yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] MadFlava:
Dude.. look...

Take some advice from me. This will be the best advice you ever get where cell phones are involved. If you're on a CDMA network, dont buy a Samsung. Their radios SUCK. I have an Epic 4G Touch now and I bought a Photon out of pocket just to get away from that POS.

If you want a shiny whiz bang device that is sort of a phone then Samsung has got it covered. The Photon has a tremendously better radio than the E4GT and Id bet the Nexus is going to use the same radio and antenna setup.

The grass always looks greener with Samsung. It isnt. Even the guy at the Sprint store told me that he's been trying to tell everyone that the E4GT is a POS from an actual phone standpoint but everyone is enamored by the screen size and specs.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
I know I owned a nexus s 4G for a solid month (sold to buy photon full price) and my gf is using the epic touch 4G and her signal is terrible in our home. Samsung does suck for cdma indeed but man do I want a decent nexus device. I had the nexus one and it was one of the best devices to ever exist next to my photon. HTC did an excellent job with that nexus, no idea why Google is letting Samsung make them now.
[Motorola Photon 4G] MadFlava:
I think Samsung has it down for GSM because thats what the rest of the world uses. They just cant make a decent CDMA phone. Look at their track record and Ive owned ALL of these at one point.

Moment - Broken GPS out of the box and other issues with battery meter, etc

Epic 4G - I forget what was broken with this phone but it was something. GPS maybe

Nexus S - Terrible reception

Epic 4G Touch - LOS and terrible radio

See the pattern? And theyre slow as heck in fixing the stuff. Dont do it.. dont get sucked in like I did. The only upside is that I can sell the E4GT to someone and probably make out like a bandit.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jeff_in_LA:
My friend has one on verizon.

It is hands down simply awesome.

It makes my photon seem like a rotary phone.. and no Moto Blur!
[Motorola Photon 4G] cali90028:
I'm going to stick it out,I have my upgrade in July 2012 I know there's going to be a better LTE phone coming out, but that Samsung does look tempting.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
Glad you asked (and not to jack Kenny's thread!)

1. 1 minute of HD video is approxmately 100Mb. I'm really just playing with the video and editing (i was going to post some of my crap, later), but that takes alot of space.

2. I use ZumoCast to access all my crap at home, but I leave to Sweden and Sydney at least 2 times a year. I move all my work manuals, pictures, important papers, movies and music to card so I do not have mess with international data.

3. Lexer is good, SanDisk is the top of the food chain as far as storage. PERIOD. Nothing close. I like the reliability, speed, and I want the best for my s**t!
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
So true about the HD being 100mb! HD video recording will definitely fill up that SD card with the quickness...
[Motorola Photon 4G] bigbrown:
Same here, probably moving to ATT. Samsung have been promising the moon while cutting customers off at the knees. They are only good on paper; when will people ever learn?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jamiejayhawk:
This guy said it all. If this bad boy was HTC or Motorola then you know it would be quality. Samsung makes terrible products imho. Ive had the e4gt, original epic, and they were horrible. I just grabbed a MoPho, traded a iphone 4s for it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jamiejayhawk:
Double post
[Motorola Photon 4G] jamiejayhawk:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...urface-yeah-its-pretty-fast-at-least-for-now/
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
While that's cool and all I'm not buying it. I saw that video few days ago and those speeds are pretty good almost too good to be true. He showed no picture of the actual device, also the person could have just renamed whatever device they're using (tethering) to sprint etc lol. I just can't take videos like that serious there's always some douche doing crap like that for attention or media coverage.

So for now I'm going with fake for $500 Alex.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
You Kill me!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
I wanted to bring this back front and center. I had my McD breakfast and OJ and have spent1+ hours on Google after the CES and Sprints announcment. I'm not the brightest cookie in the jar, but this phone seems a step backwards to me.

1. I'm 5'8" and 145Lbs. Photon already takes up 3/4 of my hip!

2. I have 8MP, why go down to 5MP

3. Its not 1.5GHz, 1.2GHz (Likely for battery?)

4. Not a world phone

5. 32Gb Internal? Technically, I have 38.72 usable and let phone handle little crap?

