yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nokia Lumia 800] lgday:
yes，i agree. awesome case，I have got 2 cases looks great. I recommended clear black for a black phone
[Nokia Lumia 800] caarhartt:
yes，i agree. awesome case，I have got 2 cases looks great. I recommended clear black for a black phone
[Nokia Lumia 800] vnvman:
WTF is this? Spambots? :confused:
[Nokia Lumia 800] jojosplace:
That Dark Knight case is nice but I wish I had bought a clear black one, the solid black is too much. Good to have though!
[Nokia Lumia 800] andy1969:
Were do U get these from

Sent from my Lumia 800 using Board Express
[Nokia Lumia 800] waynefox:
I second that.

Bought a Genuine Lime Green CC-1031 from Ebay for £9.99 with free P&P

Would rather have that than save £2 and get a third party one
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] areedw:
Ok, nå har det seg sånn at Huawei Norge har testet den offesielle pakken og lagt den ut på sine facebook-sider. Men de har også lagt ut en mailadresse (support@huaweidevice.no) som de vil ha tilbakemelding på om feil. Så hvis alle som har problemer sender melding dit så kan det hende at de lager en forbedret versjon. :)

Ok, the text above is about the offisial Norwegian Huawei that want feedback from norwegians. And if very many norwegians can not make it work propperly they might make a better version.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Alusi:
is it possible to get S-off & recovery for OTA HC without using HTC unlock:confused:

many thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o0obixelo0o:
Hi everybody.

I'm here to know if someone else is having bad issue with this latest official update.

I'm talking about 2.3.6, released on KIES ( i think these early days ) with:

PDA: KK1

PHONE: Kl1

CSC: KK1 ( ITV )

With them, phone is totally unusable.

I'm having some random restart of the phone, WIFI totally unworking ( when i check it, it do not reveal my personal wifi net, and after i can't go inside settings menu.. ).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mittaa:
What did you have before this update?

Stock 2.3.5 or some custom rom?

This might be of interest for you: http://support.t-mobile.com/message/82629
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o0obixelo0o:
stock 2.3.4

i installed then 2.3.4 ( from here ) then test wifi.

All ok.

Then connected the sgs2 to pc and kies.

Apply the update.

Same issue...

Bleah..

:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickg99:
Did you clear cache, e.g. in recovery clear cache, wipe Dalvik Cache? If that not helps did you do factory reset?

I tried a lot of 2.3.6 versions and all runs fine and faster than 2.3.3-2.3.5
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o0obixelo0o:
yes i did, many times.

after update, before update.

i did i did.

so strange...

here i didn't find a 2.3.6 for ITV.

am i wrong?

now i'm back to 2.3.4 :(

p.s. before update the phone, kies ask me to update kies ( the software ) also. i did obviusly.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o0obixelo0o:
with

XWKK2

Firmware info

PDA:XWKK2

PHONE: XXKI4

Date: 11/11/2011

Android 2.3.6

luxemburg no problem at all.

can i use it for 3-G italy or i will have some other problems?

cause an ITV version for 2.3.6 is not available here yet.

thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyssa1104:
You make use it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o0obixelo0o:
okay thanks :)

by the way, is so strange that an official upgrade is so bad..

bah.

:)
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
UPDATE: try this simpler method first: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-y/general/trick-how-to-disable-google-play-store-t2951378

BEFORE REPLYING: please know that I have tried all of the standard suggested solutions to prevent Market from updating, including freezing Market Updater, using pm disable on it, and turning off auto-updates for apps, and these do not work on Market versions >= 3.0.

On my Samsung Galaxy S2, the latest market app (3.4.4) randomly freezes my entire phone, causing me to have to hold the power button down to reboot. Happens nearly every time I browse for apps in that version. I can "uninstall updates" to get back to the version in /system, but it updates itself to 3.4.4 every time I run it. My goal: prevent the automatic updates.

