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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ascot17:
You need to do a FULL WIPE before installing a new ROM.

You have not wiped your /system/ partition.

I am not familiar with CWM recovery but there must be an option under Wipe/Format within recovery that allows you wipe everything.

You need to wipe/format:

/system/

/data/

/cache/

/dalvik-cache/

/sd-ext/

Then you should be ok......
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hearliam:
Hi Ascott, mate I think Iv'e nearly wiped everything, I just don't know where to turn. If I enable signature on the zip it installs but a third of the way through it aborts, and if I disable the signature it installs ok but it's still the same old android 2.2 it's like somethings not letting it install.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Download, install and run "Android terminal Emulator".

In terminal emulator, type:

cat /proc/mtd

all in lower case and with a space between cat and /proc/mtd

Give me the output please. All of it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hearliam:
ok here's what it said.

dev: size erasesize name

mtd0: 00100000 00040000 "misc

mtd1: 00480000 00040000 "recovery"

mtd2: 00340000 00040000 "boot"

mtd3: 0fa00000 00040000 "system"

mtd4: 02800000 00040000 "cache"

mtd5: 096c0000 00040000 "userdata"
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
You have a PVT4- Desire. This new hardwarerelease does not work with Clockworkmod 2.5.*. So I recommend you to go S-OFF and flash different recovery [4EXT (doesn't matter if yiu classic or touch) is currently the best, imho].

Sent from dGB using Transparent XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yeah thought as much. Clockworkmod recovery 2.5.0.7 does not work with erase size 40,000 devices (which about 50% of PVT4 devices are)

If you are not S-off, get s-off.

Then you can flash a compatible recovery. All the latest 5.x CWMs are compatable as is Amon-Ra 2.0.1.

Personally I recommend 4EXT touch. Its rather nice and have not had any problems with it.

---------- Post added at 08:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:28 AM ----------

Actually some PVT4 are erase size 20,000. Also Alpharev CWM 2.5.1.8 does work with 40,000. Its awful though so not recommended.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hearliam:
Thanks rootSU, NOW! how do I get s-off and please make is relatively simple as I'm not an expert as this rooting/ROM stuff, although I am learning at lot. thanks for all your help.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Search this forum for "revolutionary" or "Alpharev"
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hearliam:
Well it worked installed fine, but now stuck in the splash screen and wont go any further, help! hope I haven't bricked it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
What do you mean with it?

If a phone is bricked, nothing would work. It's just dead and not more than an expensive paperweight.

Sent from dGB using Transparent XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hearliam:
it's working, I can boot into CWM and access the menu, but whenI reboot it comes up with the splash screen and just sits there, thats it. I flashed the zip file from the sd card as per instructions installed ok, but wont go any further.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stankyou:
Did you already try to restore your rom? You did made a nandbackup right?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
No, he can't make a backup as be has incompatible recovery.

Op, what zip did you flash? There is nothing to flash. You just run revolutionary to get s-off. Then we have to change recovery for a compatible one.

If you flashed the root zip for revolutionary, you may have messed up your Rom...

Please tell me what you did and please do not decide on what action to take without advice!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snorrip3:
Couldn't he download a full nandroid from somewhere else?

Have you tried swapping out your SD card?

Also keep in mind that some rims take a very long time to boot..

Good luck
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
:rolleyes:

He has an incompatible.Recovery. not only can he not take a backup, he cannot restore one. It will not read or write his NAND in.anyway. I'm not saying this for fun.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hearliam:
Ok here's what I did I downloaded ICS 4.0 zip file, dropped in onto my SD card, installed zip thru clockword mod recovery, said installation complete, I rebooted my phone and it's stuck on the splash screen that about as simple as I can explain it. can I recover my phone?, oh yes I did try and reinstall ROM but same deal, I waited and waited but its stuck on the splash screen.

---------- Post added at 06:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:02 PM ----------

SHE LIVES, woot woot, just did a factory reset and reinstalled zip from sd card. thanks guys for all your help.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
First of all: Please, for the love of god, stop doing things without any advice. This makes it impossbile for us to help you.

Now to your problem: From your post here I can see you are already S-OFF. So now you have to flash a compatible recovery. IMHO the best recovery is currently 4EXT:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1408936

Usually you install this recovery via the app, but you do not have a working phone, so I downloaded the recovery and uploaded it here for you:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35533788/XDA/4EXT_Recovery_Touch_v1.0.0.3_RC3.zip

Download this file, and extract to partition C (I assume you are using Windows).

Then install the programm MD5Check and compare the md5sum of the downloaded recovery.img with one from the recovery.md5 (just open this file with a text editor).

After you did that, download these ADB / Fastboot files (in case you do not have ADB installed:

http://thalamus.ineige.org/misc/adb_fastboot_win32.zip

After downloading, extract the files to folder named as "android-sdk", also on partition C.

