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[Desire General] Lothaen:
I thought the Desire S was now unlockable as with 'all other variations of the Desire family' - was a very recent htcdev annoucement, when they did the DHD and DZ?

however I checked and can only see Desire and DHD on there.
[Desire General] santana.rulez:
Good news! May you tell me if before the unlocking you had a custom ROM or the HTC orginal one?
[Desire General] jukyO:
Don't you read? He said he put official HTC ROM before he started the procedure....
[Desire General] santana.rulez:
Seems like that you're angry or peeved...

For "aleonty". Could you plese tell me how did you upgrade the phone with HTC ROM? Did you install the last kernel source from http://www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads ?

Thanks a lot.
[Desire General] aleonty:
I guess you are asking how did I put (back) the official HTC ROM to prepare the phone for bootloader unlocking? If so, then:

1. since I had the bootloader s-off'ed by revolutionary.io, firstly I flashed the special hboot for downgrading (http://alpharev.nl/PB99IMG_downgrade.zip).

2. then I flashed the official 2.29.405.5 RUU (got from shipped-roms: http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe)

3. then I got OTA update to 2.29.405.14.

After these 3 steps the phone was ready for using the official unlocking method from htcdev.com.
[Desire General] Lothaen:
Think there is an RUU straight to .14 isn't there?
[Desire General] imnamak:
Has anyone succeeded with installing custom ROMs after official unlock procedure?

Actually I want to change my ROM from official 2.3.3 to get rid of "low memory" problem (and have something new :) to play with), but thought to try official unlock first. Now I am afraid if this can lock me out from other ROMs too, as it happened with official 2.3.3 :(
[Desire General] erklat:
That's exactly what will happen. What low memory problem?
[Desire General] imnamak:
:) "good" news hehe and thanks for the reply first...

Well it's not a secret that when we (maybe only me) are getting low on internal storage/memory during some time. Though I am using Link2SD, which moves some mount of data to my sd-ext (ext3) partition, memory is still going down (but slower of course).

Am I missing something with this?
[Desire General] Rastaman-FB:
if you use this method then you cannot s-off the device and modify system on the flay or have custom mtd's

people moving from s-off to this are being short sighted

using htc's official bootloader unlock still voids warranty so effectively there is no reason to use this over alpharev/revolutionary as infact what it does gives you less functionality and locks your bootloader to only process ship commands rather than eng commands
[Desire General] imnamak:
This is issue we should consider serious when using this.

Is there anyone who has (anyway) any more experience with stock-unlock? I'm curious yet how your phone behaves :)
[Desire General] Rastaman-FB:
yes indeed, people are quick to move to this over existing s-off revolutionary/alpharev

this doesnt give you s-off and stops you from writing to system

you will not be able to change mtd layout.

worse thing is this voids warranty anyway
[Desire General] erklat:
I'm sure it behaves so good that you won't need to think about a new phone for at least next two years.
[EVO 4G General] HeisRisen:
Do we have any active members in this community that are currently or have recently been TC's with Sprint? I'm getting ready to start training as a Technical Consultant the middle of the month.

Just interested to hear opinions on the position, training and working for Sprint as a whole. I got tired of complaining about the goofballs behind the bench at my local store, so I decided to become one! Seriously though, we had some goofballs before.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Well honestly, treat them like we treat people here, the good people. Tell them how it is, and give them honest help. Though if your store policy isn't to work on rooted phones, then don't, but then you should be okay.
[EVO 4G General] Febby:
I can't really tell you much since I've never worked as T.C or any related job but my local Sprint store truly makes me feel as if the techs there are a joke! they can't even tell a PRL change. I changed my PRL to a verizon one to where I don't get Sprint service when in sprint mode, only when set to automatic it roams so they ended up trying to simply order a replacement. Also some elder folks walked in saying their charger port wasn't working any more and the person who signs you in tried to tell them they had to instantly go with insurance claim because a port not working is considered physical abuse. I felt like speaking out but I kept my opinion to my self, but I might try to get a position as a tech my self one of this coming months.:) good luck!!
[EVO 4G General] Riz3n:
Im currently a tech manager for sprint, Im over multiple service centers in Arkansas. I love my job. I've been doing it for a few years now and its fun. What were you wanted to know about the position? I can tell you now that having any experience with software and rooting will come in handy. If you find any store that tells you they will not work on a phone due to it being rooted they are wrong.Tell them to check their M&Ps lol.

