yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] Danieliyo:
I have had my Evo 3D for a couple of months now and I want to root it. My questions are. Should I do it? What are some problems if i do it? (example: when the evo 4g did not have 4g until they found the fix) What are some good ROM up there?

I rooted my Evo 4g and traded it for the Evo 3D,so I have very little experience.

Thanks if anybody can give me suggestions
[General Questions and Answers] 1brainsurgeon:
The Evo 4G always had 4g. You may have been on a a rom that didn't have wimax (i.e MIUI)

As far as rooting your 3D...of course, if you enjoy the freedom of hotspot hacks, different themes, trying out the newest and coolest roms (i.e ICS), better battery life and many more reasons. If those things aren't important, don't root.

It is important, once you root your device and before you flash a new rom, that you make a nandroid(backup through recovery). It's nice to have something to go back to to update profile and prl.

Here is a thread you should check out for the latest and greatest roms, kernels, radios...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192661
[General Questions and Answers] wailer247:
also don't forget about overclocking and such. I have just started getting into it but it is a definite plus to rooting!
[General Questions and Answers] blackph0enix:
Yes you should definitely root unless you like being a slave to phone restrictions and overall customization restriction or just having a generally boring phone.
[General Questions and Answers] dbutun:
Definitely, then you can find a JellyBean rom and not have to wait months for HTC
[General Questions and Answers] grateful head:
There are no disadvantages of rooting your phone, there are only advantages. However, Follow the safety instruction very carefully before you root your phone.

Sent using my jelly monster
[General Questions and Answers] Feareilo:
It depends: do you like hacking and tinkering with stuff? Are you computer-literate? Is your phone filled with crapware? Then yes.

If you're not really looking for anything other than to look cool then no.

I must tell you though, you can go down a rabbit hole pretty fast. First you root, fine. Then you install a custom ROM, that's not too bad. Then you start immersing yourself in this wonderful world of off-market apps and scripts. Then you realize you haven't slept in weeks because you're still trying to get that ****ing script to work.
[LG Optimus Black] theaks30:
hello everyone...i don't know why i always find my ram nearly full

about 90mb free sometimes 31mb!

i don't have much apps and no i dont minimize them

only apps in background are mail, update, music,...stock things

am running 2.3.4 gingerbread

20n

any suggestions on how to improve or something like this?
[LG Optimus Black] achyut:
u rooted???or stock LG unrooted firmware??
[LG Optimus Black] Sgt-Hartley:
Try and use the v6 supercharger script which is posted on xda it works wonders on memory management and I do mean wonders. Ill try dig link out soon
[LG Optimus Black] tapeone:
Try to close manually process who "eat" a lot of ram memory.
[LG Optimus Black] theaks30:
Thanks buddies

I went back to zeus v2.1 and its over 200mb free again :)

Yes had to manually force stop
[LG Optimus Black] BOOTMGR:
Why did you told about stock ROM.Is it affecting the RAM???
[LG Optimus Black] Pondera:
No more auto-kill

I use both Autorun Manager and Startup Manager. May be first is enough but just to be sure... I use Go lanucher fx and its plug-ins, ram eatin monster SBP 3D shell (uses 50 mb ram) all at once, but still get 70-80 mb ram. If you use i am certain you'll get at least 150 mb.

But first of all your phone must be rooted. As always... And you should remove every unnecessary program. Like out Turkish stock rom.. Full of crappy programs. They made a root for V20b and V20n. I hope someone would make for our V20a too. And we can update to 2.3 too. I am certain Autorun manager will do the trick for you. It prevents programs to start all over again when you kill them. Cheers.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srinivas07:
Just downloaded XJW1 from sammobile.com

It has only one file...there are no csc modem pda folders....

tell me how to flash??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zalimtayyar:
just PDA

only select the PDA section and place the one and only file there. Than flash.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] O-T:
Here u have the same fw + instructions + screenshot:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14273101
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] kaassaus:
my sony ericsson xperia neo v is starting but black screen i had flashed a kernel but then it went wrong what to do?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] testadeferro:
Flash back with wotan. www.wotanserver.com.

