yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steveh8204:
I'll have a crack in the morning. If all goes to plan ill just be left with the fun of picking a custom Rom.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terepin:
Partition your card in Windows. Hassle-free solution.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djghostie:
If you have a spare pen drive you can use something like pendrivelinux or yumi(google it) to put gparted onto a usb flash drive or Burncdcc to burn gparted to a cd.

Hope this helps
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steveh8204:
Have used gparted from disc and after leaving the settings screen a load of text comes up and then the screen goes blank.

Tried it about four times now.

Just tried running it with VMPlayer now and its the same, basically this ISO will not run on my PC.

Tempted to partition in recovery now as this has been far too much hassle.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steveh8204:
Right I've got my partition so I just need a Custom Rom now. I went to the list of roms on this site but was left baffled.

How exactly do I decide/find out which one is the correct one?

I have the following info:

Bravo PVT4 Ship S-Off

HBoot-6.93.1002

Microp-051d

Radio-5.17.05.23

Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4

Android 2.3.3 (Stock)

Does that mean I have a Bravo Hboot? I'm also unsure how to check the partition type I have.

I've being looking into the Sense Roms but not sure they are suitable.

I updated my ROM with the official Gingerbread then rooted with Revolutionary.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djghostie:
I'm new to this also however I was at the same stage as you a few weeks ago. I have found the Miui rom has great battery life. Less than a day using Acesmod, stock ruu and Aurora. With Miui rom I am charging up every 2nd night with still around 20% battery left.

Its maybe not to everyone's taste tho.

My desire

Bravo PVT4 Ship S-Off

HBoot-6.93.1002

Microp-051d

Radio-5.17.05.23

Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4

This I was told is Bravo Stock Hboot.

Bortak posted this on another thread that helped me understand.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steveh8204:
Is there a basic guide somewhere on here that explains custom ROMs? Namely how to check your specs for all the specs required amongst other things.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steveh8204:
Guess not lol, I quite fancy SUPERNOVA Xtreme Official GB Sense as I'm after a Sense Rom and one that is reliable, I'd take reliable over the most modern.

I have what I believe to be a Bravo Stock HBoot but the requirements are Alpharev Bravo Stock HBoot, is this something different?

Still don't know how to check what my External partition is as I couldnt get gparted to work on my PC so had to partition through recovery.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Download and flash 4EXT or RMD recovery through fastboot, they will tell you what ext partition you have. With both recoveries you are also able to partition your SD card.

Stock Hboot is Stock Hboot. Only difference is that one is either S-ON (which means you are using Stock Hboot by HTC) or S-OFF (which means one is using Stock Hboot by AlphaRev).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steveh8204:
I’ve managed to get GParted to work on a different PC but when I connected my Phone and mounted the USB Card the volume came up as ‘Unassigned’ (or a word to that effect).

I created a Fat32 partition and an Ext3 partition (both primary) and then connected my PC through windows to transfer the Update.zip file to my SDCard.

Then when I went to ‘update zip from sdcard’ in recovery the file didn’t show up.

When I restarted my phone after wiping data (as requested in rom installation guide) the card wasn’t recognized and asked to be reformatted so I did.

Now the card isn’t recognized by gparted. I’ve had a mare with this today (two kids driving me mad contributed to that too though in fair, lol!)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Check bortaks guide for solving the problem with the SD card.

If I remember correctly, CWM has the option to flash via normal zip and not only with update.zip. Or am I wrong? If not, use this option to flash the zip-file.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steveh8204:
I tried both methods for updating with no avail but I will try that guide and see how i get on,

Thanks!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Q4Rspwn:
I have Revolutionary CWM 4.0.1.4 and it has "Partition SD Card" under the menu "Advanced and Debugging" too.

Edit: Don't know what to use it for, though.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Yeah, that is the name of the recovery which gets flashed by using Revolutionary. Revolutionary is NOT a recovery, it's a tool to set your phone S-OFF and gives you root in two simple steps.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kem06:
Does anyone knows if there any new firmware for our Xperia coming soon ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neo1ite:
Google currents launched today, but is US only. I'm based in UK, is there anyway of obtaining this apk? Can I fool the market app into thinking im in US?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nljelmer:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20114966&postcount=1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4038153:
Nothing to do with Samsung Galaxy S II, the name of this forum.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1382728
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haakuturi:
I'm in New Zealand and would also love to try this app!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcomsousa:
Google Currents 1.0APK
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leginag:
Thanks for the apk.

I'm really surprised that Google restricted it to the USA.

Currents is just a news aggregating service...these websites are available normally on the web from around the world...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodstock_ahem:
Its the same with other mobile products... Voice/Wallet/Music etc and now currents...

at least there are ways around it...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GenghisKhan67:
Many thanks, Currents works fine on my phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cangguek:
anything special with new Google apk, please share?.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmmccann:
Hey everyone. I'm a recent Fascinate convert coming from a Droid X and CM7.

