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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fireice7:
My xperia arc S arrived the other day and I have a few questions regarding software updates.

How do I find out whether if the firmware is generic or branded? When I boot up my phone there is no network (vodafone uk) logo that comes up nor can I see any apps from vodafone.

When I connect the phone to the computer, the PC companion detects a software update (4.0.2.A.0.42, phone is currently running 4.0.1.A.0.266) but on the phone itself (through about phone > software update) there is no update available, why is this?

Also, is there a change log to see what's changed in the updates?

Looking around on the forum here there seems to be 2 pieces of software: SEUS and pc companion. I can only see the pc companion listed on sony ericsson's website. Whats the difference between the 2 pieces of software?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
1. From what store or market did you buy arc

2. OTA (OVER THE AIR) still not possible for your contry or network (due to language)

3. PC Companion is for syncronization with PC, for music, videos, contacts etc AND phone update,

SEUS is generaly and ONLY for software update.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vash99:
I am having issues reverting back to stock / unrooting my phone so Kies can do a stock 2.3 update on my cappy. The following steps i took before and after. Any help is really appreciated, i am tired of this phone being so damn slow all my friends says android sux cause they own iphones which are faster in comparison

Phone currently running 2.2 Froyo

.5) Used Kies on a 32 bit winXP to update to 2.2 Froyo ( stock )

1) Rooted phone with SuperOneClick v2.1.1

2) installed following apps after rooting it;

-Superuser permissions

-Titanium Backup

-One Click Lag Fix

-CacheMate for rooted users.

3) Uninstalled all applications above Via phone menu.

4) Unrooted using SuperOneClick v2.1.1 (super user missing but says it was successful in unrooting.. O.o ?)

5) Connected to Kies which does not recognize the phone on either 32 bit windows XP nor 64 bit Win7

Note: Drivers for USB etc installed several times and both windows version see the phone i can view all files inside the device using windows explorer

It just cycles thru connecting and does not connect at all.. Via Kies .. now i don't mind installing a custom rom but each time i tried i failed i have read the forums several times and picking the right rom / kernel even to speed up the phones generally with no avail..

Phone info:

Canadian version of Samsung Captivate ( Rogers network)

2.2 Froyo ( Apparently unrooted)

PDA: I896UXJL1

Phone: I896UXJL1

CSC: I896RWCJL1

Build: 2010.12

Here is what i get when i unroot:

Removing /system/app/SuperUser.apk...

rm failed for /system/app/SuperUser.apk, No such file or directory

OK 0.06s

Removing /system/app/superuser.apk...

rm failed for /system/app/superuser.apk, No such file or directory

OK 0.04s

Removing Removing Superuser.apk...

Success

OK 1.89s

New:

i rooted again with 2.2 and tried to unroot it keeps saying i dont have superuser... O.o even tho i did a fresh root / unroot again i checked for its installation and it was there after root.. how can it not be there when Unrooting.. O.o ?? Does this even matter ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vash99:
after unrooting i reset to factory settings from the phone menu and retried updating via Kies, worked the second time i plugged in the phone everything is peachy.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
glad you got it working, keis sucks.it would have been much easier to use the odin one click to stock rogers flashes i created, in my sig.keis sucks, and you dont need to unroot or anything, just plugin and click start.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] looted:
Use his Tom its awesome, 3 minutes instead of 45, the root stuff is on site also, if u have market issues its the market update, uninstall update and freeze the updater.

sent from %s frugal/2.3.3 root via Odin.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vash99:
yeah thanks for the info lol.. i just am kinda paranoid when it comes to bricking i don't feel like spending another 300-500$ for a new phone cause i screwed up the process.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] looted:
Hey if you are getting a new phone ill take your old one for developing..

sent from %s frugal/2.3.3 root via Odin.
[HTC EVO 3D] TechnoHacker:
So instead of waiting for revolutionary, im going to temp root because I don't want to use HTC's method. So, by doing so:

1)if I temp root and then I reboot the device, will any problems occur or will I just lose my root but it'll be the same as stock?

2) Can I remove a bloatware that I can't remove completely (Qik Video for example) with temp root?

3) Can I install the Google Talk with Voice/Video Chat (Link:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1230795) and will it work?

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH :D :)
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
How do you plan on temp rooting? I am pretty sure that the fre3vo temp root method no longer works if you're on 1.5hboot. Also, if you were to somehow accomplish temp root, anything you remove from /system/ will be back after a reboot. I would just use HTC`s method. You can flash whatever your want, minus radios.
[HTC EVO 3D] TechnoHacker:
I want to use fre3vo.

Well I just switched from an intercept to my EVO3D (3VO haha). What's the point of flashing radios?

I want to perma root, but wont that destroy my battery life?
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
If you want to have any root at all, as of right now the only thing you can do is use the HTC unlock method. It should definitely not destroy your battery life, not sure what prompted you to think it will destroy your battery life, but it won't.

Also, the point of flashing a radio is just to stay up to date with whatever radios HTC releases. Sometimes it will give you better signal, but usually you will be just fine staying on whatever radio you're already on.
[HTC EVO 3D] TechnoHacker:
So HBOOT 1.50 has no temp root (fre3vo does not work?)

Well I could use a signal boost for the radio as I don't get to much coverage indoors. :/ I'm not sure what to do, can I un-root and turn s-on ( *** Locked***) again?

-Sent from my HTC EVO 3D using the XDA App.
[HTC EVO 3D] dastin1015:
The temp-root exploit that fr3vo used has been patched. Since you are on HBOOT 1.5 you have the latest radio. You can't turn S-ON because you never get S-OFF with the HTC method.

私のEVO 3Dから送信される。
[HTC EVO 3D] TechnoHacker:
No I'm saying if i turn s-off, can i go completely stock and turn s-on?

Also, If i root using HTC's method, will I lose all my apps and data :O

-Sent from my HTC EVO 3D using the XDA App.
[HTC EVO 3D] TechnoHacker:
Also, how am I supposed to backup my apps without root?
[HTC EVO 3D] laie1472:
As far as backing up your app's without root, try linda file manger. And what flash is saying is the htc method is not a true unlock. Therefore you can't get your Evo3d to be s-off because your on hboot 1.5 so the only way you can unlock your phone is threw htc's method. The methods of truly unlocking your Evo3d are not an option for Evo3d's with the 1.5 boot loader. So in short you don't have to worry about getting your phone s-off and going back to stock because you can't get s-off. You can still however flash roms,mods,kernels,etc. You do however have to flash kernels threw fast boot or threw Joey k's app. Hope this helps. If you need more info send me a pm.

Locked & Loaded

""shooter on Deck""
[HTC EVO 3D] TechnoHacker:
Okay, I just want temp-root. How can I get it?
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
I think the only publicly released exploit for root on EVO 3D works with software versions 1.11 and 1.13 but was patched by HTC in software version 2.08 and is called fre3vo developed and released by agrabren. This exploit was also integrated and used in the AlphaRevX revolutionary tool to gain temp root access before modifying the bootloader.

Original thread and guide by agrabren, I located by typing fre3vo into google.com: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1150006

Hope that helps!
[HTC EVO 3D] mikedavis120:
You can not get temp root. Temp root methods for hboot 1.4 were patched with the release of hboot 1.5...

You have been told this already in this thread several times. You have two option. Hurry up and wait for revolutionary to do there thing or you can unlock VIA htcs onlick method.

HTC method will void your warranty. It registers your serial number with them and there's no way around that. Also it is not a true s-off root. It will allow you to write to system to root but will leave the s-on still. This is easily fixed by GUI flash image developed by joeykrim, or by learning to use fastboot commands. Which BTW are easy and fast. I can use fastboot to flash a system.img data.img and boot.img as well as a recovery image in about 4 seconds of typing. Your best bet is to get the sdk set up and get fastboot working. Use fastboot to flash a recovery. You do this by putting the recovery image of your choose into the platform-tools folder of the sdk & rename it to recovery.img . Navigate with windows explorer to the platform tools folder. Assuming you have win7 hold shift and right click an empty spot in the folder and choose open cmd window here. In your cmd window type the following with no quotes..

"Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" and hit enter.

That flashes your recovery, now to use it you need to boot recovery with fastboot

" fastboot boot recovery recovery.img" then enter.

Something about fastboot booting the recovery completly negates the s-on flag allowing full access to all partions on the device.

Again no temp root at all. It's possible but your gonna have to develop your own exploit. Good luck.
[HTC EVO 3D] TechnoHacker:
Okay, I understand now.

So there is no temp root or perma-temp root for HBOOT 1.5 correct?

(I also don't think there is a way to downgrade your hboot).

I want to use HTC's method but it erases all of the phones data(factory reset).

-Sent from my HTC EVO 3D using the XDA App.
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
To clarify on the technical details, in case anybody comes across this later, the fre3vo temp root exploir, I quoted here and linked to in my previous post in this thread, exploited an area inside the kernel.

The kernel was patched in software release 2.08*. the fre3vo exploit is not related to hboot or hboot version. The hboot version number 1.5 coincided with software release 2.08* but did not patch the temp root exploit itself.

The kernel update in software version 2.08* and assuming all future versions has/will be patched against the fre3vo exploit.

Also link for Flash Image GUI mentioned above, http://goo.gl/sNi7V . Thanks for the support! Works well when away from a computer but wanting to change kernels/ROMs!

Also, will echo the above post, should always use and become familar with custom recovery for backup proposes. There is not a very good way around this therefore it is strongly encouraged!

Hope the additional technical details help currently or in the future!
[EVO 4G General] gpgip:
i recently flashed my phone over to a new rom, i cant post in that specific thread yet because im a new member, but the error im gettin is

flash is disabled do to low power/weather etc etc...

on the camera even the flashlight app doesnt work...

does anyone know how to fix this issue?

thanks
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Do you have 4g on ? If so turn it off
[EVO 4G General] gpgip:
lol, yep that worked, thanks dude
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Np
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Beefvvl:
Is there any way to add Japanese language to our stock Swype? I read on some other websites that Swpe Beta is supposed to have Japanese support but when I checked the Swype Beta website it isn't showing that it is.

Or is there a way to get it on the samsung keyboard?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Kld4ever2008:
Ok I don't know if I'm posting this in the right forum or not but here's my problem with my galaxy s 4g recovery problem. the phone is current on the latest leak android kj6 2.3.6 but every time if I boot to the system recovery it say can't access to '/system/csc/tmb/system/'. with this it won't let me do any system format or restoring. Can anyone tell me if this can be fix or is it normal like that.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
That's been the norm for me since I got the phone. There is probably some way around it but frankly I've never taken the time to worry about it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Kld4ever2008:
I've got this problem since I got the phone and just wondering if there's a way to fix it
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] zagzag99:
you'll need to flash the voodoo kernel matching kj6 via odin. i think.

take good care following the instructions on how to do so.

look at the development forum.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thegoo:
If you're trying to recover a backup in CWM with Gingerbread it won't work. There are a few threads regarding this issue. Search around. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Kld4ever2008:
doesn't matter if i'm on a vodoo kernel or not it still say the same thing.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] baseballfanz:
These are Prime 2.1.0/2.1.1 stock theme with only a few minor changes.

Thank you Roach2010 for the ROM

-added battery % (thank you scar45 and Onepagebook for icons)

-change Tiamat Quick Control to matching blue (thank you scar45 for icons)

-CRT shutdown (thank you jholtom for the tutorial)

Flash in recovery

Circle battery style

Android Guy battery style

Speedo style
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] gladi8r:
Thanks for this.

The android battery guy is great.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] shanehillsr:
Why doesthe circle battery mod show up green on mine and blue in your screenshot?

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] baseballfanz:
It's blue from 90% - 100%

green from 50%- 89%

yellow 30%-49%

orange 15%-29%

red 14% and under
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] shanehillsr:
OK makes sense thanks.

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Ghisy:
Would it be possible to have a non-CRT version please? This is everything I needed but this. Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] baseballfanz:
which version? i can try take it out and have just normal shutdown
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] i9apps:
hi, thanks for the great work , can u please make this themes work on the revolver?

i tried to flash it on the revolver and its look great , but there is a bug when i press the power button for like 2 sec the tf do a reboot

thank you
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Ghisy:
It was the circle battery one so I guess it's the one you uploaded. Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] baseballfanz:
I know you already download but for others.

This is for Revolver 3.9.3 and it's the Android Guy battery % only

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16959871/Theme_Revolver_Android_Guy-signed.zip
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morfeus333:
For me "Simply Stock JVT 2.3.5" is the perfect rom.

but I am always with talon kernel for their compatibility with voodoo Color Control but without gps support.

I wonder if there is a kernel for GB like Bullet with gps, but that includes compatibility with voodoo color control app. :confused:

or someway to activate the color options on voodoo control app with bullet kernel?? :o
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkhrist:
+1 would like to see more kernels with color control. I feel it is essential, as colors seem washed out and dull with out it.
[General Questions and Answers] rayv88:
I was tryin to flash starbust but i did it wrong so when i went back to recover the rom that was previously on there i recovered back to a rom that was still on the sd card from my evo. Now i'm stuck on the "samsung galaxy s II" screen. I have access to CWM but my sd card is not visible for me to flash any other rom. What should i do?
[General Questions and Answers] Dark3n:
Mount your sdcard in CWM, connect to your pc push, a new ROM to flash on there.

If thats not possible, go into download mode, open odin or heimdall, find a rom you want to flash and flash it.
[General Questions and Answers] rayv88:
Ok finally got it working. I had to put the stock kernel on it and flashed the pit as well..only thing, if I make a recovery file I can't find it in CWM. The "midnight rom" I flashed works well but there's a few fcs but that's probably just this rom.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] ericjc:
Does anyone know how to get the media hub app on the note?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] phaze one:
Hey dudes. So I decided to put this guide together for anyone wanting to play Shadowgun and Sprinkle and other games requiring NVIDIA tegra that we can't normally play. These games are all pretty badass. In case you don't know, NVIDIA tegra is a processor that allows for better graphics, etc.

Someone asked about playing these games so I researched and the results I found were pretty awesome :), so here we are. The app/tool that makes this all possible is called Chainfire3D. It's an intermediary OpenGL driver.

You can find more detailed info about it in Chainfire's thread. Thank Chainfire when you're there, he's the man for coming up with this.

Currently I am running CM7 #258 with chad's 11272011 incredikernel and have no problems playing these games, although reading through chainfire's thread I've found that people running sense 3.5 are having issues with it. Check the thread, it's worth taking the 5 minutes. Also I would do a nandroid just in case. Chainfire mentioned that some phones won't reboot after installing the CF3D driver mentioned in step 2. Again, I had no problems whatsoever but like I said do a nandroid anyway, it can't hurt :). If you encounter that problem, boot into recovery, restore your backup and you're golden.

So I'll start by outlining the steps and providing links:

1. Download Chainfire3D. There are 2 versions. Free and Pro. You need Pro in order to edit the OpenGL settings for the games to play and get optimal performance. It's 5 bucks and well worth it.

2. Open Chainfire3D, Install the CF3D driver and let it reboot.

3. Download the plugins from this thread. Follow the instructions in that thread. Basically just download the plugins, extract to root of your sdcard, open Chainfire3D and install the plugins.

4. "Fix Market Settings" in Chainfire3D while still open. This will allow you to find the games in the market.

5. Buy/Install the games. The funny thing I found is that when searching the market from my phone, "Shadowgun" pulls up no results. But when searching "Madfinger" (the company that makes the game) Shadowgun shows up. So if you're having issues finding games, you might want to search the company that makes the game. I've only had that happen with Shadowgun though.

6. Edit your OpenGL settings per app in Chainfire3D. I found that the settings in this thread work perfectly on my phone. Although yours might need to be different I suggest you start with the settings in the screenshot in that thread. You need to designate NVIDIA as the plugin for Shadowgun as well as Sprinkle.

7. Play the game and think "f**k yeah, this is dope!"

I hope this helps people interested in playing these games because they are pretty frickin cool. Who said rooting isn't awesome? Cheers!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] sid3091:
Not sure if i want to play the games you mentioned, but does this help in running fast 5 HD? That game lags like hell.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] phaze one:
I couldn't say, I've never played it. If you can play it on your inc without an intermediary then I don't think it's run with tegra, otherwise you wouldn't be able to play. Atleast that's what I've learned.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] aweaver33:
Yeah, the tegra plugins wouldn't do you any good, but Chainfire3D may still prove useful for improving performance.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Alton (Halo 2):
when i go into "load a driver" from per app config what driver should i select for modern combat 2. (a first person shooter game)
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] carlosirai:
Shadowgun works perfect forma me Bit sprinkle not run when ir starts only black screen and then close nota FC just close

No marer what i change con chainfire sprinkle not works

Samuray vengance 2 works great too
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] phaze one:
NVIDIA. Sorry for the late reply. You probably figured it out by now. I have a Galaxy Nexus so not in this section much anymore.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Alton (Halo 2):
Thx
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] killerinstint01:
:) nice
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jayantbh:
Is there something for JellyBean devices? Cuz CF3D doesn't work on those...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] IonutP:
hello

i am using jusada's ics rom

i am from romania an i want a t9 predective text for it.

is there any app for this?

thanks
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mdfzhi:
i bet u can just search using keyword "keyboard" in market and found boatload of keyboards with good predictive engine
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] consegregate:
Smart keyboard pro. Best t9 app. You should go get it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Bear UK:
Hopefully this is the right place to make this post, I may be a long tim emember but I'm still a noob :)

I've just bought a transformer with Android 3.1 on, i will upgrade to 3.2 or wait for ICS.

But

altthough I havent sussed it yet I'm sure there will be a way to lock the screen with a code etc. as anyone who uses it has access to everything ... even my mail as its set to download.

Is there any way to lock just one of the scrolling screens, this way I could put all my private links into that section and others could still use.

thanks in advance for any advice
[Motorola Atrix 2] mariol66:
Am I the only one that thinks pictures taken with the ATRIX 2 are a little blurry? Close ups are OK but average distance away pictures come out not that great
[Motorola Atrix 2] svtfmook:
Motorola is infamous for sub-par cameras
[Motorola Atrix 2] koriflame:
Most of my pictures come out crystal clear if i wait for the focus box to turn green which means it's "focused" as far as the the app is concerned. Although, I've had plenty of times where it thinks its focused, but the preview looks like barf. Maybe there's a different focus option for long distance pictures... I don't know. xD
[Motorola Atrix 2] svtfmook:
i found that if you tap the screen, it will refocus to where you tapped the screen
[Motorola Atrix 2] koriflame:
Ahh that's a nice tip. I'll have to try that.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Gadgetz:
Does this look blurry?
[Motorola Atrix 2] katamari201:
Doesn't look that sharp to me, but this seems to be the trend with all the photos I've seen in reviews (don't have my atrix 2 yet). The macro shots can look good, especially the ones that showcase rocks for some reason, but further distance its pretty blurry looking compared to other high-end phones. The colors are kind of drab and probably the most annoying to me is that the image comes up much darker than it should, at least in comparison to other phones (there's several blogs that pit the atrix 2 against the gs2, amaze, etc.), so images shot at noon in a clear sky look like they are shot in a cloud covered day. These are probably automatic settings. Dunno about adjusting it and all that. Wish it would autofocus in video too.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Swishaa:
Drag the focus box instead of tapping.
[Motorola Atrix 2] JRW 28:
The camera is on par with most of the devices out there, sure there are some better but this phone is just fine. If your taking a picture that you need to scrutinize that much then use a camera not your phone. Personally I bought my phone to be used as a phone with the benefit of having a camera. I don't understand why people buy a device an then scrutinize it to hell. Would you buy a car without test driving it?
[Motorola Atrix 2] Gadgetz:
Agreed. I think the camera is fine as is, takes nice pictures all things considered.
[Motorola Atrix 2] cheetablaze:
Camera zoom fx fixed a ton of my issues, try it out On aptoide.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Gadgetz:
I didn't have any qualms about the oem app but I compared Camera Zoom FX to the stock app and I gotta admit, I like the results i'm getting with CZFX! It's now my camera app of choice.