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[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dev8:
I have a WildFire with original Eclair/2.1 HBOOT/0.80 S-ON RADIO/3.35.15

Instead of upgrade to Froyo, downgrade HBOOT, hack HBOOT with Revolutionary and install ClockWork,

I think I will do the old way with just Unrevoked 3.14 (then ClockWorkMod 2.5.0.7, or custom to 5.0.2.x).

And keeping S-ON could be safier if I want to go back and running original ROM.

But a few questions before starting modding :

- I search threads but I don't understand very well if original /system is writable even when phone is S-ON

by "Install zip from sdcard" from ClockWorkMod (with custom updater-script, etc...) ? At least Unrevoked

seems to be able to write su and superuser.apk

- is it the same way with Cyanogen7, or is this ROM ignoring S-ON flag (then /system writable with root

and|or remount) ?

- can I make backup and restore of original HTC/Eclair with ClockWorkMod 5.x ?

- is radio 3.35.20.10 fully compatible with original HTC/Eclair ?

Thanks in advance for any answer.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3xeno:
- /system is writeable on remount. You will be able to install any custom Zip files using the Install Zip from SDCard feature withou any issues. Only, you will not be able to copy-paste files using a file manager to /system using S-ON. (It will revert back after a reboot)

- Yes you should be able to take a Nandroid backup of your original ROM using 5.0.2.0 without any issues.

- Yes, radio 3.35.20.10 is compatible. BUT, assuming you are using a GSM Wildfire A3333 without any special frequencies like 850MHz.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dev8:
Not currently, with S-ON/Eclair. So I suppose you talk about Cyanogen, or at ClockWorkMod level.

Ok, thanks.

NB: with S-ON/Eclair, write is not possible at all (makes an error).

And restoring, the most important. ;)

I think it's A3333 in France.

Thanks for your responses.

I understand that writing from ClockWorkMod, restoring and radio will be almost Ok ; so I will start modding soon.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3xeno:
Yes, what I meant was at the Clockworkmod level, after you mount /system (Which I stated as "remount" mistakenly). Sorry for the ambiguity.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] recepo1:
Its a cool app called Video Livewallpaper found in the app market its free, an app where you take videos of your phone and turn them into a live wallpaper. My question is did anybody on the nexus 4g get this app to work on their phone i tried all different settings seems it doesnt want to work for me. I set the directory to where my videos are and the app still wont show any videos found .Thx in advance
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] billis_kou:
Cant tell about 4g but at my Nexus S 3g is working like a charme without change any of the settings :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] recepo1:
Oh ok im curious on thr nexus 3g can u remove the sd card or is it built in? I think this app has problems with unremovable sd cards
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sinik420:
Lol all nexus devices are the same in that they have no removable SD, quick Google search could answer this and maybe your next one. Try reinstalling and wiping data
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] recepo1:
What is this google search u speak of? Oh maybe its the search tool i utilize everytime before posting a question in here..but thanks for ur input
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sinik420:
Oh yea? http://bit.ly/w5ce2J
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] recepo1:
Loll nice i like it...i meant i googled about the live wallpaper app and if it worked on the nexus 4g
[HTC Sensation] lilkoolkid98:
I don't know if anyone else is having this same problem but I'm not receiving some texts while using the ARHD ROM. I'm using the 3.6.5 XE one. I downloaded Ghostly SMS hopefully to counter this but is there a true fix for it where i wouldn't need to use this app. Is it because of this ROM? or the Android Version the ROM is running on?

Also, I'm using GOSMS Pro if that helps with anything. I also just installed Faux -25uV kernel after i heard of this problem. but i installed the new kernel hopefully to fix my poor battery life issue. (which i know probably is caused by the battery stats being wiped, i just did it anyways)
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

Just to let you know that I have never had a problem receiving or sending texts.

I have disabled the stock SMS app,and I only use Go SMS Pro.

Try just having a single SMS app working at one time.

In terms of the battery stats being wiped.That will not affect the battery life.

The kernel that came with the ROM was the problem.

By upgrading to Faux's latest,you probably cured the problem.

Best thing with the battery stats is to let your battery discharge,then charge it to full.With the wire still plugged in,clear the battery stats in 4EXT,then keep charging it for another 30 minutes.