Plenty of threads here and elsewhere have tips for preventing the updates. The problem is that none if them work for market versions beyond 3.0. I've discovered a method for preventing the updates even on more recent market versions.

Do "uninstall updates" on the market app (in "manage applications").

Open the terminal app.

Run "su" to become root.

Run: touch /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

Run: chattr +i /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

This will put a bogus APK file in the way of where Android wants to put the new version. The chattr command makes the file "immutable", so that even root can't remove it. Just setting it read only with chmod isn't enough.

This will pin your market to the version included in your ROM. This trick might work if you want to pin a version that's already in /data/app, if you skip the "uninstall updates" and the "touch" command... Haven't tested this.
[Android Apps and Games] AeroToxin:
I tried it, but it said "chattr: command not found".
[Android Apps and Games] Kidd_Funkadelic:
I've had the same problem and this looks quite promising, but I have the same problem w/ chattr not found. What terminal app are you running?
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
Oops, should have mentioned... You'll need busybox installed. It'll include the chattr command.
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Ok, I'm back to version 3.1.3. I really hope this works! This market freeze problem has been driving me nuts. This has been the first time I've become overly frustrated with Android. If a version of the market isn't working correctly on our phones, we should be able to run whatever version of the market we want without it automatically updating and forcing you to use the latest version.
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
Oh!! You have the freezing too? I searched all over but I couldn't find anyone else describing the same freezes. What device/ROM are you on?
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
I'm currently on CM7 using the AT&T Galaxy S2. I try MIUI from time to time to see if the issue has been resolved, but it hasn't. I had my first market lockup on CM7 today. It's been frustrating the living hell out of me. I tried your suggestion and the market still updated. Hasn't locked up yet, but I haven't spent a lot of time on my phone either.

Any other alternatives? Did the proposed solution work for you?
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
Sounds like you and I have the exact same phone, carrier, and ROM. The fix did work for me... Hasn't updated since. Maybe try removing Market Updater with Titanium Backup too. Perhaps it falls back to that to update if the builtin mechanism fails... Not sure. You could also try the process again, but be super sure you close Market, "uninstall updates", and then do the touch and chattr. If all else fails you could take a screen video (can we do that on Android?) and I'll watch to see if maybe there's a step I missed.
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
Also, after going through the steps, run these and paste in the results:

ls -l /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

lsattr /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Ok, I'm going to try all of this later today when I get a chance. Will post back with an update asap.

Also, do you remember the results that came up after running every command? I'm going to try to post everything that comes up so you can take a look for yourself.

How long have you been running the market without it updating? I know quite a few people that could benefit from this if it works consistsntly. We are not some rare group. This is a pretty widespread issue here.
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
My market's been on version 3.1.3 since the day before I posted this thread, and it hasn't updated at all. I really think we can get this working for you too... We just need to figure out if I forgot to include a step. The two commands both actually give no feedback at all, so the ls and lsattr will tell us whether things worked properly.

So this problem is widespread? My Google-fu fails me, apparently. Is it just sgh-i777 users on cm7?
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Here are my results. Note, the first time I did this, after one of the steps, I got something "not found." I don't remember what it was. But anyways:

$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH

$ su

# touch /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# chattr +1/data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

BusyBox v1.19.3 (2011-11-22 01:37:10 MST) multi-call binary.

Usage: chattr [-R] [-+=AacDdijsStTu] [-v VERSION] [FILE]...

Change file attributes on an ext2 fs

Modifiers:

- Remove attributes

+ Add attributes

= Set attributes

Attributes:

A Don't track atime

a Append mode only

c Enable compress

D Write dir contents synchronously

d Don't backup with dump

i Cannot be modified (immutable)

j Write all data to journal first

s Zero disk storage when deleted

S Write file contents synchronously

t Disable tail-merging of partial blocks with other files

u Allow file to be undeleted

-R Recurse

-v Set the file's version/generation number

# ls -l/data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

ls: invalid option -- /

BusyBox v1.19.3 (2011-11-22 01:37:10 MST) multi-call binary.