Maybee your Neo as the bootloader locked and you ´re not able to flash kernels.

If problem perists try to repair your bootlader with a post in the developer section called fota unbrick by testadeferro.

I hope it helps.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] waynekirby:
flash another boot.img... flash DooMKernel v9 for Xperia Neo ( It will still work). Or flash NightElf's Kernel and our Rom (SE-Tweaked)

Make sure you wipe allcache and data in CWM recovery though

Regards
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] poyensa:
General - Question & Answer section is not a place where everyone can open a new thread with the own question. It is needed to search before, read the sticky threads, read the wikis, read and read once again, and post in an existing thread, if necessary. Repetitive topics will be deleted/closed without previous notice. Topics like 'urgent help' or 'do I brick my phone?' and so will be deleted/closed. Infractions issued to reiterative members. Remember XDA-Developers.com is about development. Thanks for your cooperation. Best regards,
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
I know that there are a ton of online tutorials and info, but I like something I can hold in my hand. I basically have to write a (fairly basic) Android app for part of my senior design project, and I need to start from scratch. I'm a computer engineer, so I'm fairly familiar with coding and the such as well.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diablo67:
I have a thread i created with alot of info about a the android history,terms and definitions... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1466228 ,i also developed a simple little app based off of my thread,that you indeed can hold in your hand.... http://dev-host.org/UGR

I hope this comes in handy for your future endeavors.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBiles:
Thank you very much, good sir. I am sure that will be a handy aide.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yashu1019:
The above link TheBiles is very useful, but if u want to go a little deeper check this link. :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=667298
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yccheok:
If you already familiar with other coding, I would recommend the following book by CommonWare

The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development

http://commonsware.com/Android/

As per title, this book is really for busy coder :) It is well written.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offwiththeface:
So guys I got the note last week I love this thing its amazing but I noticed when my phone is at the lockcreen its not as dark black and I can see some lines in the black some darker and some lighter? ? But the weird thing is when I'm browsing or on the regular screen its all good. Is this a bug or is my screen defective? I have changed my lockscreen pic several times but its always the same???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I have that on my S8500, Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Note but none on my Galaxy S1.

Its believed to be a software issue and there is a thread discussing about that, but some claim they dont have those reddish/brownish lines. I'll search the thread.

EDIT:

I cant seem to find that thread anymore, but it was all about this issue.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offwiththeface:
Thanks anyways ill take a look around for it its more like black and grey lines the messed up thing is its only on the lock screen so I don't know if my screen is going or what
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orhon:
same here...i thought it was a problem with the wallpaper resolution...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Found it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1452341

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1455465
[Dell Venue] sakoal:
Hello. I have just unlocked my Dell Venue but after I put my code the phone did not recognize the sd card!!! The option for mounting sd card on settings is not functional. Please help me, what should I do?? Thank you for the support.
[Dell Venue] nguyen_vh:
Format SD card :)
[Dell Venue] nomibaloc1:
nice

nice bro......................
[Dell Venue] sakoal:
I cant do it. I have tried with sd card adapter but the computer does not recognize it.
[Dell Venue] AnyMal:
Format it while it's IN the phone.
[Dell Venue] sakoal:
I have tried this way too but it still does't recognize it.

I had two dell venue. Before I unlocked them the sd cards were ok. But after I unlocked the first one the sd card is not working. than I removed the sd card to unlock the second one and its ok. But it's wired why happened this, and how can I resolve this? (thank you for the support and sorry for my english)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chinkang.tan:
Hi all, I have a question regarding the topic above.

I had google and browser through every sub-forum of samsung sII and others, but I still couldn't get my answer :(

As we know if you want to root your SII, you will need to flash the insure kernel file. Previously there is also a method using the zergRush, but unfortunately the new stock kernel is no longer working with it.

