yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] GreggoryD502:
I guess if your not having any issues then you don't need to worry about. I always wipe dalvik and cache in recovery before a flash a rom or kernel or a theme.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hyl4me:
You are lucky if you don't have any problems. You suppose to wipe dalvik and cache partition before flash/install a new rom. Wipe the dalvik and cache partition in recovery shouldn't erase your data, but if you don't have any problems then I guess you're ok.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PoisonWolf:
Lawl. Funny thread.
[Verizon Droid Charge] bossku69:
I liked the Charge, but having non stop issues day after day. Extremely poor call quality when the phone gets below 20%, M$ Exchange email doesnt work, calendar wont sync, data always disconnects, etc.

Made about a dozen calls and finally got a hold of a regional manager that is willing to help me out, or so he says. Told me he would be able to get me an early upgrade price so trying to decide what route to go.

Prior to being an android user, I had the iPhone from the first version and dropped the iPhone 4 back in July for the 4G device. Saved me some money from having to buy a 4G hotspot and a phone, plus iPhone was limited and couldn't handle a few things that I needed. Seems to be better, but its still a 3G phone.

New Nexus looks pretty good, but heard some things not so good about them. Is it better to wait as it seems new phones come out every week, or better to pull the trigger on the Nexus now?
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
TBH if it were me I'd just wait for the next big smartphone of Q1/Q2, they'll be as good or better spec-wise than the Nexus however you'll be missing out on the pure AOSP experience and timely updates... its not that important to me so I'll be doing this, I'm gonna probably pick up the next HTC superphone (a little tired of samsung now though I love their hardware)
[Verizon Droid Charge] shadowstewie:
I have the Galaxy Nexus right now and its the best phone I've ever had. Sure they're some minor problems with it like with any new device. But nothing at all that makes it unusable or annoying.

I wouldn't wait for phones that come out at CES 2012 because they won't be available until Q2 at least. Plus all the Quad Core phones will all have problems working the kinks out since they'll be brand new. Much like the Thunderbolt, Charge, Revolution, and the (first) Bionic.

So my advice is to go with the Nexus. Better experience, faster updates, best phone I ever came across. Makes the iPhone 4S look puny and not fun at all IMO of course :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] DirgeExtinction:
If you have to change now, go for the Nexus. If you can wait some months, then wait.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Best phone for flashers = Galaxy Nexus

Best phone for stock users = Droid Razr

its simple really...
[Verizon Droid Charge] xceebeex:
Why do you say the RAZR is better than the Rezound for stock users out of curiosity? I could have had either as my displacement and went with the Rezound because it appeared to be the better phone overall based on what I read.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Falcyn:
The Nexus is still better for stock users because it's the only one with ICS. The OS is far more intuitive and coherent than Gingerbread, and that's exactly what matters the most for those users.

The only pluses in general for the Razr versus the Nexus are its thinness (and it's not even a huge difference compared to the Nexus, it's much more noticeable compared to the chunktastic Rezound) and less-plasticky/more durable build (kevlar back, splash-proof coating, not made by Samsung).
[Verizon Droid Charge] Bozz5384:
With what I know from reading -- I'd go for the Nexus. ICS cannot be ignored, and couple that with the amazing AMOLED screens Samsung uses and you have a winner.

I believe ALL the phones have some quirks, you just have to make sure you can live with them.

The Charge was not considered a successful phone, it was the baddest mama jama when I bought mine in early June and though its not perfect, it got a breath of life when GB was released for it. Fixed most of my issues!
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Hes actually right. If youre getting a new phone just wait for the next big phone. We have Tegra 3 coming to smartphones in Q1 and just look at the 12mp camera/quad-core phones running ICS coming just in the first 3 months of this year. Wait it out bro.
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Nexus is the best phone out there right now. As for the issues you're having, if you want full Exchange support, get a Windows Phone, otherwise get Touchdown as that is the only way to have reliable Exchange support on Android. Really though, I think you'll find problems with your next phone too just based on the OP.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Verizon Droid Charge] ambrar12:
I completely disagree with the majority here. The HTC Rezound is by far the superior phone. Its 720p IPS LCD screen is *true* HD, not Pentile, and current OLED tech suffers from color inaccuracy and oversaturation. The subpixel count on the GNex is about equal to most 800x480 phones.

