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[Nook Touch General] Olorin17:
Hi,

maybe you can help me.

I have a working nook, but I'm stuck with the 1.0.0 firmware. I can't update it or restore it, each time the flashing procedure fails.

Here's a summary of the situation and what I already tried :

- When I got my nook, I made a backup that seemed to be OK (the size was good) before rooting it.

- Problem, it didn't update automatically, so I downloaded the update form B&N site to update it manually. But it didn't work, it reached the flash screen, but the update failed (I found a log file somewhere on the nook, it seems to be a signature problem)

- I restored from my backup, but same thing, the update fails.

- I deregistered, and tried again, no change.

- I tried to trigger the factory restore (via 8 failed boots and via ros87 image) but idem, the restoration fails.

- I even tried to use clockworkmod to flash either the update (not possible) or the restoration zip found somewhere on the nook (I got stuck on a boot loop after that, had to restore my backup).

I'm starting to think that my initial backup was not as OK as I thought (in fact, I can't remember if I correctly unmounted the nook before the backup...).

If I knew someone with another nook, I could try to make a backup from theirs to try (replacing the unique files by mine) but unfortunately it's not the case.

Do you have any new idea I haven't tried yet ?

Thanks.
[Nook Touch General] ros87:
Tbh, unless you feel you did something bad to your NST that prevents it from updating, you should contact B&N customer support about this.
[Nook Touch General] Olorin17:
Well, except for the root, I haven't done anything bad.

Not being in the US, I hoped for another solution, but if you think it's the best thing to do, I'll do it.

Thanks
[Nook Touch General] Googie2149:
If it's saying something about a signature, it might be possible the download became corrupted partially?
[Nook Touch General] Olorin17:
That would be too simple, that's the first thing I thought about it and tried re-downoading it several times, be it 1.0.1 or 1.1.
[Nook Touch General] ros87:
Well, if the Factory Restore fails as well, then this is not about signatures as there are no such thing involved in the Restore process, and beside a signature check on the update file itself I highly doubt there are any signature checks involved for the update process as well.

Like I said, I'd start with B&N Customer Support and eventually come back here if they're unable to help.
[TouchPad General] rochford77:
So I've browsed around and can't find a definate answer.

I want to get a bt KB. I want it to work in both cm9 AND webOS.

2 questions.

1) will any bt KB work in webOS?

2) will the HP bt KB work in Android? (4.0.3)?

Thanks will be givin
[TouchPad General] rogabean:
I can tell you that I have this:

http://www.store.motorola.com/Wireless-Bluetooth-Keyboard-FREE-Item/dp/B004JK7GE0?ie=UTF8&prevPageletDesc=DP%3AAccessories

along with the free mouse and it works perfect in ICS and WebOS
[TouchPad General] leftovermagic:
1) yes

2) yes, but some of the webOS specific buttons won't function, for example the 'hide the soft keyboard ' button.
[TouchPad General] spunker88:
2) Yes CM7 and CM9 both support BT HID keyboards which is what the HP one shows up as. Non standard buttons on the HP keyboard won't work, the command is being sent but Android has nothing assigned.

Also, BT HID mice will work with a cursor in both CM7 and CM9.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jake21:
I've just started transencoding from 1080p to 720p (bit rate around 1500-2000) for playback on my transformer (i'm using moboplayer and mxplayer). The playback is ok but not quite as smooth as I would like (and is being handled by software).

I found this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1060825

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that suggest things are simply broken (no video palyer will use hardware decoding) and that I should reencode the streams without b-frames (which will make them significantly larger).

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I'm currently using mencoder but the guide suggest handbreak. Before I go through the exercise

I have a couple of questions:

Woudl things work better if I use mpeg-2 instead of h.263 ?

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Will ICS make things better (i.e, should I not go with the larger non-b frame encodings) and just wait till ICS release in a few weeks?

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Have there been any updates ?

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Sadly my phone (razr) seems to be faster than my tablet and has no issues playing these videos (though if it uses hardware decoding the sound is way out of sync - by minutes - but if i use software decoding they are in sync - not sure why).

