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[Epic 4G Apps] jimweda:
1) PowerMax: I've been searching for a good battery saver app and I've tried all of the ones I could find and just wasn't happy with their claims and performance. I stumbled upon PowerMax, tried it out with its full feature version for a 7 day trial. I was amazed at how great this app works. It's a simple one click program that you use when you shut your phone off. I use every time I shut off my phone. It shuts everything it can down but you can receive calls, texts, alarms, tweets etc. When you turn your phone on it restores all your settings back to what you had and if you look at your battery level, I use a numbered on in the status bar so I can see the exact number, you should have lost very little and I mean very little battery level. My Epic on Froyo was horrible but with this app when not using the phone the battery level stays pretty much close to what it was when you shut it off. Overnight you also keep a great amount of your charge if you don't plug it in.

2) AirDroid: First I only have working Mac's and one dead PC so not only can't I root my phone I always have trouble trying to get my computer to see my phone so I can do backups of my files. This is a new app, I was actually the first one to download it, its that new. No need for your cable. Just your phone on the same network as your computer. Start the app it gives you an IP address and password. You launch a web browser on your computer and you have a nice graphical interface of what's on your phone. The speeds are nice. You can upload (Import), download (Export), delete, back up even your system files as well as all your apps on the phone and SD card. Photos, music etc. Basically its kind of like a nandroid back up for non rooted phones. It evens has a Tether and mobile hotspot button. Haven't tried that but its there. I've been playing around with it for since I found the app and its never force closed or had any problems. I did have one occasion where my computer web browser force closed but I've had that happen just using it although rarely. I used Safari but I'm going to try it on other browsers I have installed and see how they work on them. Not sure if those who are rooted really need it but it is a definate must have for non rooted phones at least. This has been the only one that has worked flawlessly so far with good speeds and the UI is very nice and easy to use.

Hope this helps others as much as its helped me. I have tried connecting to my computer at least 20 times so far and it has never failed to connect.

Jim Weda
[Epic 4G Apps] josidhe:
You can't root a phone from Mac OS? That's weird (I wouldn't know). Have you ever considered trying something like VirtualBox, creating a virtual Windows/Linux machine and using USB passthru so the guest OS can see it? I'm pretty sure such a thing should be doable, and a virtual PC can be useful in other situations you may come across as well.
[Epic 4G Apps] Fire n mage:
Inb4 Heimdall replaces Odin.
[Epic 4G Apps] DrKaotica:
im "semi" in the same boat.. main comp is a mac, i have a PC from 2005 that i restored to use odin, although once it blue-screen-of-deathed right before i was going to click start on odin.. which made me **** my pants pretty much.. but i still odin EC05 with it and then turn the duties over to my mac

you can root with a mac. CWM 3.1.0.1 has a mac script that i use all the time..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1076967

the mac instructions from the OP:

Mac OSX

1. Extract zip to a folder

2. Ensure phone is in usb debugging mode and connected to your computer

3. Open a terminal and navigate to the unzipped folder

4. Type: chmod 777 run.sh

5. Type: ./run.sh

6. Follow on screen instructions

let me kno if i can help.. seeing someone without root who wants it makes a single tear roll down my cheek

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tried endlessly to get it to work on my mac.. 10.6.8

cant be done ive decided.. heimdall for mac apparently does not work, for the epic, at least
[Epic 4G Apps] ac16313:
Never going to happen :)

Sent from my Samsung Legen-wait for it-dary! 4g
[Epic 4G Apps] jimweda:
Its not so much that "rooting" can't be done with Mac but more the lack of people who are "experts" at doing everything on a Mac. The issue I have is, unless I'm missing something is that usually Mac OS X 10.5 or higher is required. I really do want to get into the root game and explore the full potential of my phone but it just seems to be best doing so on a PC.

I have been a Mac fan since 1985 but did have to learn how to use and learn about fixing and setting up PC on a lower level because of a job I had a long time ago. I also do have an HP Pavillion a1710n desktop that I would love to use for Android purposes only but the problem I'm having is that the drive doesn't have Window's on it. I have been trying for almost a month trying to successfully install Windows Vista or 7 from iso files that a couple friends have let me use to get the computer up and running since HP has been no help at all and they never include physical disks with their computers. I know its not any hardware issues because I've done the testing and all the hardware checks out. I get all kinds of messages from the PC while attempting to install the system as to why it cannot finish the install. Never the same reason, never at the same point and after much research on the net I see there are many others out there complaining about the same thing.