6. Radio Issues (I will not beat this dead horse!)

7. Samsung! Like they will address complaints!

I'm not saying its a bad device, it does not suite my COMPLETE Business needs. He**, iPhone is not bad either. (OK, iDouch sucks) I feel, seriously, $$$ for $$$, if you look at the specs of all phones on the market, Photon kicks a**. Yea, there are other phones that do one or two things better, but if you look at EVERYTHING, Photon leads with the complete package.

Not to get off subject, I noticed yesterday, I have @ 160App's and I have the auto update on. I checked my sprint bill, I have 1.8Gb for the month and no TV and movies? yes I can do more, but it seems it is costing me? GTAIII pulled a Gig, but i did that WiFi?

Oh well, anyway, I will stick with making my Photon better!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Android 17:
8 MP VS 5 MP does not necessarily equal better quality, however, the Photon's camera isn't that great, and neither is the Nexus, for some reason the camera in the SGSII line seems to be top-notch compared to it.

32gb is nice, but a bit overkill to me. I'd rather have the 16gb on the Photon and the ability to load an Micro SD card up to another 32gb if I so desire.

The Nexus will be 1.5 GHz, but the Photon can already be easily overclocked to 1.4, and there should be absolutely no reason why you'd need a higher clock speed for real world usage.

I don't like the pentile display on the Photon, and while apparently it's less of an issue with the Nexus due to the higher res, it still doesn't seem like a big step up.

If you live in one of the few LTE markets launching it would be more desirable but not a whole ton more.

Overall it just does not seem like a big step up, unless you can score one very cheap, but at minimum on contract it'll be 200, and without contract likely over 600+
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
@Andriod 17, your late to the party, we moved on to Samsung Galaxy Note:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1432946&page=2

Also, your information is incorrect (well, so was the web). Not 1.5GZh, its 1.2GZh. It will not have internal SD card, but if you look back, 1 minute of HD video is 100Mb, so having huge storage is big. But like you said, the Nexus is not a step up, the Note could be. cheers
[Kyocera Zio M6000] strikrv1:
I tried to post this in the thread for the Open Zio Revamped but it wont let me since I dont have enough posts yet. lol Anyways on to the questions.

First off when I install my apps and try to move them to the SD card they disapear from the app list after I reboot. How can I stop this from happening?

2nd When I get a call from sombody sometimes it has the wrong picture for a contact. I had this problem with Open zio as well though.

Thank You
[Kyocera Zio M6000] strikrv1:
Well i have been doing some research and this happens quite often apparently. What causes it is the loader boots up before the SD card is scanned. So when I force close the ICS loader and open my app draw they appear. I cant seem to find a way to change when the loader will load up though... I would like to make it load a few seconds later to give the sd card a chance to scan first. Does anybody know of an app or anything that can do this? I have looked and cant seem to find one.
[Kyocera Zio M6000] 3ncrypt3d_Droid:
I can confirm the wrong pictures on phone calls from time to time, but the sd card problem i havent personally experienced...
[Kyocera Zio M6000] strikrv1:
I have found a work around other than force closing ICS. I downloaded an app called FMR Memory Cleaner that cleans the cache of a lot of the system apps including the ICS Loader and so when that is done ICS then pics up the data from the SD card. I think it could be possibly the SD card is slow to read for one reason or another because I did notice when I had Open Zio before it would often either take a while to load all of the apps though they did load or the Loader would crash and when it reloaded then the apps that were on SD would show. Although this has happened with both of my SD cards it was more noticeable on my 8 gig one. If anybody else is getting this issue I hope this helps until I or somebody else finds a more permanent fix for this what seems so far to be a one of a kind issue lol.