I've got CM7 on my Fascinate and am using the Glitchv13 kernel. Absolutely love the performance and battery life, however my modem/baseband seems to be a bit sketchy at times.

I'm wondering what your opinions are on the best modem for the Fascinate at this time. I'm currently using the EH03 modem.

I need reliable phone, text and data connectivity. I don't care so much about speed so much as I just need my data connection to stay up as much as possible. I've had several data dropouts on the EH03 modem already, some fix themselves while other require the airplane mode toggle or a reboot in the extreme cases.

Thanks!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gfosco:
I have not had any such issues with EH03... It has been rock solid.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jimi Mack:
Each person can have different results with a different modem. But as for me, I have to say EH03 has been more stable than all the others I have tried.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
ec09 is the most stable withthe least amount of 1x switching. The problem is no matter what modem you have, on mtd based roms data dropping is a known issue in low signal areas. Luckily for me it was never a issue, other than having to toggle airplane mode occasionally.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmmccann:
Thanks for the replies, everyone.

I ended up rolling back to EC09. It seems to be more stable for me (data being solid for almost a full day now where it was dropping every few hours before).

I'm generally not in low signal areas and just about never use Wi-Fi. We have 3G everywhere so I'm not sure why I was having such awful luck with EH03.

Hopefully it keeps running smoothly. *knock on wood*
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mod143:
ec09 has been the most stable for me. consistent speeds and stability.

eh03 gave me lower ping times but the speed was to slow.

ed05 seems to be all over the place.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s44:
I've never switched from EC01 since it dropped (yes, before original official Froyo).

Never got caught in the missed calls stuff or anything.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnsma22:
I had missed calls every day with every radio I flashed until EH03. On my phone, in my service area, EH03 has been the most reliable by far!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saps:
Yeah for me its EH03 but its also the slowest of the three, but it's easily the most reliable too so I stick with it
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OhioYJ:
In my expierences, Miui does not have any data drop out issues. It only seems to happen in CM7 and VGB.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] rmagruder:
Sideloaded this from Nexus One to Kindle Fire:

I get "Application Not Installed" on installation. Logcat shows as follows:

D/PackageManager( 1376): Scanning package com.google.android.apps.currents

E/PackageManager( 1376): Package com.google.android.apps.currents requires unavailable shared library com.google.android.maps; failing!

W/PackageManager( 1376): Package com.google.android.apps.currents couldn't be installed.

However, the very latest Google Maps IS installed and running on the fire.

Thoughts anyone?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] btitus:
Same issue here. Not sure how these things work, but could the install be looking for maps to be in a certain location?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] lazyn00b:
Me neither!

I just tried sideloading Currents from an APK ripped from my Nexus S... no dice!
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] pestilent:
Same here :(

Really wanted to test this out on my Fire.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] thekitch:
Can someonecheck the maps location on a device with functioning currents?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] neilrl79:
Maps.apk is in /system/app on my DROID3 and I also have com.Google.android.apps.maps-2.apk in /data/app.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] gloos:
Yeah sadly it doesn't work on my KF yet.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] neilrl79:
Tried putting Maps.apk in /system/app and then installed latest update but currents still fails to install.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] RJ McKenzie:
Here is the thread that explains how to install it. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1382925
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] JSmurfy:
@rj thank you for the link to the write up
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] convolution:
I went there to get some more skins and whatnot. They only had 4 extra skins via HTC hub. What a joke.

Is there anyplace with more selection on theme-ing Rosie Launcher?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] sebastianlow:
The android market has a lot more skins!
[LG Optimus 2x] Imperticus:
So I tried installing the update tool on my 32bit Win7 and as it tries to install it just randomly closes about 2% into the installing process. Anyone else experienced it or know how to fix it?
[LG Optimus 2x] kitty's_daddy:
I can't say for sure, but someguys resolved with using PC's back USB port.

I guess low speed or current issues.
[LG Optimus 2x] parthabhatta:
The same happened with me also. Ultimately i had to resort to NVFLASH for restoration. I think its problem with usb drivers. In fact whenever I try to change BB with smartflash the process always shows errors. After multiple tries suddenly it goes ok. The same thing happens on official upgrades which also changes BB and gets f***ed up while flashing BB part. Anyway its purely my apprehension as I couldnot find any solid reason or solution for this in Net. I even tried multiple PCs and changed ports but no result. I used win xp SP2 in my PC.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chdcmac:
This phone has enough power to run this version. Many DZ owners can confirm this. Is the HTC Desire Z ever going to get this update?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRFFTR:
Desire Z will officially get an update in January, but nobody knows what will it include
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sorgo:
Wildfire S got an update recently with sense 3.0 lockscreen, but officialy it's called sense 2.1

