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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] xhazk:
"Bad blocks" are physical imperfections in memory. Usually its from natural wear.

Anything that boasts the ability to "fix" bad sectors is really just flagging them as unwritable. Memory typically comes with a number of extra blocks to compensate.

Good practice is to check ocassionally for increase in bad sectors[blocks]… if so disk failure is likely imminent. If no increase, youre fine -- memory frequently run years with a few bad sectors.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] :
I agree w/you
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Nigeldg:
Following on from this point, one of the things you can do is try to refrain from a full cycle with Task29 etc when flashing new ROMs. It's kind of pointless as 99% of the time all that is necessary is a repartition and then flash the ROM. I haven't ever done a task 29 and I've flashed a couple of ROMs, but I never get issues (despite some of the ROMs recommending a 'full wipe' i.e. task 29 before flashing)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sam razzy:
Thanks for all your reply...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sam razzy:
My question was is this bad block happens because of flashing without Task29?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonas2295:
No, not mainly . Task29 just erases all data.

They come up because of the high number of rewrites.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sam razzy:
Thanks for your response..

Okie lemme know if I flash without task28 or 29 ..will this cause for bad block..

I saw one guy comment that task 28 is the cause for bad block..

Also if I stay with one partition.. is that cause any problem...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonas2295:
No. It doesn't matter if you do a task or not they will appear.

Although you don't need to do a Task29 very often.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sam razzy:
If I do a Clk version flashing (not magdlr) can prevent from upcoming bad block
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] YZ:
When flashing clk, you are still flashing...

But, using clk, you can re-partition the location where your bad blocks are located.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sam razzy:
How is that!?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lumbu:
You could probably use this, though I always just did it manually. I literally had too many bad blocks to count, as in when I formatted the partition through clK the bad blocks were scrolling up too fast to see. Wasn't a problem, just had to make the system partition large enough so that there were enough good blocks to flash a ROM.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sam razzy:
I donno how the bad block disappeard .!! Actually I tried task29 ... but i can't c any bad blocks now.. why?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] thekakaman:
Has anyone else done this and fixed your bad blocks? My HD2 has been slowly dying over the last 6 months and now is practically unusable. Would love to fix this issue
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sam razzy:
I donooo ... now there is no problem for my hd2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] YZ:
Some bad blocks can be erased by task 29 and task 8. Never worked on me though.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sam razzy:
Where can I find task 8 and info and mtty tools... I have nand toolkit but it doesn't show any option other than task29
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] YZ:
Check my sign. "BAD BLOCKS, boot loops, and random reboots [Fix]"
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Guntert:
help reboots and bad blocks

Saw your post and not sure what you mean by check my sign...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mmozbilen:
ROm Crashess

I use many roms. I flash many roms. It didn't cause badblock. But when I started to try ICS roms. When it was in BETA my phone frequently crashes or freezes. And I have to pull back the battery. After days I started getting FCs. When I check for bad blocks I saw in data part. I think sudden power loss also causes bad blocks.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] elesbb:
Sign = signature, the stuff at the bottom of ones post. Like for me its itachi's Sharingan animation. For yz its a bunch of stuff xD so you have to click "show" and then a bunch of links come up here is the one he was talking about however i used IE9's Ctrl+F function and found nothing about task 8? never heard of it either :P
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] -leo-:
you should press thx button:p besides from task 28,29.u should try task 2a:D
[HD2 General] wangxiantaoye:
anyone know when will the magldr 2.0 releas for HD2?it is a long time from cottulla preview it on his twitter~~~~~~~~~:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sector51:
Hello to all!

I think i just bricket a friends phone :):):)!!

I rooted the device (I9000) and installed CWM. All went fine.

I downloaded a rom and put it on the sd card.

Next i did a wipe, the fone rebootet and now i cant enter recovery (vol+,home,power) it hangs on the samsung logo.

I only can enter download mode with vol- :(:(

Please can anybody tell me if there is a way to flash back to stock with download mode or to reinstall recovery and flash custom rom??

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mario7629:
Solution to bricked

Download odin and a complete firmware with pda, csc and phone, enter in download mode flash those and your set.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sector51:
thnx mario i downloaded odin but when i try to attach a pda file it asks for a tar file? what kind of file is this and where to get it??

tnx m8!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arindam4u:
Get firmwares from here hotfile(dot)com/dl/140323899/f4c447a/I9000XXJVU.rar.html

Replace "(dot)" with "."

It is latest version I9000XXJVU!!

Password sampro.pl..

