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[Desire General] nicka3200:
Happy new year. Keep up the good work on xda in 2012!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxin10:
which one u XDA people suggest...

i want to choose between ::

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

Samsung I9000 Galaxy S

Samsung Google Nexus S I9023

Samsung I9001 Galaxy S Plus

thanks..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SASMareSRB:
Definetely Arc S, not just because I got it, but it's honestly the best choice :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djdevine2:
I would go Arc S then Nexus S, they will both definitely get Ice Cream Sandwich. The Arc S has the best processor and screen in my opinion.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
+1
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiax10.awesome:
I will syggest to wait for 2mnths..huge range of NEW smartphones are coming..

sent via awesome aRc (rooted 2.3.4)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dp94:
I don't think he'd like to wait because these devices aren't the newest and he'd like to buy a cheaper device.

Apart from that I'd wait too or buy the Arc S. ;)
[Surround General] Smittytroll:
I have an HTC Surround that is for AT&T, and I'm with T-Mobile. Is there anyway to unlock for T-Mobile? I was doing some looking around on the forums and I found that you can but I'm not to sure on how to do it. I had flashed a rom by ansar that had an unlock on it, but it didn't work. So would I have to get on pre-NoDo? If so could you link me the downloads and or give me some sort of tutorial that tells you hwo to do it, because I have yet to find any tutorial on unlocking the HTC Surround.

Thank you!
[Surround General] Fitchman:
Call AT&T 800-331-0500

Give them a landline phone number or any other non-AT&T phone number so they don't try to associate the phone with an account.

Tell them you won the phone in a contest (I did, from Microsoft at a conference) or procured it in some other way than buying off ebay/craigslist/friend - this way they won't be able to ask what account it used to be on.

Tell them you want it SIM unlocked They'll "research it" and should get back to you with one in a couple weeks via email.
[Surround General] eagle_phoenix2:
So once its sim unlocked, no matter what you do. Like upgrade or hard reset. The sim unlock remains?
[General Questions and Answers] electech2:
hi all just purchased cdma workshop 38.0 donor is a juno (boost) already activated im in need of how to's would like flash to EVO 3d i have all driver and software just need your help thanks noob
[Acer Iconia A500] dincdoes.me:
Well you know me guys always on the look for fun stuff to do. So I have spotted that the GoDevTeam has just made their supper popular home replacement app available for high resolution devices 7-10.1 sizes. After my installation I quickly found out that it need some major work still. It feels as if they only spent 2 whole seconds on the launcher and slapped tablet support if I were you I would definitely wait until the next release or 4 :-P

Market link below.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex
[Acer Iconia A500] dincdoes.me:
Ok so tested on flexstiker r8 and thors ics.

Really laggy in honeycomb Rom but works flawless on ics unless I use compatibility mode in hc 3.2.x its has some improvements is it cuz ics has better hw improvements?
[Xperia Play General] odst0016:
what developers find it easier to develop slightly inebriated
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
I would probably think the general consensus is none :rolleyes:
[Xperia Play General] fma965:
what does that word mean
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
He asks if devs work better when tipsy. There is certainly literature about the topic from authoritative sources ( http://xkcd.com/323/ )
[Xperia Play General] fma965:
lol i guessed that :D just wasn't sure
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denyardy:
my sd card is 4gb, why was detected only 800 mb or same to the large size of partition my sd card

why about my problem..??

This happens if I use the rom sense, but normal when using cyanogen rom

:confused::confused::confused:

sorry for my bad english...
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrSpartan:
I may not know much but it is advised to wipe data/cache before flashing a rom. Also, if you are using xtrSense, I presume you are; since it has App2Sd implemented, I think it only recognizes the sd-extension. I think that's the issue, though, keep this in mind when flash a rom wipe data/cache; to avoid overlapping consistencies of issues.

Hope this helped :D

Subsequently, I am not very adept in these things, and I am only helping you from my knowledge I perceive.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fearofcups:
This is strange and a possibly worthless thread, but it's an annoying problem.

