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[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
I have bought the phone in India and it is not locked to any carrier. I can use any sim card in it. Following is the information in bootloader in my HTC Sensation.

***LOCKED***

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-1.18.0000

eMMC boot

Aug 2 2011, 22:35:52

HBOOT

I want to attempt rooting on my phone but I dont know whether its bootloader is unlocked. Because I remember reading something about HTC releasing a tool for it. The phone is on Android 2.3.4.

So can it be rooted? Do I need to unlock it first? Can I use the method/tool in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1343114

Please advise. TIA!
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
You can root without unlocking it but you will need to S-OFF
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
can i use the tool in the link i posted to do s-off?
[HTC Sensation] sp5it:
I've done this that way: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192300

MIke
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
I have read the 1st post of the above thread. As I understand it, I have to do it in the following steps:

1. S-Off using revoltionary

2. Install CWM Recovery 5.0.0.8

3. Permanent root using su-2.3.6.3-ef-signed.zip

4. Install Custom ROM

Is the above procedure right? Or have I messed any step?

I believe the Super CID step is for branded phones which are locked to a particular carrier. Since my phone is unbranded and not locked to any carrier, I dont have to do it, right?

Please advice if I am missing something.
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
To install new ROM's like the ICS 4.0.3 ones you need supercid because you have to flash a new firmware

The order in which you wrote is correct
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
So I need Super CID for ICS ROM's only and not for Sense 3.5 ROM's, correct?
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Technically incorrect as the ICS ROMs are sense 3.5 at the moment but I know what you mean. No need to SuperCID for Gingerbread based ROMs
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
Yes. I meant gingerbread roms. So are the steps that I mentioned correct? And in the right order?

Btw, why does my phone has 'locked' written in the bootloader menu? Is it the locked bootloader from htc and do I have to first unlock it before attempting S-off?

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
You should be able to S-OFF without unlocking it and it only says locked because the revolutionary tool and HTCdev tool work in slightly different ways. The steps are correct and in the right order
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
Thanks, Jonny. You have been of great help.
[HTC Sensation] sarkar_007:
Another thing. If I root my Sensation now and install a custom rom, will I still get the ICS update available notification whenever HTC releases it? And will I be able to apply that ICS update to my rooted phone?

I know there already are ICS rom's available but I would still want to check out what HTC offers in their official ICS update. Maybe a newer version of Sense?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blunted09:
searched forums but no answers. Anybody know if there is a way to save camera settings over the default ones?? It keeps resetting everytime and i dont want to use a market camera app as the stock one is the best.

Help is always appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
Titanium Backup (pro) can backup and restore camera settings.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Ditchrat69:
Anyone else have this? Just put it on my fiances tablet, pretty neat little app. Works great, oh and it is free today on Amazon :)

Edit: Just saw another thread on this....my bad
[General Questions and Answers] metalfeild:
i am planning to bye a new phone which one should i buy: samsung galaxy SII or htc sensation XE or samsung galaxy nexus or should i wait for samsung gaxay SIII(any idea when it will b releasing) or is nexus prime releasing before February?
[General Questions and Answers] Chubby_Skunk:
Since you'd be getting the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S (compared to the American versions), I'd go with the Galaxy S III.... that's just my opinion though.
[Galaxy S II General] Blueshadow91:
isn't this terrible right? ive made my departure with this beloved phone and will be reunited when its back from repair (£100 to replace! WTF!!).. i would like to hear on your opinions at how you think i did it. :P
[Galaxy S II General] Seifer1975:
Looks like somebody sat on it!
[Galaxy S II General] srikanth.naidu:
looks like a car or a truck went over it :D
[Galaxy S II General] Blueshadow91:
your not far off my friend..
[Galaxy S II General] Blueshadow91:
nope.. no vehicles where used. or any other kind of heavy machinery.
[Galaxy S II General] Gorjess:
A big fat dude step on it..