The Rezound's Adreno 220 GPU is also superior. The Gnex's GPU is just the Charge's PowerVR SGX 540 with 50% overclock. A nice comparison here: http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2011...htc-flyer-htc-desire-hd-and-samsung-galaxy-s/

The Rezound's camera is also better, and it has "Beats Audio" (not sure if that's any good though).
[Verizon Droid Charge] anoninja118:
beats audio is garbage unless you like rap/hip-hop (thankfully the beats 'technology' doesn't kick in unless you plug in those craptastic beats headphones), the Rezound *might* have the Nexus beat in processor and camera but Nexus wins IMO screen-wise, its also unbloated/unskinned, will have first dibs on updates and with the zero lag shutter... meh its a toss-up I think, both are solid phones but I'd kinda lean toward the Nexus
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
This post sounds like a complete HTC fanboy post. Some of those tests with the GPU were barely better than the original SGX540 GPU. It's also closer to a 100% overclock (200MHz in the Charge v. 384MHz in the Nexus), so I would think those tests would turn out vastly different if run with the Nexus GPU at the same resolutions.

Screen is debatable, and if you looked at the Nexus screen, you couldn't tell if it was pentile or not. Outdoor visibility has ALWAYS been the best on the SAMOLED screens though, and power consumption can be better with them as well.

Camera, I'd have to see to believe as I have NEVER heard of HTC using good quality image sensors. Just because it's 8MP compared to the Nexus's 5MP doesn't mean it's better. That's like saying a 16MP point-and-shoot takes better pictures than a 10MP DSLR. It can if the conditions are right, but usually, it won't.

Beats audio is also a complete sham as the audio processor in the Charge is better. You'll likely get worse audio from Beats than you would from the Nexus. Then lets not forget software upgrades and the lack of add-on apps, can you guess which one wins here? And you can probably forget about AOSP on the Rezound anytime soon as it took several months for Layher to get it on the TB, and I don't see anyone having the dedication to do that again.
[Verizon Droid Charge] BlackHoleSlam:
Also it took the rezound like 2 months just to receive root so their Dev community is probably pretty bare

Sent by me, for me and i love you
[Verizon Droid Charge] ambrar12:
Just checked the Rezound forum. Apparently they already have an ICS ROM thanks to an ICS leak for the "Sensation XL", whatever that is.

As for AMOLED, unfortunately it's not mature enough yet and drains more battery than LCD as well as having inaccurate colors and oversaturation. And with a 720p pentile you won't notice the pixels but I don't think the sharpness would be as good as a true 720p RGB screen (I could be wrong, but I personally wouldn't bother taking the chance).

As for Beats Audio, I kinda figured you wouldn't be able to get hi-fi music quality without a proprietary port.

Also one other thing that (for me) is a real deal-breaker is lack of microSD slot on the GNexus. I have no idea what Google was thinking there.
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Hooray for an ICS ROM that is very buggy, I know I'll use that all the time :rolleyes: Can't wait to get a Sense'd version with as many useless apps as Verizon and jam into it. Glad to see you ignored the AOSP comment completely as well.

The screen statement is somewhat untrue as well. The issue with battery life comes when you're using bright colors or video. If you use black, you get excellent battery life as black pixels use 0 power for AMOLED screens, how much power does a black pixel use on an LCD panel? Inaccurate colors are one thing, as that depends on several factors, but it can be corrected, as can the over-saturation. Are there issues with the technology? Sure, but I'll take a SAMOLED screen over an LCD panel every day. Oh, and how about contrast ratio comparison between the two? How about comparing the thickness of a full screen assembly (touch sensor, backlight, and display) between AMOLED and tradition LCD? There are reasons that it's being used, despite how bad you think the technology is.

