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[Kindle Fire General] amnovess:
help please!!

when i try to install the andriod market it says' "the application market (process com.andriod.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. please try again.........please advise, also i have the vending.apk in the sys/app and when i try to change the permissions it says that vending.apk permissions can not be changed because the file system is read only

thank you
[Kindle Fire General] amnovess:
every time i try to do this when i try to mount it with...C:\Users\Guest1\Desktop\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools.... it says "remount failed:operation not premitted
[Kindle Fire General] CBMC:
You must not have root access. You should be able to change the file system to r/w if you have given superuser permission. Are you sure you have root access? What program are you using? (Super manager, root explorer, es explorer, etc.) Did you try using adb to change the permissions?

Sent from my ADR6400L using Forum Runner
[Kindle Fire General] blauciel:
You could use ES File Explorer from the amazon appstore. Just enable root mode.

//Tapatalk.KindleFire//
[Kindle Fire General] Thelgow:
Just for reference, root explorer side loaded for me perfectly fine.

And you cant write to those protected folders without having root enabled.
[Kindle Fire General] terracode:
My buddy kept getting an error that the app was unauthorized when trying to side-load. Tried to move it from sdcard/downloads to data/app and reboot and received the same error. Good to know Root Explorer can be side-loaded without having to install from the market directly if necessary. He was able to sideload all the other vvpGoogle apps and etc fine.
[Kindle Fire General] Rubarb:
For anyone who can't download Root Explorer from the Amazon app store (I couldn't as I'm in Hong Kong) google root explorer apk and there are a couple of links with the apk for direct install - I think I registered for Mobiles24.com to get that and it worked fine for me.

However, I could only rarely change permissions with Root Explorer so I also searched for "Super manager android apk" which was better and easier to change permissions with. I also just started looking for Filestube/Megaupload links and then transferring by USB before installing with RE or SM

Still haven't got Android Market working - it loads and just says, "waiting for download to start"

I wonder if it's because it's my first Android and I don't have any devices listed?
[Kindle Fire General] teookie:
I also side loaded root explorer successfully.
[Kindle Fire General] Thelgow:
I had the same problem. From what I can tell its the vending.apk

It would install and load fine, but no downloads would ever actually kick off.

Use the market apk thats in that gapps zip with the rest of the apps.

From what I can tell that's the newer market anyways and flashier than the vending.apk one.

That gapps one worked first try for me.
[Kindle Fire General] greeneggssam:
root explorer error

Hi all

New to this, total rookie, so please be patient ;)

I live in Canada, got fire so trying to get droid market place. As far as I can tell I rooted it correctly using superoneclick. I cant access amazon market.place from Canada so I got root explorer from mobiles24.com and installed it on my kindle (I assume this what is meant by side install)

So now when I go to run it, iget the following error.

The application root explorer (Process com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again

Thoughts on what is causing this?
[Kindle Fire General] turtlebits:
There root guide for Linux/Mac includes the APK and automatically installs it. You could follow the steps the script uses to install, or just sideload it.
[Kindle Fire General] Veritass:
I side load'ed mine. No problem
[Kindle Fire General] Saintfyre:
This, although it's not as obvious to switch to Read/Write as root explorer. Menu->Setings->Scroll to the Bottom->Check Root Explorer->Yes on Superuser Prompt->Check Mount File System

What I did though was, I pulled the APK for Root Explorer from my data/app folder on my G2, then put that onto the Fire.

Then using ES File Explorer I installed Root Explorer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gogol:
ICS introduced a new contact app, the People App.

It is a very nice app, but there is one thing that I hate about it.

The white backgroung color!

Why white while most of the rest UI are black?

So, is there anyone who can change it? Probably with root ...

I remember there is that Facebook black or something. I assume it can also be done with this People App ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JohnSteveDoe:
The Nexus can be rooted (see MoDaCo for howto). Go do that and upload the people.apk file here, I'll see if I can help.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kites4you:
Please do this for Galaxy S2....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
When I go into contacts, mine is already black background,this is contacts, not people though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alsex87:
Huh? There is no 'Contacts' app, only 'People' on my nexus..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ande_uk:
dialer app (phone icon) has black bgr

contact app (vcard icon) has white bgr

would be nice for both to be black.. looks much nicer :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stretlow:
Wrong thread
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] santacruzdz:
yes...would be nice to have it black, with white writing... just as the contact in the phone apk...i could change the background, the problem is to change the xml responsible of the white writing...

