yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snakeforhire:
nope, /system partition remains as is (including all the files that were installed to it, but there aren't that many of them. Most third-party files get written to /data, which is also wiped. There might remain a few .conf files in .etc though, but it's rarely a problem -especially for rooted users, since we're used to completely wipe everything including /system when flashing a new stock ROM :p )
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netban:
Use the service code or as JJEgan said:

Boot CWM recovery,

go to Mounts and Storage,

Format cache, data, system and sd card.

^^both of these methods do the same thing and will wipe everything that has been changed by the user.

Good Luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psimmon:
I performed the *2767*3855# method but yet on first start up im still seeing a background from a old rom ive flashed to it? Why is this? Is there any way to completely nuke everything on the phone? and just start flashing things back onto it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iamaspecialneedscase:
Help

Hi how do I completly set my phone back to original unrooted status?

I have read up on so much but I seem to have made a right mess of my phone.

I can't unroot it no matter what I do, I put the original kernal back on through odin but it is still rooted but it got rid of yellow triangle.

The phone works ok and boots up but even the usb jig won't reset the counter, just boots into recovery mode.

I'm at the point as I don't know what I have done anymore.

Please help someone.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopman:
Are there a working touchwiz launcher for x8??
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sararo:
Why don't you just try? o.O

nothing will happen to your cell if you try.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shyamjptpm:
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=315387&st=0#entry11711511

Try it......:)

Xperian using xda app
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopman:
Thanks but download link not working
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyforandroid:
Hey i found a touchwiz launcher that works fully with no lag at all on my X8 :)

Only problems is that you have to add it to the zip you flash your custom rom in.

I did not make this but i forgot where i found it!

So for example, you have the gingerdx zip.

Go in to system/app

then paste it there :)

Install in CWM or Xrecorvey

Enjoy :)

Press the thanks button if i helped :D

I'm new to XDA!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopman:
Thanks :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NIMBAH:
I installed it like a normal app and it works fine.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyforandroid:
Oh nice :)

I use a CM7 theme called wizmod, it looks like the GSII but the icon's are not themed. I think you guys should check it out, makes the launcher look great :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikkpap:
hi i have some issues with the transparency colors in several apks like youtube

root explorer and i cant find the solution...

see the pics below...??? thanks in advance and happy new year.

ps the last pic is from settings about the phone and when i change lang this logo changes too can someone tell me how to change the chineese??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rankoradza:
My friend just now deleted some video we shot last night with my S II... Is there any way to retrieve those videos ???? Pls if there's any way.. tell, it means to me a lot...:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
You can try RECUVA

Or look in Android market for file recovery tool .

jje
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
Should i switch to iPHONE because i hate the low battery life of SensaTION and just wanted to ask of iPHONE 4 has better battery life or not....

Please dont ask me for buying 1800-1900 mAh batteries because those available near my area and on ebay are CHINESE- it is written on them that they give only 500 cahrging cyacles and I'm the man whose cell hangs on the charger around 3 Hours a day while fully charged
[HTC Sensation] Erik_18:
The battery of iphone 4 is lower than the sensation, but the software of sensation (android) consume more than ios

sorry for my english!
[HTC Sensation] UK-Sense:
My battery life is great for a smartphone :rolleyes:

All phones are different as to how much battery life you get, depends on what Rom / Kernel / Radio you are using.

Coredroid 2.6 with Faux Ultimate Kernel is great for battery life for me.

Have you calibrated your battery ?
[HTC Sensation] Erik_18:
how i calibrate my battery? with an ICS ROM?
[HTC Sensation] UK-Sense:
try on this forum HERE

or use from the Market THIS

;););)
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
battery is calibrated- rom is CM7- Faux kernel- brightness 0%....

Dont get even a whole day of battery life from it...

Sense makes it even worse- so now I'm on CM7
[HTC Sensation] slovoflud:
I'm a G2 / iPhone 4S user and I can honestly say that iPhones' battery is crap. Might be the bug everyone's on about, but seriously - I don't even think it's a bug, just the iCloud service, and all the rest background info and diagnostics that are sent all the time. I switched all of them off, and still it sucks battery on Idle more than Android. I can get through a day, sometimes two on the G2 with MIUI, iPhone drops like 15-20% overnight, and about 10-15% per hour daytime.

