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[Motorola Photon 4G] stricklerjosh:
So what is the process? Root and then flash a custom recovery? I just need a step by step of what to do.completely forgot about setcpu. But don't you have to have a custom kernel in order to use setcpu?
[Motorola Photon 4G] willysp:
That's incorrect.

SetCPU requires more than root. Needs a custom kernel, which requires unlocking. And we don't have a fully functioning unlocker.
[Motorola Photon 4G] njankit:
Slowing down your CPU (underclocking) doesn't save any battery life, undervolting however does.

And yes a custom kernel is required to undervolt and to flash one we need to unlock the bootloader.
[Motorola Photon 4G] njankit:
qbking77 has made video tutorials, subscribe him on youtube.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Android 17:
Isn't the bootloader unlocked, but 4G is borked?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
The bootloader is perfectly fine, the 4g issue is because sprints security keys for wimax look at the bootloader state. Not even the official test phones have 4g.
[Motorola Photon 4G] LexLuger82:
What led hack?
[Motorola Photon 4G] willysp:
An old app that was removed from the Market a year ago
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
The one that turns the green led into kryptonite, sorry i had to.
[Motorola Photon 4G] zeguym:
if i rooted than i factory reset, does it make unroot again ?

Or it can cause error ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigj225:
Could u provide a link to this app
[Motorola Photon 4G] njankit:
No factory reset won't make it unroot or cause any error.
[Motorola Photon 4G] zeguym:
Thanks. Now i can try factory reset.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
When your phone sleeps it mostly runs at lowest value making underclocking pointless. Now an underclocking kernel that drops below 216 may help(real underclocking).
[Motorola Photon 4G] ronnienyc:
I suggest the OP try the underclocking for himself.

I just got home after a full day of work (14 hours off charger) with average web usage and calls, sms, etc. and I had 68% remaining.

This does not happen without SetCPU running.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
underclocking can save you battery. if angry birds requires 800mhz to run properly and im running it at 200.. then that is a saving of MV's
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
In that sense yes underclocking works. 1400 doesn't make that useless red bird do more damage. Now princess punt maybe
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
So i found the secure key needed for wimax, wanna test?
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
lol as if you had to ask ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] kusanagi-sama:
So, besides being offtopic on this thread, does this mean 4G will work when rooted/unlocked and a ROM installed?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
Wtf that was suppose to be a pm, stupid xda app

Edit, offtopic accidental wimax talk moved to bounty thread. Mods feel free....
[Motorola Photon 4G] stricklerjosh:
Ok so I rooted but haven't decided what to do after that. Should I unlock bootloader and flash a custom rom? Should I do bootstrap and keep bootloader locked and flash a custom rom? What are the advantages and disadvantages of both?

What roms are most people using?

Thanks for all your help guys.
[Motorola Photon 4G] stonesaber:
I rooted but haven't unlocked the bootloader yet. Coming from a Droid1 I was a serial flasher but I'm finding I don't need to do it on the Photon. With the use of jrummy's Rom Toolbox pro I'm able to change status bar color and icons and with a different launcher(I'm using Go Launcher) you can customize it pretty well. I rooted to be able to customize it more and remove some bloat. Once a more stable build of CM7 is available I may unlock it and check it out, but now I'm satisfied with what I've got.
[Motorola Photon 4G] pantherzfinest:
eh. personally, only good for the wireless hotspot with my xoom (that is something you should root.)
[Motorola Photon 4G] dxl880517:
Yes,it worth rooting!
[Motorola Photon 4G] ttkyles:
+1 on that. And ofcourse addfree, terminal emulator, uninstaller for root and cache ng.

Got my sunfire looking nice
[Motorola Photon 4G] glock20c:
Yes it's worth rooting..just for the adfree and wifi tether....man im starting to like this phone...
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Is adfree better than adaway?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Android 17:
I used to utilize Adfree, however, they started updating the app almost every other day without posting any changelog whatsoever.

I found that to be a bit shady, and so did a lot others in the reviews they received.

Adaway appears to work very similarly, doesn't update all the time, and when they do, I've always seen a changelog, and it's supposedly open-source as well.

I've been using Adaway for months and haven't looked back.

