yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G General] threestripebrand:
The first thing I would suggest if she likes her synergy would be to reboot into recovery via holding down power button and selecting recovery, once in recover use volume rocker to navigate to wipe menu and select it with power button. Once in wipe menu navigate to cache and select it with power button to wipe and do the same for dalvik cache also. The navigate back to the reboot option. That should take care of her issues if its something that hasn't been done previously.

But if she's set on trying a new rom,

First thing is to find which ever rom you will be using and download that. Next hold the power button for power options and select recovery. When in recovery look for backup/restore. You need to do a current backup in case anything goes wrong when flashing a new rom. So after you have your backup your current nandroid, you navigate back to the wipe menu and wipe everything except SD card. Then navigate to flash menu and flash rom then navigate reboot device. That's the basics any way
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
Is it just me, or do these software versions look way wrong and/or old? So old, that I don't even remember them, and I've had my Evo since launch day. I'm hoping someone else will jump in to confirm or deny that the versions I'm seeing look way off.

Like the kernel, I've never even heard of that kernel. Where did she get it? Dirtydodge? Never seen that on xda. On synergy, I would recommend flashing the freedom or chop suey kernel (thru recovery, just whip cache and dalvik cache first). Or reflash synergy rls1 over itself wiping only cache and dalvik cache to restore the kernel that came with synergy rom initially.

PRL 03026? Never heard of it. Current sprint PRL for most is 60683. She should flash a stock sprint/HTC sense 1.0 ROM (I would suggest tommytomatoe Classic or brad560s stock ROM, both found in the Evo development forum) so that she can go to settings>update profile and PRL.

11.29 radio/baseband is froyo-era radio (Android 2.2), and also should be updated. Radio can be flashed thru hboot or recovery. Check thread by Calkulin for radios in the development forum. Flashing radios is touchy (you probably already know this), they appear to flash twice, but DO NOT PULL battery mid flash, just let it do its thing.

Her poor Evo needs so much maintenance I'm surprised it's functioning at all.

I would:

1. Reflash synergy over itself to get stablish again.

2. Update radio to 2.15.08.08 or 2.15.04.08

3. Select more current ROM to update to (there are many in dev section with dates attached)

4. Flash ROM

5. Go to settings and update Profile and PRL

6. Everything should be pretty up to date at this point.

7. Browse through dev forum to select ROM to settle on for daily driver (whether she wants to keep HTC/Sense or AOSP....All ICS roms for Evo are currently probably a bit too buggy for her [not for me, but to each their own]).

Newest Android version for HTC/sense ROM is 2.3.5. You'll want to probably be on 2.3.5, or at least 2.3.4. 2.3.5 fixed some issue with voice dialing while traveling over 35mph, or something like that...something I don't use.

Good luck. ......poor neglected Evo :(

Lol

******oh, and like THREESTRIPEBAND said, do a nandroid backup in recovery before doing anything.*******

sent from AOKP heaven
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
dodge kernel is a kernel for the HTC Evo shift 4g i believe
[EVO 4G General] roids87:
That's not an evo 4g radio. As scottspa and evo4gnoob said, she may have the shift. If there's a slide out keyboard, it's the shift. If not, that's one of a kind haha
[EVO 4G General] ms0chez:
Thank you guys so much. You guys have a nice community compared to some of the ones I'm used to lol.

But that's what I've been trying to figure out. If she had an evo 4g or a evo 4g shift. She had gotten the phone from a friend of a friend and is completely new to android so she had no idea what the phone was. She kept called it an HTC. Anyways I googled the model number on from her phone info and the evo 4g kept popping up but yeah it does have a keyboard. So completely wrong forum lol thanks guys again for steering me in the right direction.
[EVO 4G General] IrideAgro:
mmm, hmmmhh :)
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
Thanks. I didn't Google to find out.

