yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] naddie:
I'm starting to take an interest in learning his to compile ROMs from source. Thanks to Shen's video, I'm inspired to do so now.

I noticed in his instructions that its very straight forward for Nexus phones, which is disconcerning since my other play thing is a Samsung Vibrant (I don't want to play around with my daily driver which is the SGS2). Plus I noticed Google makes the binaries (drivers) oh so readily available unlike other manufacturers.

Should I get a Nexus S (more devices are like this with actual buttons, and its cheaper) or the Nexus Galaxy (more expensive, and I'm not completely sold on other manufacturers are going the soft button route).

If the Galaxy Nexus was just a spec bump, my decision would be easy, but I have a feeling the lack of buttons would making learning one vs the other a different experience.

Thanks all!

Also any links or advice for someone who doesn't know jack about programming starting to learn the ins and outs of Android and the ARM platform would be helpful. I also would like to see if I can compile WebOS once the source is available.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CNghost:
Let's start a discussion :D what do you guys do with YOUR Ace? After all that rooting, flashings, overclockings, brickings and bootloopings...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
i am theming it
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CNghost:
If only I could do it...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] side_effect:
theming nd lil bit of modding..!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
its very simple theming icons are super simple

lovetx has his mod of sgsII themed icons in themes and apps section if you download it and extract on pc you can change all icons

and with a site i dont know anymore you can resize icons that are to big to 48x48 so you can use it
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] thedisturbedone:
Do something new.. get fed up of it.. reverse the procedure.. and then do something else.. and yeh.. keep doing things..

Till i fill my piggy bank to get a bigger toy :P
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] devilsking:
Learning from others (other devs, others guide from other phones) and Applying on Ace :P
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
thats true
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CNghost:
All I could do was test Roms and applying themes made by other people :p I wish I could contribute to the community..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
look in themes and apps

search for mod : custom icons or themes for any stock rom

download it and put your own custom icons in it and convert these icons to 48x 48

and zip it and your done

i have SGSII mine sgace now

with custom icons and app drawer icons
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
this is what ive done
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CallMeVentus:
Get tired of it and flash back to stock

Herpderp DXKPB.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CNghost:
Thanks dude :D will give it a go
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CNghost:
Yep. I get tired of roms too.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CallMeVentus:
I miss the stock bootanim.....unfortunately CF-ROOT doesn't allow that :/

Herpderp DXKPB.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] LeonardLuangga:
flash it with CyanogeMod ROM, install tweaks, install *need root* apps, etc
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Pittoreski:
I'm playing around with the system files via the Terminal, enjoying CWM with cm 7.1. The first thing I did when I rooted my phone was deleting those useless and unwanted Samsung apps. Root equals freedom and exploration, which is definitely what I enjoy the most from my device.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Prawesome:
Me too..The only thing i threw my warranty away was to uninstall those idiotic apps :mad:

Btw,I am tired of all the roms,my roms,all the ports(Not ICS though :p)....And now..huh..Did anyone see my galaxy ace :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] franzks:
I finally play games on it.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] egregious:
Learning and flashing all day long. :p

Waiting to get tired so that I can revert back to stock ROM :D

PS :- The battery is a constant pain in the ass :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CNghost:
Yes... I'm gonna flash back to stock tonight :D I miss stock alot.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ap6709:
First learn and then help...

Even I am new and learning daily so that later on I can help the newbies...because someday everyone was a NOOB!!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
i am also tired of custom roms

so i also flashed bac to stock but

i am now theming it to look like motorola
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmwm5power:
Can i set a sound on a successfully sent e-mail. Just like the iPhone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiax10.awesome:
hi guys,

any app to extract the .7z files?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
Yes. Here you go: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.agilesoftresource&hl=en.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiomara98:
OMG thank you so MUCH!!!!

OMG thank you so MUCH!! Wish I could hug and kiss you, thank you...OMG I have been working on this root crap for over a freaking month so I can run Dr. Fone for Android. LAWD thank you, thank you thank you....
[Hardware Hacking General] Redion:
Good day every one

Really long time ago I had an idea! :rolleyes: But few other people had the same idea;) Other projects use WIFI for a connection but I am talking about actual cellular network (GSM).

