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[HTC Wildfire S] bobdamnit:
Rob I'd love to test if I could. At least let ya know how the MetroPCS side of things are working.

Let me know, brother. I'd like to at least do what I can.
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
testing & update

Well, we figured out part of the metroPCS kernel riddle yesterday... But then when I take into consideration that chicle failed on mindh4xer's kernel and you had to try it thrice before it worked right... well, that part of the riddle still eludes answer for now...

This rom is gonna get a bump to 1.2 since VM came out with an update.. updated the install script with new team name.. but oddly the kitchen has updated since last I used it... so, Imma hang onto this one and test it today... and then probably write it up, upload, release it Monday. Not going to hype this guys... it's a firmware update, but umm it's kind of anti-climatic. [Tis why I'm reviving this old, dead thread and posting it nestled back here somewhere]

Regards,

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] BigChillin:
Any news rob? I would prefer not to have to flash your rom to get the update :)
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
official update

The only sure-fire way to get (all of the) update is to drop to RUU (restore HTC sigs), then pull and apply the update... My ROM wouldn't apply update bc no official HTC sigs (I had to sign my copy of their work). Now if you get the update... and all you want is apps2sd, root.. you know.. this ROM will make it easy for those to reroot. Simon including it in 2.1 I think. (No carrier bloat).. But it is true, to get it official, you got to drop to RUU. And its really anticlimatic... Looks and feels a lot the same... Filled up system with more that I gotta investigate, and didn't fix friendstream... Metro syill a better base ROM in my opinion, but it is cleaner in some ways than before. For the avg end user, its a let-down :(

If you don't update my ROM won't have the updated hboot. nor do include radios... Metro got a radio update for example awhile back (don't think this one had such) but you get my point.

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] kmbarreiros:
Hey people,

This Rom seems to be exactly what I want.

I have already Unlocked the boot loader and S-off my phone but having a problem trying to do a perm. root with Superoneclick and Supertools V3. So I have been recommended to just try and install and ROM.

I have already bricked my phone once because I installed a Europe rom so from what I read this is the correct one for VM CDMA WFS.

My Question is how do you actually install this on?

I downloaded the file and extracted it but I though it was going to be one of those RUU type files.

I apologize if I missed something I only read about the first 3 pages and last couple to see if anyone posted how they did it but could not find anything.

Kevin
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
No need to extract zip archive. You are new to the flashing world, I can tell. You want and need only what is referred to as a custom recovery. Alquez has made a really good unofficial cwm recovery [5.0.2.6] that I use to this day. [Don't be alarmed of any marvel reference, works on marvelc better than official marvelc cwm does]. Once this PG76IMG.zip is put at the root of your sd and you boot to hboot, it will prompt you to install recovery [if you have any error messages take your android_info file from last installed RUU or update and switch it out with the one in that archive; included since no signature required for this and you seem to know how to use winzip]

After that, just wipe and flash this rom in recovery. If you don't want a new rom but want to root stock, heritz had a guide with a root.zip you can flash in recovery [without wiping].

Welcome to the wonderful world of Android flashing :)

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] kmbarreiros:
Thank you so much Rob after a whole weekend I finally have my phone rooted.

Heritz guide worked awesome.

At this point do you think it would be a good idea to try this stock rom or just keep manually removing apps I don't want?

Kevin
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
Kind of depends on what you want and what you have. I was going to update the rom to 1.2 to give those who applied the update a good flash-to rom, but there didn't seem to be much interest in it. Also, VM changed some things with mobile hotspot with the new update as well. If you are coming from stock and didn't apply the update, I'd say sure... What does it give you?

Most notably:

Apps2sd cooked in [saves a ton of /data space apks and cache can be moved to /sdext if you've properly partitioned your sd for such]

WiFi hotspot enabled

FM radio added along with some helpful apps like a file manager [ES Explorer]

Other than small changes, I left the stock guts alone. The thread is a great guide if you sift through it. Have been wonderful contributions.

