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[Networking] Wormtown:
Thanks. I mostly appreciated the idea of using afraid.org.

For some reason, Dyndns and no-ip wouldn't work with ICS as client.
[Networking] devilbats17:
thanks for this tut, keep it up :)
[Networking] wilsonj:
nice.. thanks for sharing ;)
[Networking] lotherius:
The cool thing is, once you start hacking your router, you open up all sorts of fun. Like using a virtual wireless network to bridge the open wifi network that gets 1 bar of signal in one little corner of your apartment to be a full strength WPA protected network with your own SSID and subnet that all of your devices can use ... not like I would do such a thing. Now, I *am* a bit afraid to try to set up a VPN on the bridged virtual network..... that could get complicated.
[Networking] katinatez:
Will this also work with OpenDNS?

Already running DDWRT v24 on WRT600N, and trying to figure this VPN stuff to connect my Atrix running CM10. Thanks for any help
[Networking] lotherius:
Any service which gives you a stable hostname to the outside network should work.
[Networking] australix:
If you have a higher end router that supports the mega builds (8MB flash), then you can opt for OpenVPN which is more secure than PPTP. Setup is more complicated though.
[Networking] lotherius:
Still using a (now antiquated) Buffalo WHR-G54S which has 4MB flash and 16MB Ram... so while it has a lot of features, OpenVPN is lacking... so I can't test that method personally.

This Buffalo is the best router I've ever owned, though. I still can do without gigabit or N networking, so I'm not upgrading. I went through 5 or 6 bad routers (even a Linksys WRT-54G that crashed constantly) before I got this one.
[Networking] phoenyx:
Thanks for all the info here. I've deleted the post because I think my issue is with something else.

Thanks..

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[Networking] UzUmAKI_NaRuTo1:
very...helpfull..!!! :)
[Networking] RichTJ99:
Very easy guide! Thanks!
[Networking] crnGameStudio:
455

nice cool...
[Networking] primski:
bumpin this because i have a question regarding this, i just set this up and it works great

there are mainly two types of auth vpn servers use, certificate authentication and username/password

i tried to set up password one, and you still need the server public certificate along with username/password, but you don't need client public and private keys unlike with cert auth.

now, i placed the server key, ca.crt, on my internal storage and together with username/password, works great, my concern is security of this file. this file needs to be accessible right, so you can't put it in /etc or /system, having it in internal storage, any app with storage permission can read it... isn't this a security risk? how is this solved? where do i put the file?

thanks

edit: also, how do i *prevent* network traffic without vpn? i know there is always on option and start on boot, but i did, and when the boot finnishes there is a brief moment when the phone connects on mobile network just before initializing vpn and in that brief moment android probably sends all sorts of passwords and data through the network ... how do i delay this until vpn is initialized?
[Networking] Wendell Hill:
Nice thanks for sharing
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJR0D:
Quick question...when i use to turn on my GTab...it would turn on..and i would be connected to my WiFi. But now..when it turns on..i have to go into settings..and click turn on WiFi...THEN it will connect. How can i get it back like it use to be?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJR0D:
No one knows???????????
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdds13:
I see you're using vegantab, did you use airplane mode? There's a glitch on almost all roms where you turn on airplane mode and you can't deactivate it, even if you turn it off and turn it back on, the tablet will show airplane mode as deactivated but in reality its still on, thats why everytime that you turn on your tablet, you need to turn on wifi. I tried telling people about this problem, but no one seems to care. All gingerbread roms have this problem and some froyo roms.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJR0D:
Strange..ive NEVER touched airplane mode. NEVER. Could i have bumped it somehow and not know??? I doubt that. I would see. Lets say i did...no other way to undo this? But then again..lets say i didnt...why it just start doing this out of no where?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdds13:
Well the airplane mode problem is what it seemed to me based on the symtoms of the problem, the only way i've been able to get rid of it is to re-install the rom and wipe data & cache
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJR0D:
Thats what im trying to avoid lol. Im not savy with all this. My Tablet was already flashed when i got it. Lucky its not THAT big of a problem. Just weird how it used to connect...then one day it didnt.

