yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G General] kamgrn:
Yes, when trying to connect to mass storage, i turn usb debugging off .. and it does not work. Regardless, I have tried with it on and with it off. And with it on, it does not show up in Device Manager either. With it on and with it off, it does not show up as a storage device, it does not show up in Odin or Kies. All it does is charge the device. Again, this worked fine up until I rooted it (the 2nd video link), and at that time, obviously, it showed up in Odin.

Also, I have attempted to unmount and re mount the sd card. This did not work either.

Is there anything else, less obvious, that I may be missing? Or something else that I could try to get this working again (besides removing root and cwm and restoring back to stock - last resort)?
[Epic 4G General] kamgrn:
Resolved. Apparently 3rd time is a charm ... re installed the drivers AGAIN. And now it is magically working. Thanks all.
[Epic 4G General] tydynrain:
My phone has only ever very sporadically successfully functioned as mass storage. I've played around with the modem/UART settings, USB debugging, drivers, and very little has done much of anything to actually help the situation. I think it has more to do with the moon and stars aligning just right...lol. Now that I have an SD card reader, it's a nonissue.
[Epic 4G General] Jmax0420:
Mine only shows up as mass storage during a full moon and i can only interact with it without freezing if that full moon happens on the second Wednesday of the month. Lmfao..

Anywho i find it quicker and easier to just toss micro into adapter and pop it in the sd slot.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Pda allows it to be set as a storage device. My phone would not detect it was a mass storage device and only showed up as a modem until I changed this setting
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dnorthington:
Since the accuweather one is exploitable (and not that great imho), what does everyone use? I'm looking for something that is 4x1.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] REDFOCZ:
I use beautiful widgets, gives you the option for a clock weather 4x1 and a weather 4x1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] boone8576:
+1 Beautiful Weather here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CollegeProfesor:
Beautiful Widgets with the "Tick" theme.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dnorthington:
Had anyone tried beweather? https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bellshare.beweather
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dandrumheller:
I run beweather for my status bar temp because the pro version allows me to pick specific weather stations. However I use the simi clock widget for a home screen weather widget...and I have click on simi launch weatherbug because it has a nice hourly forecast.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tboooe:
Yup. Ben using beweather since my blackberry days. I think it is the most professional looking widget. Highly recommended.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cesande:
3D digital weather clock as a widget and weather app to drill down.

I won't support Weather Underground !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Romee74:
Fancy Widgets. Was my very first app and still my favorite.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] yahoowizard:
Is it just me or do they drain a ****load of your battery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] saltytostitos:
Beweather

Radars are great and its sexy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roadrash7:
Just curious. If accuweather doesn't drain battery anymore than the others why would I care what they do with it. Ive been usinv it since day 1. It has been great. I set the location manually though is that the difference
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kest874:
+1 Beautiful Widgets here, lets you customize the clock, weather image placement etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dnorthington:
BeWeather Pro is free from GetJar right now. I'm using it. They supposedly have very accurate info. Looks good with the transparent background on unnamed with the ICS theme.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] behrouz:
I use weatherbug elite.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tmckenn2:
goweather. Ive tried some of the others like fancy widgets and beautiful widgets... they were alright. the reason why they drain your battery so much is because they 1) wake up your phone every so often 2) use your data 3) and the kicker.... uses gps

but i havent seen battery drain with goweather
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mcorrie1121:
Where'd you find the theme? Can't seem to locate it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DeXel55:
Go Weather is good for me, and totally free. No battery drain for me although I set to check weather every 12 hours.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] barbo:
BeWeather Pro is free at GetJar and is pretty cool to look at and has pretty good customization. I am wondering how it affects the battery though. Any comments on that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ilovetoracismbro:
beautiful widgets, you can pick between accuweather and google for the weather service. and themes and all that other jazz
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dungeon47:
Go Weather with the transparent widget hack here on XDA looks great on anything.

Sent while riding a buffalo.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Laughing Danny Elfman:
Glass Widgets has a nice combination clock/weather widget and it's 4x1. It requires a pay-for unlocker just to change update frequency, but it's perfect for minimalists. You can set the background and text color and alpha too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] demon9206:
Exactly as the subject states. I get notifications for both, And honestly, the Gmail app sucks anyways, as it doesn't sync with my email for quote awhile.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] HTC Chris:
You can disable your Gmail account from syncing on gmail, but you can't delete it as far as I know. You can also uninstall the app from root explorer, but I don't know the precautions of that since the market depends on a gmail account. It would be safe to backup.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] akira02rex:
I always thought it was silly myself. I disable Gmail on every android phone and use the stock email app alone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] borguesian:
Gmail is better when used with gmail.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] quarlow:
I agree. The push notification works better than the stock app. I only use gmail, so its not an issue. That's not to say I don't have a hotmail, live, and yahoo email address, just that I only USE gmail.

The gmail app let's you label, archive and choose which folders sync how long. The stock email client doesn't do any of that.

Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] HTC Chris:
I also use gmail, my only gripe is that I can't empty the trash :mad:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dmnall:
All I can say is the Gmail App is great, however, I have not used the stock samsung email client as the last time I used it, sucked big time, some email clients *old eudora especially when I first got my Samsung Captivate last year* were getting gibberish from sending e-mails. I use MailDroid Pro and Gmail.. Since upgrading to the i777, I am still using maildroid pro and gmail app. I even get gmail messages in maildroid because of the ease of deleting messages I don't want to see!

HTH,

Charlie
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucke:
personally, i like having separate notifications via separate apps for my exchange email and gmail... it works better for me that way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Because the gmail app blows away the stock email app when used with gmail... Since I only use gmail, the other email app is one of the first things I nuke.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] demon9206:
Really?

Man, I use GMail too, but the app for it sucks for me. It doesn't update everything nearly as quickly as the stock email client.

1. If I delete emails from my inbox (from a computer or something) it takes hours before it shows up in the GMail app, and vice versa as well.

2. It doesn't refresh the emails on launch, it seems to be quite random (and in the range of a few hours late anyway)

I can see how the stars and folder would be nice, though I don't use them. But still, the intense delay in communication really bugs. Or is it just me?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] axis01:
Apparently, it's just you. :D

Mine updates fine. I use both. The Gmail for the phone stuff and the other for work exchange email.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hobbs:
My gmail app is great as well. it updates quickly. you may want to check your settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Lucke:
i agree with the two above me... for gmail, when i read/delete an email from my computer the notification/email is gone from my phone within 5 seconds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DefTaker:
Don't Feed the Trolls!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
Both Gmail and Stock email sucks, IMO. :Q

Gmail client

1. The biggest problem is, it only supported gmail. Everyone has several email accounts, don't you ? Then, you would need at least two email clients to read all of them.

2. No pinch zoom. Sometimes, the emails (in HTML format) exceeds the width of display, so you move to the right side to see them.

3. Sync is sometime slow, as indicated by other posts. I have encounter slow sync several times.

4. When composing new emails, it will prompt you matched recipients after you typed few letter. But, I would have to have an option to pick from Contact app.

Stock email

Most of let downs are due to Exchange support

1. In my corporate Exchange, I setup rules so that incoming emails will be moved to various folders. The stock email can only sync Inbox folder. You have to select that folder(e.g. "My other folder"), the email app will then refresh. But, it does not sync, as such, no notifications.

2. No "delete all" in Trash folder

3. In list view (the screen show preview of emails), to delete an emails, you need to press the email and hold it for few seconds. Then you select "delete". This is non-intuitive design. Gmail uses checkbox, and iPhone uses swipe delete.

4. Then, I feel there is "lag" when deleting the emails. Sometime, right after deleting the emails, the email app paused for few seconds before the app became responsive again. It's because the app is trying to refresh with server. But, it should do so in the background process. iOS's email is definitely much more responsive in this regard.

