yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzi_a:
Hi guys. Sorry if this is similar to another question in these Q&A sections but i've gone through so many threads that i'm sick to the bones and ready to blow.

I have the original HTC Desire S-LCD model (slightly slower people, please note it is NOT the S, Z or HD, you don't know how many times this happens) and i used the official update for 2.3.3 gingerbread from the HTC developer site. The thing is though, it's very buggy and the lack of space is annoying me. I managed to get S-Off and install Revolutionary recovery onto it.

(HBOOT version says 6.93.1002 (not sure why it has the 6 part) and it says "Bravo PVT3 Ship S-Off")

I tried using root programs but none of them worked on it. To flash another ROM do i have to root it or can i just flash from this stage? Also what ROM would you guys reccommend? I'm wanting one with the new sense 3.0 or even the HTC Desire S ROM with sense 2.1 and apps2sd. I'm constantly uninstalling and reinstalling apps co its always almost full.

Again, sorry if this is unneccessary spam that has been asked before but i'm tired, confused, sick and annoyed.

Thanks, Huzi.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzi_a:
And please for the love of god don't tell me to use the search bar. At least link me. Please?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bus_ter:
You can get some cool ROMS here: http://www.cooldevs.com/ that include upto sense 3.5!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
New ROM has be flashed from recovery. Always follow installation instructions when you flash a new rom. To find a good one, check the developers thread.

A good beginnersguide can be found here on XDA (Sticky in General section).

Swyped from ICS with Transparent XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bortak:
reboot into recovery (either through the bootloader, or by adb reboot recovery).

If you just get an exclamation mark in a triangle, you need to flash recovery. Look at my guide.

If you have a custom recovery, backup your rom (it's pretty self explanatory how), do a full format from mounts & storage (apart from your sd-card), then select flash zip from sd, and then choose a rom to flash. Don't ask which is best or what to recommend. It's all personal preference.

ROM's I frequent:

Cyanogenmod

MIUI XJ
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grazy2266:
I can recommend the noobs thread it tells you everything, I've used it many of times and you soon pick.up on stuff.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzi_a:
So what you're saying is that I don't need to root or create a goldcard or anything? As long as I have this custom recovery I can flash a new ROM?

Also another thing that worries me is the radio part of the ROM. That was the reason I had to send my phone back to HTC coz there was an error when it was at the ROM stage and wouldn't boot an OS after that.

Can I flash a new ROM without the radio or does that mean no calling etc?

And also does the radio have to be specific to my region and operator? (o2 uk)

(sorry about the long winded questions)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaffa90:
Yes, you don't need a goldcard to flash a new ROM. The radio doesn't affect the booting up of the OS, it just affects your network signal and anything else associated with the radio. The radio doesn't need to be flashed everytime you change ROM's. You can look here to see if you have the latest one

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=687464

The radios are not region specific :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzi_a:
Thanks a lot for clarifying that. I think I'm gonna get started with a sense 3.0 ROM. :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaffa90:
No problem bro :) hope you find a ROM to your liking. You could try this one its a 2.1+3.0 sense rom.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1300224
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terepin:
You know what? Delete all tutorials. What's the point of having them, when suckers will jump to every n00b like superheroes and will re-write the same things all over again?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzi_a:
And let me ask you something. Is it such a crime to ask for help and give help? I've read through every tutorial i needed and still ran into problems. A store worker doesn't ignore you when you need something just coz people have asked before. By signing up to XDA you are automatically willing to help others or even help yourself when problems arise.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terepin:
Revolutionary. Single word that fixes all. Instead, they gave you even recipes for secret cake! That's not helping, that's spamming.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srijansood:
Where is this noobs thread? Link Please.

Pardon my noobiness.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terepin:
Maybe if it will has flashing lights and cool music n00bs will notice it...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dantecampaza:
Jesus sayd "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." and not "Kill the n00bs"
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terepin:
Two things:

1. Grammar FAIL!

2. I'm not their father.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stankyou:
Terepin, I just wanna say that I like your avatar. It adds character to your posts.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terepin:
While thank you. I'm trying to do my best.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dantecampaza:
I apologize for my grammar, I am a non-english self made (badly) writer, with big fingers and a small keyboard.

I know you are not their father and this is a very big luck for them.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Terepin:
It sure is. Otherwise they would have been grounded for lifetime!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzi_a:
If you didn't notice before, Revolutionary doesn't support the gingerbread update for the HTC Desire.

But thanks guys, now running Cool BravoS v10. :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Revolutionary supports Gingerbread (2.3.3) update.