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I've tested both avi containers and kmv containers - I think I prefer avi as it is smaller (though again I have to double check if the encodings were done with the same set of options)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] goodintentions:
FYI you can tell it to handle with h/w.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jake21:
The players I tried refused to play it with h/w. Is there another way to force hardware decoding ?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] theremix:
Try BS player lite.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] thes3raph1m:
try using h.264 not 263,

try remuxing the stream rather than recoding http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1102922

its far quicker
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jake21:
bs lite coudlnt' play it using hardware deocding either:

First test file:

mencoder -mc 0 in.mkv -vf crop=1920:800:0:140 -af volume=10:0 -nosub -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=256 -ovc xvid -vf scale=1280:720 -xvidencopts bitrate=1200 -o test3.avi

file test3.avi

test3.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 1280 x 720, 23.98 fps, video: XviD, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)

Second test file:

mencoder in.mkv -af volume=15:0 -of lavf -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=256 -ovc x264 -x264encopts preset=veryslow:tune=film:crf=15:frameref=15:bitrate=1500:fast_pskip=0:threads=auto -vf scale=1280:-10 -o test.mkv

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mkvinfo test.mkv

+ EBML head

|+ EBML version: 1

|+ EBML read version: 1

|+ EBML maximum ID length: 4

|+ EBML maximum size length: 8

|+ Doc type: matroska

|+ Doc type version: 2

|+ Doc type read version: 2

+ Segment, size 1484420071

|+ Seek head (subentries will be skipped)

|+ EbmlVoid (size: 147)

|+ Segment information

| + Timecode scale: 1000000

| + Muxing application: Lavf53.3.0

| + Writing application: Lavf53.3.0

| + Segment UID: 0x77 0x2f 0xa7 0xdf 0x88 0x3d 0xd1 0xfd 0x43 0x75 0x02 0x94 0xad 0x96 0x87 0x0a

| + Duration: 6792.096s (01:53:12.096)

|+ Segment tracks

| + A track

| + Track number: 1

| + Track UID: 1

| + Lacing flag: 0

| + Language: und

| + Codec ID: V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC

| + Track type: video

| + Default duration: 41.708ms (23.976 fps for a video track)

| + Video track

| + Pixel width: 1280

| + Pixel height: 720

| + A track

| + Track number: 2

| + Track UID: 2

| + Lacing flag: 0

| + Language: und

| + Codec ID: A_MPEG/L3

| + Track type: audio

| + Audio track

| + Channels: 2

| + Sampling frequency: 48000

| + CodecPrivate, length 12

|+ Tags

| + Tag

| + Targets

| + Simple

| + Name: ENCODER

| + String: Lavf53.3.0

|+ Cluster
[Eee Pad Transformer General] nobeagle:
There's your problem; the mkv container is not supported for hardware decoding. With the current firmwares, I seem to recall only .mp4 is supported.

Here's my re-encode script that I use (I use ffmpeg ; I used to use mencoder, but it's weakness with non-avi formats pushed me to ffmpeg)

#!/bin/bash

# first argument is input file,
# second argument is output file or directory
# optional third argument is crf, lower is better quality, but I've had issues with large motion screens and values lower than 22
# optional 4th arg is audio bitrate, include k.

threads=2

ARGS=$@
# debug
#ffmpeg="echo ffmpeg"
ffmpeg="ffmpeg"

if [[ $3 = "" ]] ; then
VRATE="22"
else
VRATE="$3"
fi

if [[ $4 = "" ]] ; then
ARATE="96k"
else
ARATE="$4"
fi

#if [ -d "$2" || -L "$2" ] ; then
if [ -d "$2" ] ; then
echo $1 | grep "\." > /dev/null ; TRET=$?
if (( $TRET == 0 )) ; then
# name as a dot
oname="$2/`echo $1 | rev | cut -f 2- -d. | rev`.mp4"
else
oname="$2/$1.mp4"
fi
else
echo $2 | grep "\." > /dev/null ; TRET=$?
if (( $TRET == 0 )) ; then
# name as a dot
oname="`echo $2 | rev | cut -f 2- -d. | rev`.mp4"
else
oname="$2.mp4"
fi
fi

# tune Values available: film, animation, grain, stillimage, psnr, ssim, fastdecode, zerolatency.

# new ffmpeg crashes with -profile baseline
$ffmpeg -i $1 -acodec libfaac -ac 2 -ab $ARATE -vprofile baseline -vcodec libx264 -x264opts threads=$threads:level=31:keyint=250:keyint_min=25:bframes=0:crf=$VRATE $oname

The script is fairly simple, but I still find it quite useful. Note, don't do "script infile.mp4 . " as that will over write your source file, and I note I don't check for that. Maybe ffmpeg might, but it's a silly enough issue that I'm not fixing that.