Ohh and when I said it happens quite often I meant throughout all androids not just zio or with any particular rom. Just to clear that up.
[Kyocera Zio M6000] Krsmqn:
I haven't tried open zio yet. I'm contemplating it though cause I have a larger problem and like you I can't post where I need to yet. I need to enable usb debugging but can't access settings.... or much else. :(
[Kyocera Zio M6000] strikrv1:
You mean its not available in the settings any longer? Or the settings crash whenever you try to get in them. I probably cant help but if I get time ill try to look up your issue and see if I find anything. What did you do before that happened? Have you tried resting the phone back to the base setup?
[Kyocera Zio M6000] grimmace:
My phone is 2.2.1 from Cricket and I also have one contact that shows the wrong picture too. Could it be a sync issue or a google server issue?
[Kyocera Zio M6000] Fauxfire27:
chalk another one up as I am also having the sd card issue. if i FC the ICS launcher it picks them up but only for a short time. as soon as the phone sleeps it reverts back. im looking for a read booster for the sd card but i havent found one that seems appropriate yet. ill post back here when i do.
[Kyocera Zio M6000] 3ncrypt3d_Droid:
What kind of SD card are you using?
[Kyocera Zio M6000] Fauxfire27:
I am using a 1GB Sandisk Micro SD Card. ( yes i know its small but i haven't gotten the cash up yet to get the 8GB NFC enabled SD Card that i want )
[Kyocera Zio M6000] 3ncrypt3d_Droid:
I've personally had alot of problems with SD cards that come with the phones that I've had, I don't know what it is with them but when I change to a new SD card my problems stop( in particular the T-Mobile optimus t was the worst) . Have you tried reformatting the SD card? Maybe that will help.
[Kyocera Zio M6000] Fauxfire27:
yeah reformatted and re installed all my apps ( i did a full copy of my sdcard just in case i had something i needed to save, but didnt copy it back to the sdcard)

Still having same problem
[Kyocera Zio M6000] Mattix724:
Its a known bug in the 2.2.1 build, it's nice to see that someone is trying to keep the Zio community going... Mine has a bad battery and I wanted to get a better phone anyways since there is no chance the Zio will ever see cyanogenmod or even an AOSP gingerbread build.

If anyone can prove me wrong I'd donate for the effort even though I don't use it anymore...

Sent from The iPhone killer, Epic 4G Touch using XDA premium.
[Kyocera Zio M6000] bhatt86:
Same here Mattix I gave up on the Zio a while ago just happened to come back cause a friend asked me to see if there was ever a port for CWM for Sprint users. I got a HTC Incredible and haven't looked back. :)
[General Questions and Answers] tvick47:
Hello all,

I'm currently on the most updated software for the HTC Thunderbolt (.9) and although I understand that I cannot currently root the phone, I know that there is a way to downgrade to .5 and root with revolutionary.

I've read the guide here, however after performing all of the steps, the phone will not flash to the lower software. Upon entering the bootloader, the image will load, but then simply return to the previous screen without any changes.

Can anyone tell me why my phone won't accept the downgrade image? What could I be doing wrong?

EDIT: I'd also like to add that after the image loads, it reports a "wrong zipped image", but I followed directions completely.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Thoragh:
Have you already tried removing the .zip and then re downloading / replaced it. The file maybe corrupt and you may just need a new instance of it.
[General Questions and Answers] tvick47:
Thanks for the reply, yes I've tried a multitude of mirrors for the image, all with no luck.
[General Questions and Answers] rustyschakelford:
i am having this problem as well. any help would be much appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] snaganalf:
I'm trying to downgrade mine as well. I got it new with the .9 already installed.

It scans the file once I've copied and renamed it then says bad or no image.

I've downloaded the file several times and checked to make sure the md5 matches.

No luck.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swedaz:
I am quite new in android world, so please be forgiving for my maybe stupid question.

I can't understand it is hardware or programing issue because of sgt do not work like galaxy note (when we talking about stylus (s-pen) functions). So it would be great if someone could explain that :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurtish:
Not quite sure what you mean, but if you mean that the 10.1 is not responding very well to a stylus, look here, it might help http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTSxLe1Svj4
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -aXeL-:
Hi!

Everytime that i turn on my DHD the car kit start automatically.

Everytime that i get a call the hands-free is activated automatically.

I don't know what i do.

thanks and sorry for my bad english.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neutron1985:
Go to Setting->Dock-> uncheck Auto-Launch & Auto-connect
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bugs9477:
Careful.. if the OP is stock yes, but if he is on a ROM like ARHD Dock option is not there...... at all. Im still looking how to stop car mode from popping up if i move the plug when answering a call! Not while driving of course!