Sent from The Center of The Earth
[Galaxy S II General] srikanth.naidu:
okay then let me venture to the rumor mills.:p

you've got the all new top secret sgs3 from samsung so you decide to break your old one :D
[Galaxy S II General] me_ashman:
Tried to use face unlock?
[Galaxy S II General] Blueshadow91:
Nope.. nothing far fetched as that :D i slipped on some mud on a pavement and the phone was in my back pocket.. so just imagine clamping an apple in a Vice/G Clamp, squashed! that's what happen to the LCD screen in between the Gorilla Glass and Battery. the Man in the Three store was amazing to see it so badly damaged and he his colleague and my brother had one too.. i felt so guilty! :P

Phone History:

Nokia 5200 Black, Sony Ericsson K800i, LG KS360 Blue, Samsung Tocco Lite, Nokia N97 Mini, LG GT540 Grey, Samsung Galaxy S2
[Galaxy S II General] LouisJB:
Boy he must be so ugly. Ha Ha.
[Galaxy S II General] koolshubh:
Loool...... :P
[Galaxy S II General] Nekton:
Wait, so the glass didn't break, just the LCD?
[Galaxy S II General] Phistachio:
In Soviet Russia, face unlocks YOU! :p

So, in a nutshell, you have to facepalm with your phone onto your face to use faceunlock? :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] florexus:
Oh my. Ogre hands?
[Galaxy S II General] ssilviu:
Is it hard to change only the glass, not all the screen?
[Galaxy S II General] xpresside:
lol u think that's bad?

check this out...
[Galaxy S II General] blazk:
lol, lets have a competition on who own the most badly damaged SGS2.

luckily im not in,

yet
[Galaxy S II General] Blueshadow91:
yes just the LCD broke.. and xpresside, was your phone done like an in an accident? i believe it wasnt
[Galaxy S II General] Gnarfsan:
Did you step on it?
[Galaxy S II General] xpresside:
yes, it got like that in a motorcycle accident
[Galaxy S II General] AJ.Rockwell:
Damn guys it pains me to even look at those photos! Props for having nerves even shooting it and placing it here, because if something like that were to happen to me my head would explode... I dropped my device ONCE from like a 0,5 meters while sitting, of course it landed display down and I almost feinted when I saw a scratch mark on the display >.<
[Galaxy S II General] Blueshadow91:
looks like it been repeatedly shot.. there is one other person with screen damaged and another with the battery melted but not as bad as yours.. looks like it been shot a could times... i see a demo on youtube and i tried it.. the phone is completely scratch resistant to a serrated knife.. thats how goo dthe stuff is.. so ive punch it soo hard i get red knuckles.. no pain no gain i say!
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
They are glued together, in theory you can replace one but not the other, in practice its easier to replace the whole thing.

And £100 isnt bad, that's not much more than the Glass/Screen costs to buy on its own.
[Galaxy S II General] radkor:
Lol, how you broke something that even doesn't exist in your phone??

It's AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic LED) not LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). ;)
[Galaxy S II General] ziggazee:
I cracked mine too :( its only a small crack and its on the edge so the screen works fine and thers no crack running through the actual screen.. Where are you getting it fixed? I got a quote for £125.
[Galaxy S II General] ste1164:
Apparently it's only £79.99 at the carphonewarehouse.
[Galaxy S II General] ricky1989:
poor phone:( good luck with your new ones..
[Galaxy S II General] GIR:
I've seen worse, monday I'll post a few pics of broken screens I have at the shop. The price is normal as you can't replace the glass of an AMOLED screen, the LED panel, digitizer and the glass are one whole o you need to replace the whole front panel.

You can buy a panel of ebay and replace it yourself. Opposed to other phones (read iPhone) it's real easy to disassemble the phone, all you need is a tiny philipshead screwdriver and a soft open tool.
[Galaxy S II General] onbacardi:
hahahahaha
[Galaxy S II General] Blueshadow91:
okay.. ill do one small change for you!