Usage: ls [-1AaCxdLHRFplinsehrSXvctu] [-w WIDTH] [FILE]...

List directory contents

-1 One column output

-a Include entries which start with .

-A Like -a, but exclude . and ..

-C List by columns

-x List by lines

-d List directory entries instead of contents

-L Follow symlinks

-H Follow symlinks on command line

-R Recurse

-p Append / to dir entries

-F Append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries

-l Long listing format

-i List inode numbers

-n List numeric UIDs and GIDs instead of names

-s List allocated blocks

-e List full date and time

-h List sizes in human readable format (1K 243M 2G)

-r Sort in reverse order

-S Sort by size

-X Sort by extension

-v Sort by version

-c With -l: sort by ctime

-t With -l: sort by mtime

-u With -l: sort by atime

-w N Assume the terminal is N columns wide

--color[={always,never,auto}] Control coloring

# lsattr /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

--------A---- /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

#

I just looked at the options and it looks like I inserted an "L" instead of "I" to make the file immutible. Correct? Let me know if I did something wrong so I can go back and try again.
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
Aha! Now we're getting somewhere. The command should be... "chattr space plus lower-case I space /data/app/com.abdroid.vending-1.apk"... that's "vending dash one dot apk". The ls command is "ell ess space dash ell space /data/app/com.abdroid.vending-1.apk". Can you just copy/paste the commands from the OP?
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Well I'll be damned! I'm going to give this a try.
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
Do avoid spelling android as "abdroid" like I did, though ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Lol.

Ok, I think I got it. Take a look.

$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH

$su

# a/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# a/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# ls -l data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

-rw-rw-rw- 1 0 0 0 Jan 11 16:06 data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# lsattr data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

-----i--A---- data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

#

Don't know why some of it's cut off. I'm not a terminal emulator expert.
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
That looks right. Now run Market. It should be at 3.1.3, and if you close it, wait a minute, and reopen it, it should still be 3.1.3. If it's updated, then I guess we go back to the drawing board...
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Ok ,I ran it and restarted it and it's still the same. Now keep in mind, I did this several times yesterday and about an hour later when I launched the market, it updated. Oh, while I have it in mind, let me freeze market updater, just to eliminate all possible causes. If this works, I owe you a beer! :D You just have no idea how frustrated I've been over the past month with this issue!

And for the record, type "android market freezes phone" in google search and see for yourself. We are NOT the only ones.
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
Oh trust me, I know just how frustrated you've been :) I was really starting to get pissed off at having to "uninstall updates" to safely use the market. I also think the freezes and resulting hard reboots caused the filesystem corruption that forced me to have to restore to factory and restore all of my apps from Titanium. That sucked.
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
i have another work around that might work. so far its sticking for me.

since the steps from OP is to prevent market from updating and staying at 3.1.3, i downloaded market 3.1.3.apk from here.

i went into root explorer and renamed 'vending.apk' to 'vending.apk.bak'. i didnt delete it incase if anything. just renamed as a backup.

i used tibu to freeze 'market updater'.

i copied market 3.1.3 apk into /system/app and set permission to rw-r-r.

reboot.

so far its working fine for me and its staying at 3.1.3. not sure for how long.
[Android Apps and Games] halnovemila:
Alternative method

Since this thread is well ranked by Google when someone search for the same "How to" posted by the OP, I think it worth to update this thread with my answer as the "trick" offered by the OP unfortunately doesn't work on phones where the /data partition is formatted RFS (on most of stock Samsung phone) that doesn't support the immutable file attribute.

My alternative "how to" that can be read here:

[TRICK] How to stop Google Play Store self update - easy!

