yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steveorg:
Now that I'm done

The upgrade was a much more painful experience than expected, but well worth the outcome.

I wanted to do it once, and I succeeded if you redefine "once" as 5 ROM flashes with full TiBU restores, settings tweaks and home app (GO Launcher) set-up. I also performed several other ROM and Kernel flashes where I just briefly checked out the look and feel and how well a few features worked. Surprisingly, basic apps such as the Market could be problematic. Even more surprisingly, the same ROM could perform differently when reflashed.

I suspect that is partly because I had a very sick cappy. Some of my problems were caused by too many app fixes that caused their own problems. One of the reasons for the multiple flashes with TiBu restores was to isolate the trouble makers while the rest of my apps were installed. In the end, I removed every app that "fixed" issues like battery life, memory issues and GPS inadequacies. Now that I know better, I think of these apps as personal bloat ware that should not be installed with any new ROM or kernel until you've had a chance to understand if you have problems requiring a fix. Sometimes, even installing and then uninstalling seems to create permanent problems.

I also learned not to be intimidated by flashing. It's an easy to understand and quick process. The key is to check out the ROM before the hard part - TiBu restores and customizing the settings.

BTW - The winner was (drum roll please :p) - Illuminance 2.1.1. It has several SGSII features (new Swype is nice), seems fast, doubled my battery life and has been stable. I compared it to a friend's brand-spanking new AT&T SGS II and my reborn cappy held up. For example, the SGSII was a a bit faster on loading Google Maps, getting a fix and loading a traffic overlay, but not so much that there was a functional difference.

I actually flashed Illuminance 3 times - once just to kick the tires. I removed it once because my bloat created instability and caused the Market not to work. The only minor issue I have left is GPS optimization. The GPS works well (previously was often useless and very slow), but from reading this forum I believe it could be snappier and more accurate.

I added some of these observations to my second post on this thread.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pizz0wn3d:
Personally, I'd say just flash MIUI and then wait for the ICS port to become stable enough to be used as a daily driver without any major setbacks. But only because that's what I'm doing :P

The main attraction of MIUI is its huge degree of customization. You can customize everything from the battery icon to the framework itself without ever having to reboot your phone. You just find a theme you like and apply it.

The only downside of it is the battery life. While in use, it's the same as any other Samsung/CM7-based ROM, but it usually drains at ~5% per hour when in standby. Of course this can be kept at around ~2% an hour if you keep wifi/data/sync turned off (personal experience, ymmv).

... The more you know

Herp derp Captivate XDA Premium.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geeksquad2:
Ok, so I spent a week or so reading up, and finally this afternoon, I flashed over to Pinnacle v1.2. I noticed that there was a v1.3, but I didn't get it.

It worked like a charm! I was done in under an hour. Thanks for your advice!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjd80:
i would add that if you are getting into flashing a lot of different roms, its worth getting the paid version of Titanium Backup because it can restore all of your apps and settings in one step, rather than with the free version, where you have to click "install" for each one as the batch process happens. it will literally save you hours for all of maybe $6
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsd6265:
If you really don't want to lose anything and you're getting into flashing it might be worth your money to invest in mybackup pro ontop of titanium backup pro.

It will restore call logs, sms, mms, specific app settings (like if you use a market keyboard), plus alot more. Its definitely worth it, you can restore nearly everything between after switching roms to a new daily driver.

Flashing is a disease so don't be surprised when you get the urge to look up whats new in a couple weeks and wanna try the different ICS roms and such, make all the backup software extremely important.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezcats:
No...not really (on Beta 2 ics)...its just cool :D

I would update though.....really stable.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b-eock:
There is not a true beta 2 ICS for the Captivate, ytt3r hasn't done it yet.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezcats:
Its the i9000 build with a custom captivate kernel....works the same as it would if it were a i897 rom.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b-eock:
Dude I know what it is... But there isn't a beta 2 kernel for the captivate yet...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TLRtheory:
To make a long story short... I wanna play Earth and Legend on my Xperia PLAY.