I, personally got tired (and bored) of the OS in a couple of months and selling the 4S.

Maybe it's just me, but I get excited when I see news of new ports, kernels, hacks etc on my Android RSS feed, on iOS feed all I get is "amazing new wallpapers" news.
[HTC Sensation] brusko1972:
I must agree, iPhone battery is worst. My Dad has iPhone 4s and My wife has iPhone 4 so I know how quickly the battery drains especially the 4S. There are also other things that bothers me about IOS. It is not as user friendly or intuitive as you think. I used to think that out of the box, iPhone has the more user friendly OS but not anymore.

I found out that you can not attached files as easy as you would like android when composing e-mail. There is no conditional call forwarding options in the call forwarding settings. Turning wifi on/off is not as easy as placing a widget on the home screen for toggling. No text reflow. browser doesn't play flash (There are a lot of sites that my wife visits that plays flash videos and her ipad/iphone can't play it). I'm sure there are more
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
Wanna Xchange with my Sensee....? B-)
[HTC Sensation] Mainspring:
aren't almost all, if not all batteries made in China these days?

if it makes you feel better you can pick up a Official HTC Evo 3D battery. 1730mah.

I have it in my Senny and have been pretty happy with it.

anyway, from what I understand, IPhone 4/4s batteries are 1420mah...

also, the battery in the Iphone is gonna wear out at some point, then you'd have to deal with the hassle of sending it to Apple for a replacement.

you'll loose the bigger screen and customization of Android phones, and have to deal with a boring OS.

not worth it imho.

If I was in your shoes and have battery problems, I'd just get a new, bigger battery... but that's me...

whatever you choose, good luck. :)
[HTC Sensation] stanleynhan:
flash miui, your battery life will be much better since its very light. or trying using an ics rom(preferbly the senseless ones) it has really great battery life
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
Tried a lot to get a newer EVO3D battery, but in my area, locally it is available for 70$..and the OEM chinese costs 45~55$...

Even i am confused about apple's battery life, but on my friend's iphone, we browsed internet for about 1/2 hour, played infinity blade for another 1/2 hour and for next 1 hour, we used cydia app store to browse and install packages which included 5~7 reboots...

Stil he just lost 17% of his battery life and you all maybe shocked to hear that he had his fone lcd brightness @ 70% :-O
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
On CM7 right now- rom's size -54MB...lighter than even MIUI...

BUT still if u say, I'll try MIUI, but tell me which MIUI rom is best for battery life and link back plz..

I'd surely like to checkout
[HTC Sensation] slovoflud:
No, I'll do with an iPhone, what an iPhone is best at - I'll sell it :)))))

I agree with the commenter above, I didn't want to rant about the OS, but since we're on the subject - iOS is far less user friendly, because of the closed and unintegrated OS architecture.

For example: Apps can not communicate with one another. Like when you are in a RSS reader the "full" article will open in a webView space, meaning it's not the Safari browser, but an interface the developer created, that has the safari rendering engine inside. So, every app developer has to "create" a browser of his own, witch is a bad idea and often feels like an afterthought. If you use services like Read It Later, there is no guarantee that an App will allow you to save the article for later reading, because the app can't see it's installed - you have to hope the developer included it in its "share" option. There is almost always a "read in Safari" option, but you can't change it - you can not assign a browser you like and use as your default browser. same with Camera, Gallery app etc.

The things mentioned above, like browser without text reflow, t9 dialing, easy way to toggle BT, WIFI, Brightness etc...