everyone else ive been proven wrong.. the only reason i said worst because i never been able to find worse just 1 guy with a small crack in the top corner.. yea its probably easier and cheaper do replace it myself but i dont wanna void the warranty, do someone else do it while trying to do one thing, people get paid repairs phones why dont they!
[Galaxy S II General] Blueshadow91:
i got told the repair is done by Samsung not Three.. i did get annoyed about it being free because im on contracts im paying enough for it as it is, then my brother who also owns the white edition tried telling me it was a faulty phone because the screen broke and i bragged to him at how strong the Gorilla Glass was but he fully didnt understand that the Super AMOLED+ (for radkor :) ) broke.
[Galaxy S II General] radkor:
ROTFL ;) Nice one. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] soraxd:
LOOOOOOL

can't believe it broke.. my sgs1 has hit the concrete like 30 times face down.. and its fine, just a little scratched..

anyway you can get a rreplacement screen on ebay for 40 bucks and do it yourself.. much better than the 200 you paid
[Galaxy S II General] Blueshadow91:
actually id rather spend £100 to get it done by a professional.. i tried to repair a Sony Ericsson C902 myself and broke the keypad while pulling apart, ive learnt my lesson.. beside id rather repair and have it back then go buy a cheap phone.. cant downgrade from this phone to a cheap Samsung Chat can i! oh no!

if anyone else has damage as like mine please share by all means :)
[Galaxy S II General] bhavinpatel95:
Try fine a replacement on eBay, there's instructions in the forum on how to replace (y)
[Galaxy S II General] aguerito:
I bought a new glass on bestmobileparts but i dont know how to change it, i think if the glass is on sell is because the change can be possible.
[Galaxy S II General] Sleepycat3:
You can't change the glass on its own without damaging the AMOLED layer. You need to replace both the glass and AMOLED as one piece.
[Galaxy S II General] kova05:
lol :))))))))))))))))))))
[Galaxy S II General] aguerito:
But if this is true, why sellers sell only the glass too ?
[Galaxy S II General] pants_marshall:
is the glass attached to the LED screen? usually that isn't the case so you could just change the screen and not both
[Galaxy S II General] aguerito:
I hope that, because it would be stupid sell only the glass being imposible to replace it.
[Galaxy S II General] bakewelluk:
Ouch sorry to see that mate, I hope you manage to get it sorted asap without having to spend too much (though lets face it, the phone is worth it...)

I had to send mine off for repair recently (spilled some drink over it in a club and the mini usb port stopped working) and to be fair samsung were pretty quick - got it back a week after sending it off to them! They didn't even question the fact that it must've blatantly been accidental damage, and either they didn't notice that it was rooted with the latest 2.3.6 firmware flashed on it or they just didn't care!

Gotta love samsung, I felt lost without my phone as I was stuck using a random £15 vodafone PAYG job and all of a sudden sitting on the loo felt so boring :p
[Galaxy S II General] shawayne21:
I believe you can't.

The LCD and glass are fused together.
[Galaxy S II General] zemariaabreusantos:
I'm sorry for what I'm about to say but HOLY ****!! Did you drive your car over or something?? Anyway i'd recomend you buy a new one.. I wanted to fix mine once (same prob) but the guys at sammy told me it would cost me 300 € so I bought a new S2 for 250 by renewing my contract xD

---------- Post added at 09:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:11 PM ----------

if don't know how to fix it why did u buy the screens?! waste of money.

Anyway there are a lot of youtube tutorials
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
I found a few teardowns of our phone on the web and it it looks very easy. You want a challenge, try to take apart and then reassemble a Palm Pre. I blew out my mic with compressed air and had to replace it. All it takes is patience and time. You should try, but I guess it's 100 pounds too late now.
[Galaxy S II General] 2troke:
Hi you can replace just the glass it is possible but a lot of patience is required!!

contact me on how to do it!!
[Galaxy S II General] 2troke:
They are glued together.......but it is possible to separate the glass fornt from the digitizer I did it yesterday successfully and screen is still fully functioning..... message me to learn how
[Galaxy S II General] 2troke:
I have successfully separated my glass screen from the digitizer its not too hard just takes patience and care.... you can save yourself £80 easy if you have a fully working digitizer, and the inclination........... new front glass screens cost as little as £2 and the special adhesives about the same...........
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
This post is so funny, but not as much because of the content... Mostly because he got 42 thanks out of 59 total thanks. ;) that's 71% of his total thanks meter in one post! EPIC!
[Galaxy S II General] ehsan7715:
its amazing !! break AMOLED inside the phone body

i should care about my S2 when im sleep!:silly:

thanks for notification
[Galaxy S II General] Shahrokh.KING:
you're awesome dude!

