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[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dandv:
I was trying to follow slapshot30's guide to rooting and installing CWM on the Vivid, but the instructions require an SD card, and my phone didn't ship with one (and I didn't want to power down my other Android and remove the card etc.)

So here's a simple, clear, no-magic, guide on:

how to get permanent root (permroot) on the HTC Raider/Vivid

instal a recovery image that will later let you backup and install ROM images

remove Carrier IQ, a piece of software that snoops on all your actions and can report them to your carrier

Prerequisites

Install the HTC Vivid drivers for Windows

Follow the steps at http://htcdev.com/bootloader to unlock your phone. Note that HTC will have you signup, and your email address will be uniquely associated with your phone. If you care about privacy, you may want to use a different email address that accepts attachments.

Have adb and fastboot working on your computer, preferably in your PATH. You only need the three files from the attached adb_and_fastboot_r16.zip (these are from the Android SDK r16).

Extract recovery.img from PH39IMG.zip - this is the ClockWorkMod (CWM) recovery image.

Download VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2.zip - this will get you root. It has busybox, su, and the Superuser APK.

Steps

On the phone, enable USB debugging in Settings -> Applications -> Development.

Connect phone to PC via USB cable. Verify that adb sees the phone by running

adb devices

Make sure your phone shows up (mine is HT1ASVJ....).

Boot phone into "HBOOT" mode (remove and reinsert battery, then hold Volume Down and Power)

Once booted, press Power to select FASTBOOT mode

Flash the recovery image:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

From the phone menu, select RECOVERY. Use the Volume Up/Down and Power keys to navigate.

Copy the rooting ZIP to the phone's internal storage:

adb push VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2.zip /emmc/

On the phone, choose "install zip from sdcard", then "choose zip from internal sdcard". Select the VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2.zip and confirm.

Choose "reboot system now".

That's it, you've unlocked your Vivid, have a recovery image and root. Test that by installing the Titanium Backup APK:

adb install [URL="http://matrixrewriter.com/android/files/TitaniumBackup_latest.apk"]TitaniumBackup_latest.apk[/URL]

To remove Carrier IQ (credits go to 8125Omnimax):

Run Titanium Backup and remove the following 2 apps: HtcIQAgent, IQRD

On your terminal/command prompt, run:

adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/bin
rm iqd iqfd

cd /system/lib
rm libhtciqagent.so libciq_client.so libciq_htc.so

rm /system/etc/iqprofile.pro
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] maddie01:
After you do the boot loader unlock, recovery and root, then I can flash a custom ICS ROM?

Appreciate the step by step will let you know.....
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] megatronisabeast:
You need to upgrade to ics before do a custom ics rom. You have to have updated hboot, etc. so flash the ota ics then you can unlock boot loader, recovery, root, and flash ics.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] maddie01:
Thanks for the reply....I have stock ICS and I unlocked bootloader today on HTC dev site...I tried to use hansoon's all in one tool to do recovery but did not know how to get phone in recovery mode....but I see how to in your directions, will try tomorrow...

Very much appreciate your help.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Brand New:
Nice guide!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] zacgoesrawr:
is there a battery difference or more ram when Carrier IQ is removed?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jaxadv:
Excellent guide! Thank you!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ticobiker:
thanks

Worked just fine!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] robgee789:
does this wipe any personal data or installed apps???
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dandv:
How did you get 139 thanks if you've asked this question?!

Yes, of course. It's a new ROM. All your apps will be wiped out.

Data on the SD card, will, of course, be left alone. Check out my Android backup guide on how to backup and restore what you need to.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] robgee789:
Thanks for the info mate :)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] xJU1C3x:
Ok, so I just spent all night doing this........

It worked GREAT! Unlocked, Recovery, Rooted.......

I do have questions about removing the Carrier IQ, so if someone could PM me on the details of how to do it, THAT WOULD BE AWESOEM...(I wasn't able to locate them in Titanium Backup). All-in-all...BIG THANKS.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Markavich:
Nice.