No MicroSD slot, now we're just nit-picking. Is it a bad thing? Kinda. However, how often do people change them? I only ever changed it out to get a faster card. The only thing I miss about having one is that I could just copy over my backed up data easily to the Nexus. Other than that, it's pointless and I don't see anyone having issues with the lack of a microSD card.

Oh, you also forgot to comment about the GPU tests and the camera. Is the Rezound a bad phone? No, but if you want long term support, I don't think you're going to beat the Nexus as it will see several updates in the future, and even if Google stops updating it, the community will keep it going. Plus, any issues you see can be fixed by the community before Google gets around to it, so you can see fixes faster if there are problems. The Rezound? It will probably see an OTA to ICS, then probably two more OTAs for bug fixes, after that, probably not much. Good luck getting AOSP on it, as that will take a long time, if ever; just see the Thunderbolt as an example. Community driven fixes? When's the last time HTC took bug fix advice from the public if it wasn't a security issue?
[Verizon Droid Charge] adrenaline_rush:
Haha Rezound. You can keep that fat, whored-out (Beats scam, bloated up, Sense..), cheesy red colored locked-down brick. HTC is really becoming like Motorola by locking down their devices which creates delays and frustration for people like us. It will receive an update sure.. once. Until they release their new Super Amazing Incredible Orgasmic Deluxe 4G.

Also I hate the volume and power buttons on that phone, they are pretty much flush and have no tactile feel (mushy), don't even start on the horrendous battery life of HTC phones.

Sure the GNEX might not be ideal in every way, but neither is the Rezound. Just because you prefer it doesn't mean everyone else does too
[Verizon Droid Charge] ambrar12:
I'd take SAMOLED Plus over LCD, but my personal experience with Pentile (browsing at Verizon store) has been pretty negative.

My point with the SD card was for the sake of extra storage. This is one of the most irritating aspects of the iPhone. These days there are 64 GB microSDXC cards out. The 32 GB card price keeps falling.
[Verizon Droid Charge] drunksage:
I'd wait too. I would want something with dev support like the Galaxy Nexus, but at least 8 MP rear-facing camera and hopefully >2 MP front-facing.
[Verizon Droid Charge] zeuswsu:
Go with the Nexus if you need a phone now....I have it and I love it. There are almost too many developers on that phone, which is a nice change coming from the charge.

The thing that annoys me most about the Rezound is the power button is on the wrong side of the phone. I use either my thumb or pointer finger of my right hand to push the power button. It's pretty awkward doing that on the rezound. Maybe it's just me lol :D
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anfeldt24:
I want to unlock my ATRIX so I can sell it to anyone in the gsm network.

How do I get the unlock code without paying some website?

Is there an app for this or pc program you can recommend?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjcons:
I've heard u can call the provider but I paid $2 on eBay and got one.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anfeldt24:
I don't want to pay because I go through so many phones I would have to pay every 3-4 months for the unlock code.

I don't think the carrier would give me so many unlock codes a year.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
If you bought your phone from a carrier, call the carrier, tell them you are going out of the country on vacation/business, and need the unlock code. They should give it to you with no problems.

If you bought from another source, do what the other poster said.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anfeldt24:
That's my problem...... I bought it off ebay with no contract.

I go through 4 phone s a year. Hoped someone could hook me up with a program that did it or I can buy and use over and over for each phone.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevedawg85:
Brother just gave me his rooted Atrix? theres not a way to unlock it w/o a code? i unlocked a G1 and G2 w/ hax, can't do the same w/ Atrix?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sspa:
He was talking about SIM unlocking, not bootloader unlocking.

there's no free SIM unlocking program AFAIK, if the code is not from your carrier.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anfeldt24:
I don't need it be free. I just need a program to buy and use it for any gsm phone I get to unlock it.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sspa:
I believe the SIM unlock code is per phone (the code for each phone is different). I saw someone posted some reputable web sites before, search for it.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anfeldt24:
He's each code is based on the manufacture and the IEMI number.

