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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ylixir:
it doesn't really matter if kexec has been disabled in the kernel config. we can't really hope that they would leave a gaping hole that fricking big. honestly i'm kind of annoyed at the "omg they didn't configure their kernel specifically for us to hack the crap out of the device" posts. Seriously, even if they did this, as far as i've seen we have yet to disable OTA updates, so 3 seconds of a B&N developer time would wipe out any work depending on kexec being built into the kernel.

we can after all create modules neh? my linux kernel hacking experience is very close to non-existent, but i'll be starting by getting a module to load, followed by getting the kexec tools and a kexec module loading.

so far i'm having trouble finding any literature on kexec on ARM. it all says it's x86 only, but clearly everyone from motorola to sony communities are making use of kexec on arm. anyone know of any good points to find information on kexec for arm?

I've also seen something call splboot mentioned a few times, but am having trouble googling anything useful up. anyone familiar with that tech?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
I suggest posting in the motorola dev section seeing if any of them would be interested in getting kexec up and running on the nook tab or could point us where to get information on it running with an ARM architecture device.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] antonyfl:
Try Kabaldan. http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2218140

He was a great developer when I owned a Motorola Milestone. Assuming he used 2ndInit to port CM6 and CM7
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2008-February/001272.html<-- kexec on an ARM processor.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] romified:
I just tried something to see where it would get me and if I could learn something new.

Using ROM Manager, I have been trying to flash different recoveries to see what results I would get or what I could break (or brick). After some research I found a device also running the OMAP 4430 processor and selected it (LG Optimus 3D). When I selected reboot into recovery, I did get some new screens I have not seen before. It made me reboot again, then another screen flashed very fast and it then rebooted and was normal from there. I think it may have replaced the recovery I flashed as it was flashing something but was very fast. I will try it again and see if I can determine what is happening. But I got it's attention and probably flashed the right thing in the wrong place, or the wrong thing in the right place.

I found a guide on a site for flashing a recovery to a device using flash_image binary, and two files were mentioned and deleted which allowed hijacking of the recovery process. Out NT has those two files as well:

/system/recovery-from-boot.p (encrypted, cannot view)

/system/etc/install-recovery.sh (can view code, and points to first file)

I wonder what the possibility is to hijack the install-recovery.sh file ? Or is there yet another file in the process? Very interesting though.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Ive actually been thinking of hijacking the install recovery script

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] romified:
To ellaborate further on my previous post, I believe this is the key to how we can get a bootloader bypass for a custom recovery as they have done for the Motorola Bionic and other Motorola phones. When a reboot occurs, the bootloader looks for a certain file in a certain place, if it exists then it reboots into recovery. If not, it boots like normal. The bootstraps for the Motorola devices mimic the logwrapper binary that the bootloader looks to and allows it to go into a custom recovery instead. A very simplified explanation.

What their bootstrap does is place the recovery indicator file in the proper place (somewhere in /data) and when the bootloader finds it, it goes to the logwrapper binary, which of course has been replaced with their hijacked version.

It appears the install-recovery.sh on our NT is looking for a "recovery" indicator, and if it exists, it is telling it to go to recovery-from-boot.p

If so, this is the very process we need to hijack to allow some type of custom recovery. It doesn't get us completely around the bootloader, but it would allow a recovery mode for flashing custom ROMs, just as the Motorola guys have done. I am probably way over simplifying this, but i have researched this quite a bit the past few days and it looks like for the short term, this is the path we need to look at.

If anyone has contact with Kousch or someone familiar with the bootstrap process, I think we could be in business to get something workable here.

Here is a link to one of the Motorola bootstraps, and the contents of the /system/etc/install-recovery.sh

http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/08/droid-x-recovery.html

#!/system/bin/sh

if ! applypatch -c IMG:/dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/recovery:2048:70ef89e0497435e988819690aaabb35da6b7677f; then

log -t recovery "Installing new recovery image"

applypatch IMG:/dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/boot:2850816:114706e7bbfa4c806323215a83d6ad4e9cd392f7 IMG:/dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/recovery 532ad547febe82850924a52625132376514e3a8b 3203072 114706e7bbfa4c806323215a83d6ad4e9cd392f7:/system/recovery-from-boot.p

else

log -t recovery "Recovery image already installed"

fi

Or all of this could be in place and not ever used !

