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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Klutonec:
I remember trying that once when I was going through other tutorials. Anytime I typed a command in for it (after Shift+Right clicking in the folder where the recovery img file is and click "open command prompt here") it'd say something like "there is no external fastboot connection" or something like that.

I don't know the exact words, but maybe that relates to the first current problem I'm having.

Two tutorials suggested that cmd method, and both times the same "there is no external connection" message would show up on the cmd. Again, I paid a lot of attention to those tutorials, and there were two of them. Nothing was too complicated to understand, so I'm absolutely sure I haven't messed up in following the steps, at least.

I also saw somewhere it might be a radio problem, so I downloaded two radios and experimented with them both. For each of them, nothing was fixed. (I tried 2.07.50.27_2 then 2.09.50.29_2) So the same fastboot problem persists.

EDIT: Is there a command on cmd to make fastboot go to recovery without pressing the home button?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Richy99:
the home button is for CWM and back arrow boots it into fastboot mode, afaik the phone cannot be put into fastboot mode without this method

it sounds like the drivers are not correctly installed if it is failing to find the phone if you are getting a conenction error

your radio has to be 2.08 and above for android to work properly from what i have read
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ashok.bohra:
I am also facing the same issue. Phone is HD2 and was working earlier with MAGLDR but it got corrupted and could not load android so decided to switch to cLK.

when try to load into CWM by holding the home button it loads with one error. As mentioned in the first post the first error but not the second one. Then it just reboots itself again but never goes into the recovery.

I used fastboot to flash the recovery and got the success message on the PC screen and also the phone gets rebooted everytime i try to reflash the recovery.

But when i type the command

fastboot devices

nothing is displayed.

It seems like the device is not connected then how come the recovery is flashed from the fastboot menu.

I checked in the computer management- devices and I see the Android phone without the "!" mark signifying that the fastboot drivers are installed properly.

Please help.

Got it resolved. Used HD2 toolkit to flash the cLK recovery.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bord1er:
hi i rooted my vibrant and i was gonna flash a rom and i wiped everything and i got to restart and it bootlooped and it dont go into recovery and it dont go into download mode to but it does show the charging what do i do

oh yeah and it does read odin but the little android dont come on it just shows a loading sign and i try to use odin and it dont flash

helpp
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N00B_IN_N33D:
Do this to get into download mode:

Make sure you have ODIN open.

1. Take off your back cover.

2. Remove your battery.

Make sure you have the USB plugged into your PC but not your phone!

3. Hold the volume buttons.

4. Put the battery in.

5. Put the USB in.

Then flash back to stock JFD via ODIN.

______

Plus here's everything you'll need to go back to stock just in case you need it...

HERE IS ODIN << DOWNLOAD THIS

MD5: E012B512C1579C3AF7A38A27FD905B86

The PIT FILE << DOWNLOAD THIS

MD5: 1D927B36D2FA807A22E64FC86B445130

The TAR FILE << DOWNLOAD THIS

MD5: 632730F6B637F53E5B10E5CBC8B966A7

And to check the MD5 of the files here's HashTab.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bord1er:
it dont go into download mode?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N00B_IN_N33D:
Ok. Let's try this. Install these drivers here. Then follow these (slightly different) directions:

Make sure you have ODIN OPEN with admin privileges!

1.) Take off your back cover, remove your sim & mirco sd card.

2.) Remove your battery.

Make sure you have the USB plugged into your PC but NOT your phone!

3.) Hold the volume buttons.

4.) Put the battery in.

5.) Put the USB in.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bord1er:
then what do i do after?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N00B_IN_N33D:
You flash back to stock via odin

Sent from my SGH-T959 (Samsung Vibrant)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bord1er:
yup i got it all it was i just didnt have to push power and the volume jus the volume and it started right up and i flashed it back

and now im flashing 2.3 on it lol
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N00B_IN_N33D:
Glad everything worked out :D. Out of curiosity which gingerbread rom did you choose?