---------- Post added at 04:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:20 PM ----------

and...as well as the messaging app !!! MMS.apk in black please !!! :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Epicnole:
I was stock with CWM (installed some leaked builds) but did 5 factory resets and installed stock GB.

I have read a lot regarding the updates Sprint is making to their network, GPS fixes, and Sprint bloat. I thought most, if not all, of the issues were fixed in GB but I am still having major problems. Last Friday I drove from Tampa to Orlando and back. I was on the interstate the whole time. After 20 min. Telnav lost the GPS signal. I waited 30 min, gave up and shut it off. On the way home, after about 20 min, Google Nav did the same thing but regained it after 30 min. Also, my phone often shows zero bars but will jump to one or two bars after I push send for a text or try to make a call. Even in the Sprint store I had zero bars. They tested the phone and said all is well.

So is it my phone, Sprint, or just an Epic issue? One last thing, the NASCAR app froze my phone for over 25 min. last night. Finally was able to Force stop the app.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
Bring it into a tech Sprint store and tell them your problems.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
They really messed up GPS on ei22
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Epicnole:
Sprint ran "all the tests they can run" on the phone and they said everything works perfectly.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3ndless:
Do you have a long time with it 'cause if not, there's something called "Customer Satisfaction" =/...

Another thing you can do is to call Sprint Customer Support & tell them all your prob's again, if you are paying your warranty monthly fee they can send you another (or at least a refurbished) Epic 4g.

Hope this helps! =)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3ndless:
Hey, what did you do about your situation?

Could we help anyhow? =/
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krazy57wagon:
I found the best way to get GPS to work with EI22 modem is to run a different ROM not the stock gingerbread. Im currently running marcusant's 5.5 rom and loving it having no issues with GPS.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1340055
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Epicnole:
I haven't done anything yet. I am tired of going to a sprint store, only to be told the phone is fine. My wife's Replenish and my daughter's Rumor Touch are having similar issues with text messages not sending/receiving and not being notified about missed calls or VM. Sprint says all of our phones are fine. I am the only one in our family that uses GPS and even when they show signal bars, my phone has less or none.

I've rooted the phone in the past but never installed a custom ROM. I installed a leaked version of Froyo, had issues with it, then I factory rest my phone 7 times over a couple of months. I did a factory wipe 3 times before downloading the GB update and installing it from my SD card, I didn't wait for the OTA. Do you think a custom ROM would fix my issues? Kind of waiting for CM7.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] innisdb:
I would like to start this thread to make a list of HARDWARE related issues...dead pixels, broken cameras, weird feeling volume rocker/power button, faulty headphone jack, etc...

Doing this so we can all get an idea of things to maybe expect, especially for those of us importing it from UK.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oscillik:
the obvious Volume / 900MHz cellular radio issue
[HTC Sensation] UnLucky12:
Hi. Trying to understand SetCPU.

There are two things I don't understand. That is MAX MHZ and MIN MHz...

Have seen some screenshots that people only change the MAX MHz. Why? And why not MIN MHz?
[HTC Sensation] gol_n_dal:
In essence it's to let the phone run at slower speeds when it can. This helps keep the phone cool and preserve battery power.

When I used SetCPU I used to create profiles to slow the phone down (lower the MAX) progressively as the battery % got lower. I also set it to Lowest/Very low when the screen was off.