Back to the topic :o Like other samsung phone, for example galaxy Young, we can just copy an update.zip to the SD card and update through the phone (vol up+center+power).

My question is, why galaxy S2 unable to do this trick? :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HellcatDroid:
Because the .ZIPs need to be properly signed when using stock recovery.

Just flash a kernel with CWM recovery via Odin, problem solved. It's really easy.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chinkang.tan:
The apk-signer using the "testkey.x509.pem" and "testkey.pk8" will not works either? but why:eek:?

Yes it is easy with Odin, but it increase the binary count and I dun have the Jig =/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HellcatDroid:
Because they are not "releasekeys".

Then just get one.

Either make yourself or grab one off eBay for 3 bucks.

Besides, a custom count > 0 doesn't harm or effect the phone in any way.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chinkang.tan:
can you tell me more about the "released key"? or is there any thread is explaining this..

and which is the best guide for you to create a custom kernel? thanks so much for ur sharing :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
He meant for you to make your own jig. All you need is a USB plug and ~301 ohms worth of resistors. Apparently 300 ohms works.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chinkang.tan:
hihi ctomgee~ no no, the released key he mentioned was the reply for previous post
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Actually, go back and look at post 4 again - it looks like this:

Context is important.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chinkang.tan:
I understand that, but that was not my question ;) thanks anyway~
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bpivk:
Actually you can root the phone and use CWM without increasing the counter.

I did it like this:

- Install any rom below 2.3.6 (I used 2.3.5)

- Root using Zerg rush method

- Install a custom kernel via mobile Odin (I installed Siyah kernel)

- Go to CWM and install a rom of your choice

My counter is at 0 and I am running a custom rom and kernel. Odin won't trigger any counters unless you flash an insecure kernel. Why mobile Odin doesn't increase any counters is beyond me but it works. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HellcatDroid:
Because it doesn't flash through the bootloader in download mode.

Technically it's not Odin increasing the counter, it the bootloader's downloadmode when it checks the signature of the kernel and it fails the check.

Mobile Odin is running as "normal executable code" on the phone and writes directely to the affected partitions, hence no counters or triangles.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chinkang.tan:
nice information bpivk and HellCatDroid! this is a new idea for me =D

by the way, and idea on why the update.ini will not works for s2?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marek1:
Is possible to have some app (homebrew) which can delete selected

Pictures in device ? Or some app exist yet?
[Acer Iconia A500] dr mcknight:
ok so as the title states im a lil new to this so plz no one freak out on me for posting this.

what i need is a simple step by step on how to backup, flash, load ics (thor i think) on my a501.

any help would be great or if there is this thread already plz link me
[Acer Iconia A500] dr mcknight:
or suggestions as to witch rom to load?
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
ask on his forum.maybe

my best guess would be to fallow the instructions given by the rom developer.

that rom is beta.and has issues.Again you are at the wrong forum to be asking about Non gpl complient software's.
[Acer Iconia A500] dr mcknight:
?? lol

not that tech savi
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
How about you all on the forum you downloaded it on. Just a suggestion
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
OK, Thor's ICS rom, is on his personal website.

Due to XDA rules and policies, you will find no information on it here at XDA.

And why anybody would want to bring it up, is beyond my comprehension.

You can locate him at Tegraowners.com. And there, you can post all your issues related to his work.

If you wish to discuss his original CWM Recovery, that is ok.

This conversation should be closed. And no, people, you need not to add anything more, because most of you, don't know all the details.

Any further discussion on this topic, may result in the thread being closed.
[Acer Iconia A500] dr mcknight:
if you read the question i asked how to root, flash not specific info on thor...

and as my first line i am new and not to get pissy.

so thank you to any one that actually helped or wants to help me
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Nobody is getting "pissy", and clearly, you are new, and didn't read the rules.

