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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BumbleG:
My only gripe with Samsung is how they didn't include the Wolfson WM8994 and cheaped out by using a Yamaha DAC, otherwise I'd probably be all over one of the variants. If you're someone who wants to use their phone as their primary portable audio player, and care about sound quality a lot, there's a huge selling point for the Nexus S, as well as the original Galaxy S phones.

Otherwise, the SGS2 is better in pretty much every respect. Not a fan of TouchWiz though, but there would likely be a TouchWiz free ROM shortly after ICS is released for it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surdu_petru:
If you do not have enough money to afford an SII, then go on Nexus S , still good and you can play games without problems ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shark_On_Land:
Does the galaxy nexus have the wolf son?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opensourcefan:
Pls excuse the ignorance...

I've had my DZ (Bell) since release, I've done all the OTA updates etc. Other than being officially SIM unlocked it's not modded at all, nothing.

I recently moved on so now it's sitting around and I wanna "play" with it. Here's my issue...

There are sooooo many guides to achieve root, S-Off etc. Goldcards, Visionary, GFree... I am super confused.

Is there anyone out there that can point me to where to start and what is trusted to get this thing perma-root and S-Off.

2.3.3

Baseband - 12.57.60.25U_26.10.04.12_M

2.42.666.8

Thanks guys
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OriginalGabriel:
It's safer to use the guide here in the wiki, the majority of the other ways have a high brick rate
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodfart:
I can help.. im on bell with desire z...have done it 2 ways. I will post the best when im on my comp
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opensourcefan:
That will be much appreciated, thank you.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodfart:
root 4 you

do you have knowledge of ADB? MESSAGE ME
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opensourcefan:
Yes Sir I do, messaging.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opensourcefan:
bloodfart thank you for the info and directions.

I ended up following this guide which worked flawlessly to downgrade.

Now onto what "should" be the easy task to root and s-off.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodfart:
Wow I'm suprised the other way didn't work...hmmm. well I'm glad it all worked out for you
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stockz:
Sorry about posting in a old post, but I tried to send a pm but I cant because Iam a new user..

I'am in the same situation that opensourcefan, i'm totally confused and I have the same version of software and android.

Well.. I read that you did this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1178912 but I can figure out what I have to do first. Downgrade? root? goldcard?

I just want to unlock my sim card and then delete some pre-installed apps (maybe after read a lot, try to install another ROM or something).

What is first??

Thanks !

EDIT: opensourcefan just answered me the pm (I didnt know that the pm was really sent, the system said that I need 10 post, but anyway. thanks!!)
[Kindle Fire General] 2147:
Rooted my Kindle and worked fine until I tried to load up Red WiFi Icon from DroidPirates.com (MetaMorph File) and lost the entire Status Bar! I still have root but the device is useless without the status bar.....Thanks
[Kindle Fire General] borborpa:
This is not a development issue, it goes under questions.

Try uninstalling the mod, or reflashing from a backup.
[Kindle Fire General] 2147:
Sorry my fault can an admistrator move this posting...sorry again.
[Kindle Fire General] foxdog66:
Metamorph shouldn't be used anymore on things like the status bar and framework. These things do not like being messed with while they are in use. Instead, i highly recommend an app called zipthemer, it will take a metamorph zip file and turn it into a zip that can be flashed in the recovery menu. It will also make a undo zip that you can flash to revert back. Just make sure that if you change or update the ROM, remake both the theme and undo zips! That part is VERY important!
[Kindle Fire General] keithjeffrey:
I had a similar issue trying to use a Metamorphose mod to change the lock screen slider color. In the end I pushed a clean framework-res.apk to the device via adb as described in the "unbrick your kindle fire" thread.