My Home, Back, and Recent App buttons all have a strange choppy glow animation. When I press the buttons, the glow animation is just bad. It's even right after rebooting, with no apps running, on the home screen with no live wallpaper. I have reflashed around from all the 4.0.3 roms and kernels, and I just reflashed back to complete stock (LTE) and it's still there. Am I crazy or is this common? Or can I somehow get rid of it? It only happens while on the stock or Nova launchers, Adw Ex seems to make it a lot nicer.

I also had some strange delays in turning the screen on until reflashing back to stock 4.0.2, now that's fixed but the button animations are still bad.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spanner44:
I have installed the Deodexed 407 Rom, and installed Streakmod Recovery and also installed superuser.zip, so in theory, from what I have read my streak should now be rooted.

But when I try and edit a file, the build.prop file in /system with Astro File Manager I alter some of the settings and save it, but when I reopen the file the changes had not been saved. I have tried seeing if I can change the permissions on the file, but without success.

I would be grateful if someone could assist me in where I am going wrong, hopefully it is something simple or a wrong setting that I am not quite doing correct.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdzo72:
You have to mount the system as ReadWrite and there was no need for a new thread. You should've posted in the rooting thread
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spanner44:
Sorry, for not putting it in the rooting thread, but didn't want to clog a general rooting thread with a specific problem.

I have solved this now thanks, but not with Astro File manager as I still cannot seem to change the permissions with that app, but used advanced tools app instead.

Thanks again anyway.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scott Arten:
Yes i had same problem trying do root operations with file expert. I used root file explorer instead. Weird thing being that even with rooting permissions ticked file explorer failed.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChicoKiri:
For most root-enabled browsers, just enabling root permissions won't give you write access. You'll need to find a second option to mount the /system directory as read/write. That's normally somewhere in the Settings menu or on the directory's long-press menu.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheManii:
It's mainly dependant on the kernel, all custom kernels automatically mount system as RW and all stock kernels mount it as RO

At least root explorer tells you that it's read only if you attempt to modify it without remounting, I havnt used ASTRO in a long time so I cant comment on that
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nom051205:
Root explorer better for me :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Liquidus510:
Yes, I am the newbie here, and my first post. Please take it easy on me. I been experiencing this problem for over a week now and have searched many places for answers. So if the following issue has a thread already, obliviously I missed. Will you kindly lead me to it ?

Anyhow. I am aware that the Galaxy Nexus does not support USB Drive, but instead MTP. I'm fine with that. However, every time I wire myself to my PC (Vista 32 bit), the Gnex does not appear in "My Computer". It does however, appear in the Device Manager as "Galaxy Nexus" with a Yellow Triangle over it. Error code 10 is stated. I'm assuming this is an issue with my drivers. I have updated them, both automatically via search, and manual via Samsungs Webpage. Still issue is unresolved. I tried to connect Gnex to another PC and it works fine. So this is an issue with my PC. Are there any settings I should enable or disable in my PC for me to successfully connect Gnex ?

EDIT : After uninstalling drivers and reconnecting the Gnex, the device appears under "My Computer", but only temporarily until drivers finish installing. Once installed, the device disappears and error code 10 re-appears.

Thanks for any help in advance.
[Epic 4G Android Development] toadlife:
I posted a thread a couple of days back detailing a fix for the power menu reboot mod. Days after that I decided to try and fix something that had always bugged my about the power menu mod - that it used the same text for the dialogue during the reboot as the shutdown.

I modified it so when you reboot, instead of this..

You will see this....

Instead of posting code snippets I decided to use github, since I already had my original power menu mod in a github repo. Using this repo, you can see the code progression from stock EI22 all the way up to what is in the latest release of my ROM.

https://github.com/toadlife/EI22-Power-Menu-Mod/commits/master
[Epic 4G Android Development] lost_:
Thanks for the github
[Epic 4G Android Development] SenseiSimple:
I have been wanting this for a while!

