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[T-Mobile LG G2x] lotherius:
Of course.

I've NEVER seen google restore any of my data. Not one iota. I don't think the feature was there when I had the G1 or MyTouch 3G. On my Vibrant, I always ticked the box hoping I'd at least get my wifi passwords, but alas no.

Titanium backup works fine, as long as you don't try to migrate system data. I've NEVER had an issue with it. I even do move data for News and Weather app which "counts" as system data, as well as Wifi passwords, because I have way too danged many of them NOT to move it. As far as moving user apps/data, have never had any issues other than market items not attaching properly.

Maybe. I was having screen of death using MIUI, and when I switched back to an LG build it went away.

CERTAINLY. This is the biggest issue. Undervolted kernels, overclocked kernels, etc. When I had my Vibrant, it couldn't handle even the slightest hint of an overclock without issues. And, of course, the issues wouldn't show up right away, so it was easy to hope it wasn't due to the overclock. But it was. It could undervolt all day long, however. Other phones of the same make were just the opposite. Dunno about the G2X, but that's why manufacturers set things as conservatively as they do -- to take into account the variances in the manufacturing process. Those variances can be a benefit to the crafty, but you can never DEPEND on it to not introduce instability.

I'm curious how many of those with ongoing issues are running the old baseband. I have the July baseband, and always have as I just bought my phone. But if someone who was rooted before the official LG update never got the baseband update, that could be an issue.

Still learning the G2X ecosystem. A few differences from the Vibrant, and a much quieter forum overall. Strangely for a US only released phone, lots of posters from outside the US. Not sure why?

Some of the repeated "over and over" questions have to do with lack of a good all-in-one FAQ I think. There's a thread that lists a few key threads, but some aren't on it, and some info just isn't presented super clearly. No offense to Mr. Clown (the moderator that maintains the FAQ thread), but there's just a lot of info you can't get from that thread that really should be there. For the "one and only, don't ask" sticky, it's not the best. How could it be, when the moderator that maintains it doesn't even have a G2X? It's merely a list of links suggested by forum members, and there's no experience shared there that's helpful to newbies.

There's not even an XDA wiki on this phone that I can find... Maybe that would help -- I might be talked into contributing to that.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jboxer:
The majority of problems with the phone at launch were related to a badly programmed OS by LG. The GB update fixed almost all of the related problems. I have minimal screen bleed that can only be seen in a dark room. I can live with that.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] peshal:
Awesome Post, I bought my g2x the day it came april 20, 11 and i never had any problems posted in xda developers beside the backlit bleeding around the corners which is not really a big issue for me. It is really an awesome device. I use hdmi to watch my netflix movies or even to play games on my hdtv, everything performs flawlessly and the battery last a day in moderate use and 2 days in slight use. I think thats pretty good for a dual core smartphone. The only thing i am not happy is the support it got from lg. The gingerbread update took away awesome camera app and the signal bars didnt work according to the connectivity. I think the gingerbread build was incomplete. Waiting for the ICS on my g2x. I get a unexpected reboot probably once in 2 weeks or some which is mainly because of the extensive multitasking and lack of ram, i know 512 is not less however the hd games and livewallpapers consumes huge lot of ram. so those seldom unexpected reboot does make sense as i never switch off my divice. I think it is still an awesome device. The tegra really has some potential, you can play shadowgun to figure out the gpu capability of g2x.

+1 to the OP
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
@OP I agree with the principle behind what you said, but isn't that exaclty what this whole xda forum is about in the first place, users helping each other out? I'm not trying to put your idea down, but just saying its nothing new really. Maybe I misunderstood what you said and if so, then my apologies.

The problem you identified in #1 is exactly correct -- people don't read or don't understand what they read. They get ahead of themselves and start doing stuff to their phones without understanding the potential consequences if something goes wrong. Then they freak out and instead of searching for a solution to their own problem they just post a new thread saying "ZOMG!!!! Plz help!!! Plz!!!!!!!!!!!!" I've read several threads like that and then found the answer to their question literally 2 threads down.

Anyway, I'm starting to digress. You make a very good point and ideally people will read and follow. Sadly, and realistically, they wont.
[Defy General] ChristianFS1:
My sister (might) wanna install MIUI on her Motorola Defy. But if the camera doesn't work, it's a no-go. When we rooted her phone, suddenly the camera started acting weird, like it wouldn't show what the camera was pointed at (completely black screen, but it was capable of capturing the pictures anyway :D ) . And the video recording didn't work either. It didn't actually record video, but the audio was there. This was on the shipped, stock froyo rom.