I've never had an issue with mx player nor mobo player not doing hardware decoding (even via smb streaming with es file manager) , however since 3.11.1 on revolver, mobo player force closes when I quit, but I think that's a mobo player issue, as it often locks up my Galaxy-S with hardware, or software encoding in the latest version.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jake21:
[update; ble the provided script did not work with ubuntu 11.10; I think they changed the switches for ffmpeg as it could not parse the switches after x264 nor baseline switch].

Ok thanks. Surprise the first example I have above, which is an avi file, did not work either :(

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I'll look at what you have - i have to figure out how to scale down the image to 720p (from the man page it looks like ffmpeg does not support -vf scale=1280:-1)

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Before I go to the effort of learning how to use ffmpeg; do you know if ICS will resolve this issue ?

[btw I have the same force-close issue with mobo on razr and transformer]
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jake21:
I could not get the provided script to work (ffmpeg would not accept the args). I did a little searching and saw one suggestion to install everythign from source and build - BUT the test encodings I made last night worked on both the phone and tablet using hardware encoding. On the phone mx player was fine; on the tablet mx player would only use software encoding but bs lite (which seemed pretty nice) worked fine and indicated it was using hardware decoding.

So I think I'm mostly set. the only issue I have is that sometimes mencoder dies on some streams with floating error when it reads the initial header - so I guess I should track that one down - when I get home tonight I'll post the args I used that worked and then ones that result in floating point error (on some streams).

Thanks for the help !
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rogerski1:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1390351

Here is a link I thought I'd share to get Ubuntu running on our g2x via vnc. I am running Phoenix blood v1.6 and can confirm it is working. Pretty good job he did there.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] guitarist5122:
Found this a couple weeks ago and its Deffinately cool on my tablet. Not going to bother with my phone though. too small imo
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jblah:
that sounds cool. do you have a video of it on the phone? I see his video is on the tablet.

update: nevermind..i saw he said it was on a phone. weird
[T-Mobile LG G2x] StinkFoot_E92:
appreciate it downloading image now..
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rogerski1:
I was thinking maybe HDMI to TV coupled with bluetooth mouse and keyboard. Of which i only have hdmi. Just thought it was cool enough to share.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Jufjufjuf:
Check the thread in the 2X forums, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1151931 , it's got BT5 debian and more.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] StinkFoot_E92:
Successful installation of UBUNTU onto my SD card. But I cant connect via vnc. I am running EAGLESBLOOD and FAUX 1.5 overclock kernal.. Any suggestions?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] d1r3ct1v3:
Well, what do u mean by successful installation? this is how you do it if u use zacthespack's img downloaded in Ubuntu Installer (app)

su [ENTER]

cd /sdcard/ubuntu [ENTER] (directory where img and sh are)

sh ubuntu.sh [ENTER]

then it will ask screen size default prolly best

800x480 [ENTER]

then it will ask desktop environment 1 or 2 [Enter] (depending on the img)

1 is lxde (minimal) (quick)

2 is gnome (full) (slow)

it will load some services then take you back to promt

open the vnc app

password = ubuntu

address = localhost

port = 5900

(if using androidVNC scroll down a bit and change color format to 24-bit)

then connect if you chose gnome it may still be loading services, if so u will see grey background and black x in center...just wait it out =D

---------- Post added at 03:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:23 AM ----------

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQozs5tXxwY

best part, as mentioned already, this is kinda kewl with hdmi out!, drawback is no usb host. blutooth mouse or presenter would do the trick especially since i would expect voice input to work

seems like theres a big push to integrate computer os with their mobile counterparts. apple has for long time, windows 8 and the new tile stuff gear toward touch, and now ubuntu pushing in the linux dept.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
Uphone?

Now that Ubuntu runs on the G2X do we call it a Uphone?
[General Questions and Answers] smileysolar:
pls i need a help on how i can register my account on mozat for htc ozone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wkearney99:
Is there a way to flag or otherwise block an app from being checked for updates?