@ all others, this is why evo4gnoob is the MVP on the Evo forum. ;)

sent from AOKP heaven
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trixhammerbord:
hi guys newbie here just want to ask question

why do i fail flashing full SBFs?

here is what i do from CM7 trying to go back to stock:

-recovery

-factory reset

-restore appropriate nandroid

-reboot

-flash full SBF via RSD

-------------------------FAIL!----------------------:(

any suggestion will help

sorry for my bad english
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slstr:
warning: flashing full SBF is a big risk if you forget to pay attention to CG versions etc !!

I think you are not flashing using currect procedure:

"Full SBF: No Nandroid backup needed, always keep CG versioning in mind"

study this defy/defy+ guide carefully:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1216982

also this expert SBF thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=966537
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trixhammerbord:
still cant understand the CGs

my phone is originally on eclaire then flashed officially the froyo version by motorola (pretty not sure what version) put it on CM7 CM9 ect...

im just wondering and bit OC about flashing FULL SBF...:p

the only thing i can flash on my defy is this fix SBF :mad:

do you know any step by step procedure that may lead flashing the full SBF thing:D
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trixhammerbord:
thanks mate
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuel109:
Hey, the only google apps i use are market, youtube and google search, would it be safe for me to remove the rest without the market and youtube being affected?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuel109:
Anyone?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dp94:
Search !

[TUT] Remove Junk Apps + List (4.0.A.2.368, 4.0.1.A.0.283 & 4.0.2.A.0.42/.58/.62)

The Complete Comprehensive List of System Apps for Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinkster:
The Google apps are all optional and independent, so yes as long as you keep your google login.

sinkster©
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuel109:
I do not see google apps in the list but thanks

Edit: sorry, i see them now lol.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuel109:
Thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maicod:
At first nachoroot rooting worked fine on my ASUS eee pad transformer tf101 with a B50xxxx serial with firmware 8.6.5.21(WW) and I installed CWM and made a full system backup with it.

As a test I used NVflash (APX mode) together with firmware 8.6.5.13(WW) and that worked but it erased CWM.

I let it auto update (OTA) to 8.6.5.21 again but now it refuses to do the nachoroot so I can't install CWM and can't restore my backup :(

I'm getting the 'cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied ...' error

EITHER I'd need firmware 8.6.5.19 so I can use Razorclaw one-click-root. Does anyone have that for me ? OR how could I restore CWM with NVflash ? Any help is appreciated !
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
Look here, it show how to get 8.6.6.19 to use RazorClaw

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1417006

Probably easier if you root with this method and flash CWM recovery

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1185104
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maicod:
that download site (multiupload) is down. do you have the file yourself maybe ?

same problem :( the Toolkit 7.1 is on that same download site
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
I think this one still work for the 8.6.6.19 file.

http://depositfiles.com/files/w3r9rl6ou

For the RootTool Kit go to the end of the post

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22453281&postcount=1092
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodintentions:
You need to make sure asussync is up and running and synced before you can do anything. Just keep pressing try again.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maicod:
THANKS ! It updated fine and I could then use the Razorclaw tool to get root and then install CWM and then restore my backup.

I had been googling for 8.6.5.19 maybe that is why I couldnt find it. There has only been a 8.6.6.19 (3G version) ?
[Member-Found Deals] jallenashley:
Now, I know many XDA members probably can mod their own hardware, or at least have the ability to learn how to, so suggest this page to your friends who have a shattered iPhone screen or are tired of the black or white color!

www.facebook.com/iPhone4Repairs
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZeroManArmy:
Okay so I just had this problem and I don't want anyone getting stuck on it and not knowing how to fix it. I decided to write a quick guide for everyone.

Steps

Boot phone into "Boot Android (No BP)" by holding the Volume Down key and the Power button.

Press the Volume Down button until you see "Boot Android (No BP)"

Press the Volume Up button and wait.

Hold the Power button once its on and press Airplane Mode.

Reboot the device.

Skip the Error Message about not being able to activate. (Keep Airplane Mode on)

Open Sprint Zone app.

Activate through Sprint Zone. (When prompted to exit Airplane Mode, say yes.)

