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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeoAznMan:
I've noticed that after installing a stable CM7 build, I couldn't get certain apps like the ones from Gameloft. Even when I went to their website, it says that my phone is not compatible at all.

Lately I've been looking around and recently discovered how you can edit the build.prop file to get unrestricted Market.

Does anyone have a code for this or does anyone have a different solution?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blacque:
hi

im a noob please help. i have a desire. htc upgraded it to froyo. then 2.3 came around and htc said they would not upgrade and i was left with little choice but to flash . i rooted my desire , did a nand back up of the froyo with sense rom,and flashed cm succesfully. i was a happy camper. now cm has a lot of problems, like my desire suddenly just switches off with no warning. battery issues where the battery dies with no warning,i have done all sorts of battery calibrations. nothing works. i would like to get my froyo back with sense.

i would like to know how to flash my backed up froyo, is there something special i need to do so as to not brick my desire? or do i just restore the rom from rom manager? i am currently running cm 7.1 stable,i am on clockworkmod 2.5.07

please help..as much as i love cm , it has a few bugs atleast right now...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kadaki01:
Well, the whole "switching off" thing is weird (to me at least) but you may want to consider instead of flashing back to Froyo, to flash some other ROM with Gingerbread. The issue is, of course, if you want to keep sense, then I believe there are some ROMs that keep sense.

I just got this account and I can't send links but have a quick search, I'm sure there is something out there.

And once again, in my opinion, you should stick with Gingerbread (or maybe wait a few more weeks for ICS)

Good luck
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iain2510:
Boot into recovery (same place you made your nand backup) and this time choose to restore from your backup. This assumes you haven't changed your hboot partitions (if you have you'll need the stock hboot) Good luck!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blacque:
how do i know if i have changed my hboot positions? is there a way of finding out?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blacque:
thanks..myabe i should stick with 2.3.7 till something new comes along....i also want to know because i plan on getting a galaxy note ..and if that happens i want to give this desire awa to someone who may not have the patience i hacve with cm giving me black screens and being unresponsive at times....
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kadaki01:
Have you tried MIUI? I've used that ROM for a few months and worked like a charm for me. It may solve your issues plus the user interface is great and very intuitive.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blacque:
i havent ..not an iphone fan and to me its always resembled the iphone. i wanted the vanilla feel and look..and cyanogen was the best option..well its the only rom i have ever had...i hear oxygen is good too..i think i will give that a spin...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nozzla:
Miui is good. But apart from the camera ics is running great now.
[General Questions and Answers] Makan620:
Hi, XDA-Members

I would like someone to help me choose a good Android ROM for my HTC HD2 device. It would be great is that ROM has sense enabled because my phone supports HTC Sense. Below is the information of my HTC HD2 Device:

Model Number: HD2

Android Version: 2.3.7

Baseband Version: 15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14

Kernel Version: 2.6.32.15_14_S-R9 root@seader-GA-8I945PE #3

CPU info: ARMv7 Proceessor rev 2 (v71)

Mem Info (Available/Total): 265 MB / 410 MB

Mod Version: HyperDroid-CM7-cLK-5.5.2-Killer-Koala

Build Number: GWK74

I would appriciate if you can help to install an Android ROM via Skype text chat.

Skype name: zahir.makan
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] raazman:
So I was using the hardware test on my T-Mobile SGS2 by dialing *#0*# and I tried the sleep mode test. After quitting the hardware test, I realized that when I press the power button when my screen shut off, I don't see the lock screen anymore. It jumps right to the home screen. Also, when I hold the power button down, I don't get the power menu, instead, the phone shuts off. I feel like the phone is still in the hardware testing mode, at least for the sleep mode. Any clue on how to fix this?