Training will be pretty boring, at least "new hire" is. And depending on who trains you and what they cover with you could be boring as well. My opinion on training is just letting you do it with me walking you through it. I believe people learn faster and retain things better by doing it themselfes rather than watching someone else do it and try to learn that way. Learning about the hardware of a phone and how to take them apart was pretty fun its interesting opening them. Especially older ones like the Exclaim.

If your curious about anything specific let me know and I will answer or help you out to the best of my ability.
[EVO 4G General] HeisRisen:
Nice, yeah I will be working at a retail store. I have my final panel interview tomorrow and am excited. My store manager just go in and be myself and I will be working within two weeks. I guess this training class is full.

Did you start off working in a retail store or service center? How long did it take you to become manager?

I was told we don't really do any soldering at the retail level of technical repair / consulting, same for you guys up there?

Are the benefits working for Sprint as good as I am being told?
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
glad you found a tech here. Was gonna suggest that virus also is a tech with sprint. (I don't think there's anything with disclosing that, given that he never kept it a secret when he was here). He's over in Evo 3d forum now, but you might try him, too. That's all I was gonna say.

*****and if anyone thinks its wrong of me to disclose that, please share and explain. I'll give my ear *****

sent from xda app on drews ics
[EVO 4G General] Riz3n:
For us we have stores that are retail and service centers. So both technically lol. I have experience with both though. I helped open one of the stores here including training the techs and sales experts.

It took me about 2 years to become manager but it depends on the company. I think most just have lead techs. Which would be the tech over the service center in a given store. For me I have 3 locations all have leads in them. So I would be between the leads and DM. I mainly help in training and making sure the locations are to Sprint standards. Kinda take some of the ASC (Authorized Service Center) stress off the DM as well since they go to me and if I can't help or resolve the issue then I take it to the DM.

I don't think any stores are able to solder. At least not that I know of.

And yes the perks are great. Message me and I will give you some ideas of what you can look forward to lol.
[HTC Rezound] andybones:
Just posting what I have so far.

This is for Ineffabilis v1.0

framework's edited

-com.htc.resources.apk

-framework-res.apk

.apk's edited

-Browser.apk

-Calendar.apk

-DownloadProviderUi.apk

-HtcAutoRotateWdiget.apk

-HtcDialer.apk

-HtcScreenBrightnessWidget.apk

-HtcScreenTimeoutWidget.apk

-Mms.apk

-PCSCII.apk

-Phone.apk

-Rosie.apk

-Settings.apk

-SystemUI.apk (working on fixing bug with this .apk)

-TaskManager.apk

-Weather.apk

-WorldClock.apk

Downloads

V1

ScreenShots

-Coming.
[HTC Rezound] con247:
Pics please?
[HTC Rezound] ftmaniac948:
Glad to see you coming from the inc2 Andy.

I'm living on a yellow submarine
[HTC Rezound] WasabiWa83:
I'm doing a Nand right now Con. I'll flash this to see what it looks like and post pics for everyone so Andy doesn't have to right now.
[HTC Rezound] con247:
Cool. Thanks for doing that.
[HTC Rezound] WasabiWa83:
Ok, going through and not seeing many changes. I honestly can't remember if these are even changes or not, but here are two pics. Am I correct in thinking that these are different? Other than that and maybe the phone button when you open the dialer being blue, I'm not really seeing much difference. It is a Beta, after all :)