Considering how Thor, is the only one who has ICS running, and you mentioned it in your OP. That you are trying to get Thor's ICS running.,

Ok, considering you are running Thor's CWM, which I can support.

1. Boot to recovery (hope you know how to do this)

2. Wipe Data

3.Wipe Cache

4. Wipe dalvik

5, Install your rom.zip

Reboot.

If you have issues getting Thor's ICS flashed, you should contact Thor at tegraowners.com

XDA rules prohibit discussing or directly linking to any sites or developers, who use non-compliant code as in accordance with GPL licensing.

So, I am not being "pissy". You failed to understand or most probably, read the rules. I didn't make these rules. But we all have to follow them.

MD

Edit: as an additional note, because you are a 501 user, and I like 501's, I will say, the likely ICS build you want to flash, well, it doesn't support the 501. No camera, and no 3g internal. Ask me how I know. Or you can just flash it, and discover for yourself. But please, do not say, I am pissy, when you didn't understand the rules at xda.
[Acer Iconia A500] dr mcknight:
thank you

and i followed with asking other suggestions. i didnt think just mentioning it would be bad as there are other threads that talk about his work
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
It's ok, and I take no offence.

Thor does great work, this I know.

But, at xda, they have rules, and I am sorry if you got caught in the middle of it, as with most new users.

Sometimes, I can be a little strict.
[Acer Iconia A500] dr mcknight:
cool so what exactly did i say wrong? like i said befor i am not the first to talk about him on xda? or about that rom?
[Acer Iconia A500] daveid:
You didn't do anything wrong, discussing his work is not against the rules, linking to downloads is. It is just that discussing his work often leads to heated arguments here, so it is often avoided.
[Acer Iconia A500] dr mcknight:
lol i didnt link anything........im confused... one guy says im breaking rules and wants to close this thead. you say i didnt?

i was under the impression that this site is here for people to ask questions. that is all i did
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Exactly. Sorry if I sounded "pissy". Just tired of putting out fires ;)

We know now, that you have no idea about the prior history.

Ok, no problem. You didn't know. My fault for being so rude, but you have to understand, when you mention Thor, or his code, some holy crusaders will come with crosses thumping. And believe me, they are much worse than me.

I won't tell the "real" story. Most people don't know. They only know a couple of things.

Rule number 1. Discussing Thor CWM version 3x is ok. It's GPL compliant.

Rule number 2. Do not post links to his site or code containing his kernel.

Rule number 3. Try not to discuss his Roms, or anything associated with them. He has his own website at tegraowners. And doing so, will bring the "crusaders", and cause another mess.

Like I said, long story ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] dr mcknight:
that is all good, but you guys need to remember that this site is open to anyone that wants to use it, and alot of people like myself have no idea what CWM version 3x is ok. It's GPL compliant or code containing his kernel. even means!!!

and that is why i came here to learn what i can do with my new toy.

i am respectfull of any requests made of me. but i believe in free speech and didnt really like when somone says-

"because most of you, don't know all the details" is not a good reason to not talk about something.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, I have tried to be as nice as can be.

Or we can make the mods step in and explain.

Here's the deal, and remember, I am putting this as nice as I can, so as to not step on toes. But, it seems a general explanation is not suffice. Or maybe you don't like russians. ;)

Thor is a developer. A really good one. Because somebody used his code a year ago, and didn't give credit, a big scandal arose. Near before that time, Thor released the CWM recovery version 3x. What you find in Acer Recovery which you got from the market.

GPL licensing, as is recognized, states that all modifications to the "kernel", must be available to all, and that all said source code, must be released and open.

The original CWM Recovery is within this parameter.

Because of the scandal later, Thor decided to not release his source code for kernels. This created a conflict. Because of XDA rules on GPL compliance, Thor left, and created his own website.

Since then, XDA has a rule. You can not post links to any code containing Thor's Kernel. Nor should you discuss any issues concerning any of thor's code that contains his kernels. This includes 3.2, 3.2.1, and ICS roms.