Edit: I did notice that every time I restart my my phone, the factory test service starts running.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] shehrammajid:
Bad move. I believe the only way to fix this is factory reset....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] raazman:
Unfortunately that's the only solution I see to this.
[General Questions and Answers] BigBadWolf84:
Why can't Google tell you if an app is going to work on your tablet? I only have an Android phone right now but there will be two tablets under the tree this Christmas. A Zoom for the wife and a HP Touch Pad for me. Will the search for apps drive us nuts?

Sent from my Vibrant
[General Questions and Answers] hyui:
Android developers specifies themselves for which screen sizes and minimum android versions their apps will support. I don't own a tablet myself, but if this is done right from the developer, then only the apps that works on a tablet will show up for you in the market while browsing from a tablet.

Of course there will still be cases where some apps maybe won't work, just like it is with different phones. However I don't think you have that much to worry about browsing for apps.
[General Questions and Answers] BigBadWolf84:
Thanks hyui. Thought it might be something like that. I do appreciate helpful posts.

Sent from my Vibrant
[Venue Pro General] veer01_42:
After Syncing Music, Pics, Vids and Podcasts, (with the zune Desktop Software) Zune on DVP will not start. Neither will the Pictures Hub....

When i restart the phone it works fine, but its gonna be a ***** to do that every time i sync.

Any ideas?

DVP (32Gb Upgrade)

Running Mango

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Update:

Factory Reset fixed it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kzn:
Hi all,

So I'm doing this bootable Honeycomb SD card thing for the Nook, but I have a 16GB card that after writing the image onto it, the nook only see about 1GB left of storage. I don't know what I did wrong and how to fix it. I tried to partition the card into 2 different partitions, but then my computer would only recognize the first partition and not the second...

Does anyone have any idea? Much appreciated.

I'm sorry, posted this in the wrong forum. Would someone be so kind to move it to Nook Color Q&A please? So sorry, and thank you!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bx19:
Thread moved to general :)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmm200:
Based on his post, I think this is still the wrong group for it.

He has a Nook Color question, not a Nook Tablet one...

Thanks for watching over us Moderator! Must be a thankless job...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dexx0008:
agreed, sounds like a nook color question since you can't boot off sd on nook touch.

but to the original question. You will want to find a utility that can resize the partition without destroying the data on the partition.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bx19:
Agreed, moved to nook color Q & A. ;)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shumash:
Get Easeus Partition Master (it's free) and resize the last FAT partition (not the boot partition!) to fill out the remaining unallocated space on the card. It should be completely non-destructive and will give the rest of the storage card capacity.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] henrylife:
I'm not doing 1:1 copy paste, here's the link to my thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20030885#post20030885

So following info is in there, who are interested in. :)

Have to hurry, later I'll do an update.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] 007K:
I'll try it out.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] estremodesign:
Working thanks
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] krack73:
Thanks dude. Works well

HTC Desire HD ARDH 6.1.5
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wally80:
Do both names refer to the desire S?

I'm looking at the different coolexe ports and got a little confused.

Thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Yes, BTW, in each thread it states which RUU they have used as a base.
[Motorola Droid 3] esist:
Sorry if there is an answer for this, but I can't find it. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if the Chinese version (ME863) comes with the Android Market (and other Google Apps) or not?

I don't mean the version sold by China Unicom, I mean a generic one sold by a third party (say amazon.cn), unless of course the software is the same.

If not, how easy would it be to add (I have flashed/rooted other phones before, I just don't know about the ME863)?
[Motorola Droid 3] elodie01:
The generic one, sold in Hong Kong for a few weeks now, has the normal market. It's a normal Android phone, with all the Google apps, plus a few Motorola apps... I do believe the one sold in China must be exactly the same thing.
[Motorola Droid 3] esist:
Ok thanks for your reply. I might just buy a HK version anyway to be on the safe side: they're very easy to find and a tiny bit cheaper as well.