The idea is: add a feature to an open source cell phone to be able to make calls without a network provider. The design will look like a computer mesh network. :)

Think of every cellphone like a Cisco network router with dynamic routing enabled.

Each phone will be aware of the presence of other phones and will have route table to every single one. There is no centralized server sort of like peer to peer.

When a user wants to make a call, then the cellphone will display the devices that are online and can be reached.

Look at the picture above and notice that there are more than one route to each device. Having many phones like that will increase the coverage! :D

Now does anyone know how to implement a such thing?

Maybe use android phones? Since OS is open source maybe it is possible to add this into it?

What do you think?:confused:

Reading materials:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/technology/mesh/7.0/design/guide/MeshAP_70.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_networking

http://www.opencellphone.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

http://ipod-iphone.blogspot.com/2008/07/neo-freerunner.html

http://www.physorg.com/news198298057.html

http://www.servalproject.org/

http://bigthink.com/ideas/26480

http://www.freekorea.us/2011/02/20/...y-to-bring-cell-phone-service-to-north-korea/

http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/cell_phone_network_that_doesnt_need_towers.html
[Hardware Hacking General] amritpal2489:
I dont think its practically feasible..

And moreover You cant use Service Provider's cellular network just like that ( and that also free)
[Hardware Hacking General] showlyshah:
man u realy want to learn how cdma, gsm,edge,2-4.5 g networkz work. and whatz a mobile handset realy do when its connected to a network.

send from my hd2 @ dorimanx v.3.0.0.rom,with 2way rec kernal.
[Hardware Hacking General] Sine.:
I think Serval Mesh is what you want ;)

EDIT : oups, already in your list...

The idea here is to create an independant cellular network, using only the GSM equipment of phones, without using the service provider network.
[Hardware Hacking General] robbiejangles:
sounds like a great idea, i would want something like this for sure. but the only down side is that you could only make a call for as far as the network broad casts which means in a small town it would really suck. :cool:
[Hardware Hacking General] johnny893:
Nice idea but very costly.
[Hardware Hacking General] romitkin:
That's an interesting concept, but from what I understand, to make a call without an operator, both phones will have to be connected to the mesh network, right?

That situation would be rather rare, it's like making a video call between two iPod touch (that don't have a cellular network). If the other side is not connected to WiFi at the moment, the call won't go through.

Also something to think about is the battery life. If other people's calls would be routed through your phone all the time, it would drain the battery very fast.
[Hardware Hacking General] Felnarion:
The unfortunate bit to this idea is that, barring hardware,privacy, and feasibility constraints...If you implemented such a network, there would be no guarantee that you would be within the bounds of the network at any time. With current providers, there are rough estimates as to the coverage area that are fairly accurate, depending on exact conditions.

With this system, if a couple people in your neighborhood leave the town or country, suddenly, you have no service, or slow service.

It'd just fluctuate too much and wouldn't be reliable.
[Hardware Hacking General] Rebellos:
Phones hardware and closed-source software isn't designed to ad-hoc networking. IMO the closest available solution for that is this:

http://openbsc.osmocom.org/trac/
[Hardware Hacking General] DarthCaniac:
It is definitely an interesting idea, sorta makes me thing of "Ad-Hoc Networking for Phones". The only problem is, the phones would be limited to calls in their "network", so if you had 3 people in a desert, they could call each-other, but would be otherwise sunk ;)

The problem though lies in that it would basically use your phone to power everyone else's phone service, and that would mean that your precious phone would be crunching data all day long, and eating batteries like they are going out of style (Not that it doesn't already).

So while in-theory you could get cellphones to all link up in a row and make a cell-to-cell network, latency would increase exponentially the more phones you have to "hop", and battery life would decrease.

Good thinking, but you would be better off starting your own cell network, and not charge outrageous prices. I am sure that we would all be happy to switch if you had good coverage and reasonable service :)
[Hardware Hacking General] Similya:
Nice idea hoping network providers would agree to implement such network feature.

