yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Atrix 4G Accessories] IrateCustomer:
Sale must have ended already. I just clicked the link and price is showing $59.99 again. Bummer.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] d11dog11:
Add to cart then view it in cart. Boom. 29.99

Sent from my Atrix 4G
[Atrix 4G Accessories] d11dog11:
Anyone use this with cm9 or cm7? Does that all in one audio cable that comes out of the USB work or does it need some blur app?

Sent from my Atrix 4G
[Atrix 4G Accessories] bassmarkie:
I've used the Motorola Car Dock with both cm7 and cm9. Google's Car Home apk works fine with cm7, though I had some audio glitches and would have to unplug and replug the audio jack.

I'm using Car Home Ultra with cm9 now as the google car home does not work yet and have had great luck with it. Bluetooth and audio jack work as expected.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] jjwatmyself:
All Moto Car Dock Audio works flawlessly with CM9 but only once you install the Google car app. At CM7 it was a cluster. Weekly CM7 resolved this, but the audio routing would change to speakerphone if you received or made a call. Blur based ROM is better at 2.3.x. Been running CM9 from jokersax for 4 days. Very impressed. Not worth trying CM7, considering how far along CM9 is at the moment. Some issues exist, but nothing that will prevent you using it as your primary phone.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] G-Man.:
Don't post this stuff here man, It belongs in the market place - Forum Rules clearly state this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] njarun:
I need to revoke some permission(network access) for a user app. Tried droidwall, avast and some other firewall. But no success. Then I tried to edit the package.xml under data/system. This worked for some time, but everything reset to defaults after reboot. Can anyone suggest a permanent cure other than firewall??

It would be great if we can control the app permissions.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nanang_borneo:
Help me tu upgrade ACE GPU to be able play Game HD.

ask me please??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdfzhi:
its almost impossible as its soldered to the motherboard.

btw ask u what? :p :p :p
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdaboy122:
Yeah but u can use chainfire3d app

With plugins just check apps info in market
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
Ya man..I want to upgrade the processor and gpu too..help me :p

Dude,this is a phone.Not a pc.You cant do that
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redlag:
Ok, i will help you. First of all, get knowledge about programming and chips and electronics.

Then de-assemble your phone.

Beg a manufacturer to send you "a" gpu. (Since normal orders are in terms of 100k i think?)

If that doesn't work, but a second hand mobile with a better gpu.

But oh wait, the gpu and cpu are on same chip. hmmmm

ok then remove the cpu+gpu from the 2nd hand mobile and replace the cpu and gpu on the ace with it. (use the knowledge you earned before)

Well hoping you did everything right till now, you would have to rewrite the whole firmware/kernel code. Use the programming skills you acquired before eh!

If you did everything right, you should be good to know. you might encounter few issues but i guess with the knowledge you would have till then and the experience, you would be able to overcome them.

Note: I will not be responsible for any damage to your phone!

Phew! Pretty easy right?

Good Luck!

Edit : Doh! I read his post again. He wants us to ask him! sorry buddy.. i misunderstood ya! Please tell us :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
Good one...xD..I just noticed that he was telling us to ask something
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ishankgupta20:
There is an application called IDA pro search google it is multi dessambler of arm it convert arm v7 most apps and games to armv6 or u just do with jdk 7 + apk manager to convert its resolution thats the only thing u do in order to play hd games

---------- Post added at 01:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:22 PM ----------

There is an application called IDA pro search google it is multi dessambler of arm it convert arm v7 most apps and games to armv6 or u just do with jdk 7 + apk manager to convert its resolution thats the only thing u do in order to play hd games
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdfzhi:
He's asking howto upgrade gpu, not to port armv7 game to armv6. And why did u even quote my post. I've already know that

Sent from your phone
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ishankgupta20:
Sorry brother i did it by mistake sorryyy
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chekuhakim:
Easy. While holding the home button and volume up button, make 253.7 taps on your screen within 30 seconds. Then reboot. Voila u have urself an upgraded gpu
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaoszero6:
Dude you are not using a PC :P

