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[HTC Desire S] foX2delta:
You need to be a little more involved.

How did you s-off?

-Turn off fastboot menu/settings/power/fastboot (on the phone)

-Turn on USB debugging menu/Settings/Applications/Development/USB debugging (on the phone)

Download this file here, it has the adb and fastboot files needed

-Extract the file to "c:\" so that the path looks like this C:\android-tools

-Install HTCDriver (Fastboot drivers) (should already be installed from revolutionary if you s-offed by them) but here's the link again

-Open cmd and type "cd/"

-then type "cd android-tools"

*To test whether you have set up all the files correctly and your phone is connected correctly you can do the following;

*Plug your phone in (when plugging in select CHARGE ONLY (i.e. leave on the home screen)

*In cmd type "adb" and press enter, it should show a list of commands, then type "fastboot"and press enter, it should also show a list of commands)

*If both these commands work you have extracted the files to the right place and have setup cmd right.

*then type "adb devices"

*Should show connected phone serial if not then try get the latest HTCdrivers

To flash the ENG HBoot you can use one of these methods;

1) Fastboot

-Place the .img file (extracted from PG88IMG.zip) into C:\android-tools

-Boot phone into fastboot

-Run command "fastboot flash hboot engHBOOToverARX.img" in CMD

2) Android Flasher

-Download from here

-Select phone, select Hboot .img (bootloader)

-Boot phone into fastboot and select FLASH

3) Updater file (PG88IMG.zip)

-Place PG88IMG.zip File on your SD card root, and boot into HBoot, and follow onscreen instructions

4) adb shell (LAST LAST resort, one typo and you can brick your phone, do some reserch before doing it

-Place the hboot on your SD card and remane it to "hboot.img"

-Boot into recovery

-adb devices - Must show your serial

-adb shell

-su (it should show #, that means you have the right permission, if it shows $ afterwards you dont have permission)

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/sdcard/backup.img (backup your current hboot)

dd if=/sdcard/hboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 (flashes new hboot)

To get into Hboot; switch phone off and the press power+vol down

To get start fastboot (boot Hboot, plug phone in "HBoot USB plug" shows once phone is plugged in and press the power button (fastboot is highlighted by default) then it says "Fastboot USB")

*(As a test to ensure you have put your phone into fastboot type "fastboot devices" in cmd, it will show your phones serial, if it shows nothing you have not put your phone into fastboot yet)

All From this thread here under section 2
[HTC Desire S] grimmyrippy:
all you need to do is read more to know how to do it like me i read a lot i know its hard but you'll find what you are looking for
[Galaxy S II General] soraxd:
hey everyone. man been hearing so much about ICS.. dont know what to believe anymore.

"Hardware Acceleration Everywhere!!!"

but really what does this mean? we already have hardware acceleration in our browser, do we have it anywhere else? well as far as i know we dont. and just because ICS has this new (vague) hardware acceleration, where will we see it? and it doesnt mean our angry birds, or 3rd party browsers will suddenly improve (does it?).

"zero lag shutter" - does this apply only to stock rom, or will our samsung camera see this too?

while hardware acceleration sounds like something awesome i know nothing about.. another big point in battery life. what changes will ICS bring to battery life?

i know one of the features of ICS is face unlock, are there any other cool features like these that have gotten less coverage?
[Galaxy S II General] Logi_Ca1:
If using the GPU to do something is faster than using the CPU, then yes, probably, battery life will be better. Generally the quicker you do something (while using the same or lesser power), the better, since the SoC can deep sleep ASAP.
[Galaxy S II General] darkgoon3r96:
Yes, battery life can be improved, if it does in fact speed up the mobile even further, my device only runs out of 3% over 10 hours in standby, would like the battery to improve even when turned on though, would like to see more input on HW Acceleration though
[Galaxy S II General] soraxd:
3% in 10 hours!??!@#>$ i lose 20% in 10 hours.. teach me your ways...
[Galaxy S II General] Limpperi:
with ICS we can finally have HW acceleration on AOSP roms too.
[Galaxy S II General] Guantanamo86:
what is an AOSP rom?
[Galaxy S II General] soulicro:
Android Open Source Project. Basically, a clean, un-modified version of Android - straight from Google.
[Galaxy S II General] codeworkx:
you should read this:

https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/2FXDCz8x93s
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
GB has hardware acceleration capabilities already - this is not new for ICS. The only difference is that in GB developers would have to specify to use it, whereas apps use it by default in ICS.
[Galaxy S II General] Logi_Ca1:
Thanks for the enlightenment. It's always nice when the developers enlighten noobs like me (no sarcasm intended!)
[Galaxy S II General] soraxd:
ive seen the camera app in stock ICS.. dang its pretty sick.. it seems to be more featured than ours, the contrast even goes from -3 ~ +3, unlike ours which is 2/2. but i wonder, are there parental controls placed on the stock camera app like the samsung? like parental controls on battery threshold, and when the camera can and cant be used, how it wont work during music being played, or during a call?

im thinking of going to cm9 if it means getting this camera. can anyone tell me about those features?
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
I have also wondered what all the hoopteedoo for ics is for. If someone could please convince me that it is the biggest update ever, that would be great. (I don't want to hear anything about the UI or how pretty something is, I really could care less)
[Galaxy S II General] The Wicker King:
With ICS the biggest edtion to our galaxy devices is true multi thread operating system. Gingerbread never supported dual core phones. With ice cream sandwich we will see the true performance of our phones.
[Galaxy S II General] The Wicker King:
One more thing if you don't have multi threaded phone then there really is no difference.
[Galaxy S II General] ricey1986:
Isnt the zero shutter lag dependent on the hardware of the camera?? I.e. if the camera doesnt have the capability we wont get it?

Ricey
[Galaxy S II General] PlanDreaM:
Yep, if the hw does not support it, will have minimal improvement.
[Galaxy S II General] codeworkx:
sorry, but there's no increase for "smooth as butter"

gingerbread = smooth as butter

ics = smooth as butter

your second core is sleeping the most time because there's nothing to do. ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] tameracingdriver:
I'd guess for most on here, this will be the major benefit.

I *think* the browser is already HW accelerated as is the TWLauncher, so I'm guessing if you compared AOSP ICS with any TW ROM the performance will be fairly similar in most areas.

For me, I'm looking forward to trying an AOSP version of ICS, as for me, it is the first AOSP version of Android I've actually liked the look of, I've never really been a fan of older iterations. Gingerbread was an improvement but still not there yet; I actually prefer TW over AOSP gingerbread, but ICS definitely moves the game on.

The improved notifications and task switching is also something I'm looking forward.

However, I'm happy to wait, as my phone with CheckROM Revolution and Verts ICS Domination theme and the ICS keyboard from the market makes the phone pretty damn nice to use already IMHO.
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
From what i understand though, what do we need this hw for? Our browser already has it, and that seems to be the most intensive of tasks we can do aside from games. What a launcher? It's already smooth enough to me. What the opening speed for menus. Wait lemme check how much fps lagg I get from opening a menu, oh wait can't see. Please, anything else other than hw? I still don't see the importance of ICS. And please i am not bashing it or anything, but i genuinely want to feel excited for this update.
[Galaxy S II General] MrSimtang:
Well if you don't see any point to it, then don't update your bloody phone.

Stop crying about something you feel is useless and just don't update. You don't have to, and no one will care if you don't. Stick with gingerbread and stop complaining.
[Galaxy S II General] max621:
very well said ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] soraxd:
I don't think he means to hate on ICS, I just think like many of us (or at least myself) we don't really know what benefits well actually see. I mean that's why I started this thread, cause I hear about how all this lag will stop, but I have a sgs2 yo, I don't see the lag to begin with.. so what will us users who already have high end devices see?

at least that's what I think he's saying
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
That is what I am essentially saying. And no need to be so rude or brazen on me, I really want to feel excited for this update. And i really have no hate for ics, if there is any statement that implies or shows this hate, then that is a misunderstanding.

I understand for lower speced devices this is a more beneficial for them in terms of hw. For example dolphin browser implemented hw with ics, allowing lower speced devices to be smoother than originally.