But on the other side, it's far way impossible. For sure network providers would not allow that because it's some sort of a hacking over there frequency.

Not like Walkie-Talkies or CB Radios (Civilian Band Radios) where they operate at there own frequency with there own cell site for CB Radios.

I think the only way to make it possible is to hack the phones frequency and make it adjustable and add a unique ID for each phone. i.e. just like how the SIM Cards work. Once the frequency is hacked, then it is possible to control the transmitter.

Anyway, this is just my own IDEA, correct me if im wrong. :)
[Hardware Hacking General] Mr.jumper:
Nice idea,

How about openBTS ..? openbts,sourceforge,net

what different..?
[Hardware Hacking General] Pap_Razzi:
I really have been thinking anout the same thing.somehow its gonna crack.
[Hardware Hacking General] gh123man:
neat idea. although i agree with above posts,

battery would be an issue.

what if someones phone dies?

also, i see privacy being an issue. sure you could encrypt the call or text, but you would have direct access to every device in between point a and b. what would stop some smart guy from finding a way to invade your device. or write some malware that would run across the mesh. maybe i don't understand mesh networks well but it seems like a concern that would be valid.

biggest issue i can see is reliability. there are way to many variables for this to work out of heavily populated areas.

some kind of closed demonstration would be cool though
[Hardware Hacking General] AdamOutler:
The problem with this is the modem/radio firmware is closed. It would be totally possible if we can get proper source for the modem/radio for each targeted device.
[Hardware Hacking General] s8isfi:
The battery drain would be tremendous. however this may be implemented in the form of an app or a function in android which can be switched off when not needed. This would also address the network congestion issues in crowded places. The more handsets the better.
[Hardware Hacking General] DisgustingChef:
It's an interesting idea, but has limits

If we thought about creating a new phone for this new network so that we weren't restricted by current cellular standards or architecture, it could be a good idea. The number of clients that the network could support via RF would be limited, however, because of the amount of signalling necessary between peers in a P2P environment and the fact that RF is broadcast, not point-to-point. Therefore, in order for peers to be able to hear each other over a reasonable distance, there would need to be a limit on the density of the mesh's population. In the current cellular topology, this limit is quite high because each handset only needs to communicate with one tower at any one time. In a mesh topology, each handset would have to communicate with a bunch of others in order to maintain the mesh and do the work of moving data through it.

So, this sort of topology is well-suited for low-density environments, but not so low-density that a handset can't communicate with at least a couple of other handsets. Also, at least one of the handsets would need to be able to communicate with a base station so that the whole mesh has access to the global comms network.
[Hardware Hacking General] OmegaRED^:
It's possible.. but impractical in a few cases.

I could understand in a densely populated city.

But what would the effects have on the radio usage?

"there by also the effects on battery life"
[Hardware Hacking General] __mp:
You'll find a nice video introduction into creating your own GSM network when Googling "CCC gsm network" and look at the 3rd link (I'm not allowed to post outside links). This should allow you to understand some of the GSM related technical terms on the OpenBSC page. I'm not sure if the guys from the video are the same people running OpenBSC.

I think that VoIP would be more interesting for you. Since it's really easy (NAT-ing can be nasty if you use multiple clients) to implement and you can use it over WiFi (generally internet).

So you could install a VoIP server at home accepting phone calls and forward the calls first to your mobile phone via WiFi when the phone is connected to your WiFi, otherwise the call can be forwarded via WiFi. You should even be able to use your VoIP Server at home to forward a call from your mobile phone over the internet to another phone number.
[Hardware Hacking General] giritrobbins:
I think this is one of those pie in the sky ideas. While it sounds great there are some huge challenges. First and foremost the radio in your cell phone is locked down and you don't have the access that you need to be able to do that. The second issue is security. Routing voice would be fine but routing data, you pretty much have the worlds easiest man in the middle attack. The third issue is spectrum. Cell phones use RF spectrum that is bought and paid for, as in we can't use it otherwise the FCC could fine us lots and lots of cash money. And like others have said battery life would be awful.