When I went to a Motorola desk in Xidan none of the phones had Google apps, but that could've been because they were the China Unicom/China Mobile variants even though it didn't say they were.
[Motorola Droid 3] TBBle:
My retail ME863's version code includes "SLNCU" so I suspect the hardware's identical. There wasn't any marking on the packaging except TSN (The HK Motorola distributor). I got mine through a website though, so I never saw it in-store.

Mine's running 60.1.103, while the known ME863 SBF image is marked 60.1.101, doesn't include Google Mobile Service, and doesn't offer an OTA upgrade to 60.1.103, so I guess it's a carrier-specific fork.

So checking the firmware version will tell 'em apart, and I _guess_ that if an SBF shows up for the HK Retail version (or potentially Taiwan, I guess) it'd be safe to cross-grade.

The other option would be to flash Google Mobile Service onto a China Unicom device. There's a link to the package in the ME863 SBF thread.

I hadn't realised there was an Carrier-branded ME863... I guessed that the ME863 was basically the UMTS version of the XT883, but I don't know where in China is UMTS and where is CDMA so I was assuming mainland is CDMA while HK and TW are UMTS.
[Motorola Droid 3] esist:
Thanks for the info. No I don't think there's a China Unicom branded device (AFAIK Unicom themselves don't offer the device but yes there is a PRC UMTS version). i.e. it's obviously for China Unicom and I believe it is customised to accomodate that, but its not branded for it.

I couldn't get a look at the actual one, and the service reps didn't know about the Google thing, but none of the other seemingly generic models included Google Apps (for example the Atrix 2 - whatever its Chinese name is).

One more question about the HK version (if you don't mind!): what locales does it include? I believe its en-GB, en-US, zh-CN and zh-HK, correct?

By the way: UMTS and CDMA are both nationally available: China Unicom uses UMTS for 3G while China Mobile uses some weird version of CDMA (one that only they use if I'm not mistaken). Both use GSM for 2G
[Motorola Droid 3] TBBle:
According to MoreLocale 2 I have English UK and US, and Chinese China + Taiwan... The Android locale settings simply offers English UK and US and Chinese Traditional and Simplified.

My ME863 is build SLNCU ("Solana China Unicom"? I'd been assuming that U was "Unlocked" or "UMTS") but product is SLNHK, where the XT883 is product SLNCT ("Solana China Telecom") and (at least in the first SBF thread I found using Google) the build doesn't contain a name.

This got me looking, and there's a couple of oddities here:

ro.product.locale.region is TW, although ro.product.name is SLNHK and ro.build.id is SLNCU-60.1.103

ro.build.config.version is GAS_ASIA_SOLANAUMTSHKTWN_P017 and ro.build.version.carrier is ChinaRetail. So the _rom_ is obviously shared between HK and TW.

So apart from the build branch, I can't see anything that indicate mine's built towards China Unicom requirements, but it might be that the only difference between the rom build in the HK Retail devices and the ones you're seeing in Xidan _is_ lack of Google Apps.

I hope that helps? It reminded me to tell my phone I'm in not in Australia anymore. ^_^
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksoze11:
Which one is better in terms of:

protection against drops

durability

No guesses, only experience please.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cristi_8ic:
I use a black CaseMate and I have no problem at all....I use it for 6-7 months and it looks as new......and it fits perfect on my phone and the protection is very good....and in my oppinion it is much more stylish than Otterbox Commuter.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksoze11:
hmm thanks,

the only difference seems the thick silicone layer at the corners instead of a closed hard cover all around.

I guess it is better to have silicone at the corners to reduce shock but in the long term it will deform faster, what do you think?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rastamouse:
Case-Mate :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzidada:
Im loving my Otterbox !!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksoze11:
hmm I guess I'm liking the looks of Case-Mate Tough more than Otterbox.

buut will it protect well?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DemianMusic:
I was looking at both the Case Mate Tough Case and the Otterbox Commuter. I ended up going for the Commuter because I think it has better protection. From what I've read on here the Commuter is a bit thicker (more protective) and it's hard shell is made from Polycarbonate which is better than ABS for high impact resistance, which is why PC is usually used in protective gear. It's more expensive than ABS, and the Tough Case and Commuter are in the same price range...so I went Commuter. Happy with the decision so far. :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hogwarts:
I have read at least 50 disinformation type posts on this site about unlocking a branded Xperia (Verizion in my case) they all seem to be wanting me to pay money to Alejandrissimo or Jinx13 but when I click on those hyperlinks they are all "Invalid post" so what am I supposed to be finding here that I missed?