Basically whatever file is referenced in the Metamorphose zip is probably the one that you need to replace. Good luck!
[Kindle Fire General] 2147:
I'll Give it a Shot and let you know..Many Thanks.
[Kindle Fire General] 2147:
No luck yet any other Suggestions?
[Kindle Fire General] bradsinram:
Pushing it via adb should be pretty simple just grab it from the 6.2.1 update.zip and push the framework.apk to the system
[Kindle Fire General] foxdog66:
It's not the framework, it's SystemUI.apk

Do you have twrp installed/working? Were you running stock 6.2.1?
[Kindle Fire General] 2147:
Yup running 6.2.1 and twrp installed and working. I'll try pushing SystemUI.apk.. I'll let you know soon....Thanks
[Kindle Fire General] 2147:
This is what I got;

c:\KindleADB>adb push SystemUI.apk /data/local/tmp

2423 KB/s (600596 bytes in 0.242s)

c:\KindleADB>adb shell mount -o remount rw /system

mount: Operation not permitted

c:\KindleADB>
[Kindle Fire General] foxdog66:
If you have twrp installed, boot into it then.....

adb remount

adb push SystemUI.apk /system/app/SystemUI.apk

adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/SystemUI.apk

adb reboot

And you should be good to go
[Kindle Fire General] 2147:
48 Hours Later you are the Man!!!!! It Worked!!! Dang...
[Kindle Fire General] 2147:
One last thing after getting my Status Bar back I rebooted and TWRP launches and I get the Tablet Menu thing how do I get a normal boot?
[Kindle Fire General] foxdog66:
Do you have the firefirefire bootloader? (The triangle screen when you first turn it on) if so, then unplug and turn your kindle all the way off. In terminal/cmd type...

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000

It will say something about waiting for device, plug your kindle in. It will turn on by itself and run the command. When it's done (it should take just a second or two) type...

fastboot reboot

And it should boot up normal :)
[Kindle Fire General] foxdog66:
Or what would be easier.... At twrp....

adb shell

idme bootmode 4000

reboot
[Kindle Fire General] 2147:
That worked thanks Guys...........
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VeryCoolAlan:
Hi,

I have a Titan, I like it.

But I kind of miss android.

I had a Vibrant (GS1) and moved to WinPhone7

Should I drop the Titan and get the S2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
By the looks of it, WindowsPhone doesn't seem to progressing as much as Android. I came from Windows Mobile to android when I got the Captivate last year, now the GS2. glad I left windows phones.

You will find better development on Android phones here on xda.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mike21pr:
The EXACT same story as me. Had a Vibrant running ICS, switched to ATT to get a Titan because i love Windows Phone, but after a week I realized that it wansnt ready for me to commit a contract to it, so i opened a thread about the same thing and decided to swap it for a SGS2 (not its laggier yet overrated brother Skyrocket) and I love it. Trust me, its the only Android where you will not miss WP7.5's smoothnes since its lag free and smooth as silk. It can handle any game i throw at it and ICS is where i put Androids lack if polish vs Windows Phone to rest when CM9 hits.

Id say go for it, personally ill wait till WP8 and third gen devices hit before thinking of going back to WP

sEnT fRoM mY ExYnOs PoWeReD MoNsTeR
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
WP has been progressing quite a bit - it's easy to make progress when you're that far behind.

WP7 was an epic steaming turd when it came out and it still has a long way to go. They basically took everything that was good about WM6.5 and threw it away, and had a shiny UI and nothing else.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milleirish:
Hello all, I am heavily think about paying my ETF from AT&T and moving to Sprint. I can get 4 smart phones for the same price plan as I have at AT&T with just 2 smart phones and 2 regular phones.

On that note, I am looking at either the SGII or the Nexus S. What are you opinions? Only downfall I see about the SGII is touchwiz and Samsung has a BIG!! history of not updating their OS.

Please let a future Sprint customer know your opinion.

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I have both phones and I love them both. It really depends if you want to get the NS4G for free (at least I think its free) or spend $200 for the ET4G. It also depends if you have to have ICS now or if you can wait. The ET4G comes with the vanilla GB launcher as well as Touchwiz so you can grab Home Switcher app and never see the standard TW home screen interface. If you want tons of development and timely updates, go for the Nexus. If you want battery life and over the top performance go for the ET4G. of you want any specific things compared, just let me know
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shawayne21:
Had both, SGS2 is a WAY better device all around.

Super fast, great battery life, no lag.

