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[Kindle Fire Android Development] death2all110:
DEVS ONLY!

THIS DOES NOT BOOT! DO NOT TRY BUILDING AND FLASHING IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!

IN DOING SO YOU MAY "SOFT BRICK" YOUR DEVICE!

You Have Been Warned....

http://github.com/death2all110/kindle_fire-2.6.35.7-DarkXShadows

Fork It/Watch It.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Techronico:
I have a strong feeling that there are some Apple employees or contractors spreading negative info about the Prime here at XDA. Wouldn't be hard for them to do and nearly impossible for us to detect. Just saying.

I think if the few main points they are pointing out turn out to be minor or overly exaggerated, (ie. Sound sucking, battery dying fast, price to high for the market, etc.), then it will be an iPad killer or come very close.

Note: Hate to use the "iKiller" phrase because apple has a place and a market regardless, but I digress.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SwissyChief:
Then I guess they're doing a bad job 'cause I'm still buying one! :P
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TalynOne:
It's not Apple employees. It's just Apple fanbois and zealots. It's more religion than anything for some of this deranged folks who don't feel right until they have everyone "converted". Facts and rational arguments don't matter, because it's a sin to like Android. "Think Different" is really "Think Apple, Amen".

I have no problem with Apple, as Ghandi said, "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.".
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] HuskerWebhead:
That about says it all.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Up until the past few days everything put out about the Prime was PR from Asus. That and a few specific demos of games. As hands-on tests are released there's bound to be some negatives uncovered. It's not natural if there weren't. One could say that the fanboys aren't those seeking real-time feedback even if it's not positive but those that are blindly defending a product that's not even in the hands of conumers yet. And like someone said in another thread, there can be big differences from one review to another. The Galaxy Nexus was hailed as the second coming of Christ. Now that it's out it's clearly not perfect compared to the anticipation and PR. I for one want to get feedback from owners after they've used the Prime for a while. That's what XDA does best.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gogol:
It was Steve Jobs himself .. He was here ... Look at your back ... There! There he is!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skeptikal:
I couldn't agree more. I have been slightly disappointed to hear some of the negatives about the Prime; especially in the Anandtech review when compared to the ipad2. That doesn't mean that I'm not really excited about this product. I don't need it to be a Jesus-tablet. I would just like it to be a really nice high end Android device that i will enjoy using for a long time (relatively of course). So, I for one haven't cancelled my order. I also haven't seen any Apple fanboys on these threads yet. Of course, I did remove my tin foil helmet some time ago so that could have something to do with it too. ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zoro25:
I'm no apple fanboy infact the opposite, I think most of the apple crowd are sheep.

I am thinking of getting a prime for my wife. However the point that I find off putting is that the prime can only barely beat the IPAD2 in most tests and in some tests it fails compared to the Ipad2.

The Ipad2 is about a year old and the latest device and chipset that Nvidia and Asus can muster can only equal or barely beat it?.

really with the 11 month lead time the Prime should be kicking the Ipads ass, but it isn't.

I can only therefore gather that the Ipad3 whenever it is released would make the prime look like yesterdays tech just like the prime should have done but failed to do to the Ipad2.

I would love to be told that I am wrong and that infact the prime does indeed stomp all over the Ipad2?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] adiliyo:
which tests are you talking about exactly?

i would say most issues aside from hardware design issues stem from honeycomb and how crappy that version of android is as far as optimization and design goes.

hopefully ICS will fix a lot of the really big issues that HC has yet to even address.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] joe_dude:
IMHO, the point of the Transformer Prime is all about the *convenience*. For example, no one buys a MBA for its speed; even a $600 laptop would be faster.

The Transformer doesn't have to be better than the iPad or an ultrabook/MBA. But when you're on the road or wherever, carrying the Transformer will be heckuva lot more convenient than carrying both the iPad and MBA.