Just thought I could get an application for under $150 that has all the manufacturers and IEMIs on a database.

Just didn't want to pay and find a reputable website for each phone manufacturer.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anfeldt24:
Thanks. I will try my carrier - since its not bought from them I might not be granted this but I will stress I have been public valued customer for 7yrs with 3line. Might get me the code.

If not I will use your link. Thanks.

My main goal is to unlock this and throw it on eBay as an unlocked phone with no contract and mention root. This should allow the phone to sell for a higher price.

Thanks for all your help.

This is closed.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anfeldt24:
Called the carrier and BAM! in under 30 seconds they emailed me the unlock code.

Thanks everyone.
[Droid X General] chibixzero:
Hey guys Name is chubs aka chibixzero, You would normally will find me on the SGH-I777 Forums, But today I have a question My cousin gave me a droid X or x2 Don't Quite know for sure, He own me some money and I figure I activated for my GF or something. But turns out I can't activated because, How he puts it He's friend found it and gave it to him :(

So I decided to just make it into my Daughters play phone so she doesn't drop mine or whatever. Long Story short I wipe everything from the recovery and now Every time It boots says I have to activate it, Which obviously I cant

I can get into recovery (Not CMW) because is not rooted but Is there anyway I can root/fix get pass the activation screen via the Recovery?

I try searching but dont really know what to search for.
[Droid X General] bigshotrob22:
Try pressing the top left, top right, bottom right and then bottom left corners of the screen. (I believe thats the combination) this will.bypass the activation screen
[Droid X General] programmer8922:
This. Also, make sure you're pressing in the center black area at those points, and not on the status bar and buttons.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cellularticulate:
I've been a "watcher" too long in this community. It's time to contribute back what I can.

I have a server doing nothing, and I'd love to waste as much bandwidth as I can.

If you're a developer for a ROM, and you'd like to have PHP, FTP, perl, sql, etc support, please reply to this thread or message me directly, and I'd be more than happy to get things set up for you ASAP. This is a new device, with a fantastic development community, and I think every developer deserves a chance for success. An email address, along with a website will help accomplish this for determined individuals. I don't plan on ever letting go of the domain names, or the server that I have.

Cheers you guys.

P.S. > Also, if someone wouldn't mind helping keep this thread active by posting articles or links to publishers with books available to teach me how to develop, that would be fantastic. I know this fits a little closer with "General", but its important, I think, that developers get involved in this, because of the huge possibility of misinformation.

AIM: DaAlphasee

GTalk: cellularticulate[at]gmail.com

MSN: Alphasee[at]gmail.com
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] lazcoreaedu:
Great idea.

+1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] drewtang:
Here's a good article to get started, from the man himself

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=667298
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Keda_P:
Good idea +1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cellularticulate:
I was really, really hoping this thread wasnt going to be moved to general, because now it is probably never going to be read by the developers. If by any chance you know someone who is developing roms for the sgsii, or how to get ahold of people who are, i would love to spearhead this project and get their hosting up asap. I would love to have a website for your rom, a central hub for tools, resources, and links, but i dont have any of the web development knowledge or background to even know what cms software would work best. Ive installed hundreds of vbulletin boards back in the day (when pirating vbulletin and ipb was fun). I know how to use cpanel very well, how to modify apache and php settings, and how to setup mysql, but i guess ive been out of the loop too long. Help me out guys. Lets get a website going for these awesome developers.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pete1612:
Awesome +1

Sent from my SGH-T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cellularticulate:
Okay, perhaps a new approach. Would someone like to try and help me get a website going with all the important files for the 989? (ODiN, radios, stock roms, drivers, etc).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xsteven77x:
If your looking for someone to gather and upload and get descriptions and such I would be happy to. If your looking more for someone to make zips and such that is a little out of my league.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cellularticulate:
I think I'm going to need to install some sort of software on my server to host the downloads. Then the guides and descriptions all fall into place. I'm just not sure. I think it'd be a good idea.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bacheezy:
I suggest posting on skyrockets (I727 sister device nearly identical) forum as well, in order to really stir interest...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
you might have not noticed, but the DEVs do read the General forum as well

in fact we keep asking people to keep the comments on General, unless they are of development value, then they should reply back to the DEV topic

but as usual newbies never listen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jjack0310:
So I am sure you guys are aware of the pretty big security whole for Pattern Lock in the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 2.