I think there is a potential solution here though. Purpose built hardware. I know that some of the Ham bands are pretty close to the cell phone bands (close enough to work with cell phones). We could design a piece of hardware to act as a tower and we could start our own network. Using the internet as a backbone.
[Hardware Hacking General] E:V:A:
Theoretically great idea, but practically impossible!

Lovely idea, but this is unfortunately practically impossible, for many of the reasons already mentioned above. However, I don't believe the issue is about the idea as such, but rather to ask ourselves if we really need another method to communicate?

Personally, I don't believe that we need yet another L-band radio protocol. What we do need, is to develop and secure the technology we already have. A good example is satellite phones. The suggested GSM walkie-talkie would be incurably insecure, and honestly of little use. (What benefits do you see in using such a feature, that is not already covered by other protocols?)

Setting up your own GSM network is piece of cake thanks to the developer community at/of Osmocom. Listening in on any GSM phone is also today (unfortunately) a standard intelligence and hacker feature. So my concern is really much more about securing what we have.

For example, I just started this thread, for detecting rogue GSM surveillance equipment (aka IMSI-catchers). But although many people have read it, very few are interested in this. So it will probably be dead for quite a while longer, until someone finally figures out how to do the GSM cracking and surveillance directly from their own droids. Then we have a problem, a BIG problem. And this point is not very far away...

[Any serious Android HW developer is highly encouraged to participate in this project. Please let me know, and I can get you up to date, fairly quickly.]
[Hardware Hacking General] OmegaRED^:
Actually.. companies will never allow this tech to surface.. we have the technology but if we can freely communicate how will phone companies rip us off? :rolleyes:

The problem is.. your data is handled by someone else... do you trust MR random signal supplier?

Then again do you trust your phone company?
[Hardware Hacking General] E:V:A:
UPDATE!

I just found an interesting AT command for people using mobiles using Qualcomm Modem. These are usually SGS GT-I9x0x and many others made for the North American market. (AT&T, Verizon, T-mobile, Sprint)

Enable Quick Net Connect:

AT$QCQNC=1;

Set data service option number set; saves to nonvolatile memory:

$QCSO=1; (???)

Originate Mobile-to-Mobile packet data call using Qualcomm proprietary service option number 0x8003:

AT$QCMTOM=<phone_number>

WARNING! Very Experimental! Do NOT try these unless you are willing to risk bricking your phone!
[Hardware Hacking General] Rebellos:
I think it something similiar to PPP. Still whole data goes through base station. :p
[Hardware Hacking General] AspiringDeveloper:
It's a good idea in theory, but...

If the thought is not simply to completely bypass the commercial networks, but to connect to them when out of reach (deep inside some buildings for example), you'd basically be burdening those on the outer edges (those who did have connection) with using their minutes for everyone elses' calls. Not everyone has unlimited data, voice, texting and long distance.
[Hardware Hacking General] fehery:
Okksee!!That right,mufee!!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] fabswabs:
I just got my P500 back from warranty after I hard bricked it a few weeks before (KDZ crashed during flashing). They replaced the whole PCB.

Now I wanted to install the Clockwork Mod again and so I downgraded to Android 2.2 (they sent it back with 2.3.3), rooted it, installed ROM Manager and CWM. But if I want to boot into recovery mode I get the recovery mode unpacking-logo (not the warning sign, it's the logo with the arrow indicating something's installing) and after a few seconds the screen turns black and the device boots the normal ROM with factory settings.