Oh and did I mention, NO lag.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milleirish:
I will be rooting the device I get, so Touchwiz wont be problem I guess since I will flash a custom rom. Even tho the Nexus S is Samsung its Google so you get the updates. With the SGSII the thing that is holding me back is the updates.. Samsung Captivate put a bad taste in my mouth with Samsung Touchwiz phones... They never updated from Froyo, you had to root and flash to get updates.

Thanks for the info so far.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bryanh85:
Fyi, amazon.com is selling the epic 4g touch for $79.99 for new contracts. And they have a promotion going on for hot spot enabled devices. Buy a hot spot enabled device with hot spot activated at time of purchase and you will receive $100 amazon gift card. Offer ends December 31st
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I posted some of these in another thread. Here's a taste of the Epic Touch. No overclock, no undervolt ..stock repacked kernel with CWM...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fataldesain:
I have the epic and my gf has the nexus both are amazing. The nexus is running like a champ with ics but no where near as fast as the epic. Get the epic for hard core users and nexus for average.

Also order on amazon wireless for even more of a discount
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milleirish:
Damn that sucks, I have to go thru the Sprint store because my family wants to keep their numbers. Plus they all want a ICrap 4, I will be the only one getting a Android phone. The store said they would hook me up, with $50 any Android phone when I buy the 3 ICrap 4 phones, and then they would waive the activation fees on all phones and knock off the taxes.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingsway8605:
At the current time, I would not buy a samsung phone unless it was a nexus. With samsung announcing that the Galaxy S phones released just a year ago will not be updated, even though a couple versions of it are still on froyo, they have demonstrated that they will not support their phones after the sale and do not care about their customers.

The nexus s was released a year ago so I suspect google will end support in one year, which is reasonable. So just keep in mind you won't get official support for the life of the contract. Plus the hardware is becoming dated.

At this point I would recommend the iPhone or the evo 3d. They will both receive updates for some time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
I wouod reccomend the GSII. It has gingerbread, samsung said they will be release ICS 1st quarter of 2012 ( worst case scenario you wait for the second quarter for sprint to sprinkle Touch Wiz on it). The hardware is future proof for thr next 2 years, im sure of there wont be anything it wont be able to run smoothly before your 2yr contract is up. Best screen on the market or 2nd best but i say #1 because its got the best GPU. Every one was throwing a fit (and rightfully so) when samsung didnt release a fix quickly for the Loss Of Service problem it had. How ever with EK02 and EL13 its vitually gone and as for the GPS its spot on. Havent heard of the "System OS" bug in the latest updates. So what im saying is there are no URGENT updates. Its 100% working and ICS is a for sure. So get the E4GT my man :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Indrid Cole:
Disregard kings post. He already has stated his love for the friuty phone. For some reason he is stuck on the assumption Sammy is not going to give sgs1 phones ICS. But if ya do alil reading you will see Sammy is now working on getting 4.0 on sgs1 and the gtab.

Oh yeah one more thing evo 3d is a piece of crap. All HTC phones suk ass compared to Samsung. Ok King your turn to write your usual 3 paragraph rant on how much you hate your current phone and your life.LMFAO..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ppcpirate:
you should know that Sprint has been having data speed issues in many areas for the past 6 months. you might not get data speeds anywhere close to what you were getting on ATT. For example, in downtown chicago, sprint 3g speeds range from 50kbps to 250kbps during the day. 4g is much better though, 3-5mbps. I would suggest testing out the data speeds in your location before moving to sprint.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Indrid Cole:
Wimax/LTE. Enough said on 4g. But with 4 lines Im sure you go over your limit W//att. Yes sprint is slower but it is unlimited data. Unlike Tmobile/att/Verizon.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingsway8605:
Yes, I do like the iPhone, along with millions of other people around the world. It is truly a piece of art. I liked my epic touch as well until Samsung demonstrated they are not going to provide the support that Apple does. HTC seems to be a good middle ground, not as good as apple with updates, but close. If op cares about updates, Samsung is not the way to go right now. The nexus on sprint is older and the Epic touch will be abandoned before it should just like the behold was, the moment was, the original epic was, just like the galaxy s was, as well as countless other Samsung phones who never got updates the hardware could support. If op is fine with being stuck on the same version of Android forever, then the epic touch seems like a good choice.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
What update do you want after ICS? Most of the flashaholics get a new phone every year anyway. I buy a phone based off of what it does out of the box not based off of if it will still get incremental updates 18 months from now. Also, Sammy has stated that all new phones will be supported for 18 months. We have gone from 2.3.4 to 2.3.6 already and only one phone has received the ICS OTA. update.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingsway8605:
I want the phones to be supported for two years after release (the length of the contract for someone who bought it at release). This is what Apple generally does and this is what google generally does with the nexus. Seems reasonable to me. Sammy still has high end phones release less than 18 months ago on froyo, true story.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lifyre:
Using both phones on a daily basis I'll give you my Pros/Cons of each.