I'm not being cheap. I'd purchase a retail version of Windows but I have been on disability for almost 2 years now and can't afford to pay $130+ right now which is why my friend has sent me an iso file so I could at least get my computer going. A real treat would be if someone would come out with the old z4Root type apps that allow you to root directly from you phone but no one seems to be interested in developing them anymore or the newer Android updates make it harder to do.

I would appreciate any help on how to successfully get Windows to install on my HP. Thanks in advance.

Jim

P.S. The other reason I'd like to get the PC running is so that I can learn how to eventually create apps for Android. I'd start by learning how to make themes, kernals etc, and eventually get more into learning programming for apps and such.
[Epic 4G Apps] jimweda:
DrKaotica,

Thanks for the info and your offer to help if I need someone to ask who knows how to do things on the Mac. I have a feeling that you are running 10.5 or higher though which is why you are able to successfully play with your phone. If not and you're running 10.4 or less I'd be interested in learning more from you and your experience. Thanks in advance.

Jim
[Epic 4G Apps] Fire n mage:
Well for Mac at least it's the only alternative :P
[Epic 4G Apps] DrKaotica:
I am running 10.6.8 on mine.. I haven't read that 10.5 or higher is required to use the one click root script with mac, but its certainly possible.

Id say give the script a try, at your own risk of course... if your phone isn't recognized then its not likely to cause any damage
[Epic 4G Apps] ac16313:
Who likes Mac's anyway? ;)

Lol but honestly id prefer Heimdall also if I hadn't made myself familiar with the more noobish Odin :D

Sent from my Samsung Legen-wait for it-dary! 4g
[Epic 4G Apps] GrStead123:
Believe newegg has Windows 7 Home Premium for 80 bucks right now. As for trying to get it installed on the HP, sounds like it might be a hard drive issue. Especially if it gives you different errors at different times, your hard drive might be dying, and if windows installer puts files on a sector of your HD that has gone bad, it won't be able to read the file and will give you an error.
[Epic 4G Apps] azyouthinkeyeiz:
First off, are you using a dual.layered discfor the install.

Second, try to use an easier linux distro, instead of windows if you are looking to go that route?
[Epic 4G Apps] jimweda:
Right now being temporarily disabled $80 needs to go towards my monthly bills but thanks for the info. All I can do for testing the PC components is what I can do in the cmd.exe window like chkdsk etc., unless someone knows of any freeware type bootable diagnostics programs that can check the status of the hardware. I've been trying to find a bootable program that will allow me to test the PC and also partition my hard drive but haven't found anything. Any ideas would be appreciated. I have searched the internet for all error codes or messages I run into and there are tons of other PC users complaining about the same issues and they've swapped all kinds of hardware and still can't install Windows. I think if I can find a bootable diagnostics software and partion my hard drive I should be able to get it up and running.

I've been able to install Windows 7 4 times but they were all unstable. Windows Vista 2 times and the same, unstable but these were iso copies borrowed from a friend. :confused:
[Epic 4G Apps] jimweda:
"First off, are you using a dual.layered discfor the install.

Second, try to use an easier linux distro, instead of windows if you are looking to go that route?"

Using standard 4.7GB DVD discs. I have no idea what linus distro is but willing to try anything just to get this PC up and running. Is that a different operating system? I'll google it but any info and links you can give me would be appreciated. Thanks.

*Two things that seem to help get the discs to install is when I do these commands in the cmd.exe shell. 1) format c: 2) chkdsk c: /r and then do a clean install. Not 100% but 80% of the time. I thought you could partition your hard drive in the cmd shell but I can't find a command for it. Anyone know how to create a partition on a computer with no system installed? All I have is what is located in the X:\ directory.
[Epic 4G Apps] jimweda:
Its not one click root script needing 10.5, its Heimdall. I've already tried to run it.
[Epic 4G Apps] azyouthinkeyeiz:
You can use in recovery...

Diskpart /add

/delete

device_name

drive_name

partition_name

size

As necessary, to partition from inside recovery..

And yea, linux distros are technically "linux distributions", different versions of linux. If you are looking to get into programming, starting somewhere like linux getting used to cmd line controls versus Windows style navigation is a decent starting point..

Google will help with all of that...
[Epic 4G Apps] azyouthinkeyeiz:
Also, about bootable software, google partition magic, you can use that with most Windows computers. Dell's will sometimes throw some curveballs, but a good utility none the less..

Also, if malware is your problem, look up Combofix..
[Epic 4G Apps] jimweda:
Diskpart /add

/delete

device_name

drive_name

partition_name

size

As necessary, to partition from inside recovery..

And yea, linux distros are technically "linux distributions", different versions of linux. If you are looking to get into programming, starting somewhere like linux getting used to cmd line controls versus Windows style navigation is a decent starting point..

Thanks for the cmd help. I did find something called Hiren's Boot CD 15.1, free with tons of utilities. Just ran sectors on HD and not even one error. Always format prior to install so I would think any malware would be wiped as well. Doing a deep clean next to make sure and will test out their partition app.

I am trying to run Windows so I could install Android SDK/Java JDK/Java JRE/Eclipse and was thinking about learning Java for programming. Thinking of trying to play around with Themes, kernals etc, first while trying to figure out Java coding which seems to be a popular choice for getting a grasp on working on Android. I will look into Linus Distros though. I don't want to pass up anything that would be helpful. Thanks for your info. I really appreciate it. :)
[Epic 4G Apps] lorenza:
Where did you see that you could move system apps? All I see is the SD card.
[Epic 4G Apps] Dougrun:
wow, airdroid is very cool, basically makes your phone a local webserver!
[Epic 4G Apps] thomasskull666:
I was going to suggest Hiren's, been using it since v6 and love it.
[Epic 4G Apps] jimweda:
When you connect click on the "Apps" folder and there are tabs on the top left that are "User", "SYSTEM", "Recommends". That system tab is where you will see files like "Wimax", "Sprint ID", "Thinkfree Office" and other files you normally are not able to back up. Next time you log in take a look in the "Apps" folder and you'll see what I'm talking about. I've never been able to back any of these files up on other backup apps I've used. This is still in my opinion the 1 must have app for Android and works great for me on my Mac's and PC. No cable's to mess with and all you need is to make sure your phone and your computer are on the same network and you're good to go. I remember when I first saw this app no one had downloaded it yet so I tried it since I've always had trouble finding a great app like this. Now almost 5,000 downloads and a 4.8 rating. I'm not sure why its not at 5 but I guess you can't please everyone. This was the first app of this kind that actually did everything it claimed and worked better than I had ever expected. I still stand behind my 2 recommendations here and still use them both. And no, I have nothing to do with the developers who made these apps although I wish I was talented enough to create apps like these.

I finally got my old PC back to life and am going to start learning about creating apps, themes kernals etc. for Android so I can hopefully contribute to the community. I know its not going to be easy but I have a lot of free time right now since I've been disabled from a lower back injury. Good time to learn how to make some cool stuff for my phone and maybe share with others if they end up being good enough.

Now I just have to figure out how to successfully root my Epic 4G since the Gingerbread update. I am anxious to see what this phone is really capable of going the way of root.

Jim
[Epic 4G Apps] jimweda:
Thanks for the input on trying to figure out how to revive my dead HP Pavillion. I finally found the culprit and was also able to get Windows Vista Ultimate. I had 2 512mg of ram and one of the dimms was not dead but not working right and once I did all the testing and removing and moving the dimms around I am now running on only 512mg of memory with Vista and its been working fine for a week now. I just have to figure out how to get about 2gigs of Ram to take full advantage of Vista and speeds things up. Very slow running with only 512mg but it is working and that's what matters right now. I know RAM is cheap now but when you don't have an income rolling in right now it makes things rough.

Jim
[Epic 4G Apps] ashbuly:
Love the Airdroid!!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] brokenflipside:
Hate trying to read PDFs on your WP7??!!

Me too!

So after a long day of reformatting PDFs, attempts at reading already uploaded PDFs from GDOCs (mobile site and app,) I was nearly ready to give up and chalk up this experience to a wasted day... Then voila! I noticed the amazingly convenient (yet painfully under-stocked) app "media console" by Overdrive which I have used to read library books; has a great option to add your own sites where you can access EPUBs (electronic publications.)

I then discovered www.2epub.com where I could upload (or insert links) to my PDFs and convert them to EPUBs. Using some lovely JavaScripty upload and conversion, I was then able to copy my newly converted EPUBs download links to media console.

Presto change-o I can now read my PDFs (now EPUBs) from the convenience of my windows phone, nicely formatted and easy to read.

I hope this helps
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
I use Calibre for converting important PDFs to ePub and then upload those files to dropbox, from where I can pull it via Freda, an eBook reader that supports several formats.
[Windows Phone 7 General] brokenflipside:
Good to know, can you do all that from the phone? I am unfamiliar with Calibre and Freda.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Chapman:
For the Calibre solution that dkp mentions, you have to run Calibre on a desktop PC.

But I just checked out the www.2epub.com site, with Freda. And I can confirm that works too. The steps are:

1) Create a new 'website source' for www.2epub.com

2) Navigate to it, tap the 'URL' button and enter the URL you want to convert, and then follow the instructions ... the site's javascript runs quite slowly on WP7 but it gets there.

3) When the 2epub site displays the EPUB download link, tap on it.

4) The EPUB will open in Freda.

A neat site - thanks for pointing it out.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dahlai:
sounds neat, however I still do not understand how it seems impossible to get a good PDF reader on WP7 -.-

My problem with all the converters, besides extra work, is that they mostly cannot handle PDFs with lots of pictures/graphs/diagramm.... Sad but true =(
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
Nope, Calibre is a desktop software. But it's convinient and fast.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
Ya its weird
[Windows Phone 7 General] arimozuki:
Because of the file association issue, .pdfs can only be opened with one default program. Microsoft handed the honor to Adobe. Adobe apparently doesn't give a ...
[Windows Phone 7 General] brokenflipside:
I have checked and where media console by overdrive has a better layout IMO and is easier to work with; Freda does allow you to press and hold onto images to view them in a picture viewer mode, I will have to look at a chart to see what happens in those instances.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Chapman:
The version of Freda that's on the marketplace at the moment has an issue with GIF files (so you may find some charts don't work, as they are often stored in GIF format). The next release of Freda, now in public beta test, will fix this issue.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kepavi:
Hello everyone,

I have SGS2 with latest stock firmware (XWKI4) for my region.

Now, I would like to start playing with it with roms and such (yes, I already have Jig just as safety net), however I would like to creat as close as possible original configuration.

Now, I have rooted the phone with zergRush by Doomlord sucessfully and made efs backup as well as kernel image backup via HC-kTool. (This is kernel image backup right?) This way I presume I got pretty much untouched kernel image except rooting, right?

What now I would like to do is to make ROM backup and install some recovery. I know that Clockwork that comes with Rom Manager isnt exactly the same as Chainfires CW that comes with CF-Root and I know that Chainfires CW is optimized for Samsung phones (not to mention that they are not compatible with each other).

I guess my question would be is above that I did make sense, and shall I install CW from ROM Backup or get some CF-Root kernel with CW? I mean what do I lose with each solution, or any other advice how to complete ROM backup so that I can recover it if something, God forbid(knock on the wood), gets fishy?

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
If you take some time and search different threads in xda developers forum, you will find many user posting statements not to use ROM manager.

As I do not use ROM manager at all, I did not read the whole posts. That's why I do not exactly know, what the issues are about ROM manager.

(Incompatibility with many ROMs and kernels, but there must be more issues.)

I am using CWM Manager app (included in Chainfire's CF-Root kernel) or CWM5 recovery mode to create a complete system / nandroid backup.

So, in case of an emergency I only have to flash a kernel containing CWM5 recovery and restore my last system backup.

Just to be on the "safe" side, I also copied my efs folder to my external sd card.

And all my apps (+ app data) are under Titanium Backup control.

So, I recommend to use plain CWM recovery backup.

If you are not sure about ROM manager, please search the forums and make up your own mind.

