yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] thre3aces:
Touchwiz is more like a custom ROM. Lightweight,fast, smooth, no bloatware and full of tweaks for performance and benchmarking.

Sense on the otherhand is more like a retail ROM. Stuffed with features to satisfy everyone. But it has a lot of blowtwarE. UI is smooth but not as smooth as touchwiz.

Think of it this way. Touchwiz is like windows xp. Fast light but lacks special features.

Sense 3.0 is like windows vista. Drastic UI change but disappointingly slow.

Sense 3.5 is like windows 7. Good UI and fast.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndau:
Hi,

A few weeks ago i purchased the Optus Samsung S2 and its been alot of fun. I had a friend install CM 7 on there and I have since come to the realisation i gained nothing really from it? I was wondering if its possible to go back to my original rom.. or if possible a stock rom without the optus branding?

I did a search how ever there didn't seem to be any decent answers...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flafla:
i think this thread will solve all your problems of flashing stock without bloatware :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

afaik the Optus samsung gs2 isn't any different in terms of hardware so you shuold be able to flash the stock roms from the above link

good luckl!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndau:
Interesting thread,

There appears to be no option anywhere for AUS?

My current info:

Andriod 2.3.3

Baseband: XXK13

Kernal: 2.6.35.7-01045-g551a073-dirtycodeworkx@cyanogenmod #4

Build Number: GINGERBREAD.XWKG1

Based on this information which should I aim to download from the thread above?
[Motorola Photon 4G] madeSICC:
Right now I just have root using The torpedo method through TE because my laptop is dead. Gonna go buy another one today and was thinking about using it to be able to get into and real recovery and then being able to flash the 1.4 kernal just to try.

but I don't want to have to reinstall everything on my phone once I do this so I'm just wondering if i have a backup from bootstrap would I be able tto use that once I root using another method?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ainen:
There was a guy on here who had to exchange his phone for a new one and when he loaded his backup from his old phone it bricked the new one (I think). I don't know for sure but I wouldn't advise it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] madeSICC:
Hmm that sucks. Thanks for the info. Glad I asked first.
[EVO 4G General] webs05:
I currently have an HTC Evo 4g. Love it. I have all kinds of custom ROMs I run and love to hack and mess around.

Anyway, after some drops things are acting a bit funky. Still works and screen is ok even though it has cracks. But I'm considering getting a new phone with Xmas money. So what should I do?

Leaving Sprint is not an option, don't care about physical keyboards, I need something fast and powerful, I don't care about sense, and needs to be hackable. I can wait if I have good reason, I heard Sprint may go to LTE should I wait for those phones? What about quad cores, should I wait?

Right now it seems like Photon or Evo 3D. I'm leaning toward Photon due to International support but this isn't a requirement and it still seems like Sprint doesn't know what it means yet.

Poke holes,tell me what I'm missing, or, let me know what your thoughts are.

I greatly appreciate any help and thoughts!!

Sent from my Evo 4g
[EVO 4G General] ckoadiyn:
My honest vote is wait if you can just because they are going to roll out LTE and said they will start sellig LTE phones come 2012

Otherwise if you need the support for international go with photon but personally id either get the sgs ii or 3d if it can't wait also i think the hack for the photon breaks 4g not sure if they fixed that problem. also with 3d if u have hboot 1.50+ you can only hack via HTC unlock.
[EVO 4G General] kd0axs:
I just went from EVO to the Samsung Epic 4G Touch and so far this thing is awesome. Everything is so fast and smooth, the screen is nothing short of amazing, and battery life is WAY better than I could have ever hoped for on the EVO. I also played around with the EVO 3D and the Photon, but the E4GT impressed me far more than the others, so I went with it. Very happy with it so far.
[EVO 4G General] geovanyglaude1:
love the evo but mines broke :(
[EVO 4G General] webs05:
Thanks everyone!

I hadn't considered E4GT. I might look more closely at it. My only question, is it easy to hack? My wife has OG Epic and it sucks to root and load custom ROMs compared to Evo. I hate how you can't boot to recovery.

I'm a picky hacker I guess ...

