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[XPERIA X8 General] koledok:
Problem

Installed GXP v. 21b without problem. Great Rom! But I cannot reboot in cwm, but only in xrecovery. Why?
[XPERIA X8 General] koledok:
CWM

I have the same problem with GDV v.22, last one. Not only in cwm but xrecovery too. So I set again root permissions and xrecovery form tools. Now I'm running v. 21b again.
[XPERIA X8 General] NIMBAH:
Currently running V22, it feels a bit slower than V21b but the antutu scores are about the same. Not much difference other than that.
[XPERIA X8 General] snoid_zero:
You can reboot to CWM.

Reboot normally, then tap the screen when sony ericsson logo appears.

and Viola...ClockwordMod v3.2.0.0-r3 x10mini appears.
[XPERIA X8 General] koledok:
recovery problems

I know. The problem starts before. After installing with cwm GXP v.22, rebooting phone, i receive an error message, somethings, "recovery seems bad". I tryed to validate recovery without results. So, I was without cwm and xrecovery tools. Now I have a backup version of v. 21b.

My question is: this problem is mine or comes from GXP?

V. 21b works well

Nic

X8, stock kernel, GDX v. 21b

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Slower?

I'm running still on v.21b because I've a problem with cwm recovery tools in v. 22. For me v.21b works very well, but I notice an enormous lag in selecting contacts number for dialing and the display of calendar, reverted from right to left: very strange!

Nic

X8, stock kernel, GDX v. 21b
[XPERIA X8 General] snoid_zero:
Yes that problem is common when you are flashing using CWM.

I had that problem also.

Flash this ROM using xrecovery.
[XPERIA X8 General] koledok:
TNX, I'll try ASAP. Can you assure me xrecovery works? (in your opinion, of course, no risk for your life :D)
[XPERIA X8 General] koledok:
Ok, I followed your suggestion. Now all seems work fine. TNX
[XPERIA X8 General] koledok:
I'm running v. 22 too. I,ve the same impression about ROM speed, a bit slower. I also notice home reloading more times than previous version, the calendar widget contents disappear after home reloaded. Force home in memory by CM settings may help this or generate instability?

Suggestions?

Nic
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fdp55:
Hello all,

Is there something similar to motocast that works on the thunderbolt?

:)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Whafrodamus:
Hey guys,

I picked up my vivid about 10 days ago. Initially I had mixed feelings about the phone. I was having LTE connection issues like the majority of you are experiencing and the battery life was terrible. I had purchased a samsung galaxy S II and traded it in before my 30 days were up. Anywho, I switch my APN to HSDPA and my internet woes were fixed. I know it's not LTE, but I've been getting good download/upload speeds and everything loads consistently and quickly. Recently, I've noticed that my battery life has improved dramatically. I charge my phone every night and I usually have to charge it when I get back from work. As of recently though, I can go through the entire day and the battery will still be at 80%. I check facebook, browse sites with flash, and text frequently, and also use the maps quite a bit. I have everything but bluetooth on. Anyone else experiencing something similar?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] zombie.raised:
I agree, I am not sure if this is just some net work updates that bell pushed through last week. But for sure the battery life has got better.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] deepsunn:
80% after an entire day of all that? I can only hope mine improves that much.. I've only had mine since this past Sunday, so only time will tell..
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Whafrodamus:
Yeah, browse while I'm on the crapper, text randomly throughout the day, I was surprised too. It also seems the connection issues have been fixed on the default APN (for now).
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] radi0chik:
I'm having a horrible time with mine. I take it off charge at 7am, and by 11am it's at half. I have work email pushed to it (maybe 20 in a day?), facebook and twitter update every 30 or so mins, and I may do 2-3 txts a day. Very rarely do I ever make calls on it. I've NEVER gotten it to last past like 3pm or 4pm without plugging it in during the day. I've had it since last Friday. I'm hoping and waiting it gets better.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] randrewm97:
mine isnt like that in anyways possible. i took my phone off its charger right before i went to sleep and it had 100% life, i wake up and play a little skyrim and look at my phone and it was down to 30%... so it lost 70% in about 10hrs of not doing anything. i decided to go to walmart (which is 20mins away) and by the time i got there i had lost 10% (so now im at 20%). i do my shopping and by the time i leave, it hit 10% life and shut down notifications and what not to save battery. by the time i got home, i had 5% life.

that was the worst i have ever seen and it was like watching my truck border on the empty tank mark. i come from the iphone and i didnt have this issue... i know the screen is bigger and the notification system isnt as good as ios; but that aside, could widgets cause life to go down. i WAS using a mail, news, weather, rss, facebook, pandora, that google music thing, and a bible verse of the day. i know its a lot of widgets, but they are setup to either get info every 4hrs or every time i open them.

sorry for the gerth of that reply btw ;)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] duckfart:
My phone is on the way so I may be talking out of my ass when I say this but the battery drain is probably do to the LTE radio.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Spartoi:
:eek:

Sent from my Imaginary Device
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ClippinWings:
LOL

quoted for truth...