---------- Post added at 02:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:18 PM ----------

The Motorola bootstraps are just one .apk file ! We could probably modify the process to fit ours. But these are paid for apps on the market so we would need permission, or even better help from the developer. For testing to see if it even works I don't think it would matter, if it doesn't work or is not the fix then we move on to something else. But if it works, I don't think we can just post the fix without the developer's permission on how he wants to handle it.

Let me see what I can find out :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Alright that will be great. Thanks romified.

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ylexot:
FYI, I know there is a free version of the Droid 2 bootstrapper floating around somewhere (I think the developer made it available on xda). I'll see if I can find the link.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] romified:
Yes, I have the APK and have it decompiled...just not with me. I will dig into this afternoon and see what I can determine. If I can reach Kousch (the developer) he may be interested in helping do this and making it available since the NT is fairly popular. Then we could have help with a recovery as well.

Thanks for your help though ! If you find the link that is fine, it may help others who can look into this as well.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ylexot:
Found the link, but I guess it's not from Kousch:

http://www.mediafire.com/?fxvlw4wl2jade0o

It's in one of the Droid X stickies over at AndroidForums.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tsddave:
My volume rocker switch isnt working properly. The up section works and feels correct but the bottom part is pressed and and despite it kind of giving a click it fails to function.

I went onto ebay and bought a replacement switch but I want to be sure the best way to replace it.

Anyone have any experience or tips for doing this please?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mutil:
there are very detailed videos to take apart hd2 and repair in you tube. make a search:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] KrewKracer:
I used this video when I replaced the housing. Should help you, too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-jnUKufC4
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tsddave:
Thanks guys :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] bullinthechinashop:
I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers several times and I have made sure my computer is set to automatically download drives for new devices. But despite all this I can not get my computer to recognize my Droid Charge. Every time my computer tries to instal the drivers for the phone it either stops with out doing any thing or it ends with an error. It keeps saying that the device has malfunctioned and Windows can't recognize it.

I'm also getting a code 10 error - Windows says the device cannot start
[Verizon Droid Charge] bomix:
Try the basic troubleshooting methods..

Try different cables, Try different computers/laptop, Try different drivers (i realized i had the wrong drivers the whole time)

Eliminate possible causes of the problem.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bullinthechinashop:
I tried two different cables and three different USB ports and two different drivers and none of that helped.

I don't know what the problem was but it finally fixed itself. I booted into download mode and inserted the USB cable for about the 9000th time and it suddenly started working again.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bullinthechinashop:
No it started doing the same thing this morning. I tried connecting my Captivate & it's doing the same thing but my mp3 player connects fine. I think I might reinstall Windows and see if that fixes the problem.
[Verizon Droid Charge] emtee_skull:
I think you can only use the OEM USB to Odin the phone. I would also suggest using a USB port that is in the back of the computer. Make sure it's one of the motherboard mounted ones. Not an add on USB.

Also make sure the phone is in USB debugging mode. [settings/applications/development--usb debugging]

Also try installing the drivers as admin.

Sometimes virus scanner might interfere with software operation. Although I've never had to do this, try temporarily disabling it when trying to install drivers. Also when running Odin.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blueis300:
But what about download mode? Does Odin see it on a com port if you connect it?

Besides drivers did you install everything like the samsung utility? Did you check in device manager of windows to see if an error there appears and maybe a fix? Ive heard someone else post about this. Did you disable usb debug on the phone and make sure mass storage is set?

Instead of doing your computer it would be easier to do a factory reset on your phone or revert back to stock in recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14381603&postcount=1

OK and one last thing to try as it is easier than re installing windows. Wipe cache and dalvik, fix permissions. re start.