Even now on my Sensation I'm at 192/648 screen on and 182/384 screen off. Obviously YMMV, it depends if the stuff you do on the phone works well enough at the lower frequencies. If I find it too low for something I just crank it up.
[HTC Sensation] UnLucky12:
Thanks man! :-)
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
Carrier IQ Tries to Censor Research With Baseless Legal Threat

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/11/carrieriq-censor-research-baseless-legal-threat

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...it-brouhaha/&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13220578434512

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...ny-carrieriq&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13220579318351

http://briefmobile.com/a-conversation-with-andrew-coward-marketing-vp-of-carrier-iq

http://briefmobile.com/breaking-carrier-iq-has-withdrawn-cease-and-desist-order-on-tevor-eckhart

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/...y-legal-threat-apologizes-security-researcher
[Epic 4G General] jeffgus:
Cease and desist for PUBLIC files posted on a PUBLIC web site? If people were on the fence about CIQ before, this should give them pause. When I first read about CIQ it seemed like a good way for my carrier to find additional information about dropped calls, but clearly it is much, much worse.
[Epic 4G General] quick99si:
The reply outlined in the first PDF is one awesome legal kick in the nuts. Definitely beats my "lolumad" defense strategy.
[Epic 4G General] zman519:
CIQ is the devels syknet.

Sent from the Drivers Seat of my Suby txting and Driving doing 100MPH+ in a school zone! Ha.
[Epic 4G General] TeamERA:
Several people seen this coming.
[Epic 4G General] PC Jona:
i dont see how ciq isnt illegal.

no one signs a contract to allow them to monitor what we do on our phones.

that sort of thing should require a contract or atleast some knowledge to the people that buy these phones.

no one would willingly allow them to gather information on us and even sell it.

if we were being credited some money back for allowing them to use it, i guess that would be fair.

i honestly think its ridiculous.

this is only on sprint samsung and htc phones right?
[Epic 4G General] TeamERA:
They can, trust me, you wont find CIQ, but you will fi.d we can do what ever we want, pretty much.
[Epic 4G General] zman519:
CIQ is DHS dream think about it people the patriot act.

This is just the kinda thing Big Gov loves. All they ask is the keys to the black door & they will look the other way.

Sent from the Drivers Seat of my Suby txting and Driving doing 100MPH+ in a school zone! Ha.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
Interestingly, I clicked on the megaupload link in the legal response letter and it is still active.

http://www.multiupload.com/BAAKNNSM3J

The rar file contains the training materials and stock CIQ client apps in question. I figured I would post the link in case the EFF article and pdf's mysteriously disappear.
[Epic 4G General] nikon120:
Well it may be in our contract. I haven't read the contract, like ~75+% of carrier customers, so we could have agreed to allow Sprint to gather metrics. Regardless of the intrusiveness of this tool, it could be argued that only the metrics gathering segments would be activated. Of course there are always counter arguments. ;)

Uh... yes they would. If the big 4 carriers in the US all had this on their phones, what are the customers options for cell service? The demand for the service would outweigh the need for privacy. Prime example is the Aviation industry and the TSA.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
Now in the portal-

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...gn=Feed:+xda-developers/ShsH+(xda-developers)
[Epic 4G General] poit:
Again, these comments are all about worst case scenarios of what this software COULD do, not what it does.

It's about time CIQ and Sprint make some public statements about what this software is collecting. The silence just adds to the paranoia.
[Epic 4G General] AproSamurai:
So, an interesting discovery lol.

Could you guys look into /dev if you're rooted for me? CM7/MIUI/Stock, it doesn't matter I'm only curious about something.
[Epic 4G General] pixlz:
:) you guys can't really be surprised about this. Look at the SOPA law running though and how it can devastate how the internet works(torrent sites will still be accessable through typing ip addresses so its really not targetting piracy). AT&T has an agreement with the NSA where the NSA basically can see anything your doing on those phones. Carrier IQ is Verizon and Sprint's Big Brother method. The Patriot Act covers landlines.

sent from my Epic... in the middle of somewhere.
[Epic 4G General] AproSamurai:
Can someone on stock, look into /dev on their phones and tell me if they see TtyCIQ0, please lol.
[Epic 4G General] prodigyplace:
On stock (rooted) EI22, ttyCIQ0 is in /dev. I assume that is what you meant.
[Epic 4G General] AproSamurai:
Yes, it's CIQ from the kernel side. It's fine however, it's not interfacing with the framework, as far as I know. I wanted to be sure that it wasn't some random thing. It's still present in our kernel nonetheless. In our current source in the parts we don't use there are supposedly 90 instances of CIQ. But only 2 lines closely regarding it involving us. All the others are gone due to framework.
[Epic 4G General] ArchangelRenzoku:
That's funny, Android Central posted about this just a bit ago.

http://www.androidcentral.com/security-advocate-eff-go-toe-toe-data-collection-company-carrieriq
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Check briefmobile.com :) Korey had a discussion with ciq.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
I'll keep the OP updated as this topic receives more press.
[Dell Streak 7] magus57:
I'm considering getting a Streak 7 again sometime soon (since I don't want to spend too much on a 7" Honeycomb tablet), but two things that really got to me were the screen's viewing angle in portrait mode (almost painful to use) and how pretty much impossible it was to use in sunlight/outdoors.