5. Similar to gmail, there is no way to pick recipients from Contact. You have type few letters, then you can pick from matched list. Don't get me wrong, picking from matched list is good. But, sometimes I just cannot recall recipient names. So bringing-up Contact app to pick recipients will definitely help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] barbo:
How do you disable the gmail account from syncing (in the stand alone gmail app)?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jsmith8858:
Choosing delete from a context menu is very intuitive; I think what you mean to say is that is it not efficient. To delete multiple emails in a list view, just press MENU, choose DELETE, and then check off as many emails to delete as you'd like.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gtg465x:
Just you my friend. I have the opposite issue. The Gmail app gets emails and updates instantaneously and the Samsung client is a slow battery hog.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] :
Well, it's probably me. At first, I did not know press-and-hold will bring up the context menu. That's why I think it's unintuitive.

But, you are right that I also meant that it's not efficient.

Overall, IMO, the Email/Contact/Calendar apps leave much to be desired , comparing to Blackberry's and iOS'.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] demon9206:
Crap you guys were right, it was setup to update several hour's away by default, rather than emails 30-minute. But even after activity it wouldn't refresh in the background.

I am really glad I stirred up good conversation here, seeing everyone's points. Thank you all for your replies

Also, no troll here.

anyways, I decided to just get a paid email apparently that is pretty good, so we will see how that goes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jetarpon:
I'm glad to see you have your gmail problems figured out. I wasn't understanding the hate for the gmail client. In fact, there are times when I'll be sitting at my desk, and I'll get my new mail notification on my phone before I get an indication in my gmail window that I have a new message.

One thing I did find with the GS2 is if you use the power saving mode and it disables syncing, you need to be sure to turn syncing back on yourself, because it won't do it for you. Or at least that's what it seemed to me (I don't use power saving mode any more).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jsmith8858:
By the way, you can definitely pick from contacts, there's a little contact icon there that you just press. Or, maybe clicking the contacts icon is not intuitive? :) (just teasing)

But you are down to only 3 reasons now why the default email app "sucks."
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Rothsville:
I use MailDroid - works fine and can do Outlook exchange access.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
You can set up multiple accounts (I use it and it works excellently well; hadn't tried exchange though). You can add pop enabled addresses to be pulled by Gmail (online, not pulled by the device). Once your Gmail account pulls emails, they sync to your device just as other emails do.

As to your issues with the stock email client, have you tried Enanced Email? It has a stock interface and a lot of people rave about it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bkeaver:
decided to try maildroid (the add version) again because its been awhile since I have tried it in the past. I must say I am relatively impressed with it. But 17.99 for the pro version I would have a hard time justifying paying.... Maybe if I use it more I may come up with some way to justify it.. IDK...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Just you. I often get notifications on my phone before mail even shows up on the web client.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] leo5111:
i was looking around didnt see it also after i root is there anything else i need to do to install apk,s from sd card? thanks
[Motorola Droid Bionic] djr4x4:
LIST OF SAFELY FREEZE-ABLE BIONIC BLOATWARE:

WARNING: Once frozen, you cannot use these apps or their related services. You'll have to unfreeze them.

Backup Assistant 2.3.4

Backup Assistant Client 1.0

Citrix Receiver 2.1.1059

City ID 1.1.7

GoToMeeting 1.0

Guided Tours 2.3.4

Help Center 2.3.4

IM 3.0.4.6

IM Presence 2.3.4

MOTOPRINT 2.0.0.38

News 2.3.4

Slacker 3.0.535

Social Location 2.0* [do not disable if you use any of the Social widgets or other Motorola social tools]

Social Messaging 2.3.4*

Social Networking 2.3.4*

Social Status 2.3.4*

Sticky note 2.3.4

Swype 3.21.87.27685

Tasks 1.0

V CAST Media Manager 4.4.1.0

V CAST Music 03.72.110

V CAST Tones 4.5.11

V CAST Videos 5.72.008

VideoSurf 1.0.10

VZ Navigator 7.2.0.353
[Motorola Droid Bionic] leo5111:
thanks, is rooting all i have to do to install apps from sd card? or what do i need to do? thanks
[Motorola Droid Bionic] djr4x4:
I would say yes.. I installed bootstrapper from my sd card..
[Motorola Droid Bionic] leo5111:
what is bootstrap? is it something i need to do?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] I Hate Import Cars:
Visual voicemail disappeared

I froze the majority of the apps on this list, and while my phone does run much faster, my visual voicemail app seems to be gone. None of the apps I had the option to freeze said anything about visual voicemail, so I'm wondering if it is linked to another app/service that I froze maybe? Any tips on this would be great.