btw, it's so sad for me, i love GSII, hope u fix it soon and use this beauty again
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Foorperif:
i finally get my new sidekick after my old one messed up i am thinking between

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1408228 and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1382927
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] GuestK0045:
Take glorious some bugs in the sense one
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Foorperif:
gloorious is a bit laggy for me
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Foorperif:
im using the Lighting V5 be revolution and it is buggy so idk what to use now
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] GuestK0045:
Gloryious or ginger clone
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Foorperif:
so i should use Glorious overdose by ayoteddy
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] GuestK0045:
Yup
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Foorperif:
how can i backup my apps and restore then with along with the apps saved stuff
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] GuestK0045:
use astro file explorere im not sure about the data but apps with be backed up
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] badboi_zero:
Titanium Backup. I invested getting TB PRO because when you restore apps you don't always have to confirm each app's install.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Foorperif:
will it back up the data too
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] GuestK0045:
U can use sms backup and restore. For call logs aswell data I really don't. Know
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Foorperif:
i mean app data
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] GuestK0045:
Not sure but there is an option in settings about google backing up data
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] badboi_zero:
Yeah it will back up data. Say if you are logged on in the Google voice app and you have certain changes in the settings and changed the notification sound, when TB backs up the app it saves all that stuff. But restoring the notifications sounds is hit and miss since roms include different tones.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Foorperif:
so data like saved games will be saved
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Foorperif:
i just want my saved games to be saved
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] immy28:
How to change menu icon ....any app or .. How ......
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
more info

======================

SGSII styled rom

for galaxy ace

======================

The Serious MOD V1

fir galaxy ace

======================

The Serious MOD V0

for galaxy gio

======================

made by Robinandroid
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] immy28:
What......more info ????
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
morevinfo over what you want t do with it wich menu icon etc

======================

SGSII styled rom

for galaxy ace

======================

The Serious MOD V1

fir galaxy ace

======================

The Serious MOD V0

for galaxy gio

======================

made by Robinandroid
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] madman:
you want to change icons from app drawer then get apk on pc and replace icon what you prefer or if some iconpack of launcher can change it then change yourself
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
no need for apk

just download my sgs II theme for stock rom then and change the icons in that zip file and done

no need for extracting apks

======================

SGSII styled rom

for galaxy ace

======================

The Serious MOD V1

fir galaxy ace

======================

The Serious MOD V0

for galaxy gio

======================

made by Robinandroid
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] madman:
Fine haven't looked at your zip update file :D:p
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] immy28:
Yep i try this one .. Last3 day bt some icon change ... Some not like .. Contect change but phone ,browser and many other not change....how fix ....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
if you have the icons

make sure that[ like browser icon is called ic_icon_browser

or something like that

the you need to rename it good

just look for the browser icon in res drawable mdpi map and change your icons name likethe name ofhat icon in map and then it should works

======================

SGSII styled rom

for galaxy ace

======================

The Serious MOD V1

fir galaxy ace

======================

The Serious MOD V0

for galaxy gio

======================

made by Robinandroid
[Frameworks] lemonoid:
I came across this interesting article referencing the Wind River Platform for Android, and their announcement for three new modular platforms on which they are working on. This article is about the Wind River Solution Accelerators for Android, which can reduce boot-time up to 30%, and one module is even offering developments in multi-window Apps, of course optimal use being on tablets. But I just thought it was a cool article, and maybe a few devs in here could find a way to get good use out of these developments, and even if you aren't a dev it is a pretty cool article. Definitely check out the screenshot of the multi-window performance.

http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Wind-River-Solution-Accelerators-for-Android-/?kc=rss

and here is the company's website.

http://www.windriver.com/products/mobile/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluephi1914:
Hello everyone I'm new to the samsung forum... I switched from evo 3d.