Hope u un-brick it! ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sector51:
downloading...hope so to mate!

will give an update after trying...(half hour)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sector51:
now i have downloaded 3 files

CODE_I9000XXJVU_CL851880_REV03_user_low_ship.tar

GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJVU.tar

MODEM_I9000XXJVU_REV_00_CL1092175.tar

modem makes sense

wich of the other fies is phone ?? is it the first? second there is crc
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sector51:
i would realy like to thank you guys!!

looks like this did the trick!

phone is booting now!

tn alot guys...

will try the proces of rooting agian now! hopefully i can install a custom rom this time
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TIGER 123:
keep this for next soft brick lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RoZU5ZPMS4
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zamiurratul:
http://androidadvices(dot)com/info/samsung/galaxy-s-i9000/.............. try to install from here....... u will have a complete guide
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arindam4u:
Glad u made it....

Now u have the firmware so u can now play with ur Rom... without any fear!! ;)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] harish2704:
Any one know how to access internet (ie 'packet data' not wifi or usb) from a terminal in android?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] noob1991:
I am also waiting for its answer.......
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moraisen:
I recently bought this phone from a friend, when i realized that i only have 25 mb of internal storage for use, with all apps installed on my SD card. I've read many threads but i didn't find any solution yet. I'm currently running the cyanogenmod 7.1.0.Desire with android version 2.3.7. I just wanted to ask if there is any way to increase the memory i can use. Thank you for your replies
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dasSOfa:
I didnkt know Cyanogenmod, but here are some functions named like ap2sd, ap2sd+, datasd+ ...

If you Read Installing Howto i think there are some Informations about to add apps onto sd-card.

Maybe a little help to you, get in Settings -> Apps and click on the downloaded Applist on every App and show there if you can phus the app on the sd-card.

Search in Cyanogen Forum, there is for sure a way !
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kotag82:
If you s-off you can change Hboot partition to increase data... or use a2sd or data2sd scripts...

What Hboot you using?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qizami:
First, make second partition on sd card (ext2/3/4 as primary, size: 200-700MB) then go to market and search for s2e app, install it start s2e, move /data/app and if your card is 4+class move dalvik-cache too. Reboot.

That will free your internal memory. Next time when you install new app, internal memory will be minimum used.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moraisen:
Thank you for your quick response. Tomorrow when i'm on a PC again i will do as Qizami told me. I will reply if I achieve success or if I'll get stucked at something. I will check my hboot now and add it to this post, just in case you still want to know.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qizami:
S2E script works only on CM ROMs, for more info you can check http://s2e.krikun.ru/ site.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moraisen:
My bootloader says:

-revolution-

Bravo pvt4 ship s-off

Hboot 6.93.1002

Microp-051d

Touch panel-synt0101

As i've mentioned before, tomorrow i will try your solutions. Thank you all
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s37h:
I think that this is also ROM related. With cyanogen i had something like 20mb maximum of free space. Now, with Oxygen, i have around 60.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Urbangt:
Is it only me or is MC3 really not working on ICS?

I love that game but cant play it on ICS (tried ICS Remix Reserruction und Andy Rom)

Is there a solution for this?:confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You could try contacting Samsung for support (which they'll probably laugh at you for since you're using a leaked, unstable ROM).

Failing that you could try try contacting Gameloft (which they'll ... oh maybe you get the idea, see above).

Next you could try searching/reading/asking others in one of the 6 million ICS threads we have in these forums.

Finally, we also have a forum dedicated to questions (this isn't it).

Moral of the story? If you're using a leaked, unstable ROM, expect issues, and if you encounter them, don't make a new thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaq1907:
If phone is rooted, try original kernel.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xethor:
I think it is just you. I can play MC3:FN perfectly on a stock deodexed XXLPB rom. It also worked on XXLP6 on Simplistic ROM.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
Hi all,

Have any of you bought the 2011 Mini or are thinking about it? The price has really dropped where I'm living, I can get it on Pay as you go for 130Euro.

I know for those of us who bought the 2010 Mini got screwed over with updates etc. The bottom line is I have the phone about a year and a half and I'd like to get a new one soon. I don't want or need a giant phone that's very expensive.

The 2011 Mini (I haven't heard of any Minis for 2012) has a 1Ghz CPU and 512 ROM and I think 512 RAM, that's great for a 3 inch screen. That's a lot of power for a small-ish screen. It's also future-proof, isn't it? Those specs will last some time. Would I be right in saying it's bigger 3 inch screen is MDPI, instead of our current LDPI? There would be much, much more compatibility for wallpapers and lockscreens etc.

I like the other stuff like better camera features and specs (HD)

Bad points are no front camera and even a bigger 3 inch screen is not great for internet or wifi, but it might be ok. I also think (I could be wrong, tell me if so) that support on here is not so great for it so modding would be harder.

