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[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] freak4dell:
So this site lists the View for $399, but when you hit Buy Now, the price comes up as $299 plus $20 for shipping (credit to SlickDeals for the tip).

I just paid $255 for a WiFi Flyer. I have no desire to activate this thing on Sprint, so essentially, this would serve as a WiFi Flyer, too. However, it's black (which I like better than the silver), and it's got double the memory. It looks like the View gets hardly any support from devs, though. Is it worth the extra $65 bucks to pick this up?

Mainly, will the leaked Honeycomb updates work on the View?

EDIT: Down to $275 plus shipping now. I couldn't resist.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] ERamseth:
What site?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] freak4dell:
Wow...knew I forgot something.

http://reaganwireless.com/htc-evo-view-tablet.php

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3577174
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] matthew2582:
So you bought the View from Reagan for $275 - I am very curious to see a) if you get it and b) if it is sealed brand new
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] freak4dell:
Yeah, I am, too. One guy said he picked 2 up directly and they were as described and able to be activated on Sprint.

I'm really hoping that the official Honeycomb update comes out soon. If it doesn't, I'll probably resell the View. Not sure I want a tablet without support from the community behind it.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] butterflygirl:
Looks like you have to use PayPal to purchase it, so at least you are covered by their guarantee.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] freak4dell:
That's the reason I went ahead and purchased. It shouldn't be too hard to dispute it with PayPal should that become necessary.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] matthew2582:
Having had a few HC 3.2 tablets - Acer, Archos - I prefer the speed and stability of HTC's Gingerbread with Sense. If HTC does bring out HC for Flyer/View - all well and good, but not a big deal to me - I love the Flyer the way it is.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] freak4dell:
Well, really, the reason I want support is because I'd like to see ICS on it at some point.

Plus, the expanded pen capabilities of Honeycomb seem sweet, since that is one of the primary features of this particular tablet.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] matthew2582:
Ok gotcha - let us know when you get your HTC Evo from Reagan and let us know how it went.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] freak4dell:
Will do. I got a shipping notification already. I'm traveling for the next few weeks, though, so I won't actually be able to check it out until next month.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] lovethyEVO:
Went ahead and purchased one from this site since the flyers are literally unavailable locally. Purchased monday and paid for 2 day ups. Just got it 5 minutes ago BNIB. Was sketchy on ordering but since paypal was used I wasn't worried about getting my money back. The site and price (as long it lasts) is legit.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] freak4dell:
Sweet. Good to know. That's what a couple of other reports have said, too, so I don't really expect to find any issues when I get mine. It was delivered today, so now all that remains is for me to get back into town and open it up. :D
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] contradude:
LOL ouch on the unsupported side of things. Let's just say im waiting since something is dropping really soon that would make a gingerbread kernel a waste of my time. I may compile one but it will be more practice than anything else.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] freak4dell:
Sounds like you know something I don't. If this thing gets Honeycomb, then I'm definitely keeping it. I can deal with a rooted system on a stock ROM, but I didn't really want to be stuck with Gingerbread for the life of the thing.

In my defense, I didn't see your ROM until after I found this deal. I'll probably try your ROM out, and if you develop something for HC, I'll definitely try that out, too.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Jataadroid:
199.99 new line activation thru a third party sprint store. Sprint data is good where I'm at and like u said double the memory. All together pen+tab =270.00= me geekin out til my girl leaves me LOL. 20.00/mo for 1gig data...not the best but certainly the lowest option out on the market as far I've seen. I have only used 62 kb and sure its gonna stay there for a while. Plenty of WiFi.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] freak4dell:
Not bad. No way I'll be signing a contract with Sprint again (at least for a few years), but if it works for you, then great!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jdlfg1005:
If anyone is interested in submitting a new Icon for my new Kernel Hub please hit me up with a pm. Thank You in Advance
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davioxx:
As with newer Samsung Android phones it is practically essential that if you go to the modding scene and start uploading custom roms you should have a backup of your efs

For simple backup of efs partition

by sishgupta

adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/efs of=/sdcard/efs.img

and for a full image of your brand new phone

as various users have stated there are other more correct ways of backing up your new efs partition,

the one i liked the most is this one by because it backs up all your partitions

by c0ns0le

IF YOU HAVE BUSY BOX INSTALLED
adb shell
su -
for i in $(ls /dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/ | grep -v user)
do
dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/${i} of=/sdcard/${i}.img &
done

NO BUSYBOX:

adb shell
su -
for i in boot cache dgs efs metadata misc param radio recovery sbl system xloader
do
dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/${i} of=/sdcard/${i}.img &
done

deprecated just staying here because this started all the correct backup commands for your efs :D

In order to do this for your galaxy nexus you should have adb working on your machine and also debugging enabled in your phone

this is practically easy, your phone must be rooted, or at least booted with the boot.img of this thread How to Root GALAXY NEXUS

adb root
adb remount
adb pull /factory

and now backup that file to at least 2 places lol

I always get paranoid with this

have fun installing custom roms
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
i don't think that works for GN

Samsung changed their EFS recently on the new released phones

it's no longer how it was with the Galaxy S line of phones
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] girux1:
No one know if we really can backup and restore /factory (EFS)?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dave_t321:
this should put an .img file in /sdcard. It's the same method as the one in the sgs2 section but with different paths.

adb shell
su
cat /dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/efs > /sdcard/efs.img

edit: you'll need to be root, obviously

edit again:

this is technically better but does the same thing:

adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/efs of=/sdcard/efs.img
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] StuMcBill:
Out of curiosity, what is efs?

I am pretty familiar with flashing my HTC Desire, but there is not an efs partition (AFAIK)?

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 420SYN:
It backs up your imei information in case it gets corrupted by flashing custom roms and mods
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] StuMcBill:
Cool thanks!

Stew
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diablos991:
Is this something specific to Samsung phones? I have been rooting and flashing since the nexus one and have never needed this.

Doesn't clockwork mod back this up? If not, why not?

Sent from my LG-P999
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
Would it be if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/factory since this partition is named "factory" now?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] girux1:
If the efs is really in the /factory folder and its not hardlinked files sitting somewhere else is there a better way to save the files and keeping the permissions?

Using tar or gzip on them before?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] afilopou:
So which method to follow in order to backup my efs folder?All information is under /factory
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sishgupta:
use

adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/efs of=/sdcard/efs.img

this is the right command as if you run ls on the by-name folder you can see that it is still efs not factory

factory must be a link to this
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] paratox:
omg, i have a 0049... IMEI after flashing ICL53F via fastboot!

how could i restore my old IMEI?

edit: jippie, i got my IMEI back after flashing the ITL41F

odin

version from this post!

i suggest everyone to backup the efs before flashing other firmwares!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ratcom:
Could someone provide the correct commands to restore the efs folder please ;) Ive backed it up just need to know how to restore it if something bad happens ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sishgupta:
There is a guide for it on these forums. Google 'efs restore android' and you should find it.

There is also an efs restore application that will use img files (like how we made in this guide) instead of just the nv_data.bin
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
does it actually work with this phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c0ns0le:
fun w/ shellfoo

IF YOU HAVE BUSY BOX INSTALLED
adb shell
su -
for i in $(ls /dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/ | grep -v user)
do
dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/${i} of=/sdcard/${i}.img &
done

NO BUSYBOX:

adb shell
su -
for i in boot cache dgs efs metadata misc param radio recovery sbl system xloader
do
dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/${i} of=/sdcard/${i}.img &
done
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nic85:
---------- Post added at 03:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:15 PM ----------

[/COLOR]

i've foud this one..wich is better?

