yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] scandiun:
I just wonder if there is a way to know if a cellphone is factory unlocked. I bought a Nexus S which I presume it was originally locked on Vodafone and was unlocked prior to selling it to me, so I am angry.

I would like to buy also some other devices like Nokia Lumia 900, Samsung Galaxy Note, etc and I would like to know if effectively is factory unlocked, whether checking the IMEI or any other information.

There are some websites for IMEI testing: http://www.numberingplans.com/?page=analysis&sub=imeinr

Any further info on this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] P4p3r1n0:
Hi all,

I suck at photoshop.

But I used to take the best from every Themed-rom I used on HTC G1, Cyanogen's.

One of this is a modification of the phone application (the dialer.. where you type phone numbers to be called).

Attached images and zip file.

Would be cool if someone could convert this images to make a phone-mod for GN

There are a lot of pic on it, maybe most of them are not usefull, but the whole mod works well under cyanogen's 7
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] viper3ez:
I cant develop so I'm in no place to talk down on developers, but other than 3 pseudoRoms from a few noob developers, the View is suffering almost as bad as my KF. Are any ROMs from the flyer side safe for the view or are we just screwed?
[General Questions and Answers] Jack35510:
I'm making an app which can emulate usb bluetooth key, the process is simple when you run the app it ask you to enable bluetooth and when your in the app the notify you that you're connected to a PC and the pc must recognize the phone as a usb bluetooth key and notify when a bluetooth device is connected via the phone and the PC must show the name of the app as a specific name like (and people can edit the name of the usb key in settings will says) "Android BlueTooth is connected". What can i write in the activity.java and main.xml and/or Manifest.xml to do that?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fazuvpk:
i have 2 pen drives and the one of my s2 recognizes one pendrive but another pendrive is not recognized with the same otg cable... both are fat32 formatted

i am using stock 2.3.6 rooted

the pen drve is wrking and i can use it with PC
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Hello everyone

This is a modified version of Vahalla Black rc3.3-fix that raver posted up that will (hopefully) get you a working version of it.

It's the beginning of a project I'm going to call the SGS4G CWM Rom Installer so I'm going to need a few testers.

NOTES

* This will wipe your phone clean before installing the rom, so MAKE A BACKUP before you flash this

* Formats /system, /cache and /data as ext4 before your rom installs

* Automatically mounts the partitions so you no longer need to check the mounts manually (this means no more having to use UMMU!)

* This has working progress bars and a verbose install! You will know what's going on during your ROM install! :)

* This will FINALLY automatically install busybox for you during your ROM install.

INSTRUCTIONS

1) MAKE A BACKUP

2) Did you already make a backup? If not, MAKE A BACKUP RIGHT NOW

3) Enable voodoo lagfix in CWM

4) Flash the zip file through CWM

5) Enjoy the ROM!

I hope you made a backup since I told you to do so 3 times before I told you to flash!

DOWNLOAD LINK

valhalla_black_rc3.3_issue_fix.zip

Please give me feedback as I'm still tweaking the install script. Hopefully all the rom authors will catch on to this procedure as it's the best way to get a stable install without having to revert to Odin/Heimdall.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
Downloading now :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Core618:
Download complete

backups in progress

Update: Install went smooth as silk - letting it bake now

Saves a lot of clickies!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] btr:
Working fine for me, so far. Been up and running for about 45 minutes with no issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pottyvick:
I tried the one from the main development post and it bricked my phone. Its unbricked now so will this one actually flash correctly?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Did you unbrick using a gingerbread rom? Are you currently ON gingerbread? If so, then this should work fine for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pottyvick:
Yeah i had to odin then i restored my old backup of valhalla black 3.2
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
This should work fine for you then. Just make sure you don't restore any nandroid data and if you restore a titanium backup that you only restore user apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
The install went just fine. Listened to Linda & thought I heard "her" say something about not converting. I didn't catch the verbiage, though, so I opened a shell & checked. /cache, /data, and /system are all rfs, not ext4.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Ah, I think you had lagfix disabled in voodoo options.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
D'oh. Is there a way for the installer to override those? (I did have it disabled - my bad. I guess I forgot to re-enable it after going back to 2.3.6 with Bryan's one-click).
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GFX.myst.:
downloaded, installed and baked. lol so far not noticing any issues. well report back later on with any findings.