I have used different cables besides the samsung and it worked. Also my phone isnt working all of a sudden. In cwm I went and mounted system . wiped all cache, fixed permission. Re started and it worked.

LOL after typing all this I see it does it for all devices. Could you try and restore windows to a previous date that worked then re install the drivers and see if it works?
[Verizon Droid Charge] bullinthechinashop:
It was just working a few days ago and I was using a different cable.

I tried using one of the back USB ports and it worked once & then when I tried it again it had quit working again.

The phone's in USB debugging mode.

I install everything in administrator mode

I'm running without a virus scan app right now (Yeah I know I know...)

I was using Bit Defender but the piece of garbage deleted a few files that were completely harmless like one of the files to root the Epic 4G.

The one really strange thing is that every time I plug the phone into the computer it has to look for ,download ,and reinstall the drivers for the phone and most of the time it fails with an error. I'm not sure why it's doing this but I really think that's where the problem is. If I unplug my printer or scanner Windows doesn't have to reinstall the drivers for them when I plug them back in.

My Cowon mp3 player works perfectly fine using the same ports so the ports are working...
[Verizon Droid Charge] bullinthechinashop:
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[Verizon Droid Charge] bullinthechinashop:
Tried wiping dalvic cache battery stats & fixed permissions and it still isn't working. I tried uninstalling it in device manager and scanned for hardware changes and it still comes up as an "unknown device"

The only thing that happened was that Microsoft offered to install the software for my mouse that I had never bothered to install.

I'm really thinking that there is some kind of problem with my Windows installation.Something has become corrupted or broken.

I don't usually use Windows update and I have been using it extensively this go-round. Maybe Windows Update broke something (Wouldn't be the first time!).
[Verizon Droid Charge] blueis300:
Ok one last idea and might be crazy. Didnt see if you tried it or not. Cant hurt but do phone as factory reset of the phone and wipe the cache. Could something be installed on the phone that makes it not be recognized for some reason? Really just throwing stuff out there as it is easier than installing windows again.

That or like you said virus scanner or something is screwing with your computer.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bullinthechinashop:
Nah didn't work. Looks like I get to reinstall Windows. I hope that fixes whatever it is cause I am fresh out of ideas.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blueis300:
Yeah all out of ideas. Atleast everybody tried.
[Verizon Droid Charge] chrstdvd:
This is almost related. I spent ten days trying to figure out how to make the AllShare app work. I finally got it done, but I tinkered with my computer so much that when I finished, I could no longer restore to a previous version.

I had never used that feature on this computer, but I figured that I could undo all the crap I did and start over from the day I started tinkering if I restored to the day I started. Every restore point failed!

I went to this forum and asked why restore did not work.

http://www.sevenforums.com/

I was ready, like you, to re-install Windows, but someone walked me through how to get it working correctly. I thought the phone was complicated, but Windows 7 leaves the phone in the dust when it comes to complicated.

Maybe if you go on there and post a thread about a device not being recognized you will get some help. Tons of good tutorials there too.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bullinthechinashop:
I feel the exact opposite. Most of Windows 7 is like an open book to me.In fact this is the first problem I've ever had with Windows 7 that I couldn't fix on my own

Dealing with rooting & installing ROMs on the Charge on the other hand had me shaking in my boots. Nowhere nearly as easy or simple as it is on the Epic 4G!
[HTC EVO 3D] wp4ca:
when we will get a tasted?
[HTC EVO 3D] schmeggy929:
Just got a letter stating they are skipping ICS and supporting us with cookieDough instead sorry no Ice Cream Sandwich for you.
[HTC EVO 3D] tjb3401:
Judging from past releases probably in April. Hopefully we can get a leak before then though that we will be able to use.

trololololo ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
Officially it will follow HTC's release schedule. They announced on their facebook page early 2012. Heard rumored December, but I haven't seen any links backing up a pre 2012 date.