Now start CMD on your computer and enter

cd C:\android-sdk

You should now be in android-sdk-folder. Now boot your phone into fastboot (turn it off, then press and hold first back then power button until the screen with FASTBOOT in red highlighted letters appears.

Connect your phone to computer now (FASTBOOT-USB will be shown on phone).

Then, enter this command in CMD:

fastboot devices

Output should be

List of devices attached
HTXXXXXXXXX

The X's are placeholderS for a number (the serial number of your device). If you get this ouput, enter the following command

fastboot flash recovery C:\recovery.img

When you the message "FINISHED", disconnect phone from computer, close CMD and press the power button on your phone on time.

Now you are in HBOOT-mode. From there you can start your recovery.

If it does, tell us. Then we will help you furhter. If it does not, we will see furhter.

AND FOR THE LAST TIME: DO NOT DO ANYTHING ON YOURSELF WITHOUT ANY ADVICE!!!!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hearliam:
MatDrOiD you guys ARE our advice, that is WHY we come to these forums so we can get the tools and knowledge, I don't have the resources to do these things. and I spent weeks trolling the forums, I didn't just wake one morning and think oh **** I might flash my phone, I flashed my HP Touchpad my self and have not had any problems, so I thought flashing my phone wouldn't be that dissimilar to this. but I was very wrong so your help and advice has been priceless. and as I said in last post it is now working thanks to everyone's input, oh and by the way I was also getting help from a friend on FB who happens to be a computer programmer, again thanks for your help.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
hahah trolling or trawling? ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erklat:
I didn't see him on the trolling scene... :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Hehehe
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hearliam:
trolling is a fishing term, you have a line out the back of a boat hoping to catch something, thats what I was trying to do, hope to to catch some ideas in this forum, sorry if the terminology offended, I'm old school.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
No that's the trawling, trolling is posting comments on forums to annoy people. I'm not making it up... That's why it's so funny. Google it ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hearliam:
Ooops sorry guys, didn't know that, as I said I'm old. glad you got a laugh out of it. But seriously thanks for all your help. My son just informed that "it is trawling Dad you idiot". :-/ anyway thanks again guys.
[General Questions and Answers] Damieok:
Ok so I was wondering, is it possible to set up my old ipod touch so that when I connect it to my speakers I can have it stream the audio coming from my android device?

If this isn't possible is there a way to remotely control the music already on my ipod touch?

Basicly I want to be able to control the music on my speakers wirlessly from my android device without having to use my computer, but rather an ipod touch.

Thanks for any help in advance :)

(They are both on the same wifi network which should make things much easier)
[General Questions and Answers] Damieok:
Anyone? I tried veency but I can't connect to it from Android VNC
[General Questions and Answers] Damieok:
Bump, still cant figure this out
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
I don't think so
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] majin_vegeta:
hello everyone tomorrow ill be leaving my htc desire as my main phone and getting a galaxy nexus, after i unlock the boot loader and root the phone, and messed around with it, i will most likely flash a custom rom and kernel, the only thing is im not sure which rom to use untill cm9, any recommendations?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] InfiniD:
I'm using gummy and love it. Stable, fast, good battery life, lots of options for customizing. Can't say enough good things about it. Let us know what u go with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tree of Knowledge:
I'm using AOKP with Franco's kernel. Great customization, speed, and stability on both fronts.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matt0720:
I was running CM9 kang until today with trinity kernel from morfic. Batter life was great but I couldn't help myself I had to try the 4.0.4 build. so far so far good but I'm missing some of the customization options from cm9.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yondercomesthetrain:
I highly HIGHLY recommend using Codename Android. The kernel isn't so much important on this phone as it is with other ones. Codename android comes with its own custom kernel and it works great. Its a great ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NICEGYPT:
+1 I agree with you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nikulogical:
AOKP M3 + Franco Kernel. There's a reason that this is the most common setup.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dmmarck:
This. Throw in the 4.0.4 radios, and you've got a great combination IMHO.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Kernel not important on the GN? I highly disagree with you. The benefits from using a alternative kernel is endless especially when looking at Franco Kernel.

AOKP + Franco for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] blackplague1347:
If anyone else is running MIUI 2.1.13 with the latest SiyahKernel, could you please try downloading/installing some app or another from the Android market website? Because I live in a 2g area, I have to download my apps from the website. Any time I try to search for an app in the Market on my phone, my connection times out. I have no wi-fi for the vast majority of my day, so that's also out.

I would really like to determine if this is a known issue or if this is an isolated problem. If it's isolated, I'll reflash in hopes that it will work. If not, I'd obviously rather not.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Did you look in that ROM's thread in Dev to see if anyone else reported a similar issue?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] blackplague1347:
I searched the MIUI thread but didn't find anything. It's possible that I missed it, I suppose, but I don't know what else to search for other than what I already have.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
Try to enable sync on all Google related services and then using the Market on the website.