There is not any topic stickied that is describing how to unlock the thing & every article / forum post / google search I find is another disinformation post with no real evidence.

I know how to flash ROM's onto android using recovery loaders.

I know how to access the program menu's in various phones

I know what the CDMA spectrum is.

I'm not some newb making this post because I need my hand held step by step to do something.

I just need some real information

If anyone has a link to a real method or anything helpful please let me know

I have researched (and watched the welcome video) on this site to find an answer and I haven't found anything.

Thanks

-Jon
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
Ok, so the links to the unlockers in my thread are broken. Does it mean that my post has "disinformation"? Is there any other way to unlock the bootloaders? No to both, as far as I know. I'll try to fix the links, but seriously...

About why my post (or any other helpful resource about the matter) is not stickied, I don't know nor do I care. No one reads stickies anyway.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hogwarts:
By disinformation it would seem that some exists.

droid-life reported 4 months ago ashergray(XDA) found a method to unlock the bootloader.

Why none of the methods being released or talked about is beyond me.

Also I'm confused why the method is being charged for by others but not officially it would seem.

You have to pm users on the forum to arrange a sale. Why does a topic not exist for this purpose?

All this confusing data is leading to a big headache right now. I was hoping for answers and all I find is rabbit holes on this elusive topic.

Thanks for the reply tho.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
Ashergray's method was dried out (it exploited a flaw, and the flaw was fixed).I mention ashergray in the thread, as it is only fitting, in the thanks part.

About why they ask to be contacted privately or publicly, it's their business... Is there something that should be cleared in my thread, aside of the links of course? I mean, I can try to rebuild the first post if necessary.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hogwarts:
You could start off by explaining why in 7 months time the boot loader is sill locked.

Or why your links to the unlock threads are dead. Both of them.

Or how I'm supposed to unlock the bootloader if these users can't provide that service any longer.

Also you could mention why Sony. being developer and hacker supportive hasn't assisted in taking Verizon's clutch off the bootloader

It is rather annoying coming from Droid x where the device is locked down with a fuse but yet a wide array of custom roms exist that bypass the locked bootloader and then coming to this phone that appears to have not progressed beyond hello world.

So you tell me where to look for an unlock because I'm fresh out of searches and ideas.

Thanks

-jon

P.s I also wonder if the exploit you speak of was patched. Why not just flash to an earlier rom with the problem still existing.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
1) I kindly would like to ask how I'm supposed to know why the bootloader is locked. It's a corporate decision by carriers and Sony Ericsson in which neither I, nor anyone in this forum, have any input. If I had any hard data about why Sony Ericsson doesn't cooperate in the issue, I'd say it. However, I just don't know why, and I prefer not to speak of what I don't know.

2) It seems that both threads have been wiped out of existence (which I didn't know until right now), and I see that a new site appears in Alejandrissimo's signature (http://unlock-bootloader.com/) where he's promoting his services externally (not only the unlocking, but the TA fix and hard-brick fix too). I'd guess that somebody complained about these people making business inside XDA, but then I question the idea of wiping their threads like... months afterwards. At any rate, don't worry, you still can unlock your bootloader with Alejandrissimo's help.

3) On Droid X the bootloader was bypassed because Motorola wouldn't ever unlock it. The FreeXperia team, who had bypassed older Xperia models' bootloaders, decided against it as they saw the new policy of Sony Ericsson's (unlocking phones which didn't come with carrier subsidy). I could unlock my bootloader from day one, and I'm happy to say I've helped devs here therethrough.