[YOUTUBE]ZChthH5r-3o[/YOUTUBE]
[Android Apps and Games] Verrocio:
Getting the same "typewriter" message. Did it work for you ?
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
Whoa, apparently I made this harder than it needed to be. Turns out a folder instead of an immutable file does the trick: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-y/general/trick-how-to-disable-google-play-store-t2951378

Bonus: works on non-ext4 filesystems!
[Android Apps and Games] blamefulmass:
I did this to disable Google Play from updating itself (what it was meant to do). It worked, but now I would like to revert what I did, anyone know how to?
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Knocking on the biggest damn piece of wood I can possibly find... it has not updated on me just yet. I really hope this works because if it does, this would help out a lot of frustrated people. I'd also like to try this fix/workaround in MIUI as well.
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
yup seriously...this bugs the crap out of me. im on latest miui right now so i can report later on if its sticking.
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Yeah be sure to let us know.

A huge thanks from me goes out to lexelby for his help. HUGE THANKS!
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
:D

Now keep reporting back, and if this really helps, let's spread the word!
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
My sentiments exactly! Going to link to this post in the MIUI thread as I noticed quite a few people having issues with the market lockups too. Going to hold off on it for now as I'd hate to get ahead of myself and then have my market update. I've been uber paranoid about it.
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
FFFFUUU

my market updated to 3.4.4 :(
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Is this with the OP method or with your method?
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
ive only tried it with my method.

i am in the process of doing OP's method
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Let us know how it goes!
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
when i use 'touch' and 'chattr' command, nothing comes up. do i need to open busybox first?

edit: nm figured it out.
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Nothing is supposed to come up.
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
ok, did OP's steps and market still updated back to 3.4.4.

i rebooted couple of times, opened market and browse around. stuck at 3.1.3. the minute i download something, the market update itself.
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Do "uninstall updates" on the market app (in "manage applications").

Open the terminal app.

Run "su" to become root.

Run: touch /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

Run: chattr +i /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

ls -l /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

lsattr /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

And you followed everything exactly? That sucks. My market hasn't updated. At least not yet... Maybe try again and post the results in terminal emulator on here like I did earlier?
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
Yup followed everything exactly.

Have you downloaded anything yet?
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Yeah. I downloaded a .99 live wallpaper. Didn't like it and got a refund for it within the 15 minute window. I also installed app updates as well.

What ROM and device are you on?
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH

$ su

# touch /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# chattr -i /data/app/com

# chattr -i /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# ls -l /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 11 18:14 /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# lsattr /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

--------A---- /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

#

Here is what I did.
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
That's chattr plus i, not dash i. You're telling it to add the immutable flag.
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
Ah stupid me.

OK fixed it..I hope

$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH

$ su

# touch /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# chattr +i /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# ls -l /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

-rw-r--r-- 1 system system 3708455 Jan 11 19:45 /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# lsattr /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

-----i--A---- /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

#

---------- Post added at 07:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:48 PM ----------

ok im obviously doing something wrong. my market updated 3.4.4.

i tried to redo this and now it say permission denied when i used the touch command.
[Android Apps and Games] ChrisFSU:
Thanks!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
I can see from the ls output exactly what happened: you didn't do the "uninstall updates" step before the touch and chattr. You ended up actually locking in version 3.4.4! You can't do the touch now because the file is immutable... Even uninstall updates will fail. You need to make it mutable again by using "chattr -i", then do "uninstall updates"on Market (settings -> manage applications), _then_ do the touch and chattr +i.
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
i did do 'uninstall updates'.

either way, i was still able to 'uninstall updates'. right now my market is 3.1.3. im gonna wait for it to update again and try to go through with the procedure.
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH

$ su

# touch /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# chattr +i /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# ls -l /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 11 20:27 /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

# lsattr /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

-----i--A---- /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk

#

OK..is this correct now?
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
Ah, it must have snuck in an update on you the first time. This time you got it: the file is owned by root and empty (0 bytes long). The idea is that Market can't get rid of that file to install version 3.4.4, so it silently gives up and leaves you at 3.1.3. I think you'll be good to go now.
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
i just flashed a different kernel, my market updated to 3.4.4. it stayed on 3.1.3 for the longest time until i just recently flashed a different kernel version.