I had to read it 4 times to make sure I read it right.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] theli0ntamer:
Hey bud by any chance could u post up the exact APN settings that u used? I wanna give it a shot...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] deepsunn:
Well, it only has one radio and I'm not sure it would matter whether it was connected to LTE or not. What would matter is signal strength.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dagnus:
Ive had the phone since sunday as well and ive gotta say that compared to when my inspire was on stock, this battery is doing just fine. i get about 26 hours out of the whole thing, as i unplug it in the morning at 7 30 and put it back on the charger at anytime between 1 - 3 am and usually have anywhere from 15-30 percent left. i keep wifi on as well as mobile data and spend most of my time in areas where there is wifi access. i also have screen brightness set to auto and auto sync. i have disabled phone finder and leave wireless location services on. I have installed adw ex and use that instead of sense 3 as i found on my inspire, that sense eats battery.. fast. i live in chicago, where we do have LTE in most areas. My daily usage is as such: text and browse most of the day. 10-15 calls/day. and 2-4 hours of streaming pandora/tinyshark/google music. i peruse the market and xda quite often as well.

that all being said, im particularly happy with the stock experience and battery life. i just wish i could get rid of all the ****ing bloatware.

..

- dagnus
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Aus_Azn:
It does? I thought LTE radios were still separate from standard 3G radios.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Spartoi:
That's only for CDMA devices. LTE is originally GSM based technology so it doesn't need a separate antenna for GSM networks.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jayv81:
@ Whafrodamus

Would you mind posting the apn setting your using and the speeds your are getting.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] nkd:
if you are using wifi most day and streaming pandora and other stuff, it doesn't compare to regular cell data. I stream tune in and with in two hours the battery is down 50% without wifi. The battery life bearly moves with wifi connected.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GTTG_Atomik:
Battery has been pretty good on mine as well. I can unplug it at 630am and do my normal stuff of browsing, texting, a few conference calls and such. By 830pm I can still be around 70%. I do recall in the very beginning that it would decrease in charge rather quickly. Had only 12 hours of battery life.

I use Launcher Pro. WiFi and BT on all the time. Brightness set at Auto. I'm in an HSPA+ zone, and haven't changed the APN. Only Widgets running is calendar, contacts, YouTube and Beautiful Widgets.

I have deep cycled the battery twice already. Two in a row after I got the phone. Now I charge it at night regardless of how much is left. I usually deep cycle once a month.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Whafrodamus:
Name: Media Net (if your 1st locked APN is named Media Net, then just name this one Media Net2 - this name in this field isn't important as long as it's unique)

APN: Phone

MMS protocol: WAP 2.0 (this option might not be in your APN, so don't worry if you don't see it)

MCC: xxx (Don't change this number)

MNC: xxx (Don't change this number)

APN type: default,admin,hipri (notice there are no spaces between the words and the commas)

APN protocol (if applicable): IPv4

Everything else: <Not set>

found in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1338109

I have switched back to the regular PTA as the connection issues seem to be solved. Web page loads no longer hang, and LTE works great now.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] randrewm97:
My phone has been doing a lot better since the last time I replied. It now makes it through the day
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Whafrodamus:
Just a quick update.

Unplugged my phone at 8 AM, it's now almost 11:30 and I'm still at 100% battery. I have been using facebook, typed some emails, sent some texts, browsed a few sites. This is all with wifi off and running completely on LTE (with the default PTA APN)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] phedinger:
Better Life for me

I have had the Vivid since Nov 6th and am in LTE network 100% of the time. I use to get up at 5 am workout for an hour playing Slacker Radio over mobile network, and would have 20% by 1 pm with limited use after the workout. I let the phone die completely once and that changed quickly. I did it a second time and even better. Now I use it with the workout, listen to audio podcasts for my hour drive to work, with texting, google reader use, email reading/replies and more podcasts the entire day with another hour podcast commute home. Now I am normally at 50 - 60% without any charging around 6 - 7 pm. I have even gotten to 9 pm with 70 % with limited use (normal email/contacts/calendar syncs) and no charging. I can't believe I almost traded it in for the Skyrocket. Now I will shut up because that was way to much talking for me.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GTTG_Atomik:
It seems like the deep cycle works wonders on our battery stats. I did 2 cycles in a row and my battery couldn't be better. I've got the Vivid in a battery case and I go almost 3 days without having to charge it.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] 3f62011:
I was able to disable bloatware, the "disable" survives even through reboots, and battery removal. See my post here.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henreeg:
Do any of the Galax S II users in the US have 4G?