I also wasn't able to locate them in TB. I'm assuming that means the program isn't there. Would I be incorrect in assuming that?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] xJU1C3x:
No, not correct...There is another program you can use to remove the CIQ, I'm not at my comp right now, but its one of those "one-click" kind of things. Sorry I can't be more specific, but browse the forums...you should find it. But I've used it and my Carrier IQ is now removed.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] swtnix:
Is the reason you couldn't find the IQ is because your running: MIUIAndroid_Holiday-2.7.6 ?

I'm just asking because I unlocked, rooted and flashed a stock ICS and I also can't find the apps in TB.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] xJU1C3x:
Negative.....this incident was prior to me installing MIUI.....
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jerrycoffman45:
Carrier iq was removed in ics
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] swtnix:
Thanks. After years of cyanogenmod, I'm just getting back into it....
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ubigred:
Does this method still work today? Or an easier method available??
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] teveisboss:
i'm sure the method still works, but you might want to try this out instead. i think it got good feedback.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2437705
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usol38:
Who used IceBolt for Samsung i9003? Write how the firmware works!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usol38:
Earlier will be grateful for someone to accomplish your goal firmware!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] liltbrockie:
Anyone know where to but an Extended battery and case in the UK?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alsex87:
EBay has 2000mah official batteries for the GSM which comes with the back cover. Few threads here about it, waiting for mine to arrive.
[LG Optimus 2x] Jimboi2008:
Hi guys i just want to know i just realized that my x10 gallery changes its blurry background while my o2x doesnt do it i tried to let the gallery sit there for a bit and still it wont change its blurry background is this normal or is my gallery app is broken,?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] nrynryuk:
Hi all,

In recent weeks my bluetooth is turning off when it isn't being used. I only use it for hands free in the car and up until a few weeks ago it always stayed 'On' however now, once disconnected from the car radio, it turns off again.

If I turn it back on away from the car it will go to 'Off' shortly after turning it 'On'.

It's a touch annoying as it means I have to get in the car, turn the engine/radio on, unlock the phone, set bluetooth to 'On' every time I drive and want the phone on hands free.

When connected to the car radio, the bluetooth stays on without problem, so I am not entirely sure what is going on.

I have tried turning battery saver off, restarting the phone etc. but nothing has changed this behaviour.

Has anyone got any suggestions on what I can try next, I'm a bit stuck!

Thanks :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] neil122373:
Hello everybody! I am starting this thread since I have not seen anything like my case. It is very weird or I am just missing something from instructions and guides or even ideas from articles I read from other sites and even in this forum. Who knows there might be other guys out there who messed things out with their SGA. So let me explain in detail the circumstances of my beloved SGA.

I have an SGA which came from the UK and brought here in the Philippines. It was locked in T-Mobile and to unlock it I used Z4Root and Galaxy Ace Unlock softwares. I did the unlocking procedure after updating it to 2.3 via KIES. Everything is OK.

The problem started when I installed adobe flash player 10.3 apk. Since it did not work I uninstalled Adobe Flash Player. After that I wanted to listen to music and I discovered that it has no more sound. My MP3s are OK when I play them via my computer.

I discovered later on that the phone feature is no longer getting any signal from my network. I did a hardreset hoping that it could do a recovery. It goes with the process of recovery but would not totally turn off the device. It just gave me a lighted screen.

I removed the battery, simcard and SD card and did a recovery mode but I still encountered the same problem.

Because I want to save my SGA I tried many means but this is the common thing that I did:

1. used ODIN 4.42 to use another firmware

2. tried many firmwares from sammobile.com (UK, ASIA and RUSSIA)

3. used CWM for recovery

4. If I use the stock firmware (BOKA3) it turns on but it stops at the SGA logo.

Common results:

1. with the correct OPS file (cooper v1.0.ops) I can change the firmware.

2. PDA is working but phone features are disabled.

3. It has no audio, volume is up to the maximum. FM radio can detect signals but no sound coming our from speaker or headset.

4. when in standby mode, SGA turns off automatically

5. when turning it off, it warns me that SGA is turning off completely, click on OK but after that it reboots again.