...but since the developer became a nonresponding a-hole about critical game issues, we're all stuck with a game that has a huge additional data download... straight to the phone memory. With Xperia PLAY having only 400MB, that's a big problem. I've been able to stretch that internal memory pretty far with a rooted 2.3.4 Xperia PLAY that's been un-bloated and optimized with the setInstallLocation 2 trick... but that still doesn't allow me any control when some developer pulls a **** move that sucks phenomenal amounts of phone storage as data.

Heresay's that some of these App2SD programs can actually move an application's data to SD while still making it usable. Would that help here? Does it involve any of that SD partitioning insanity that Eclair users had to do get Move2SD?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
The only script that moves the /data/data/ folder is data2ext. ownhere is famous for the best data2ext script, you will need a 2nd ext partition and a kernel with init.d support. Check out his thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=859419
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
DoomLord has been quick in adding partitioning and init.d script support to his kernel, so you can apply it right away.
[HTC Jetstream] ebaul:
Did anyone else who wrote to HTC support get a response stating the bootloader wont be unlocked until Q2 - Q3 2012?

Can someone with mighty powers delete this. I typed it in one of the other post, and somehow I clicked the wrong thing and ended up here!!!

thanks
[HTC Jetstream] BIGMOH:
That sux! but glad to know whats happening on the other side of the table ;)

Thanks for the info!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OldDogEyes:
I am wanting to find a safe way to get the latest Google Gmail .APK file so that I can load it onto a device that doesn't have access to the Android Market (Kindle Fire).

Google took me to this page: http://gmail.droidload.org/

I am leary of rogue APK files, especially with something that will ask for my google account login info.

Is there a "safe" way to get the APK's for Google's Apps?

Thanks,

Doug

PS Yes, I know that the Kindle Fire is Rootable and that Android Market can be installed that way. I'm NOT interested in that ... Just looking for the APK. Thanks...

PSS If getting the APK won't work for the Kindle Fire, please let me know. I was able to get APKs for other apps like Opera Mobile via Handango and use them on the Kindle Fire...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OldDogEyes:
No thoughts, no comments, no feedback?

Did I post this in the wrong forum?

Thanks...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ell3:
Hashing is a good method to know if a file hasn't been changed... That site says hash is 574BEE40D022C0CFFD4698288CD03EBF (and I advise you to manually check anyway...).

Someone with the original apk pulled from the market should tell you what his hash is, and if they match, you just got a clean copy of the gmail.apk !

That could be an effective way to spot modified apk from originals, but sadly there is no md5 available for all (usually on the devs site)... and I haven't found any trace of that for Gmail app.

And I don't even use market, so I can't tell you...

Last note, that site is offering 2.3.5 (29jul) and latest is 2.3.5.2 (1oct)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnienyc:
Anyone have a sense of how battery life is on this yet?

Also, does pinch zoom work on more sites? (One thing that is great about Sense browsers is you can zoom in on almost any web content...)

Thanks.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vvaffles:
it drains about 10% an hour on mid usage, probably wont last you a day.

the browser is absolutely phenomenal, loving it! however if you are looking to flash kwiboo's version im having some random data disconnects, nothing major, just a heads up.

hope that helps
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Burbruee:
Battery seems okay. Feels like I've been toying around with ICS all day just checking everything out like the new People app and updated GMail, Messaging and Music. Also played some games. And I'm only down to 85%.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hyakuman:
Battery life seems on par with Gingerbread (Oxygen) that I was using before the switch so I'm happy with that. Surprising too considering it's working with a hacked 2.6 kernel.

The browser works beautifully. GPU acceleration is a true gift from the gods, and pretty much the one thing I was really waiting for with ICS. Pinch to zoom works on all sites I've tried.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enhanced:
No noticeable drain from the SDK port as of right now.

Will test throughout a few days to see if it's on par with Gingerbread.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnienyc:
Wow, sounds good.

I may have to pick up another Nexus on Craigslist.

What is not working? (4g, WiFi? anything else?)

Also, does the install change the kernel? Does it change the radio?

(fyi: I used to use james bond and netarchy kernels, and battery life was good enough...)

@hyakuman: in terms of pinch zoom: does text repaginate, or does it just go off the sides of the screen so it's impossible to read without scrolling?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4I-I:
it changes the kernel but doesnt change the radio!

has anybody here tried another kernel on this rom?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Burbruee:
Wifi is working actually, but signal bars don't show.