Sent from my SGH-T959 (Samsung Vibrant)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omairzeeshan:
thank you for the advice!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bord1er:
it was the the galaxy s2 rom it was great :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bord1er:
oh i was gonna ask you do you have a list of odin falshable roms?
[Android General] nightshack0:
I've seen many people say that the ICS multitasking feature where you can swipe to close the app, just removes it from the multitasking list but does not kill it / close it.

I have tested it using logcat and it DOES in fact kill it, here's a picture of logcat after swiping off the browser app

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And also I tried going to cached/running services, and then opening the multitasking bar and closing an app that appears there, and it does disappear from there.
[Android General] Shadow-Nexus:
Nice discovery man!
[Android General] usb7:
Oh wow, thanks for the info!
[Android General] BlackDino:
Awesome never knew this,

Thanks
[Android General] LordManhattan:
Nice! Thanks!
[Android General] Bairdog35:
Great discovery! Thank you very much.
[Android General] burakgon:
Yes I know this too in first 5 mins I understand.

Open an app, press home button and minimize, Long press and swipe. Go to launcher and launch shortcut. Tadaaaaaaaa.
[Android General] Demonface:
Hmmm didnt know about this.
[Android General] codemonkey85:
Good to know this for certain! This will be much easier than going into the app tray or settings menu to force close an app.
[Android General] Dirk:
People are going to get so OCD about closing things now that they'll spend half their time in that menu! :p
[Android General] jaegerpung:
Nice find, was a bit sceptical when I closed all apps in the task list and then used a task killer to kill the same tasks again before the memory was free'd up
[Android General] HawkeyeWPR:
Can in the future implement the automatic search in Contacts while you writing a number?
[Android General] BaT420:
nice never knew this swipe feature existed just started using an ics rom today.
[Android General] madushan:
Services ?

I couldn't kill a process with a service in the emulator that way.

Does it kill processes running services in the same way ?

What about foreground services ? Does the device stop playing music, If I swipe the music app ?
[Android General] HawkeyeWPR:
i talking about that OLD feature in Froyo...:|
[Android General] maax555:
Is there a way to stop certain apps from staying open in the multitask list?

Currently everytime i hit the multitask button its just a long long list so its kinda counter productive.

Thanks
[Android General] aprizND:
Agreeed

Lets discover thinks more
[Android General] DeathW1SH:
Cool

nice discovery there man.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] imrazor:
Trying to set up company email (ie, Exchange) on my shiny new SGS2 and I get a nasty looking license that tells me Samsung wants the right to send my IMEI and other mobile phone data to the "licensors of the application." Who the hell are these licensors, why do they want my phone info and why should I give it to them?

What happened to the Google "Mail" client that's been on every other phone I've used? (No, not GMail. Just plain old Mail.) And is there another (free) Exchange client I could use?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
that's probably related to the CIQ issue

details here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369683
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] imrazor:
Maybe, but the interesting thing is that only pops up when I try to set up a corporate email account on my SGS2. If it were CIQ related, shouldn't I get that license agreement when I set up the phone? CIQ has its dirty little fingers in everything, not just email.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] asatnik11:
Talk to your exchange administrator ...it's probably a policy they are applying.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Monk4Life:
No it's only TW email apk specific. Aosp email does not do this. It's not caused by a policy set by an exchange admin. it states this before the account is fully created and before you get a prompt for exchange policies acknowledgment.
[Kindle Fire General] quid246:
Been considering the AF or NT... one thing that's held me back is I've read that it can be a little sluggish at times.

With the 6.2 update now being pushed... is it snappier?
[Kindle Fire General] jeremy81:
Yes, it is generally snappier and I've found both the browser and the Kindle apps to be much smoother.
[Kindle Fire General] phillyman02:
Yes much better with update.
[Kindle Fire General] speedrabbit:
NT has way less glare and is easier to hold. I notice it a lot when riding on the subway, overhead lights are killer with the Fire, OK with the NT. Unfortunately the NT wifi didn't work in one place I really need to use it, where I can't mess with or replace the wifi AP, but if it weren't for that I would have kept the Nook.

I'm waiting for the update that improves the touchscreen response.. so pages don't go flinging when you lift your finger sometimes etc.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quaternary:
Since upgrading from 030 to 047 (clean install, FXP kernel) if 3G is enabled, my battery will not last for even eight hours, and my phone is always warm to the touch. Using 2G only gives incredible battery life, (nearly two days with similar usage) and the phone stays cool except during extensive use.