do your instructions have anything tied to kernel related? im gonna try to go through the steps again with this kernel and see what happens.
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Hmm, interesting. Gotta keep that in mind if I decide to switch kernels. Going on day 2 with MIUI and my market is still at 3.1.3. Awesome job lex! :-D
[Android Apps and Games] gorannn:
try to delete market uptader or freze with titanium backup.
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
polobreaka: not sure why flashing a new kernel would mess things up... Would be interesting to know if that happens every time.

gorannn: that trick only works on market versions less than 3.0. Newer markets have the updater built in and don't use Market Updater.

donmeister: great news! One more day and I think we can call this good and start spreading the word.
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
Okay, folks. What's the verdict? Is everyone still on 3.1.3? *crosses fingers*
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
its been over a day and im still on 3.1.3. i havent flashed anything since then so i cant comment if it will update to the new version after flashing a kernel.
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Sorry for the late reply lex. I'm still on 3.1.3! Just flashed siyah v2.6.7. So I'm gonna run it again to make sure it doesn't update. I'm back on cm7 too. This fix has been life-saving!
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
I also flashed new kernel version and my market still at 313
[Android Apps and Games] MarkAtHome:
I am not sure if I missed something, but you can freeze Market Updater with Titanium Backup, App Quarantine, etc., immediately after installing your Market version of choice, no?

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Sent from my ICS HD2 with XDA Premium
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
That doesn't work on 3.1.3 (and probably any version >= 3).
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
Nope. Doesn't work as stated above. I tried it and it still update.
[Android Apps and Games] MarkAtHome:
Try:

freeze the Market app

reboot

freeze the Market Updater

install the Market version of your choice
[Android Apps and Games] polobreaka:
check out post #20

same thing as what you suggested. didnt work.
[Android Apps and Games] Alshoabi90:
On Android Market Build Version 3.4.4 you can do the following

Go to Market> Menu> settings> then uncheck Auto Update Apps.

I don't remember how it works in the previous versions :)
[Android Apps and Games] MarkAtHome:
I have no idea, then. :-(

All I can offer is that with my TMO HD2, I regularly freeze/unfreeze apps while evaluating apps.

I hadn't discovered this ability until I ran into the same Market issues during the 2.x updates.

Sorry for not being of more help...

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Sent from my ICS CM9 HD2 with XDA Premium
[Android Apps and Games] sashank:
You could just go to /system/app and delete/freeze MarketUpdater.apk.
[Android Apps and Games] Donmeister85:
Freezing market updater has no effect on these later versions of the market. That would more likely work in market versions in the 2.x.x series. Even with freezing the updater, it will somehow managed to update to 3.4.4.
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
I see there's a lot of room for redundant suggestions here. I've edited the OP to hopefully cut down on them.
[Android Apps and Games] plotinus:
i've tried the OP method but after entering the chatrr +i command i get this:

chattr: reading flags on /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk: Inappropriate ioctl for device

???????? help
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
Oh, interesting. It's telling you that the filesystem doesn't support the "immutable" setting. After some quick researching, I'm guessing you have a phone using the YAFFS2 filesystem... perhaps froyo or earlier?

Bottom line: unfortunately, this trick won't work on your phone :(
[Android Apps and Games] thunderteaser:
I can confirm that even removing the MarketUpdater.apk isn't working. Market 3.1.1 is forcibly updating itself to 3.4.4. Since 3.4.4 has freezing issues on CM7/MIUI, I guess the only thing left is waiting for Google/CMTeam to fix this.
[Android Apps and Games] lexelby:
Er... have you tried the suggestion in the OP?
[Android Apps and Games] plotinus:
mmm... no i'm not on froyo. i have an xperia play on 2.3.4... that's weird

i have set install location 2 with adb. and i use link2sd but market isn't linked and obviously is in phone memory...

anyhow... doing this trick prevents market updating right? so some apps won't show right? or am I wrong?