I've got one or two apps that have added things that don't meet my needs. In one case doing nothing but putting ads on the app (sony's media remote). I'd like to have the phone just skip checking whether these apps have been updated or not. Is there a place, flag or setting for this?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahanddeem:
Hi

I am thinking to buy another phone , but I want to keep using my Nexus S ...

Do you think I can have a copy of my SIM card ? so I don't have to switch SIM cards between the 2 phones ? so when I turn one off and the other on I would stil use my same phone number and plan ?

Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahanddeem:
Bump............
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
Yes you can, buts its illegal. Not to say without searching around you can find it! ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shrivelfig:
It can be done legally. It's up to the provider to offer this as a service.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1256281

http://forums.att.com/t5/General-Care-and-Support/Twin-Sim-Card/td-p/2929949
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stremax:
right, it's up to your provider, here in Italy Vodafone gives you this kind of service, not so expensive, but not so usefull too
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t4ure4n:
I have SGS2 currently 2.3.3 I9100XXKE7 and I haven't upgraded because I am waiting for original UK ICS upgrade.

There is a plethora of ROMS and Themes available on XDA and its very hard to decide what to choose so I am putting my questions here.

1. What is the difference between theme and ROM.

2. I only want to change the look and feel (icons etc) so what do I use, Theme or ROM?

3. What criteria do I use to choose a theme/ROM.

4. Is there a comparison chart/sheet online?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
1) A rom is the "nuts & bolts" of the Android operating system (together with the kernel, and to a lesser extent the modem), a theme is a "skin" that goes over that.

2) Different roms will likely have different icon sets. You can also get themes for most roms which can change these icons and the look of the rom from that provided by whomever made the rom.

3) Criteria ? It's entirely up to you. You need to try out different roms and/or kernels until you find one that works well for you/gives you what you want. You won't have the same experience as me with a given rom/kernel because you use your phone differently, your phone isn't setup the same as mine and our phones will have come out of the factory slightly differently.

4) No, there isn't (or at least one that's been updated recently). There are too many roms for SGS2 to have a readable comparison of all of them in one place (I recall seeing a half-arsed list months ago that was light on detail but I don't have a link. Do a search & you may find something). If you have a look at the thread for each corresponding rom in the development section of the board, you will normally find the features in the first post or two on the first page of the thread. You can often get a good read of what a rom does/doesn't do by reading say, the first 10 pages of the thread & the last say 20 pages. This will give you an idea of other users' experience with the rom as well.

Essentially you're asking people for their opinions, and the stock standard answer you're going to get from people on here 9 times out of 10 is to try roms for yourself.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t4ure4n:
Thanks for a detailed answer
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t4ure4n:
Just a followup question before I go on looking at Themes on XDA

Does a stock ROM allow custom Themes?(Phone is already rooted)

Or

I need to install a custom ROM first?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigMrB:
lol

Pick a rom you like first !!! Make sure it fits your needs and 100% stable before you worry about themes lol

Go launcher does themes as do many alternate launchers

A good read - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473577
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] jonelle777:
ROM WITH ADHOC SUPPORT other phones have roms with adhoc support galaxy y only have cooked roms . nobody can make a rom with adhoc support ?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klaydze:
Hi everyone, i have some questions to ask before i root and flash a cyanogenmod 7.1.0 rom in my nexus one. My nexus one is a stock with 2.3.3 gingerbread. The questions are follows.

1. Before rooting, is it required to unlock bootloader? What's the difference if i root my nexus one without unlocking bootloader?

2. I'm planning to use the latest SuperClickOne to root my nexus one. Does SuperClickOne does the job with no problem in nexus one? Because i think this is the hassle free rooting tool. :)

3. I preferred to use Amon_Ra Recovery rather than ClockworkMod Recovery. What do you think?

4. What radio/SPL to use when using cyanogenMod 7.1.0 rom? Should i change my radio first before rooting my nexus one?

5. Does the sdcard should have a partition before,

Rooting the phone

Flashing CyanogenMod 7.1.0

To be honest, I'm afraid to do this but but i realize that my nexus one will be more powerful if rooted IMO. :)

I will appreciate all the people who can give advice/answer to all my questions.