EDIT: Seeing more changes, sorry. When you select an item in a menu, it's blue. A very nice blue, actually. Can't post a pic of it. Check marks in menus are also blue. The tweaks seem very minor, but they're all nice touches. I'm looking forward to what this will have in the future. :D
[HTC Rezound] WasabiWa83:
Bump... This theme is very basic but really cool. More people should try it out.
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
Hey man is that a battery indicator bar above your notification bar? How did you get that? iLike.
[HTC Rezound] WasabiWa83:
Yeah, that's a battery indicator. It's in the Ineffabilis Rom. It's a tweak under MikTweaks/Statusbar Options/Battery Options/Battery Bar Options/Color Settings. I love this Rom :D
[HTC Rezound] Raiderman:
Simple red would be really cool for the rezound!
[HTC Rezound] HolyGrail:
Removed: Got it working. :)
[HTC Rezound] Bubbled:
I love Ineffabilis rom too :D and the simple blue is cool, looking forward full release!
[HTC Rezound] DigiDave:
I agree! I love the Bravo theme but only if the status bar could be solid black... everything else is pretty awesome
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crslaytor:
I have found this, it is a post from 2 days ago , 4th of january 2012.

but i am rooted and running custom rom, so it says invalid version if i try to check for updates.

anyone seen the official 3.0 yet? might perhaps keep us busy until we get ICS from someone? :confused:

"We can tell you now, news which will come as bitter sweet for Dell Streak fans, the Dell Streak 5 has officially got the Honeycomb update we all have been waiting for, but sadly the Dell Streak 7, which was recently discontinued, has been confirmed to not have an update to Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0).

If you want Honeycomb and have a Dell Streak 5, then you can update it’s OS through the phone, the package comes to a total of 155mbs (so be careful if you’re on a limited data plan, if it’s an unlimited plan or unlimited WiFi you’re cool).

Sadly though, it seems the Streak 7 will go out of date quicker as no update is in sight and it is not really logical for Dell to continue working with it, as they have the Dell Venue and Venue Pro to focus on.

Dell said this about the Streak 7 via their Twitter account @DellCares:

@giveen Unfortunately, no plans to develop ICS for Streak7. See here if you are interested in unofficial version del.ly/6018RUTp -AB

— (@DellCares) December 21, 2011

"
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dameon_03:
where did you find this? and i also thought honeycomb wasnt developed for the streak 5 because it takes away phone capabilities?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crslaytor:
i have found it here

but it is all over google now
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheManii:
This is true except for the part about the S5 getting HC, there has never been any indication of the S5 recieving anything but 2.2 and 2.3 for one region. It's also old enough that even if it were a nexus 5 or something it STILL wouldnt get the update. (It's nearing the 18 months after it's first release, it's also hardware-wise very similar to the N1)

This is more or less a complete lie

It wouldnt work on several levels:

Official roms either must: be compatable or remove gapps, official roms operate differently then custom roms

File size is too small: Official roms are ~170-230mb, unless you remove gapps

No phone support: HC does not support phones or the phone UI, also the s5's disp is too small for the tab ui

Venue isnt supported: Dell doesnt release updates for the venue, only the fact it's newer is why they still sell them (only 14/olleh recieves OTA updates for the venue)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurdo_kolene:
Reading this makes me think that Dell is regarding it's android devices as if it was selling hot-dogs from a hot-dog cart in Manhattan-here today, gone tomorrow, doesn't matter what happens to the customer who bought the product.

And it's a shame, because i like my Streak, and from the pictures i have seen and stats i've read, the Venue is probably pretty good, however, next time i shop around it'll be for a product that is supported and is developer friendly (hello drivers' source)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheManii:
To a degree they are, they're reasonably decent if it's hardware related, but unless it's a s5 you're pretty much on your own with software.

The Venue and S7 didnt recieve pkgs for most of it's updates.

Only thing dell has is that if you break it and it's not clearly your fault they'll prob replace/fix it for you.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaydog:
Credit where credit is due. Dell's customer service was very helpful when my streak needed to be replaced... :)
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kotelette:
same here. dell support rocks.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trunks10k:
I can't say much but if Hc is better than any of the custom Roms on this forum thats the only thing that'll get me to download it. But as of right now DCS v65 is doing it for me. As for Dells customer support I can't say I've dealt with them directly but thru my carrier I had my phone replaced twice for free due to battery n charger issues the third time I dropped my phone n the grollia glass stood up but made me get a nasty blotch of dead pixels n I had to pay 40 for shipping n handling n everything got replaced.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fysty-1:
This is what was written:-