If its turned off then it probably won't get pushed to your device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Scummy_bear:
Did you before you made this jerk response? Or did you just assume that help was already in that thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] blackplague1347:
I made sure that all google services are free to sync as they wish. That didn't do it. I re-flashed MIUI. That didn't do it either, unfortunately.

New users come to xda and ask simple, common questions on a regular basis. It's not uncommon for someone with a low post count to dive straight into posting, rather than utilize the search button.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] P1 Wookie:
It didn't look like a jerk response to me. It looked like a reasonable response. He was merely pointing him in that direction to see if it might have been answered, especially since a lot of people on here don't bother to search.

As for the topic, my experience with MIUI is that all the apps never show up in the market, and is part of the reason I've never really stuck with it. It has to do with google not recognizing it as one of the standard UIs on their list for our phone, therefore not all the apps are shown. At least that's what I've seen explained in the past. Hope this helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Unlike your response, there was nothing jerky about mine. The guy has 8 posts. It's possible he might not have even thought to look where I pointed him. I said nothing derogatory to him. Any perceived jerkiness is in your head as evidenced by the two following posters. Don't bother with an apology as your screen name fits you perfectly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red5:
Thread cleaned up...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] indreamer:
Have the same issue as the author of this thread. Using Nexus S, Kalimchoaz's Rom v. 2.1. Does anyone have any solutions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Quadra_Slam:
I was able to do it just fine on WIUI 2.1.13 -- I probably got around 80 apps that way. However, I was redownloading them and had previously already gotten them, so it may be different. I no longer have WIUI, so I can't check if I have your issue. I guess MIUI may be different than WIUI...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
Does anyone know what this could be? I can't do it holding any of the buttons or from reom manager
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] elesbb:
Power phone off , power phone on , once you see the magldr screen , press and hold power , then using volume buttons scroll down and select "AD Recovory"
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Origin8:
If you can't get into recovery your recovery is probably broken. If you tried the above post and you can't get into recovery mode you probably flashed clockwork mod via rom manager (this breaks the recovery) or did something else to damage the recovery. Download the sd recovery method via this post and follow the instructions as well:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17068500&postcount=2

Can you boot into recovery now? Make a backup via CWM and reinstall CWM if any problem persists.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
omg your my hero. i dont understand why this isnt on the magldr thread -_-
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] vikas027:
Hi,

I have also faced similar situation.

Use HTC HD2 Toolkit to wipe (bottom left) given in the thread.

CAUTION: It will DELETE everything.

Best Regards,

Vikas
[General Questions and Answers] littlenoodles:
I've got CM7.1 on my Nexus One, and it seems to work well. Just one problem, though. Whenever I reboot the phone, gmail crashes as soon as I enter my unlock pattern, and it can't be restarted (just crashes again). I have to uninstall and re-install it from the market, after which it's fine until the next reboot.

Any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] juzz86:
From memory, you have to download a 'special' GMail for CM. It's part of the 'Gapps' package you usually see on the same threads. I'm unsure if this is still the case, but it may be worth a try. I had CM7 on an Optimus 2x a few months back, and remember something similar although I don't use pattern unlock. Have you tried disabling your pattern to see if there's a conflict at all? :)
[General Questions and Answers] littlenoodles:
I loaded gapps originally, but I probably accepted upgrades from the market. But I thought the purpose of gapps was to get access to the market - not because CM requires special versions of Google apps. Am I wrong?
[General Questions and Answers] juzz86:
Quite possibly true. Been a while since I've used CM. Out of curiosity are you using a nightly or a stable build?

A quick search revealed it has something to do with messing with your application permissions?
[General Questions and Answers] littlenoodles:
Stable. I may have restored gmail from Titanium backup, which I guess could've messed things up. But I've uninstalled and reinstalled from the market several times. And after each reinstall, gmail works fine - until the next power down. I guess I could reflash gapps. But I'd like to wait for someone here to definitively tell me I need to.
[General Questions and Answers] juzz86:
Good idea, sorry I couldn't provide you a more definite answer :)
[HTC Incredible S] Splux:
Hi.

Some background info:

Alright, I've been away over the weekend to a friends place where there is no power at all and successfully managed to keep my phone alive during the whole weekend but I did notice some weird stuff with the phone not reading the battery stats as it should when it gets cold.

After each time I got inside again after being out in around -20 degrees Celsius I noticed how my battery percentage gets really low, but then it doesn't get any lower at all for hours. If I reboot, it can jump back up to the battery percentage it should show; and I can actually repeat doing this how many times I want - I just make the phone get really cold and then make it warm again! So it is not a random bug that just happens once in a while, it happens all the time. You know, it's a bit cold here in Sweden from time to time ;)

Anyway, my battery stats in settings look like a roller coaster or something and I have no idea why the phone seems to not being able to read the battery stats properly when it is cold.