Thanks: thaisport_sf & w0lf215
[Motorola Photon 4G] tetrabyt:
I had to do that exact same thing a few months ago, twice... :) I'm glad to see someone took the time to document this... Now I know where to look when I do it again... :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] androiderb89:
This wont work for me as I am using an International GSM. Dont have access to sprint. I have to delete / rename SprintOMADM* in /system/app location..
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZeroManArmy:
Do you have a way to fix it so I can add it?
[Motorola Photon 4G] That_Guy0505:
Huge thanks! Conveniently enough, I saw this right as it happened to me. lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] Plancy:
I get stuck on "Contacting Network" during a PRL/Profile update, but I am able to exit by clicking on an app(IMO beta) on the notifications pull down, and pressing home. I am activated, just want to update the data profiles.
[Motorola Photon 4G] hoslayer13:
Plancy, press ##786# on your phone. Whats your HW version?
[Motorola Photon 4G] hoslayer13:
Accidental formatting of Internal SD through CWM

I have run into this problem before where the boot logo is erased saying that it will "cold-boot" into Linux. The only problem is that when I SBF to get back to stock, the photon wouldnt update the PRL or the data profile. The only remedy I have found is that I need to restore the PDS partition from a nandroid backup after unlocking again. Doing so rendered the green hands-free activation screen. Hope that helps anyone.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Plancy:
I don't have a nandroid backup, how can I restore the PDS partition? I get stuck on "Contacting Network" during PRL or Data Profile Update on any ROM All 198_7SBF'd Locked/Unlocked Rooted/Unrooted
[Motorola Photon 4G] hoslayer13:
This is a fix from the Atrix forum that might be able to help. I haven't tried it but the OP mentioned that method 1 was a universal fix, although not sure if meant as a multi-device fix. Best of luck, worst case scenario is having to shell out 35$ for a replacement
[Motorola Photon 4G] Plancy:
Thanks , but I dont really want to chance it unless a someone can verify that it's universal.
[Motorola Photon 4G] hoslayer13:
No problem. Have you checked what your HW version was by chance to see if it was the PDS that borked? Normally it would say P30A, or at least that's what it shows on both Photons that I have.

Edit: The one I messed with said it was unavailable.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Plancy:
Webtop version is unavailable, can't find "Hardware".

I'm running ROCK2.4
[Motorola Photon 4G] coolqf:
If you're not with Sprint, then you just follow the above AND also delete these files:

SprintOMADMConnMOPlugin.apk

SprintOMADMConnMoPlugin.odex

They're found under System/app and you need Root Explorer to delete the file(s). At the top, you tap on "Mount..." and then you'll be allowed delete these files. To delete, simply long press the files and choose delete. Some might only find one of the above files (if they have a custom ROM).

Someone showed this trick to me, so... I can only take credit for being the messenger :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] Plancy:
Hmm doesn't look like anyone knows how to help :( I really want to update.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZeroManArmy:
When do they delete the files? Which step?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Plancy:
Gonna have to ask around on how to fix the PDS partition or restore it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kdelinux:
THANK YOU VER MUCH, you save me from calling Sprint. thank you
[Motorola Photon 4G] coolqf:
The first chance they get. They have to be removed before they reboot the phone, or when they boot normally they will get the activation message. This replaces your activation step for people whom do not have sprint.

Sent from my Photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] redninja007:
THANKS soooooooooooooooooooooooooo many many much bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 i love you man hahahaa... u saved me from paying $119 thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] demonotaku:
I want to say that I was just able to do a PRL and update profile using the Atrix Method 2 using the Gingerbread PDS
[General Questions and Answers] dincfool:
I've went on elance and put up an add for a app development team. In short I want a review app that would most closely resemble googles "places". It would give travelers good places to shop,eat, etc. . . Without getting into alot of detail im very new to app creation and it seems alot of out of country spokes people are contacting me in countries such as india,pakistan... If anyone has experience in this field and could give me advice or information that could help me id appreciate it. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] dincfool:
Anyone? Feel free to pm me if need be.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bobapunk:
Nook given to my wife on Christmas.

It has been running rooted since a few days after using Indirect's Nook & Zergy and the Ti Backup Restore OTA Block Method.

