed components.

This is what it means to have a locked encrypted bootloader...it is specifically designed and implemented to prevent reverting to previous versions of the firmware.

People really need to understand what they are messing with and be a lot more careful and a lot more wary before diving in with both feet but without a clue.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
my goal is to get the webtop back.. i did these steps last night before the edit about the webtop not working. otherwise i wouldn't of jumped in the water. i was able to get to .5.7.893. i guess what most are trying to achive is to get back or to .5.7.893.. i get it.. messing around with android is a blast.. even in rough times.. i just been trying to fix (or wait for a fix) all day.. time to hit the pillow..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] johnlgalt:
Well, I (earlier) updated to 5.5.893 --> 5.6.893 --> 5.7.893 using the other three files in the OP, then used the R3L3AS3DRoot method to revert to stock with 43v3r root and just now it took the full update file without a problem.

So, am I misinterpreting something?

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[Motorola Droid Bionic] jtpterp:
Download this http://min.us/muMnpTDrV and install it through clockwork then start from update 2 in the OP. Just worked for me, I am now on 5.7.893

---------- Post added at 06:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:53 AM ----------

So I'm assuming that since you originally upgraded step by step that you had lost webtop, now that SS shows it's back. Can you confirm that it's working?

I tried to do the full 886 --> 5.7.893 update and it failed, however I hadn't ever been on 5.7 so maybe that's why it was successful for you?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] johnlgalt:
I need a webhack of some sort ot get it working, I think....

Never used it so I haven't explored the hack. Any ideas?

/me runs to go find said hack
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
ohh i hope this works.. my phone is running the same commands successfully. i have a dock to see if webtop works.. waiting for reboot
[Motorola Droid Bionic] envizion58:
i thought r3l3as3d root takes u back to 5.5.893 stock. how did you apply the full update file when its for 5.5.886 => 5.7.893?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jtpterp:
I can confirm that if you step by step upgraded you can released fastboot back to 886 and flash the full update to get tour webtop back.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] 0mie:
Hellooooooo :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
lmao.. nice to see those big pics.. going to test in dock now.. loving it!!!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] envizion58:
well since i'm stuck in the middle, might as well try this. just to clarify flash up to 7.893 then use r3l3as3droot and use option 1? then flash the full ota?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jtpterp:
Yes flash all the way to. 7 revert back to 886 4ever ROOT then do the full upgrade to. 7
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kipnukmals:
Use Stock Recovery

Remember to use stock recovery mode, not boot strap or clockwork recovery when doing this easy update once you have downloaded all files to sd card.

I was trying to use bootstrap to get into recovery for the past 2 hours and nothing would work. Then i finally noticed the instruction say stock recovery. I only read these instructions about ten times before noticing this.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] droidrev71:
thanks

Thanks for the help guys.. glad that the fix came!!! success here
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jtpterp:
Not sure if you have a dock or not so i want to add the webtop hack works fine with the full 886>5.7.893 update.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] envizion58:
Ok i upgraded to 7.893 but i need some help with released 2.1. The first thing it ask is if my phone is not bootable. Do i go yes or no? Yes ask me if im ready to root. No ask me to go into fastboot. Which way do i go to go back to 886 so i can apply the full 7.893?

edit: wait i think i had the 2.0 instead. downloading 2.1 right now
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bgs_piece:
This might very well be a stupid question but if I am on 5.7.893 and webtop is not working, I can flash the webtop file in the OP and it should work? If so, doing this won't screw up any future updates will it?