I have the Bionic on Verizon, rooted and using the Liberty ROM. Looking for the factory installed visual voicemail app, unless someone has a suggestion for a better one... Thanks in advance for the help!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] GertBFrobe:
Adding to your list, these are additional ones I have frozen:

Amazon Kindle

Blockbuster

Bluetooth Share (I don't use Bluetooth and noticed these were "running" regardless)

BluetoothDun

LetsGolf

MS Exchange (I don't need it)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] djr4x4:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1238472 This is in the droid 3 forum section but this also works for the bionic. I used it when I had the stock ROM on mine and it worked with no problems.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] nerdyplayer:
going to ask a very stupid question.

what's the difference between uninstalling them and freezing them with titanium?

and i do not have the pro version are most of the apps there okay to uninstall if i'm pretty sure i won't be using 99% of them.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Geezer Squid:
You can unfreeze with the touch of a button.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tivo7:
Yeah. If you uninstall, there's no way to get it back without pushing/installing the apk manually (Which is really bad if your phone needs the uninstalled app to run).

If you just freeze it, it has all the effects that uninstalling does (keeps the system from reading/using it) except if you need it back, just press unfreeze and all is well.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] djembeman:
Google Voice, YouMail

I actually have never seen the verizon visual voicemail app on my Bionic. Hard to believe, I know. So, are you paying for the Verizon VVM service?

When I was waiting for a Google Voice invitation I found a pretty cool VVM app called YouMail; it allows you to set different answering machine greetings for different people or groups. I think I just wanted Google Voice so bad, I didn't hang long enough with YouMail. Both are totally free!!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dholmes2004:
Location to download deleted stock APK's?

I am a noob to XDA but I rooted my Bionic right when I got it about 6 months ago. After I rooted it I deleted a few of the bloatware app's that I thought I would never need, but I did not realize that it would mess up OTA updates. I now want to get the .902 update but it keeps failing. I am assuming it is because I deleted City ID, Slacker Radio, V CAST Media Manager, V CAST Music, VCAST Tones, and V CAST Videos. I have looked all over XDA and the web and have not found them anywhere to download. Can anyone send me these files so I can get the update? I could do a complete restore but I would prefer to do it this way. If you have any other suggestions please let me know. Thanks.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Geezer Squid:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/mo...-5-893-fxz-901-902-compatible-902-update.html

or this

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13105-a-easier-way-back-to-the-update-path/

There are other ways to get back on the OTA update path. Just look around and you'll find them.

Good luck
[Motorola Droid Bionic] thecolorsduke:
After the .902 update, I found some new apps listed in TBP as not backed up. I'm assuming these are the new apps added with the update (apps I've frozen are bold):

Amazon MP3 2.0.15

Apps 2.00.54

Emergency Alerts 2.3.4

MOG Music 1.0.1

Music 2.3.4

Slingbox 1.0

Videos 1.4.2

VZW Package Installer 1.0

I'm not sure what the 2 unfrozen apps do, so I left them alone.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] our3rotts:
Emergency will allow your carrier to send you Emergency Alerts based on your geographic location. It's part of the new national Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). The Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) - so essentially you're carrying a weather/emergency radio around with you - and you don't have to "opt in" to the area you're in. Traveling through a blizzard/tornado warning area, it will vibrate and have an audible alert to let you know.

It's been a long time coming & as an emergency preparedness/response professional, I love it. Please don't disable it as bloatware, it's far from it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] thecolorsduke:
Thanks for the explanation. I'll keep it unfrozen. Could prove useful someday
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sxufeast:
I uninstallEd a couple of apps "bloatware" which I honestly don't remember the needle of, is there any way to get them back?? "restore bloatware"
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smokedkill:
The emergency alerts will also let you know when there is an amber alert, or at least it is supposed to.