adb shell

su

busybox dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/efs of=/data/media/my_efs_backup.img
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sishgupta:
They are the same with different output locations. The one that leads with busy box is for a configuration where the commands are not aliased for a busy box setup.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dinan:
Similar thing happened to me. I got a 2nd nexus, decided to restore a nandroid from my 1st nexus onto the 2nd one. Restore went fine, it was like a clone of the 1st phone except the IMEI was corrupt with a generic 0049... one. I flashed the phone back to a google factory ITL41D and the IMEI was restored. Needless to say I won't be doing that again!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hytl:
I used these commands to make back up

adb shell

su

dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/efs of=/sdcard/efs.img

How do I copy that efs.img to my computer? I can't see it in windows explorer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dave_t321:
adb pull /sdcard/efs.img c:\[path-to-where-you-want-it-to-go]\efs.img
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hytl:
Thanks Dave, I didn't try your method. I restarted my computer couple times and it showed up in windows explorer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kcokla:
I've got a problem,

I downloaded the galaxy tab rom onto the nexus and now my efs are gone(as ive been told)

I've got access to another galaxy nexus ->

can i just get the backups from there and transfer them to the other phone?

Please help!

Perhaps back up efs and restore them onto another phone(same phone model obviously) for the gnex?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sonnysekhon:
Exact same thing happened to me :D, that's when I looked up this thread.

I have backed up my efs. How to restore the .img file if the need be? I looked around but didn't see any concrete info.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s2d4:
restore

adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/efs.img of=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/efs

or directly to mmcblk0p3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
has anyone been able to confirm if this actually works?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s2d4:
do you have a good reason to doubt it?

partition mmcblk0p3 is for efs on the nexus. The partition is the key here, nevermind if the efs folder changed location.

Same method was done for gs2, can't remember the exact partition linked to efs though.

A 20MB file was created on the nexus just like the gs2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sonnysekhon:
Thanks :), bookmarked just in case I do something stupid again :p.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeff72k:
The IMEI is specific to each phone.

You can try the method on this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20403583&postcount=13
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
this method did not work for some versions of SGS2 only on the exynos base
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s2d4:
I have no idea which partition is linked on the non exynos version so I can not comment. Do you have a link?

By the way, which method are you referring to? The one in OP or the image from partition method?

EDIT: the image of partition method does work on the non exynos gs2. I believe that is how Hellcat made his app compatible with just about all the i9100 variants, as the partition layout were the same.. Hopefully hellcat can confirm this.

So what do you mean that it doesn't work?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HellcatDroid:
Hi guys :)

Yeah, on all S2's I have encountered - or been told of - so far, the EFS was always on partition mmcblk0p1 and mounted to /efs.

kTool makes a raw-dump of the partition and a tarball of the folder - both methods work equally well.

I'd love to make kTool compatible with the Nexus, but having no chance of getting my hands on one "first hand", I'd need some help :)

I could use the output of the following commands, for a start:

mount

busybox ls -al /dev/block

busybox ls -al /dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name

A copy of the file

/init.rc

would be helpfull too.

If someone knows on what partitions the kernel and modem FW are stored - I'd also like to know those very much.

:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HellcatDroid:
Ohwow, that is even more use than I thought, that "by-name" directory answers most of my partition-based questions :eek:

Nice, thanks a lot, I shall get started! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s2d4:
That's how I knew efs was linked to mmcblk0p3 :)

good news for nexus guys! Thanks once again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jcpq:
Is necessary to back up the folder efs in the galaxy nexus?

This problem is already exceeded in the galaxy nexus?

Rootexplorer can use to backup?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s2d4:
what do you mean by exceeded? Something went wrong with the translation I think.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jcpq:
Wanted to ask if this problem still persists in the GN?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s2d4:
well, not sure what you mean by problem but if information contained in said partition becomes missing or corrupted. Yeah of course.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HellcatDroid:
Hey :)

I'd need one or two brave guys who:

- know what they are doing

- have a proper, good and working EFS backup already and know how to restore it just in case

- are willing to spend some time testing

I made some enhancements to kTool to support the Nexus :) and need to know if things work as expected or if I missed some important details.