Thanks in advance for any help!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jpen:
So im on 5.5.893... will that full update work for me or am i going to have to find 6.893 and 7.893...flash those...flash back to 5.886 then full update?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] envizion58:
success! 5.7.893 with webtop. thank you for the method!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Zei:
Ok just so I can be clear. Im on a custom rom...from my old days of flashing stock update.zip files was pretty much like a factory reset...so my question is...shouldn't I be able to just rename it to update.zip... boot into stock recovery and it should just overwrite everything. Im not looking for the webtop function just the software. Im on 5.5.893 but it is the blurry rom. Anyone who any idea before I jump off the deep end.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] forsaken82:
im wondering this also
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jtpterp:
If you are on 5.7 without webtop Use R3L3AS3D to flash back to stock 886. After that remember to 4 ever root then flash the full 886 to 5.7.893 update in the op. This should fiz your webtop.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jtpterp:
This took awhile for me to figure out last night. If you are on stock 5.5.893 try flashing the 2nd file reboot then the third file from stock recovery. After that use r3l3as3d to go back to. 886 and 4ever root. Then flash the full 886 to 5.7 update that is in the op.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Nismo6921:
how do I apply the 7.893 update through the stock recovery if I downloaded it to my phone...instead of using cheesecake?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jpen:
Do you have the 5.893 to 6.893 and the 6.893 to 7.893 zips? They have been taken down from the OP...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Nismo6921:
how?

How do I do this?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] gcutter:
I updated radio couple weeks ago to 6.893 now used R3L3as3dRoot v2.1 Option 1 and rooted and rebooted to Hold Volume Down + Power then choose Recovery Then both volume buttons then down to apply update from SDCard and used the new file from this morning Blur_Version.5.5.886.XT.... and getting an error Status 7 Installation aborted.

Any ideas anyway to tell what actually radio I am running?

Thanks
[Motorola Droid Bionic] forsaken82:
just clarifying , if we did the previous step up method we fastboot, flash 5.7, then flash the webtop cwm file? whats the difference in just flashing the cwm file over our current 5.7?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Zei:
The instructions are to open...we need a video because nothing is being cleared up

Only reason I say this is because this is because its too many steps that have been used and not used and or modified and given the faact there are so many ne ppl to the modding community, its real confusing for them. Only reason im asking questions is because MOTO are assholes for the locked bootloader so I dont wanna fry my device.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] johnlgalt:
The old instructions were:

Do the 5.5.893 update, then do the 5.6.893 update and finally do the 5.7.893 update.

This breaks webtop.

The new instructions are:

Use R3L3AS3DRoot to revert your phone back to stock 5.5.886 (your choice to be rooted or not)

Apply the 5.7.893 *FULL* update directly over your stock virgin 5.5.886

[Optional] apply the webtop hack if you want to use Webtop without the dock

And it doe not seem to matter if you already did the old version or not - I had performed the steps in the old instructions giving me broken webtop. I then used R3L3AS3DRoot to revert my phone ot 5.5.886 (taking a {small} chance but understanding that, in previous times, as long as your system files were <= (less than or equal to) whatever version the patch contains, the patch will continue on) I reverted using R3L3AS3DRoot and performed the full upgrade flawlessly.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lmsilver:
And this will work if we are on a non .886 radio (e.g. 5.5.893)?

Edit: looks like you edited your thread and confirm it will work even if you are on a non 886 radio. Thanks.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] johnlgalt:
The webtop 'file' is jsut a hack to get webtop to work without the actual multimedia dock - it is not a fix for webtop.

The FIX is to revert to 5.5.886 then use the 5.7.893 FULL update.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Nismo6921:
so my webtop version now says unavailable...umm what now?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] johnlgalt:
Look 3 posts up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Astla:
Somehow my hotmail account stopped working on stock email client. I removed the account from the client and then attempted to login again. It shows following message on numerous attempts: "The attempt to sign in failed due to an invalid User name, Password, or incorrect settings. Please check your username, password and settings on the web, and try again. (301)"

I have spent around 2 days to sort this thing out and has done googling to find any solution,:mad::mad: Appreciate the help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mesquire:
I don't have a solution for your email client, but there is an official Hotmail app. It works very well on my S2 and it has address book integration as well. Perhaps you could give it a try.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hotmail.Z7&hl=en
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Astla:
Hi dear, Thanks for advice. I did downloaded and tried on the app as suggested. Again I have following message:

"the attempt to sign in failed due to an invalid email address and/or password. please check your email address and password and try again (300)"

I pinch myself to make sure I am typing everything right. However on browser it works alright. Any suggestion:confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mesquire:
How complex is your password? Any chance you can try changing your hotmail password to something simpler temporarily as a test to see if it is indeed a password issue?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Astla:
Somehow a changed password did the trick. :):)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tylerdurden83:
I have the same issue, can you give me some info about your old ( ;) ) password? For example, how long was it? Did it have any special non-numerical char in it? Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Astla:
Old password was 13 letters long mix of upper and lower case letters with some numbers. no non-numerical char. :D :eek:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tylerdurden83:
At the risk of sounding like a stalker, how does the new one differ?

Mostly, is it shorter? Did the old one start with a number and the new one doesnt?

Mine is 20 chars long, has 2 "symbols", some numbers and it starts with a number. I'd really really like to find out where they cocked up with this
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Astla:
That (Bold) was the reason in my case.

Just a piece of information that hotmail does not take more than 16 letters/numbers/symbols etc as password. :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tylerdurden83:
Why is there this limit when authenticating from a mobile application, whichever that might be (the official app, the samsung email app, etc)?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Astla:
I am afraid hotmail officials are the right people to tell you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lojak29:
For the sake of bricking.. Is it neccessary to flash back to stock tar before trying rom zips over the pre rooted zedomax kernels.. I recall always soft bricking my vibrant when i tried to flash rom zips over anything besides stock rom and voodoo was always an issue.

ID like to try roms via cwm but im already on the pre rooted zedomaxepic v3 1.6 kernel.. which boots my phone as a gt i9100, ive already hard bricked this once not looking for a 2nd time
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stangdriverdoug:
Check the Zedomax thread.

Samsung Galaxy S II
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] No_Nickname90:
You said you always had issues? Did you ever do a wipe after you flashed a ROM? Like you either do a full data and cache wipe then flash, or right after you flash while still in recovery you wipe your data.

But to be honest, unless there is more now, there are only like 2 ROMs out right now. I don't think you should go for it. Unless you want to of course. Waiting for an AOSP ROM or ICS. :-D

Oh, and I'm not trying to promote the guy, I'm just so happy. I just got my bricked phone back from the guy at mobile tech videos. Unbricked for $50. Way better than paying $100
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lojak29:
I paid 0$ to get my bricked phone back ... Thats why i pay 8$ month for insurance... Repair center swapped me a new motherboard and never questioned itn..i just said i did a bad kies update on windows 7

64bit.. And it went haywire.. They couldnt get usb recognition with odin ..just like i couldnt so.. Swapped me a new motherboard in ten min...

Beats 50$ or a 100$ ..no return time and no wait ..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lojak29:
I meant i always had issues with tmo vibrant galaxy s .. When flashing rom zips in cwm...over a voodoo rom or trying to downgrade from 2.3 to 2.2 u brick cause u cant flash zips to downgrade without being on stock first.This was not the epic touch i was refering to in my 2nd question
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csquar3d:
Just flashed the cf-root kernel

Went into recovery...

Formatted phone, accidentally didnt click update.zip

I then rebooted my phone... and of course i cant boot into anything because i formatted the internal storage.

Can i access USB storage? and then my custom recovery?!?!?

(I can only access download mode!)

OR

Any way to flash a ROM onto my phone via ODIN or other software???

Im stressing out as i cannot get into recovery (only download mode) HELP!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ivan_Belarus:
I'm sorry, but I can't understand your question.