The whole is more than the some of its part. That's why the original Transformer has won awards such as tablet of the year, laptop of the year and device of the year!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] blaziner18:
these are my thoughts as well, it makes me really uneasy about buying this thing.

which at first i thought blew ipad2 out of the water.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
I'm usually first in line for new and shiny tech. For a second-gen tablet, I'm going to wait a bit. Here's my thinking: 1) I want to see what people's real experiences are with Teg 3, 2) I want to see what the performance difference is with ICS irrespective of h/w, and 3) Acer, Lenovo, and HTC have all announced quad-cores with more RAM (2GB) and higher res (1920 x 1152) displays which are probably going to become the new standard for high-end tablets. Qualcomm, TI, and Samsung are all working on next-gen chipsets too. For those with short memory, Nvidia was the worst of the dual-cores (except for gaming) and unless something's changed it probably pays to wait and see what the other chip makers come up with. Also getting a tablet launched with and optimized for ICS is preferable to a future update.

If you need a tablet right away, and don't currently have one, it makes sense to go with the Prime. If you have a first-gen tablet more choices are going to be available by Q1. And after reading the Amazon cancellation thread and some of the problems being reported by reviewers it seems that Asus is really rushing this puppy out in order to be first to market. Historically, that's never been good.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skeptikal:
I think that is an astute observation. i don't have a tablet yet and now is the right time to buy for me. If I could find the original TF at a deeply discounted price I think I would probably go that route for now. As is, I guess I will stick with the prime. It is after-all a beautiful device with a lot of upsides at least.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Watch this site: http://slickdeals.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9

Transformers, Iconias, Thrives, and K1s have popped up for as low as $250 NIB for the holidays. If you get one, it would be a great transitional tablet until you have more choices for second-gen tablets available. You could probably turn around and sell it for close to what you paid via eBay or Craigslist after using it for a few months. But I totally agree that if you're paying retail the Prime is the best of what's out now.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jays2Kings:
I'm a noob with adb, I was wondering if and how can I use adb to simulate a tap or touch. I figured how to find the touch are via getevent, but just not sure how to send it.

Thanks in advance. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] madeSICC:
Installed Google voice a couple days ago to check out the voicemail on it. I uninstalled it the same day and now whenever I get a call it makes me press 1 to accept the call. Its freaking annoying and I can't figure out how to get it to stop. Help !
[Motorola Photon 4G] madeSICC:
Sorry meant to put this in q&a
[Motorola Photon 4G] FrameCityJackal:
You have to go to your google account and deactivate it from there too
[Motorola Photon 4G] jrebo:
I got that and some really bad audio quality. so I decided to cancel google voice. I deactivated google voice but calls going to voicemail were still being handled by google. The message said, please enter the 10 digit number you are trying to reach. I'm on sprint and *38 discontinued the forwarding.

Sent from my MB855
[Motorola Photon 4G] curly9:
Well i am not rooted at the moment cause i flashed a zip that took root off and still have a custom kernal going with unlocked bootloader is that even supposed to be possible?
[Motorola Photon 4G] radrian92:
Thats impossible. As soon as you flashed that "zip" it over writes everything. You need to be unlock to have a custom kernel
[Motorola Photon 4G] curly9:
well thats what i thought but i couldent use root explorer or any root access apps but when i turn off the phone it still says unlock
[Motorola Photon 4G] Nerorising:
Interesting. Interesting indeed. Is there anyway you could upload a vid of this?
[Motorola Photon 4G] curly9:
i wouldent suggest it seeing now after it turned off it wouldent do the sbf files to fix. idk if it was dealing with that cause the sbf always finishes but ends up in a boot loop which as of right now im trying to fix it. but if it happens again ill c what i can do to show you. cause i always thought you had to be rooted to have an unlocked but idk if it was just a one time thing
[Motorola Photon 4G] radrian92:
Is the super user app installed?
[Motorola Photon 4G] curly9:
Yes it was
[Motorola Photon 4G] SNAAAAKEE:
I have this same issue right now how it happened for me is that I orginally used the one click root method I found here. Later down the road I noticed that a stable build of cm7 had come out so I decided to try it out. I flashed pudding and it worked just fine and unlocked the device when I went to go get clockwork on the device however, I noticed the my root was no longer working reading in the comments section I saw that the one click root method was not compatible with the unlocked bootloader. I tried to root the phone with the system.img file that it mentioned using in the guide it worked at least as far as pushing it to the device but still no root. I then tried to flash the device back to stock I used the sbf file provided and it did wipe the phone but I still have the unlock icon when I boot the phone and can no longer root it no matter what method I try. If anyone can help me with re locking my device, I would greatly appreciate it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] curly9:
Have you tryed the depudding. Go into the pudding unlock section theres one that relocks it just like how u unlocked it
[Motorola Photon 4G] pkomarnicki:
As far as I'm aware, being unlocked and being rooted are two separate processes on this phone. You don't have to have one to have the other. I've been rooted and locked, rooted and unlocked, and unlocked with no root. Hope that helps.