Its just a mobile phone .....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -SGA-:
Our phone does not have an HD display, so there is no point. I've managed to install and run a few HD games, but they do not look any better. You can increase the GPU performance by OC'ing the CPU and installing CM7 based ROM's; even so, it is a marginal increase.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nanang_borneo:
thx man..now i know..

have a nice day for u..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mor_1228:
upgrade gpu ???? ya i want rocket launcher in my ace :p
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ProBro_NL:
And if u are solding u need to be careful these things can over heat and burn through
[Networking] meechieervin:
i dont know if someone already post this but starting jan 25th if you have a 5gb or 10 gb plan you can get free mobile hotspot and mobilelife album plus services heres the article http://www.phonearena.com/news/T-Mo...ith-free-mobile-hotspot-from-Jan-25th_id26064
[Networking] nevrlow:
I tether for free lol. On my 2GB data plan :[
[Networking] jesusdavid:
How and what files if any do I need to tether for free.
[Networking] safeplayer22:
You can tether for free (after root, remove or freeze tether manage app). and then you can tether for free unlimited (with "4g" speed) without being throttled if you use the APN trick (search for it).
[Networking] nevrlow:
Apn trick does not work
[Networking] media_11:
It does work for me. I am at 200MB unlimited plan and I have used 413MB so far. I have deleted tether manager and tethering does work for me. I have been tethering my phone with my samsung galaxy 10.1 tab. I don't stream at all so I don't use that much data. You would be surprised how much data 'word with friends' uses though.
[Networking] MMakoto:
so does that mean we'll have to call in tmo and request for this new free service? for our rooted phones with tether manager frozen, do we need to unfreeze it or re-install it? :rolleyes:
[Networking] nevrlow:
Just use tether as u would if u were rooted. No need to freeze anything.
[Networking] xsteven77x:
Don't hold your breath on that call back. I would just try again tomorrow.
[Networking] nevrlow:
Or just root and tether it up all u want
[Networking] freexdanoob:
lol. I've been on TMo long enough to know to continue breathing while dealing with retentions. :) but thanks!

(however, there has been a couple of times before, as late as this December that a rep called me back regarding a discount so there are good reps there)

trying not to root yet.

Tried the APN manager trick but didn't work for me either. Deleting the pcweb.t-mobile.com APN does not work for me as it'll just reappear.

I had to use the new SIM that came with the white S2 to enable wifi-calling, and I suspect that the pcweb.t-mobile.com APN is hardcoded on the SIM. And everytime you change the APN, it'll copy the that pcweb APN back to your phone.

If there's anyone who got the APN trick to work with new SIM, please voice your success!
[Networking] xsteven77x:
I just did mine over the tmobile chat and i got the promotion added to all my lines NO QUESTIONS ASKED. And i have android preferred plan. It really is hit or miss on who you get. The whole thing took less than five minutes and very painless, i was surpised.
[Networking] DesignGrits:
Has anyone been able to do this today? I started a chat and they had no idea about it.
[Networking] freexdanoob:
what did you say to the rep? I've tried a few, no budge. Some say I already have it.
[Networking] DesignGrits:
I swear they hired a ton of new reps or something
[Networking] freexdanoob:
loyalty (retention) department and regular CSR are definitely different departments and seeing different promotion lists.

I tried it again with loyalty. The rep did not know this promotion either looked it up in "the other department." However, she said that since the Preferred Android Data plan is already a promotional plan, I won't be able to get the hotspot feature unless I switch to the regular 5GB data plan. I respectfully declined.

Grrr. I think I may be getting frustrated enough to want to root my phone!