But from a purely technical standpoint, they seem to work in very much the same way, I haven't noticed one being better than the other.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Thanks. I've been using adaway with no problems but I'm willing to switch if something better is out there. ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] jfdebo779:
A lot of theme choices if you root.
[Motorola Photon 4G] 6bowmans:
+1. Just tethering and adfree make it well worth it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] willysp:
oh, you can turn off camera shutter sound too.
[Motorola Photon 4G] halorin:
There are custom kernels. The bootloader is unlocked, it just breaks 4G.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigbrown:
W/o Titanium Backup, I would spend TOO much time doing tedious installs/configs.
[Motorola Photon 4G] stricklerjosh:
What roms are you guys using?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ricomann:
so, when you guys say adree or the other one, what do they exactly do? I want to say that would stop pop ups, but in the few weeks i"ve had the phone I've hardly had any trouble with this whatsoever.
[Motorola Photon 4G] coolqf:
I root for wifi tether.

Sent from my Photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] Dsparil:
I rooted for the latest Swype. The Swype that it comes with isn't that good.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kusanagi-sama:
Where did you find the latest Swype?

--EDIT--

Found it, but its force closing when I try to open it so I uninstalled it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
You needed to wipe data from the application, delete lib.Swype core.so, and then uninstall old Swype, then install beta Swype. Follow instructions in the how to theme thread...post 6.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kusanagi-sama:
I deleted the apk, then the core.so amd tje Swype lib file. I then later installed the Swype beta. I wasn't aware you had to theme it for it to work (BTW, stock and rooted)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Miquiztli:
I am currently rooted/unlocked and using Joker's skinnyrev2 test3 works pretty well so far... under volted currently at -50, and underclocked down to 1ghz from 1.3ghz... and it still screams along with 4.5k quadrant scores.

I tried Cybik's CM7 however didn't care for the bugs that would cause you to need to sbf back to stock ( if you do chose to go with cybik's cm7 avoid the power control widget it turned off my radio so i couldn't get any 2g/3g/sms/mms/phone calls) only thing that did still work was the wifi lol.. ended up sbfing and ended up in a bootloop ( shoulda wiped the phone before sbf'ing )
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
No theme necessary. But you need to get rid of all Swype stuff before adding any new Swype apk. Beta or themed.
[Motorola Photon 4G] txdroid:
I have enjoyed having the different options available to me that rooting brings. I think its worth the effort.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Dsparil:
I also use roam control at work.

The office is underground (Major hotel in Las Vegas), and I get a very weak signal at work. Everyone with AT&T and Verizon doesn't have issues (T-Mobile users get good signal on edge), but roam control saved the day for me.

Rant:

The day Sprint complains about me roaming too much, I'll be doing the switch. The reason I signed up to Sprint in the first place was for the Mobile to Any Mobile with unlimited text and data for 80 bucks per month, but if my phone is unreliable at work I'll be forced to switch.

AT&T added Mobile to Any Mobile earlier this year with unlimited text and 2g of data that comes out at 85 bucks, and I'm ready to switch if Sprint sneezes the wrong way.
[Motorola Photon 4G] LexLuger82:
Anybody got a link to led hack?
[Motorola Photon 4G] sky24987:
It's worth to do that ,beacuse you can install miui
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Thibor69:
My Phone: T-Mobile LG G2X

ROM: WhiteHawks latest MIUI port

ClockWork: 5.0.2.0

1) What is the best way to partition my sdcard as ext4 ?

2) what program should I use ?

3) What are the proper sizes of swp and ext ?

4) Is it safe to partition and format the internal eMMC if I want to wipe everything and start over.?

I do have a NV Flash backup on a separate sdcard with a full nandroid backup.

Please help with any of these questions if you know the answers )

Thank you

John
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EEngineer:
Format your sdcard using SD Formatter.

Unlike PC formatters, SD Formatter won't format the card's protected area, and also gives the card the best performance.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] d12unk13astard:
Mini tool partitioner is also a great alternative.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dw9906:
Or use recovery! It will partition as EXT4
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yckelvin:
I could install the apps to my HTC HD2 Android with CM7 before. After I flash my device to the AmeriCanAndroid AOSP HD2 GB2.3.7 CM7.2, I tried to reinstall the apps from my Market Place profile but it reported my device was not compatible to that apps. I directly download the apps and need to install the apps as non-Market apps? The apps work fine.

