yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
But wouldnt rooting the device bar me from updating to ICS officially from Google ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frutelaken:
Yes but there will be ICS ROMs released here that you can install :)

Stock Android is actually pretty good and very stable. But if you want to toy around, just go ahead and have fun with the great ROMs we have available now.

Greetz
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Esteway.619:
U can also flash back to stock when ics comes out and update officially and reroot and your good :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwyman:
Heck I had my phone rooted and trying new roms the day I got it and I just got mine Monday when I seen that best buy had them free.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
Is this a good tutorial on rooting Nexus S ?

www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=EA6DlAqYUeo

Can i follow it to root my phone or should i follow some other guide ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwyman:
That is the one I used...how ever I would suggest getting a 5.0.2.0 recovery image as the one in the file that goes with that video is an older version...it will still work though.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
Where will i get the 5.0.2.0 recovery image from ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
Which ROM or Kernel did you try out ?

How about using Rom Manager by ClockworkMod?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
Which program to use for backing up Data (contacts, messages etc) before Rooting the device ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromthestars:
off topic, but since you asked about backing up contacts im sure this could help. Go to your contacts, and choose the option to back them all up to SD card. After that, choose to delete all your contacts from your phone, then restore the backup from SD, but choose to restore them as gmail contacts instead of to your phone. This way when you sync your gmail account your contacts will just repopulate. Very handy when flashing new roms ect
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
i backed up my contacts, but i dont see any option for deleting all my contacts.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromthestars:
Menu

Settings

Applications

Manager Applications

Contacts

Clear Data

This will clear all contacts.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
When i import "IMport from USB Storage", it does not ask me to import as Gmail Contacts.

How do i do that ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arifhn:
For me,

I will import my contacts in gmail (via browser in pc) so i can manage easily,edit,create group, etc..

and finally sync it all to phone.

That was i done when i use android for the first time.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
How about use Titanium Backup root program for backing up ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arifhn:
You need root to using Titanium backup and ussually its use to backup apps. I never use it to backup contacts.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
I think for my 1st ever ROM, ill go with Bugless Beast.

Still have to find a program to backup all my contacts, messages etc. for Stock Nexus S.

Can anyone suggest any ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwyman:
My backup pro can back all that stuff up.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
I dont see backup pro in the list of available apps at market

https://market.android.com/search?q=backup+pro&so=1&c=apps

Which program should i use on Stock Root to first backup everything, before rooting etc.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
Should i use ROM Manager or ROM Toolbox ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwyman:
here it is. https://market.android.com/details?...mNvbS5yZXJ3YXJlLmFuZHJvaWQuTXlCYWNrdXBQcm8iXQ..

apparently mybackup is one word. there is also a free version but i dont remember what the difference was between the 2. I usually try the free version first and if I like it I will switch to the paid one to support the developer. it will also back up your apps if you want it to however I always perfered titanium back up for my apps as I feel it does a better job of keeping the apps connected to the market were as mybackup doesn't.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathanson666:
Try NSCollab. It's amazing with the latest franco.kernel.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
I plan on going with Bugless Beast, its got great reviews. So thats on the top of the list followed by Matrix and NSCollab.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redeyz:
i tried CM7 first [7.1.0.1] and the sleep death made me crazy after just one night. been using Bugless Beast 18 and 19 and they're unbelievable stable. Pete's a bloody whiz!

i purchased Titanium Backup and it has worked flawlessly to restore my apps/data from switching to 19 from 18. definitely a decent route to go. =)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dotlab:
Hi everyone

Got my i9023 before two weeks and upgrading from i7500 was almost a new world :D I was using stock rom for 3 days and then decided to try roms posted here, so here is my opinion... I like extra features of CM based roms and tried a few of them but it seems that a couple of SODs made me turn to more AOSP based roms. I am currently using Carbon CO2 1.1 + latest franco.kernel (cfs) combo and no more SODs, freezes or reboots, everything is stable since I really don't wanna worry about alarms :rolleyes: This rom actually has some tweaks from CM like battery percentage, status bar tweaks and power off menu so that's great for me. Using it at 400/1000@stock voltages because my device won't cooperate much with undervolting but it's snappy and responsive (quadrant 3500), much better experience than stock rom and I'm sticking with it until ICS comes to our devices.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibn Saeed:
Welcome to rooting : )

I also tried bugless beast with GLaDOS kernel, then francos and then went with KelLMSKing MIUI ROM.