Has anyone tried the APN trick to allow hotspot, using a new SIM with wifi-calling enabled? (ie. delete the pcweb.t-mobile.com APN)
[Networking] MMakoto:
i just got off the phone with a regular csr as well, but no luck in getting that feature added for free. i have to switch over to the $30 5gb plan to get that, but nah... since there is one success story on this thread, maybe i'll call again someday and see if i'll get lucky.
[Networking] DesignGrits:
Did you have to upgrade your data plan or did they just give you the devices? I just upgrade my data plan when I bought this phone, not interest in moving from the 5gb to the 10gb.
[Networking] Babydollll:
If you have the 5GB plan @ $30 they just add it on for free. If you have the loyalty "preferred android web" @ $20 it seems most CSRs won't add it unless you "upgrade" to the $30 plan. However, there seems to be at least one successful situation where the rep added it to the loyalty plan YMMV.

I added it but I upgraded from the $20 "android preferred web" (5GB soft cap) to the $30 plan. I felt the upgrade was worth it, since it seems that T-Mobile is making it more difficult to get around tethering (even rooted) with every new phone they release.
[Networking] nevrlow:
5gb on tmo is $25

Sent From My Virtuous ICS Sensation
[Networking] Babydollll:
Not on the classic plans. Only on the value plans

Edit: and I'm going by pricing on the classic plans because 1) that is what I have and 2) that is what is most people here have referenced.
[Networking] nevrlow:
Gotcha. Sry for that

Sent From My steak using A1 steak sauce app (Sensation)
[Networking] DesignGrits:
I got on a chat and was able to have them add it to my account for free even though I bought my phone the week it came out.
[Networking] Babydollll:
As long as you have the $30 5GB or the $60 10GB plan(s) they will add it. You just have to ask.

Wasn't me!! I didn't do it!
[Networking] nevrlow:
Been tethering for free since g1 days

Sent From My steak using A1 steak sauce app (Sensation)
[Networking] byrdman164:
This. I just used the live chat feature on their website and because I have the 5GB plan (@ $30) they made the necessary changes to my plan for me. Seems like it's the same situation it was with the free wifi calling from a while back, you just need to request it. So, if you have a 5GB or more plan, just ask them to add it and you should be good to go!

--from the chat--

Please wait while we find an agent to assist you...

You are currently at position number 1 in the queue.

You have been connected to _Joel H.

Sean: Received message about smartphone mobile hotspot

_Joel H: Hi Sean , welcome to T-Mobile live Chat. I’m _Joel and I will be happy to assist you. Please give me a moment to review your question.

Sean: Sure, thank you

_Joel H: We can look into this for you. How can we assist you today?

Sean: I received a message informing me of smartphone hotspot access being blocked, and then going to the website to be told that I would need to pay for it. This is very upsetting because i just upgraded from a 2GB plan a couple of weeks ago because I was going on vacation (which I had NO service where I was, I was restricted to AT&T's GPRS which was horrible). Now I'm getting this message informing me the service is blocked. I've seen on the internet that T-mobile is giving customers with 5GB and 10GB plans unlimited mobile hotspot? Would this show up on my bill?

_Joel H: You will not be charged for the tethering that you have done put it will stop working until you change your data plan. Fortunately we do have a new data plan that includes hotspot and tethering for the same price as your current data plan. Did you want to get that?

Sean: If it's the same price then absolutely I'll do that

_Joel H: Ok. We can make that change for you and it will be provisioned within 2 hours. Did you have any questions before I make that change?

Sean: No, i think that pretty much covers it. There aren't any fees for changing the plan correct?

_Joel H: That is correct. You would still be paying $30.00 a month for 5 GB of data but this feature will include tethering and hotspot.

Sean: That sounds perfect to me, I'll definitely agree to that change

_Joel H: We have changed that for you.

Sean: Excellent. Thank you very much for your time and assistance with this issue

_Joel H: Is there anything else we can assist you with today?

Sean: No, thank you. That covers everything. Thanks again for your help

_Joel H: Thank you for choosing T-mobile Chat, have a great day!

Sean: you too! Have a great night!

_Joel H: You too!!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lowroad:
Hi,

for some reason i lost my Imei number. Im not sure when or how, but i would guess it was due to flashing.