4) The exploit was related to the website where you could unlock R800i models. In order to unlock your bootloader, you need to give your IMEI number (an ID code for GSM phones). Ashergray could convert MEID numbers used by CDMA phones into bogus IMEI numbers, which could be used to unlock the devices. Sony Ericsson patched the website so ashergray's trick didn't work anymore.

5) My thread is a "how-to", do you really expect me to add points 1), 3) and 4) to it? :rolleyes:

4 months is an eternity for this kind of business. Exploits get fixed (look at the PSXperia case), policies change (like HTC's and Motorola's) and threads are wiped on short or no notice.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hogwarts:
I've sent you some PM's to remove spam / offtopic / rant from the board.

Thanks for the information tho. I wasn't aware of any of that.

It seems that the name FreeXperia is a bit of a misnomer because my Xperia is going to be locked unless I pay 25$ apparently and thats sad when I only paid 90$ for the phone used. Could have been cheaper if I had bought bad ESN(I probably should have tried)

Imagine my surprise coming from Droid X to this phone where droid X has heaps of ROM's available to everyone for free and now I have to worry about getting this device to function at the same level as my old DX with Gummy JAR rom.

I Just wish the spirit of opensource would be in this sub-forum so we could have some real development in terms of flavors of roms and such.

Do you think their is any reason the developers are all charging fee's to show the method through team viewer? I thought it could have something to do with leaking the method and then it could be fixed in later updates. but then again maybe I'm wrong.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
It's not that they "show" you the method. They "perform" the method for you. I'm not sure if you can do it with Omnius as well... but if you can, it will be marginally cheaper (unlocking credits are needed anyway!) and you have no assistance.

And about the old "why charge for open source software" dead horse, which is pointless here because there is no open source software involved (the bootloaders are closed-source, SETool is closed-source, and so on):

Additionally, as I said before, the FreeXperia team has this policy: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15253598&postcount=217
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hogwarts:
Right on. I'm following you thus far.

Question tho. I read that sony was the best company for hackers and developers right now because they actually are allowing people to get access to the bootloaders. If all this is true why are they not assisting in the unlock of branded phones?

I might be wrong on this but aren't most peoples phones branded anyways through buying a contract?

and that leads to why FreeXperia didn't realize that and find an exploit / workaround for the bootloader being locked on branded phones.

If Setool and Omnius (or whatever it's called) are able to unlock the phones then why was sony. the engineer of the device not able to perform this same task?

Also I thought locking the bootloader violates the FCC regulation. open access provision so why didn't Sony assist the FCC to bypass Verizon.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swebosdev:
God another douche, you pay 90 bucks for your phone and you think this community owes you something. Go complain to sony.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
What do you mean, Sony can't do it? Of course they can. But they have chosen to do so only with R800i non-branded phones. Considering that they locked bootloaders without any official way to unlock them on previous Xperia models, that's a big step forward. That's as far as Sony Ericsson can go: on branded phones, they must obey what the carriers want.

Please do read Bin4ry's statement:

Note that this is costing them a lot of flak because they don't use R800x models for testing purposes either, and CM7 has many issues in R800x phones.

If this is correct, sue. I'm sure you'll have backing from everyone here.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hogwarts:
So what your saying is that CM7 is not even worth flashing even if i was unlocked?

I would be better off to root / Titanium backup / delete bloat and be done with it?

Its a shame that they are forcing most people to stay stock SE/Verizon ROM because they are scared of the repercussions of angering SE. I think even if they stay inert that SE will eventually add more DRM to "protect" the devices.

About the lawsuit. I don't believe I'm the first person to mention it. Verizon has already been sued for 25 Million i believe on another occasion and it's been said by others that they are breaking FCC Regulation. The problem would be to get something done about it and I wouldn't have those resources.