Discussion of any of his products, eventually leads to some horrible posts. I am only trying to avoid this. Not to give you a hard time.

Fortunately, most of the mess has been cleaned up from the last escapade.

I'm really sorry if you felt I was being an ass. But now you know the story, and I hope you understand.

Free speech is ok, but here at XDA, there are some ... rules.
[Acer Iconia A500] dr mcknight:
first i like Russians just fine. ( i just played against your paralympic sledge hockey team last week here in canada)

second that is fine with me, i completely understand if there was a conflict between a developer and xda.

i was never trying to fan the flames just trying to figure out what went wrong....

fyi- next time all you need to say is xda and thor dont see eye to eye, and i would have left it there.

thank you for the info.

any way back to the job at hand...

im running 3.2 and i understand i need to revert back to 3.0 to root... i downloaded the file i need as per the tutorial im following...

however they have you boot your device holding the power and vol. down button and a boot screen apears, this dose not happen on my device??? what am i doing wrong?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
No problem. Man, if you could witness the stuff I see here, was just trying to stop something, before it started.

Now, to your issue.

I would suggest you run TimmyDean method.

It will give you a rooted 3.2

Hang on a minute, and I'll give you a link.

---------- Post added at 01:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:30 AM ----------

The link for rooting 3.2

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1307539

Now, he has a pdf file included in the zip.

Never used it myself, but others have.

And that number it gives you, write it down, and keep in a safe place for the future. If you ever "hard brick" your tab, you will need it.

Moscow.
[Acer Iconia A500] dr mcknight:
cool yea i think i saw that but correct me if im wrong but id need to tinker with it before installing it? changing numbers and ****, im not sure exactly what he was talking about.

im such a newb to this stuff and i dont want to brick it
[Acer Iconia A500] dr mcknight:
oh a pdf... ill take a look

thx
[Acer Iconia A500] nifterific:
lol @ Moscow saying not to ask about or link to Thors work and then giving away the website URL.

Also, if you already rooted with that 3.2 method then fine, but its infinitely easier (and faster) to follow the 3.2 downgrade thread in the dev section. It works on 3.2.1 as well, basically you downgrade to a version of HC that can root with an app, then install recovery and flash your rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
No one is forbidden from discussing Thor's work, code, kernels, ROMs, etc., here on XDA. You're just not allowed distribute it here in any way including links, downloads, attachments, etc., or link to his website, which is now the central distribution point for all his work.

There are entire ROM announcement/discussion threads in the A500 development forum that use Thor's kernels. They cannot link to the ROM here, but they announced/discuss/support it here. Clearly, there is no problem with chatting about Thor's work.

The problem comes when the two extremes opinions on the matter end up posting in the same thread, but that's not a violation of some "don't talk about Thor" rule -- that's breaking other XDA rules against abusive or threatening behavior.

To the OP, did you find out what you needed to know about rooting, backing up, and flashing a ROM (any ROM -- not just a Thor ROM) to your tablet?
[Acer Iconia A500] dr mcknight:
yes i did the downgrade....downloading a ROM now

thank you everyone!!
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
Good to see! Please post any questions or issues that come up and I'm sure someone will be quick to help you, no matter which ROM you may be installing.
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
No harm no foul, but this might get flame battle going. all I was mentioning is ask on the forum you got it from since your already registered there anyway. Flashing wise it the same ol'wipe data then flash rom and gapps
[Acer Iconia A500] FireMedicDave:
Go to the tegra owners site and do a search on rooting and flashing. There is a FAQ thread that couldn't get more simple. Every file needed is linked. The steps are given numerous times. There is troubleshooting. I flashed ICS two days ago. It's nice. The cameras don't work but than that, haven't had any problems. Good luck!
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yeah, all "but" a direct link ;)

But as a lot of us know and some others have said, it generally starts flaming wars, so let's hope certain people can behave themselves this time. ;)

To the OP, glad you got your tab running!!!