Swiftkeyed from ICS with Transparent XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzi_a:
Wait a sec. Ok, noob mistake, got revolutionary mixed up with unrevoked. Yeah, I have revolutionary installed. My bad. :S
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tash82:
does flashtool recognize my device? Instead of saying x10 connected, it says 'connected in flash mode'

thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tash82:
also, how do i know which firmware to flash from ftf list?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] forest.peterson:
Same as posted here "I have an HTC [differing: Touch Pro (Alltel CDMA)]. I followed the instruction on xdaforums.com for [FRX*] but it [enters an endless loop] at "task rpcrouter:15 blocked for more than 120 sec". The solution that worked in that link does not solve the same problem with a CDMA RAPH800.

The solution given there (paraphrased from that thread):

Link to the fix. The issue is caused by not having a data plan; the install gets stuck in a loop looking for a signal.

The solution that worked for a GSM phone

download RIL file from http://xdaforums.com/atta...9&d=1302817139 and place in the root of microsd.

download rootfs file from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1NGCVCTT and place in the root of microso.

add to the end of /conf/froyo.user.conf file "/sdcard/libhtcgeneric-ril.so /lib/froyo/libhtcgeneric-ril.so" before the last "}"

Please help me find a solution for a CDMA phone - next month I'd like to take a dozen of these phones and use them as learning aids in a construction course for laborers, but I cannot start testing construction applications since I cannot get the OS to work.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] R^7Z:
I'm curious as to what happens when you format your microSD and run FRX7.1MR without anything additional. Could I get you to try this method without the additional stuff?

To be explicit, I'd like you to format your microSD with something other than the Windows method and I'd like you to download THIS (if you haven't already) and THIS. Extract the contents of both files to the root of your microSD. You should see a folder called "FRX07.1" and under that folder, you should see 3 folders and 7 files. Move the contents of that folder up to the root of the microSD. Look under the folder called "STARTUPS" and locate your device type (ie RAPH800) and copy over to the root of your microSD. Once done, run Haret on your phone and let me know what happens.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] forest.peterson:
do you have an application you suggest for "format your microSD with something other than the Windows method"; sourceforge did not turn up anything.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Hakim Rahman:
use SDFormatter
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] forest.peterson:
wow that SDformatter link has a lot of popups - this link feels less like I just found a date at the bus-stop sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3 ; but it will not install on either Server2008R2 x64 or Server2003 R2 SP2 x32.

I reformatted the microSd with the format tool in Server2008R2 as FAT format. Installed the files, and boom - I see little green guys swirling around the screen. After awhile a dialog appeared "Sorry! The process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again"; the dialog closed and it seems like it works! Thank you. I will try again with the HPtool and as FAT32.

Now I just need to learn how to use Android - and the screen calibration seems off? Deleting ts-calibration and rebooting to calibrate.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] R^7Z:
Glad to hear using the latest bundle works for you! Yeah, that might be a slight issue with an outdated kernel. The main thing I wanted to do is get you booted up first! ;)

Before we continue, make sure you make a backup of your current configuration by copying the contents of the microSD and either moving it to your computer or some other storage device. This way you know you have a "working" bundle. :cool:

Next we update the kernel package from HERE; might I suggest using THIS kernel package. Be sure to delete the old files (should be located under root of the microSD and called modules-xxx and zImage) first! Extract till you see two files then rename zImage-xxx to just zImage and feel free to delete the files you extracted from. I've always created my own ts-calibration file but just wanted you to have it, "just in case".

Additionally, you may also need to update the rootfs by deleting the file called rootfs and downloading THIS file. Extract the file and rename to just rootfs and be sure to place it where the file called Haret is (default location is root of the microSD).
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] forest.peterson:
files are downloaded and installed - everything seems to work
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] droidtwoseven:
Need ICS Theme for my SanGingerAce. Is this possible?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] kevinlekiller:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1327602
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lexxon87:
Hi,

This is a strange issue I haven't seen anyone post about yet.

So ICS has this nice new text replacement feature that looks like this (courtesy Android Police's GNex Review):

http://cdn.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wm_Screenshot_2011-12-20-18-20-54.jpg

Now, I can long-press the word, the replace menu with the replacement words comes up, I click the word, the word changes. No problem, right? Well, if I either keep typing, rotate the screen, or send the message, the word I just replaced goes right back to the word I didn't want it to be. Example: The phone autocorrected a misspell of 'bring' to 'being'. I long-press being, change it to bring. I rotate the screen or wait/continue typing...it changes back. I tried it over 10 times...ever time it never sticks. It only sticks if I manually backspace and retype it.