sent from within pure darkness
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Core618:
Funny, until I saw you mention it, I didn't realize I hadn't heard Linda at all... I was working while it was rebooting and it didn't register.

So, booted back to recovery just now, system lagfix is Yes, but voodoo lagfix was disabled...

Set it to enable on next boot.

Booted and nada... no Linda Lovin'

Back to recovery... still says disabled/next boot enable...

Boot again... and same thing...

I'm going to clear and start over.

Other than the above - no problems that I noticed...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] iamperson347:
FB,

Thank you for making this, I really think this will help out some of the people that don't read and flash away. (I haven't had problems, but that's because I read). I know that when everyone started coming out with the "no wipe" roms it was fun and all, but I believe that it just causes problems in the long run. A clean wipe is the best method. As you stated in the OP, I hope the devs start to use this package that you have cooked up for flashing a rom. It should help keep the "my phone does (insert random problem here) and its not supposed to" posts out of the devs' threads.

Thanks Again

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Core,

Download voodoo control app and check if it says lagfix is enabled in there. It should say EXT4 on /system /cache/ data. I noticed in CWM it doesn't list it as being enable, even when I have disabled and re-enabled it again, though voodoo control app says it is enabled.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
I'll have to look through the Voodoo initramfs since I forgot which files it checks for, but it can be added into the files it copies over so that it converts automatically.

The updater-script does the ext4 conversion in order to do the format, but if you have terminal emulator you can run

mount | grep ext4

If you see any result (you should see 3 lines at least) you're on ext4 already.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Core618:
I'll check mounts in a little while

The bit where it keeps telling me "Voodoo lagfix is actually: disabled

next boot: enabled

No matter how many times I reboot is driving me crazy!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
I checked my mounts and all three (system, cache, and data) are ext4. I can validate what Core's saying as a potential bug because CWM shows:

Voodoo lagfix is actually: disabled

next boot: enabled

Options:

/system lagfix conversion: yes

debug mode: no
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
I'll have to look into this later tonight since I'm about to head out.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] 7TimesCursed:
Do you mean we should start completely fresh after this flash? What happens if I do an advance restore of data afterwards?

BTW, awesome work! Things just keep getting better for our 4g's :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Core618:
Since I already had 3.3 fixed onboard, after I tinkered around with things I did go back and restore data from advanced. I haven't had any problems, yet, but I haven't touched everything I have installed so I can't be 100% sure.

If you're coming from anything else, you might want to start from scratch.

Install your apps from the market, and if needed, do data only restores for those apps from TB if you use it...

That'd be the safe bet... just my 2 coppers worth...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pkopalek:
This is happening here as well.

CWM 5.0.2.7 I have.

I enable it, reboot, go back into recovery, still disabled.

Again and again and again and again...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] geekilized:
I can confirm this also. However, voodoo control app says ext4 on data, cache and system.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] 7TimesCursed:
Thank you for your input :)

I'm on 3.2 as of right now. Not for long though hehe

Also, I too am having the Voodoo glitch. I don't really mind it but I know it shouldn't be there

EDIT: Im looping after trying to install from a fresh one-click restore.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] putsometrebleinit:
Voodoo lagfix is actually: disabled

next boot: enabled

I keep seeing this on the 5.x.xxx Version of CWM. It has been that way with all of the Roms using bhundven's newest kernel update. I have noticed it appears enabled in the 3.x.xx versions of CWM that come with earlier versions of the kernel. HOWEVER I always get the dreaded: "error mounting /system" error when trying to format the system. Even after this when I run a terminal it says that system, data, & cache are all ext4. My question is: 1) Is /system really formatted if I run FB's zip from CWM 3.0.x.x. since I get that error when trying to do it manually? and 2)Does it really matter since checking mounts in terminal shows that /system is formatted for ext4?