Any thoughts?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] mrworldwide092:
my advice wait for 2012 mini's

there iz some rumor going on in gsmarena about some sony dualcore phones which look like a mini ver of xperia s;
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
I looked for info on that and couldn't find anything. I did find that list of SE's 2012 roadmap I can't see a phone before August that could match a price I'd expect for that.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] farlz_89:
I think better u wait for the sony 2012 phones out..maybe got new model will replaced xperia mini..or u can get xperia mini at cheaper price
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
Hi buddy, check out the list of Sony phones for 2012.

I cannot read anything about a new Mini...and I thought I read someone from Sony saying the trend of small phones is nearly over...

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/01/18/sonys-2012-smartphone-roadmap-leaks-out/
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ionutph:
I had x10 Mini and now Xperia Mini. The Mini is fast enough and will receive Android 4.

2011 over 2010 has bigger display, better screen resolution ,processor ,RAM, internal storage, latest android, wireless N, Wi-fi tethering, HD camera (not great quality), better battery capacity. It has everything except front camera and hdmi output and is fast.

The biggest worst thing compared to older X10 mini is the speaker witch is not so great sound quality, and auto brightness/light sensor sometimes it makes screen brightness go like disco lights. (I disabled light sensor on rooted phone)

The mini series should remain at maximum 3.2'" screen. The rumored Mini 2 (3) was St25 but that 2012 model has 3.5 display and is way ugly and bigger for my tastes.(smaller xperia S )
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
Now that's a pretty useful reply!

Thank you!

Yes, I have inspected the specs and reviews...I always do that before a new phone purchase and I'm very interested in the specs of that new edition. I cannot find anything on the 2012 Mini...I don't know what you guys google search but I only find the older Minis...

My bro got the X8 and I didn't realise it was 'only' 3 inches in screen, which is the same as the 2011 Mini. It's actually pretty good...you really benefit from that extra space, but SE makes it small and light enough and still pretty. The phone networks over here subsidised the Mini a lot...it's €129 Euro now...how can I say no? :)

All the specs you mentioned interest me, I'm sure I'd appreciate them. What I most like is the definite upgrade to 4.0. I've tried the beta version of the two 4.0 roms here and the audio is SUPERB in 4.0 and the devs say the graphic performance for games is way better than Ginger. Whether by official upgrade or modded roms for you Mini...wait for the superb sound! Also, the 2011 Mini is relatively 'future proof' in my view...those specs will last a while...especially for a budget phone, a screen that small with good power behind it and ICS has slightly less requirements than Ginger but with better performance (like Vista and Windows 7)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ChavitoArg:
i want to add that the new mini pro has front camera, mini hasnt. check it :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
Aaaah I didn't know that...hmm.

I have to admit I never liked/needed the fold out keypad on the PRO though. I think I'll compare the spec sheet of both models just to see is there anything else...:)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Tommylee567:
Im waiting for the new Sony phones that are gonna be released this year. whats the point of buying the (going to be) obsolete models (SE) and suffer after buying?

It's better to wait for the new ones to arrive with the Sony badge on them.

Im gonna get 'em!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
Well the 2011 models have excellent specs - they will not go out of date tomorrow, like the 2010 models. At this time, the 2011 models also have their maximum (or near) subsidy - the networks are paying most of the price, we simply pay a smaller portion.

When the new 2012 models come out, you will pay a much higher price because they're new. I would be shocked if they upgraded the specs of these 'budget phones' to 1.5ghz...if they do upgrade the specs, you will be paying for them...they can't be that high and you pay a cheap price. The Mini is €129 where I am...you will not get the next phone for anywhere near that for months...

It also depends on your money supply, if someone has unlimited money, then cost won't matter...:confused:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] OmegaRED^:
Surprisingly i will be getting the new mini pro. ;)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
^^^ The 2011 Mini Pro? The price is good where you're living?

Yeah, my 2012 Mini was €250 when I bought it. The 2011 Mini (with way better specs as you know) is €129...how can I say no...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ChavitoArg:
the x10 mini cost me 999 $ pesos (argentinian money) and the new mini Pro is 799 $ pesos, amazing pize but no stock at all :?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
You mean they have none in stock in the shops?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] OmegaRED^:
I don't see SE devices anywhere in my country anymore.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Tommylee567:
Yeah, you are right. but im not looking for the high end or something.... but look at it this way, the most battery drainers are the small devices by SE. that is the reason i am now fed up of my mimmi phone too. after a long conversation over gsm network it goes down rapidly. i sometimes wonder if i could go back to my trusty W705 phone by SE. it was very good to use.

Since i am like addicted to android, im thinking of the newer ones that are gonna come. that is the reason i mentioned i have to go for the Sony phones. will be later in the end of this year i might get one i suppose. :D

Thanks!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
I should update and say I finally bought the new Mini yesterday!

It has been dropped in price again...I paid €99 for it! Wow! I paid €250 for the 2010 Mini...The ARC is on sale now for €250 PREPAY....I couldn't believe my eyes...