iPhone

Pro:

1) It's GSM

2) The hardware is solid

3) Metric ton of accessories

4) Good out of the box experience

5) Great battery life when not bugged

6) Typically updated for at least 2 years

Cons:

1) iOS is like riding a horse with 3 broken legs after using Android

2) It's on AT&T (by far the lowest ranked provider by consumer reports for a reason)

3) Small Screen

4) Not power user (or even remotely power user) friendly

5) I find it not as smooth as the E4GT

6) There is a bug in there somewhere that leads to serious battery drain and there is no way (that I've found) to figure out what. It's happened more than once to me and the only solution has been factory reset and not install many apps (especially not ones that might be location aware). This also does NOT seem to be a common experience.

7) Jailbrake is not as nice as rooting IF you can do it (4S cannot)

8) No sideloading

9) No 4G

10) No widgets

11) iTunes

12) Updated once a year

Epic 4G Touch

Pro:

1) Fast

2) Amazing Screen

3) Rootable

4) Much more flexible/customizable

5) Good Battery Life

6) Light (weighs less than the iPhone and my old Eris)

7) Has 4G capability

8) Widgets (This is huge actually)

9) Will likely be updated more often than iOS

Cons:

1) Android Apps do not (generally) seem as polished as iOS apps

2) CDMA

3) The phone is HUGE (Not a con for me but it is a half inch or more longer and wider than the iPhone)

4) Samsung Radio

5) Likely to be updated for less than 2 years

I do not like using my iPhone. It is literally a phone for sheep because there is only one phone, one way to use your phone, and if you don't want to use it the way Apple commands you're SOL. Compared to my 2 year old Eris it was nice. Compared to my E4GT it is garbage that Apple should be embarrassed to sell.

I'm sure there are more cons for the E4GT and more pros for the iPhone I just haven't found them yet.

Edit: Support for Android by the OEMs is largely irrelevant to me. I had gingerbread on my Eris before all but one phone on the market. I even have played with ICS on it. Even then 18 months of support is more than I would ask for.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
That's actually not an unreasonable request ..lol. its probably a sales and marketing ploy to get people itching to get the next big thing
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
That's a nice breakdown..if its unbiased. Lol. You really can't side load apps on the IPhone?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Indrid Cole:
I for one and I'm sure I speak for many. I do not like being told what I can and can't do with my property. I guess it's the Texan in me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Ditto. It generally makes me want to do it more..lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Indrid Cole:
+1to that brother.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lifyre:
No side loading on an iPhone unless you jailbreak it. Otherwise companies could sell apps without Apple getting their 30%. You might also be able to add unapproved functionality or install better functionality than Apple provides/approves.

Also it isn't unbiased in the least I despise my iPhone but work insists I have it. I did try to give a fair break down though for someone trying to choose.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milleirish:
I want to thank everyone for your opinions.. One thing, I looked in the developer section, is there a ICS custom rom yet for the ET4G?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Not yet. In due time. The only phones that I know of that have a fully functional ICS ROM is the Google Nexus and Nexus S/Nexus S 4G. I have it on my NS4G and it is very nice but there are still some wrinkles to work out. Supposedly the official OTA was pulled temporarily by Google because of battery life issues. I deleted several gapps off of it to get the battery to settle down. I wouldn't be surprised if it was 4.0.4 or 4.0.5 when we see it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Nextelian:
Here's a little deal sweetener for you. Once you figure out what phones you'd like, hit this link:

http://www.sprint.com/sero

and put in my email address.