P.S...Just a few concerns I've been having were not hearing Linda's voice after the formatting/flashing even though it all checks up ok. And the fact that I'm only getting 1800 quadrant scores. I know quadrant scores don't matter, but it does make me a little alarmed that I've done something wrong when everyone else is getting 2700+ scores. Just wondering if that is an indicator of anything at all
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] geekilized:
Also, running mount | grep ext4 says grep not found.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] putsometrebleinit:
Did you install busybox?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] geekilized:
Yes actually I figured you have to type # before the command but it gave me no output.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
If you type the # before the command doesn't do anything, the shell treats it as a comment. The # you generally see comes from the shell prompt itself (like C:\> ).
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Kyndig66:
A couple things. Like Core618 said, I started clean. Actually I do that with every ROM flash regardless of what's on there already. This last time I used Bryan's (bhundven) smskj6(beta2d) heimdall one-click package. After that, I went back into recovery and flashed Bryan's latest kernel. After that, back into recovery. This was the first time ever that /system would mount and format. Then I flashed the ROM. Flashing the latest kernel may not be necessary but it worked for me. ROM runs flawlessly. In recovery, as was said, voodoo lagfix says diabled. Up and running though, both the voodoo control app and terminal emulator say all is well.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
1) If the rom flashed at all then yes it worked since it automatically tries to mount the partition as ext4 after the format. If your partition was still in RFS it wouldn't mount and thus wouldn't install any rom.

2) If the Voodoo control app and the terminal tell you that you're on ext4, then yes you're on ext4!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bassmanjames:
This worked for me first try :) nice script fb. I did have to convert to ext4 because it converted to rfs on first boot for some reason but I didn't have any problems with the conversion. Btw it was a straight update from black3.2 to 3.3 no extra steps.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
I'm about to look through the voodoo initramfs to see how it handles the voodoo lagfix so that I can integrate that into the installer. Less problems and glitches I think.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] putsometrebleinit:
That's what I was thinking FB. Thank you for confirming it. Great script! BTW the problems I was experiencing like poor battery life and an excessively warm phone after flashing Rc 3.1 and 3.2 are gone since I stopped using titanium backup in batch mode and didn't restore user data, only the apps. I've tried flashing each update and using titanium like I normally to restore apps would and the issues persist. Tried your method and BAM! No more issues
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Vicious89:
appreciate it FB btw do we still have to wait x minutes for dalvik to rebuild after we flash your zip? i noticed it didnt wipe anything so thats good.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Uhh, it wiped /cache /data and /system. :). Yeah you need to do that with every rom, even Odin/Heimdall roms.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hairo The Blue Mage:
If you take a picture with the camera on CM7, in the camera model (at the end of the details pop-up) it says: "Camera: Motorola MB525 7dfc0002ffdc0000016b23ba0703601a"

it may be a bug or a mistake of the CM7 developers, there's any way of changing it?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fire Head:
Could you tell if you use a Defy (green or red one) or a Defy+ and which Cyanogenmod7-Version you are using?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hairo The Blue Mage:
Regular Defy, BAYER lens module, Official CM 7.1.0 stable...
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dd23:
I don't know how to change that, but I don't think that's a CM issue.

I'm still running a Barebones (The old 2.2 version...), and I also have a similar value in the camera DCIM field, just with a differen hash/serial-no.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hemstar7:
i have problem,

why Camera Model not detect?

i'm using CM7,CM9,CM10, MiUi on Motorola Defy(red lens) ...

how i can fix it?