My question is why the apps report incompatible with my device? Not only one apps has this problem, what should I do to solve this?

Best regards,

Kelvin.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seelions:
App Compatibility

Which apps have you tried re-installing?

Perhaps they aren't yet compatible with something updated in GB 2.3.7?

When they were running, what OS version was on your device?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yckelvin:
For example the Adobe Reader. PasswordWallet, SyncMate (as I can't post the URL in the reply, apps is easily to search it out from Google)

One of the most popular instant messager in China, the QQ also reports Parse error (There is a problem parsing the package) and cannot be installed.

They claimed this firmware 2.3.7 which was optimized by non-official source.

Any suggestion that I can do the installation?

Best regards,

Kelvin.
[Vega General] robuser007:
I have a faulty screen? (works better when I add some heat), but on the website from viewsonic I find the software.

I've added an usb mouse.Which apk or software should I use to calibrate ?

edit: viewcomb with heater to get past the loginscreens and shuttle tools (usb mouse) helped! working perfect now, only going to recovery is a mystery.
[Vega General] O_G:
Hi there

Have you tried Honey Ice. It is more of a official update to vegacomb. If your having screen issues, it would be best to flash a stock rom just to see if its hardware related.

I had problems with the original vegacomb not going into recovery. Does not seem to be a issue with honey ice

Honey Ice Here: http://tabletroms.com/forums/vega-rom-development/3084-[rom]-honey-ice.html

Hope it Helps:)
[Vega General] evophonehome:
Had same problem with my Viewpad 10S, tried multiple newer roms, and all had touchscreen sensitivity issues. Downgraded to modified stock, then loaded Corvus 5, and calibrated using his onscreen tools. After a few reboots, everything is running perfect! no heat issues, no touchscreen issues!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] react1on:
Hello!

I'm considering buying a Garmin ANT+ heart rate belt, but I don't know if N1 supports it. Does anyone know it?
[Member-Found Deals] abowlby:
http://an.droid-life.com/2011/12/06...sii-skyrocket-when-you-purchase-a-galaxy-tab/
[Member-Found Deals] grhand82:
wow, beat to the punch

LOL i just litteraly got that email and came directly here to post but you got to it first. lol
[Member-Found Deals] abowlby:
I was thinking, you get that deal, sell the Skyrocket in the MP and get a Free 8.9 tab out of the deal. I don't have the $500 to do that or I'd sure as hell try.
[Member-Found Deals] Willieumm:
Still stuck paying the monthly bill for both though.
[Member-Found Deals] tigerfire25:
It would have been a deal if it was offcontract. Doesn't sound so good at the moment with heavy monthly bills.
[Member-Found Deals] abowlby:
I agree, but if you were planning on getting a new phone and tab anyway, it may suit you. Meh.
[Member-Found Deals] AnyMal:
Only if you don't mind paying at least $15 for Tab data for next two years, which gives you a measly 200MB a month. Is $360 over two years forth a "free" Skyrocket? Add another $100 and you'll easily find one off-contract and save yourself from a forced marriage to AT&T.
[Member-Found Deals] abowlby:
wegotabadassoverhere.gif
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
so there's a couple .10 apps on the market app that i want, but the market app is still showing their regular price. do i purchase them anyways? the market shows the .10 price from a browser, however, i can't push apps to my phone cuz it's not listed as a device for me even though i've downloaded lots of apps. :( anyone else have these problems?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blastboi:
Have you rebooted your phone? Just a suggestion...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
yeah rebooted to no avail.

edit: disregard, i decided to just go ahead with purchase and they end up costing only .10. the app shows regular price, but they still just charge .10 to your google account.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] expertzero1:
Reboot. Try clearing cache in the applications -> market I think
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Duke4eva:
What expert said, clear the market cache and it should work. Enjoy them :)
[Off-topic] gonintendo:
I am about to buy a used nexus s (going to sell my sensation after I get it). I hate sense and I really want some of that ics action (I know kmobs is working on it, but the nexus will have support from google + a TON of great devs, not just the 3 working on the sensation cm team).