I changed the shutdown string a while back to be more neutral "Power Action | You will lose any unsaved data" but that was just a stopgap thing. This is want i REALLY wanted - Thanks for sharing!
[Kindle Fire General] Lkr721993:
i am looking to change launchers in CM7, because ADWLauncher just feels so slow and clunky when I open the app drawer. That animation is brutally slow on the kindle. unless there is an easy fix to that, what would be the easiest way to replace the launcher? is it possible to get a stock launcher?
[Kindle Fire General] borborpa:
You can download and install most any launcher.
[Kindle Fire General] XperiaPlayer:
You can get the stock launcher from gingerbread, just search Gingerbread Launcher in the market, I think it's from modaco. Also, you can disable the animation in ADW, its in the settings somewhere...
[Kindle Fire General] jonjryjo:
I use golauncher ex from the android market, its pretty fast and easy to use. It was recently update to use a more tablet oriented interface as well :).
[Kindle Fire General] this_is_nick6:
I'm a fan of Zeam Launcher - free, stable, lightweight. If it's only the animation giving you troubles though, I would just turn off the animations in the launcher settings as mentioned before.
[Motorola Atrix 2] dk-v1:
Any ideas why this may be happening? Usually happens when sending texts. Not really much more info I can give ATM.

DK

Yes, I'm new...give it time!

PS. The phone is stock.
[Motorola Atrix 2] dk-v1:
That would be the third time since I bought the phone... :(

Which was only 2 weeks ago!

Yes, I'm new...give it time!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Adreno:
Hey guys,

New to the board, new to the Ray. I used to frequent the Arc, Play, Nexus S, and Desire S boards under a different user name but I've not posted in a while so I've since forgotten my User info, so thought I'd make a new one.

Anyways...

I got my Ray, bought it out unlocked, and unlocked the boot loader. I was really excited to get my Cyanogen on and enjoy this beautiful device. Only...Cyanogen Rom for the Ray is HORRIBLE. The Camcorder is broken, the live wallpapers option is non-existant, and the control widget is completely useless for brightness control. Seriously, WTF is wrong with that ROM its is absolute garbage.

I can understand the Ice Cream Sandwich ROM being bug ridden, its early time, but at the very least I expected Cyanogen 7 to be fully functional. Geez.

Those are the only 2 ROMS I've tried so far, the rest look boring. MIUI I am not interested in, and outside anything that slightly alters the Stock firmware there is NOTHING AVAILABLE?

Where are the ROMS? Where is the support? Where are the quality developers?

All we have are half backed ideas, ROMS that don't work properly, and nothing else.

Maybe we should start up a fund and maybe donate a few Rays to some good developers that can actually provide because at this point, there is no point in using anything other then Stock Firmware.

The Ray is a capable device, similar to the Arc, there should be more support. I miss the great support that the Nexus S and the Desire S recieved. Especially the Desire S, the Developer from that board are truly amazing. Proxuser and Super kid were really really good developers, and we need developers like them who dedicate the time needed for quality ROMS. Our support is a joke compared to what they have, and I think we need to either put up some money or some incentive, like maybe donating a few Rays, to get the ball rolling.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] MarkMRL:
I agree with you, it's pretty disappointing.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure the differences between Ray and Arc are minimal, so it's quite surprising that Arc gets tons of support and Ray gets basically nothing. Even more that inferior devices such as the Minis are more supported. Maybe the device is not selling well and not many people have it? I don't know.

Obviously I'm just a tinkerer and not a developer, so I don't know how hard it could be to port Arc stuff to Ray, but yeah, this devices needs more support. How to get it? I have no idea.

I think the stock rom is pretty good, I don't find any major problem with it, it look pretty good and it's decently fast (with Supercharger it's much better), so for now I don't really feel the need to install an unofficial one.

Also, many Arc mods to the interface work on Ray too, so check out those forums too and see if there is something you like. I installed the Xperia styled torch widget and the modded battery icon (with percentage) from the Arc board and they worked fine.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Adreno:
Re-reading my initial post I may have sounded a bit harsh. Its just very very disappointing coming from a device that had a TON of support to one that has virtually none.

I will take your advice and check out some of the Arc's mods.