Hope i find another trick how to make it connect again. Thanks for replying.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] LexterAce:
Is it possible to set a portrait wallpaper in CM7? If not, how can I disable wallpaper scrolling in CM7?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ZoDNet:
use WALLPAPER WIZARDRII app..it will do everything :D

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Hit THANKS if i helped
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] :
Be great to have the option when your setting the wallpaper like in touchwiz :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ZoDNet:
in this also it will be the same..u will open ur gallery and then select ur pic and hit MORE and SET AS then u will get option of selecting this app to open up.. ;)

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Hit THANKS if i helped
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] :
Yep i know ;) but i just think that this is something AOSP should have.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ZoDNet:
yes it should have..but we cant do anything coz we aren't dev....lol.. :D

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Hit THANKS if i helped
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] :
Lol ;)

Did Google include this in ics? We should really tell Google we want this included in jelly bean :D
[HTC EVO 3D] anthrofear:
It seems to me that VAlpha 3 is pretty damn stable. All I really want is for Bluetooth to work. I can care less about 4G because where I live it will never exist, and if the 3D camera was to never work on CM7 or any other AOSP ROM for that matter I wouldn't lose sleep. My Cyanogenized dual core Shooter is amazing. Anybody have any info on it? Not asking for an ETA cause I know there never are any, but anyone have inside info? I'm foaming at the mouth waiting for a RC to show up on the CM site or on ROM Manager. Also who's pumped for CM9?
[HTC EVO 3D] sonicice:
toast posted this in the cm7 thread in general a week or two ago:
[HTC EVO 3D] anthrofear:
Thanks dude I didn't see that. Props.
[HTC EVO 3D] eskemobob:
Me too man I love CM7. Had some issues with my PLR on the first attempt to root/flash CM7 but it works great now! I hope the beta or other future release comes soon!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bomariam1:
Hi,

I am facing a bizarre problem with booting the Note, it boots until it reaches to the scanning of sd card and freeze then reboot automatically.

thought first from some of apps, delete the latest but no effect.

then I noticed that it dose that when it scan the sd and sychronize with google. so I turned the phone to flight mode, after scanning over turn it back to normal mode and every thing was ok!

so dose any one know what is the problem? and how can I solve it?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] RashaMatt:
I would suspect a bad media file, maybe a jpg. Try putting a .nomedia file in each of the top-level directories that have any media under them. If that fixes it, remove the .nomedia files one at time, rescanning after each, to find out where the culprit is.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bomariam1:
I will try it.

thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bomariam1:
I was going to try checking the media.

but I did an upgrad to the gtask app. run out of data coverage and it malfunctioned.

so I uninstall it. done first reboot, every thing was ok!

done some reboots, the same thing rebooted fine with no problems!

it seems that gtask was the resone.

any way I do need it so for know I will use it and turn on airplane profile when rebooting.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] embsyntax:
Hi all,

over the last couple of weeks I've been experimenting with Firefly 3.0 on my Rogers I896 Samsung Captivate. Then I put CM7 on the phone, but decided I liked Firefly better so I tried to switch back. Trouble is, it looks like I did something wrong because now I can no longer root my phone. I have searched a lot on line, and tried several root methods including z4root (which is what I was using during the Firefly installs - worked great) and SuperOneClick - no joy. Z4root runs for a few seconds, and finally just returns to the home screen rather than re-booting; and SuperOneClick goes through a lot of commands and finally hangs with the message "waiting for phone" (or something close to that).

I've used Odin 1.81 to flash back to the stock Rogers 2.1 image, then to 2.2. (I used the images from here.) When I dial *#1234# I get CSC="unknown" and when I dial *2767*4387264636# I get PCode = "SGH-I896ZKAATT" but I think this is wrong, I think it should display "SGH-I896ZKARWC". I tried the fix documented here and following this procedure I can get the CSC code to read "I896rwcjl1". But I can't load a custom ROM because none of the root tools will root the device.

One other problem I ran into - don't know if it's related, but I think it is - if I try to set up the stock e-mail client to use our Exchange server, it is not able to connect to the mail server even though I know FOR SURE the credentials are correct. (The same setup works like a champ on other Android phones.) I think that the firmware is sending some phone-related info to a Samsung server to validate the license for the Exchange client software, and this is actually the part that is failing rather than the connection to the mail server.