After every new firmware I do a hardreset and clear cache.

Current state of SGA:

1. Rooted using GalaxyAce Rooting package.zip

2. Firmware is GingerReal

3. CWM 4.0.0.0.9 is installed

4. No phone features: simcard is inserted but I only get circle with a slash at the middle on phone signal. Mobile Networks in disabled in the Settings.

5. No sound

6. Turning it off completely is impossible. I am just removing the battery to really turn it off.

SGA Particulars:

Status

Battery Status: Charging

My Phone Number: Unknown

Network: Unknown

Signal Strength: 0 dBm 0asu

Mobile Network Type: unknown

Service State: Out of service

Roaming: Not Roaming

Mobile network state: disconnected

IMEI: Unknown

IMEI SV: unknown

WI-FI MAC Address: unavailable

Bluetooth address: unavailable

Android Version: 2.3.6

Baseband version: unknown

Kernel version: 2.3.6.35.7-perf-CL514579ketut@ketut-lenovo #5

Build number: GingerReal-2.0.0-XWKT7

Any comment or suggestion on these circumstances from this community would be very much appreciated. Thank you very much!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] dianpadi:
have you try dial *#*#4636#*#*?

can you see the phone information?

IMEI is disappeared... pretty weird...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
Only fixable at service centre
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Prawesome:
Yes...Seems like the only thing you can do is to take it to service centre..This does seem really weird..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] neil122373:
I did as you suggest but IMEI is UNKNOWN.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] neil122373:
I am delaying the service center option because I am still hoping that this thing gets fixed using this forum because I know there are guys here who are very smart. In a way, raising this weird circumstances in this forum is also a way to let developers know that these things are happening.

Thanks for your suggestion anyway.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] neil122373:
Run Ping Test

After dialing *#*#4636#*#* I also clicked on Run Ping Test and noticed that it is RADIO OFF. Under SET PREFERRED NETWORK TYPE I can click on drop down arrow but I cannot change it. It is remains in the UNKNOWN type. If I press on TURN ON RADIO nothing happens.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CallMeVentus:
We have no way of fixing the EFS partition

Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sdotmouse:
I think you need to restore your IEMI number. Without this your phone will not be recognised by the network. If you have your IEMI number it will make your life a lot easier. Google is your best friend for this if it is the problem, which I think it is. I don't know about your country but here in the UK it is illegal to mess with your IEMI and can, in some circumstances land you in huge trouble. There are guides out there for IEMI rewriting. Good luck.

Sent from a phone with an app.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] neil122373:
Thanks for your replies. I did not know that there are guides for IMEI rewriting. Google is surely my helper with this. I am going to start now looking for those guides. I hope they will not be very confusing since I am not really an expert in codes, etc.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Lovetz:
To date, no known way to restore IMEI at home for SGA.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] dianpadi:
Lovetz, EmoBoiix3, robinandroid (spacecaker), the senior member (one of the smart people) already give up.... :D:D:D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sdotmouse:
Well that sucks.

Sent from a phone with an app.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] neil122373:
I guess this issue is really hard to solve. I have read in other threads in this forum that some edited their EFS folder, which I am afraid to do because I do not have the know-how to do it. Some claimed that it worked for them. Some claimed that it did not work. There are plenty of offered solutions but I am still waiting for a "very known" solution that people would claim that it really is the solution to the problem. This is another challenge to our developers. :p
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] adamuadamu:
have you seen this one: forum.samdroid.net/f28/repair-imei-i5700-5570/ and the last post from yesterday - the author claims he would be able to restore all samsung android based devices. no idea how much he would charge you, as it's paid service (was 5 euro for galaxy i5700)

btw. does CWM Recovery do /efs backup or not?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] neil122373:
To the service center

Just a heads up, guys. I went to Samsung Service Center to let my phone with unknown IMEI and baseband be checked. The guy told me that the board needs to be changed. Now, I have to pay for the part and labor. It is about $150. Ouch!

Lesson learned: Never do anything in your gadgets if you are not sure or else you have to pay!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Pondy:
Purchased from B&H. Poorly packaged and not "Fragile" labelling. From the looks of things, it was at the bottom of a very heavy pile.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/100283341696524795409/albums/5698535415393802929
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] FrameCityJackal:
Damn, does it even boot?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Pondy:
It does actually. The left side of the touch screen doesn't work. I am also worried about any damage to the battery. I shouldn't have turned it on. If any hears of a house fire overnight in Australia caused by a faulty android tablet....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] FrameCityJackal:
wow, lets hope not.

I would email/call the company you received it from and have them send you another and some money returned that is unacceptable. I'm sorry that happened I feel your pain
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kristovaher:
I am glad I canceled my B&H preorder early. Would have also had international overseas shipping.

Sorry to see that they messed up on your order. This is worse to look at than those drop test videos :(
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
yeah that is messed up. looks like its bent. that would be immediate cause for refund or exchange. of exchange they need to give you free overnight shipping for your troubles. that makes no sense to be in that condition.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fingery:
Sod the screen..... If it's not locking up and wifi/gps performs OK you've got a keeper!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Pondy:
LOL its the ergonomic version :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hihihehe:
transformer prime lose to UPS.

the next transformer movie enemy should be UPS
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SteveG12543:
Damn... That's terrible... I would've been so pissed if mine came that way... I woulda demanded they send me a new one and a second one for compensation! Lol.... If only they would go along with it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kristovaher:
According to the picture comments, the UPS box was fine. The device inside the box wasn't. So it was broken prior to UPS I think.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SonicTab:
B&H is one of the best companies you could ever deal with.

I've ordered many many items from them.

Always arrived doubled boxed and packed well.

And if you have a concern with your order,

they offer great customer service as well.

Call them.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Evo_Shift:
It is too bad Asus didn't package it so the prime was near the center of the boxes. The way they box these the box top almost rests on the screen so any corner damage to the top of the box has a good chance of damaging the unit.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 2fastkuztoms:
That's sad, waiting so long to found it like that.

If there anyone can talk about deal with B&H, it's me. A little off-topic but here is my story, sorry for the long reading.

3 years ago I was in NY on a roadtrip, I went to B&H to buy a Sony FX7 (around $2,800) camera. Bought the camera, the salesman never open the box, I took the camera box, and to my fault, I never open it because I was going to catch a flight.

3 hours later, I was scanning the box thru TSA screening in Newark, and the TSA lady told me, Sir what you have in that box, I reply, a Camera I bought 3 hours ago, she asked me to open the box because the're wasn't a camera.

So I proceed to open the sealed box, and to my surprise, I found two rocks inside the box that were hold with tape. You can imagine my face, I looked around to see if there was any hidden camera, thought was a joke. I asked for a police officer to be witness.

So the situation was, bags were checked, so I had to change the flight, rent a car, an place to stay overnight. Next morning I went to B&H and explain the situation.

They kept me waiting, an hour later the sales man told me to go upstairs to a small office, with a lot of security cameras and two guys, one was the Store manager and the other one was on casual clothes. They asked what happened. As soon i finished, the guy took out a Police ID Badge, he took all my stuff, and my wallet. They threat me like a theft. I told them to call the airport, they call the airport, my friends that returned home, the warehouse, UPS.

After 4 hours of questions and all that stuff, was the worst situation in my life, been threatened like a theft, with nobody to help you, after you bought a 3k camera and got two fcking rocks. They decided to gave me the camera, because they find that the box with rocks weight the same as one with the camera, and the rocks were placed in a way that holding the box was the same feel as the one with camera. So was an inside job and a good one.

They gave me the camera, I opened in front of everyone. Lesson learned.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] curreyr:
An aussie prime is boomerang shaped? who woulda thunk it

Seriously tho, sorry for you misfortune.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Pondy:
I have just spoken with them. I will see if you are right! ;)

Its going to take at least a week to get an answer from them, according to the guy on the phone.

I have purchased from them in the past and had no issues.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 3rdamention:
Dear God, I just cried a bit.