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] kmbarreiros:
So I used the Rom manger to back up and install your 1.1 rom.

I think this should be my last question;

I can tell that after updating the ROM it did change I can see apps that I removed are now back, BUT the 3 main apps you are referring to are not there.

Apps2SD, wifi hotspot, and the FM radio?

Am I just missing something. I am already loving this rom becasue I already have more free internal space then I did before even when I was just manually removing the apps.
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
hmmm...

Sounds to me like possibly you may have not wiped...

Either download and run Superwipe [which my partner in crime made on the Team Blueridge thread]

or do a factory reset, followed by a advance -> wipe dalvic... that should be enough wiping.. then flash the rom you'd like to test :)

I can only imagine it is not installing due to a lack of space... or a non-wipe.

This will kill your [dowloaded] installed apps; so, if you want them back fast [and without heavy data consumption] download Titanium Backup and backup your apps first.

Hope that helps you our and Merry adventuring ;)

Edit: Apps2sd you won't see as an app; its cooked in. A2SDGUI you may see as an app; forwhich, there should be a mini-guide after the 1.1 posting.

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] kmbarreiros:
Luckily I have nothing installed yet since the phone isn't activated. My plan is to activate it once this is all done.

I did notice that when using Link2sd in the list of System apps I did see Wi-fi Hotspot...strange.

Also I used partition magic to create a 1gig partition on the SD card. I think that should be enough.
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
Should be fine. For /sdext you don't want to exceed 1.5 gigs bc there are reports that apps2sd doesn't handle partitions over that size too well... Don't need a second /sdext, don't need a swap [also not supported by stock kernel, but some custom kernels support], and I recommend formatting the /sdext to ext3, some say it handles ext2 better ::shrug::. One thing though, stock kernel does not support ext4; some custom kernels do, but not stock. Your fat32 [leftover] partition can be as large as you wish it.

Hope that helps.

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] kmbarreiros:
So I tried it one more time making sure to reset then wipe the stuff you listed and then installed the rom one more time using Rom manger. Well again I don't see an FM radio option or wifi hotspot. At this point they are not really important. The main things was to get root and remove all the bloatware to free up space which is now accomplished.

I am going to redo my Sd card because the first time I ran link2sd I choose to format the partition in FAT32 not ext2.

Formatting the partition and redoing it should not clear out the root access correct?
[HTC Wildfire S] Bangoo:
edit: Nevermind.

Silly me thought my device was 510c when it's 510e.
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
Partitioning, formatting, or whatever you do with your sdcard won't effect root. The next time you'll need to remember your root jig, is if you windows flash-back to RUU (kind of cleans plate on some challenges if you mess up along the way) and the way to acquire the official updates (have to revert back to HTC official sigs to acquire). But no immediate threat of knocking root out from sdcard.

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
I've pretty much decided not to do 1.2 bc not only lack of interest, but also the upgrade itself. Wonder if anyone running stock experiencing the same woes.. battery drains faster, wifi set to disable upon screen off [initially] (makes enabling hotspot tricky, then more power drain), if you drop below 30%, the power saver alert will actually make some chargers quit charging.. basicly its a mess. Thanks for the upgrade?

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] rejectedsup:
Recieved a chance to update tonight using ur Rom. Don't accept right? And what if a person where to?
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
It would download but fail on update [because it lacks HTC signatures]. Two things I'll mention:

1) If you want update you have to do RUU reset [to restore these signatures] and get update from pure stock

2) If you feel annoyed by the ota notices, you can make a small mod to stop them. First, we must hack out a couple programs... Updater.apk [and Updater.odex] and HTCFeedback.apk [and HTCFeedback.odex]. You can remove these with a file explorer or Titanium Backup or whatever means make you feel more comfortable. Then... In ES Explorer [or whatever file manager you use] enable Root & writing to /system, nav to /system, open up build.prop and scroll down kinda reading through... There will be a patch of 6-8 lines that say FOTA or something in reference.. throw a # in front of each of these lines, save & reboot, and et voila.. no more annoying notifications... Now pat yourself on the back for making a small mod :)

[I suppose I could do this and recook, but this thread has been about learning.. so that's the way ;) ]

Hope that helps.

Regards,

Rob

Edit came thanks to Tera Tike via pm... Also, CheckInProvider.apk [and CheckInProvider.odex] reads phone location and what apps are installed if you feel like nixing it as well
[HTC Wildfire S] kmbarreiros:
Hey Insink71

I just activated me and my wife's phone, I got her the LG Optimus Elite.

Her phone is working...received the messages from VM topped off the account and she is now making calls took less then 40 mins.

But on mine, I have not received any messages on my phone stating I can start using it. I got an email to top of my account but nothing on the phone. I have already added money to my account but when I try to make a call I just get a message this account can not be verified.

Any ideas before I call them?

Also if I run the stock RUU "RUU_Marvel_C_Sprint_WWE_VM_1.02.652.00_Radio_0.94.00.0824_NV_VM_1.25_0815_PRL61007_release_219164_signed"

Do I loose the root and Custom recovery mod?

And will this RUU allow me to get the OTA updates?
[HTC Wildfire S] BigChillin:
1) that is an issue for vm to handle, not rob.

2) if you run that, you'll lose root, but not recovery.

3) yes running that will get you otas, but I think that you might need stock recovery to install (could easily be wrong) and...seriously, if you're running a vm ROM and getting no service, reflash and call vm.
[HTC Wildfire S] kmbarreiros:
Thanks for all the info, I figured it out, I called VM and realized I gave them the wrong MEID. After giving them the correct one it works great.

I am going to try rob suggestions to stop getting the message to update it. I would rather do that then loose my root.

At the top where is shows the bars for service for the mobile network mine shows "Ev" with the arrows, yet my wife shows "3G".....What is the difference?

KB
[HTC Wildfire S] BigChillin:
They're the same thing. And rob, I have disabled all of the lines related to to fota or any HTC check in servIce, no dice. Still got the update notification.
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
hmmm.. only part of equation now.. there prob is a htcupdate [or something] apk [we can yank].. I'll investigate. Thanks man; it'll be good to relearn.

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] kmbarreiros:
Same here still getting update notification.
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
OK... made a lil adjustment

OK, recheck the post I made before. Tera Tike sent me a nice pm, and I've edited it; so that, it should work now.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26340613&postcount=132

Regards,

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] BigChillin:
Worked perfect. We may just be able to rip out update.apk and leave the rest. Once I pulled that, the notification was gone instantly. But as per the rules of the alphabets, I ripped that one last so I'm not for sure.
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
A recent pm.. remember I repost these so everyone can share and learn.

Get the RUU from football's thread [which is full original], flash it to your phone via a windows cpu, then Settings -> About Phone -> Software Updates -> Check Now, latest update will be downloaded [and installed if you choose install now after download]

This will remove root, [darktremor's] apps2sd, etc. I would honestly suggest after flashing RUU not to update. I am running into charging challenges, wifi hotspot was more difficult to unlock, plus I just don't feel good about smith.apk [they added, replaces CID], I would suggest the VM 1.1 rom I made as a good base, and I don't like to change much; if I do, I do clean edits... The update will require me doing more edits than usual and [while I've got it working on my phone], I still have to find a way to cleanly enable wifi hotspot on newest version [1.1 is built on original RUU]. Mainly they've set [all including hotspot] wifi to disable on screen-off. For these hinderances [and finding nothing improved], I am hesitant to recommend latest update yet. Hope that helps.

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] Turtlejoe22:
How Would i set up this Rom to Run off my sd card (8gb) to improve Internal Ram ?
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
well...

I haven't done that.. it is a typical /system and /data rom. To do it, you'd need to get creative like.. a pay for app on market called Boot Manager Ref: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drx2.bootmanager&hl=en... and last time I checked it didn't specifically support Wildfire S (so you'd have to know and enter the custom settings and hoped it worked).. Then you might could dual boot this rom (or some other) from your sd card. Hope that helps.