Can anyone provide some direction to a long-suffering Android noob who just wants his Firefly (and exchange e-mail) back?

Thanks in advance
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aus_Azn:
Just go into download mode, Odin/Heimdall a CWM-based kernel onto the phone, then don't even bother with standard rooting procedures; just reboot to CWM recovery, flash a custom ROM and go.

Flashing to stock is largely unnecessary for this.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
NOT true coming from an aosp rom you HAVE to flash back to stock with either a one click or use a .pit with the firmware .tar. cm7 and miui use a completely different partitioning table if you try to flash a tw rom over them it will not work.

but yes you are right about just flashing a kernel with odin/heimdall that has cwm baked in. no need to root before you flash a rom.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aus_Azn:
I thought he meant oneclicking back to full stock (2.1 or 2.2), which is unnecessary due to bootloader rubbish. 3File to GB is pretty much the only way to go.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] embsyntax:
Thanks! 2 more follow-up questions

Thanks all for your helpful feedback. Two more questions:

what ROM(s) would you recommend that has CWM built-in?

I'm assuming once this ROM was loaded, I could replace it witl Firefly fairly easily?

Thanks again
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
a ROM doesnt have CWM built in....a kernel does

READ, READ, then READ some more
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
please read the new user guide (below in sig)find out what stickies are and find said stickies.

also if needing rogers stock roms (one clicks and non one clicks with pit....) also look in my sig.

they call me mr. rogers.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] embsyntax:
Thanks for the clarification. I installed CM7 using the guide on their wiki page and everything works.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] DemonLoader:
Hello all,

My question is, how can I transfer full account & sync info (including accounts' settings, contacts, emails, calendar, ect) from one rom to the next, without loosing my account info?

Here's my situation: I have been testing a couple different roms (who hasn't ;-) switching from non-sense to sense, all gingerbread though. I have been using Titanium to backup all apps and system data, and as a secondary backup MyBackup (root) of all data (sms/mms, contacts, call log, ect.).

Say I start with AmeriCanAndroid (non-sense), backup as described above, then wipe and install one of the Runny (sense) roms, restore with Titanium.. I can't restore system data because if I do I get continuous FC on com.android.* and so on (which I believe I understand to be incompatible system apps), so instead I only restore installed apps and a few system (bluetooth pairings and wifi access points). And then restore data with MyBackup.

This works out well for everything except contacts and calendar, which is a huge deal. (Background on my contacts; I have a personal exchange server and I don't upload contacts or anything related to google, but atm my server is down and I haven't got around to troubleshooting the issue yet) MyBackup doesn't restore the accounts themselves, it just replaces or appends the info to existing ones, so when I change roms I have it set (for now since I can't connect to exchange to re-setup the account) to place those contacts as part of the phone account (I very much dislike this method, but its the only thing I found that worked out on short notice since I need my phone useable all the time).

I'm looking for a simple backup all accounts method that will restore across variations of android to the default accounts & sync. Is that possible? Thank you very much for your advise/suggestions.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] icke:
Did you tried to save all your settings via google account? You can do that in settings->privacy->backup my data. Some friends of mine do that with their android phones and when I flash a new rom to their phones they get most of settings and apps back by syncing with their google accounts.

It's worth to try.;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] DemonLoader:
Thanks for the reply icke, but the problem in that is, I will never backup my data to google's (nor any other server, other then my own) if possible. That's why none of my contacts are sync'd with google.

I need a solution that will allow me to keep it all local.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] icke:
+1

NEVER!!!:D
[HTC Sensation] exxpired:
So i relised that when i habe. Mobole data enabled and im browsing the web my phone gets really hot 44C when i have wifi on my phoke doesnt go past 35! Battery drain using mobile data is awful to... Any ideas why?

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio
[HTC Sensation] naimmkassim:
+1 on this..weird.

Mine also on mobile get as high 47c, while wifi only 34.6c

;(
[HTC Sensation] exxpired:
I want this to be somehow fixed :( i hate the feel of it when its hot!! Causes my battery to drain more to :(
[HTC Sensation] philje123:
The phone getting hot doesn't drain your battery more... the fact that mobile data uses more power than wifi makes your battery drain more. That is also the reason for it getting warm... nearly every smartphone I have had with 3G has done this. Normal.
[HTC Sensation] exxpired:
My dhd never got hot when using mobile data

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio
[HTC Sensation] manuelkuhs:
Neither did my Hero.