I've owned a ton of Android devices (Xperia x10, Captivate, 2 Xperia Arcs, Nexus S, another Xperia Arc, HTC Desire Z, HTC Desire S, and finally the Xperia Ray) and this is by far the worst support I've ever seen.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] lukewong01:
I agree with you!...even my previous worst phone...Se X8...got tons of support ...i am really disappointed seeing Ray being put aside...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dumraden:
What are you guys on anyway? The X8, since it was mentioned, was released 1 year ago. With 1.6 on it... there have been, what 4 different versions? And Gingerbread is sub par on it.

Regarding Adreno's note on HTC Devices.... As you are aware HTC makes phones for many companies, including T-mobile and Google. So most of these devices have almost the same internals. Hence development on those devices is really easy (you just copy paste files from one rom to another and bam you got your kang).

So on to the Ray... It was released 4 months ago. It has a different screen than most phones (480x854) so porting any generic rom onto it requires some smali editing skills. And... There is NO AOSP release for Xperia devices... at least so far. What makes other devices so "different" than the Xperia's is that some of them have been build on AOSP.

For example the DesireZ - Tmobile G2. One has Sense, the other is built on AOSP. So you have 2 completely different builds for the same device.

And some food for thought... Sony Ericsson needs about 6 months, an enormous team of developers and a ****load of money to build their own Firmware based on Already released Code. What makes you think you will see something "new" from some amateurs in less than 6 months time?

Yes i have built my "own" Rom based on the Stock Rom for the Xperia Active. I dont even consider my self an amateur. I am a total noob.

So, to finish this rant, since development for these devices is young, yet the android system as it is, is quite mature, I would recommend you to assist the people who have already developed a Rom for the Ray, in order to make something good from it. Creating a Thread in the development section, complaining about the development being "dissapointing"... then i rest my case.

/rant off
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Adreno:
I personally don't want "assisting" of the developers that have been working on the Ray thus far, as I said my original post I don't believe that they are up to the job.

I want to entice more talented developers. What can we do to bring experienced developers that know what they are doing to the Ray?

At this point, rooting and unlocking the bootloader is pretty pointless. You are screwing yourself out of over the air updates, and there is nothing that can fill the void from the development community thus far. What. is. the. point.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dumraden:
This is where you are wrong.

What do you actually want from a Rom? Speed? Stability? Battery Life?

I have managed to do all these with no real coding at all. The Xperia Active with DooMLoRD's Kernel and various tweaks that i found on XDA, when on max OC ranks between the Sensation and the SGS2. Both are Dual core with a far better GPU than the Adreno 205. Oh and the OC is completely bulletproof.

For the time being, the best developers for these devices is Sony herself. It is stable, and battery efficient. You on the other hand can make it more "personalized" and fitting to your needs... Gaming-browsing... whatever...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Adreno:
Even if I had just Cyanogen working properly I'd be happy.

On the Desire S board Superkid had Ice Cream Sandwich ported (AOSP) to the desire S within 2 weeks, only being able to work on it on the weekends. Thats like 6 days.

On top of that, he had everything working flawlessly other than the camera by week 3.

Thats the kind of development I am talking about. Imagine how hard that was.

We don't have anything like that over here.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dumraden:
No it wasnt that hard. I say again. You need to be able to edit THE WHOLE DAMN BASE, if you want it in a different resolution than the one it was intended.

Yes some guys are simply amazing at what they do, but as i said earlier, most HTC devices use the same chipsets, boards, cpu's, modems etc. Sony uses a board (codenamed mogami i think) specific to the mini's. It uses a different one for the Ray, Play etc.

You will almost never have something like that. Be happy that the Cyanogenmod Team is actually working on these devices.

Hell, the mini's dont even have a MIUI build. Its either CM7 or Stock. But honestly i couldnt care less. I got bored of flashing a new rom every 2 weeks, just to see nothing different. The only difference was Sense 2.1 Sense 3.0 Sense 3.5. The rest ROMS use the same old AOSP build with an ADW launcher or a LPP on top... Big deal.