We have been using it as a dual machine, she uses it as a B&N Nook with full functionality except for in-store book browsing (have not been able to get that working, according the Nook ppl at the store, Rooted Nooks can not use that feature), and I have been using it with the Honeycomb Launcher as an Android Tablet.

Intermittent issues have begun to pop up. From time to time the power button will not work to shut the screen of of get to the shutdown screen. Sometimes taking the Nook out of the Otter Box gets it working, sometimes plugging in the charger for a few seconds and then unplugging it gets it working, sometimes pushing the power button at a bit of an angle works. Sometimes the button works just fine.

Today my wife called me to tell me that the power button was not working so she plugged the charger in, un-plugged it and when she tried to unlock the screen with the slide-lock thing, it froze.

Any thoughts or ideas here? Assuming I can get it running normally again, should I do a factory re-set and re-root it? I would rather not do that because there is quite a bit of content on it and I do not want to make my wife re-download all of it. I can handle the Apps with TiBackup, but I am not wanting to ask a pregnant lady to re-download all of her books and stuff!

Thanks for your advice!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ckevinwelch:
If you're having trouble with a physical button, I would 1) completely unroot and return to stock, and 2) if the problem is still there, take it back under warranty. That is something that is not going to get better on it's own.

If the problem is not there, you might just need to reroot.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Eastern_Digital:
I see no other option than to factory reset it. If the problem doesn't go away after resetting, you can get a replacement. If it solves the problem, then you can re-root and install everything again. In that case, keep an eye for any suspicious app that might have broke it.

As you said, you could backup the apps with Titanium Backup, but the B&N contents are valuable too. I don't know how to make a backup of that; maybe someone else can help. If there's no such option, why don't you take a note of the contents and download them for her (since you don't want her to go through the trouble) while you restore the programs from the Titanium Backup?

Best of luck.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] leo221:
I'm on my second prime. first one had nasty reboot/boot loop problem, see here, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1462704.

The second one started good, no reboots and seems to work ok for me. although GPS doesn't work at all in any conditions. I knew that and couldn't blame others. wifi is weak but in my smaller home, I can manage to use it.

then the thing broke again after .13 update. blackscreen/reboots about 3 times a charge. Battery drain is about 2-3% per hour while sleeping. one of the most important reason I wanted the prime was good battery life. I guess now I have no reason to keep it. some other company may have my 500 bucks when they release their tegra 3 tab.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 3rdamention:
Sorry bro! Seems like the latest update did bonk some primes, especially that sleep bug. Hope you have better luck with your next purchase.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] anti09:
Are you claiming the .13 update gave you problems? Because that is news to me and I have not heard anything about it. There certainly aren't 5 threads on the first page alone full of people complaining about it :rolleyes:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Dougfresh:
I just got a new one from BB and I recommend not doing the update if you get a new one.

If you exchange it again wait and check the forums for future updates that completely squashes all known bugs.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] id10terrordfw:
You know you can go back to the .11 update, right? I did, even though my only issue was slightly reduced battery life on .13.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
Sorry to hear that. Besides HW acceleration I have not seen enough to make me upgrade. I'm still on HC 3.2.1 and don't have any issue besides the known gps. I'm gonna wait till everything settles down.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] unknown_owner:
Good luck and I can't wait to see your post about that next "flawless " tablet that you believe you will buy. Not to mention that lack of updates that would surely not come to fruitation. But you are making a good decision for yourself and again good luck.

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
My opinion: if you return and stop using a device just because of some software issues caused by a patch in the early stages of a device's lifespan, you dont really need/want that device. EVERY product with software will have some software related issues at one time.