This sucks. My Sensation apparently can only browse the Internet using mobile data for 2.5 hours before the battery dies. I'm pretty sure that's not the case for the SGSII either
[HTC Sensation] torken:
My sensation gets pretty hot to, but that wouldnt be such a problem if the batterylife would be good. At the moment my battery drains about 8%/hour when it's idle... so i have 12,5 hours stanby time! that sucks -.- I'm gonna get a Anker battery soon and hope it's gonna get better with that...
[HTC Sensation] manuelkuhs:
If you get 8%/hour drain while idle, and truly idle (i.e. your phone is truly in sleep mode) then you've a faulty model - bring it back

See my post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16582630&postcount=30
[HTC Sensation] torken:
Well i don't know how it was with the stock rom and anything. And i don't have any longtime informations with custom roms, kernels and so on, because i just recently flashed a cr.

But today I unplugged it at 8:30am and it had 100% at 10:30 it had 84% and now it has 70% and from 8:30 to 10:30 i was only on facebook and surfed a little for maybe 10 minutes or so :S

Now I flashed Bricked Kernle v.1.5 i hope that its gonna be better with that.
[HTC Sensation] manuelkuhs:
Do you know if you're phone is actually sleeping when the screen is off? To check, go Settings - About Phone - Battery. Here you can see Up & Awake Time, but to see more accurately, click on Battery Use, then click on the graph. Look at the Awake bars and make sure they correspond to the Screen On bars.
[HTC Sensation] torken:
The screen on/off and active bar are almost identical. There are some little tiny active times when the screen is off, but thats probably some syncing...

As you can see here:
[HTC Sensation] TransporterxJ:
I think almost every sensation phone users is facing the problem too...including me.

I really hate it when my phone gets heated up and when i put it in my pocket it feels like a boiled egg inside.
[HTC Sensation] manuelkuhs:
Faulty model, return it! On (real) standby (which the image shows you have) you should get only 1-2% battery drain, even on Sensation

Don't think that's true.

For one, there was a few weeks when my phone did not heat up like crazy from normal usage and I could make it last 2 days. Then one day it started heating up like crazy... also plenty people report 2 days battery on moderate usage with Sensation - i.e. no crazy battery drain.
[HTC Sensation] torken:
Could it be that my phone is alright and only the battery is faulty? It would suck to return it -.-
[HTC Sensation] Sdobron:
It's not a faulty model. There are no known issues with standby drain on any sensation.

Notice the image shows times with poor signal too. Additionally he may have auto sync handling too many accounts.
[HTC Sensation] torken:
It's getting better with the ROM I'm using at the moment and i orderd a Anker battery. I hope it's gonna get even better with that beauty :D
[HTC Sensation] mattbutsko:
I can't explain any facts, but I really don't think slightly higher battery drain is because of a faulty phone. I've owned two Androids and tinkered extensively with many, many others. Most Android phones seem to be awake similarly to that one user's battery graph. It's normal.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lTzXl:
If i shut down the phone, after a few seconds on display appear charge and battery overheating image. Phone can only be enabled if go in recovery, and press reboot. Can not turn off. Any ideas, but not SC?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Difficult to help with no specific information about the ROM, kernel, etc. running on your phone.

Since when do you have this issue?

What has happened just before this problem appeared the first time?

Just as theoretical suggestions:

1. Start into recovery mode, wipe cache partition.

2. Shut down the phone.

Pull out the battery.

Leave it out for about 5 minutes.

(Just to be sure that everything "cooled" down and CPU is fully out of any voltage and current.)

Then put the battery back into the phone.

3. If nothing helps, flash a stock ROM.

Then start into recovery mode and do a factory reset.

(So backup everything you do not want to lose before flashing.)