The reason why I'm posting this is to give you guys a chance to convince me to stay with my sensation. The nexus s seems like the better phone to me, but if one of you guys can convince me otherwise, please do.

P.S. Not trying to hate on the devs over here, it just seems like all of them are so focused on sense, very few aosp roms.
[Off-topic] thebigham:
Hello, gonintendo. Can you please provide 5 reasons of why we should convince you to stay. Thank you.
[Off-topic] babluc:
I had the nexus one and nexus s. I took development for granted. Now I'm selling my sensation and waiting for my galaxy nexus to arrive. Not liking what Verizon is doing to the galaxy nexus.
[Off-topic] gonintendo:
Because you (I assume) love your sensation and the community built around it here on xda? I have convinced myself that I want a nexus s, which doesn't necessarily mean that it's the best phone for me, confirmation bias is a *****. Perhaps there is something huge that I am overlooking that would make it worth my while to stick with my sensation.
[Off-topic] kmmxracer:
Had it before this phone. Main reason I never picked it up again is the screen. Its terrible.

Kinda wish I'd kept it for development though. O well
[Off-topic] Ducter:
Assuming you know the specs, but anyways...

Dual core

8mp camera with 1080p

larger screen with higher resolution

Option to run sense or not

ICS will come, and with that many more AOSP type ROMs
[Off-topic] lorddart:
Plus tbh... I think this phone will run much better once it has ics support... It doesn't yet and the nexus s is smooth... But if you want simile specs minus quite as much dev support just get a vibrant probably for half price of the nexus...
[Off-topic] stonew5082:
Nexus s is a great phone. Awesome audio chip, camera rocks despite lower pixels. I loved it. I bought tgis phone for the bigger screen.
[Off-topic] Rhiannon224:
I had a Nexus S for a week,talk about a **** build, I hated it, plastic kills me. I couldn't use it. Too vanilla for my taste and THAT plastic.
[Off-topic] rawrfische:
Just get the nexus. You'll probably be happier. :)
[Off-topic] aNYthing24:
If this phone isn't doing it for you, you should sell it and get what will satisfy your needs. Don't concern yourself with what others think.
[Off-topic] gonintendo:
I'm never happy with any phone, I have ocd lol. Thanks for the advice guys, I think I'm going to go for it.
[Off-topic] Vipeout:
Screw the Sensation, it has so many buggs it makes me sick. I regret buying it
[Off-topic] FnH84:
What is this, a forum filled with angsty teenagers, threatening to switch their phones? Nobody cares if you switch, go ahead and do it if you're not happy with it! This isn't a religious group, it's a dev forum.

Seems like the new HTC models have pissed off people who simply must have the latest technology....
[Off-topic] awesam:
the only thing thats stopping me is Nexus/S does not have micro SD card capability