Now i do have a backup of my efs folder, but somehow putting that one back doesnt work.

I get the following error in my nv.log:

Backup NV restored.

"MD5 fail. Original MD5 '17f88xxxx etc'

Computed MD5 'fbe9xxxxx etc'

Anybody with a solution to this?

I was thinking it might be because with ICS my radio was changed to the new one, so it makes a different MD5 checksum. Does this make any sence at all?

[edit]

ok this is really weird. Apperently ICS causes this. When i restore a nandroid back to GB and restore my backed up imei files, they stick and i have my imei back. As soon as i go back to ICS the problem is back.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrackDaddy:
If you're rooted, use Root Explorer & navigate to efs folder, then delete your nv_data.bin file, then rename your nv_data.bak file to nv_data.bin, therfore changing it from a bak file to a bin file, then reboot & see if this helps! ;) If this fails try this technique here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqLK_2I-SBM :D Works with nexus s! ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lowroad:
thanks for the ideas!

However, i dont have any bak files. I dont think i need them, since i do have the original .bin file.

The original does work, but in ICS it doesnt stick. As soon as i reboot its back to 00049 again.

In GB it does stick, but obviously i prefer to stay on ICS ;)

Very weird problem.. cant be the only one having this issue?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrackDaddy:
You should have bak files!? bak files are for recorded changes! You say you have a backup of your cfs folder? if you do, open that & do as I mentioned, then try repacing that folder with the one on your device, reboot & see if that helps!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lowroad:
Well as I said, i have done that and it does work in ics... Until i reboot. Then its back to 0049...

In gb it does stick after rebooting, which seems strange to me.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daml:
not an ideal solution but why not just script the file copy. so when you reboot you dont need to do it manualy...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] njarun:
I need to revoke some permission(network access) for a user app. Tried droidwall, avast and some other firewall. But no success. Then I tried to edit the package.xml under data/system. This worked for some time, but everything reset to defaults after reboot. Can anyone suggest a permanent cure other than firewall??

It would be great if we can control the app permissions.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Igthorn:
Permissions Denied (by Stephen (Stericson)) works but not on every rom. There is also Privacy Blocker (by xeudoxus) but it's not free so I haven't tested it. I think Privacy Blocker does the same thing as Permissions Denied but more in-depth

Some apps will crash or display a black and red box saying "You must have INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permissions in AndroidManifest.xml".

I'm guessing DroidWall isn't working because of missing netfilter support in the kernel. I'm in the same situation, which sucks since DroidWall probably is the best solution for blocking net access per app.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benyben123:
I have the LG G2x.

I often go to Running Services and check what's running. I am under the impression that this is a good way of knowing which apps run in the background, and how much they consume (memory).

AM I WRONG about this? Sometimes I will uninstall an app if I see it won't close for a long time for no apparent reason - assuming it's slowing down my phone.

THANKS
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] njarun:
hmm.....think u dont need to do this. and if u want to know the correct details of all running process and activities then install some advanced task managers from market. also you may kill them all together using that app. may include exclude list....so on!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamTheMan:
I really don't see why you should close the services, unless you are actually experiencing performance problems. Android should be efficient enough to shut down anything that takes way too much resources...

A running services doesn't necessarily mean that it is doing something in the background, it just means that it hasn't been killed and is ready to do whatever it does best.

So unless you have a really old phone with very little RAM or you are actually experiencing performance problems, you shouldn't worry. But it is always good to keep an eye on what is going on once in a while anyway ;-)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepash:
if your phone has enough ram and also if the running services dont harm the performance of your device you shouldnt be worried about that ....but i wud still suggest u to use the ram manager instead of closing the running apps in settings :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirk:
Android doesn't need any sort of micro-managing when it comes to resources. It manages itself, right up until the point where someone does something stupid like installing a 'Task-Killer' or 'RAM Optimiser'.

Stop trying to sabotage your phone and start using it instead!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benyben123:
FINALLY ! I was expecting this would be the case with Android as well. THANK YOU !!!!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prboy1969:
Very true Task Killers and the like have been proven to use more memory than anything else. Also they tend to aggrivate a low Memory situation. Some task killers will prematurely shut down programs, the program auto-restarts to finish the task. Which causes even more memory to be allocated. Sometimes a program will have to restart several times causing a larger than usual memory drain. So long story short, stay away from Task Killers.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benyben123:
Thank you as well!

I wonder why Google doesn't restrict these from the Market....
[Motorola Droid X2] xdevnull:
Never mind. Maybe it was just too late in the evening, but blurred vision and truncated file names had me installed the wrong BSR files.
[Motorola Droid X2] iBolski:
No biggie. I've had many a late night like those when coding. Not fun! ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] benyben123:
Hi.

I am wondering if Viber and Whatsapp influence the phone's general speed by consuming resources.

I have both of these installed, but i rarely ever use them.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] angelino0919:
Would it be possible to have Google talk themed orange and black. If that would be possible it would be greatly appreciated
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] leggysoe:
I'm pretty much a minimalist when it comes to phone cases.

I already have ghost armor film on the front so I just need a bumper that protects the side bezel, just like iPhone 4's. I'd rather not have back cover since I have a white gs2.

Is there anything like that available?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] elbarto7:
nothing, how about something like this?http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-TPU-T...405692?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3cc0116ebc
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iLeopard:
I'm the same, i have the white one with the d3o case. I find myself taking the phone of the case alot because it just flat out interferes with the beauty of phone.. O think what he's looking for is something along the lines of the iphones iband.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ugotproblemz:
Yep. Like a bumper for the iphone...been trying to look for one as well..but no luck for me :-(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Kid Poker:
I'm pretty sure D30 had release them. They had it where you can have the bumpers only, or with the clear back. I saw them while I was inside the T-Mobile store a couple of weeks ago. Not sure if they have it in all the corporate stores.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] leggysoe:
I'm surprised there is not many option available for t-mobile version gs2... I just ordered white version of elbarto's link though it's not exactly what I was looking for.will post picss once I receive it. thansk everyone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Kid Poker:
I take that back, it was for the Galaxy S 4G, not the Galaxy S II 4G
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
The D30 flex protect is the closest thing to a bumper for our phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] leggysoe:
Found some other stuffs on eBay. Looks pretty good but most pics of photochopped.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/220900861863?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/320819179822?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/330642841162?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Michaelearljohansen:
Clear TPU Case

Have you considered getting a clear TPU case? I also have the white GS2 and I ordered this case right here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00620FT76/ref=oh_o02_s00_i00_details

Honestly, I think it looks ****ty on the black model, but I can vouch for it on the white one. It fits snugly on the phone and has power button and volume rocker cutouts. It's nice because it's totally transparent and you can see the white back. If anything, it just makes the phone look more badass.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iLeopard:
Not taking any chances with this device. TPU cases offer minimal protection against drops, sure its cheap but I'd rather dish out the extra bucks for a reliable case. I have dropped my device many times already from carpet (not much to that I know :)) to hardwood floors and the case has kept my device looking like new.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
Yeah theres no padding in a tpu case. People like the d30 because both the flex protect and defender offer padding and scratch protection.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] leggysoe:
Just got the case and it looks fairly good. Back cover is frosty transparent so it still shows off white. It does add some bulkyness to it but it's close to what I was looking for: http://goincase.com/products/detail/snap-case-cl59594/2

By leggysoe at 2012-01-26

By leggysoe at 2012-01-26
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] barribow:
If you are minimalist, then you don't need a screen protector for your device. The screen of your device is pretty resistant (Gorilla corning).

For case, I am also looking for one, the thinnest I have seen are the carbon ones. TPU ones are a bit bulky IMO.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Vinsane:
Carbon ones? As in the skins or is it an actual carbon fiber case?