Now if someone gets sense on these devices... i'd be impressed :P
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kennethpenn:
Complaint/rant threads about developers are not allowed at XDA. If you want something done, make it happen!
[HTC Rezound] tech9tcv:
So, I decided to flash danutzz's NonSense Fresh rom today. It's awesome except that everytime I try to install Touchdown for Smartphones, I get this error. Everything in the app is functional but everytime I click on something inside the app, this message will appear. Is this a problem with the rom or the app?

I'm running NonSense Fresh v2.0 and ziggy's kernel. Any help would be appreciated. I've looked at other threads in the rest of the forums and it seems like it could be an app problem, but I never had this issue while on stock Sense.

Thanks in advance,

tech9tcv
[HTC Amaze 4G] xologist:
When I click on browser it says "application not installed" . There is also no youtube app etc.

Do I need to flash Google apps? like on cyanogenmod?

from: http://goo-inside.me/gapps/
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
If you are using Beastmod 2.2, you need to also flash the patch that was posted in the same thread to get browser and gallery installed.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1313017&page=104
[HTC Amaze 4G] xologist:
Done.

Said "system iud is inconsistent you need to wipe your device"

or something like that..

what should I do now?

wipe and reinstall the rom?
[HTC Amaze 4G] jimczyz:
I actually had the same thing happen to me and nobody answered me when I posted that. I assumed I was the only one that happened to. I actually gave up on it and just used quickpic for gallery and maxthon browser. Maybe someone else had it happen also and maybe found a fix?
[HTC Amaze 4G] edyts:
I get the same thing i just hit, im feeling lucky and everything seems to work fine.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] mike_1111:
I'm thinking of rooting my x10mp which runs Android 2.1-update1 (that's what the Firware version shows).

I've come across a few apps for rooting like z4root and easy one click.

Which app is the easiest to use AND safest?.

TIA,

Mike
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jodhaniohm97:
SuperoneClick is easy to use and it can definitely root our mini with success! After 2.1update-1 z4root stopped working for my mini so i rooted with superoneclick!

And both are safest way!!!!!!!! :)

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Press Thanks it hardly takes a second!!! :thumbup::thumbup::):thumbup::thumbup:

sender device :Amazing XPERIA X10 SuperMINI!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] mike_1111:
Thanks. Any suggestions from other users?

TIA,

Mike
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Ticklefish:
jodhaniohm97 is absolutely right. Superoneclick is definitely the way to go. It's fast, simple and doesn't cause any problems.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] aisuj52:
Agree, Superoneclick is the best :-)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] mike_1111:
Thanks all for the replies.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Tommylee567:
After someone wrote a script for our phones so it can install CWM and root our phones using superoneclick, everything was made easy.

why worry about any other s/w to use in the phone. You have all in one rooting technique to do things.

So, verdict? Superoneclick. Go for it bro!

Superoneclick & CWM installer
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] demoniacs:
i dont see any working rooting software other than superoneclick.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] mike_1111:
I've tried both z4root & superoneclick, and neither successfully rooted my phone.

z4root just stops during the process, while superoneclick hangs after showing "strep 3: something" in the status window.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] demoniacs:
if you could post the screenshot of the problem or atleast be accurate of the problem maybe we can give inputs.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] mike_1111:
Thanks for suggesting.

A screenshot of the superoneclick window is:

http://imageshack.us/f/406/51194420.png/

Nothing happened beyond "Step 3".

TIA.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] demoniacs:
are you using win7? try running superoneclick as an administrator. also check if usb debugging is on. and when rooting dont mount the sd card.

sorry if i may not be of much help.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] mike_1111:
This is what finally worked for me:

Windows 7->right click on "superoneclick.exe"->run as admin.

on phone->enable usb debugging, connect phone in "charge phone" mode

click "root" in superoneclick

Thanks all for the inputs.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] TONCEK:
Ill also try root wit this two app and nothing. Today i will try run superoneclick as admin and hope that will be that!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Rock Leon:
Superone click root is best and easy for rooting