Now Desire HD and Incredible S got a Sense 3.0 update. Hope we will get something too, especially if there's no next generation qwerty phone from HTC.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRFFTR:
HTC engineers are working to bring Sense 3.0 to Desire Z at the moment, if they decide that Sense 3.0 works on Desire Z without any problem, they will release it via OTA, but if they decide that Sense 3.0 is not compatible with Desire Z, then they will cut the biggest features like 3D scrolling, and just release some Sense 3.0 features like Active Lock Screen as Sense 2.2 via OTA
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flash05:
desire HD got sense 3 OTA. im looking forward that they fix the bugs present in 2.3.3

is this confirmed already?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRFFTR:
HTC Turkey confirmed it :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDuri:
I saw only information about DHD and DIS, nothing about Desire Z :(. Do you have any confirmation that HTC Turkey said anything?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRFFTR:
No, because I have contacted with HTC Turkey by calling them, but I will try to get more information and a confirmation like screencaps for you ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDuri:
If you said that Desire Z will get update thats enough :). However, wonder what version of sense we will get. My tryouts with support contact edns with information "phone is being tested with Android 4.x, but we cannot say anything". Well, we shall see. In my opining there are 3 possibilities, we will get 2.3.5 with Sense 2.1 with new lock screen, we will get Android 4.x in Jan/Feb or we will not get anything ;).
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PtaQ1982:
My conversation on HTC Chat with English Support.

"Hello. Is Desire Z will still be updated to android 2.3.5

Beatrix: Yes it is alredy relesed.

Beatrix: I can not tell you the exact date but every device will get the update.

Beatrix: You can check for a system update from the phone itself. On the Home Screen press MENU - SETTINGS - ABOUT PHONE - SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPDATES - CHECK NOW. If there is an update available then please download and install it. We recommend that you download the update via a WI-FI connection to avoid any data charges imposed by your mobile network provider.

Me: It is known IncreadibleS and Desire HD got the updates and Desire Z was not on the list of updates in December

Beatrix: yes it will be updated beggining next year. with htc sense3.0"
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spastic909:
Engadget had desire z listed as getting sense 3.0 I thought..just a few days ago
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flash05:
is it new article? wildfire s just got an update... but no sense3

i dont mind if no sense3 as long as they fix the reload issue

and optimize the performance... before i go custom.

but sense3 will be appreciated if it comes :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chdcmac:
I also contacted HTC chat (Dutch support) They said the DZ will get the 2.3.5 update, but not what's included.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombie468:
HTC UK

I have just contacted the htc uk customer services team who confirmed that the desire z will recieve android 2.3.5 and sense 3.0 update soon but they could not tell me when it will be available just that it is definately happening and it will be soon so its just a case of keep checking in and wait. seems like it will definately be happening though so thats one good thing :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chdcmac:
I hope before Christmas! :D
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moolash:
update

We got an update last Xmas, too. :)

Many of you probably have tried Sense 3.0 already with custom roms.

It is slow, I guess. Even with overclocking.

I hope they at HTC will find the right way.

I am waiting on an update, too, I just don't know why. It is nothing special.

Well, the new camera app is nice, advanced quick menu is cool, too.

Will you guys and all of us keep us updated if anyone gets the OTA update?

(we'll probably know about it in XDA forums, anyway...)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xT4Z1N4TRx:
Why i want it? Two words- Rotating Rosie.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmmerwana:
Thanks alot for this information guys. I've been trying hard to use custom sense Rom on my phone but the performance lag is just not worth it. If at all HTC does decide to bless us with Sense 3.0, I'm sure the developers will be able to optimize it even further for our liking.

Just a note: you've given us a hope by starting this thread. Here's hoping it doesn't get crushed!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombie468:
I'd say the chances of our hopes being crushed are slim when so many of us have contacted htc directly but i cant say that im not worried that htc will go back on there word. After all what is the number of desire z users compared to the over all amount of customers htc has. We can only hope that even huge corporate companies have a concionce
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ufoman:
You can try Virtuous Doubleshot then, but I couldn't fix mobile data on that ROM, CM7 RIL has only brought network back.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Myrmidon83:
I'm on stock 2.3.3, however I was fortunate to already have S-OFF and SuperCid off when it came, now I am rooted. What would be the best way to update to 2.3.5 without losing root or S-OFF when the update arrives?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chdcmac:
We must check our phones ones a day for updates :) It can be happening anytime soon.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burtcom:
Might be best to wait till someone creates a ROM based on the new official ROM.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombie468:
Okay for anybody interested i can confirm that the wildfire s only gets the sense 3.0 lock screen cuz my fiancees phone just got the update. Atleast we know htc are doing something :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebastianlow:
From htc singapore:

16:26:40 [Sammy] :

Hi, this is Sammy, what can I do for you?