"If you want Honeycomb and have a Dell Streak 5, then you can update it’s OS through the phone, the package comes to a total of 155mbs (so be careful if you’re on a limited data plan, if it’s an unlimited plan or unlimited WiFi you’re cool)." If this is available through the phone, How is it done? Nothing was said in the article linked or on "Dell cares" (yeh right!) twitter. I saw Honeycomb mentioned on another site & was surprised that I hadn't seen it here so I did the usual search & found this post. If this could be done over the phone this would be great for me as I am such a ninny when it comes to technology.:eek::o:o:o
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
@fysty-1: The author of the article the OP refers to is, to put it nicely, full of s#!^. Honeycomb will never come to a Streak 5 due to the screen being too small to effectively use it, and an official Ice Cream Sandwich release is a very remote possibility at best. In any event, Dell discontinued the Streak in North America, with the last official ROMs from North American carriers being Froyo (2.2.2). Obviously carriers in other parts of the world are getting Gingerbread, but that's an entirely different thread.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fysty-1:
Thanks Strephon. I'm sorry that what you all do is way over my head but does what you sa mean that the tutorials here are not for the N/A market? I have found a Goldwing Buddy that is willing to do the upgrades for me. All I have to do is send him my Baby. I would love ICS but the only upgrades I have found so far in my research are for the Gingerbread. But that is fine as I love what it does to my partners Sony Ex Arc. Thanks again. Cheers Angela
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
My comment about the Streak being discontinued in North America referred to getting over-the-air updates from Dell. Since Dell is no longer releasing updated ROMs for the Streak in North America, the over-the-air update function is useless. This means the only way to get an updated official ROM is to use the tutorials on the site here, which apply regardless of whether the Streak is unlocked, like mine, or carrier locked like yours.

The latest official ROM for any carrier is 407, which has a thread both in Streak 5 General and Streak 5 Android Development. That ROM is a Gingerbread ROM (Android 2.3.3). As I mentioned, the tutorials given on these forums are still applicable to the Streak and it is quite possible to get a flavor of Gingerbread, whether it be the official ROM or one of the custom ROMs, on the Streak. But we will never see Honeycomb (Android 3.x) on our Streaks. Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.x) is a remote possibility, but I'm not anticipating seeing it, and neither should you.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frozen91:
don't need honeycomb just make it possible with gingerbread 00 region ROM..i think dell wouldn't care that one also :(
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
I agree that it would be nice and agree Dell wont bother. After all the Streak is old technology today. However, despite my agreeing with your thoughts, each of us here should know how to replace the recovery or know someone who does.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamil3100:
Hello

I'm going to buy a Dell Streak 5, but I care to be able to:

video calls using Google Talk and video calls by front webcam.

Only problem is that the Streak 5 has the android 2.2 and video calling themselves by the front webcam 2.3 need not to mention video chat using Google Talk, where you need 2.3.7.

This is the way to the Streak 5, these two functions work?

If so, how to do this?

Please bear with us because they do not know English well and assist the google translation.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheManii:
Gtalk2 is included in 2.3.4 and newer if it supports it.

There's a mod in the mod subforum that gives you gtalk2 on 2.3.3
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lanrey:
hey bud...I also have a dell streak 5..got it from dell.com unlocked. Anyway, it came with Froyo which doesn't support front video calls and such related features until I upgraded to the Gingerbread Olleh KT 407 rom...I've been enjoying my Streak ever since,,it works superb...faster too. If you want I can put you through on how to get yours running on the same official rom. It takes about 25 minutes approximately...let me know what you decide..ok?

Cheers
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
I have search whole internet how to unbrick Huawei U8800 no luck :(

Anyone knows how to unbrick it without taking it to service? (I already get new one from my telecom provider in warranty period).

Is there some step by step unbrick procedure?

I have seen there is procedure for Samsung Captivate but not for Huawei :(

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1206216

Any reference?

Brgds,M.

UPDATE: 7. Jan

--------------------

Symptoms:

Can get into PINK and BLUE screen but cannot update phone. It stuck in:

Firmaware update step 1/2

Unpacking

... and there it hangs or sometimes saying: Update failed

----------------------------------------------------------

SOLUTION:

I found the way and it is so simple i couldn't believe it :)

1) Remember which ROM you have installed prior to bricking your phone (i had official GB V100R001C00B522G001)

2) Format SD Card and copy dload dir (for V100R001C00B522G001) to root of your SD card.