And this is android. Bootloader gonna be unlocked any day now. Custom roms usually are better than stock roms. And they'll be coming. So chill :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Dianne Hackborn from Google's already said here that the h/w acceleration in ICS is the same as HC. The low-level code from HC was the base for ICS and changes were mostly UI based. ICS is a much bigger deal coming from GB than HC.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
There you go..lol. you love you some Dianne ;) she does make great points n her article though.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
Thanks for the info. Even more reason for me not to upgrade =). When I did upgrade my 2nd Prime the browser and some apps were smoother and the overall usage was smoother. But either way I'm happy with HC for now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jerdog:
this thread already exists... closing
[Motorola Photon 4G] moocow1452:
So, looking to upgrade and kick Sprint to the curb after 12 years with Nextel, and Ting is looking like a really fine service as far as four line family plans go. I'm kicking around my HTC Hero, (CM7, gonna try ICS Beta for it's last huzzah.) and was looking for a more powerful Android. Was thinking about getting a feature phone or a mifi, and complementing it with a Galaxy Player. But the Photon looks really, really nice all of a sudden, with 4G and GSM compatibility. Toss in the best specs on a month-to-month phone that I've seen, I'm seriously considering dropping $550 on this thing. Please talk me out of it? :o
[Motorola Photon 4G] magui43212:
I don't know if you are in the states, but US gsm towers are blocked.

Edit: The photon is featured in their front page, and it gives incorrect/conflicting information about the phone.
[Motorola Photon 4G] moocow1452:
^ Yeah, I know that. Kinda hoping that might be unblocked by the time I'm interested in it, if I want to jump to T-Mobile in the future. I know it's a long shot, but it would be nice to have.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
talking about the awesome 1.2ghz cpu we have? ;)

i sent them numerous emails about it :/ lady was real nice but kept claiming they had fixed it
[Motorola Photon 4G] moocow1452:
Seriously? Probably should have caught that earlier with all the looking up I did on the phone.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sextape:
Just get Ting are you in Canada?
[Motorola Photon 4G] moocow1452:
Stateside. And with the Photon kinda being oversold on the Ting website, and not that great a bump from the Conquer, dual core nonwithstanding, I'm still a little confuzled on what I want.

How future-proof would you say this thing is, regarding still being competitive in the next couple years? Tend to run them until they dead or unserviceable, and if blow a massive chunk of my tax return, might as well make it last a while.
[Motorola Photon 4G] h8zgray:
Experience with Ting thus far...

Hi all,

I recently changed carriers from AT&T (using Motorola Atrix 4G) to Ting (Motorola Photon 4G) and I have recently unlocked the bootloader (yes, I lost 4G connectivity), rooted, and installed the latest version of Rocko ROM with Alien Theme.

Everything has worked out so far and I am having a good experience with the device and with Ting Mobile, from their no wait phone service policy, to their dashboard web interface. I can't really speak to the relative degree of future proofing the Photon may have compared to other phones, I am just happy that I could get away from paying so much for a similar tier of service at AT&T and not necessarily have to compromise on a phone, though not being able to use GSM towers with a prepaid SIM card is a bummer, but otherwise, so far so good. Take care all.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sextape:
No phone is future proof the way things are flowing manufacturers are cracking phones out of their ass every 3 months or so. You have to look at the development threads that will tell you how active the phone is on the developers on xda are and that should give you an insight on how worth it is.
[Motorola Photon 4G] moocow1452:
Thanks all. Think I'm gonna go with the Optimus for now and wait for my laptop to start losing to the newer phones before I drop big money. Should kick the crap out of my Hero, and I'm happy if it can run Peggle and Netflix when it comes down to it. Thanks all.
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
TING??? just checked them out, no thank you, $6 a month just for my phone being active?????......hog wash
[Motorola Photon 4G] KSmithInNY:
Never heard of Ting until this post. Does anyone have a system dump of a ting photon?

There's something interesting in that system dump I believe.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sextape:
Sprint MVNO no different flashfile
[Motorola Photon 4G] sextape:
Thy are legit
[Motorola Photon 4G] KSmithInNY:
I disagree. Just because it's a mobile virtual network operator doesn't mean the the files are the same. On the contrary, I'd bet anyone using one of these device could confirm their notification bar and lock screen show Ting as the carrier, not sprint, which means at a minimum the framework-res/eri.xml has been edited, meaning it's not the same file despite being on "technically" the same network.

I'd like to see a system dump of one of these. I think there are magic elves locked inside :D