Give KelLMSKing MIUI a try, its very fast.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike216:
+1 on this nscollab is great! !

Sent from my I9020T NSCOLLAB + FRANCO'S 08 BEAST LIVEOC 108
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dotlab:
Thanks :)

I tried KM MIUI few days ago and it has great features but I much more prefer android UI style, wanted stockish look with that little useful CM parts and found that in Carbon, also read positive comments on Bugless Beast and flashed it but I missed that CM stuff so Carbon is a keeper for now :)
[Acer Iconia A500] hydralistor:
If I don't have a hulu plus account, can I still watch hulu on a500?
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
They do have a free trial. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Neoprimal:
Nope, unless there's some way to get around it and watch it through the browser or something faking a browser.

Hulu on anything other than computers requires Hulu+, afaik.

Also there's currently no legit' Hulu app for the A500.
[Motorola Atrix 2] votinh:
I'm currently looking for a new Android phone, bouncing between Samsung SGS2 and the Atrix2.

Having a few questions about the A2.

1. After searching/reading, it looks like the A2 can be rooted for full access. So what is the advantage of unlock the bootloader? What is it good for?

2. Can we install a custom ROM on the A2, for example, a CM7 ROM (I don't even know that CM7 team actually has the ROM for this device or not, but they seem to have one for SGS2)?

Thanks all
[Motorola Atrix 2] lilhaiti:
Answers to your questions:

1. The advantage of unlocking the bootloader is that you gain the ability to flash ROM images and update.zip's (which can include many different mods). It does this by giving you the ability to load a custom recovery which is used to flash ROM's and updates, backup and restore your entire file system, clear the file system, and tons of other functionality depending on the custom recovery available for the phone.

2. Right now the A2 does not have an unlocked bootloader and there have been no ROM's made for it yet. If flashing is priority one, you might want to go with an SGSII since it has everything you need NOW. If you are patient, you can go with the A2 and wait for the blessings to come.
[Motorola Atrix 2] votinh:
Clear!

Big thank for your quick reply lilhaiti.

So, up to now, after rooting, can we install different launcher (if not wanting the default GUI by Motorola, is it called Blur or something?)
[Motorola Atrix 2] Pirateghost:
you can install different launchers without rooting.....go to the market and install one....
[Motorola Atrix 2] cheetablaze:
I'm a big fan of Go Launcher EX. That stock Moto launcher is not very impressive.
[Motorola Atrix 2] votinh:
Good to know, thanks ghost.

Just need a clarification, I am a B&N NC owner, by default B&N stock ROM has limited the apps and that's the reason why we root it to gain full access on the Android Market. Is the same theory applied for the A2?

Other meaning, what will I miss if I don't root the A2?
[Motorola Atrix 2] Pirateghost:
The NC isn't even in the same class of devices. You have access to most of the market on a phone. If you have to ask what the benefit is of rooting, then you don't need it. Most all the bloatware is user uninstallable out of the box.

Sent from my MB865
[Motorola Atrix 2] votinh:
Oh, so why do need to root? What's the benefit of it if we can fully access to Android Market for apps and bloatwares can be uninstalled right out the box?

Thanks again.
[Motorola Atrix 2] koriflame:
Did they change something with the bootloader? On the backflip, noone ever touched the bootloader. it's always been locked/fastboot disabled. Yet it has several roms and recoveries?
[Motorola Atrix 2] Clovett:
Thanks, just what I was looking for
[Motorola Atrix 2] Pirateghost:
root gives us access to the /system and to functions and features that are previously hidden from stock usage.

like i said, if you have to ask, WHY we would want/need root, then you dont need it. ;) nothing mean, just that so many people go off thinking they have to root like its going to open up a magical door and make the phone self-aware. its just giving you access to stuff you normally dont have access to. this is good for people that know what they are doing, and bad for people that have no clue what root means.

while this may be true, we dont have any recoveries available yet. there are ways around a bootloader, but we have not gotten to that point yet. the phone is too new, and not enough dev support yet. i am working on a rom, and can make it a pseudo-rom like we had on the OG Atrix, but we need a way to get back to stock in case of a mishap first....
[Motorola Atrix 2] votinh:
Thanks again, ghost.