So, the question is: anyone here who can bring some clarity to this thing?

Yes - I have tried to search for it on google but didn't find anything that's interesting, only some stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with what I wanted to know.

Thanks in advance, hopefully someone could explain this... For me, it is just really weird. And hopefully you guys can understand what I'm trying to say, I'm a bit tired :P

^ that's what I mean

(random fact: 8% battery left and it has been on for 3 days, 15 hours and 45 minutes and I'm actually going to charge it right about now)
[HTC Incredible S] kaijura:
Well, it's known science related to chemistry/physics that running at colder temperatures slows down the heat dissipation. It doesn't mean exactly like going to extremes like 0C will do the trick, as there are thresholds for between hot and cold temps that mark the optimal battery operating temp.

Doing things that cause high heat dissipation, such as running navigation, is usually extraneously involved with battery drain (happens at the same time, but might not necessarily cause the other).

IE, the hotter the temperature of the battery is, the more it will drain.

Thus, if you are in colder weather outside it obviously makes sense that the weather is affecting your battery from generating as much heat. I don't think you are in freezing temps either, so it's more like optimal range temperature-wise.

There are a few articles written from a science perspective on it:

http://chemistry.about.com/od/howthingsworkfaqs/f/coldbattery.htm

http://www.wisegeek.com/do-batteries-really-last-longer-if-they-are-stored-in-the-refrigerator.htm
[HTC Incredible S] Splux:
And now there's only one question left; why doesn't my phone read the battery stats properly when it is cold?

kaijura: thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrianj:
Hi I've bought myself the SGS2 (non-G version).

now, to root, do I use the method here? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

and let's say i have rooted it using CF-root 5.2, do I just pick a ROM and start flashing them? Or do I proceed to flash a Custom Kernel first before the ROM?

Anyway, I noticed that there are 2 sections for the SGS2G and the SGS2 (non-G). Which ROMS do I select from and are the ROMS variant dependent? means if I have the non-G version, I cannot install a ROM from the SGS2 Original section? A little help please! So sorry for being a noob.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simbesh:
Yes follow those rooting instructions, after the phone is rooted download a rom and copy it to your phone then flash it via cmw or manually via recovery mode, reboot while holding power, home and volume up.

Personally I recommend bezke UltraIcs, using it without issue

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1393569
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
1st thing you do: read, read, read.

You can use whatever root method you feel comfortable with. I've used CF-Root, Odia's insecure kernels, SuperOneClick, and flashing Siyah kernel. They all work fine.

Most ROMs come with their own kernels, so if you flash a custom kernel, then a ROM, then the kernel that came with the ROM will overwrite whatever custom kernel you flashed first.

What 2 sections do you mean? The Galaxy S II Original Android Development, and the Galaxy S II Android Development forums?

It's important to note that these are not G and non-G. Original means developed from the ground up. (think CyanogenMod) The non-original generally means derivative from another ROM - usually stock.

I9100G ROMs are scattered throughout the I9100 forums, because there is currently no separate forum for the I9100G. The post title for these ROMs should always note that they are for the I9100G instead of the I9100 though. As long as you follow my suggestion for 1st of all above, you should be fine.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kaze105:
If you have the i9100g choose the roms that clearly indicates i9100G only in title, otherwise it should work just fine for i9100. Roms in original development indicate roms built completely by the developer hence the original. The Android development roms are roms that could be based off of someone else' rom or similar. You can flash roms from either section.

Just make sure to properly flash them and never forget to make a backup.

Edit: ctomgee answered.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Beat you by 2 min. It was a long post though, so it took me a while. :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrianj:
I'm downloading as we speak! Seems good! Love the ICS theme though. Are u using a custom kernel?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrianj:
Thank you so much for the prompt reply! Finally I've got the answers to my questions! Btw, what ROM are you currently using? What I'm particularly concerned about is the custom Kernel that can help me optimize my battery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Please be aware that though simbesh said he is using it without issues, ICS is NOT officially released. Some users have issues with ICS ROMs that others use with absolutely no problems.

As Kaze105 said, ALWAYS make sure you make a backup before you flash. (in case you need to go back)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simbesh:
Nice, yea the ics theme is very slick. It was updated this morning to v2.1 with the latest i9100 kernal XXLPB
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrianj:
nice! this will be my first ever custom rom! this rom is for the i9100 (non-G) right? cuz it didn't say 'G' in the title. just making sure.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simbesh:
This this this

Yes standard i9100, it will be very clear if its i9100G or i9100 at&t etc if its a special rom