I'm just wondering, are there any worthwhile screen protectors for the Streak 7 that reduce glare and/or give it a more matte look?
[Dell Streak 7] Lookin4Trouble:
Just ordered up a 3-pack of matte screen protectors on Amazon - sold by HHI (HandHeldItems) - I use their stuff on all my electronics. The bigger the device, the harder it is to apply without getting crap under the protector (thus me ordering a 3-pack). I have nothing but good things to say about the screen protectors tho, have never scratched or scuffed a screen since I started using them :)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ZI1CM8/ref=oh_o02_s00_i00_details

Oh, and if anyone wants one of their stylus pens, I've got probably half a dozen that I just toss on the floor and let my cat play with until she inevitably bats them under the dishwasher XD

L4T
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
My last nexus was the Nexus One. Does fastboot unlock put the big ugly padlock on the boot animation screen or similar or anything?

Just curious. And I guess once you unlock you can't go back? I've been out of the Nexus game for a while.

G2x - 2.3.7 CM7

Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jumaaneface:
Yes it does put the lock icon on the kernel splash screen but it can be relocked with fastboot oem lock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dnlsmy:
The greatest thing is, that ever since the Nexus S, you can unlock the bootloader, load up a custom recovery/root the phone, and then RE-LOCK the phone when you're done!

No more padlock!:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sm@rt:
Truly tested on Galaxy Nexus device, fastboot oem lock?

Thx
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] axtn95:
How awesome is that? OEM Lock! Great that is good news!
[Droid Eris General] Yorb:
I can live with the random reboots, battery life that is 8 hours one day and 2 hours the next, flaky ass performance, incomprehensibly slow UI, and it's like watching turd paste slide off a window. I mean, it is like 2 years old. But when I spend an entire 30 minute car ride trying to get it to make a phone call amid reboots and 10-minute-long UI freezes, I think it's time to face facts:

This phone is aflaming turd. My friends who have OG droids (released the same time, mind you) never have these problems. Their UI actually responds to touch! :O WHOOOAAAAAAA.

For reference, I'm running CM7, though this steaming pile of excrement has persisted through half a dozen ROMs including the stock OS that I've run over the past 2 years. So hey, at least it's not some configuration problem of mine! I can rest comfortably knowing my aggression is directed squarely at the retarded self-mother lovers responsible for this worthless garbage. Thank, you, HTC.

Let's see how samsung does. When is that galaxy nexus release date again? >_<

</rant>

*mod edit* - Feel free to rant, but let's keep it clean.
[Droid Eris General] ferrocene:
It is an old phone. Its processor is slower than the Droid. It has a quarter gig of ram. I think it has the same processor as the original G1 that shipped with android 1.5. The Eris was out of date a month after it shipped.

The trackball doesn't work. The touchscreen is dead across the whole QWERTY row in portrait mode. My vibration motor was stuck on and had to be manually removed from the motherboard.

I'm amazed it is as responsive as it is, considering. The devs have done near magic compared to stock. But there's only so much blood you can squeeze out of a turnip.

That being said, I'm on the galaxy S2 and this thing flies. Faster than the galaxy nexus, IMO.
[Droid Eris General] synesthete:
In the context of the rapid evolution of Android phones, the Eris is ancient. It is amazing how fast things have moved in the Android world. My contract is up soon and I am really looking forward to getting a new phone.