If she installed MIUI on her phone, would the before-mentioned problems still be present? She doesn't care about not being able to capture 720p video,the only thing that matters to her is that it works. :)

A reply would be greatly appreciated.
[Defy General] maccboy2010:
Hiya christian iv got the green lens on standard froyo rom and my camera and video works great, have u tried wiping data and cache? Iv not tried miui rom but id like to no if people are having problems with camera or video on custom roms??

sent by my motorola defy xda app :-)
[Defy General] TJKV:
Miui based ROM wajkiui has great camera. Video recording also works perfectly, at 848*480 :) CM7 recently has been giving me problems with video recording, so I've switched to wajkiui.

Last time I saw miui official thread, there seemed to be a few bugs in it. Read the thread if you want miui only and not wajkiui...
[Defy General] hackergnome:
Just goto stock recovery n clear the cache...

Or use cust recovery to clear it...

Clearing the cache should fix it...
[Defy General] ryan8r:
MIUI and other AOSP roms work on both lenses without a problem.

Sent from Android 2.3.7
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[TG01 General] veoo:
Sorry to post T-01C question in TG01 forum. This Android phone is from NTT Docomo , and in China we use a cracked SIM sticker ( Mr SIM ) to cheat the network so as to make phone calls. But today I accidently chose the Radio Band GSM/UMTS as USA band, now I cannot switch it back and lost and network connection. I know you guys have been using T-01C’s Android Kernel to develop TG01’s Android Rom, could anyone give me some suggestion how to get the right Radio back? When the radio is on there is only one option US band to select; if radio is off, there are more options like AU , JAPAN band etc., but no matter which one I choose, just cannot set it successfully even the system is rooted.

T-01C have been updated in May from OS 2.1 to 2.2 while Radio from 5011.1906.50 to 5014.1906.11. Now I download the 2.2 ROM from official website and try to use T01C_SWUpdater01.apk to flash, it fails because I already use the latest OS.

Could anyone help me on this? Thanks for reading!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ptfdmedic:
Maybe you haven't noticed, but the stock camera.apk that comes with the Epic Touch is broken. You are given the option to create shortcuts within the camera app itself. These shortcut appear on the left side of the screen and give you access to features like, effects or resolution ect.

On the stock camera.apk, you can set up the shortcuts without any problems, however, these shortcuts son't survive a reboot of the phone. In fact, these preferences don't even survive switching back and forth between the camera and video camera.

This drives me crazy because I use my camera all the time for my blog and I hate having to set it up every time I launch the camera. So I decided to try and pull the camera.apk from the international Galaxy S 2. Low and behold it worked, perfectly.

Now, my preferences will even survive a reboot. This doesn't address the 1080p recording issue of cropping but I happy that I don't have to set up my camera settings, every time I use the camera.

This camera.apk is silenced, meaning that there is no "focus" beep.

I did theme the icon to match my ROM but that's it.

Just flash with CW and this will replace the current camera.apk. Be sure to back up your current version in case you desire to go back.

Enjoy...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Stock app works for me when switching betwwen pics and video
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ptfdmedic:
If you set up shortcut and then reboot your phone, what happens? The shortcuts are removed and you have place them again. They are supposed to stick.

This camera. apk addresses that isses
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ravizzle:
Does this one also use vol button to take pic? Like the starburst one...

Sent from my Galaxy S2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ptfdmedic:
I don't believe so. This is basically a stock camera app from the international Galaxy S2.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asbjörn:
This apk didn't install for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KLLSWITCH:
did you flash in CWM?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Reebooting is fine too

Maybe my camera app is special
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
Nice work, oddly enough mine do survive a reboot as well. Strange.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
http://db.tt/cB0VfOBm

My camera.apk and camera.odex

I dont know anyting about coding and stuff but i hope my files help

And i just realixed it could be because im odxed camera shortcuts work for me
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
Yeah this issue could be due to being odex.

Rob have u tried the pure stock camera apk?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ptfdmedic:
Are you referring to the odexed stock version?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
Completely stock version.

My camera doesnt have the issues u where reffering too. Using starburst
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Yup complete stock

Im on stock rom plus root and lost kernel

So stock camera app
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nacron:
Same here
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hayabusa1300cc:
Since this is from international, will my video record in PAL instead of NTSC hehe

Thanks for the fix

.: sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch :.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asbjörn:
Tried installing and it just ended up borking my camera
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lizzluv1:
ics?

hi i was wondering if you could get this to work on ics like ff18 or something because yours is the only one that has the save as flipped image option on it which i really need but it doesn't work on ics :(.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rujelus22:
My camera is working fine, switched between video and camera. then rebooted. The edits I made stayed just fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
Caulkin has created a Format all zip for the E4GT like we had with the OG Evo (Does not touch your sdcard(s))

1.Run zip file in recovery prior to flashing roms

2.Flash your favorite rom

3.Enjoy stress free no FC's goodness

Enjoy and Thanks Caulkin - make sure you guys thank him

*** All I am doing is posting the zip as it was sent to me. This zip is not anything I created***

**As always use at your own risk**
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
Very useful ...

Be Sure to thanks Calkulin guys ...

http://xdaforums.com/search.php?searchid=98589534

Click on a post and hit thanks :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
OG Evo guys know of him and how useful this will be but not sure the noobs are aware. I see quite a bit of views and no downloads. This is a must have in your download folder if you are a flash-a-holic....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
thanks. im at work so ill be downloading when i get home or when i feel the need to change roms. very useful tool back in the evo og days
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stangdriverdoug:
Saved in my folder! Extremely useful tool.