What carrier?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InfuseIssues:
I locked my phone a week ago (drank a little, was incredibly angry) and forgot the password the following morning. Tried every combination under the sun that was close to my usual lock PIN and had no luck. I read about the pattern unlock asking for a Gmail login, and I was never prompted.

I tried many solutions, including the ADB program but my phone was not set for debug. I decided to change my Gmail password online with the hopes my phone would prompt me, but no such luck. A day ago I found a program that would bypass the screen lock, but it had to be installed from the Android Market. Installation didnt work because I changed my Gmail password, but cant set it on my phone now.

I really dont want to lose my photos and data, it would be a huge setback and Im already having a difficult time with it.

Is it possible to install a custom recovery image WITHOUT losing all of my data, or will it wipe everything clean in the process? Are there any realistic options I have to be able to remove my PIN lock or recover my data?

I would really appreciate any help I can get, because it seems I have no other options left and Im left with a phone I want to throw in the trash.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Erik_T:
You didn't say if you are rooted or not. If you do have root then you can probably just flash another rom and you wont lose anything. If you don't have root.. then I got nothing. If you don't already have a rom on your device but you are rooted you could probably find a app that would allow you to get right into your phones flash memory and put a rom in that way.

Also, pull our your micro sd card on there. If thats where all the data that you want to save then you could be in luck that way. You didn't mention where the data is saved. Pm me if you have any questions or you don't understand
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InfuseIssues:
Sorry, didnt think to mention those details. Phone isnt rooted, all data like photos and such is saved internally.

I never really looked into digging into the phone like this, but after I locked it I started looking at every possible option. Even sending the phone out to a data recovery specialist. Im basically at the end of a fraying rope, and it really sucks, Im so stressed.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Erik_T:
So you tried your passcode those thirty times and then what happened? Nothing? I think that you should just keep on trying your passcode over and over again and maybe it will come up with you signing into your google account... maybe.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
Data like photos, videos, files, etc etc are all stored on SD card (internal), except application data. Only application specific data like its configuration, etc go to internal partitions that get erased when loading custom ROM.

So your best bet would be to install a custom ROM and then get the data from your SD card. When a custom ROM says it is going to wipe everything, it means partitions like /system, /cache, etc, and not the internal or external sd card.

But for this you would need to be rooted. So try the one click to restore to stock (in one of the threads here). This is worth a try since this method should not clear internal SD card.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
why dont you flash the community kernel giving you CWM, then flash a rom?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Erik_T:
How can you do that if you can't access (get past the lockscreen) and don't have root? (honest question..)

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He's referencing this.. it's under the first section.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1293751

Idk if you can get into download mode if you're not rooted.. never tried it.

If you can't get into download mode you might be able to do the stock reset. I would make that a last resort though, it will probably wipe your pictures.

You do this by powering down the phone and then using the three finger method, holding down the power, volume up and down buttons. Let go of the power at the Samsung logo and then it will boot into a green screen. From there.. you have to figure it out because I don't know what the screen looks like. I can't remember from all those months ago when the last time that I was on the stock firmware for a while.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Optimus is right....just pull the battery...put phone in download mode and flash community kernel...when it starts booting...3 button back to recovery...if you don't have a custom rom on your phone...when you get to recovery..go to apply update zip and select and flash it...that will give you green cwm ...then go to mounts and storage and select mount usb storage...you computer will recognized your internal memory then you just transfer another rom on your SD card ....unmkunt usb and flash like normal...hope that helps...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
It should still go into download mode...the pin lock has nothing to do with that
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InfuseIssues:
How do I put the phone in download mode? I know how to get to recovery mode, but not download mode (if they are different).

When I mount the USB storage, I can just pull everything from my phone?

You guys are a huge help!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
Download mode screen has a small exclamation mark, something like in the pic I have attached. It is totally different than recovery. Recovery allows for a bunch of options that can be manipulated on the phone itself. Download mode allows phone to be updated only via a connected device i.e., a computer that pumps in data to the phone. By data I mean OS.

You cannot mount anything like USB storage in this mode. This mode is more like a mode that the manufacturer uses for automating initial OS onto the device, in a totally automated process. This method is also sometimes referred to as "restoring stock" meaning, restoring phone to how it was when out of factory.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Pull the battery....put battery back in...(first of all have Odin open)..hold vol up and vol down while plugging usb ...u should see a yellow android with a broom and it says downloading...on Odin you should see comm## in yellow if you are connected....download gtg ultimate unbrick and extract...on Odin click the pit button and go to where u extracted and double click on infuse.pit...then click the pda button and put the PDA file in there...and do the same for phone...hit start and your on your way back to stock
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
LOL...dang diablo ...I was typing when you posted this....my bad...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
:) Happened many times to me too...