:(
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hemstar7:
take a picture from your defy (with all CM version), and upload to regex.info/exif.cgi and see..

Camera Model problem..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] artisticcheese:
I'm seeing some satellites as gray in GPS test app, are those Glonass ones?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] planoman:
Those are the cylon ships...

I think only the galaxy note currently and the new Sony phones coming utilize the broadcom chip that accesses glonass.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jslanger:
There was a thread about this maybe a month or two ago... It does seem that the phone can see those satellites, though I'm not sure if it is currently set up to utilize the data from them (though if I'm wrong, someone please correct me!). GPS Status app definitely sees a ton of satellites which do appear to be glonass, but it doesn't seem to use them. Could just be a software thing at this point.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] the2rrell:
i had no idea that these were capable of tracking Glonass. i work in the GPS industry so it would be great to be able to use the russian satellites.

more birds just means better coverage....im sure we are only seeing L1 though, if we could L2 or even L5 online on these phones GPS would be Super Great.

Thanks for the info yall.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] planoman:
http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s624273

Galaxy Note can use the satellite data and so will the upcoming Sony phones. If you have not seen a Galaxy Note's GPS is is pretty amazing!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] AWiseMonkey:
The developer of GPS Status said his app does support GLONASS so if you see the additional SATs then your chipset should work with GLONASS. I see them on my Skyrocket...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Longcat14:
Wrong.

These are the GLONASS satellites that Qualcomm has stated the S3 has the capability to see.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] planoman:
I do not doubt it can see them but utilizing them is a different issue.

Why does the press release from Broadcom (who makes the chip) dated after the skyrocket was released say that the Galaxy Note is the first to use the chip that enables it to use the GLONASS system with it's GPS? Where is the link showing it for the skyrocket?

The Galaxy Note says it uses GLONASS on its box. I must have missed where it said that on my skyrocket box (like they would not broadcast that everywhere)...

I have both phones and there is no contest which one locks faster and hold a signal better. Not saying the skyrocket is a bad GPS but the Galaxy Note's is better.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] vansh2795:
Hi guys!!

I just brought a new xperia neo but coudn't find any covers or cases in DELHI.

Can any one direct me to a shop in NEW DELHI where i can purchase one???
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Aarush:
even i'm looking for a place where i can get the covers! i even tried in nehru place.. but no use :/

tell me if you get one!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ThilinaC:
try Ebay.in since you are from India ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] mannu_in:
Try ebay.in

I bought leather case from here

it looks a bit old style and somewhat hard, but its better, than having a phone without any cover and prone to falls
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Maxximus007:
Just use a simple gel version, good protection, and easy to change to something else. There are very nice ones for the Neo, on Ebay for grabs.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] tithackrishabh:
plz go to palika bazar new delhi and go to shop name pyramid u will get good back cover or try flipkart they are havng plenty of covers now at reasonable price
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] vvvvv5:
hey you can check in gaffar market....near Karol bagh market....but beware of the shopkeepers there.....

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you can also check on ebay.com, but you'll need credit card to buy from there....but you'll get it far cheaper than in India.....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cracks26:
Hello,

Thanks all for the great site, sorry to ask this if its all ready been asked but there is so much information here I just cannot make sense of it all and don't where to begin.

I am working on the Galaxy nexus GSM for an employee and we had to unlock and root it to get rSAP working with his car.

I found here a one click solution (cannot find it anymore) after installing the Android SDK and finally getting the Drivers right (not easy) it worked and I unlocked the phone and rooted it. rSAP works!!

Unfortunately this set the phone back to default.

Now the employee is constantly receiving the 4.0.2 update notification (cannot turn off?) what he cannot install (dead android guy every time)

So my question is, what is the best way I can update the phone to 4.0.2 without losing all the data, apps and settings and then make sure the update notification reminder is turned off?

Thanks for any help!