I'm pleased to say that I love the phone. I was afraid that the differences might be so small that I think it was wasted money. For such a cheap price, nope and wow things like the screen are amazing. When I look at my old Mini there is really a huge difference...I can almost see the blocky pixels bouncing off the screen on the older one...kind of ugly now! The UI is quite slick and SE phones like Apple devices 'just work' in my opinion, everything is properly connected and works.

P.s. if any of you are big into music/video/podcasts on your Xperia, try Media Go or Songbird. I've tried both before and they're both excellent.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] th3discodancer:
I really think, now, buying a device with one core processor, less than 1.2-1.4GHz is not a good idea. The new mini's specs are still average [they were impressive when they were launched] and in comparison they will only deplete with quadcores just around the corner.

The best thing to do now, for all of us, would be to wait for about a mounth till Sony finally reveals the 3rd gen minis, or still wait and buy an affordable dual core.

Prices will eventually come down, and hey, with nAa's kernel and MCM7 and Paul's ICS betas, the wait can be tolerated and it will be worth it.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] emmanuelcassar:
I think Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman is the best choice between the Mini, Mini Pro and Ray. It offers a great audio quality and has secondary camera.

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_live_with_walkman-4111.php

infact I'm thinking of buying one myself !

Sony's 2012 line up doesn't seem to offer a 150 eur priced mobile with a cpu like the Sony Ericsson 2011 phones
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] th3discodancer:
Xperia Neo V. This is the bes choice overall. Larger screen than the Walkman. Specs are almost the same, but its camera performance is aparently better, also, a secondary camera.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] emmanuelcassar:
but xperia neo v is much more expensive than the walkman. Live with walkman has better audio quality then other xperia devices, with a secondary camera, unlike the xperia mini and has the budget of around €150 which makes it better then the wildfire s. Screen size is the only drawback, but still, in my opinion it's the best budget phone around, hope devs in xda develop some great roms for this cheaply bought device.

I'm really into buying one, hope of selling my x10 mini so I would by this device :)

hope nobodyAtall will develop something for live with walkman like he did on the x10 mini. I'm still happy with my x10 mini and I'm not upset with the device, but still, it's time for a change now.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
I have to say, having owned the X10 Mini, if you're interested in the newer Mini, go for it.

- I don't want or need a second camera, I don't use video calls and I'm not getting a second camera just to use 'face unlock' with ICS, waste of money

- I like good audio quality but I have an ipod already. I'm comparing the audio on this new Mini vs. my ipod and I don't think my ipod is much better

- price was very important to me, it wasn't that long since I bought my last phone so I didn't want to spend too much

- I don't like big screens. I don't watch much video or browse that much on the internet on my phone so no use for me.

With that in mind, the new Mini is perfect for what I need. The graphics especially I think are amazing, you wouldn't believe it....
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ChavitoArg:
in some weeks im gonna buy the xperia mini pro, unbranded (:
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ChavitoArg:
btw phonerycsson, i did a hard research in the forum and i can answer all your questions of bootloader unlock (2 methods), drm, fota brick, root, fastboot mode, kinda expert now xD
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
I actually can't find where I asked those questions...so I can't go and see the answers! lol :confused: :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ChavitoArg:
i saw it on the forum, but no one answer (: ask me
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Ticklefish:
I was having a look on SE's website the other day. I do love this phone but it does kinda feel like Android's dirty little secret so I was window shopping for something new.

Actually, I was thinking for a Pro but there's no forum for it on XDA and there's no way I could cope with a non-rooted, non-hacked, non-bustedwideopen device.

I'm going to see what my options are when my contract can be renewed in a years time. Maybe I'll end up for going for the most populist option like an HTC or something..
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ChavitoArg:
dirty little secret? explain yourself a little bit more, that can be misandestood
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] nosoyted:
I really use to buy phone from the past year, this way i can choose by the comunity around, not just for phone specs.

Enviado desde mi U20i usando Tapatalk
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
Chavito,

what can you tell me about fastboot etc.? I'd love to know.

Nice to see you hear. You did a lot of work for the 2010 Minis. You're way ahead of me in skills though, I'm the protegé. :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ChavitoArg:
there is two modes of flash, .ftf flashtool files use flash mode as you now, but the way to flash a kernel is different for this is Fastboot mode (is the same but with vol + (up) ) the kernel is in another format, not ftf. you need to unlock bootloader as you know, there is two methods, the official by sony and the test point, with the official you loose drm and you cant use track id and you get a brick with any update, seus, pcc, or OTA will brick if official method is used. You just can use flashtool i think.

and with test point method you dont loose anythin, can update as usual but i think you cant restore the lock, and is useless to relock because is a patch, the info of the phone says that is not unlocked :p

if you need more just tell me