Samsung Galaxy S II
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] guidotemmink:
What does ut do? Use roms made dor other htc devices? Is tgere already an food ICS Port or rom?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stangdriverdoug:
Easy with the spelling fella:) when you flash this from recovery it wipes the data and caches.

Samsung Galaxy S II
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ewalk4866:
Thanks so much for posting this. It was the best format tool we had for the OG EVO. Its really nice to see us finally get it. Thanks Calkulin you rock
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
Quickly and reliably, I might add.

Perhaps CWM is all fixed, perhaps those problems were isolated to only the Evo4G version...but...I just cannot stop being suspicious of CWM ever since. Amon Ra FTW....though I can't wait for TWRP.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stangdriverdoug:
Agree %100

Samsung Galaxy S II
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vikramjatt11:
Awesome. Loved it on my OG EVO and glad i have it again :)

Only thing I need now is Amon RA, never had faith in CMW on my EVO and don't have faith in it now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
Added to my portfolio, thank you as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dchibro:
Sorry for the noobish question, but I never owned the EVO 4G so I'm not entirely certain what this does. So I'm guessing this eliminates the need to Format /system under mounts and storage, and wipe data in CWM prior to flashing a new ROM? What about the caches? Also, I guess you install this ZIP in CWM each time you want to do a wipe?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
Funny thing is I agree with you.... I always think something bad is going to happen with CWM...lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
Everything you are thinking is 100% correct
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dchibro:
Excellent, thank you. This now has it's own cozy little nook on my sd card.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] journeyman73:
So glad to see that Caulkin has made his way over to the Galaxy S II!

Can't wait to see the ROMs he starts cranking out!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
could someone please confirm that this eliminates the need to format /system manually?

I understand that it formats data/cache/dalvik cache, but as you know, if you don't actually format /system before flashing a rom on this phone, you are asking for trouble.

thank you
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
Grabbing this for when I do root to make things easier. Thanks for the post :)

---------- Post added at 01:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:53 PM ----------

from looking at the code yes it formats system. just to snip it out from the code itself

ui_print("FORMATTING System");
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
thanks man!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SayWhat10:
great zip file from a great dev ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Skorpion56:
CWM is the only recovery Ive ever used over 3 devices. (Samsung and HTC) As long as the proper steps are taken, I cant conceive how it causes harm, unless a fluke error occurred...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ezzie:
I used this and it bricked my device so hard even a jig won't bring it back. What in god's name could I have done wrong?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Were you in an unsafe recovery? It might have been what you flashed after using the wipe all. Such as a from with an unsafe binary. Or it could have been your kernel. What wee you using

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] habitformer:
How long ago and what exactly were you doing?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ezzie:
Last thing I did (friday morning) was click on the Format All zip, everything was looking good, left the room (big mistake) to brush my teeth I came back and nothing. solid blue battery light, nothing with vol up and power, vol down and power and I tried with 3 different batteries all lowest charge was 84% and nothing. I didn't even get a chance to flash a new rom. The only thing I can think of is that i'm pretty sure i ran it from my sd card.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] habitformer:
Flashing ics I'm guessing on what build?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ezzie:
I had gone onto cm-9-20120628-EXPERIMENTAL-epic4gtouch-alpha6 from stock and was using calks tool to then try out [ ROM ] Calkulin's E4GT v3.0 [ EL29 l Fast l Tweaked l Battery Saver Script ] but I never got that far. I've bricked plenty of times before, but never to the solid blue light, then had to wait 4 days for an "overnight" jig that didn't end up helping and now have to send the phone off to MI which will take god only knows how long before I'll get it back and my old phone isn't CDMA so they can't even port my number to that one for awhile. I'm sure the shaky hands and blurry vision will subside soon, right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
cool story? it wasnt from this format all zip lol.. many have used this zip since this phone came out with absolutely no issues.. i for one even use this to this day in flashing ics and even jb.. only time i ever bricked was from using an unsafe recovery.. calkulin is beast.

edit: come to think of it i was doing something similar.. flashed from a chris41g cwm kernel that turned out to be not safe.. you should have odined back to el26cwm.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Here's what I'm thinking you did wrong...

You were running an ICS rom and decided to flash this format all zip before flashing a new rom, which was designed for GB and not ICS, the zip called for the erase command and that is when you encountered the blue light brick.

