yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG Optimus Black] panorisi:
Hello. I am trying to install CWM on my p970, but it says: permission dienied. And I know why. Because it's not rooted. I want to install Zeus ROM, but I can't, cause I don't have CWM. Maybe someone knows how to install custom ROM without root.
[LG Optimus Black] timvdhoorn:
which software version you got? 20A?
[LG Optimus Black] panorisi:
Yes, I have stock ROM 20A
[LG Optimus Black] achyut:
NO ROOTING = NO ZEUS

if u are NOT rooted,then u cannot install CWM...downgrade 2 froyo, root it and then install the 20N Repackaged/Zeus v1, whichever u want :)

downgrading to the v10 would be temporary as u wud root it immediately and install back zues/20N....i do it almost regularly (yes, i brick my phone pretty often :p).

for a backup,i have v10D and the CMD scripts for rooting (via blackjack) and installing CWM.

hope i helped
[LG Optimus Black] Inferbubu:
you have to downgrade to V10 (with SmartFlash Tool) then root that version and use Recovery to Flash with Zip File!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr. div11:
i have a very basic question i suppose,

i just need to know Why .. A2SD is preferred over DAta2ext or even D2sd..

i feel that internal memory is always more in D2EXT..

what kind of partition is needed for A2SD?

any help here.??
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
First of all the basics:

With A2SD only apps and dalvik-cache will be automatically moved to EXT-partition of SD card. Some data still remains on the internal memory (/data-partition).

With DATA2SD / DATA2EXT / DATA2WHATEVER (below just called D2SD) really every data on in the internal memory will be moved to EXT-partition. This EXT-partition is your new internal memory. This means, you get nearly unlimited internal memory for your Desire.

A2SD is not generally preferable over D2SD. I recommend to make it dependent on which SD card one is using. A2SD will work with nearly every SD card, whereas with D2SD you need an SD card which has at least Class 6 because of the big data which has to be accessed.

So the reason why A2SD is preferred over D2SD might be that it works for nearly every SD card and also gives very much internal memory.

But IMHO if one has a SD card with at least Class 6, I would always use D2SD.

The partition layout for A2SD will be given in the thread for the ROM, but overall it should work with this layout:

1.) FAT32-partition (remaining space)

2.) EXT4-partition with 512 MB - 1,5 GB.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bradden1:
Does it have to be ext-4? I have inadvertantly installed data2sd when i thought it was apps to sd on MildWild 2.9.5. It seems to work but I'm concerned as I only used ext3?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
The big difference between EXT3 and EXT4 is the speed (EXT4). It shoud work with EXT3 though, but I recommend to convert your EXT3-partition into an EXT4-one.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiwiBratwurst:
Saw a shoot out video between the new Xperia ion and the new Nexus, the new xperia's (possibly the whole range) have a feature to bypass the lock screen and jump straight into the camera app by holding down the camera button, this also focuses and takes a picture all in about 1.5 sec

its pretty impressive.. just wondering if anyone thinks it might be possible to port this feature to our Xperia's or figure out how they did it..

Video on You tube here

Would be a fricken awesome MOD if any Devs are up to it..

Kiwi
[XPERIA X10 General] Jedidiah55:
I can only get the flashtool to recognize my phone is flash mode, anyone can chime in if they want to

HOW-TO

Open terminal alt+ctrl+T

Copy and paste

each line separately

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

Then download the flashtool

http://androxyde.github.com/Flashtool/

Extract the file and save it in your home folder

Now you need to make a udev rule

Go in terminal and hit SHIFT+CTRL+T

2 tabs should be opened

Type

sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-flashtool.rules

then go to the other terminal tab and type

lsusb

you should see a line that looks like this

Bus 001 Device 011: ID 0fce

:612e

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB

copy the bold and italicized print into this line

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0fce", SYSFS{idProduct}=="

####

", MODE="0777"

Save that line into the rules file

Go to the flashtool folder

Click on the flashtool file

And run it but not in terminal
[XPERIA X10 General] Duvel999:
hi,

I got Macbuntu 10.10 here.

Downloaded & extracted flashtool 0.6.7

have java installed

have libusb-1.0 installed

how do I add the rule =>

(terminal?)

/etc/udev :

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0fce", SYSFS{idProduct}=="*", MODE="0777"

and then?

any help would be nice..