Good luck !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kepavi:
So basically, I can instead of Rom Manager install DarkyROM2 Tool, flash some kernel with CWM support e.g. Hellcat, CF-Root, and boot to recovery and make backup of current rom(with higher compatibility), right?

Sorry if this is obvious, but I have just started with this kind of tweaks...
[Fascinate General] skynet11:
When nitsuj17 told a certain other XDA member not to remotely compare himself to jt1134, it got me thinking... What could I possibly have in common with jt1134? Here's what I've come up with so far:

1. Neither of us is a good shot :p

My excuse: I don't have a gun, and never shot one. (actually, I have no idea how his aim is :D)

2. We both refuse to provide ETAs.

My excuse: I've never built a ROM to begin with :D

3. Neither of us plays for the Chicago Bulls.

My excuse: the lockout, of course :D

4. Neither of us is the Great Pumpkin.

My excuse: the Great Pumpkin doesn't exist :D

5. We both still have Fascinates.

My excuse: Verizon keeps playing coy about when they're going to release the Galaxy Nexus (he's probably waiting, too :D)

6. We've both made redneck jokes before.

My excuse: If your china closet is full of 7-Eleven cups, you might be a redneck :D

7. We're both over 11 years old.

My excuse: just playing, Enyo - I don't mean any harm :D

8. We both have the number 11 in our usernames.

My excuse: skynet was already taken, and as of this post, it's 11/2011 :D

NOTE: Everyone, please know that this thread is merely friendly jesting. In truth, I have nothing but respect for jt1134, so hopefully this post will not be taken seriously or become a source of offense. Also, let's keep the humor clean, please.

Has anyone seen John Connor?
[Fascinate General] bigjobber69:
your so dumb i love it
[Fascinate General] TheBDub:
JT and I both like alcohol :D

My excuse: JT makes ROM's when he's drunk, I make a fool of myself.

JT and I both like trolling :D

My excuse: A developer who should be doing some packets right about now.

JT does a much better job at trolling than me :(

My excuse: I don't have one, JT is just plain good at being funny.
[Fascinate General] skynet11:
Why, thank you very much - you have no idea how much that means to me :D

Has anyone seen John Connor?
[Fascinate General] big_limits:
Dont drop ur phone
[Fascinate General] skynet11:
Please keep the vulgar sexual references out - let's keep it PG, huh?

Has anyone seen John Connor?
[Fascinate General] laureanop:
Holy crap! This is trolling taken to a whole other level.

It' d be funny if jt linked to this on his Twitter under "another reason why I left Xda "

SC0.3, TKSGB1117, 64 heap , lag fix
[Fascinate General] skynet11:
Hopefully he would know that I'm only kidding :D I've known him since the beginning of the Fascinate forum, when the phone was first released and I used to run his Superclean 1.x Eclair ROMs (and I used to use ROM Manager to choose which ROM/kernel/theme to run). In truth, I have nothing but respect for the man.

Besides, you said it would be hard to top last weekend's trolling - so how'd I do?

Has anyone seen John Connor?
[Fascinate General] laureanop:
Terminator 3 was on last night like at 2 in the morning and all I could think of was your stupid thread and signature! I kept saying "has anyone seen john Connor" and my wife was like what the f is wrong with you dude !Lol

SC0.3, TKSGB1117, 64 heap , lag fix
[Fascinate General] skynet11:
I'm so glad I made a difference in your life LOL

Has anyone seen John Connor?
[Fascinate General] landshark68:
JT can make my phone............awesome

I can make my phone..............a paperweight
[Fascinate General] sageDieu:
The correct grammar would be "jt1134 and Me"

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[Fascinate General] laureanop:
Yeah, like that's the problem with this thread. Lol

SC0.3, TKSGB1117, 64 heap , lag fix
[Fascinate General] droidstyle:
nobody compares to jt1134...he is in a league of his own!
[Fascinate General] Skrazz:
Under jt's beard is not a chin, but another fist.
[Fascinate General] skynet11:
/me ducks

Has anyone seen John Connor?
[Fascinate General] skynet11:
True that - which is actually the point I'm making, by making my comparisons so ridiculous :D

Has anyone seen John Connor?