I've been ripping my NC apart but I tend not to mess around with the phone. :)
[Motorola Atrix 2] ghettopops:
Actually PG, not everyone is aware of the pennies and apps that open up with a root. I am sure almost everyone can benefit from more apps :)
[Motorola Atrix 2] Clovett:
Unfortunatly Go Launcher has a problem with notifications of Gmail (which I knew when I loaded it). That's not an issue I don't use Gmail

However I do use my alarms and it appears it stops almost all, if not all, notifications. I love the menus and how it works but I'm doing a factory reset. If we had not used a second alarm this morning my wife might have beat me to death with the Atrix 2 this morning.

I still have not rooted the phone so no titanium backup, it's downloading time
[Motorola Atrix 2] Pirateghost:
I have never seen go launcher remove notifications. Sounds like you got something else going on.

Sent from my MB865
[Motorola Atrix 2] mtnlion:
I don't have those issues with go launcher.

Sent from my MB865
[Motorola Atrix 2] Clovett:
Hmnnnn.........

I reset the phone, loaded all the apps I wanted to keep and then put Go Launcher EX back on. Problem solved

I'm thinking that during my slew of loading and trying out apps, like a kid in a candy store, I loaded a data manager that allowed me to set kills on apps. I believe in my zeal I set the alarm to be shut down 2 min after the phone gets sleepy.

Thanks again guys, I really like go launcher and now have go manager too
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] MA7MOD_GSM:
i try change rom by worng file now stock in boot loader

ATHE100

IPL-V2.02

ATHE100

SPL-V3.05.0000
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Hab1bi:
flash again with official rom for HTC Athena >> http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=windows%20mobile&model=Athena
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] MA7MOD_GSM:
try many official rom but error invalid vender id and model id

pls how i know my device CID
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Hakim Rahman:
doing set 32 command in mtty console !

in response you will see g_cKeyCardSecurityLevel = 00 or

g_cKeyCardSecurityLevel = FF

00 - is unlocked

FF - locked
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] MA7MOD_GSM:
in response you will see g_cKeyCardSecurityLevel = 00 or

g_cKeyCardSecurityLevel = FF

i know cid locked but i need to know what orignal rom for my device

there any method to know CID MODEL FOR ATHENA

thanks
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Hakim Rahman:
Operating System that is embedded from the manufacturer are WM 5.0
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] khaddem:
I have a bb9700 and my wife has the htc sensation and galaxy vibrant. We are interested in buying the SG2 and wanted to know what would be the best options and apps to use to print wirelessly from the phone to our printer (canon). Also My wife uses the Blueant bluetooth headset and has issues with the htc sensation. Has anybody used this particular headset with this phone and can share their experience?

Can someone help with finding ways to activate the notification light on the tmobile SG2 just like the Sprint one?

Should i uprade my SD card to avoid lag when opening the gallery on the phone? I still have my 16 gig from my HTC Hd2 (when it came out).

I plan on using amazon cloud service for multimedia (movie, music, videos, pictures), can someone share if it is worth it?

Does google video chat works with this device?

My wife and i speak english and have a french accent, will this be a problem when using the voice feature on this phone? is it possible to change the language from english to french for the voice feature?

Sounds like a lot of questions but i will appreciate your help since i need these questions answered before buying this phone.

I played with the device in the store but could not modify the phone to test my needs.