:)
[HTC Sensation] sergeybrin:
Use CM7 and it will work.
[HTC Sensation] lilkoolkid98:
Thanks for the responses. I figured out it might be something with the RAM. Originally I had 7 homescreens, with Sense Widgets on each and I never really realized that my RAM was always constantly below 100MBs. Once i deleted some of these widgets and turned on autokill for some apps my RAM has now been 150+ and so far no texting issues.

I still have Ghostly SMS installed as a backup in case anything happens.

And Faux's kernel seems to have fixed my battery issues. I'll let the phone die and then charge it to full and kills the stats though.
[Acer Iconia A500] tumpy:
Get ready for the rush, here is a list of stores and link @ bottom

Black Friday 2011 Ads:

AAFES

Ace Hardware

Avenue

Bass Pro Shops

Bealls

Best Buy

BJ's Wholesale

Cabela's

Costco

Craft Warehouse

CVS Pharmacy

Cymax

****'s Sports

Express

Fred's

Gander Mountain

Gordmans

Half Price Books

Harbor Freight

Hastings

JCPenney

Kohl's

La-Z-Boy

MCX

Modell's

OfficeMax

Old Navy

RadioShack

Rite Aid

Sears

Sears Outlet

Sports Authority

Staples

Walmart

Pre Black Friday Sales:

BJ's Toy Book

Farm and Fleet Toyland

Kmart Toy Book

Sears Friends & Family

Target Holiday

Target Toy Book

Target Toy Coupons

Toys R Us 2 Day Mega Sale

Walmart Toy Book

http://www.2011blackfridayads.com/
[Acer Iconia A500] tumpy:
see the blackberry playbook $199

and the dock for asus TF $99
[Acer Iconia A500] PaulSmitherman:
Are these working for year 2012 too?
[Acer Iconia A500] sRDennyCrane:
Just Google Black Friday 2012 Ads in November. They generally start appearing a few weeks beforehand.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PureLoneWolf:
Hi all

I realise that you get this...a lot...but I am seeing a lot of conflicting information. I am not completely new to rooting and have just received a Desire Z for my girlfriend from Vodafone DE.

I want to root and change Roms and, essentially, give her the same great experience that I had on my old Desire with CM7.

I initially saw the Visionary info, then Rage...most of them say to downgrade, some say not...etc.

I am looking for the best method to root (Preferably with S-OFF)

Phone Details:
Android Version: 2.2

Baseband version: 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M

Kernel version: 2.6.32.21-g9d69527 htc-kernel@and18-2#1 Fri Oct 29 14:49:32 CST 2010

Build number: 1.34.161.6 CL273326 release-keys

Software number: 1.34.161.6

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bombadier:
If you go to the wiki and follow the guide for the Htc Vision you should be ok, I see you are on version 1.34 so you should be able to root without downgrading

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/HTC_Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PureLoneWolf:
Superb, thanks - I will give that a try :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xillius200:
I know that they have looked at the galaxy tab mali400 driver however has anyone had a try with the amlogic meson m1 mali400 drivers?? they probably have but just wanted to see xD plus please don't comment if your are going to put noob or flame me for no reason I am just asking a simple question.

PS: I believe I posted in the wrong section....damn XDA app
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 666fff:
Tbh wouldn't it be worth just waiting for the legit thing?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] addzmann:
Ive just flashed to CM7 and i've just noticed something. It doesn't have the android market on it and because of that how can i restore all my apps and stuff?

i used titanium backup pro when i had darky's rom installed.

i'm abit noob sorry if this doesnt make sence

Edit: I'm using a samsung Galaxy s I9000
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
You could just install the market - see here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1328860 or you could flash one of these (according to your device/firmware - http://goo-inside.me/gapps/).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] AndyCr15:
Hi guys, I'd appreciate any feedback.

http://hemorrdroids.net/samsung-galaxy-note-review/

Video portion here --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxxEm_P57JE
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sauron0101:
It's very well written and objective. I think that the best praise I could give is that you came with an open mind. When comparing to other reviews, many were immediately critical of Samsung for the large size - you acknowledged that it was for a niche audience.

Oh well ... there are people who like big phones.:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ChodTheWacko:
It's pretty decent.