4g not working, USB storage mount not working, video recording not working, something else and maybe hardware acceleration not fully working.. and well some apps need update for ICS compatibility, but that's not the fault of the rom.

All in all it's very good for a first release.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mayankchopra:
Please dont flash it !! still its nt prepared for daily use
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diamond_vdf:
Crap.. it can be used as a daily.. have installed the kwiboo release. No drain, AT least nearly bugfree 4 me. Great work anyway. With v1 I had glados Kernel, v2 Stock but dunno which Kernel next..

Sent from my OxygenPowered Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnienyc:
thanks guys. Anyone else want to chime in on battery life?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikawka:
to my experience, battery life seems to have improved from GB, using kwiboo's ROM and now testing on Koush's... over wifi, cant say the same on 3g though. will test it out...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hboot_zig:
seriously asking people not to flash this? Care to elaborate on why you would say such things? Look everyone's phones are different and I will just give my experience and let others choose to flash or not. I have ran every possible ics rom or port I could get my hands on from beezy's, kwiboo's, morpheus, and the very latest which is a port of koush's crespo version now on 4g. I have had the most sucess with kwiboo v2 4g after the flashing of the eri fix. Used it all day at work probably 11 hours on battery(franco kernel oc'd) with moderate to heavy use including youtube(on wifi) during lunch. Flashed the koush port an hour ago(clean install) all is well(camcorder works) TB restored all of my apps with a quick settings change(app processing>interactive) hope this answers a few questions.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pudg3:
I would say that the battery life is good if you flash another kernel as well. I'm currently testing Glados kernel with Brainmaster's tweaked ICS v4.

Browser is really good. Web pages load really quickly. zoom can be a little sketchy on sites with only desktop pages.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnienyc:
okay, now I am looking for a used nexus on craigslist
[HTC EVO 3D] alusher:
i owned a evo 3d i followed the htc unlock bootloader instructions and got the unlock code emailed to me i have the file in a android folder and did the final step at the cmd prompt i recieve this message "fail <status read failed< too many links>>" please help
[HTC EVO 3D] Twolazyg:
Did you follow all the steps exactly?

Try running an RUU and unlocking again.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] gabezermeno:
Can I get a link to the Apk? Newts incredible 2 hd doesn't have it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dave83uk:
Sorry if this has been asked before but...

How do you add a Facebook account to sync contacts etc?

I have the Facebook app installed and have added twitter accounts etc through the accounts and sync in settings but Facebook never adds.

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Highland3r:
You can't. Support was removed back in 2.3.x for the Nexus S. Issues with Facebooks use of Google API's & local storage of contact data or something along those lines. Should be plenty if you search - either on XDA or on the wider intewebs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dave83uk:
Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] prananas:
whoa whoa whoa...

let's say I have all important people in my google contacts. I have manually related every one of them to corresponding facebook contacts so that essentially I could see their FB profile photo.

seriously, cannot that be acomplished using GNex??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chandlerweb:
Theres an app for that! Well, actually a few of them e.g. SyncMyPix
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dgwood12:
Any others besides syncmypix that can download high res photos?

Sent from my Droid Incredible
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kindiboy:
^YES!

Anyother?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BiGMERF:
this is the only place i will miss sense. i was kind of used to not having iton my nexus s, didnt the reg market facebook app sync conatcts
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aznbatman:
Facebook Sync

Don't fret folks. There are other options. I use Contapps. It has a feature to sync HIGH QUALITY facebook pictures. You're going to have to go with the pro version.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kindiboy:
Contapps pro on amazon appstore is free ^^

and thanks alot for the tip.
[XPERIA X8 General] enemyneno:
Hello i have custom rom from here, and i would like to change the dialer screen on my rom, anyone got any clue how can i do that? thanks:)
[XPERIA X8 General] pokénoob:
If u are using CM7 u can change other themes using the theme chooser app.
[XPERIA X8 General] dipusen:
which custom rom you are using?

if you want i can give you the dialer(pic in my signature) as mine.
[XPERIA X8 General] stratoukos19:
1) Copy this file (see attachments) with root explorer or similar app to system/app and replace it.

2) Change permissions to :

x x -

x - -

x - -

3)Do a Reboot. Done!

:cool:
[XPERIA X8 General] taaviu:
Anyway backup your old contact app.
[XPERIA X8 General] enemyneno:
GingerDX and i'm going to try stratoukos19's method.. :)
[XPERIA X8 General] dipusen:
can I have the screen shot?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fenix_tbg:
I bought the phone a few days ago, after 2 days stopped working, when you turn on an vibrate only per second, and nothing. When I connect to a computer is installed as SEMC Flash Device. Battery full charged with another phone.

LOG fom DaVinci -

(#) DaVinci Service Client v22.81 (User: 27443 / Credits: 10)

New Device Connected On USBF2

Device Identification Started...

The IMEI of the product is:

00000300000000

Service Selection Started...

Getting Software List From Server For: / / ...

Error: Unable To Get SW List

No Software Found For Your Device: / FFFF /

Getting Software List From Server For: / / ...

Error: Unable To Get SW List

No Software Found For Your Device: / FFFF /

Getting FCS Script From Server For: / / ...

SELECTED: Flash Custom Software [SonyEricsson] / /

Script Execution Started...

Checking Files...

Script initialization. Please wait...

Error! Failed To Read EsB!!

Error! Loader Activation Failed!

Loading CsLoader...

Error! Loader's Header Not Accepted!

Starting Filesystem...OK

Error! Failed To Enter /tpa Filder! Code: 0x9A

Execution Time - 00:00:37

Done!

LOG from FlashTool -

20/043/2011 17:43:37 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

20/043/2011 17:43:59 - INFO - Selected X10i_2.0.A.0.504_Generic.ftf

20/043/2011 17:43:59 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

20/044/2011 17:44:42 - INFO - Searching Xperia....

20/044/2011 17:44:42 - ERROR - Please plug you device in flash mode

20/044/2011 17:44:43 - INFO - Searching Xperia....

20/044/2011 17:44:43 - ERROR - Please plug you device in flash mode

20/044/2011 17:44:44 - INFO - Searching Xperia....

20/044/2011 17:44:44 - ERROR - Please plug you device in flash mode

20/044/2011 17:44:45 - INFO - Searching Xperia....

20/044/2011 17:44:45 - ERROR - Please plug you device in flash mode

20/044/2011 17:44:46 - INFO - Searching Xperia....

20/044/2011 17:44:46 - ERROR - Please plug you device in flash mode

20/044/2011 17:44:47 - INFO - Searching Xperia....

20/044/2011 17:44:47 - INFO - Found at USB\VID_0FCE&PID_ADDE\6&11B5CB24&0&4

20/044/2011 17:44:47 - INFO - Start Flashing

20/044/2011 17:44:47 - INFO - VER="R8A013";DATE="20100119";TIME="17:24:00";

20/044/2011 17:44:47 - INFO - Flashing loader

20/044/2011 17:44:47 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

20/044/2011 17:44:47 - INFO - Now unplug the device and power it on

20/044/2011 17:44:47 - INFO - Then go to application settings

20/044/2011 17:44:47 - INFO - turn on Unknown Sources and Debugging

20/044/2011 17:44:48 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

SUSE - shows that it can not recognize the device

Can anyone have any suggestions? That additional tested on Win XP Pro and Win 7, and tried to upload two different roms.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpan_y:
i've got error on flashing system.sin (aborted)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dmarco:
I am sooooo SUPER excited that we finally got a official recovery ( thank you Koush ), however, after playing around some, I noticed an option for Partition SD Card. Believe me, I have done my fair share of searching, here, online and everywhere, before posting here. I still can't seem to properly understand the relevance of partitioning the SD card. Could somebody please break it down for me in lehman's terms for??? :D

Thank you all very much in advance.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisgeller:
Hi there

I've managed to lose the charger for my Transformer - I've still got the USB cable so I can trickle charge (very slowly), and use 3-pin plug USB convertors (also very slow). I think the Asus official ones have a higher voltage? Where can I pick one of these up - are the ones on Ebay trustworthy?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d1001541:
asus uk shop

shop.asus.co.uk/shop/gb/en-GB/Home/3-Accessories/11-Batteries-Powers/88-Adapters/90-XB2VOKPW00010Y-ASUS-Eee-Pad-Transformer-TF101-Adapter-(with-EURO-UK-Plugs).aspx