John
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jd1001:
I would load the latest AOKP rom, you can find it on here. Then he won't get any update notifications and it has Google autorestore feature which means once he logs into the device his apps and settings will be restored. Would that help? AOKP rom will bring the device up to 4.0.3 by the way. You will still be able to use the ASDK to install drivers etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cracks26:
Hi, thanks for the lighting fast reply..

I tried a search but cannot find that ROM, could you maybe point in the right direction?

will installing that ROM delete everything?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jd1001:
Yeah it will because you should wipe data and cache before flashing in CWM recovery. Do a backup of everything with Titanium before wiping. I wouldn't bother backing up apps cos the autorestore will download them and install automatically once your user logs in.

Here you go

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1402341

Be sure to flash the GApps zip file straight after flashing the rom. You know what I mean?

Let me know how you get on. I also modded the Kernel, I am using Franco's and it is insane.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cracks26:
Hi Jd,

I really am a noob and do not think I can undertake such an action..

The instructions there are very minimal...

Let me put it is this way - Is there any way I can easily ensure that the update notification is turned off - without having to wipe the phone and start over?

Cheers for the help man!!

John
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jd1001:
Unfortunetly not afaik. Someone told me you can mess around with an updater-script file but like yourself I am pretty much a noob to so I don't know.

I would repost and have the topic as something like "disabling ota update notifications" and then link to this post. There is a good chance that someone here will know a solution. That is if there is one John, I have not heard of one though. Best of luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
Wiping data does not wipe the phone completely.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jd1001:
Never said it did ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Krijs:
Erm, I would definitely not install a custom ROM onto someone else's phone, with or without their consent unless the phone owner was technologically-minded and knew their way around the phone! I would assume that since they offloaded their issue to someone else, they do not belong to that group.

What I would suggest is to keep it as stock as possible. Grab the factory 4.0.2 maguro image (ICL53F) from Google (http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html). Back up apps and app data & SMS (I wouldn't bother with system data, I've only had problems when restoring this afterwards) using Titanium Backup. If there's only minimal user installed apps without any useful data, just letting Google's servers restore missing apps should be fine in lieu of Titanium Backup. Make a nandroid (via CWM) in case something hits the fan when you're flashing.

Once you've done all of this, flash the factory image and reapply root. The phone should now be on 4.0.2 (removing annoying update notifications) and will still receive future OTAs instead of being stuck on a static version of a custom ROM(!!!). I have heard that CWM can cause troubles with OTA updates so I would remove it once you've completed all of this as it's likely the client won't need it anyway (drop reboot-from-recovery.p back into /system/ and it'll restore stock recovery). Oh yeah don't forget to install Titanium Backup (stop all other app downloads in the market for now), restore apps and SMS. Done.

If you don't know how to flash the factory image, follow this tut: http://androidtobe.blogspot.com/2011/12/galaxy-nexus-installing-ics-402-from.html

HTH
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EddyOS:
THAT is the best advice in this thread, keeps the phone stock and up-to-date so the only time he'd get an update notification is when 4.0.x is pushed out

The ONLY thing I'd say is if you don't wanna lose the data, when you get to step 6 of the guide linked to above leave the -w switch from the update line. So instead of typing:

fastboot -w update image-yakju-icl53f.zip

You'd type:

fastboot update image-yakju-icl53f.zip
[General Questions and Answers] Pesach85:
Hi all dear androidists.

I don't know if you all know the Samsung H1, but if someone still don't know, there's is a android porting project on it with real good results and it's commonly called H1DROID.

Now there some other little precisionist things to fix.

If someone is interested, take a look here:

http://samsungi8320.freeforums.org/h1droid-f2.html

I guess lot of people already know it, but i guess too that XDA page is visited and used daily by android experts, so, why don't make a general improvement of H1DROID and after make a little section on the page of xda-developers?

The Samsung M1, the "little brother" of H1 can be nice to port to android but no one worked seriously on this, why don't ?

:) Bye!