( some one correct me if I'm wrong about it )
[Off-topic] brett_c:
I think that pretty much sums up your justification, provided that the cost to change phones is a non-issue.
[Off-topic] swiftinmotion:
one thing I see is "I hate sense". I say sell it why own an htc device knowing your getting sense..
[Off-topic] gonintendo:
I'm not asking you to care, I am trying to make an informed decision. Relax, I sense some angst in your post.
[Off-topic] gonintendo:
I had never used sense prior to buying the sensation. I had played with sense 2.x on a buddy's thunderbolt and I actually liked it quite a bit. I don't know what they were thinking when they put 3.0 together. Everything about it is slower, uglier and less usable than the previous version imo.
[Off-topic] fandroid93:
Seems like a massive downgrade to me. Maybe I am wrong... but... I doubt it :)
[Off-topic] Gtj94:
Huge downgrade but the activity on the nexus s far outweighs any pros by owning a sensation imo
[Off-topic] suprakarma:
Well, it comes with 16 GB internal memory plus the same RAM we get on sensation, plus you'll get the official ICS update first than any other phone, I still have it n doesn't need the dual core or qhd display to compete with any other phones, plus more development support now when it comes to build, do you want a steel lingot or good software functionality, phones are so overrated nowadays.........
[Off-topic] messer19:
Definitely a step back I think. I´m selling the Sensation tomorrow because of terrible manufacturing defects. I already got SGS2 and altough the look is not as nice as Sensations, it´s definitely a very solid phone not plagued by laggy Sense. Android as it means to be.
[Off-topic] Bronyr:
I'm quite happy with my sensation - currently CM7 and rock solid performance, very few issues. Waiting for the ICS as it promises great improvements.
[Off-topic] kooskoos1814:
Me too. But I had the Nexus S for a week and I didn't see something worse than was I have on my Sensation. I can easily understand why someone would change.
[Off-topic] poochie2:
The Nexus S would have been a future proof phone with a bit more ram. With only 345 mb of usable ram it will get on its knees as soon as you start using it seriously, and unless you're a very lightweight user.
[Off-topic] Ducter:
Not real sure what defects you all have but my phones rock solid and great build quality. I had a g2x prior to this, now that's a phone worth switching from. Hell even worth down grading to a lessor device which the nexus is.
[Off-topic] zelendel:
At this point there is no future proof phone. Not until the hardware settles down a bit. Once the quadcore becomes the standard (about this time next year) then things should start to level out. Right now the software, hardware and developers are moving to fast to say anything is future proof. As for thinking any phone will have great developers support is not gonna cut it either. It may have alot of developers but that is only till the next great device and they will move to that one next.

There is also a reason most are focused on sense based roms. The AOSP drivers for radio, BT, WiFi, and what not a weaker then the OEM drivers. Not to mention App compatability issues. You see this on all devices. Yes CM based roms are great but some of us cant deal with the signal loss from the stated drivers.
[Off-topic] sakai4eva:
Here's ONE:

Nexus Prime.
[Off-topic] Lysdexia:
I'm with you man, I'm trying to get rid of my LG Thrill for a Nexus S. I know this has 4g, a bigger screen, HDMI, extendable memory and 3d, but none if it compares to updates and development. This is a brand new phone and we still don't even have gingerbread -.-
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Thibor69:
Hi-

I have the T-Mobile LG G2x. I have been using and updating my ROM weekly with the latest port of MIUI ( WhiteHawkx's version ) -- currently on 1.12.01 [12.02.2011]. I have a horible time keeping my APN up. I can make calls of course, and I can use data, for a while, but then after 10 - 20 minutes I lose my APN and no more data. I have tried the "Power Button and Vol. Down" trick, but even tho that will fix the data connection, it is only for a short while and I will lose it again. There is NO rhym or reason as to why this is happening.

Am I the only one that is having this serious issue ?? And it is not my data being throttled. When it happens it is gone completely until I somehow force it to restart.

Any thoughts on how to resolve this ?? Are other people having this issue also ?? It happens to me about 30 times a day.

One bit of information: If someone pushes me a packet of data (like a whatApp message or KiK message) my APN will start working again for a little while. But only if they pushed it to me. otherwise data is still not going out. And I do NOT have anything set to sleep.

Thanks for any insight !!

John
[T-Mobile LG G2x] es0tericcha0s:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1227776

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1267490

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1300911

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1373211

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1372124

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1371999

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1378654

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1375220

(not specific, but I posted a similar issue in this thread)

These are just from the first couple of pages from the General and Q & A forums of topics with people having issues with one or the other:

APNs lost

Data dropping

Losing network connections

etc

Certain roms seem to be slightly better, but people have had issues (like me) with everything from stock, to CM7, to MIUI. This is more than just a coincidence. I think LG must have shipped a batch of POS G2xs. And if you have NEVER had an issue, then count yourself as lucky.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Thibor69:
Thank you for the reply..... but my issue seems a bit different. I do not have any trouble with my signal or cell talk dropping. My phone never drops a call. This is only data related. Like going to the Android market or using any app like messenger, whatapps, kik, Skype, ect.... anything that uses data will eventually stop sending, until I reboot. my SIM card is fine.

Any other ideas ?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] es0tericcha0s:
Ah, sorry I misunderstood. You might want to check out a different kernel then.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] demarcus99:
im having this issue as well

except i only lose my apns if i shut off than turn back on my phone, im using rg2x