030 did not have the same problem; with 3G, the battery lasted about sixteen or twenty hours, and there were no temperature concerns.

I tried looking for apps that might be causing the problem with no success. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS are almost always disabled (as before). CPUSpy reports that the phone successfully enters deep sleep. The signal strength in my location is, and always has been, excellent. Battery usage is dominated by Phone Idle and Cell Standby.

Does anyone else have similar problems with this particular version, or can anyone suggest any other clues/hints/settings to investigate?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonOutlawKing:
I had the same issue with mine and eventually switched from FXP to MIUI. If someone could figure out the power issues I'd go back but for now I'm sticking with MIUI until I can see how the battery life on it is.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
Just a quick question, how do you guys feel about live wallpapers?

Too much of a battery drain? Ruins performance? Anyone use them?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jsntrenkler:
I don't use them, I think they slightly impact battery life.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] garyd9:
They are pretty, and in some cases they are even useful... but they certainly impact battery life.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] getbuzzin:
They impact battery life, but the screen is so much better to look at. I personally use the nexus live wallpaper. I get through the day with about 30% battery left on moderate use so no biggie.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nicktuso:
This is hilarious, I just installed the free matrix one to see how cool it looked. Setcpu bounced back and forth from 200-800, with a normal picture wallpaper it sits at 200 at idle. lol I used to use beautiful live weather(or whatever it's called) and loved that because it showed the current weather for my area in the wallpaper...so cool. That was always my favorite by far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
its my understanding that they only use more battery when being displayed, and stay idle when not displayed, correct?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
I use Ice Galaxy wallpaper and get around 12-15 hours with moderate to heavy usage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DJSLINKARD:
i could be wrong here but it almost seems like they use more battery regardless of whether the screen is on or not. anyone have any input on this?
[Kindle Fire General] jojo54696:
Is the kindle a QVGA device or an HVGA one? I have tried googling it but can't seem to find any info.

Also what is the difference between QVGA and HVGA? Which is better?
[Kindle Fire General] manifest3r:
Wow. QVGA is ANCIENT! I had it on my htc vogue, and HVGA is old as well, I had it on my samsung moment with an AMOLED display.

The kindle fire has a resolution of 1024x600, making it WSVGA :)
[Kindle Fire General] jojo54696:
Ok well i was trying to download a game to side load to my kindle and I wasn't sure whether to download the QVGA or the HVGA version.

OR will neither work with the fire?

Thanks for your help.
[Kindle Fire General] manifest3r:
HVGA is a higher resolution, so that one will look less pixilated.

Download HVGA :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Drenhead:
How do i change app defaults on the NT? I want Opera mobile to be my default browser.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dermotti:
I use "default app manager" from the android market
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ylixir:
I'm throwing together this little guide to help jumpstart people who are new to linux/android/kernel development.

This guide is for Linux. If you are running Windows or Mac and get this working please show us your ways. I'll update the guide with info for those platforms.

Do yourself a favor and go through all the steps at least once. Having a properly setup kernel source is worth waiting the five minutes to compile a kernel once, even if all you want to do is compile a module.

I put all my downloads in "~/Downloads" and my working stuff in "~/code". You'll have to adapt the paths used to your own needs.

Also, you'll notice I put "-j8" after most of my make commands. You will want to adjust this to how many cpu's your computer has. So if you have a dual core then "-j2" or a quad core then "-j4". If you have a cpu that supports hyperthreading you can double the number of cores. I have 4 cores that support hyperthreading so i do "-j8".

Get the B&N source.

I couldn't get modules loaded that were compiled with Google's ndk. A "cat /proc/version" and a quick google search had me getting the Sourcery compiler which is what B&N used apparently.

Download the Sourcery compiler here. I chose the "advanced" linux version.

Now we need to unzip our compiler and B&N sources.