;)
[XPERIA X10 General] Jedidiah55:
you will be in terminal, sorry im never on here. the command gedit will open the file where needed to make the rule

I'll redo install and take screenshots as I go
[XPERIA X10 General] Duvel999:
that would be nice;)
[XPERIA X10 General] leona:
I added this

from lsusb

but I still get.

??
[XPERIA X10 General] Mister J:
Use sudo
[XPERIA X10 General] leona:
Oddly a restart seemed to cure it, even after I did restart a udev service, it needed to restart the PC.

Edit: Hum maybe not, just plugged phone while switched on and it seemed fine.

Went to do a firmware flash and it gave me the

libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/001/012: Permission denied.
libusb requires write access to USB device nodes.

Again :(
[XPERIA X10 General] Jedidiah55:
sorry ive been busy lately, job change, engine swaps, moving, buying new car, buried some family, etc.

ive also update to 12.4 ubuntu so ill see what i can do
[XPERIA X10 General] leona:
Gosh you have been busy, I'm still on 10.04 LTS at the moment, as I have not got around to update my machine yet, as I can not stand the new UI.

I did the firmware flash in the end but using sudo as Mister J suggested which worked, but it would be nice to have it work it properly.
[XPERIA X10 General] Mister J:
Try opening up a terminal and typing:

"sudo nautilus"

Then, go to /dev/usb/001/012 and Right clicking on the file.

Click on the Permissions tab and change the drop down menu to read and write.

Like this
[XPERIA X10 General] M4ST3R-V:
help

followed the steps as you mentioned. But when i click on the flashtool script file nothing is happening. :(

pls help
[XPERIA X10 General] Tof37:
Open terminal and run flashtool and you'll see what is wrong
[XPERIA X10 General] M4ST3R-V:
thank you

thanks for the tip. Yes i Opened it in terminal with sudo su permission and got the error. lsusb version error was the probem and there was a and additional update to the latestet version searched a lot to find it. this solved most of this :) :good::)
[XPERIA X10 General] PredatorX11:
good, but work only in root users.

because flashtool do not recognize, my x10? i can only flash.:confused: is a problem of linux version?
[XPERIA X10 General] basoula:
can i use with xperia Neo V?

Sorry for stupid question,but i don't know very well Ubuntu!
[XPERIA X10 General] GauginPRO:
Thank you! Will come in handy later!
[XPERIA X10 General] Amigo62:
linux mint xfce 17 (ubuntu 14)

Hi, would be this guide work on my system too? I am newbee in linux. Help me please. :rolleyes:

Sory, my phone is Elephone P9, MTK6592
[XPERIA X10 General] sina.raad:
help

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

hi when i type this

show me in terminal this message:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
[XPERIA X10 General] sina.raad:
please help me

hi. when i write this:

sudo apt-get update

terminal show me this text!

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

this is true?
[XPERIA X10 General] ShidoLz:
[IMG="Terminal"]http://i.imgur.com/8ehi5dQ.png[/IMG]

I got this error everytime i run FlashTool as root.

I can run FlashTool if i run it as normal user, but the access to phones are denied by system ._.

Please help me :(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathan96:
i just flashed Gingerblur from recovery on my att 4.5.91 and it wont come up..it stops on the M logo with the "Unlocked" text...

HELP please !
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
This is a joke.............right?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cowsaregreat:
For the sake of posterity (and those of us new to flashing): why would this be a joke?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathan96:
It was not a joke...I took my fathers SD card and flashed miui.us alpha 4...gaming is almost impossible! Anyways...ill just ask for another ROM.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swiftks:
You flashed Gingerblur, a Froyo based pseudo ROM on a Gingerbread device... no wonder you got a soft brick.

Just pick another NEWER Gingerbread based ROM and flash it, or fruitcake it.

And in the future, don't go flashing a almost year old pseudo ROM. :cool:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
This is why it was a joke! ^^^^^

You must have dug very deep to even find the GingerBlur thread!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zyglesias:
I have a SGSII I9100 Branded with Claro Puerto Rico rooted and when I put an At&T Sim Card it just shows a Network Lock screen and just the "Dismiss" option, so I can't unlock it. Please help on how to. Here is its info:

Personalizatiob Status:

Network Lock [OFF]

Network Subset Lock [OFF]

SP Lock [OFF]

CP Lock [OFF]

My phone version is:

PDA: I9100UHKG7

PHONE: I9100UHKG4

CSC: I9100UWAKG2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Taimur Akmal:
Make sure you have NO sim lock on The sim + try flashing a OFFICIAL ROM and Don't root! Hope it Helps! :)

Donate To me by clicking on the FREE THANKS Button! Always Appreciated!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zyglesias:
Thanks for the quick reply.

I've never locked my simcard and where exactly can I download this official rom or which one it's recommended?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tupo05:
About official ROMs go here and pick up the latest one. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

I hope that helps
[Galaxy S II Accessories] akira97_1:
Hello,

Here on the picture, I surrounded in RED, a part of the SGS2.

Can someone tell me what is it ? (This part is missing on my Samsung).

My problem is that my SGS2 doesn't have the network since he felt, but the wifi and everything is ok...

I need to replace the network, can someone tell me where to find this part?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Accessories] akira97_1:
Nobody can help ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] maroofnayeem:
Thats the connector for an external antenna....most likely your network board is screwed...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] akira97_1:
Thanks for your reply.

Can you show me with a picture, the parts that i must change for the network ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] akira97_1:
Help please..

I need to repair it..
[Galaxy S II Accessories] maroofnayeem:
If you have warranty take it back to samsung
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bunnybash:
did you by any chance reset your phone with the phone plugged into a charger - sometimes when i do this, i lose network connection. Try resetting your phone on battery power.

You may have also screwed your IMEA. Search the forums for solutions for this.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] pfrancois:
Hello, I have a serious problem.

I am using adb for hacking my Android Galaxy 5 smartphone.

Wifi got broken because I can't make file /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf executable.

Issuing chmod 755 have no effect, even after remounting the system as rw with command

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

Consequence: Wifi is broken. I have no idea about how to prevent this behaviour of chmod. Can you help me?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] pfrancois:
Solved: I was confunding two files: wpa_supplicant and wpa_supplicant.conf. Sorry
[General Questions and Answers] Giroid:
First let me explain how I bricked it.

I flashed the CI500_VZW_EB01_FROYO_REL firmware and rooted my Galaxy S Fascinate, no problem. I was very annoyed of the verizon logo boot animation and could not change it.

So, I opened heimdall-frontend and I flashed two files: Primary Bootloader and Secondary Bootloader with the boot files from SPH-D700-EC05-8gb-REL (thinking that this would change the boot animation) lol note I was half sleep when i did this and was not in my right state of mind.

Now its completely bricked and will not come on. I tried to jig my usb but that dint work plus idk if I actually performed the jig correctly.

I refuse to give up.

Is there any solution to get it back in download mode?
[HTC EVO 3D] sand1303:
Did some flashing and accidentally trashed my splash screen with black background and red beats by Dr dre with HTC on top. Now I can't find it anywhere. Can someone post a link or pczip file for me
[HTC EVO 3D] sand1303:
Bump

Someone has to have this. I spent an hour looking last night and couldn't find it. Please someone give me the zip or a link!
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
OK, I posted in the "What don't you like about Photon" thread I was tired of people complaining about the same crap. I'm not going to complain (Yet) and when I get home, I'm putting the Photon back to Sprint Stock for a minute..............

@ 1.5 months ago, I had a friend over the house. She wanted Pizza. After @ 2 minutes of me dicking with Photon, she opened app on HTC Inspire, ordered Pizza and even got confirmation call and I STILL had screen freezing and app not open.

Me and same friend went to Hockey Game Sunday where my job had a suite. I took her phone and took picture of her and mascot. I took me 30 seconds to get my camera ready and no freaking clue what happen to picture. File size is 0! Not to mention 1 hour later after 8 pictures, battery was at 20% and I had to shut it off. She snapped all night (was at 10% when we left, but she made it)

Today in company IT meeting with 80+ people, damm thing IPL'ed into Bootstrap Recovery mode. 10 minutes to get out of Otterbox with no tools so I could pull battery out. Then when I put it back in, it got so hott I pulled the battery again. It was so hott i juggled like hot potato which brought unwanted attention.

Again, I'm going back to Sprint Stock.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Cythrawl:
Get off Stock ROM... Problem solved..
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
Suggestion? I'm open to anything!
[Motorola Photon 4G] willysp:
I've been running rooted stock since I got my phone. and have had none of those problems.

Yes - if you're having those issues, you should go back to stock.
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
Either your phone is defective or you have done something to it that is creating conflict. I have had the Photon since day 1 release, stock rooted, and nothing even close to that has ever happened to me. Phone is responsive as well and never gotten that hot.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
I got it 9:00AM August 2nd. It could be (and likely is) conflict, which is why I'm going back to bare stock. Although it has many features and app's, at the end of the day, I'm on call and need a phone.

As for getting hot, I have no freaking clue what that was about. When I had my Evo, tethering made it get warm. This was actually HOT and I dropped 50% on battery in a matter of minutes? I seriously pulled the battery and sat everything on the floor!
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Playing hot potato is fun! Get your phone replaced.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
Going to try Sprint Stock first. Additionally, going to cut off the "Auto Update" in all my app's that way I know what to delete and when! Besides, I normally do 300Mb to 700Mb of data a month. Last month I did 2Gb (1.9Gb but who is counting!). and I use Pandora on WiFi!
[Motorola Photon 4G] foxsdaddy67:
methinks its the operator :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
people bored with cm9 already?
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
I have not tried it yet. Like I stated before, at the end of the day, I need a phone. although extream and very, very, very rare...............I don't answer, someone is dead! He**, I schedule my drinking!
[Motorola Photon 4G] deedscreen:
I've been through the same issues, (among other crazy issues such as random reboots, deep sleep (still), and more.

My cam takes years to work... I get very embarrassed when this stuff happens. Like for example, I had to make a call for a friend, I go to the dialer, dial the number, and press the call button, then my phone reboots immediately, and we all know how long it takes to reboot.
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
We all know how long...but with cm7, it's like 15 seconds.
[Motorola Photon 4G] radrian92:
+1. You should try using v7speedy! My phone runs flawless on stock! I used to get almost all of your problems but I haven't since using skinnycomplete!
[Motorola Photon 4G] MikeyLee:
Sounds like you need to learn how to use your phone man. I have never once had an issue like this.
[Motorola Photon 4G] willysp:
I've not yet tried CM9. I use my phone frequently at work to take pics of whiteboards after meetings.

Realize the team needs to get the right drivers; then I'll try it!
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
I JUST thought of something.............I have ROM Toolbox Pro. All this s**t started when I moved almost everything from Phone to SDCard! Still going to wipe it though!
[Motorola Photon 4G] knG333:
I just picked up my phone, unlocked it, held the camera button to get into the camera app, and snapped a photo all in under 10 seconds. What part of the process is slow for your guys?
[Motorola Photon 4G] MikeyLee:
I wouldnt put apps on the SD card. I had problems with things disappearing and stuff when I tried it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
OK boys and girls, first I dumped all my photos off the phone. I then formatted the SDCard, I then erased internal storage with took me 2.5 hours before I pulled the battery. I then did internal storage again and it took 3 minutes.

Now here is the odd thing.........I really, technically, did not lose squat. All of my apps were still there, just not installed. My e-mail, contacts, etc. all remained. Even my Bluetooth stayed paired. The only thing I did was turn on wireless, go to Andriod Market, and go thru 128 Apps and put them back (no, I did not want to use the restore of Titanium Backup. That would put the curroupt crap back)

And this is the REAL killer, I went to bed at 10:30PM with Photon un-plugged with BT and WiFi on. I woke up to 80% charge!!! something was definately wrong before and I think me moving apps to card was it!!

Anyway, so far so good!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] AKDMA:
Why did you move apps to SD? Of course that will slow things down, especially if they're running all the time. I'd suggest you unlock, install recovery, back up, do a full wipe and install Cybik Cm7 with Joker 1.4OC kernel. I get well over 24 hours on full charge and the phone is very fast. My benchmarks almost doubled. With all of the internal storage, just leave apps where they are IMO. The only downside to my plan is loss of 4G if you're in a supported area.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
Because I'm a stupid a** retard? I was playing one day and noticed I had like 2.6Gb of internal storage free, so I moved all non-mandatory crap to card. (which BTW did not REALLY gain too much more). I had to get BusyBox to Root so I left it internal, but it was like 3+Gb by itself. Now, BB is gone, I still have Root, and 8.7Gb interenal free.