sal<dot>conti<at>sprint<dot>com

CID: 646

Enjoy some Sprint Employee Referral discount and additional minutes for your money. Thanks for giving Sprint your business, let me know if there is anything else you need :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milleirish:
Wow, Thank you very much! The price on those plans are better then the Company Discount I will get. Can just bring that info into the store and they will give me the discount? I email the sells guy today to see if they would price match the ET4G to the price that Amazon is sealing it. I will be moving once I get the total price for buying the 4 phones at Sprint and the ETF from AT&T. I want to thank everyone again for all the information.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Indrid Cole:
Your welcome. Also you will love the epic touch. This RIG rocks babby.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Nextelian:
You'll only get those prices from the website I sent you to. The retail guys probably won't be able to match them.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] arionfrost:
Quoted for ****ing Truth!

Let's not forget when thousands of people were complaining about legitimate signal reception issues, Steve Jobs (bless his rested soul) had that gall to publicly tell people they were holding it wrong.

E4GT has been out for all of 3 months now and we have had 2 Modem updates so far. I would say that Samsung has both acknowledged this issue and has done something to mitigate it.

Some people prefer to be sheep... Not much else to say about that.
[HTC Inspire 4G] t18j21:
Okay, I was trying to root my Inspire and while doing it, I got an error. Now when I try to turn it on, it only goes to a screen that says HTC in the middle and little triangles in all 4 corners. I even try to hold power button and volume down, but that doesnt work either... What do I do?
[HTC Inspire 4G] MMM-BACONSTRIPS:
I'm assuming you were using the hack kit...go back to the op and use the irc chatroom..that will be the quickest way to get answera
[HTC Inspire 4G] t18j21:
How do I do that?? I just need my phone to work!!

Also when I plug it into the computer then plug it out, it come up with a screen that says:

ace pvt ship s-off rl

hboot-0.85.0024

microp-0438

radio-26.06.06.30 _m

emmc-boot

apr 12 2011,00:55:45

RUU
[HTC Inspire 4G] MMM-BACONSTRIPS:
C'mon man! If you honestly don't know how to enter the IRC chatroom, you clearly needed to read for comprehension a lot more before attempting to root your phone. ATTN1 was not joking when he stated read everything including all the information in the OP. Go to the hack kit thread and click the link for the IRC chatroom. If this confuses you, please please please read more before you destroy your phone permanently.
[HTC Inspire 4G] t18j21:
Okay, Im in a chatroom now. Sorry...
[HTC Inspire 4G] t18j21:
No one is chatting??? I just need to fix it
[HTC Inspire 4G] MMM-BACONSTRIPS:
No need to apologize, I'm just trying to get you where you need to be and help you out so you don't ruin your phone...if no one is chatting you might want to give it some time, the devs do have other things going...hopefully someone here with more experience will see this thread and help you out...the triangles in the 4 corners is new to me...I have had to troubleshoot some rooting issues I had when I first started but seeing 4 triangles is something I know nothing about. I know it seems bad right now but once someone in the IRC gets there and can help, it's the best place to be! Relax man, in the end its just a phone...so take a breath
[HTC Inspire 4G] t18j21:
But I spent $350 on it and my parents will kill me! They also kicked me from the chat....
[HTC Inspire 4G] MMM-BACONSTRIPS:
I know this isn't what you want to hear but you did read (I hope) and you knew there was a chance that something could go wrong. If you weren't willing to deal with the consequences, you maybe shouldn't have tried rooting. Most problems come from people not reading and understanding everything in the rooting process and they forgot something which caused them to get jammed up. I'm not sure what you're asking in the IRC chatroom but if you got kicked it was for asking something that was covered either in the manual or the OP..
[HTC Inspire 4G] zelendel:
Agreed go back and reread everything again in the OP and manual.

On a side note. Only make one thread about a question. No need to make more then one. I deleted the other.

Make sure you know what you are doing before you do it. Rooting your phone is not something to be taken lightly. There is a chance of bricking it. Even if it is a small one.