And I haven't had any problems with the one-click root and unlocking or sbf-ing back to stock.
[Motorola Photon 4G] SNAAAAKEE:
Thanks for the help guys I got it to work now had to do a factory reset and then flash the sbf file and the seemed to unroot the device it still didn't unlock it however I think if I used the depudding method curly mentioned it would work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] joshua.allen128:
photon

I am currently running an "unlocked bootloader" on a non- rooted system on my photon 4g. I was rooted and then unrooted because I couldn't flash cwm for some reason....I am really really looking to installing miui with the ultimate iphone theme. I love how poloshed and clean it looks!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ejrubin:
I have a request with a small donation as a reward. I'm not rich, but I can reward with some beer money.

I have managed to somehow delete my build.prop file while rooted and then managed to un-root my device. Naturally, I rebooted.

My request is for anyone with a bit of extra time to modify zergRush so that it does not look to a build.prop file to verify the android version.

If there are any other ideas on how to root a bricked Fire without a build.prop file, be my guest.

My hope is that once I am able to re-root my device, I will be able to mount /system/ as writeable and then be able to push in a build.prop file. However, obviously, until that happens I cannot put in a build.prop file.

If you have any questions I pretty much let it all out on the "How to unblock your kindle" thread.

If no one is able to do this I would understand. This is obviously beyond my technical expertise but I do appreciate any efforts or even suggestions. Even if there's no attempts made here, it is still shocking how much help is given on this forum.

EDIT: I was able to get my hands on a valid system.img and then flashed the system.img to my system partition. Doing so corrected my build.prop and my device became bootable. Thanks for all the help.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ajq:
Did it update to 6.2 while in the midst of your needing around?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] death2all110:
what does your device do?

Does it show under adb devices?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ejrubin:
I updated to 6.2 on Tuesday. I have followed the directions on the "UNBRICK your kindle" thread. I have done that successfully. However, because my build.prop is missing, I can no longer re-root using zergRush. I believe that fastboot as directed in that thread restores the kindle to factory settings. I'm not quite sure if factory settings is 6.2 or if it goes all the way back to 6.0.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ejrubin:
Just as a disclaimer: I acknowledge I'm a moron for not verifying everything when I pushed in a build.prop file into my /system/ folder and restarted. No need to call me names :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ejrubin:
For those who know a bit more than me...

Would pushing the 6.2 update (or any of the downloadable firmware) to the kindleupdates folder in the sdcard and then rebooting fix my problem? I remember reading that the updates re-writes the build.prop which would fix my situation.

Of course, do you need root permissions to be able to write to the sdcard? I only ask this because I can not get the sdcard to actually show up on my desktop. I would need to push it via terminal or adb shell.