£24.99 but you could sell USB cable and euro adapter on the bay
[Member-Found Deals] Ghostello88:
Subj!!!! Get it if you were waiting for it to come out!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dmarco:
Sooooo, I'm currently running the Virtuous Unity Rom on MyTouch 4G Slide and am DEFINITELY loving it.... Except for the lack of Visual Voicemail. Is there ANY way we can get back our stock Visual Voicemail back on this ROM???
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] DistrictDigital:
You need to install it yourself.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Techlvr:
Or you can use Youmail. I like it a lot myself.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dmkjr:
Having a slight issue. Trying to download songs through Google Music (Market) while on Nexus Prime 360 V1.6 (MIUI 2.3.7). I am not able to download any music. The Market gives me an error "Error Retrieving Information From Server".

Any idea why? I've wiped Market Cash and tried again, even re-installed Google Music.

Really would like to use some of the new features Google offers.

Thanks guys,
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear676:
Same here I'm running miui LE. I wonder if they are blocking root users.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dmkjr:
I've been talking to an Android engineer. He says they are having a few issues with the Market, check out and Music working together. Perhaps its that? I don't know. He's going to look into my case specifically. I know I can login on the PC, but that defeats the purpose. If I'm doing that, I can just dl and transfer music over.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] toinktoink:
can anybobody upload twlauncher.apk and .odex files?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] The_Biz:
http://db.tt/BKgjPU1Z

http://db.tt/YIaPRgsS

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[Acer Iconia A500] samaliset:
Anyone had heard about this new battery if yes any feedback?

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/461721767/New_replacement_battery_for_Acer_A500.html

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] Tom in AZ:
What is the capacity of the stock battery? I am impressed by how long the stock one lasts, but would much rather have a super capacity battery in there for an even longer run time.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
IIRC, the stock battery is 3260mAh.
[Acer Iconia A500] Bloodflame:
Correct, and there are actually 2 of them. :)

So does this mean we can have a pair of 5000mAh batteries? That would be awesome!
[Acer Iconia A500] kuhar2638:
Actually there is only one, but this one is 2cell battery. Li-Po batteries come in cells, one cell is 3,7V. So you can build them like legos:). You can add cells in series to increase voltage (1S 3,7V, 2S 7,4V, 3S 11,1V) or in parallel to increase endurance (1S 3,7V 2500mAh + in parallel 1S 3,7V 2500mAh = 1S2P 3,7V 5000mAh).
[Acer Iconia A500] taptaptouch:
Is there a teardown guide for our tablet?
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
Yes, several of them.
[Acer Iconia A500] JWingWangWong:
So would this battery have a longer life than the stock battery?
[Acer Iconia A500] melcali:
Theres two 3260 bats. In teardowns it looks as though its one because both are together.
[Acer Iconia A500] kuhar2638:
Nop. Only one, but inside this one are two cells. So only one battery.
[Acer Iconia A500] melcali:
Theres two 3260s. Not one. If there is only one 3260 I doubt our tabs would last as long as it already does. Call it one or two batteries whatever, like the specs say, 3260x2
[Acer Iconia A500] kuhar2638:
Look. There is only one battery 7,4V 3260mAh 24WH Li-Po in our Iconia. Inside this battery are two Li-Po cells each 3,7V 3260mAh connected in series so capacity remain the same only voltage is doubled. My laptop has 9 cell battery but I'm not saying that I have 9 batteries. You can google by yourself for battery code 934TA001F you'll see only one baterry.
[Acer Iconia A500] melcali:
Ok. Sorry. Geegz. I still love you.
[Acer Iconia A500] FloatingFatMan:
It's annoying, isn't it? So many people today just don't know the difference between a cell and a battery. Makes you wonder what they hell they teach in science class these days...

For those who get confused... A battery is ONLY a battery when there are multiple cells inside, linked either in series for parallel. If there's just one cell, then it's NOT a battery, it's a cell.
[Acer Iconia A500] azoller1:
has anyone tried buying this yet and see if it works