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
printing

i use this one

Samsung MobilePrint

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sec.print.mobileprint

i have a networked Samsung Colour Lazer printer, so it's easy for me to send the print job there from the Office Apps or photos in the phone

i know HP also have their own software

HP ePrint Home & Biz

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hp.android.print

but there are 3rd party printer apps for Android as well if you check on market

I'll be surprised if Canon doesn't have one, they will soon, else they'll be losing business to the other guys ;)

NVM found it...

Canon Easy-PhotoPrint

https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.canon.bsd.android.aepp.activity
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
language

...man... it would have been easier to have each of those questions in a separate topic

re: accent, yes you can change the language, and it will detect it better

chance the phone language to match your strongest tone

in my case i use it mostly in Spanish, although most apps and games are 80% english only

at least the OS is smart enough to understand voice commands in Spanish, grab dictation and stuff properly

set your keyboard to be French in your case, to match the OS language to French

Vlingo has language option as well
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
sd card

lag from the photo gallery are not very influenced by the SD card

obviously the faster the SD card the better for data transfer

but the photo gallery keeps cached thumbnails, so if it lags, it will only be the first time when it builds up the thumbnails cache on your first run, or for the new pictures taken
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] khaddem:
AllGamer,

thank you so much for your answers. Sorry for piling all my concerns in one question.

Can you tell me about how i can activate the notification light on the phone just like htc and blackberry have on their phones? I have been spoiled by that feature and i am eager to find how to make it work (if possible).
[HTC Titan] Erik Latranyi:
ProclipUSA (my favorite car mount) now has holders for the HTC Titan.

They list both the HTC Titan and the HTC Titan (AT&T) even though it is the same part number.

I have used their products for all my phones all the way back to the Cingular 8125 and they are the best I have ever found.

Link here: http://www.proclipusa.com/default.a...d=&parent_category=4&d_pcat=13722&d_cat=18800
[HTC Titan] damian.s:
UK have cheap mount kits

I just purchased a complete car kit from phones 4 u in the UK £9.99 it included 12v car phone charger,windscreen holder, 3.5mm phono cable all work and fitted well:)
[HTC Titan] N!njaDuck:
I did not buy this specific one, but something like it. The width is adjustable and worked perfect for the Titan.

I would verify with the seller before buying as I do not see the one I bought listed any longer.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Foc...514409?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27c139c9a9
[HTC Titan] ROCOAFZ:
I have one of these that i bought off of amazon

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ARKON-Car-W...958671?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1e698e658f

It's freaken awesome. It comes with 2 extenders that you have to put on for the titan. To release, you just push downward with the phone. Your charger doesn't get wrapped up in this one either.
[HTC Titan] tjy:
I’ve been very interested in this kit (ProClip). Can you tell me if, once the phone is secured in the holder, is the phone easily rotated while still keeping the tilt adjustment tight? I guess I am asking if the tilt and rotate are adjusted independently? Given that MS has yet to implement the landscape views of many of the media interfaces, I find myself having to frequently having to rotate between landscape and portrait.

how are you dealing with audio cabling?

TIA, T.J.
[HTC Titan] fallenmonk:
sounds a good deal. I'm going to pop in on them. Using my hd2 holder at mo.
[HTC Titan] Erik Latranyi:
ProClip USA

My Titan mount is arriving today. All the ProClip holders I have used were great for tilt and rotate. I even had one for my Tilt2 where you could go landscape and open the keyboard.

It is a superior product in every way. Also, it is very secure in the car and the locations are great for driving and looking at the screen at the same time.
[HTC Titan] alphaacres:
Anybody have the HTC car mount?

http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=222078

This advanced car cradle features the function of inserting the device auto launches the car panel and Bluetooth.

Is there an app for this?
[HTC Titan] Erik Latranyi:
ProClip USA Car Mount

I installed my ProClip car mount in my Jeep for use with my Titan.

It is as great as all the other ProClip mounts I have owned over the years!

You can tilt and rotate the phone and use your car charger as well.

These are the superior mounts.

If anyone is interested, I can post pics.
[HTC Titan] cajuncartfan:
Can you still use the headphone jack? I just got my Titan and I like to play music through my stereo in my truck.
[HTC Titan] tjy:
Some pics would be awesome. Does the kit found here also come with the window suction piece?