Well since no one has provided me with any other answers i guess the best for me is to simply try it out when ics comes out for the sgs 2 to really decide, atleast now i have a reason to flash ics lawl.

Personally the only thing i would hope for from ics right now is a less battery intensive OS. Or maybe it is just the sgs 2. >.<
[Galaxy S II General] robt772000:
ICS will offer a lot of speed improvements as well as being smooth like WP7. Hopefully the Android bug will go away too.

I think people are ripping on you mate because you live in Jamaica and we all don't. I would like to be in Jamaica right now watching a test match after I went diving over a tropical reef with my SGS2.
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
Elaborate on ripping on you? Do you mean conning me, because I am more than smart enough to know what I should and should not buy, and where. Frankly you are sounding quite racist, but I simply don't understand the bottom half of your post so I am more likely wrong.

$1 gets you a reply
[Galaxy S II General] ohyeahar:
Relax.

He's suggesting jokingly that people are attacking you because they are jealous that you are residing in a holiday location as awesome as Jamaica.
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
Ahh oki. Thanks for the explanation.

$1 gets you a reply
[Galaxy S II General] robt772000:
Yes thats what I meant. Wow. Way to read that one wrong.
[Galaxy S II General] HellcatDroid:
Realistically expecting.... I expect them to keep the device encryption option, easiely accessible in the settings, and not hide it away behind some Exchange servers again.

Because I really love that feature!

Then again, if Samsung decides to take out this Android feature and make it Exchange only again (they'll at least do that, as they can't remove a feature in an update, that would totally screw them) I'll just dig it out again like I did on Gingercryptobread :p
[Galaxy S II General] tjtj4444:
The main point of upgrading is of course to get Android 4, i e Android API level 14/15. This gives you the possibility to use apps coded for android 4.

API level 14 (4.0) and 15 (4.03) have a lot of enhancements that can give us even better apps. Look here for info about the new things: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html#DeveloperApis

There are hopefully also general performance and bug fixes in Android 4.0

These are the reasons for upgrading.

So upgrading your Samsung/HTC/Motorola/whatever to Ice Cream will not give you a Galaxy Nexus. The general UI (i e Touchwiz, Sense etc) will of course remain as before, hopefully with some enhancements.

There is no sane phone manufacturer that would completely change the user interface in the middle of the life cycle of a phone model.

Seems like a lot of people even here at XDA doesn't understand this.
[Galaxy S II General] BigMrB:
Funniest post i've seen on XDA ... dude what are you smoking!!
[Galaxy S II General] ewok666:
Activesync bug?

How about fixing this stupid activesync bug? I got this on EVERY ROM I tried sooner or later. The more mail accounts I sync (I need at least three) the worse it gets. I don't look back much but if my iphone could sync 5 accounts and loose 2% over night then the SGS2 should be able to do this as well. When I delete all mail accounts it uses next to nothing while sleeping.
[Galaxy S II General] Molitro:
The only way I've found to solve this (that, by the way, worked just fine on my SGS where the S2 eats the battery, as you say), is just forward all my accounts through gmail.

In all fairness, I like it better now, but you lose push capabilities on the accounts you forward.
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
Sorry, it just seemed very colloquial to me so I didn't understand. XP

$1 gets you a reply
[Galaxy S II General] jaykresge:
I'm sorry but this is not correct. Android has always supported multi-threading. Multiple processor cores is just a hardware-level way of implementing multi-threading, which the OS already supports. Not all CPU-monitoring tools on the market are able to properly read multiple cores yet, though they are getting there.

Also, one of the highly cited examples of the OS supposedly using only one core are the Snapdragon S3-based phones. That's because Snapdragon is designed for aSMP instead of SMP. In SMP, both cores ramp up to the same clock speed. In aSMP, the cores ramp up independently as needed, which means one core can sleep if an app is single-threaded.

Right now most Android apps are singled-threaded. You can't just make an app multi-threaded by checking a block. An app has to be designed from the ground up to run certain tasks simultaneously. If an app is designed for this, then single-core devices either suffer noticeably or simply cannot run the app (NOTE, all Cortex A8 and Snapdragon S1/S2 processors can handle basic multi-threading on one core for these situations).