Settings is a clusterf*ck! I don't know where the whole iOS = Consistency thing came from, but believe me - there is nothing consistent about iOS Settings. Some apps will have settings right inside the app, some will integrate their settings into the OS settings menu, some will have both. For example in an IM app you'll have your settings for color theme inside the apps Options menu, and separate ringtone options in the OS Settings. More than that - Even some Games will throw some options into the OS Settings. So you want to turn off notifications for your emails. You go into Settings, and you have to find Mail Settings among Guns'n'Glory, GT racing, Location Services, Mobile Networks etc... And clicking on Guns'n'Glory might give you an option to turn ingame Vibration On/Off, for example - Why not include the option inside the game menu!??

iTunes is another bi*ch :) As it turns out you can not sync your phone to more than one computer in 2012 - wtf? Real world example for you here: I chose that my Work PC will be my computer i sync my iPhone with, because I spend more time with tech at work than at home, so now i'm on holidays for 2 weeks and I can't even put any music on to my iPhone! for 2 freaking weeks my iPhone enjoys the autonomy, while I'm out of office - it's ridiculous.

We are spoiled by Android. It's far more productive. iOS is good for launching apps - nothing more. Imagine your current Sense device as it is now, but stripped of everything, but the app drawer. You unlock your device, and there is nothing but the app drawer there.
[HTC Sensation] gacop4912451:
no u should on it
[HTC Sensation] stanleynhan:
You have to consider that we do have a bigger screen and the iPhones is much smaller
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
We also hve bigger battery then...

Also i checked the user reviews on GSMARENA.com for sensation XE and EVO3D--- Everyone was crying for battery life..means that a bigger battery won't help much
[HTC Sensation] sromer:
Bad battery life?

Look at the screenshot attached :p

Stick with the Sensation. Flash a custom ROM.

As usual....

HTC > Apple

Android > iOS

Sensation > iPhone
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
:-[ ]

For me, i never get more than 9 Hours on that...

U are on Z710E or Z715E and also tell me which rom is it
[HTC Sensation] buzz killington:
If you haven't tried it, give SENSEaY a try. I almost gave up on the sensation and started looking at the sgs 2, but since flashing that rom I routinely charge every other night, sometimes every 3 nights. In the post there are tips for saving battery life. I think mostly turn off pocket mode and phone finder helps a lot.

Another thing I want to point out is the Evo 3d oem battery is only $14 on Amazon, I don't know if you can get that shipped to you somehow. 15% extra is not a lot, but it does help.
[HTC Sensation] jerrylzy:
iPhone has better Battery life,for iOS is optimized better than Android and Android runs everything in low efficiency.Anyway, i still love my Sensation better than iPhone!
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
Do u too use EVO battery ?
[HTC Sensation] sromer:
i have a Z710A & im running ARHD 5.0.2

On average i get 1 day+ from a single charge.
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
ICS never worked stable for me-constant reboots, people app not working, face unlock FC's and many others...

Do i need to get latest HBOOT and RaDIO to use ICS ?
[HTC Sensation] AleyKsi:
A friend of mine has an iphone 4 and use it like i use my HTC sensation (with ICS leak): we have the same battery life.

Try to use another rom, kernel or some Cpu tuner to extend battery life
[HTC Sensation] leeznon:
I had the iPhone 4 before, I was a very heavily user and the battery was amazing.

I switched to the Sensation and use it less but the battery is worse.

IPhone 4 battery is much much much better. But I did buy an extra Sensation battery, so the 2 Sensation batteries last longer than one iPhone.
[HTC Sensation] buzz killington:
Yes, but it's less than 15% extra juice. The rom helped much more.
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
Hmm
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
Should i buy the OEM chinese battery which says that it gives more than 500 chrge cycles...

Its 1800mAh BTW
[HTC Sensation] talkshowhost85:
I think most smartphones are like that. What usually drains the phone tapping this from my experience is the amount of apps running background. Carefully configure your apps that I would suggest. I have an E63 that runs WhatsApp and because of whatsapp alone minimizing to background when not manually closed drains over 10% every 5mins if your screen is unlocked and being used. Usually it is your network provider especially in places like my country where 3g is spread like the final peanut butter spread you have. For your case I predict syncing is the enemy. My bro upgraded his ip4 to run ios5 which is not really recommended and his charger cable is like a life support now... Don't forget games that have scheduled maintenance time too.
[HTC Sensation] VictorNYC:
I purchased a Anker 1900 mAh battery from Amazon for like 16 Dollars and that was with the shipping included and i have been getting a consistent average of 26 to 30 hours per cycle depending on use with a ARHD 3.6.8 Rom so yeah i would agree … The rom and battery combination did it for me as all i wanted was to get a full day of heavy use out of it since i charge every night by habit any way...
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
16$ only ??????