$ cd ~/code
$ tar -xjf ~/Downloads/arm-2010q1-202-arm-none-linux-gnueabi-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
$ tar -xzf ~/Downloads/nook_tablet_1-4.tar.gz

Now to get things built. Thanks to nookdevs for getting me pointed in the right direction

First we need to build u-boot, this will allow us to make the uImage flavor of the kernel.

$ cd distro/u-boot
$ make -j8 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=~/code/arm-2010q1/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi- omap4430sdp_config
$ make -j8 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=~/code/arm-2010q1/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
$ make -j8 tools

Add the tools to the path so the kernel build has access to mkimage.

$ PATH=$PATH:~/code/distro/u-boot/tools/

Now we build the kernel.

$ cd ../kernel/android-2.6.35
$ make -j8 ARCH=arm android_4430BN_defconfig
$ make -j8 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=~/code/arm-2010q1/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi- uImage

And finally build a module. I've attached the source for a simple one just to test things out. Cribbed from tldp.org

Unzip the attachment in a directory of your choice. I used ~/code.

$ cd ~/code/hellokmod
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=~/code/arm-2010q1/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi- KDIR=~/code/distro/kernel/android-2.6.35

And test it out!

$ adb push hello-1.ko /data/local/
$ adb shell
$ su
# insmod /data/local/hello-1.ko
# dmesg

If you have a "hello world" at the end of your dmesg output, then it worked! grats on your module.

P.S. rmmod doesn't work, anyone know what is wrong with the module code that won't allow it to unload?

P.P.S If you want to build a customized kernel, you can replace the "make -j8 ARCH=arm android_4430BN_defconfig" line with a "make menuconfig" to fine tune things. This won't do us much good though until we get kexec or something similar working thoug.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] liquidzoo:
Very nice guide, but I always thought that the -j# option on make should be: number of cores + 1.

For anyone wanting to give this guide a try, but are unwilling or unable to sacrifice Windows drive space to dual boot into Linux, I highly recommend VirtualBox from Oracle. With it, you can create a virtual Linux installation. You can see (some of) the different distro's at Distrowatch. There are several Virtualbox installation guides available specifically for Ubuntu that can be adapted for any distro you like.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] AdamOutler:
Sources are invalid

Texas Instruments X-Loader 1.41 (Oct 21 2011 - 14:00:05)
Start not on PWRON, skipping power button check.
mmc read: Invalid size
Starting OS Bootloader from MMC/SD1 ...

U-Boot 1.1.4-acclaim1.4_1.4.0.1029^{} (Nov 11 2011 - 12:34:20)

Load address: 0x80e80000
DRAM: 1024 MB
Using default environment

In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
hw_status 0x2b vbus_status 0x84
Detection done: USB2PHYCORE 0x00a06260
MAX17042+UBOOT: battery type=LG
MAX17042+UBOOT: gas gauge detected (0x0002)
MAX17042_STATUS (00h) is 0x0002
MAX17042+UBOOT: BATTERY Detected!
MAX17042+UBOOT:POR detected!
No valid max17042 init data found, assume no battery history
MAX17042_Version (21h) is 0x0092
MAX17042_DesignCap (18h) is 0x07d0
MAX17042_OCV (fbh) is 0xfeab
MAX17042_FSTAT (fdh) is 0x3950
MAX17042_SOCvf (ffh) is 0xd692
uboot verify: 1d CONFIG is 2210 ; should be 2210 & 0xFDFB
uboot verify: 2a RELAXCFG is 083b ; should be 083b
uboot verify: 29 FILTERCFG is 87a4 ; should be 87a4
uboot verify: 28 LEARNCFG is 2406 ; should be 2406 & 0xFF0F
uboot verify: 18 DesignCap is 07d0 ; should be 205c
max17042_write_custom_para: use hardcoded values
ICHGTerm = 0x0140
use hardcoded Capacity 0x205c
VFSOC = 0xcb7a
fullcap0=0x2067 VFSOC=0xcb7a remcap=0x41ee
MAX17042_STATUS (00h) is 0x0002
STATUS = 0x0002 -- clearing POR
MAX17042_STATUS (00h) is 0x0000
Max17042 init is done
SOC 203%, booting.
Board revision PVT
Booting from sd
Autobooting in 0 seconds, press <SPACE> to stop...
mmc read: Invalid size