There is no panacea for this. Until even low-end phones are multi-core, apps won't be designed for primarily for multi-core. Just because apps aren't designed for it doesn't mean the OS isn't capable.
[Galaxy S II General] Anibaaal:
Talking about battery life... With a good rom, I think it is Illusion-xT (Really... I can't remember) I loosed 1% in 3-4 hours.
[Galaxy S II General] melorib:
Mine drains 2% over night, almost 9 hours... :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] bakewelluk:
Personally I am interested to have the benefits of a (hopefully) slightly better implementation of folders for apps, and the data management tool seems pretty cool. The multitasking management (as in how you view running apps) looks nice as well, as does being able to dismiss individual notifications.

As for whether it's quite such a game changer for us as it is for people on other phones, time will tell I guess (and hopefully pretty soon!).
[Galaxy S II General] speckledpig:
My GS2 on CM7 is incredible. If it can get any better I may need new pants.
[Galaxy S II General] :
Android and GB in general is pretty polished as it is. Yes it can do with bit more work to it but lets not forget android is still pretty new into the game...Ok few years now but compare to apple Google i think are doing pretty ok. Regarding what to expect..Well ICS looks good. Seriously looks delicious. But again what can we expect. Folders were you can drag and drop applications without the need to go through the menu and edit options like in TW? Now if that is the case i will sure be pretty happy. Android needs to simplify its OS than making it more confusing for the consumer. Yes it is easy to work out after a while playing with it. But in all honesty most users now these days do not care about learning they just like things ready for them in the plate...Sometimes i do agree with that. Example again with creating folders for apps. That should be a simple process not a mission to achieve it..That is why i am really contemplating on giving the S3 a miss and going for a pure google phone aka next Nexus as sure we get updates first and what so ever but at least with having a pure google phone you will not have to encounter the features that the network providers and companies like Sammy and HTC apply within the OS..As much as i like TW and the Sense having the option of not having those and actually having the latest firmware straight away is a big bonus...and my S2 is good enough to last me till the next Google phone comes out and i shall be having ICS so i think i am good in waiting
[Galaxy S II General] robt772000:
So does ICS support divx videos like a 2.3 TW rom?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
Go here and just read after 16Nov edit

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrush:
Hey guys trying to help my friend reset the phone to stock. You guys use Odin for the vibrant? If so can I get a thread link to get it back to stock with no root? Thanks in advance!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bfranklin1986:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13132341#post13132341
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrush:
Thank you.
[General Topics] rsvoboda1107:
First let me say I love xda but I have a question. When I go into my favorites folder it always shows every thread from every post, is it me or is that not the most annoying thing. Is there a way of only looking at the main posts and if I want to look at it more I will go into it and look at the thread. I mean there are posts that are very popular and all I see is the posts from there thread and I have to scroll 15 pages to see a new post in the forum. I looked in the settings but couldn't find anything. Any help would be great. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] meilstone:
Can someone recommend me a display protection?

I'm searching for a very clear one, nearly invisible.

Are there any protecion without any single holes in it, except for the speaker? Or isn't it possible to have only one hole for the speaker because of the sensors and front camera?

Do i need a protection which has to be wet attached, because of the curved display? or is it enoguh to buy one wich fits itself without water on the display?

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hiohokaybye:
A little search gets you far :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1391090
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] meilstone:
Thanks mate.

but i don't know any of these brands in Germany. I know brands like Brando, Exim , aFolix and Vikuiti
[General Questions and Answers] malatka:
I have tried it with the phone dialer, Nitrality and SGS Tools but get this message "connection problem or wrong MMI-code"

Any suggestions?
[General Questions and Answers] t1mm0:
Did you have any luck resolving this as I have the same issue?
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
These codes need Samsung firmware. They will not work on AOSP based roms
[General Questions and Answers] K3lthuzad:
Hey all, first time poster. :)

I've just always been curious as to what happens when, say you're running an app or a game on a smartphone, and then lock the screen.

I know the CPU clocks to minimum, but does the app keep using the phone's memory? I'm not too tech savvy when it comes to RAM and how it works, but what does this mean for the phone? Will it use more battery?