I remain amazed at how few reviews discuss how awesome it would be to use the Note as a GPS, with its fast lock time (GLONASS), large screen, and free Navigation. I think it's a big selling point, not just for the Note but for android as well.

- Frank
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ajoshi:
Agree with the comments above good review Andy and I am following you on youtube (along with NZtechfreak) as well.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] AndyCr15:
Thanks guys :)

I'm a little annoyed with myself, I meant to put in a picture of me using it as a SatNav, as it certainly is very good for it. Maybe I'll edit it in this week :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mdalacu:
Very good review. Also matches pretty well my opinion of the device, except for camera that seams clearly worse then S2. I have the Note for an week and i took plenty of shot with it. I think the aperture of Note < S2, also the diameter of the lens is smaller
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] wonsanim:
Totally agree with you Frank
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sparkyxda:
Great tip on Samsung Dive. Didn't know about that. Thanks given
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] AndyCr15:
Yeah, the only two shots I had I could directly compare, one I was worried it was more about weather, the other they looked very similar.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sauron0101:
The only thing I would recommend (and this is for all Android phones) is that you abandon the usage of Quadrant as a benchmark. It is inaccurate in terms of real world performance. Sadly, it is also one of the most widely used.

As an alternative I would recommend perhaps Smartbench 2011.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] AndyCr15:
Smartbench wont run on the Note though :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] NZtechfreak:
Hey Andy, nice review, like your work - I'm pretty disenchanted with the major sites rubbish gadget reviews, it's really nice to see some of the highest quality ones coming from people such as yourself.

Agree with the dark lords comments about Quadrant as a benchmark too, I still include it because lots of people want to know, but I also make sure to include some better benchmarks. Smartbench and Chainfire bench are two of the better ones (of course as you say, and as I alluded to in my own review Smartbench is buckets o' fail for the Note right now).

Oh, and in terms of feedback - more screenshots are good, particularly in a Note review where you can annotate them from the device itself!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Souai:
their quadrant score seems a little low. mine hits 3865 running stock.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ShaggyDragon:
Nice review, however regarding the S-Note app, you can add pages by clicking the plus in the bottom right of the screen.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] koniakki:
As we all can see AnTuTu is clearly gaining it's fair share of reputation and well worth it I believe.

As for benchmarks tests for PC's, they usually subjective to the performance and not real world scenarios.

Also about Quadrant, I agree with what you said 100% but since it's so widely used we can only use it as average of what we are "supposed" to get. Nothing more.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
Didnt read any reviews yet , dont own the Note yet ( but I will, unless the Nexus Prime will change my mind), but I did my own testing and comparison tests on some showrooms and I am quite impressed....even the Yamaha dac is better implemented...

I just could not test the GPS...

The gps chipset on my sgs1 needs some assist but it does the Job.(see videos on my sign)

I read that the sgs2 got the sirfstarIV chipset which is impressive cause all my standalone Gps devices got the SirfstarIII.

Does the note got the Sirfstar IV as well?

Tks.

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mdalacu:
I have owned a lot of devices and SGN has the best GPS by far, yes, better than SGS2. Very accurate and quick!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] oka1:
Nice reviews thank you for taking the time. You reaffirmed what I suspected great device but big. For me considering my hand are big (+10" span) this actually will be better for people with large hands.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] katinsh:
g

Thanks for good review!

Today was Samsung Galaxy Note release day in my country Latvia and first 50 phones were sold by the half price LVL 263.50 (~$ 540,00). I was lucky to get one by the half price :)

Phone is realy amazing so far!

Here you can check the link:

http://www.galaxynote.lv/http://www.galaxynote.lv/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] koniakki:
Where's the BUY BUTTON?! :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] viper_79:
Congratulations and thanks for the excellent review. This is one of the best video reviews I have seen of the Note yet. And just to give you an idea of how much I liked it, I have been going insane in trying to come to decision between buying the Note or the Nexus as my next phone and your review has nudged me a great deal in the Note's favor.

Btw, which live wallpaper are you using in the video review? Looks awesome...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] AndyCr15:
I think I included it in my most recent video, uploaded a few hours ago :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] StNickZA:
Your reviews says that the Note comes with Gorilla Glass, yet I am hearing conflicting reports that it in fact does not.