16:26:46 [Sebastian] :

Will the htc desire z get htc sense 3.0 update?

16:27:14 [Sammy] :

HTC Desire Z will not get this sense 3.0 update, Mr Sebastian

16:27:19 [Sammy] :

We are sorry about it.

16:27:30 [Sebastian] :

ok
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombie468:
The online tech support told me they didn't know in UK last week so I phoned HTC instead and they said it would. I'm not sure what to make of this now :/
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mouloudia007:
when we get the ice cream ? or we dont gona have it ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmmerwana:
Dude, getting a sense update itself is gonna be a boon. ICS is totally out of question. Even the current breed of phones might not get it before end of March or so....
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
>having an account on xda

>giving a **** about stock roms

***** PLEASE
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombie468:
I rooted and am running virtuous now im amazed how good it is before this the only custom i ran was cyanogen on a old htc dream i had
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmmerwana:
Well I didn't understand your comment. If it meant that I have offended the rules or have been unnecessarily *****ing about things, then I'm sorry. Again, I've no idea how what I said can be attributed to trolling!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veesix:
Hi everyone, I follow XDA a lot but I've never posted anything, until now. I own a Desire Z, unrooted, and I'm very interested in the Sense 3.0 discussion.

So, I've just called the Italian customer service, and they have told me that an update is indeed coming. They explicitly (under my request) confirmed it's Android 2.3.5 and Sense 3.0. Just like the Desire HD, they said.

When I asked for release dates, the answer was just "soon".
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bombadier:
thats the desire hd just got sense 3 in the uk as of today, dont hold your breath..........

Sent from a desire z
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombie468:
If you dont want to wait id recomend rooting and flashing virtuous android 2.3.5 and sense 3.5 theres plenty of guides and links on xda forums to walk you through it i did mine on sunday in about 3 hours nice and smooth and no issues that ive noticed
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veesix:
I know Virtuous Sense ROMs work very well, and I believe I've find out everything I need for rooting and flashing a new rom... I think I'll wait until the end of January, then if nothing official arrives I'll just flash a Sense 3.5 rom...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombie468:
I backed up my system so if there is an official update i can restore to froyo and then update ota atleast i think it should work that way im still kinda new to this side of flashing roms it was alot simpler when i had a t mobile g1
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veesix:
I guess you would be able to update manually at least, once you restore the stock (or maybe I'm wrong). But I'd say there's no reason to remove your current rom, if everything works fine. Speaking of which, did you make a partition in the sd to use as ram? Some suggest so, with Sense 3.x rom on our phone.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I meant that hoping for any "fixes" from HTC when everyone already knows that 2.3.3 is a sorry, broken mess is nonsense. There's no sense in waiting for a new Sense ROM, unless you think of it as a base for modding...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmmerwana:
That's exactly what I'm waiting for. HTC releases the update, our awesome developers pick it up, perfect it and the community benefits. The advantage of using official HTC update as base is that they might be able to tweak the updates in a better way as this is after all their device. So after their decent job, XDA can do an awesome job!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johrie:
Johrie: Weten jullie ook of er nog een 2.3.5 en sense 3.0 update komt voor de Desire Z

Esther: Ik dacht van wel, maar wanneer u deze update krijgt weet ik helaas niet.

Translation:

Me: Do you guys know if there will be a 2.3.5 sense 3.0 update for the Desire Z?

Esther: I thought so, but i do not know for sure when this update will come.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombie468:
I didnt make a partition for ram i didnt know i could and wouldnt know where to start im thinking i might restore my phone to froyo the longer i use this the more bugs and slowness im finding. But im worried because last time i tried to restore a phone to stock it was my g1 and the processor blew up any ideas i made a recovery backup of froyo after i downgraded but how would i get from that to 2.3.3 ??
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombie468:
Took me all night but im back to stock somehow it fixed all the problems i was having with the stock that came with the phone which i dont understand cuz its exactly the same still im happy for now will just have to see if this update happens and if not ill look into rooting again now i know what im doing thanks to everyone on here threads and guides helped loads :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombie468:
So any more word on this update ??
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonhitch:
Update timing?

I too would love to know when/if we can expect this update. I love my DZ but its always good to have updates - assuming they don't slow things down.

On that note does anyone think we have a chance of getting Ice Cream Sandwich? Comments seem to suggest its unlikely but I'd love to know. Clearly there are some out there who have made it work with custom roms but I'm only interested in any official release from HTC.

Hope there is someone in the know who can shed light on these.

Merry Christmas folks!