I noticed there was an over the air update available and before I accept anything I want to make sure that would not stop me from rooting my phone. Our gaining full root access.

not to compare, but with evo 3d if you took the 1st over the air update it would change your Hboot version and made it impossible to gain full root access.

Is this the case with the samsung galaxy?

My baseband version is:

S:D710.10 S.EG30

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] _MetalHead_:
Go ahead and accept it, you can still root :)

Here's how- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wolfkstaag:
Naw, you can root after accepting OTA. Or you can just update from the ROMs around here, which come rooted and are available in their stock versions.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluephi1914:
Ok thanks...I know with the evo, ota's prior to rooting and after were a no no. but it looks like samsung is different.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
I don't think they were saying OTA's in general were a good idea. They were saying this particular OTA has been verified OK. The future ones could do things you wouldn't like, so check back when those come out.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
Always be suspicious of OTA's, but, I would be extremely surprised if Samsung decided to lock our phones up as HTC decided to. That's one of the main reasons why I returned my E3D (after being a loyal HTC buyer who was extra thrilled with his Evo4G experience).

I think Samsung is fine making their razor thin margins and letting us have our way with the hardware. We're also the same people who will toss this phone and buy a new one as soon as something better comes along so they won't be losing that 'upgrade for software update' money on us...as for the carriers? I'm not sure why they'd give a ****. Data is data. Aside from locking down chronic tetherers...but I think anyone who mods to tether probably wouldn't have paid for the service anyway and I we're such a small fraction of their customer base that even though a few bad apples go hog wild on all-you-can-eat data we're still statistically a insignificant group so far as bandwidth consumption is concerned.

But, yeah, just get your updates from here. There is no reason to take an OTA.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ywashingmachine:
I've been having this problem for about a week now (no wifi problems at all before then). Occasionally when I try to use my phone to access wifi I'll be unable to access the internet (tested using Opera Mobile), even though I'm connected to the network (AirDroid works fine, my phone shows up in the router settings). Turning wifi on and off doesn't fix it. The only solution that I've found is going into airplane mode for a tiny bit (fraction of a second). This fixes it every time, but it's a pain in the ass to have to do a few times a day.

When this first started I thought it might be related to me having changed my wifi sleep policy to when the screen is off, but I put it back to "never" and I'm still having this problem. There doesn't seem to be any pattern to when it happens. It never happened at college (where I was constantly moving around and switching between different routers), and it happens both at my house and at my friends' houses (where we each only have a single router).

I'm rooted with stock 2.3.4 ROM and a kernel with CWM (but otherwise stock, I believe).

Any ideas?
[HTC EVO 3D] dmcgrath009:
Hey guys I am in the process of getting the system sounds from a Samsung Galaxy phone to use on the EVO 3D but when trying to use the files off the Samsung they are just to quiet for some reason so I have been trying to find a free way of increasing the volume on the file and still being able to save it in the correct format.

any ideas ?

thanks ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] Mickets73:
Batch-increase volume (amplify) of OGG files (ring tones, notifications)

Yes, I had the same need. If it were MP3 files, I'd lead you straight to MP3Gain. But they're OGG files.

So, you need Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/). It's free, open source, for Linux ,Windows, etc.

How to do it (I did it on Windows XP):

Open Audacity

Drag all the OGG files whose volume you want to change, on to the Audacity window

Audacity will open each file in a separate track (you can actually play them all together!)

Press <CTRL><A> to make sure you selected all tracks

Go to the menu Effect/Amplify and choose how much you want to amplify the sounds. If the "OK" button gets disabled, then you must tick the option to allow clipping (some points with distorstion)

Press the Preview button to preview and make sure there's not too much clipping (or any at all). If it's just a notification sound, not a big deal

Happy? Press OK to accept the amplification

Un-select the tracks (click somewhere else with the mouse cursor or press <CTRL<SHIFT><A>

With the cursor, select all the track of only one track (sorry - I didn't find a key combination for this)

Menu File / Export Selection, and choose OGG format

Repear for each one of the tracks.

Hope that helps.
[HTC EVO 3D] ernadr:
Thanks :highfive: