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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] robinsonj:
Rooted, stock rom & kernel, ADW launcher.

I was loving Darkyy on my SGS but even though I played with a couple ROMS and kernels on the SII LTE I went back to stock. Solid, fast, and good battery life.

I did freeze and uninstall most of what I could identify as bloatware and the horrid touchwiz slowpoke. I picked up ADW EX when it was on the 10 for 0.10 sale, and like it better (landscape mode and the ability to customize the dock easily is a big bonus).

Jamie
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] hemps:
Using the Stock rom. Haven't had one issue with it and since I'm coming from a Touch pro 2 running WM 6.1 this thing is fast enough as is......For now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] spthomas:
Stock myself, played around with a few ROMs but ended up liking the reliability of the stock. Eagerly awaiting ICS and CM 9.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ckck543:
I have flashed almost all of the ROMs on here and in my opinion the snappiest one was the Quikwiz 1.0.3 and skyrocketeer was pretty quick as well. Right now im running stock though because as almost everybody said it is the most stable build for Rogers rightnow. I am trying to get the stock-ish kernel by romracer on my phone right now. If anybody has flashed that i would like to know how the battery and speed were? Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pryingopen3rdi:
Stock Rom for me, i tried Da_G's Kernel but got alot of SOD's. There were a few fixes such as deleting modules etc but none of those ever fixed it. Sadly I'm getting poor battery life on my Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE even with JuiceDefender Ultimate installed. Before JuiceDefender I was about to take the phone back, now it's just sub par battery life. As for now I'm done with messing around on flashing the phone , at least until we get our stock ICS ROM. It should be coming out soon, that's my hope.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] differense:
I've flashed Sky and TPC. Both are fairly stable, but I'm not getting any where close to the battery life some of these AT&T guys are getting.

I'm a fairly heavy user—LTE on all day, but I have wifi on at work and home.

I personally don't feel that flashing a new ROM has done anything for my battery life, however it HAS improved my usability factor (both Sky and TPC have been able to grant me a sizeable performance increase).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ohkuni:
Hi all,

Just wondering, I have a few mp3's that have album art that I'd like deleted. I've removed the cover art from the tag, but the music player still shows the cover. I've deleted the music player data but still no luck.

Is there a hidden database it keeps somewhere I can remove?

Thanks,

Ohkuni
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksantoshh:
Navigate to the Ablum folder and remove the jpg files from that folder.

Easiest way to find out where album art is stored is to open the Gallery.Album art would show up in gallery , check the location of the jpg file and then delete all jpg files

This should help !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ohkuni:
Will give it a go thanks =)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksantoshh:
You are welcome Mate :-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scandiun:
EDITED: nevermind, I solved it installing and running the application SDrescan. They say it can be done the hard way:

Try this:

Go to SETTINGS > APPLICATIONS > MANAGE APPLICATIONS

Select the ALL tab

Scroll down to MEDIA STORAGE

Select CLEAR DATA

The .nomedia file has to be the first file in a folder in order to ignore media there. If files are already indexed, just rename such folders forth and back (opening the Gallery in the middle) and there you go.

You can use the Nomedia application for creating easily the .nomedia

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

I have same problem

It happens that the image still shows in gallery although I have already deleted it physically from gallery. The properties shown for the image are:

Title: my picture

Type: JPEG

Date:

Album: bluetooth

Location: unknown location

Latitude: unknown

Longitude: unknown

Size: 1 KB

Resolution: 0 x 0

File location: /mnt/sdcard/bluetooth

Any idea about how to solve this mess up? This image is showing as album cover for audio files that are totally unrelated.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtzako:
My Focus 1.3 still wont detect the retail updates via zune so I am trying to use the manual update featured here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1306415

However, after it does a bunch of installing and reboots my phone I get an error indicating 'two or more packages contain the same file' and cant figure out why it is doing this.

Any ideas?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dinchy87:
i had the same failure to the update 8107, i solved it that way, sending one by one cabs to the device... first one language, the 2ns 3rd 4th an so on... then the last update 8107 arm something... that solved my problem. but it can also be a ROM problem, if it is a custom rom... in the end if nothing works try a phone reset, then try to send this cab files.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtzako:
So are you saying I should remove all but one of the .cab files and run the utility? I havent done that but I'll give it a shot if that is ok to do.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtzako:
Hmm, so I did this to the first .cab file and it updated me to 7.0.7403.0. However, so far the next one(s) in line will not go. They say "No applicable packages" and, of course, Zune still doesnt think I need any updates.

Edit: Actually, I think I see why. The first update which is supposed to take me to (7.0.7004.0) actually went all the way to 7403. Trying the 7403+ cab file now.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtzako:
I started going one at a time and it got me partially updated but then one error out and basically bricked the phone (boot loop). I flashed back to 7004 and this time, for whatever reason, Zune detected the updates all the way up to Mango. The previous time I had flashed to 7004 it did not do that. I am now on 7.10.7720.68. I dont know if that is the 'latest' official release, but it appears to have the mango features at least.
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
Now this I want to try!

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/security-enhanced-android-released-by-nsa/

Android may be secure enough for the average consumer, but it is hardly air tight. The National Security Agency (NSA) released the first version of their custom build of Google’s popular OS, called Security Enhanced Android. The system is designed to minimize the impact of security holes on Android. The SE Android project is enabling the use of SELinux in Android in order to limit the damage that can be done by flawed or malicious apps.

Specifically, Android SE aims to offer:

Per-file security labeling support for yaffs2,

Filesystem images (yaffs2 and ext4) labeled at build time,

Kernel permission checks controlling Binder IPC,

Labeling of service sockets and socket files created by init,

Labeling of device nodes created by ueventd,

Flexible, configurable labeling of apps and app data directories,

Userspace permission checks controlling use of the Zygote socket commands,

Minimal port of SELinux userspace,

SELinux support for the Android toolbox,

Small TE policy written from scratch for Android,

Confined domains for system services and apps,

Use of MLS categories to isolate apps.
[Atrix 4G General] iammodo:
Will take rims place in the army maybe.
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
Maybe this will also push companies like the one I work for to allow us to access Exchange on our Android phones.
[Atrix 4G General] acidburn76:
how would someone go about implmenting this into a rom? i havent got a clue on how to do anything of that stuff.
[Atrix 4G General] ecko19:
Has anyone tried to build this for the Atrix? If so, how did it work?
[Atrix 4G General] ar31791:
This is much more than a custom rom (which is a very incorrectly used term itself) build. It is the base operating system. If you just build this and put it on your phone, it will probably run, but it will not have any drivers for the Motorola ATRIX hardware. It's like if you just downloaded pure android gingerbread source from google and tried to build it and install to your phone.
[Atrix 4G General] ecko19:
Well I meant build it but overlay some of the Atrix specific libraries and such.
[Atrix 4G General] Pbwizkid:
If it ever does go main stream Companies like RIM would need to go above and beyond to compete, becuase right now that cant compete with anything as far as productivity that android can or does already. I had a Black berry bold for work and i could not manage anything but my email really. were as on my atrix I full RDP and all kinds of server management not to mention the other boat loads of features.
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
US military is already rolling out Android phones for testing in the field and starting to replace BB phones with them.
[Atrix 4G General] mysticdrew:
Would xda community really want to get phones with this? Other than the challenge of it, I'd imagine it'd be a very tough one to root... let alone unlock a bootloader
[Atrix 4G General] magecca:
I heard my old flight has replaced their blackberry's with another device already

#Magecca SGH-I717
[Atrix 4G General] consolation:
Whenever I hear SELinux my sphincter involuntarily tightens... That thing is a royal pita.

I worked a job where we had to do it support for a bunch of Fedora iMacs; whenever something went wrong that wasn't user error, it was almost always SELinux policy getting screwed for some reason.

Also, would your really want your OS from NSA? Comes with convenient backdoor precompiled™
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xGary:
So I uninstalled some system apps with TB and now my keyboard dock shortcuts won't work ( I presume that is the reason ) and I heard I cant even OTA anymore. I have my apps backed up on TB but for some reason the ASUS Apps wont restore (Vibe, My____, ASUS Keyboard, ASUS MyWater, etc) but other apps like (Polaris, News & Weather, Zinio, etc) works. So im not sure what the deal is. So can anyone help me fix TB? Or will downloading a system dump and manually installing the APKs back work?

Thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xGary:
Just downloaded an ICS system dump and tried to install the APKs from the system/app folder. Says application cannot be installed or whatever. Do I have to manually push these with ADB? Is there an easier way like a factory reset or something?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vaanhoot:
My TB also hangs on restoring any apps.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jjdevega:
Just go to Asus site and download the same firmware you have currently. Unzip the file then grab the second zip and place into root of sd. Your prime will detect it and ask for update. If not reboot. This way will save you a lot of time and resolve those missing sys apks.
[Android General] samwest39:
I mainly like ics but it is too dark and not hapy like gingerbread. gbread is bright and happy looking if we could change that ics would be a whole lot better
[Android General] Felimenta97:
Is Dark, but beautiful, it's simple, and follow a line. in GB, everything was coloful, but weird. I liked a lot more ICS than GB.
[Android General] samwest39:
ics is nice but wouldent you like a little more color in it
[Android General] Harbb:
Nope. Even my wallpapers black n' blue :)

What actually annoys me is how some of the stock icons/apps are brightly coloured (people, messages, etc).
[Android General] icepally:
I kind of agree I've played with ICS and like the feel of GB better, maybe it's because I am so used to GB and have not gotten used to ICS. But its darker and more mysterious I do kind of like that. But bright and happy wallpapers don't really fit the dark ominous blue theme of ICS
[Android General] I Am Marino:
I just don't like the shade of blue they used, it seems overused.

-Sent from my Droid 2-
[Android General] cornelha:
Personally I think ICS looks terrible. Its ripped off from old 80's sci-movie computer panels. I mean, I love Tron, its brilliant, but doesnt work so well on a device when you have seen something like MiUI bring out the best in Android. Now that looks stylish and professional. Where ICS looks like its supposed to appeal to geeks and teens only. I am a certified geek, but I just cant get to liking the looks of ICS
[Android General] Dirk:
Agreed.

Couldn't have said it better myself. I'm glad i'm not the only one that feels this way. Sometimes with Android it's like you get a peek behind the curtain, and what you see is a Smartphone OS that's made by tweens, for tweens.

Yes, the Googlers are some of the most able people in the tech world, but sometimes it feels like they lack maturity. Certain aspects of their work needs more thought, more polish. Everything is 95% there and then left incomplete, as if in a fit of ADHD they moved on to the next project and forgot all about the previous one.

I think it's the usual paradigm. Coders do not make good Designers. What i'd like to see is a universal Theme Engine included in the OS itself. Much like the T-Mobile one included in CM7, but created by Google. Every device, whether Vanilla Android, or OEM Skinned, should come with a selection of Themes that work with that common engine. Sense/Touchwiz/Vanilla would all just be Themes for users to choose between.

Of course, Google half-arsed it again and didn't even consider Theme support when creating Android. Even Windows Mobile had Theme support going way back. It even had a Selection Pane for choosing between them. Why is technology going backwards in this regard?
[Android General] mcord11758:
Beauty of Android, don't like the look, change it
[Android General] moses992:
I actually LOVE the new look. Its simple,elegant,consistent and much more polished. IMO the whole Android experience/"feel" had been revamped to the better :) , lets hope OEMs dont mess this up with their skins.
[Android General] TheFes999:
Plus is uses less battery on the Amoled displays, because of all the black! :)

I like it a lot, but I must say that my phone looks the rather the same as before, and Samsung allready used a lot of black for their own TW skin (think because of the Amoled display)
[Android General] Dirk:
It's worth noting that the Galaxy nexus is the only device that will see the Holo theme. All the others will be skinned in the normal manufacturer colour schemes.