Any idea why this would be happening? Phone info:

ICS 4.0.2 stock rooted

Only mod is Google Wallet APK

I don't know how long it's been happening but I feel like it only worked on the day of release, at best.
[G Tablet Android Development] tlytkine:
As our device is dying in support I feel that we need to develop a large development team (10+ people) that will work on ICS for our gtablet. I mean after all our device is capable of running it ( Tegra 250). If you would like to be part of this team shoot an email to gtabdevteam@gmail.com explaining why you want to be part of this team and what you can contribute. Thank you.
[G Tablet Android Development] bdds13:
You know that you need a new kernel for ICS to work properly right? Ch3vr0n5 and dpw13 are currently working on it over at slatedroid.
[G Tablet Android Development] texasice:
lol. i was gonna post something similar to this in the next couple days. I made the n1 ics port and started work today trying to get ics booting on my gtab. I think first order of business is to start a room on freenode.

#tegratab_ics_dev

all interested parties please join

btw im drewis
[G Tablet Android Development] qkster:
guys,

pm jazzruby, tek112 or fosser2, ch3vron..they are also over @ slatedroid viewsonic gtablet forum..

they have been working on a kernel with hw accel for HC3.2 and ICS. There are been some teaser pics by fosser with ics running on his gtablet.

I'm sure they could use your help...

kernel dev in the gtablet laboratory forum as well.
[G Tablet Android Development] sjmoreno:
The CyanogenMod team has also said they will continue to support our gTabs so I am looking forward to CM9 which hopefully will drop some time in January.
[G Tablet Android Development] AstainHellbring:
uhm based on what you quote nothing is said there we dont have qsd in our gtabs...
[G Tablet Android Development] fosser2:
If anyone is interested and has dev experience shoot me a pm and i'll get you up to date. thanks
[G Tablet Android Development] texasice:
Yea upon further investigation there are already a few people working on this. In fact a quick google search will find you a booting cm9 for gtab. (i dont want to post the link since it is pre alpha and not my rom) but the gtab is not lacking devs by any means. (they just arent on xda)

oh and forget my post about the irc room there is already one. but again you must find it yourself :)

dont know why the pic is green but whatever
[G Tablet Android Development] fosser2:
I appreciate that you didn't post the link to this, and please anyone else who "finds" this build (yes its out there) please do not post it anywhere either. It is extremely beta and has many problems (to the point where you would have to open your tablet to push the internal reset button). Thanks
[G Tablet Android Development] iammuze:
i really don't appreciate this elitist dev crap. "yeah there's a place where you can talk about it, and a build you can get to try it, but i'm not going to tell you where." i completely understand that the devs are doing work that we (I) can't do and that they're entitled to a bit of leeway for that but if they're going to talk about their work in public and post shots, they're just doing it to get a rise out of people. there is no valid reason to restrict people from trying out alpha builds except to keep others out of their club.

of course, if you want to install something against the advice of someone who knows a lot more than you do, that's your perogative but you assume all responsibility. it does absolutely make sense that the devs want ZERO whining or "bug reporting" from alpha builds. ostensibly, the devs and those with technical acumen are trying to protect newbs who might fry their tabs. to my thinking however, nothing would make someone learn faster not to flash random **** than a $300 brick. we're all intelligent humans and not children, however, so

links:

cm9 alpha (install script edited)

gapps

original file

note: THIS IS NOT A DAILY DRIVER. i tested it on a 1.2BL tab. i had to turn off the getprop script asserts to get it to install, which is usually bad form. it boots, but we have no hw acceleration, no wifi, no camera, no sound, no usb storage or adb... etc. this is just a taste, proof that work is being done.

irc is freenode #gtab_kerneldev
[G Tablet Android Development] antonholmstedt:
Notion ink adam is getting official ICS, I suppose that will help a lot? :)
[G Tablet Android Development] BigJeff:
I realize you're just trying to show people where it is, but if the devs don't want you pouring out THEIR work to the world just yet, I think it's best to listen.
[G Tablet Android Development] kieso:
There are good reasons why the devs don't want this posted. Its not to spite anyone or rub it in their faces. 1 they don't want to be liable for someone elses damaged tablet, 2 do you know if the voltage regulators aren't correct it could fry your gtablet permanently, 3 they're a good hard working group who is doing this for zero dollars in their spare personal time and only want to put out a good working product. Have a little respect for their wishes. Be warned that alpha build could permanent damage your gtablet.
[G Tablet Android Development] fosser2:
Well aren't you cool, learning how to use google and ****.