For those of you who dont know, the problem is that lets say you have a pattern lock enabled. You turn on the screen and w/o drawing the pattern let it dim.

If you try to unlock the screen again, it wont ask for your pattern. It works as if the pattern lock is disabled.

I was wondering if anyone has a way around this? or know any other possible solution for this since I hate putting pin number as a security.

Thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Yes we're aware, and yes, there's a workaround, it's even in a goddamned AT&T press release!

Have you considered rereading the XDA rules? Pay attention to rule #1, you just broke it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jjack0310:
re-setting their time-out screen to the "immediately" setting. This is done by going to the Settings->Location and Security->Screen unlock settings->Timeout->Immediately. "

I got this and I tried doing it earlier, but for some reason it still didnt work. I guess I was doing something wrong and will try it again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SSJ_Gomike:
Its not the phone or a security hole...it's you...this was only a problem when some people made it one...

If you just unlocked then let it time out after say a minute then quickly pushed the unlock button the phone is smart enough to know that the same person pushing the unlock button is the same one who unlocked it by swiping 1 to 2 minutes before...

And like Entropy said which you clearly ignored....

This is OLD news and not even considered a real issue....nor a security hole....

Sent from my Galaxy S II (I777) - 1.4Ghz
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] GalaxyMaster:
Please lock this thread
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ayoo456:
I think there was a software update that fixed this
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] BeenAndroidized:
Not just Pattern Lock -All Lock options have the same problem.

Thank you.

BTW! It not jsut the pattern lock option that do it. All lock screen options will let you in the same way, I tried them all.
[LG Optimus 2x] raz0r9199:
Hi guys, I believe that this has been bumped numerous times. But I would appreciate it if some one could upload a .zip for cwm to patch the system.

Basically I would like to swap the internal sd dir to external sd dir vice versa so that I can install games and applications on my external sd card. I tried to mod the vold. but in the end it shows that both drives are unavailable.

Please help. :)
[LG Optimus 2x] orlox:
## Vold 2.0 NVIDIA Whistler fstab

#######################
## Regular device mount
##
## Format: dev_mount <label> <mount_point> <part> <sysfs_path1...>
## label - Label for the volume
## mount_point - Where the volume will be mounted
## part - Partition # (1 based), or 'auto' for first usable partition.
## <sysfs_path> - List of sysfs paths to source devices
######################

## 20100725, hyeseung.ryu@lge.com, Add 2nd external memory
#LGE_CHANGE_S[jyothishre.nk@lge.com] change for issue: not able to boot with corrupted SD card
#dev_mount extsdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc0
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
dev_mount extsdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc0
[LG Optimus 2x] raz0r9199:
After I did this, the device can't mount either the internal or external sd. It says unavailable in the storage page.
[LG Optimus 2x] orlox:
Sorry mate I have only tried it to Django Manouche ROM.
[LG Optimus 2x] reaper7881:
bro post up ur original vold.fstab file and ill edit it to make it work
[LG Optimus 2x] spica1234:
Swap on internal sdcard is very much risky and not at all recommended. Because swap write very often reduntantly which can damage phone internal flask memory . You can use it on external card which is if cause damage then even cost-effective. Best idea would be zram/compcache:)
[LG Optimus 2x] thloh85:
Why would you wanna do it the hard way?

There's a setting for this:

Check the Settings->Cyanogenmod Settings->Application->Use Internal Storage setting and that should swap your internal and external SD.

Hope this helps
[LG Optimus 2x] raz0r9199:
Hi bro, I'm using stock gingerbread from LG and thats the problem. I'm on fps 0.2a kernel for now and this is my vold.fstab.