ProClip HTC Titan
[HTC Titan] Erik Latranyi:
Yes, the headphone jack is still accessible while in the holder.

It does not use a suction cup mount.....the mount attaches to the vehicle dash board, but the installation does not require drilling or anything like that. It is not permanent and can be removed from the vehicle.

The important thing to remember is when using a ProClip system, the vehicle mount is specific to your vehicle and the holder is specific to your phone. However, I have not found a strong, better mount if you use your phone in the car frequently.

You can rotate and tilt the holder as you see fit. In the last picture you can see how it attaches and I have it tilted far forward.
[HTC Titan] ktdan1:
I am in same boat you are, What software are they talking about, "Car Panel". Is this going to be added to the add hub, HTC section. Has any one seen a sample of it?

thanks
[HTC Titan] Erik Latranyi:
Car Panel is something HTC offers on their Android phones.

For WP, I'm wondering if "Car Panel" is the same as "Dock Mode".
[HTC Titan] alphaacres:
Well got my HTC Titan car upgrade kit today CU S600 can not get the car panel to work downloaded loaded HTC locations app like it says to do and nothing happened when I used it followed the instrucions ? see pictures
[HTC Titan] ktdan1:
I wonder if there is anupdate coming, when you check the Andriod version is looks nothing like the the location app. No that WP7 doesnt have big icons (hubs), Adroid does not.
[HTC Titan] Erik Latranyi:
I'm pretty sure those instructions are for an HTC Android phone.
[HTC Titan] dlwilson_king:
Getting mine today will let you all know when i get home from work :)
[HTC Titan] MaruFas:
I have just bought this car kit too and there is no auto launch of car panel too. It is written in the manual that NaviPanel automatically opens when your phone is docked on the cradle of the car holder. But, it seems that NaviPanel is for android phone's only.
[HTC Titan] alphaacres:
The car panel works in the new Locations version 2.1 (build2213.18230) phone can not be dormant or in lock screen to use.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] fxzy:
I want to ask the moderator for my serveral concern.

1. What is the criteria for being a forum on top or to be list in compact view? Is it about the number of post? No. The number of posts in our android development part is great in number, even more than the phone I am using now HTC sensation and no need to say about galaxy mini ,ace or moto atrix.

2. Is it about the number of Roms? surely not also! We have quite a number of ROMs although most of them are edited from stock ROM, but the number of developers are also quite enough for being a phone on top . The number of themes, mods, tweaks are so many as well.

3. Is it concern about the update frequency ? Again it is a mistake .our forum update frequency is on the top level. About 100 new posts appeared everyday. Is that an enormous number? Not quite, comparing with galaxy s2. But I think it is quite a number comparing with other phones like HTC Evo3d or Samsung galaxy captivate.

4. Is the phone not popular enough? No! Our phone is one of the most popular phone in Asia. With cheap price and relatively high spec, the number of user is still increasing. As I know in China and my city Hong Kong, the number of user of i9003 is more than I9000!

5. Slow official update, no CM, no miui, I9003 don't deserve a place on top.

Well maybe we don't have miui is a fact. But we can see that the speed for Samsung to update the firmware about our phone is suddenly in an incredible speed. So slow official update is not a matter. Many phone on top page even loses the promise to update to gingerbread from their manufacturer! Is that a reason don't let us to be on top? Our cyanogenmod is now developing! Maybe our cm developing stage is slow but at least we are doing! Is that reasonable ?

I hope the moderator can gave the answer to us as soon as possible. I hope the mods can provide us a schedule about what is the criteria and when can we be on top.

I know I am no longer an I9003 user. But I am still a member of the community, the business of I9003, is the business of mine!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
superb buddy...same thing was going in my mind from so many days...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] wardfan220:
I'm not sure, let me me see what I can find out.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] fxzy:
I think our community is now mature enough and we should take action now to request the moderator to promote us to a new position.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] akashsgpgi:
+1

same ques

now its up to the cool n everhelping xda mods to ans:D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kkrraazzyy:
agreeing with you fxzy