I have been looking at videos on how to unlock, soon!
[Motorola Photon 4G] AKDMA:
I'm sure you'll be more satisfied with the device overall if you take the leap. I did that to mine on day 2, lol.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jungle Jack:
Hello,

Prior to the Photon, I always moved Apps to SD. After having a 4G for about a year and a 3D until a few weeks ago, it was practically hard wired in me to move all possible Apps to the SD.

While I am still using a good amount of SD Storage for almost 900 Songs, and mostly Games, I do use the Internal Storage for the bulk of things.

I actually completely wiped my Photon on Tuesday as my Battery Life was horrid. Since I redid it, the BL is much better. However, it still is quite fast regardless of where I have placed Apps. I have yet to Root it.

Cheers,

JJ
[Motorola Photon 4G] AKDMA:
My last phone was an HTC Desire, good phone, but as I began to move larger or memory intensive apps to SD I noticed it became much more sluggish. Of course it only came with a meager 512mb of internal storage for some unknown reason.
[Motorola Photon 4G] foxsdaddy67:
i move all my apps to the media area and have no problems at all. unless your sd card is junk i dont see why that should be an issue
[Motorola Photon 4G] AKDMA:
Mine's a class 6 16GB.. it could have a coincidence in my case, but I've seen many others reiterate what I've experienced. Additionally with a phone like the Photon, I feel to see the need or point.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
Last night, I was again embrassed with Photon. I had a friend over and she has a Droid X. One of the things I noticed was she seem like my daughter, i.e. She was sending text and e-mails like no tomorrow! I asked to see it and the first thing I noticed was that phone was at least 10X faster than my Photon, EASILY!!

What I dont get is, per this thread, I put the Photon back to stock. The only thing on it is facebook, yahoo messager, MSNC.com, Bank of America, Members1st Credit Union. THATS IT!! After she left, I did factory reset and could tell I had no where near the speed she had!
[Motorola Photon 4G] AKDMA:
Go to CM7. Either the stock blur is pure trash (I got rid of it immediately), or your phone has problems. It's far more powerful than a Droid X. Cybik's 11/20 build was perfect for me, could get 48 hours out of it with some tweaks. CM9/AOKP is cool, but not as stable or easy on battery.
[Motorola Photon 4G] willysp:
You were embarassed (not 'embrassed') with this phone 4 months ago. Why do you still have it? Either have Sprint fix it or trade up.
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
Stock interface is slow....period.

I had the same issue with speed on stock. Felt the phone should be faster. Like CM roms but I need everything on the phone to be functional. Like you it is my business phone so it needs to work.

Luckily I flashed Loki's rom and put LPP on it. Stock can't hold a candle to amount of speed and smoothness I have now, even with all my apps and widgets running. Everything works and battery life is as good as stock. Couldn't be happier with it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] AKDMA:
What doesn't work in CM7 that you need?
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
Just off top of my head......Webtop (using Webtop+/Ubuntop).

Been a while since I used CM7 so that may be only thing but would need to test.
[Motorola Photon 4G] AKDMA:
Ubuntop works on every rom I've had. It's just ubuntu and androidVNC. As long as the ports on the phone work, it should work on just about any setup.
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
Good info. Just looked and saw that in v8 Webtop works. Might be time for me to re-flash CM7 and give it a go.
[Motorola Photon 4G] AKDMA:
I like Cybik's build a lot. It had 5300 or so quadrant scores with Joker's kernel. Not too shabby when coupled with up to 2 full days on one charge.
[Motorola Photon 4G] willysp:
del 10 char..........
[Motorola Photon 4G] abrcrmdl23:
I have found that camera makes my phone get hot some times but that was on 45.3.7 went back to 45.3.6 anthem phone has been a ls smoother and haven't run into nearly as many issues with it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rochey21:
As A Noob here im a small bit confused.

Was going to follow this link Complete Noobs Guide but some of the links in that guide dont work anymore.

So then I came across this Video and seems too easy to do

Is the video the same thing as the noobs guide?

If it is, and I follow the video, what Rom is the best one to use.

Just looking for a stable rom, good looking and saves battery.

Thank you, great website.