Good luck !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lTzXl:
problem arose in the morning, after charging the phone. Reset did, flash another firmware. None of this helps.
[Epic 4G Themes] Digglez:
ok this is my first attempt at theming and it seemed to have worked out nicely im planning on doing a bunch of updates as i love this theme and use it i intend to theme the dialer , contacts , and mms , and at some point the widgets like facebook and google search to match the theme , but this may take a while i know a few people requested this so here it is

Sculpted epic EI22 V 2.1

http://www.mediafire.com/?0z0phb8dne29fhb

link fixed

i found this theme when eh06 was out and have wanted to keep it updated since so if there are any bugs let me know and i will try to figure out the fix

thanks to

Maddoggin for his lockscreen mod

Shift_ and spicytuna for the theme in the first place

Deano0714 for porting it to the epic and introducing me to it

Zanderman112 for answering questions i had making sure i did stuff right

hope you enjoy everyone remember if it breaks your phone its not my fault

oh yeah and you must be deodexed to run this flash this over stock 2.3.5 in cwm

changelog

v 1.02 battery icons working

v 2.1 10 lockscreen mod , crt off and on , and scrollable pulldown added
[Epic 4G Themes] zanderman112:
Reserving in case its needed. :)
[Epic 4G Themes] Digglez:
Screenshots

a lil outdated now you can read the meu text but its just so you can get the idea
[Epic 4G Themes] socos25:
2nd, but first to request screens :p
[Epic 4G Themes] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Its the original profile pic!!!
[Epic 4G Themes] Digglez:
ill get some up as soon as i can get the battery icon working
[Epic 4G Themes] zanderman112:
Yepp, I wondered how many would notice :)

Sent from my Samsung Legendary 4G, a Universe UTES phone, running "two.three.five"
[Epic 4G Themes] wtfdusk:
Oh gods yes!!!! Thank you!!!!
[Epic 4G Themes] Digglez:
Version 1.02 up finally working next to be fixed is dark settings menu text right now I have to hold on a button to read it
[Epic 4G Themes] wtfdusk:
Thank you for your efforts! It works for me!
[Epic 4G Themes] ÜBER™:
Screenshots please?

Sent from my Legendary Samurai 4G
[Epic 4G Themes] Digglez:
screenshots up check 2nd post
[Epic 4G Themes] wtfdusk:
Oh but we lost the side-scroll pull down for this now... Not that I really care that much just noticed it thats all. I love this theme and really appreciate your efforts.
[Epic 4G Themes] Digglez:
Yeah there's still a lot to do to it and thank you
[Epic 4G Themes] wtfdusk:
I wish I could help but other than flashing, or running odin, This stuff is like alien magic to me. All i know how to do is read and follow directions. So again much appreciated. Me Gusta!
[Epic 4G Themes] Digglez:
Damn now I gotta do it again to make it work with the ten locks should have something by tonight or tomorrow
[Epic 4G Themes] zanderman112:
Have fun lol

Sent from my Samsung Legendary 4G, a Universe UTES phone, running "two.three.five"
[Epic 4G Themes] Digglez:
Ittl be sweet when its done but I don't know where imma get the ring images I'm wondering if uncanny pull em off the original cm7 theme
[Epic 4G Themes] zanderman112:
I would think you could.

Sent from my Samsung Legendary 4G, a Universe UTES phone, running "two.three.five"
[Epic 4G Themes] Digglez:
Tried 2.1 tonight having trouble getting wifi and 3g and alarm icons to come out right and for some reason the pulldown is still different so ... I'm hella tired ill try again tomorrow

scratch that figured out what i did wrong now i just gotta theme a few things ... new version will be up soon
[Epic 4G Themes] wtfdusk:
Thanks again for this it is appreciated.
[Epic 4G Themes] Digglez:
For sure I got one more update that should be coming I'm planning on theming contacts , dialer and mms and that should be it .. oh yeah and I still gotta figure out how to get the notifications in the pulldown to match ...
[Epic 4G Themes] MoSeriouS:
You might wanna acks Shane about ur notification/matching issue... Great theme cant wait for update...
[Epic 4G Themes] zanderman112:
Show me a screen of the notification problem. Is it for things like missed texts or emails?
[Epic 4G Themes] Digglez:
No its just when the phone first starts it shows the themed sd card icon and says security policys restrict sd card then the original gb icon for the sd comes up and says media scanner running and it works fine
[Epic 4G Themes] zanderman112:
Oh, well hmm. That happens to everyone?
[Epic 4G Themes] Digglez:
I dunno haven't heard about it from anyone else yet