Anyone know if this would work?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ejrubin:
I am beginning to realize that I may actually still have root, but since I can't boot up the phone, I can't fill out the superuser access dialog that usually comes up when a program tries to access superuser. I had root before I caused the build.prop problems, but figured that I had somehow lost it when I tried to access SU from ADB. Anyone know of a way to bypass this access dialog?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] damianarnold:
I checked the root status with OneClickRoot after OTA reported my KF was still rooted (just to be sure) and then re-installed Superuser and pushed the necessary Android APKs back to /system/app and it was working again.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ejrubin:
How did you re-install Superuser if you're not able to fully boot up the KF? To be clear, when I try to root with superoneclick it says i'm rooted (and if i try and continue it fails...) but whenever I type in adb shell and then su I get "permission denied."
[Kindle Fire Android Development] damianarnold:
My Fire was fully booted up. Did you remove and reinstall Superuser?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ejrubin:
Don't think our KF were in the same state. I don't have a build.prop to boot my KF into so I can't manage superuser at all (I do, however, have a totally useless build.prop.bak that is sitting there in the directory. :mad:) I have the superuser.apk in there so it seems as though I'm rooted but I still can't get into SU via adb.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] granitdm:
Can't get Write access to /System or /SDCard

Still having the exact same problem! Was able to get the build.prob.bak pulled from /system but can't rename it and push it back to hopefully get this working again.

I am starting to think I may have to send this KF back soon if I don't get it working again.

Any help anyone can provide would be great.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ejrubin:
I'm thinking since we are able to get into fastboot, do any developers know if it is possible to push in a new system.img via fastboot? This would solve our build.prop problems no? Any developers know if this is possible?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] killercheung:
I would like to compile zergRush myself, but I don't know how to compile Android binary.

It seems require linux to do so.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] JackpotClavin:
Can you adb push to the sdcard?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] killercheung:
No , I think the sdcard is not yet mount. Tried cd sdcard and it's not possible.

Is it possible to mount it without root? Cause when we try to mount system folder it's permission denied.

And I'm afraid the system won't run the official update even the patch is inside the sdcard folder.

I think ejrubin's idea on how to fix our bricked kindle fire is completely right , we just need either one of the following :

1. A zergRush binary won't check the build.prop to let us run root and mount the system folder

2. Since we can get into fastboot, I think we need a correct update.zip or system.img to fix it. Any idea to build it from kindle's official update?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] JackpotClavin:
Well try "mount sdcard" in the shell. If you can push the update, you can idme bootmode into 0x5001 and it'll take the update in recovery mode

If that doesn't work I'll give a custom zerg a shot

Edit: I got it. If you wanna flash my clockwork build in fastboot and set the fastboot to boot into recovery, you can access your /system through recovery, I do it all the time

It'll be a fastboot flash recovery <the name of the recovery.img I'll post later when I get home>

From there you will have to:

Adb shell

Mount system

Mv /system/build.bak /system/build.prop
[Kindle Fire Android Development] killercheung:
If i just type "mount sdcard" it cannot recognize the command.

if try to mount it with -t and mount it to other folder, it just say permission denied.

Of course I wanna flash your clockwork build!!

Would you mind to guide us with all the step when you're ready? Because I'm quite new to root android machine.

Really thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] JackpotClavin:
Yeah **** sorry guys can this wait till tomorrow? Sorry I said tonight, I got side tracked tonight
[Kindle Fire Android Development] killercheung:
Sure!

And thanks again!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] yareally:
I already mentioned in the bricked thread you could create a system.img by creating an image of /system from the update (and listed basically the steps to do it) and flash it in fastboot. That would work.