EDIT: Ok now that I'm done fuming about this. The release that was posted is an early build of CM9. It is based off of Android 4.0.3. The kernel that is included with that release is linux 2.6.36. Since then, we have now moved onto 2.6.39. In no way is the "dev" group elitist. At any time anyone could have joined the IRC group and asked for a download link to the latest kernel/rom. The reason this has not been released yet is because of the "power button" script. When the power button is tripped at random times it causes the entire tablet to freeze up. The only way to "reset" the tablet is to open it up and press the internal reset button, thereby voiding any warranty from Viewsonic. Another issue that I have seen with using this kernel is possible damage to the camera. Just a few days ago I learned that while running this kernel the camera heats up and is hot to the touch, almost to the point of burning yourself. I have since then, unplugged the camera from the mainboard, to hopefully stop damage to the camera (I'm guessing that whoever has run this already without unplugging their camera, has potentially fried it). In short, installing this rom does give you some latest and greatest software to play with, but with it comes risks. DO NOT INSTALL THIS ROM/KERNEL IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO RISK DAMAGING YOUR TABLET.

ps. As a dev. team, we will be releasing HC with a .36 kernel that supports hw accel very soon. Keep your heads up for that release. Hopefully this release can hold people over until everything becomes more stable. Thank you all for patiently waiting.
[G Tablet Android Development] kieso:
Kids.....they think they know everything! Haha, just kidding but hopefully maybe people understand why now. Im pumped about the HC release! Im tired of froyo and can't wait to play the THD games that required 2.3+. Thank you and the rest of the team so much for your hard work. Im not a programmer but im going to start digging for the technical info you need for the camera.
[G Tablet Android Development] the3dman:
Thanks to all the Devs working on this stuff for us! That said if you guys need any testing done just shoot me a PM, I rarely use my tablet any more and have cracked it open plenty of times for other hardware testing. I don't have much time to work on software anymore, but am more than willing to test stuff for you if you don't wish to risk your tablets. Again thanks for all your work.
[G Tablet Android Development] tjsooley:
MOD EDIT:

FORUM RULES:

Encouraging members to participate in forum activities on other phone related sites is prohibited.

Off-site downloads are permitted if the site is non-commercial and does not require registration.
[G Tablet Android Development] jerdog:
Closing this thread - this is just getting out of hand folks.
[HTC Sensation] Xxul:
When playin a album it seems there is no SWIPE-TO-CHANGE-TRACK function. Any ideas?

P.s while playing all song it works fine
[HTC Sensation] Xxul:
Am i the only one??
[HTC Sensation] sromer:
It only works when you're switching between songs in different albums
[HTC Sensation] Xxul:
Stupid me..
[Nook Color General] wkndracr:
I'd hate to start a new thread just for this, but I can't seem to find any answers by searching. I made a cm7 bootable sd card for my mom a while back and all was working fine for a few months then all of a sudden it won't go past the android boot screen.

I tried reinstalling the cm7 image by just putting it on the sd card (the latest stable version from the cyanogen mod wiki 7.1.0. still the same thing. I suppose I can try reformatting the card and starting from scratch, but I want to try to keep all the apps and settings the way it was so she doesnt have to set everything up again. Any suggestions? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zeon45:
First, pardon my ignorance on this matter. Since Google released the factory imagines for the Galaxy Nexus does this allow you to restore the phone no matter how bad you brick it? Thanks in advanced :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Pretty much, as long as some how you dont break fastboot
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zeon45:
thanks, I was deciding on whether I should flash YAKJU on my YAKJUXX, knowing that there is a way to fix a possible mistake is reassuring
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Well to do that you need to flash the bootloader.

If you screw up flashing the bootloader (like unplugging the cable when it's transfering the file), then you're dead.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JJHunterx:
Exactly.

On some of the SGS phones its possible to mod them to be unbrickable. Basically you can make it so it boots via USB (at least that's what I understand it to do)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1310865
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jkoljo:
Actually fastboot is a very safe protocol, it checks for sums before sending and before flashing so that the image is still intact. However if your bootloader is already corrupt on your computer or you dd (flash) some crap into the bootloader partition, your phone will be bricked.

I know a guy who wanted to return his HTC Desire HD. He replaced his bootloader with a porn image. I don't think I have to mention that the phone did not boot anymore :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spacecasespiff:
What is the method to fix a phone that is in a boot loop or something else.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daleski75:
No phone is idiot proof and as a previous Galaxy S II owner I have seen guys flash a i9000 (Galaxy S) ROM to their phone and then wonder why it does not boot and the amount of guys who flashed the partition table which also screwed their phones is unbelievable.

Bottom line is read the documentation and read it again and any questions ask on here and from there you cannot go wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Deleted member 3693611:
hahahahahaha you just made my day
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daleski75:
lol how the hell did they manage to do that?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SQFreak:
Boot it into fastboot and flash the latest official Google image, I would imagine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] forelli:
LMFAO

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josteink:
If you braek fastboot, dont you still have Odin? ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
that ws ****in hilarious!!!! :D :D :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Good point. Yes.

No idea how to use it though
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chainfire:
Quite probably not.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] astmacca:
Hi all. Was wondering if anyone out there is having GPS issues on 4.0.3?

I did the update just before I left home to go to Indonesia and now I'm here the GPS won't get a lock particularly when using google maps. Says it has sattelites in range but even with 4 or 6 won't get a lock. However did manage to get a lock a couple of nights ago using SkEye astronomy program.

Any feedback appreciated.