If you're able to enter in download mode then you have no problems. Run odin and flash any firmware as *.tar or *.tar.md5 file(s). And... What do you mean that you've formatted the phone? through recovery you can do: factory reset or format some partitions - nothing else. So if you have a CWM backup on sdcard you just have to flash any stock firmware via Odin. then you flash CF-Root kernel, then enter in CWM recovery and restore your backup. No worries :)

p.s. my salutation to Ozzie. I was over there many times :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csquar3d:
I have wiped all my data via the recovery, the phone wont boot.

i can get into recovery and download now.

i try to install CM7 via my recovery and i even tried to restore my stock backup it keeps saying .md5 fail operation aborted (or something), can you link me to a .tar file and how to use it?

Im guessing i just click PDA then select the .TAR file then click start when my phone is in download mode?

KF3 kernel too :/

Im so lost.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ivan_Belarus:
Ok, look at this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

You have to download any firmware you like, then you flash with 3-files: PDA, PHONE and CSC. you don't use PIT file with re-partition. Then in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399 you can find CF-Root kernel for your firmware revision and flash it as *.tar (PDA). That's all.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csquar3d:
Thankyou so much i have fixed my phone an installed cm7.1

i can now switch between stock and CM7 whenever I choose, thankyou very much kind sir!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moifman:
I was using OoVoo on my Froyo HTC Thunderdolt with zero problemos. Since getting the cojones to root and then switch OS to Cyanogen 2.3.7 Cyanogen Mod 7.1.1 Build GRJ90, I can't use the video feature in OoVoo. It won't give me the option to make a video call. No audio in the audio call mode. I can still text in OoVoo but that's about it. The video call button doesn't work. If I receive a video call, it says "receiving video" but it never completes the circuit! OoVoo claims they have network-updated Gingerbread Thunderdolts at their offices, three of them to be exact, and have zero problems using OoVoo on them.

Anyone have a similar problem? Or does anyone have a solution? Thanks . . .
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] spx2000:
is there a way to update only the baseband? I am BehradGH RC 2.2 and still runing old s5830xxkpe. I need to update to the newer baseband for 3G.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] doctorace92:
Yes.Just flash any modem from Lovetz's thread in Dev section.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CallMeVentus:
Just flash the baseband
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewdroid:
Is there any way to disable the power menu from coming up when you hold the power button to take photos in roms with the hacked camera?

I remember that with some of the Froyo roms that had the hacked camera, it was possible to shoot by holding the power key without the power menu popping up.

I know you don't *have* to hold the power button to take a shot, but if I release the button before it actually takes the shot, it ends up shaking the phone, and I have worse pictures.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
i started a thread on this months ago. i would love that feature too.

BUT DONT POST QUESTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT SECTION!

QUESTIONS GO IN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

also search first. find my thread and raise it from the dead.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Thread moved

What TRusselo said - do not post questions in Development, they belong here, in Q&A.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewdroid:
Oops. Can a moderator maybe move it where it's supposed to go?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Did you not see my post directly above yours? The thread was moved. It's best to read the thread thoroughly before posting, this is true no matter what your post might be ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] materoprodutions:
hello, I hope this is the right section.

I just installed switkey x keyboard and it works very well, I love it. I have only one problem. Sometimes I need to dictate an sms or an email using different languages and the voice input language changed based on the keyboard language. Since in the last version of swiftkey there is no language change (it automatically regognize the language when you type), I can't choose another language for the voice input...

hope somebody can help!
[Defy Android Development] xda9467:
Hey Guys!

I am on Froyo 2.2.2 TMobUK stock rom.

I want to install the best stock rom thats not above my official version (so I can easily revery back for warrany).

By best i mean fastest and most stable.

Is there a barebones stock rom and if so does it matter over a normal rom considering I will apply miui or cyano on top.

Any help would help.

Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] alex6969:
I've had my Epic Touch 4g for about 3 weeks now and I have noticed something outside the normal LoS threads I've seen lately. I only seem to get LoS when I flash kernels, mainly ones with CWM 4 or 5 or ones that are rooted.

The issue clears up as soon as I flash the stock EG30 rom. It's the same deal with either EG12 or EG30 modem.bin.