This works perfectly fine for GINGERBREAD, not ICE CREAM SANDWICH.

WARNING TO ALL USERS OF THIS ZIP, DO NOT FLASH THIS WHILE USING AN ICS ROM/KERNEL.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
I used this at least 20 times for ics and had no issues what so ever.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
Multiply that by 10 and that will be about right for me.

Still using it. From day one we got first ICS leak I'm using this format all zip.

Some days I'm flashing it 10-12 times when I test my roms or kernels.

Never had any problems with it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
I have actually used this more times than I can count while flashing chris' experimental builds. Its using gingerbread code which is safe. Its not like ics gave us different partitions. Until someone tells me different I will still use it. As I feel safe with that than factory resetings.also when I use it I do it 3 times each time. I know its redundant. But I like to make sure its wiped properly.

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
it just upsets me when i see comments like this.. the zip was made with gb in mind and gb was always safe to wipe from.. what the op most likely did was flash it from an unsafe recovery and got the emmc brick.. the zip file has NOTHING to do with it at all.. why do people insist on saying calkulins format all zip is causing bricks when it simply works on all safe recoveries from gb to jb.. calkulin made a great zip that many people have used probably thousands of times all together and one person has a user error and doesnt read the op of the rom he was trying to flash from and uses an unsafe recovery and bricks his phone.. i bricked doing the same exact thing coming from ics to ics i used one of chris41gs unsafe recoveries which the date of the cm9 rom he was coming from was around the time his aosp kernels were said to not be safe and i used calks format all and it didnt even brick but didnt flash right so my idiot self wiped from the recovery and bricked.. because you bricked YOUR phone doesnt make it anyones fault but your own.. calkulins format all zip is completely safe on any kernel as long as you use a safe recovery.. so dont bash calkulin and try to tell people somehing that isnt even true.. you have kernel devs and probably every dev and flashaholic on this forum that use his zip religously with no issues at all.. if calk was here and i was him id be upset lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] agat63:
While I back up statement above 100% I would like to add that Calkulins' format all zip is save to use in any recovery.

Little explanation for those who doesn't know the how process of flashing zip works.

To put it in simple terms this is what happens when you flash zip files in recovery:

1. Recovery will find the zip and read it.

2. Extarct updaters-script to execute it.

3. Extract updater-binary for updater-script to use.

4. Updater script will be executed line by line.

5. Updater script will use updater-binary included in zip to execute it's commands.

As you can see from above zip file uses updater-binary included in it and not one from kernel/system/recovery.

Format all zip has been created with GB updater binaries and we didn't have EMMC bug in GB. The line that was causing bricks has been introduces in ICS source code.

Since updater binary doesn't have that specific line in code that was causing brick it is completely safe what makes the Format All zip safe no matter what OS/Build you running at the moment.

There might be other components and/or error that could cause brick but it won't be Format All zip by itself.

There are many possible combinations of rom/kernel/build/tweaks/scrips running on our phones based on user preferences and there is no way to test/check all possible combinations. But knowing how it works should give all of us peace of mind.

Understanding usually helps with our daily tasks and applications.

I hope this will help few others.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] s9amme:
BLA-DAOW!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Not completely accurate. I've used it before in ics. The difference was I used a recovery that was known to have the brick command deactivated. There's been a significant amount of discussion with the Russian roulette dangers of running cm or aokp or jb. They are alphas as far as I know and MANY people in the past who were brick victims, used those roms (which had unsafe recoveries) or were early adopters of pics and a stock recovery. The otas I think still have the bricking command left on so if someone were to do a full factory wipe reset, you might catch the chamber with the bullet in it and brick your phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ezzie:
Thanks for all of the info. I'm a calk fan from way back so I'm glad to hear no one else was reporting any issues with this. I can't wait to try his ROM when I get my phone back in a week or so.

Personally I'm leaning towards the brick occurring due to the fact that I may have clubbed baby seals in a past lifetime.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I did not brick using this, thanks for assuming that I did... I also never said anything to bash Calkulin.

The person that did brick was probably user error like you guys are saying. I personally have not used this with ICS after knowing about the bricks that were happening before the kernel was patched.

I honestly recommend using sfhub's factory reset from Odin... it's better to be safe than sorry.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Surj138:
Emmc "bug" strikes! That sucks, sorry.

I use Calkulin's format-all zip all the time... that is, after mobile odin'ing to el26 kernel/cwm. I know there are safe recoveries out there, but it literally takes me like, 10 seconds more, and I don't worry about a brick ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chris41g:
First off it was the zip, sort of... And sort of not.. Alpha 6 has multiple layers of protection. Patched ext4utils, and patched update binary injection. So that means, the zip was running exactly the same as going to the menu in recovery and hitting format, sorry to burst everyone's bubble.. That being said, you had to have triggered the brick another way.