// EDIT

Aw, another thought just struck me.... I hope kTool works well on ICS *at all*....

well, if not, I'll have to fix it....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bunklung:
And how do you restore these files? Imnuts had a guide to create an Odin package from these files.

It seems like the Gnex just uses fastboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krasnoff:
I have tried specially (deliberate) formatted with mke2fs partition /factory to receive generic IMEI 0049... and check up work this restore command:

dd if=/sdcard/my_efs_backup.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3

.

Here write about necessity to specify the size of the block, I tried "4096", "bs=4096k" and without this key, but it has helped nothing, as it seemed to me.

The partition completely was restored together with all files and their permissions, but my real IMEI after that it was not restored, many reboots and many repetitions of this command (via adb shell) were required:

setprop ril.barcode 358other_digits_my_imei

Certainly, restoration was made in an airplane mode and without a sim-card.

If somebody knows a simple and reliable way of restoration efs-backup.img, I will be very grateful!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s2d4:
I've been helping Hellcat with his app, maybe you can as well? Pm him please.

At this stage backups via image and tar file is working on his app.

Btw, ril. settings only works once. It does not continually be set on every reboot
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kashix:
any other viable solution or application that can backup your efs without the adb/busybox? any easier way of backing up. used to be able to do it with an application my S2, I've checked modaco's rom, he have a auto script to backup EFS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s2d4:
Read straight above your post.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kashix:
you're implying me the ktool which is currently in development to support ICS?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s2d4:
read the last two pages
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HellcatDroid:
"ICS" kTool supports, i.e. it runns fine on it as far as I can see. The "Galaxy Nexus" however, it does not (yet) support, but I am working on it and good progress has been made so far :)

I am fairly positive it doesn't take too long anymore until kTool is ready for the G-Nexus.

@ s2d4 and krasnoff:

I'll be getting back to you guys via PM later tonight - thank you for your help with testing!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kashix:
Thank you for your hardwork sir!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Thanks s2d4; ktool saved my ass at least once on the I9100 (thanks Hellcat!). Was going to compare the EFS folders from my GN and I9100 to see what, if any, differences there were. Then I stumbled upon this thread. I also necro-bumped the ktool thread yesterday; looks like Hellcat is on a vacation however.

We definitely need something relatively fool proof for the GN; I only see more and more people posting about borked EFS. Better yet, it'd be nice if someone could figure out why this folder gets randomly (but rarely) corrupted by any/all ROMs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osm0sis:
I haven't seen this linked here before, so in case you found this thread because you didn't backup your EFS before you messed up your IMEI:

[GUIDE] Recover your IMEI in 9 steps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Up!
[General Questions and Answers] baht:
nfs shift screen turn blank half playing
[General Questions and Answers] st@matis:
try chainfire 3D and install one of the plugins available
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] exonix:
Like the title says,

My previous phone was a captivate that had the in-ear speaker go out on me as WELL as the speakerphone, I mustve opened that thing 10 times trying to fix the problem about 'loose contacts' to no avail.

Anywho I went on craigslist and picked up a brand spanking new in the box SGS II for $350.

Whats your say on the price for a brand new phone with no contract?

A Steal

Great Deal

Good Deal

Bad Deal

Anywho i'm now running UnNamed rom on it and love it!

Does anyone have any other tips for this phone?

Last but not least whats the best 'soft' case for the SGS II? I had the rubber bodyglove case for my Captivate and I loved it. I want something similar for this
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] barbo:
This has a lot of good info:

Tips and Tricks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DCSRM:
I would say it was a great deal. Ones on ebay are going for around 390-400 for slightly used and 430-450 for brand new.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] smknutson:
As far as case, check out the Rearth case, it is pretty well pulled off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red5:
Any person who gets a GS2 for any price is a good deal... best phone ever!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Bowsa2511:
Great deal! I got mine for $350, and an old motorola backflip ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ChairmanPlow:
$350, no contract? Nice!