Sent from my Evo
[EVO 4G General] whitelight:
I'm considering for a next device too but not quite sure if I should wait for next gen devices. More responses will be helpful.
[EVO 4G General] cnstarz:
my line is eligible for an upgrade too, but i'm gonna wait til some tegra 3 phones come out with lte compatibility. especially now that ICS source is out (and if ICS AOSP runs smoothly on our evos), then i will definitely wait it out til next year.
[EVO 4G General] cajones42:
Photon lacks dev support. Couldve been a decent phone. I would say evo3d or epic touch. Et seems to get los when rooted but idk
[EVO 4G General] mad82109:
Why not pay the deductible and get you a new evo? There is a chance you might even get a 3d evo by asurion.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fudplayers:
My first question is, why does the Incredible need two recoveries? When I came from my other phone, Amon Ra was far superior to CWM and it appears the same with the Incredible, so why do the Devs design everything to work with CWM? Next question is what's the difference? They both are suppose to do wipes,flashes,backups,restores etc etc..so why would one work when dealing with certain ROMs and the other would not?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
It dosen't need two, but choice is good.

There isnt much difference. Cwm is easier to navigate, and has a few more options than amon. Also cwm is needed for rom manager which is a pretty popular app.

Both amon and cwm should work with all roms or mods, but since most devs use cwm when building their mods and roms they sugest you use it too because that way they know it should work since thats their setup. I know the fresh roms for the evo require amon ra for their updater app.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frostincredible:
Actually CWM is prevalent over AmonRa on the Incredible...that's why devs design for that. AmonRa is there, yes, but CWM is what (at least as far as I know, I could be wrong, I don't speak for anyone but myself) most people use. Just look at signatures. Most say their recovery is CWM 3.x or 5.x.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fudplayers:
I see what you're saying. I never had luck with Rom Manager, and I did use CWM for a while but to me Amon Ra has more options and is way faster. I would think for noobs that CWM would be better. When I first rooted my first phone I used the crap out of Rom Manager lol. Now I don't use that app. Thanks for the input though.
[Galaxy S II General] rilazi:
Im on villain rom and i cant dawnload any file in sgs2!!!! Attachments are ok, but nothing from net. Someone to hep????
[Galaxy S II General] xmoo:
Same issue here.

On stock KJ3
[Galaxy S II General] killall:
If you search the VillainRom thread you will see that this is a common problem with the stock browser.

Most people are using another browser such as Opera Mobile.
[Galaxy S II General] xmoo:
My issie was fixed by changing a lib file...
[Galaxy S II General] rilazi:
How to change that lib file? ?
[Galaxy S II General] xmoo:
Using root explorer.
[Galaxy S II General] Devhux:
Easy fix is to install "Download All Files" from the market. Works great
[Galaxy S II General] pepemosca:
Or you can use ASTRO Explorer and look inside the Preferences for a feature to Download All Files.
[Galaxy S II General] Packsman:
Xmoo can you please explain in a bit more detail how did you change lib file in root explorer to enable stock browser downloading.I tried downloadallfiles app from market and astro but still can't download some apk and zip files from filesonic servers,it just gets useless htm file
[Galaxy S II General] jangomango:
I would have breakfast first... Flashing roms at dawn will ruin your sleep cycle..
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] daworship:
Its been like almost three weeks since i havent seen anything new from the development area. So i guess we are left behind. What do you guys think? i remember when i used to have the mytouch 4g and the vibrant even the lg g2x and there were a lots of updates, roms, themes, like every day. But with this devices i guess we got stuck with the same things. Sucks!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
I don't think we're left behind. At least, not yet :) Currently all the devs have to work with on a GB level are the leaked GB ROMs. That means they have no source code to work with thus what they can do is limited. Also, there has not been a new GB leak since last month, so no updates from that end, either.

I'm sure once Samsung releases GB/ICS or whatever they're planning & the guys can get their hands on source code that things will pick up.

Just my 2 cents :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Exodian:
Also remember that there are about 3 devs for this phone. Dsexton currently has no computer. Whitehawkx said he would update Valhalla if/when 2.3.7 is released. And Raver who has a couple roms that are probably as good as they can get without source. Without source code we won't get too much more. And unfortunately by the time we see it many will have moved on to other devices and ics. This is where Samsung always drops the ball. They take forever to update Android and by the time they do the next operating system is out on several better phones so people move on to them.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] camalus:
I miss my mytouch 4g. Faux123 was the best damn dev ever.

We should send him a phone. I bet we would have CM in a week. He's the kernel king from like 4 different phones now for AOSP stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Exodian:
I believe krylon is willing to pass on the phone. If faux is willing to take up the task maybe krylon will pass on the phone in that direction.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nvp1971:
I have a T-Mobile Galaxy S (aka T959V). I upgraded to 2.3.5 via samfirmware.com and things were working pretty well, well, except that I was having a heckuva time rooting the phone w/2.3.5 so I could install CM 7.x.

I decided to revert to Froyo stock w/EZodin and while EZodin claimed that everything was fine during the installation, my phone has never exhibited signs of life after the RESET portion of EZodin: no blinking lights, no vibrations, just a black screen. No combination of:

- battery out, vol down, power, battery in

- battery out, vol up, power, battery in

- battery out, vol both, power, battery in

- battery out, vol both, battery in

- battery out, vol down, usb in, power, battery in

- etc ...

... causes any activity on the screen at all.

So I'm assuming that my bootloader is cooked in some way such that I can't even get to download mode. Before I resort to the jig method (or just return my phone to T-Mobile which is totally doable but not preferred if I can just kick it in the butt myself), are there further diags I can do to maybe get some activity out of this phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
Are you sure it's a Galaxy S 4G (T959V)? To my knowledge CM7 was not ported to this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Exodian:
There is no cm for this phone and what is ezodin? What exactly did you flash?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] HB66:
-battery out, vol down, usb in.

next wait like 10 min with battery out then try again.

--- all this should be done with odin running, cause i have had the phone complete black before, but odin will still see it. good luck
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] camalus:
I'm gonna say you are in the wrong forum.

The galaxy s is not this section.

This is the galaxy s 4g.

Very different phones.

We don't have CM.

I wish we had CM. :(

I'm sad now.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nvp1971:
Thanks for your reply!

The phone, while branded as a Samsung Galaxy S 4g at start up, well at least when it used to start up, is identified as SGH-T959V under Phone Info.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nvp1971:
I flashed ezbase-ezrom from theandroidsoul.com. I was unable to post a link given my newness, but it can be Googled and is the first hit.

In retrospect, terrible, horrible, hideous freaking idea on my part.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nvp1971:
Cripes, you're right. :-(

Even so, never got that far and won't even try going forward.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nvp1971:
I assume you mean battery out, vol down, usb in, power? Or battery out, vol down, usb in, battery in?

I am encouraged that maybe Odin will be able to see the device even if it's black even tho it wasn't the other day (maybe I wasn't persistent enough). Will have to give this a try. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Remove battery

Start Odin

Plug phone into usb

Plug USB into computer

Hold both volume buttons(not power)

Insert battery

If odin doesn't see it first go try different usb ports. Still no go try a different computer. Still no go congrats you one of a select few to actually brick this device.

Good Luck
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] zagzag99:
i had the same.

try the usb jig mode to get to download mode.

in my case it didn't work. ended up bringing it to service and paying for a fix. the cost of a jtag, i thing.

since then i do my best to avoid odin.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] emod0705:
Try..if u have batt power left holding vol up and down only...then plug USB...no expert here but saved both my phones that way
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] AdamOutler:
UnBrickable Mod to the rescue! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1333424

UnBrickable mod allows total software based resurrection of the GlaxyS4G. The only downfall is the resistors are tiny and hard to work with if you don't have the tools.

I can perform this modification for $30 + shipping (usually $6). It works and from the point of modification on you will be able to resurrect your device using the Ultimate UnBrickable Resurector. Send me a PM if you would like me to do this for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Kyndig66:
I did almost the exact same thing. Turned out that the EZ was the wrong bootloader for this phone. I was way hard bricked. Sent mine to Mobile Tech to get it fixed. I found no other option.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] AdamOutler:
I just posted another option!
[HTC Desire S] Nescar:
Hello guys,

I have a big problem!!!! I hope you can help me!!!

I flashed my HTC Desire S (model S510e) a few weeks ago... it works wirly good

then the new Htc Sense 3.0 withe Gingerbread 2.3.5 released.

I want to flash it but I need an S-ON Hboot so I take it to S-On again.

But the problem is that I have installed an Custem rom from VirtousUnity 2.39

and now the Hboot told me *** Security Warning*** **** what should I do now?

I have it downgraded from hboot 0.98.0002 to 0.98.0000 to get S-On again.

And then I would flash the new RUU from HTC.. Now I could only boot into the bootloader and

when I want to install the RUU with the HTC utillity it told me error 140...

It was an Htc Desire with T-Mobile branding From Germany I´ve debranded it and installed VirtousUnity

with 4EXT Recovery...

Data from the DS:

Bootloader data:

*** Security Warning ***

SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-0.98.0000

RADIO-3822.09.08.20_M (from the OTA Update to HTC Sense 3.0)

eMMC-boot

Mar 10 2011,14:58:38

do I need an Goldcard now or may I unlock the bootloader again? to S-off

but I haven´t got a adb connection (my System Windows 7)

Need Support pls

I´ve tried to install the newest RUU with an extracted rom.zip and rename it into PG88IMG.zip

but it told me "main version older"

Hope you can help me ....
[HTC Desire S] Skanob:
You badly needed a GoldCard. I would suggest to RUU first to the latest version, 2.xx then downgrade if need be. You have already downgraded your HBOOT. The only thing your missing is RUU. But RUU is giving you an error. Now you need a GoldCard.

A lot of guides, steps, and tutorials are found on the forum. No need to place it here.
[HTC Desire S] jacob73:
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::confused:
[HTC Desire S] Nescar:
Yes I know that I need an GoldCard and I also had the cid but it won´t work ... -.- thats the problem
[HTC Desire S] Skanob:
There are a lot of threads on how to make a GoldCard even without a phone. Check also my sig as thats the method I use. Use search for others.

No GoldCard = phone un-usable.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
See index for gold card thread, see sig for link

Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium
[HTC Desire S] foX2delta:
Non of the suggested methods will get the CID, cause they rely on the phone being booted or adb, since the phone is booting into fastboot and no custom recovery means no adb.
[HTC Desire S] mtothearkus:
same problem here ...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] Lg_X_Modderer:
Hello people I've also purchased the note and am already come very far, but have a few problems with the Rom.... if someone unaware he can write like me sometimes and help me, but that denkke Runs is up in 2-3 days!!!!

Here is the build.prop:

# begin build properties

# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh

ro.build.id=GINGERBREAD

ro.build.display.id=Alienware ROM KJ4

ro.build.version.incremental=XXKJ4

ro.build.version.sdk=10

ro.build.version.codename=REL

ro.build.version.release=2.3.5

ro.build.date=Sat Oct 8 22:59:12 KST 2011

ro.build.date.utc=1318082352

ro.build.type=user

ro.build.user=se.infra

ro.build.host=SEP-42

ro.build.tags=release-keys

ro.product.model=GT-N7000

ro.product.brand=samsung

ro.product.name=GT-N7000

ro.product.device=GT-N7000

ro.product.board=GT-N7000

ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a

# Samsung Specific Properties

ro.build.PDA=N7000XXKJ4

ro.build.hidden_ver=N7000XXKJ4

ro.build.changelist=641703

ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi

ro.product.manufacturer=samsung

ro.product.locale.language=en

ro.product.locale.region=GB

ro.wifi.channels=

ro.board.platform=s5pc210

# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device

ro.build.product=GT-N7000

# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint

ro.build.description=GT-N7000-user 2.3.5 GINGERBREAD XXKJ4 release-keys

ro.build.fingerprint=samsung/GT-N7000/GT-N7000:2.3.5/GINGERBREAD/XXKJ4:user/release-keys

# Samsung Specific Properties

ro.build.PDA=N7000XXKJ4

ro.build.hidden_ver=N7000XXKJ4

ro.build.changelist=641703

ro.tether.denied=false

ro.flash.resolution=1080

# end build properties

#

# system.prop for asop5000

#
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] Jeshter2000:
No Kj4 ???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] Lg_X_Modderer:
the entries unfortunately not quite agree, because I the mod .... for the music and Galaxy 2 Arise

But that's the KJ1
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] ringrover:
nice mate

but could make RTL patch ... arabic

please
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] daoutlawz:
Even though I'm not going to use it, you deserve a thanks for the efforts!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] timsen11:
Yes LG im happy that youre now also on the Note ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] mr-crash:
thanx it look greeat

but does't spoort arabic in writing and reading
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] sandeeppathak007:
Looks promising

Download link please
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development] Galaxy_Fan:
Any news?

Is your mod capable of another dpi e.g 240 or 200?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banzap:
Hello,

I installed the CyanogemMod 7.1 on a SGS. Before install, I made a backup of the stock ROM using CWM. But now I want to come back to the Stock ROM, but when I restore the backup, is always giving me error when flashing the boot.img. Could be problems with the filesystems?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bork84:
To move from CM7 to another Samsung rom you have to use odin.

you need to flash a stock rom with 512pit file and tick repartition.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banzap:
But I cant get to download mode. I used the three finger combination (volumedown+home+power) or the adb reboot-bootloader command and nothing.

If a use the three finger combination, the galaxy-s i9000 first screen appears but it flash and reboot again, and if I continue to press the buttons, it will enter in loop until I release the buttons and cyanogemmod opens normally.

How I restore the download mode screen?

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chourmovs:
Try to pull battery off battery a few seconds
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umberto1978:
Hi, mate.

It's sad but you lost the three keys combo.

Now, if i don't say wrong, the only method to launch the download mode is to use a usb dongle.

Search the forum with the word "dongle usb galaxy s" and you should find what i'm talking about.

Normally the combo (

notice that you can't access to recovery too

) lost it self during a downgrade from ginger bootloader to froyo or eclaire bootloader.

Wich means that your bootloader is corrupted.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banzap:
Hi people,

I bought a USB dongle and now the download mode is working again.

Thanks :)
[LG Optimus 3D] Cav3:
Ok i dont own this release but i seen someone who has it but aint getting the help he needs so making this thrwad to get his thread attention

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342880
[LG Optimus 3D] adixtra:
It's not "official". This topic is unnecessary, because you only provided a link to another thread.
[LG Optimus 3D] Rastko:
Thanks !

Yes it's not official. It may become, because v21 will be release version, but the letter may differ in final. Anyway thanks for trying to help, but it may be unneccessary in one week.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AvatarOfFrost:
If you ever get bored with the black background in Android, now you can change it by making a few small edits to framework-res.apk/res/values/styles.xml

This will affect MOST of the black background you see in Android (e.g. settings, contacts, mms, installer etc.) with the exception of certain apps that use their on backgrounds (e.g. contacts logs, email etc.).

Difficulty level: Medium

1. Decompile framework-res.apk

2. Navigate to res/values and open styles.xml

3. Locate <style name="Theme">

4. Replace

<item name="colorBackground">@color/background_dark</item>

with

<item name="colorBackground">@color/transparent</item>

5. Replace

<item name="windowBackground">@drawable/screen_background_dark</item>

with

<item name="windowBackground">@drawable/mybackground</item>

6. Locate <style name="Theme.Black" parent="@style/Theme">

7. Replace

<item name="colorBackground">@color/black</item>

with

<item name="colorBackground">@color/transparent</item>

8. Replace

<item name="windowBackground">@color/black</item>

with

<item name="windowBackground">@drawable/mybackground</item>

9. Create a 480x800 png to your liking, name it mybackground.png and place it in drawable-hdpi folder

9. Recompile framework-res.apk

DONE!

Always create a backup before making any modifications!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smccall:
Great job. I wished i had the confidence to do this lol. bu thank you for the info
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AvatarOfFrost:
I think it's more intimidating for most people than anything else.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smccall:
Any way you can make a video or maybe qbking77 could im more of a visual learner. i would love to learn how Do do this
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] spdwiz18:
Its really not that hard.... Its time consuming in the beginning with trial and error and nandroid recoveres. But its worth it in the end and the selfsatisfaction feels great. "yes, I figured it out" or "I really can do this". Try and see.

As longa you doa back up you really can't screw it up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smccall:
I will give it a whirl.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] CoNsPiRiSiZe:
Mind posting screenies? I'll try if I like what it turns into.