Here in india, it costs somwhere around 50$ on ebay.in

Does amazon ships to india ??
[HTC Sensation] akbisw:
Just get an Anker 1900. It works for everyone and it is a brilliant battery. Lasts me one and a half days with wifi on.
[HTC Sensation] xdviper:
The Anker is good, gives me a good 1-2 hours extra depending on how heavy I use my phone. Get it if you can, but don't break the bank though.
[HTC Sensation] nexus2515:
I think you guys are from US...right ??

And i dont think so that amazon ships to india and if it does, how much does it charge for that...

Please someone let me know..I'll be very thankful
[HTC Sensation] jahmezis45:
My battery life is great
[HTC Sensation] lazybeast:
Anker is the best phone accessory investment I have used
[HTC Sensation] brilldoctor:
this deatails the amazon uk charges http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_rel_topic?ie=UTF8&nodeId=11075011

Remember it will also be subject to customs fees
[HTC Sensation] rich2x:
The iPhone is simply amazing on battery life. I found that on my iPhone I had no problems with battery. It also charged very quickly on w/e charger I used. On my sensation, I found that only using a OEM HTC charger, charged my phone quickly. I say go back to iPhone if you need a better battery.
[HTC Sensation] pacmanrod:
I adjusted my iphone push notification settings. had several apps that were set to push and on my locked screen the light would come on every time naturally battery drained quickly. of course simple things like screen brightness and how many apps run in the background
[HTC Sensation] Arthur Hucksake:
If I disable things to make my Sensation like how the iPhone 4 was (I did have one) then the battery life on the Sensation is just as good.

It's having syncing all over the place that ruins battery life.

Like how many times a day do you need to sync the weather? LOL Look out your damn window.
[HTC Sensation] Eeroz:
If you want the best battery life you shouldn't get a smartphone.. Anyway if you buy one, don't get the iPhone. I've used iOS for a long time and when I finally got my Sensation I felt like what the hell have I been using.
[HTC Sensation] ferlezcano:
No smartphones has good battery life... samsung, htc, apple, rim...

You just need to deal with it :cool:
[HTC Sensation] k0zmic:
I think battery life is quite difficult to compare the two since everyone uses their phones differently and there are too many variables e.g. locations of phone towers and type of Wi-Fi connections etc.

I personally thought iPhone's would have better battery life generally. Why? Well, because Apple can optimise and sort of fine tune the software to the hardware used better.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhiru1602:
Logo will be present in the Framework-res.apk. Open the file with 7zip. Look for the image, extract it and then copy it back after editing.

Transparency issues are caused due to some issues with the Kernel. I suggest you to download a version of MIUI that is baked exclusively for Galaxy S to fix such issues. Mintberry for example has fixes exclusive for Galaxy S.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1350763

Additionally, you may also try flashing custom kernels for CM7 or MIUI to fix such issues.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikkpap:
Thanks dhiru1602 for your quick reply but i dont think its has to be with kernel issue cause i used the latest mintberry 1.12.25 and has the same issue so the 1.12.30 from http://miuikitchen.org/ and 1.12.30 from http://miuiandroid.com/roms/miui-development-roms/ even the galnet one from http://galnetmiui.co.uk/landing/weekly-builds/