Sorry OP I have no useful info for you other than this!
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Required:

A BML rom

The latest CM7

An MTD touchwiz kernel

Tutorial:

1. Unzip your rom

2. Unzip CM7

3. Unzip the kernel

4. Copy the CM7 meta-inf folder to the rom you are trying to port

5. Delete any folder involving kernel or kernel-update

6. Copy tthe boot.img from an mtd kernel to the root of a rom

7. Copy the download fix script in cm7's /system/etc/init.d/ to the rom's /system/etc/init.d/

8. Zip the rom back up with 7zip or winrar
[Epic 4G Android Development] lcovel:
cm7.2.0-RC0-Epic-WiMAX-signed.zip??? Wondering if I'm downloading the correct one.

Edit: Nevermind, lol.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ugothakd:
So basicly, exactly how I said...just everyone overlooked it
[Epic 4G Android Development] The_Legendary:
Well you got to be careful because the updater-script in cm7 only copies the system folder and not mount or copy the data folder, I have a meta-inf folder that copies and mounts data, if you want to included it

Sent from my Legendary RC 2.2 MTD Converted Epic
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
IMO roms shouldn't use data...
[Epic 4G Android Development] lcovel:
Is the download fix script named "06mountdl" or is it "download fix script". Cant seem to find anything named download fix script in cm_epicmtd_full-6.

Or am I just wayyyy off the mark here?
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Moumtdl it something with market
[Epic 4G Android Development] Epic4GPortTeam:
Marcusant, you know, you never have to unzip a rom. You can drag and drop files from other roms, edit them by double clicking and saving and then confirming the save thru the extractor and delete them with the delete button. Also, you need to add all the scripts from cm7 like bmlovermtd and updater.sh and all the other stuff besides /system. And finally, you should probably say to use a TW kernel on a TW ROM and use the CM7 one on any AOSP/MIUI/CM7 ROM.
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
Certain apps like Maps, Street, Youtube, Voice, etc. are generally stored in System. Through regular updates, they also install a copy to Data, without removing the System copy. I prefer to move them so they only exist in one spot. This way they're also remove-able by the end user.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I just remove market apps
[Epic 4G Android Development] lcovel:
Yeah, I'm in over my head. I better wait until ThunderHawk MTD is/if released.
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
Well that would save space... but then I would have to re-download them everytime I flash... and I flash a lot! ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Epic4GPortTeam:
You can make them into a flashable zip, so then you can reflash them every time you install a new ROM.
[Epic 4G Android Development] The_Legendary:
Yep that would be super easy lol

Sent from my Legendary RC 2.2 MTD Converted Epic
[Epic 4G Android Development] toadlife:
+1000

Thank you. This is one of the cardinal sins of ROM making is to put a bunch of crap in /data (especially when the data is custom app settings, and or the only launcher). This can leads to all kinds of fail if the user has to do a factory wipe/reset.

I experienced this with SRF 1.2. I was business trip and I got a case of unfixable /data corruption (an all too common occurrence with SRF). So I did factory reset and when my phone rebooted THERE WAS NO LAUNCHER, because the only launcher was in /data/app/.

I guess I could understand putting things like youtube in data, but this still means you will be forced to download those if you do a factory reset.

The best solution is the have a script in /init.d that runs a `first run` setup script at boot and copies stuff into data from a compressed archive in /system

CM7 has this built in, though I don't know if they utilize it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] RandomKing:
Hm, I see that most of your problems stemmed from the disabled journaling of SRF 1.2. A 'feature' I'd been vehemently opposed to since the beginning, and that I countered with my very first rom many many months ago.

However, I will have to respectfully decline on the opposition to /data usage. I cater first and foremost to users looking for a clean start. For me, a rom that didn't have so much as a file explorer to access my sdcard upon first boot was bothersome. I feel the phone should be fully featured the moment it turns on, not once you download and sign into everything 30 minutes or more later! From there, I'd have to download mybackup and restore apps that should've been there and ready to use the minute my phone booted. I also recommend a manual task killer, and to that end, include one configured to the safest and most effective way I've determined.

That said, Epic storage is at a premium (or at least it was before MTD conversion), and having google apps stored on /system as well as /data is a redundancy I prefer to avoid. I also include a 'full' version for those users that reallllly want the most suggested apps installed. At the same time, while my downloaders appear to enjoy the functionalities such as flash, polaris office, swipepad, adaway, and voodoo on first boot, I prefer to take the opposite route of Sprint/Samsung and ensure that every one of these 'features' is also user-removable.