Sent from the Evil Empire
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Blaqhawk:
Yes, that is why your update is failing. If you search around, you can fix the issue (like the link below yours says).

-Adam
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] xTee:
Shadowgun, a futuristic action-shooter, is probably one of the best games for Android to date, sporting insanely good graphics, a decent storyline, and compelling gameplay. This is one game that should definitely be a welcome addition to any gamer's catalog.

[youtube]16cToLf5YoY[/youtube]

Link: Android Market

Sprinkle is a basic physics-based puzzle game, where you're in charge of extinguishing flames all across the town, avoiding various obstacles as part of your mission.

[youtube]qxX-EO8G3RU[/youtube]

Link: Android Market

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[Android Apps and Games] xTee:
Shadowgun, a futuristic action-shooter, is probably one of the best games for Android to date, sporting insanely good graphics, a decent storyline, and compelling gameplay. This is one game that should definitely be a welcome addition to any gamer's catalog.

[youtube]16cToLf5YoY[/youtube]

Link: Android Market

Sprinkle is a basic physics-based puzzle game, where you're in charge of extinguishing flames all across the town, avoiding various obstacles as part of your mission.

[youtube]qxX-EO8G3RU[/youtube]

Link: Android Market

If you like my posts, don't forget to hit the "Thanks" button​
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
Prezentz...

​

The THANK YOUs!

Konane - For noCIQ!!

crawrj - For his awesome AIOmod!

maddoggin - For his great lockscreen mod!!

AnAm85 - For TeAm VeNuM's cool a** look!!

KingOfThaJungle - For helping me with EVERTHING!! And for his development, themes and mods!!!

Jaybizza-For great ideas and keeping us pumped up!!!

banksmi09 for his awesome VeNuM HTC Keyboard and mods!!

Great Help: http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1268548 OR http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1265399

Features:

New Red VeNuM Icons.

New VeNuM MMS.

New Black/Red VeNuM Dialer.

Venums Red Transparent Digital Clock.

Venums Transparent Weather.

Venum Red Status Bar and all new icons.

Red Calculator.

Red Samsung Keyboard.

New Settings Icons.

and much much more ...

Thank you everyone for sticking with us!!

KNOWN BUGS:

1)DO NOT CHOOSE TO USE THE GLASS LOCK OR THE SGSII LOCK WHEN USING ANY OF THE COMPATIBLE ROMS LISTED BELOW!!!

2)WHEN USING STARBURST V1.9.8, DO NOT CHOOSE THE MIUI LOCK!!!

DOING EITHER OF THE ABOVE WILL THROW YOU INTO A BOOT LOOP AND YOUR ONLY OPTION TO GET OUT, ONCE AT THAT POINT, WOULD BE TO EITHER RUN A RESTORE OR TO WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET, ERASING ALL OF YOUR SETTINGS, APPS AND ACCOUNTS! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!

Compatible ROMs:

Calkulins ROM

StarBurst

ViperROM

MidNight ROM

EpicTouchAOSPMod (nope don't do it... 2.5 or above it will Bork your gapps...)

**Most No CIQ ROMs**

How To Post 2

Changelog Post 3

Mods and such post 4

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?gvj0lhdy31am3yj
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
How to install what you find here:

Copy Zip File onto the root directory of the Internal SD to your mobile phone.

Go into recovery mode (High Volume + Home Button + Power On Button) or press on the Power menu to recovery. (I suggest clearing Dalvik and cache)

Install zip from sdcard

choose zip from sdcard (not apply /sdcard/update,zip)

Search for the Zip File

Then Yes - Install Theme.zip

IMPORTANT!!!! This is a large file everyone. Make sure if it does not flash that you have downloaded on a PC (phone downloads get corrupt) and and repeat the flash in cwm (after clearing cache and dalvik) until it takes... This sometimes takes up to 3 tries to flash (just stay in cwm and repeat and repeat until it works... It will...)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
Changelog:

Release 1, 11-17-11