If you did that, it would only take 10-15 minutes to do if you have linux installed and the update handy.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] JackpotClavin:
these instructions worked on my 6.1 build. i cannot say for sure if the bootmode is the same for whatever version youre coming from and the only thing wrong with your current rig is the build.bak build.prop problema

here's my recovery (updaterecovery.img) md5sum 38eb5308439a6f1e256a4914ab06d508 updaterecovery.img

here's the stock recovery (stockrecovery.img) md5sum c4f028310bd112649c94be6a4171f652 stockrecovery.img

edit: you may have to do the "fastboot -i 0x1949" then the rest of the command, so the first one would be "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery updaterecovery.img"

1. if you can flash that via fastboot i think it's "fastboot flash recovery updaterecovery.img"

2. then change your bootmode in fastboot with the command fastboot "fastboot idme bootmode 5001"

3. now that you can boot into my clockwork, type:

adb shell

mount system

cd system

(then type "ls" (that's an L) and see what your backup build.prop is

if it's build.bak (or whatever for this demonstration i'll use build.bak) we're gonna rename build.bak by using this "mv build.bak /system/build.prop"

then type exit, and you should go back to the normal command shell, and type "adb push stockrecovery.img /sbin/"

then we are gonna rewrite the recovery back to stock by going back into the adb shell and using "dd if=/sbin/stockrecovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/recovery" it should say something about 16mb, then type adb reboot.

it should reboot, then reboot again, and if it's really the build.prop error, this will boot it back up :D
[Kindle Fire Android Development] killercheung:
Thanks man!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your recovery really work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some step I would like to say more for those don't understand :

Type this in the adb shell to change the kindle to fastboot mode :

idme bootmode 4002

Since we can't reboot (permission denied), we have to force turn on the kindle and turn on again to get in fastboot mode

copy JackpotClavin's updaterecovery.img to save folder as the adb . In fastboot mode type :

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery updaterecovery.img

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 5001

fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot

Wait for the kindle reboot and wait for a while, and I can acces adb shell again.

In the adb shell type

mount system

Then you can edit the files inside the system folder.

When you finish edit the build.prop, copy the stockrecovery.img to your adb folder if you didn't do so. Then type :

adb push stockrecovery.img /sbin/

adb reboot

And my kindle fire unbricked !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would like to say thanks again to JackpotClavin for taking time to help us !!!!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] JackpotClavin:
Np!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincent-fr:
Hi,

on Samsung Galaxy S2 and Note, Android, there is a weird and very annoying limitation that requires YOUR precious help, please :

--> in Contacts, then entering a Contact, then adding a "note", there is a 1000 characters limitation.

It used to be unlimited (Pocket PC, iPhone, ...) and still is unlimited today on HTC (with Android) Phones.

So it definitely seems to be a weird Samsung limitation of Android, that I can't explain (it's only a plain text file : why limiting it ? )!

Why ?

And please can we tweak this ?

Can we change the characters number, or better make it unlimited again ???

PLEASE, any help ? Thanx

>vincent-fr

(sorry for my poor english, as mentioned in my nickname : I'm french... and didn't find any solutions on french forums ;o((( )

NB : Why this ?

Cause I use Outlook as a permanent Data Base following me everywhere, with my smartphone, and this using the "notes" of each contacts.

Then I can simply update, synchronize my datas, and then store them on my PC.

That was till Galaxy S2 , where the 1000 characters limitation, "crops" my datas... after approxymately 1000 characters! Huge loss...

Help , or I'll have to get rid of my Samsung.... I love! ;o)))​
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincent-fr:
Anyone ? Please ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincent-fr:
Please help ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincent-fr:
Up.

And help please?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincent-fr:
UP!

Anyone help? It's X-mas time.... ;o)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipaman:
Dude are u running stock if so then root ur device and flash a custom rom. U will be surprised at the power of ur device. The word limitation is a touch wiz thing nothing u can do about that.

Hit the thanks button if I have helped!!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincent-fr:
vipaman,

of course you helped.

But could you please tell me a ROM I could use for the Galaxy Note,

without loosing all the benefits of the S-PEN (sensitivity, freeze Screen, etc..?)

Thanx.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincent-fr:
big up ! ;o)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincent-fr:
UP ? Please anyone ? Merry X-MAS! ;o)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincent-fr:
Happy new year 2012 to all of you.

But to make it a great year, anyone to help me out this problem?

Give me a ROM name, or another Apps ?

Hellllp, please.