2682712 bytes read
booti: bad boot image magic
OMAP44XX SDP #
[Droid Incredible General] intaminfan08:
I do love you guys here on the Inc section sad to say I'm moving sections for the third time and heading to sprint for a s 2. I'm selling my Inc, its in great shape,everything works flawless its rooted (can un root if wanted for some odd reason) please contact me here and I will post a way to get ahold of me.So long you guys it was great here! catch me in the galaxy s2 section fellas and talk to me on here for more info, thank you, intaminfan. (best roller coaster designers in the world)
[Droid Incredible General] cmlusco:
Not to be rude but you say what your selling, its condition, and how to contact you. If you said a price you would have the marketing deffinition of an add. Therfore this should be in the market place. :)

Anyways good luck with your new phone and with sprint. At least in my are sprint is very unreliable.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] supercharge1:
Hi Im having a hard time with my contact pics. they come out very low rez. I have turned off the google sync and still the same problem

while on that topic, is there a way to make it a larger pic when someone calls, all that space and just a little square in the middle
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Robyn25:
Same problem, and would like full screen hd caller id but the apps out right now don't seem too hot
[Motorola Droid RAZR] freemsk1:
Same here, even if I manually choose a high res photo, it gets low quality on the first call. Haven't find a solution yet :(
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stkiswr:
Friend caster pro syncs all my contact pics on gingerbread in HQ. They are still small one the call screen but crystal clear
[Motorola Droid RAZR] HYDE1000:
There was a work around with the HTC EVO where you given the option to create a contact saved on the phone verses being saved to your google account. All images saved as phone contacts would display crystal clear on the caller ID. Obviously this didn't back up the contact with your google account so you would end up having to create a contact on the phone and a contact on google and connect two duplicates. A royal pain to set up but did resolve the problem.

I have no idea if a different Contacts APK with this functionality would solve it in the Motorola though.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] freemsk1:
I know about google sync, it's turned off. I've manually changed all contact pics on my Defy (2.3.7) and exported them to .vcf. Had no problem with restoring them on a new ROM. But this isn't working on RAZR, restoring from vcf or adding manually, doesn't make sense. They remain fuzzy :(
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smartboy36:
Is there a Touchwiz 4.5 launcher for our device?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xboxfanj:
It works on any device
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbeedle:
You may be intrested in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1061883
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwibel:
Hello, i flashed a ROM (used full wipe tool before) Just after ROM flashed, automatically started install applications which i downloaded from market on another ROM version! Never had this before. How to turn off automatic application install?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taaviu:
Uncheck google automatic backup restore settings.

Sent from my MT15i
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwibel:
Unchecked (Settings, Privacy, Back up my settings - unchecked, Automatic restore - unchecked) right? Flashed ROM in the way i described earlier and didn't worked.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taaviu:
When flashing new rom then dont log your google account and skip those steps. If installed then open gmail and log in google account BUT then uncheck backup restore. After that sync your emails and go sync settings and sync contacts calender etc ;)

Sent from my MT15i
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwibel:
Thank You for Your help
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmtobler:
I would like to permanently fix the /datadata problem instead of just deleting folders when space gets low. I've seen instructions linked a few times to either an XDA thread or on rootzwiki, but they still seem a little bit over my head. Can someone do a tutorial on how to fix the problem baby step by baby step. I have 0% familiarity with ADB or where to get it, etc.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tone_Capone:
I found this post in the general Fascinate General forum and these instructions use the terminal emulator instead of ADB. May be a little easier for you.

Hope this helps.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poketjjax:
i am upgrading to an android device in 2 days. i'm pretty excited, but i need some help on my decision. basically i am down to deciding between the HTC inspire 4g and the Samsung Infuse 4g.

I really like HTC Sense more than Touchwiz, but i like the screen size and clarity on the Infuse better. so my question is when i flash a rom onto either device does it also change the UI? in other words should i just pick the phone i want to upgrade to based on the hardware and not the software? because if i upgrade based on hardware i am going with the samsung infuse, but if i go by software i am going with the Inspire.

thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bman55:
Samsung Galaxy S II. FTW

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