Not really looking for answers, I can wait a few weeks for you guys to work your magic. I just wanted to set a precedent with my own experiences.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gedster314:
I better hurry and comment before this one gets locked.

I've owned the phone for a little more then 2 weeks. I have had a total of 4 LOS events. 3 with a Zedomax kernel(all in the same day) and once with the latest lost kernel experimental. For the last week the lost kernel stable has had none. Can't comment on unrooted los because my phone was only stock for 15mins after unboxing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
haha yea my phone lasted 15 minutes as well from my boys house to mine..lol @OP I am not sure how much reading you do on here but I hear a whole lot of stories of people who get LOS and there phone has been untouched. I have a friend who has had the phone for a month or so and has only had 3 LOS but all from the same tower(phone rooted).

Don't try and figure it out, sit back and wait for an answer, return your phone if you like or sell it but unless you are a developer or know about phone software and you have a solution. I personally think we should refrain from making statements we are not 100% sure about. IMHO

NoT trying to be disrespectful but its a pretty touch subject in here and honestly you are like the millionth person to say the same thing in a new thread....lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
+1

10 char
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
As far as "here's my proof with evidence in anecdotal form" is concerned, that precedent has already been set.

The facts are this:

1.) Untouched stock units have had LOS (mine included).

2.) Samsung seems to have released incomplete source. What is missing (whether it is in the source or in tool-chain/build parameters) is unknown.

3.) Kernels built from said source seem to exacerbate the problem

4.) You can have root AND the stock (pulled) kernel.

5.) Root binaries and/or busybox do not cause LOS.

6.) rooted+stock kernel installs seem to have the same occurance of LOS as bone stock, uninformed alarmist anecdotes notwithstanding.

7.) This has been covered in over 9000 threads already. Please search in the future.

8.) Samsung and Sprint are aware of the issue (in stock phones) and are issuing inconvenience credits if pressed and are supposedly working on a firmware to fix the issue.

Please pass this information on to the next student of science who presents his "proof" of this "discovery", as there will likely be more.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
Now how do you like them apples ......my boys wicked smart .....

Good will hunting

But seriously please search and find the previous 50 threads that say the same uninformed thing ... If it was only a root thing would Samsung be fixing it ..... Hell no
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blacksuntzu:
I have had my phone since launch day and have only had LOS one time when it tried to go into roaming and never got back a signal. That was shortly after I rooted with a stock kernal. I have not had LOS since but I have never flashed a custom kernal or ROM. The phone has been mostly trouble free.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire118:
Where did you find the EG30 modem bin?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Skorpion56:
Ditto. WTF SamSprint?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkasick:
I looked into this more late last week. The kernel source is complete. I'm not certain that it's unmodified, but I'm no longer certain it's modified either. The majority of the difference between EG30 and source-built kernels is a bunch of debugging options that Samsung left enabled in the kernel defconfig--options that alter the core behavior of the kernel enough to plausibly exacerbate a code bug.

I posted a source-built kernel that's as close to stock EG30 as possible, but I've not gotten any feedback on it. Does someone dare to try?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
Thanks for the informative post.

I've been on Starburst+LoSTkernel for almost a week now with no problems. Before that I was strictly a pulled-stock kinda guy given my experiences. But I'll give that a shot and let you know. I get very infrequent LoS with stock kernel, though they do happen once every 2-3 weeks...usually a few times that one day. So, in a few days of very routine use (location/tower/times always the same, to a tee) I'll have a pretty good idea, assuming randomness doesn't factor into it as much as it could.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
I've been using it since I posted my last reply last night. No more LOS than stock so far...and typically with the Samsung-source compiled kernels I've used I would have seen at least one by now.

I do get reboots after I get some texts, but, every other kernel (even stock) was doing this...I think it's the ROM...so, don't even worry about that. Later I'll nandroid back to my original stock install and flash this kernel on top and report back.