(I'd have even thrown in a KFC snacker.) :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] slowpc:
Traded my atrix for my at the time brand new sgs2 ... Im happy ;)

OOwner even mailed it to me first since we lived kinda far away , that was a first for a craigslist deal for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Captpt:
I'd say that was a pretty good deal, its a great phone!!

Case selection is still quite slim, bought the My Case POP case originally but it adds bulk, I just got the SGP Neo Hybrid today and so far I love it, the two piece design should be good protection and the Reventon Yellow is pretty nice ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nicktuso:
Great deal, enjoy your awesome phone. Welcome to the land of epic...post and try out different roms(after you've rooted obviously and use the search).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shinshoryuken:
Yup great deal.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sailador:
you got yourself a nice deal there...hopefully it is not hot lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jamezz23:
I posts $450 out of contact the first week it was out brand new on craigslist and I thought I for a smoking deal. Your deal is amazing to say the least.
[Android Themes] Lultima:
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Link for Download:http://www.multiupload.com/M9OGX8ZG59
[Android Themes] clown_luv:
Thank you

+ 1
[Android Themes] Big_Ste:
Thanks man!!!:D
[Android Themes] DNL_Daniel:
Thanks for sharing, +1 for you :)
[Android Themes] momopebl:
Cool,man!!!!!!!
[Dash 3G, Snap General] wenlong88:
Hello guys,

I just bought a HTC Snap S521 phone for Army.

My current version:

Rom Version: 2.03.723.2(65854)

Radio Version: 3.47.25.29

Just wanna ask this is the latest version?

If not how to I upgrade to the latest one, as the Windows Mobile Device Center is not helping.. lolx.

Thanks alot. :)
[Dash 3G, Snap General] Hakim Rahman:
yes it 's official rom Windows Mobile 6.5 latest version
[Windows Phone 7 General] Phrozt:
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?p...75&mapcode=wireless-networks-general|consumer

Let's hope this kicks off a new wave of wp7 users :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dr.8820:
....too bad the Titan isn't on the list...
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
Is there a list? Looks like it says all Windows 7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] scoobysnacks:
That focus s looks pretty nice
[Windows Phone 7 General] Illicit Hero:
It includes the Titan. AT&T is also giving back to those that bought a phone with in 30 days.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
I wonder if they will make any deals for those halfway through their 2-year contract?
[Windows Phone 7 General] macjr82:
So does this mean if I buy a Titan this weekend it will get refunded during Black Friday or on my next bill or something? Or is it better to just wait until Sat?
[Windows Phone 7 General] prjkthack:
Few people are having success price matching this feature. You may want to read the following post for more details:

http://www.wpcentral.com/att-matching-match-their-upcoming-penny-deal
[Windows Phone 7 General] macjr82:
Yeah, I'm not going to risk it, even though it means an extra 2 weeks before I'll actually have a Titan in my hand.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mike21pr:
sigh... im really tempted by this, but comimg from Sprint and now TMobile, im a real data power user and having a 2gb data plan really turns me off. Getting a titan for .01 has me wanting to pull the trigger since TMO has failed me only getting the Radar
[Windows Phone 7 General] macjr82:
The AT&T page is now saying Windows Phones "starting" at $.01. This has me worried about the Titan.
[Windows Phone 7 General] macjr82:
http://www.att.com/shop/special-offers/index.jsp
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
Signing a 2 year contract for a phone outdated in 2 weeks = bad math

Total price somewhere around $2600... wowzers
[Windows Phone 7 General] TIGGAH:
Outdated exactly how? I bought my Focus about a year ago and it's still damn awesome. Certainly not outdated.