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] kalaker:
There is a file in the update name NV_MFG_VM_1.31_1208_PRL61007.nb so something did go to NV.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ace81:
Hi,

I was browsing my GT10.1 account on account.samsung.com and I clicked on "Notice".

There, I only have one notice "Welcome to Samsung account" which dates earlier than my purchase date!

Is this normal? or does it mean that my tab was used/registered before I purchased it?

I guess this notice date should match the date I purchased/registered my device.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jastop:
Samsung Account Value?

I think I observed the same message. The related question I have is if I don't use any of the Samsung hub apps, is there any value to even having a Samsung account? Is there anything that I will miss out on? btw, my guess is no.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ace81:
You need your Samsung Account if you need to wipe your device in case you lost it.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jastop:
Missing device locate and wipe

I forgot that I did set that up with the original device! I never set it up again after the last botched software upgrade.

I am using AVG anti-virus, it offers the same functionality for free also. Lookout also has it, but you need to subscribe.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AceTrader:
You won't get OTA updates if you don't add Samsung account in the tab.

Sent from my GT-P7510
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ace81:
So guys what do you think of the initial question?

Is it normal that the "Welcome" message in my 'Notice' section was received before I got my tab? [I created my account on Oct 21, and the welcome message dates Oct 6!]

Do you have a similar message as far as date is concerned?

Many thanks!

ace.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AceTrader:
I bought my tab on Aug 8th 2011

Created account on Aug 28th 2011

Notice came on Oct 6th 2011
[Windows 8 General] anna0811:
if i install windows 8 on my windows 7 will everything be formatted ?

and other apps i install will that work ?
[Windows 8 General] motioncoding:
Create a new partition if you want a dual boot, otherwise it will overwrite your data, because currently there is no upgrade function. Most Applications will work in the dev release, but MS is changing Framework, so I am not sure if they will work in the final release!
[Windows 8 General] josidhe:
I've encountered a handful of apps that give me grief on Windows 8, but they're pretty old after all. A few classic games that I own through Steam will install well enough, but are a headache to run.

In all fairness, I had similar trouble in Windows 7 (for some reason, a handful of old games redistributed with DOSbox fail to launch), so it's probably safe to say that anything Windows 7 can handle, Windows 8 can as well. For everything else, there are virtual machines.
[Windows 8 General] Wossner:
Not so true :p
[Windows 8 General] Lacedaemon:
Try this tutorial on how to dual-boot Windows 7 & 8: How to Dual-Boot Windows 7 and Windows 8 Side By Side
[Windows 8 General] Starburst13:
Not so there are a number of applications that will not run on VM ware, especially some of the tools required to work with Android phones.

My recommendation, get or keep an old laptop with Windows XP service pack 3 and your good to go.

Windows really should have everything backward compatible, but it doesn't.....Sigh!
[Windows 8 General] josidhe:
My understanding is that, with USB pass through in VMs, there are no significant limitations on what you can do with a USB device from within a virtual machine. There are extensive discussions on using tools like adb from a virtualized Ubuntu box, at least.

As for your final comment, you're on a strange side of the fence. It has long been a *criticism* of Microsoft that it struggled for so long to keep Windows backwards compatible, and many--MANY--users have wanted them to throw caution to the wind and "rebuild from scratch" the OS, with such compatibility-breaking demands as "eliminate the registry" and so on.

Android itself barely stumbles through version changes, with countless applications breaking on each new release,, prompting swarms of app updates with nothing on their change logs but "added support for 2.x". To this day there are apps on the market with separate entries for 1.x devices.