Thanks and Regards,

klaydze
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mddcflimsreal:
I'm running CM 7.1 on mine. And the superoneclick works if your on 2.3.3. A unlocked bootloader would help. And using CWM or Amon doesn't matter (I prefer CWM) to unlock the bootloader is just to open the command prompt. Navigate the thing to the android sdk. Put your phone in fastboot. And use this code

Fastboot oem unlock

Just like that. It should be prompted on your device to unlock the bootloader and that it will delete everything on the phone. Use volume up and down. And power to select "yes", then install the recovery of your choice. And do the basic rom switch. Some roms need blackrose but I've managed to flash CM 7.1 fine without blackrose. Im using hboot 0.35.0017. Hope this helps!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
I would say that you didn't read nearly enough guides to understand what you're doing, and suggest reading more of them.

I would also suggest reading Nexus One FAQ, and Nexus One Wiki in general. You can find links in my signature.

Partial answers:

You can't flash radio before you're rooted.

You should partition SD card whenever you're going to install any type of A2SD tool. Doing it before installing ROMs is probably easier.

Recovery, unlock bootloader, etc - please read.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mddcflimsreal:
Yeah that's what I did.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1newbie:
1. No compulsion to unlock. Can do rooting without unlocking. Unlocking gives the ability to use fastboot commands.

2.superoneclick works fine. Use the latest version.

3. Both works gud. There is also a new touch recovery(4ext). Its ur preference.

4. U can change radios anytime.

5.Depends upon the rom requirement. Its better to have sd ext.

PS- always do a nandroid backup before u change anything. Its highly recommended.(to be on safer side)

Yes...thats true rooting and choosing the corect rom of ur choice gives more freedom n power to ur fone :thumbup:

Dont worry bro, i jus did all the steps 1 month back.(i am a newbie aswell :D )

Jus read a lot and if u still got doubts,no probes. Cos here at XDA U got lots of great ppl wid helping mind. :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klaydze:
Oh yes, got my nexus one rooted. It sweet! I feels like I win in a lottery. LOL.

The problem was, i flashed CyanogenMod 7.0.4 not the latest. :(

BTW, i haven't unlock my bootloader yet, what happen if i unlock it after i root and install custom rom? Should i need to reflash the rom or i just wipe all the data of the device?

Thanks guys
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadikins:
You generally don't need to wipe when moving up in the same rom. For example,from CM7.0 to 7.1. Only need to wipe when you move from major releases, ie. 7.2-8.0
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klaydze:
Hi thanks for enlighten me.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keoichan:
help !

guys, i need some help!! I cant flash some rom , for ex : Medroid, Runny AIO , blissmod, runnymedemod007 , RCADSmixHD ... just can flash cm7 and MIUI :( and i dont know why , my N1 rooted and Hboot is blackrose .... thank in advance !!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestX0019:
blackrose is not an hboot it is a custom bootloader that lets your phone flash most things as it acts as if you have s-off

you don't have many details on your specifics

did you verify you actually have br installed by booting into bootloader and verifying it shows s-off br hboot number

first you need to make sure your hboot partition sizes are set for the rom you are flashing. MeDroid should be 220-16-200. you do this thru breditor or splhexeditor.

second you must wipe ALL including System 3x

preferably ext4 and maybe even reformat and partition sdcard, no swap and use sdformatter to format. full erase and size adjustment on.

back up sdcard and phone before doing these things

if you have done all this and followed each rom OP page flashing requirements, i have no other ideas
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
HBOOT = bootloader.

Blackrose is custom HBOOT, or custom bootloader - it's the same. You can also say that it's custom SBL (secondary bootloader).
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestX0019:
Hi Jack,

I always looked at it as an exploit that allowed us to change the partition table and get s-off

Although, my question was more directed to finding out if OP ever changed partition sizes or just installed BR then flashed roms.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iwansuryo:
Accidentally when I replace original MMS.apk with modified from padlad, I have lost message shortcut on the bottom row of homescreen. You can see it on the attachment.

How can I place the message shortcut on that row again? I have tried all tricks but it seems impossible.

Thank you for your help.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
Go to application then press option(lt key) n edit

Long press,Then drag n drop app icon u want to put on bottom row

Done
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iwansuryo:
Thank you very much, Dr. Ketan!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsk1979:
I want to replace the dialer icon in the bottom row with dialer One.

I am unable to drag anything to bottom row.

How to do this?

Using rooted India ICS Note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpyderTracks:
Read above.