i think is has to be something with the fonts in a file like xml or something ??? like a parameter don't know same expert opinion is always welcome...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khan.dharvesh:
I recently bought note (white) and it runs on stock rom. I have a gs2 as well, and i feel note is laggy sometimes and not as superfast as gs2. i dont prefer custom roms. Is there any tips to make the phone faster? I have many apps running in sd instead of phone. would that make a diff?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jay_993:
I think we just need to give samsung time to create better stock roms for us. Having been on the full journey for sgs1 im sure the note will be blazing fast in the future roms :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kanej2006:
For the time being use an alternative launcher which should give you a boost, example LauncherPro...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cyrus-R:
But still felt smoother with stock launcher. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anonymous Vagrant:
thanks, it wox
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Loftus:
Update to Kl7 firmware. It seems to have resolved most of the lagginess that made the Note feel slow
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khan.dharvesh:
right. KL7 fixed it all.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinoypower:
I prefer GoLauncher, it's much smoother than LauncherPro. Homescreen switching is not as smooth as Touchwhiz tho.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kanej2006:
Lol, funny how these launcher's work. In my case it's the opposite, LauncherPro is miles faster & smoother than both ADW Launcher & GoLauncher...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beestee:
Ha, ADW has been very smooth on mine! I have not tried the other launchers on my note yet though. I updated to KL7 ota within an hour of acquiring the device, and have not experienced any lag whatsoever.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sameerk1977:
Guys, I am been a die hard fan of Apple iPhone and just last week I have shifted to Android, so I am not sure what you guys are talking about when it comes to launcher and KL5 or KL 7. Can someone guide me? My G-Note is not smooth as it should have been. I will appreciate an honest guidance :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adidie:
If you have task killer remove it. This device has enough ram
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khan.dharvesh:
buddy Kl7 s the latest firmware and it wil make ur note swifter. refer to this thread and do accordingly.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1423313
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skiddledank:
How to Make Galaxy note faster?

Throw it.

:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammadiqbal37:
i have rooted my galaxy s through odin and i am using darky's rom 10.2, now i have to factory reset my galaxy s, so i wanted to ask that whether is it safe to factory reset my galaxy s from the privacy menu or not???

please help
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ralfbosz:
Yes it's safe, but remember you're gonna lose anythin on your internal sd-card. So make a backup with titanium first of your apps (and data, like the history of whatsapp ;)).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhiru1602:
If you want to get more geeky, you could do a wipe from the Recovery mode too by using the 3 button combination.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puneetgandhi:
To go back to Original stock rom-i9000

To go back to the original stock rom, use the link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=846913

flash through Odin....my recommendation: reinstall the stock firmware using all 3 md5 files: PDA, CSC and PHONE, using gingerbread version 2.3.5....mine worked fine with this....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammadiqbal37:
thnx alot for the help guys :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puneetgandhi:
Factory Reset darky's rom

You can reset darky's rom from the privacy menu....it will reset settings and data, but you will still be using the darky's rom!!!

Please specify: Do you want to go back to the original/stock firmware, or you want to just delete data for performance?

:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s_tarun:
revert back to original

could you please help i am currently using darkyrom jvq v10.2.2 and kernel version 2.6.35.7-I9000xxjvq-cl281085 ficeto@beast#darkcore_2.9.3_jvq and fermware version 2.3.4 and would like to revert back to original/stock firmware.

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HelloThere1:
Download stock 2.3.3 firmware from http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9000&r=1#regiona ...

It's original stock firmware and flash it with odin 1.3 or whatever. It will reset everything to stock.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puneetgandhi:
Going back to stock

I use this topic to go back to stock from any custom rom....

I prefer using 2.3.5....:)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=846913
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] akoshun:
Helo everyone!

My friend has a galaxy s, and he has got a 16 lockscreenmod theme!

Link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1043968

Has somebody got an idea how to port it?
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] sohail77:
I see this as some what use less of having 16 lock screens
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] akoshun:
In the 16 lockscreenmod, there is a lockscreen off option see changelog!
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] i_rnb:
Cm7 got LS off option in tablet tweaks..

-tapatalked by rnb
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] akoshun:
Yes, but is there an idea to port it to our sg3?
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] ahsanaimad:
I guess NO!
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] PersianSphinx:
why are you guys being so harsh on him... i think its a great idea...

@OP:

Use this thread to port this by yourself :)