And also, is it handled the same way on all phones? WP7, iOS, Android, etc.

Thanks. :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] cat2115:
Please help me. My Infuse 4G doesn't boot. All I see was light on the button. This what happened. I want to go back to stock and use [ODIN][UCKE3] Return to stock (Updated 06/08/11) by gtg465x . I right click on Odin and run as Admin. Odin see my phone on a download mode. I select infuse.pit on PIT, PDA in Pda, and Phone in Phone. then click Start. It got stuck at factory.fs (don't remember the name actual name). It stuck there for so long, maybe like an hour. Then I decide to unplug and pull battery out. close the Odin and redo the step again. This time the status bar went half way and then got stuck again. I left it overnight just to see if it's actually finish and it never did. Just stuck there. Turn the phone on and i only see light on the button. Is my phone dead? I can still able to get to download mode but the phone won't boot.

I done return to stock so many times and was successful. This was the first encounter I had where Odin stuck and never complete it flashing.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rabinfuse:
Try things like reinstalling the drivers, another pc, another usb cable etc.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] cat2115:
Thanks. Will try that and also i will try this [ODIN][UCKD5] Odin - Stock (100% or Root+3e) - (Update 06/05/11) since on FAQ #4 seem to be in my case. But if members had other recommendation, please post. thx in advance
[Samsung Infuse 4G] xIC-MACIx:
Getting stuck on the factory.fs is pretty common here. You might try charging for a bit to see if you can get it to show signs of life. And that link up there^^^(UCKD5 Stock+Root+3e) has worked for me when gtg's didn't. Read the instructions for it carefully as you don't have to check as many boxes. You only need to load the file into the PDA slot. Also if you didn't have the drivers installed your phone wouldn't show up, so that's not your problem (although you could try re-installing them for **** and giggles)...

If THAT doesn't work try Adam's Heimdall one click HERE
[Samsung Infuse 4G] omnimanx1:
If all else fails try a different PC. I had to and it worked like a charm.

Good Luck

Just my 2¢
[Samsung Infuse 4G] deathblade:
I had a similar problem last week I tried on my dads computer, nothing, then went to my computer since my computer had the drivers already on it cuz I used it to put music on my sd card it read it fine and they process went smoothly, so try on a computer that had had it

plugged it in before the problem and if it doesn't find threw phone restart they computer and re put the phone in download mode and try again and keep doing that till it recognizes the phone and it should work then
[Samsung Infuse 4G] veener79:
Some times just trying a different USB port on the same computer will help to. Not sure why but on my laptop the USB port on the right my Captivate did not like for flashing but the one on the left side always worked right.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] cat2115:
Thank you all for helping me out. My infuse is now back in business. I use [ODIN][UCKD5] Odin - Stock (100% or Root+3e) - (Update 06/05/11) but this one got my phone to always boot in recovery mode no matter what i did. So i decide to try Heimdall One-Click Back-To-Stock UCKJ4 + Easy CWM install [2.3.6] (FOR AT&T USERS) and then flash LinuxBozo's Defuse 1.5 kernel. Successfully flash it :). However after using Heimdall One-Click, ODIN did not see my phone when it's in download mode. Besides that, everything went well.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] pkayrat:
I was stuck in Samsung logo. And cannot get into the Download mode. Could you help me with that? Or anyone?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] omnimanx1:
What have you tried so far to get in to Download mode?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Beekersguy:
Dude, this is great. One question though-

Is the ICS build done yet?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] d12unk13astard:
No!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] GenghisKhan67:
LOL

Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks for the laughs!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] regP:
how about now? can we have it?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] 95Z28:
Awesome! I really like the part about needing ics features. Don't misunderstand, I want ics as much as the next guy, but in reality my phone can already do everything I ask of it. I've played with a galaxy nexus and my phone does pretty much what it does, just goes about some of it a little different.:cool:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dominoes20:
Sorry but I don't have the time to read through the whole thread and I just have one question or concern:

I've heard that ICS is ready for some devices so doesn't that mean that it's ready now? I just need a beta version for the facial recognition feature. I'm also going to start a thread flaming LG for not releasing an official version.

:)