And i never thought i'd see the day when i would say that's a good thing!
[Android General] moses992:
Although Android did publish a design website to help developers/designers follow the new Holo theme that ICS brought along. They are also encouriging OEMs to follow these guidlines when designing all those skins, so that Android would mantain a certain touch and feel throughout different devices!

Personally Id love to see that happen. Diversity is a great thing, but I do think certain UI elements need to look the same across all devices. But then again , Android is open source and OEMs can choose not to follow anything and come up with a whole new UI :) .
[Android General] RossMacgill:
I love the new look, i like dark styles anyway, and i think it looks really smart and like some have already said, change it if you dont like it
[Android General] AIways:
i like ics because it gives a lot of a abstract feel and the dark tone feels like it save more battery. however a lot of ics theme is blue, i read somewhere that from RED-GREEN-BLUE, the colour tone BLUE uses more battery compare to the rest.
[Android General] lowandbehold:
The holo theme is to be used inside of apps to create the consistent feel. It has nothing to with sense, touchwiz etc. When you press a menu button inside of an app, google wants a consistent response with no crazy surprises. When you open an app, it looks the same on all devices no matter what the manufacturer UI is....
[Android General] Dirk:
Just because they want it, doesn't mean anybody will comply! If you were creating an app would you use your design ideas, or theirs?
[Android General] samwest39:
i really need to learn how to code and make things for android lol
[Android General] GazaIan:
Gingerbread was dark and dull and boring, ICS is dark, but sexy and clean. Froyo was bright and happy but Froyo is almost obsolete now.
[Android General] iridaki:
Android in the pre-ICS era was inconsistent and all over the place, design-wise. It was about time it looked like a "whole" OS and not something 100 different people quickly put together.

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] sovrce:
Title pretty much explains it all. How is this done? Rename all the .bak's back to .apk, pull the update, refreeze everything?

Is there a .zip we can install through recovery? I'm looking mostly for the fix to the data connectivity. They just turned on 4G in my area and except for the occasional disconnect, I absolutely love it!!!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Szadzik:
Create a label with all frozen apps in TiB.

Use Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper to save root.

Upgrade.

Restore root via Voodoo

Freeze application in the label in Tib.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mattlgroff:
You could also RSD Lite, wipe on first boot, OTA to .748, root, use OTA rootkeeper, protect root and temp unroot, install 6.12.173 (2.3.6) and restore root via OTA rootkeeper.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherrybombaz:
So I was flashing a stock rom from Odin, and Odin froze, so I unplugged the phone and took out the battery. Now, when I try to get into download mode, all I get is a screen with a phone-!-computer. Even with a usb jig, it just goes to this screen. My captivate is also not recognized by the computer when I plug it in when its on the phone-!-computer screen.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
Have you tried all the steps in the Captivate Connection Issues post (in my signature)?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
Does it say something about hardware upgrade failure?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherrybombaz:
Nope. It just doesn't show up at all; not even in device manager and it just shows the phone exclamation computer screen.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherrybombaz:
Yea more or less. The weird thing is it was detected before and odin was able to start the flash. But it hung after it said do not disconnect the device so I was forced to unplug it. Now I just don't see anything at all.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
Have you given Heimdall a try? It sometimes works when Odin won't.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherrybombaz:
Yep. When I try to install the heimdall driver, the phone doesn't even show up so it won't install.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
Odd. I'm assuming you've done all the uninstalling drivers, rebooting, etc, etc?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherrybombaz:
Yea I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Odin drivers. How do I uninstall the heimdall driver?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Driver Uninstallation Instructions:

1. Put your Samsung Galaxy S Captivate (i897) into download mode by holding Volume Down + Volume Up and...

2. Plug your phone into your PC.

3. Open up Device Manager on your PC.

4. Under "Libusb (WinUSB) devices" right click on "Samsung USB Composite Device" and choose Properties.

5. Go to the Driver tab and select Uninstall.

Done
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherrybombaz:
The problem is I don't see my phone in device manager.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Edited my previous post. Gave u the update instead of the uninstall method, oops.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherrybombaz:
But I don't see the Libusb tab in device manager when I plug my phone in.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
When u initially installed the drivers for Heimdall, they only installed to the usb port that u were connected to. So u need to be plugged into that specific port and then u should see it in the Device Manager.

And u really don't need to uninstall the drivers that u need for Heimdall, as long as u installed them

after

u installed the drivers from Kies. See this post... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19998299&postcount=115

And if u have tried everything in the Stickied thread--Captivate Connection Issues and Download Mode Help to no avail, then ??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherrybombaz:
Yep I made a jig and it works but it doesn't go to the downloading screen with the shovel instead it just goes to the screen with the phone exclamation computer.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
Then try this...may sound odd but anyway--just pull ur battery and leave it out for 5 minutes or so and then put it back in and try getting back into download mode and see what happens.

Btw, which stock odin were u trying that got u in this mess ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherrybombaz:
The odin3 one click downloader. Yep I tried taking out the battery -- no go :/.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abaddon:
happened to my cappy yesterday. went through 7 hours to fix mine. had the same issue as yours. no download mode showing with any combo I try even recovery had 4 micro usb cables and still my pc is choosy. that screen is actually download mode. you just need the proper drivers for the pc to read it. I used the one from heimdall. tried for atleast 100x before my pc recognizes my cappy as gadget serial and then boom! after installing,uninstalling and reinstalling all is A-ok now. just try it and have faith on your cappy :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cherrybombaz:
What did you try before it was recognized? Did you just plug and replug the usb into the computer until it worked?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 24fan4life:
Mine did this before, when I accidently forgot to convert back to RFS before flashing back to stock, and I thought I was totally screwed. After this screen comes up the first time it will not go away, even if a download jig is used, until you get a good flash.

Try this:

Open your Odin, and have it ready with whatever you were trying to flash to begin with. Pull the battery on your phone, put your download jig in, and now put your battery in. It will still be the error screen that comes up. Pull your jig, and now plug your phone in. It should show on Odin now, and this flash should take correctly.

---------- Post added at 01:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:50 AM ----------

Also make sure the USB port you are using is a direct link to your board. I always use one of the original USB 2 ports on the back of my computer. Not using a USB hub either, but straight from the port to your phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soccer_Dad:
I can't be the first one to say this... The phone-exclamation-computer is a download screen. I just soft bricked my phone on Tuesday, and got the p!c screen. But it showed up in Heimdall, and flashed fine.
[General Questions and Answers] cerico76:
Hi to everyone! I have a problem with my htc sensation xl with unlock bootloader

in bootloader mode after typing the command " flash recovery recovery.img" I get the message: "waiting for device". what driver I am missing???

Thanx a lot for the answer!

from my HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e using XDA App
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] seandidk:
Last night finally moved over from my old iPhone 4S Data plan to 4G LTE and was amazed by the first speed test.

View attachment 863903

I ran tests the next day inside UNI buildings and other places and still seemed to get awesome speeds.

View attachment 863904

Has anyone seen these speeds anywhere else in the country on AT&T 4G LTE?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ka1n0a33:
I didn't get speeds that fast but in San Jose I was getting these numbers

ping: 60

UP: 27610

DWN: 14919

Where are you getting speeds like that at?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Longcat14:
Jeez, where in Dallas are you getting speeds like that? The tower I'm on won't go past 30 down, that is unless I go past the Tom Thumb near me, then it jumps for like 50-60.

Uploads are ALWAYS at 13-17 though.