Unofficially, pretty sure you won't see an ICS release for EVO 3D which supports 3D or WiMAX until HTC releases their official version. If 3D and WiMAX have taken at least a few months for developers to port to current gingerbread AOSP, ICS won't make the process any easier.

Perhaps there is or will be an ICS ROM w/o 3D or WiMAX support for EVO 3D soon, but I haven't seen anything really. Development board might have a hint or two. I know I've seen ported releases for other devices, but these won't be full featured.

Would count on the official HTC release in early 2012. Currently can't access fbook or twitter, but thats where I originally saw the early 2012 release date for EVO 3D published by HTC.

Hope that helps!
[HTC EVO 3D] sofla2:
So would CookeDough be 5.0? :D
[HTC EVO 3D] Evo_J:
That would make sense but 5.0 doesn't have a code name yet cuz they only just began with ICS.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pauley:
Just an FYI if you don't have one yet:

AmazonWireless: HTC Vivid 4G Android Phone, Black (AT&T) In-Stock

AmazonWireless: HTC Vivid 4G Android Phone, White (AT&T) Backordered
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dagnus:
Just to let you all know, your local att store should* price match amazon. they have for me twice, as i started my account near thanksgiving years ago, and amazon always has the .1 cent phone deals. i got my inspire and captivate for a penny due to price matching. just make sure to talk to a manager and argue that you can and will just return your phone and get your upgrade back (or start a new activation) on amazon and you should be golden.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] XAviierG:
Someone should do this for me and I'll pay them ;) (yeah sucks being 16)

huh huuh huuuh huh huh huuh
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] malickie:
AT&T Might Pricematch, I do know for a fact that Best Buy Will not because it is an "Online" deal and you can't go to the store and pick it up. Stupid policy if you ask me but that is Best Buy for you. Unless you can actually get an AT&T store willing to do the price match at the store than Best Buy would be obligated to match it. Wow just looked at Amazon.com and ALL of the Android Phones on AT&T are going for a penny.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] RoboMonkey:
I got mine on order. But I did notice that the price plans were more expensive, I hope I can chage it when I get the phones.
[General Questions and Answers] Namenone:
Hey Guys,

I'm new to android, (used iOS quite alot) and im loving the customisation that you can do on it!

I've messed around with Launcher Pro and some other widget stuff, and i've started reading about ROMS/Mods?

So far i've seen Cyanogenmod 7 and MIUI. I've got a few questions

Are there more?

What are the benefits of modding/romming?

how easy is it to revert back to the stock?

Which ones the best to use?

If say im running Cyanogenmod 7 and Ice Cream Sandwich gets realeased on HTC, if i update, will it wipe the phone?

I'm using the HTC Sensation XL
[General Questions and Answers] st@matis:
yes there are more roms out there ;)

installing a custom rom can improve your phone's performance and furthermore let you customize/mod the rom the way that you like it :D

There is no best rom this depends on your needs

yes the phone will be wiped
[General Questions and Answers] Namenone:
Currently im on HTC sense version 3.5 and android 2.3.5

Performance wise, my phone is still ok. Its new, so fairly fast, which ROM would you recommend?

Do i lose any features when installing Roms?
[General Questions and Answers] st@matis:
look i never owned an HTC phone so i dont know much bout it

you could do some research but currently 2.3.x roms are pretty fast
[General Questions and Answers] Namenone:
Hmm,

How easy is it to revert back to stock ROM?
[General Questions and Answers] st@matis:
oh im sorry i forgot to answer that

you can easily create a nandroid backup and go to recovery menu to revert back to the rom you have backed up
[General Questions and Answers] wus132:
EDIT: Or just flash the stock rom , usually in the thread about your phone
[General Questions and Answers] Namenone:
Thanks!

Im really thinking of doing it hmm
[General Questions and Answers] Namenone:
Any idea why i got these errors?:(
[General Questions and Answers] wus132:
Is you sd card formated ?
[General Questions and Answers] jimbo.levy:
There is no SD card on the XL. 16GB internal...
[General Questions and Answers] wus132:
Well that sucks .
[General Questions and Answers] xyzsor:
yes, its easy.. Backups can easily be made whenever you want.. You just have to learn how..