3) MOST IMPORTANT STEP: PULL OUT THE BATTERY from your bricked phone

4) Insert SD Card into phone

5) Connect your phone using USB cable to your computer

6) Wait until it says: UPDATING

That's it :)

The battery inserted into phone was causing why phone cannot be updated:) So you have to updated it WITHOUT the battery inserted!

Hope this helps!

You can buy me a beer :)

M.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Blefish:
So it doesn't turn on in any way? No reaction when inserting USB?

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
I am getting into PINK screen but cannot install any original firmware: it just hangs while trying to install from dload directory from SD Card. It says:

Firmaware update step 1/2

Unpacking

... and there it hangs :(

I tried two official updates:

V100R001C00B522G001

and V100R001C00B138SP04CUSTC185D002

but with no success :(

I also tried 2 different SD cards.

If i try to get into recovery mode (VOL +, Power) i am getting BLUE screen :(

Latest firmware installed on phone was official GB: V100R001C00B522G001

btw: no reaction when inserted into USB :(
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Blefish:
And on blue screen it does not mount usb too?

I actually have an idea that we could hex replace pink screen from B518 to B522.

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
In blue screen it found hardware:

Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM

But it failed to install drivers. I tried with http://android.modaco.com/topic/341011-ultimate-guide-to-the-huawei-u8800/ drivers but it says no valid driver or something :((
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
Same is in the PINK screen:

Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM

But it failed to install drivers. I tried with http://android.modaco.com/topic/3410...-huawei-u8800/ drivers but it says no valid driver or something (
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
There is NO WAY to install these driver from HUAWEI site:

http://www.huaweidevice.com/tcpsdownload/downLoadCenter?category=&flay=software&downloadID=Mzk1MzA=

I mean i can install drivers it but doesn't recognize these Qualcom blablabla :((

I tried on two diff computers without a success :(

Here is the screenshot:
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Blefish:
In Ubuntu, it should mount without drivers, but it doesn't, so yeah, that won't help.

I will help again tomorrow when I can investigate update.app to see why it fails on unpacking.

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
I have Ubuntu and i tried also :)

With dmesg i cannot find device (sdb or sdc) :(

Any other idea?

Btw: before unbricking my device i did: dd if=/dev/sdb of=u8800.img bs=512

and created big file 3.8GB.

But now i cannot restore it if Ubuntu cannot find device :(

Brgds,

S:
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] portuga2:
I had the same problem but I managed to flash without the battery inserted, only connected with the USB cable, do not know why.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
Yeah that's what i have written on my updated first post!

Thanks anyway!

Brgds,
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] portuga2:
USB cable is only to provide energy, the files must be on the sdcard, and make the key combination for me only flash in this way, with battery does not work.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Blefish:
Glad you got it solved. When you get a new one, you'll have two phones?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
No they took the first one :))
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] yannn007:
The method without battery didnt worked for me :( But when I wanted to put a different software on sd i found a file sd_update and i tlooks like this:

notes:(dld_file_ptr != -1) !

dload_sd_file_data_proc-(dld_retry >= DLOAD_RETRY) failed!

notes:(dld_file_ptr != -1) !

dload_sd_file_data_proc-(dld_retry >= DLOAD_RETRY) failed!

notes:(dld_file_ptr != -1) !

dload_sd_file_data_proc-(dld_retry >= DLOAD_RETRY) failed!

notes:(dld_file_ptr != -1) !

dload_sd_file_data_proc-(dld_retry >= DLOAD_RETRY) failed!

notes:(dld_file_ptr != -1) !

dload_sd_file_data_proc-(dld_retry >= DLOAD_RETRY) failed!

notes:(dld_file_ptr != -1) !

dload_sd_file_data_proc-(dld_retry >= DLOAD_RETRY) failed!

Does this tell anything except that the update failed?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
Sorry :( it doesn't :(
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] yannn007:
I just sent huawei an e-mail told them that i bricked my phone when downgrading o b138 and how I could easily solve this through pink screen- at the end I asked them where can i download those drivers so I can unbrick my phone :D