What is the 411 on this?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] AndyCr15:
I'm hearing different too. I got my info from GSMArena -

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note-4135.php

But many are saying it doesn't.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
Thanks for the review and time spended, much appreciated.

And I have a question: Could you confirm if the Note is indeed equipped with a SirFstarIV gps chipset?

Thanks

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] AndyCr15:
Sure, tell me how I check and I'll take a look.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] squalllion1uk:
I hope you remembered to run the benchmarks twice. also its good too mention that the s pen works brilliantly with Swype. With quadrant I'm siting at 4224
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] betoNL:
Hardware-wise...I dont know...

I thought maybe there is some documentation somewhere....cannot find it...

Btw....can Android cause hemorroids ?? :D:D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] AndyCr15:
With Quadrant I'm not sure I did. With it being such a waste of time, I wasn't all that concerned by it... but I'll try remember to next time. The others I did.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] katinsh:
Samsung Russia confirmed me by e-mail what SGN doesn't have Garilla Glass, but they said to me, there is no reason to worry, glass is very strong!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] AndyCr15:
Yeah, Gorilla Glass is only a brand. The glass used on the Note could be even stronger for all we know...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] O_G:
Added links to the note review sticky. No need to keep this thread open now.

Thread Closed​
[HTC Rezound] Zytryx:
As the title says I haven't seen anyone actually test the battery for a couple days, it's usually review and move on.

So how is it?
[HTC Rezound] con247:
Well it hasn't been mentioned so it probably isn't worse than we expect it to be.
[HTC Rezound] POQbum:
Also interested to know. Of course since this will be the first few days people have it, they'll be using it a ton so it may not be the best estimate on battery life but I would love to know an idea of how much to expect.
[HTC Rezound] jbh00jh:
They haven't had time to calabrate yet.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 10.1
[HTC Rezound] Bob-o:
First charge with heavy use got greater than expected life. I will still buy an extended one, but thats cuz i hate charging. 7 hours of heavy use on 3g only.
[HTC Rezound] con247:
7 hours of heavy use isn't bad. So idling with 4G off probably isn't terrible then. That is what I am most concerned about. Hopefully we will get kernel source and just get some undervolt going.
[HTC Rezound] POQbum:
yeah not to mention that after you root you can flash leaner kernels and ROM's. But we'll have to wait for development to pick up, I really hope we see some good developers here.
[HTC Rezound] ochowie:
So right now it's 1am and I took the phone off of the charger at 8:21 with 85% battery life. It is now at 47% with some steady texting, exchange activesync, some web browsing, and a 7 minute video all on 4g. I'm not sure what to make of that but it seems decent.
[HTC Rezound] dmeadows013:
DAMMIT I WANT!!! 3 more days...
[HTC Rezound] Mechadan:
I don't know that I've charged it fully since I got it. It was close to fully charged before I went to a wedding tonight. Lasted all 6 hours or so I was there, but was tuckering out (~20%) by the time I left. But I did spend a bit of time playing with the phone. And 4G was on the whole time. And I turned live wallpaper on, played with my weather and clock widgets, tried to get a wifi connection that wouldn't work, browsed the web a bit.

I recharged on the way home to about 50%, and sitting around playing with it for the last hour to 1.5 hours, it's still at 40%.

If it makes you feel any better, the biggest battery hog was the display, BY FAR. Like 80-something percent to the <20% combined for the other functions. I'll try and remember to post my impressions from my first "normal" day of use tomorrow and let you know how the battery fairs.
[HTC Rezound] gramsey1911:
I got mine yesterday and I can say it is about 25-30% better than a rooted thunderbolt....My logic says once rooted we will get really good battery life.

I am a heavy user and I can say I turned off fast boot and bump charged it 3 times on Thursday night. I gave it a heavy use all day on Friday.

Took it off the charger at 10 am around 8 pm I was on 35%. So that was 10 hours of heavy use and still had 35% left. If I was using the rooted bolt I would have been dead around 5:30 and a stock bolt...even sooner.
[HTC Rezound] POQbum:
hope all these battery estimates are true, sounds like this will be my next phone!
[HTC Rezound] Mechadan:
Took it off the charger at about 11am today... Was close to 100%, maybe 95%. Just hooked it up to charge about 10 minutes ago (so off charger completely for ~10 hours). It had ~10% battery life left when I hooked it up.

Had Wifi and/or 4G on the entire day, including an hour and a half in a bad service area, where it fought for a bit to find service until I logged into the wifi network. Played about 1 hour worth of Pandora on high quality setting. A couple minutes of 4G Youtube. Tons of tinkering with games and downloading apps and playing around. Screen brightness was set to something like 30%. live wallpaper enabled. Weather and clock widget enabled. Data tracking widget enabled. Did a few seconds of video Skype too. I would say it was consistent use all day, but not necessarily heavy for most of the day.

EDIT: I forgot. One short phone call. I'm sort of a bad guinea pig for battery life on a phone because I really don't make a lot of phone calls. Consider my use representative of someone who uses data during his commute and for texting/games/forum/app usage.
[HTC Rezound] con247:
I have very similar usage habits. Glad to hear that this seems to have relatively good battery life.
[HTC Rezound] jcollierdavis:
Bad/No service areas will kill a battery so fast. My office is in a windowless reinforced concrete room inside a reinforced windowless room inside a reinforced building. (Yo dawg)

I get no service at all. If I leave the 3g on, phone won't make it past 5 hours. Turn the 3G/WiFi off and battery percent goes down a few points.
[HTC Rezound] Marcismo55:
I need one!!!

Kellex over a Droid-Life has gotten just over 10 hours of normal usage (all in 4G) for the past couple of days. He also stated he is not a heavy user by any means.

https://plus.google.com/u/1/118128230387412768670/posts

Seems like it isn't as bad as most thought it would be. :D
[HTC Rezound] jdmba:
Battery - Caution

I remain interested in the phone but undecided due to some really bad hardware failures I have on my Dinc.

While I am very interested in battery life like everyone else, please everyone keep in mind that "how is the battery" is as personal a question as "which radio is the best one to use."

There is no way one person can truly tell you how the battery will be for you. If you sit in an interior office without wifi, and have sync contacts and facebook set for every hour, that ALONE will cause a drain that may not be comparable.
[HTC Rezound] jbh00jh:
What does this phone have in common with a year old phone.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 10.1
[HTC Rezound] jdmba:
...

Yay, you got another post!

That aside ... just please everyone keep that in mind when making battery life decisions based on what others experience; battery life can be GREATLY impacted by things well outside what programs you might run and how many texts you might send.
[HTC Rezound] jbh00jh:
Yay, so did you.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 10.1
[HTC Rezound] Marcismo55:
Thanks for clarifying that point, however, this will not be the first rodeo for most if not all of us. I would hope users (and potential users :cool:) would already be aware of the how phone setup and sync functions could have negative effects on battery life.

Since battery life is a huge concern for many, it is good to hear feedback about the general life users have been getting.
[HTC Rezound] jdmba:
Yup

Absolutely true, my friend, no doubt on that.
[HTC Rezound] Mechadan:
Yes, network strength troubles will kill the battery some. I have used the phone sparingly, as I am at work, but have browsed a bit on the web browser, showed off to my co-workers, etc. At work, there is no 4G signal, the 3G signal is spotty, and the Wifi is in that just perfect range where it acquires then is lost then acquires and is lost. Needless to say, the phone has been switching between weak Wifi and weak 3G all day. Has been off-charger for 6 hours now. Twitter updates every 15 minutes. Battery is at 63%. No music, no video though. I'll be getting a USB cable to allow charging at work, but until then, I have to doubt its capability as a music player in a place with poor signal for more than a few hours. Pretty standard for the newer large-screen 4G smartphones, I think.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deziking:
I am getting tired of this 3g signal going out and I ha r restart phone to get signal back. Is there any way of using wifi for phone and txt.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] poppygt:
Yes. Use Google Voice and Groove IP. Sprint lets you use voip service so you can use your own #.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deziking:
How do y txt or you can't?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Zoidpilot:
ChompSMS can send text through Wifi
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] alero:
I moved two miles outside of Sprint's "coverage area", so when I'm home (as not to constantly roam), I bought an Obi110 and hooked it up through Google Voice. You can then hook up a regular house phone, and answer my cell calls through that. Still receive my texts and calls on my cell through wifi at home with Google Voice also.