However, I will concede that a launcher should potentially be installed to /system in the event of a factory reset. I myself prefer to 3-finger into CWM and re-flash rather than ever factory reset. Especially since (in the case of SRF 1.2) it was near impossible to make it to that option through all of the FC's.

Here's something to think about:

If every rom had the same stripped down apps, the same standard featured mods (volume, hotspot, etc.), and obviously the same access to themes, then most of the available roms would be identical. ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] lost_:
That's mostly the case with TW-based ROMS. Aside from that basket of mods and included/excluded apps, the diffs come down to the init.d scripts (RAM & tweak scripts), build.prop, some tweaked files in bin & lib, plus theme files -- depending what the Chef did. Like you said, the secret is in the frosting :).
[Epic 4G Android Development] diptenkrom:
wish someone would convert ei22 mostly stock. then i would prob go mtd. i am afraid to try to do this myself...
[Epic 4G Android Development] lilajrestnom:
So if I was on a mtd rom right now and I converted a bml to mtd could I simply flash it or would I have to be on a bml to be able to get this to work..?
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
How did you convert it? If you did it this way then it is flashable on MTD. You only need to Odin back to BML if you are going to install a BML ROM or BML backup.
[HD Mini General] erickeir:
EASY NAND V2 *UPDATED*​

A very easy to use tool to flash your HTC HD MINI and install Cyanogenmod 7(NAND)

I updated my tool for newbies with new schlund's rom here.

Just run "Easynand.bat" and follow instructions.

Hope you like it.

(included google windows usb drivers)

Link : http://ge.tt/8sGLFqC?c

IMPORTANT ! use that fix

Credits :

schlund - for his photonic CM 7.2

cotulla - for his initial 2.6.29 kernel port

Alexander Tarasikov - for his initial lkbootloader

the whole xda-photon people for the common project
[HD Mini General] SonixTheBishop:
Amazing!!! Now CynogenMod 7.1 works for me no bootloop!!! Yhea! A Thanks for you :p
[HD Mini General] liorderei:
thanbk u very much, but when i run haret and try to get in to fastboot it wirtes:"[irq]: no handler for irq=0"

and nothing happens can u help me?

edit: i tried it with 2 other sd cards and it didnt work,if its even related..
[HD Mini General] erickeir:
that's not a problem, just connect ur phone to ur pc using the usb cable and press any key on the script to continue flashing :) !
[HD Mini General] peter08po:
if your host pc is windows, you have to install a proper driver for the hd mini

if it's linux, no driver is needed.

Grab the driver here>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18807579/Photon_NAND_Tools/driver2.rar

I tested with Windows 7 x64, it works fine. :)

EDIT: Link updated, the driver is now fetched from the newest Android SDK. It should work well :)
[HD Mini General] erickeir:
Thank yout peter08po but i'm on windows and i had the same "error" and i didn't install any driver and every thing work fine for me..
[HD Mini General] baggino:
can not a video guide?

you can go back to wm? how?
[HD Mini General] bas.bas:
Hello Eric will give this to work in the future with derefas, schlund, sp3dev releases?

I'd like to know also
[HD Mini General] liorderei:
thank you so much!! ill try it right away

EDIT: it worked but now im facing another problem...when it starts copying files my computer restart itself right away..
[HD Mini General] Vogelhaus7:
My wifi is not working :( cryyyin ! :/

#edit: and if i want to connect with my pc cable, on my hd mini only the usb debugging starts.. i hope i can help you?
[HD Mini General] erickeir:
That's weird... maybe a problem with the driver... do u have a x84 windows ? Maybe the driver works only for x64... i don't know this driver..

The wifi should work ! maybe a duplicated mac adress... try this :

1. turn on wifi

2. lunch terminal and type : su

3. type: busybox ifconfig eth0 hw eth "0E:00:A0:03:1E:FF"

4. try to reconnect

You can go back to wm with RUU from HTC website : htc(dot)com/europe/help/htc-hd-mini/#download

1. turn off ur device

2 turn it on by pressing power button and vol- together, u should have a multicolor screen, connect ur device to your pc.

3. run the file u downloaded and follow the steps at the screen.

To disable debug mode :

when u connect your phone to your pc u will have a notification just touch it and deactivate usb debug.
[HD Mini General] liorderei:
I have win xp i think its x32
[HD Mini General] erickeir:
mmm... peter08po updated the drivers link... try the new driver...