I have to say that I have been impressed with how my Eris has held up. I knew that it was slow when I bought it, but I didn't want a giant brink like the Droid in my pocket. I was quite happy that Froyo ran on it. When my Eris booted into gingerbread, I was amazed. With that said, it certainly wasn't ever meant to run gingerbread and shouldn't be expected to run CM7 without some issues. Many of the newer phones that were built for gingerbread also have issues with reboots, so you can't really blame the Eris for that.
[Droid Eris General] scary alien:
I still use my Eris everyday--not as a phone though (I've had a Droid X since its launch day).

I've run all kinds of ROMs on it (stock, Froyo, GB, CM7), but am currently running a very good and stable xtrSENSE 5.0.1.

Kudos to everyone that have (and still do) worked so hard on keeping this little phone that could alive and kicking for so many folks.

I still check in on here occasionally and probably will for a long time to come.

Cheers!
[Droid Eris General] IFLATLINEI:
Edit: My Eris is a Flaming Turd and I made the wrong choice when buying or am simply asking too much from a not so powerfull device.

There I fixed it for you.
[Droid Eris General] jwaterwo:
I had a pretty good experiencing using KhoasFroyo and overclocking the CPU to 900mhz.
[Droid Eris General] Stonent:
The motorola droid cpu combined with better video made it almost twice as fast as the eris, you have to keep that in mind.
[Droid Eris General] sirblacknite:
i still use my eris daily, and with gsb 4.2, it has never been faster. i fully agree that the stock rom was trash, but come on, its like trying to run windows 7 on a 486.
[Droid Eris General] IndyRoadie:
Funny, I have always gotten decent battery life out of my Eris. I could easily go more than 24 hours, and sometimes as long as 36+ between charges..

Sounds like a /wetware error to me..
[Droid Eris General] snortman:
My battery life fluctuates, depending on what I seem to be using it for, though it does usually last a day (though there are some days when it runs pretty low). As far as speed goes, yes, it does get pretty sluggish at points, but when I had to buy a personal smartphone for work I had used my upgrade 6 months before to get a new non-smartphone, so a used Eris was the only used smartphone I could afford on Ebay or Craigslist.

So yes, I'm disappointed in the slowness and the occasional unresponsiveness when even trying to get it to call a contact, but it's something I'm willing to deal with until I'm eligible to upgrade in 4 months.

And I'm really appreciative of the guys like tazz, workshed, CS, and Mongoose that spend their time trying to enhance the eris experience for us, and the other people that take time to answer questions on these forums.
[Droid Eris General] sickbox:
That is like saying that the Apple IIe was a piece of crap, of course it would be crushed by the competition in this day and age however it served its purpose well, the Eris is no different, be glad that you have custom Roms on it today because there were a good 4 months after launch where nobody could get anything to work and then a great time after that where we were still looking to root phones that got messed up by the leaked 2.1 image.

In all this phone was a great first Android experience for me especially being able to follow along with and attempt to help in the rooting process. This thing will be with me after I've left Verizon even if it is only for an occasional MP3 player or wifi remote.

I still use my Eris daily (no home screen widgets though, way faster) GSB 4.2 installed and works great.

BTW I have another Eris with Kaos Froyo on it (lazy) used as a wifi remote left in airplane mode, that thing never dies however use is VERY minimal, alternate uses for this thing do exist.

If you still think your Eris sucks then try removing all of the widgets on your home screen that are eating up all of your battery/processing power/RAM (do you REALLY NEED them?) it will breathe new life into the thing for sure, hell maps barely crashes any more.
[Off-topic] JeffATL:
I was reading an article today about the hottest jobs in IT for 2012 and "Mobile Application Developer" was one of the 3 careers listed as a hot field.

Over the past decade I have felt that IT Development has been a tough job market because of all the global outsourcing.

I realize there are many devs in this forum, some do it as a hobby, some create apps to sell through Android Market etc for either money or ad revenue, and some work at the enterprise level and are also involved here for hobby or for other business/personal reasons

When I am thinking career in Android Dev I am thinking enterprise level... working in corporate supporting/developing mobile apps for employee/client/customer productivity, to basically improve business processes

http://www.metro.us/newyork/life/article/1029481--the-hottest-it-jobs-for-2012

I created this post hoping to get some feedback from devs... on their opinion of mobile application dev as a career prospect - would you recommend it to someone in college, someone later in their career etc?

Thanks.