I also tried that on 2.3.3 with the same result and I just don't know what I should do to get into recovery mode :/

I downgraded the OS because of the baseband (I want to use CM7) and I rooted it with SuperOneClick using the GingerBreak exploit.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vikasb32:
Reflash recovery because your recovery not flashed properly.don't use rom manager to flash recovery use another method like lgmdp or terminal or adb.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] fabswabs:
lgmdp worked like a charm, thank you! :)
[Kindle Fire General] SoCGHOST:
I have yet to root my KF, its only a day old and I'm still checking things out. I read through allot of the posts for development and I see some are using CM roms. My question that I can't seem to find is, has anyone tried apps to sd. I know allot of the phone roms, cm included had apps to sd. You could just move an app to the external storage, and I was wondering if there was anything like that for the KF. The application limit is my only real motivation at this point to root, however the re-partition thread is like a huge process with plenty of potential to brick your device. Aside from the android market, what is the benefit to rooting this thing? I rather like the stock launcher, but if rooting and putting a rom on it will give me more usability, I will move forward and root. Does anyone know of a solution for using all of the available space for storage, otherwise it seems like more trouble than its worth right now.
[Kindle Fire General] krelvinaz:
UPDATED:

Use Titanium Backup. It can do this even though the normal application tool doesn't.
[Kindle Fire General] gibson3659:
After root, use the move function in titanium backup. Works for me.
[Kindle Fire General] hijax2001:
After root, you can just move apps to SD by going to Settings, then to Applications, then to Manage Applications, then click on the app you want and select Move to SD card... it's that easy.
[Kindle Fire General] lovejoy777:
long press the app and window pops up with the move option.

make sure your'r sd card is r/w.
[Kindle Fire General] fcw89:
Noob question. If it truly is as easy as "move app to SD" on Titanium Backup (or Gemini App Manager) to move apps from Internal Storage to SD card storage, why do some folks bother with re-partitioning their SD card at all?
[Kindle Fire General] gibson3659:
It may be that they didn't realize the apps were being placed on the sd. The only way I know to tell what is on the sd is to look at the output of the `mount`.
[Kindle Fire General] fcw89:
That's possible sure, but it doesn't really make sense.
[Kindle Fire General] fcw89:
check out eldarerathis' thread on the development forums. he's posted a very useful utility to repartioning your SD card. should help a lot of us out.
[Kindle Fire General] Scaevola:
Yes, I also managed to move apps to SD by using Titanium Backup. (I had no problems with a batch job)
[Xperia Arc General] frothe3:
Is there anyway to boost my download speeds? At&t has INTENTIONALLY turned the bandwidth speeds for downloads to EDGE,while still having HSPA upload speeds. My Arc,naturally,is unlocked,and I intentionally DID NOT give at&t my IMEI number from my mobile.

Do I have to root my mobile? Right now,stock from SE,as I really didn't have to flash my mobile to get rid of crapware,although Sony Ericsson did install enough crapware of their own.

I have an unlimited data plan,and my new billing period is the 24th of the month. Throttled down three days later!! And I'm pissed!!
[Xperia Arc General] joecool1029:
check your pm
[Xperia Arc General] Flo95:
Well, you can't do much as it is caused by the carrier and not the Arc.

But I think I read something about a APN that doesn't get throtteled. I think it was in the at&t SGS II forum of xda.
[Xperia Arc General] sukaidi:
You should check the frequency of the current carrier that you are using. In some countries (Asia and Europe), the WCDMA/HSPA frequencies are different from the ones in North America.
[Xperia Arc General] frothe3:
What is the pm?
[Xperia Arc General] frothe3:
My phone is an US Arc,that relies on the at&t SIM.
[Xperia Arc General] frothe3:
Will look that up.
[Xperia Arc General] frothe3:
Saw the post for the Samsung,but it is LTE. My mobile is only HSPA (3G).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oreoferret:
So, this is a strange one.

I have CWM recovery installed.. I can boot into it just fine.. install zips just fine..

but if I go to the main menu, and do 'reboot system now'.. it never reboots.

I *always* have to pull my battery to reboot OUT of recovery hah.

Also, which someone posted already elsewhere, when I hit up/down, sometimes it moves 3-4 lines at a time.. very odd UI/UX interaction
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jayfried:
You are inadvertently disabling the back menu option when it skips lines. Move up or down in one direction till it says back menu enabled then reboot. Do you have a case on if so that is the culprit does it on mine with case on, volume buttons work good with case off.