Looks like that was packaged much better than Best Buy! They put them in a non padded bag, yes just a bag, with no padding no bubble wrap, nothing.

When I returned mine to Best Buy, I told the lady:

Me : "Can you believe that Best Buy shipped me a $500 tablet in a bag with no padding or anything?"

CS Rep : "Its because it is such a Sturdy Box!"

Me: "The Box may be sturdy, but the screen is covered by about 1/8 inch cardboard inside the box and that is it. One drop and that screen is toast!"

CS Rep: "Well, there isn't much padding in the box, you are right!"

Heck, when you open a prime, the tablet is right there the minute you take the top off. There is no padding on top of the tablet, and Best Buy just throws them in a bag that says nothing.

It isn't marked Fragile, it isn't marked anything!

Pretty sad!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bnl552:
A week to get an answer. That is unacceptable. I would call my credit card company and request a charge back and do business elsewhere.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Isn't the latest rumor that the iPad 3 will have a curved screen? Looks like ASUS beat them to it! :D

Sorry, OP, that sucks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theizzardking:
huh, that's terrible! mine came in some stupid bubble wrap envelope not even a box, i'm surprised mine didn't end up looking like that i also wouldn't be surprised that some of these supposed factory defects such as screens coming apart and cables becoming disconnected is a result of the shipping, seems like everyone that ships these things seems to think the asus packaging is enough to with stand the rigors of fed ex and ups delivery.....
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazyeejay:
My partner has Wildmild Rom on her desire, I think its 2.2 not sure, anyway she is hooked up to our wireless but just got an email from Vodafone saying her data limit is low. We looked at her useage and there are a couple of very large amounts early in the morning (like 2am) and quite a few smaller amounts at weird times. Should this happen when she is connected to wireless, I didn't think it should touch her data plan and the only games she plays are restaurant story and farm story and this had never happened before, ironically it has only happened since I rooted her phone. Anyone have any ideas? I've used Mildwild several times and never had an issue.
[HTC Sensation] zoran89:
I searched here and on Google but couldn find.... Is there a list of system/sense applications that can be deleted without breaking the ROM/sense?

Because looking at titanium backup there is a lot of applications that I don't use, or never intend to use...
[HTC Sensation] whynot66:
Books, watch, twitter, peep, stocks, locations (laputa), dock mode, facebook fb chat, news widget news and weather, notes, dropbox, there's more but I can't remember and I can't look as I've removed them
[HTC Sensation] SickL1408:
If you really want to get rid of SENSE, try using the no sense script in the development section :)
[Touch HD Android Development] Chef_Tony:
2. Security Software

Here we gather general information and reviews on different security apps.

2.1 LBE Security

LBE Security is a very powerful Security Suite. It can be found here (XDA) and here (Market).

It requires root.

With this app you can regulate permissions given to all the apps you have installed. you can set Internet Access (separated by 3G and Wi-Fi), IMEI, SMS, contacts, location... for all your apps. Also, there is an app monitor, that gives you a notification icon for newly installed apps, so you can comfortably set its permissions. Also, it comes with a traffic monitor, that tells you, how much of your monthly plan has been used. Its statistics can also show you, which app used up what amount of traffic and how many calls and sms were caused by each app. Also, besided permanently forbidding or allowing something, you can set it to ask you each time, as you might want to allow an app to send an SMS once (for verification), but not anymore after that.

Forbidding all unnecessary permissions for apps (including Internet), this is the only software I currently use, as, when set up right, it effectively works as firewall, traffic monitor, virus protection and privacy protection.

2.2 ???

As mentioned above, I only use the one app, but feel free to post basic information and/or reviews of other apps, like kaspersky or avg or droidwall or whatever comes to mind and I will post them here.
[Touch HD Android Development] Chef_Tony:
3. Dangerous Software

In this portion of the thread, I will list all apps, that have been posted as data harvesters, viruses or generally harmful to your device.
[Touch HD Android Development] Chef_Tony:
4. FAQ

Here we collect the Questions and Answers worth mentioning.