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To add to this:

Since you seem to be new, try to ensure you don't disconnect the phone from the PC until this process is complete. And get the phone drivers loaded onto your computer before you start this process.

Most importantly, as mentioned above, open odin first, and then connect the phone in download mode for odin to recognize the phone.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InfuseIssues:
Does the USB debugging mode need to be enabled on the phone? Mine isnt, I know that much.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Tomdg07:
I find it odd that you were never prompted to unlock with gmail password as well, it actually says pin lock, not puk lock correct?

Did you try changing your gmail password back to what your phone thinks it is so you can run this program you heard of, that might work right? Just thought i would throw this out there if your having toruble with the more technical solutions being offered to you.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InfuseIssues:
Its the PIN lock, rather than a pattern or SIM lock. I did try that actually, but Gmail wont allow me to use the same password twice. I spoke with someone at Google who referred me to a specialist, and I will ask for their help on doing this. I was told by someone else that with the phone not seeing the correct password it will essentially be logged out, but Im really hoping that is not the case.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Tomdg07:
ok, that blows, thought I may have a had a more simple minded solution for you guess its back to trying the more technical solutions provided above. sorry couldnt be of more help.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Just Odin back to stock...simple
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
Nope. Download mode overrides everything else!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Odin back to stock! Issue solved...:)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InfuseIssues:
Awesome! I will give that a shot after I hear back from Google about changing my password. Hopefully they can help before I attempt this and possibly muck it up. lol

If I didnt have all my pictures on there I would. Next time, Im going to start backing everything up to my comp.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Odin back to stock will not erase your SD card unless u do a factory reset from the phone
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InfuseIssues:
All my pictures are saved on the internal drive, rather than the external SD :(
[Samsung Infuse 4G] koriotto:
Sd card= Internal "drive"

what you call sd card = "External Sd-card"

Flash with odin, all photos etc will stay intact.:cool:
[Samsung Infuse 4G] koriotto:
Any luck yet man?? ill leave this here just in case still no luck since i havent heard any news

Ok download mode aka the 2 button (recovery its the 3 button)

1.-Turn off the phone and pull out the battery

2.- Connect your phone via usb (and while turned off)

3.-Hold volume up and volume down same time.

4.-Insert battery while connected and holding the 2 buttons( vol up and vol down)

you are now on download mode.

If you Odin flash your stuff like pics and music are gonna be safe. Apps will be erased, simply get em back, im guessing the important its the pics etc right? Since you can re download apps.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InfuseIssues:
I went into download mode and my laptop says the device drivers could not be installed. Odin was open but it did not read the phone. I left the phone in download mode and connected, just to be safe.

Edit: After some "rooting around" (no pun intended) I figured out Kies installation was necessary.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InfuseIssues:
Ok, I flashed back to stock with Odin/GTG Ultimate Unbrick. Worked fine and dandy, and the phone rebooted. I tried to install the Community Kernel file, didnt work. Tried it again with the infuse.pit and phone uckd.tar file, and it worked but the phone reboot.

Am I missing something? Did I muck it up?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
Did you backup the data from on your internal SD card before playing around again?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InfuseIssues:
The phone was PIN locked, so I couldnt do anything with the internal SD. I just followed the instructions that I was given for going back to stock.

Phone is just sitting on download mode. Should I pull the batter and unplug the USB to reboot?

The first time it rebooted after the back to stock flash with Odin, it stopped at the ATT logo.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
Something missing in what you said:

"Ok, I flashed back to stock with Odin/GTG Ultimate Unbrick. Worked fine and dandy, and the phone rebooted. I tried to install the Community Kernel file, didnt work. Tried it again with the infuse.pit and phone uckd.tar file, and it worked but the phone reboot."

Why did you try to flash community kernel at this point? There shouldn't be a need to do it. One click odin restores everything to stock, including kernel.

Did you use this? If not, try using this:

[ODIN][UCKE3] Return to stock (Updated 06/08/11)

At the end, if it throws you into recovery, do NOT delete all user data as this could clear out your SD card.

Let me know the result please.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InfuseIssues:
I was following the instructions that I got:

"using gtgs ultimate unbrick is easier, faster and will bring you back to fresh stock without erasing your external sdcard...i would advise that route....then after you flash to stock...instead of going through the whole modified 3 e recovery thing...you can just download the odin comunity kernel, put your phone back in download mode, extract the kernel.rar and put the comunity kernel.tar file in the pda slot in odin and just hit start...when its finishe let it start booting (samsung logo) then hold vol up, vol down and power for about 10 seconds and you should boot into red recovery..."

I used the GTG ultimate unbrick to return to stock.

After trying the community kernel, the phone stayed at the download screen and never rebooted. Can I just pull the battery and disconnect the USB?