One good thing to know though, is that the important onces, which is calendar and contacts, do get backed up in gmail.. Thats why im brave enough to try out the roms..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DZMCO:
Starting last night whenever my battery is around 20% the phone does this random reboots once or twice an hour, the screen goes black and the Samsung letters appear and, the whole scanning card process.......etc.

Is that a normal thing??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] indie:
Is your phone rooted? Its not normal so you could try a factory reset
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DZMCO:
No its not, i was thinking it has something to do with the battery being low.

thank you.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] anonymous572:
I confirm that there was such 1 time at KJ4. Now I on KA firmware + 2.6.35.14FM kernel (with root+deodexed). Works perfect on 20 or less.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] wonsanim:
Mine also restart from time to time,but i'm not shure about the battery because i don't check the battery status,buttwo times after i unplug the usb my device restart also and i think is not normal that
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DZMCO:
Trying to update to a new firmware but for some reason the GNOTE is connecting perfectly to KIES on mac but won't connect to Kies on my windows virtual machine and since you can not update on mac........ i am stuck.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ProzzaK:
Mine does that too sometimes, but I can't for the life of me pinpoint - why and when. But the battery charge doesn't play a role in this, mine does that even at 100%. One redeeming thing - it usually reboots when I'm not using it, just laying somewhere on the table. Still, this annoys me.

I updated the firmware to KK9 through Odin, and even tried hard-resetting it - didn't help. Stock, no roots. Maybe some kind of software is causing this? Or I just have the defective Note?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] straxusii:
Never seen this
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] indie:
I've had mine for a few days now, never rebooted on it's own. Must be software issue. If it continues it may be worth doing a factory rset. If it is rooted, that may be the cause too.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] .hide:
i had some random reboot after i freeze some app like wifi sharing , was thinking is the the cause that cause conflict and reboot
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pklovecraft:
I have used both an A2DP Bluetooth visor clip unit (Jabra SP700) that transmits a signal to an FM radio station, and the 3.5mm stereo jack routed to an FM transmitter (generic) that does the same, to listen to video, music and podcasts in my van.

In my opininion, the 3.5mm stereo jack sounds better. At the very least, when watching Youtube videos, there isn't any lag between audio and video when using the 3.5mm jack source, where the A2DP source has a very slight lag which sometimes looks like a badly dubbed Kung Fu flick.

What's your experience/opinion?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vkk113:
Hi ive bought a zte t-u880 from someone and there is no marketplace or youtube apps on it, ive tryied to download it manually-its installed but not working anyone can help me? (i can still install apk files manually)
[Motorola Photon 4G] BigSketchySeaBeast:
Bam!

http://www.mediafire.com/?wy2wryijxpvk7q7

Sent from your mom's house...she says hi.
[Motorola Photon 4G] fnztakedown:
sooooooooooooo, is this for a motophone or evo 3d?

cus there was another thread that had it but it was too small and not optimized for our phone...........
[Motorola Photon 4G] BigSketchySeaBeast:
It works perfect on the MoPho...I actually prefer the stock multi touch keyboard as the letters are bigger and I have sausage fingers...but it displays no smaller than most other keyboards.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lancerz:
I've been running it the past couple days and it works good. The keys are the same exact size as the gingerbread keyboard I was using.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] Tsury:
Will it be possible to push cabs?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] pack21:
Before release your rom, Check this out:

http://www.xda-developers.com/windo...-htc-wp7-device-to-7740-if-so-check-this-out/
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] efsane:
Harikasın dostum :) great...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] dark.angel:
A few questions

Does it lock SD-card or not? Will it include wifi tethering & fixed bluetooth?

Thanks!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] phong1892:
More info please.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] yanzhiwu2011:
~ ~ Hope to expect in Traditional Chinese Thank you for the hope
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Development] fupeng:
简体中文更好！！！！！！！！