So I would expect advanced users to acknowledge that virtualization is the grand middle ground solution, allowing businesses with ancient tools to keep using them while advancing the actual OS without wasted development time.
[Windows 8 General] Austin Frizzell:
I definitely wouldn't recommend formatting your current Windows 7 partition and installing Windows 8, as it's still a developer preview. Try creating a new partition and dual-booting, this would also allow you to keep all of your current programs and data on your Windows 7 partition.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] death2all110:
Here is the Galaxy Nexus Boot Animation. Ported to work with the kindle fire.

**REQUIRES ROOT FOR A FEW MINUTES. YOU MAY UN-ROOT WHEN DONE!**

Place on SD Card

Use Root Explorer or similar to navigate to /system/media and rename the old bootanimation.zip to orig-bootanimation.zip

Copy galaxy-nexus_bootanimation.zip to /system/media

Rename to: bootanimation.zip

Reboot

Enjoy ;)

[YOUTUBE]GCeAPUY-SDw[/YOUTUBE]
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] jutley:
Thanks for this worked great.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] pyrostic:
Maybe you should search before posting... I already ported this.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19516081
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] death2all110:
Sorry for stepping on some toes...

I've never found the search function on ANY forums reliable.

Sorry.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] pyrostic:
It's okay. The one on XDA isn't too bad, however if you mistype you have to wait 20secs or something.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] wackyfordrums:
can i put this on my nexus s?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] movieaddict:
ty very much!!!
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] danfalcas:
Does someone have the nexus s bootanim ?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] 50CalPotato:
Would this also basically work for any phone, or would resolution differences cause problems?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Hashbang173:
How come it is slow at the beginning and then gets faster
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
hello friends,

http://www.facebook.com/groups/226772450716812/

this is a group of i9003 owners where many people from this forum are present

I suggest you to join this group,so as to reduce the clutter here

u can surely ask your questions there!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] shriom_manerker:
posted w months ago by ME :P search before posting :P dont create unnecessary threads :P :P hahaha

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1316235
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
i know that :P
[Motorola Droid RAZR] IP IHI II IL:
I set some of the sample Smart Actions, then accidentally deleted them instead of disabling them. Anyone know how I can get them back, or where I can find the apk for a fresh install?

Thanks!

\\Carved into this thread by my RAZR//

http://android-gz.com
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ronin3178:
I zipped two possible apks from TB, just unzip into tb directory, and restore

http://db.tt/PsOXS7JR
[Nokia Lumia 800] robart76:
So, I’ve had the device for over a week now. I bought the phone as a spare one as I’m traveling abroad a lot and was tempted by navigation (Nokia Drive) and Zune subscription. The phone seemed to be a great option to put a local sim in.

But:

1. No way to change mms settings for local sim

2. Nokia Drive isn’t offline navigation as promised. It still needs the internet to calculate or recalculate the route.

3. Zune is impossible to use as there’s this annoying clicking noise while skipping the track

4. The ringtone and vibration is so soft that I keep missing a lot of phone calls

5. Facebook app for wp7 is a mess when it comes to messages section which I often use. Some messages come as text (baked in integration) some come via Facebook app and some don’t come at all (despite being notified by Facebook app). App developer advises to use web version to access the messages.

6.No WiFi priority (even if you’re in WiFi range and the phone is in standby it still uses 3G, rather than WiFi to get push notifications and sync with your email, calendar, etc)

Don’t get me wrong. The build quality and the screen is absolutely fantastic, but performing day to day tasks is a struggle! Oh, I don’t have the battery problem. Battery life’s been really great for me.

What do you think guys?
[Nokia Lumia 800] stueyboy:
WiFi priority would make a big difference I reckon.

I've taken to switching 3g off when I'm either in the office or at home on a wifi network and it has noticeably prolonged battery life.

Nokia do need to have a look at releasing some software fixes sharpish. I read somewhere else that the two updates they are promising in the next month were on the cards before the phone went on sale which smack of a rushed release date to me.
[Nokia Lumia 800] lumpaywk:
Nokia maps does work offline at least mine does Yu have to download the maps for the country tough it won't just have maps for the world built in as that would take gigs of space