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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinesh690:
A ray :S? Over an arc? Any reason why

Sent from my Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ningen90:
actually i do , i think it'd been 8 months now.

my first android phone, at first it was okay, and then i started experimenting with it and that was when i realized it could be much better.

so i rooted the phone first : and with rooting came CWM, Titanium backup and Link2sd (a must if you wanna free up some space and keep the phone as smooth as possible).

after a couple of months i finally got the courage to unlock the bootloader and i went for Acronium (GB) which was awesome

currently i'm running JJ's Hybrid ICS (tried acronium ics but wasn't as fast), with additional minor tweaks along the way.

the only thing that bothers me right now is that chrome (for ics ) is far from smooth especially when in desktop view (do to the lacking ram and cpu compared to the current high-end devices ) but i'm planning to get a tegra3 tablet rather than replacing my arc.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r35471853:
yes! Arc is the best.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
I just fancy want something a bit smaller for a change, and the Ray is a sweet little phone. :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaud:
Xperia S

I have a Xperia Arc S and i have a relatively nice time using it to be honest. My contract is up on august, do you guys think i should get a Xperia S or phone from other manufacturer?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SEK610i:
Do yourself a favour and buy Galaxy Nexus or next Nexus phone that comes out at the end of the year. Not this ****ly Sony phones. Why am I pissed off? Because I have problem with cracks above light sensor on my arc S and Sony said that it can't be repaired under warranty because this is only arc (without S) problem. Not to mention their ****ly ICS update (compare it to Nexus S which is not as good as arc S but it,runs ICS years better than my arc S) and other stuff.

Sorry for any typing mistakes...typed from my stupid Xperia arc S. And no, I do not still like my Xperia arc phone. :@
[TG01 General] toitoi:
i tried to install wp7 with "tg downloader" (for the boot) and "common downloader" (for the flash). i had some problem to put the TG01 in FTM then the only chance was to use pin 1,3. i followed the guide, installed the boot file,the progrma said "done" also if it stopped at 99%. then after that i falshed the flash.bin but wp7 wont start. so i tried to come back to wm 6.5 but maybe the battery was not full (?) and the TG01 went in "black screen with green led".

my phone no conect pc??

help me???
[TG01 General] toitoi:
no one help me?
[HTC EVO 3D] zbergmark:
Can someone post a download link
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tycruickshank:
I just received a used nexus s i9020t and I've noticed that whenever my phone gets slightly cooler than say room temperature the hardware back button stops working correctly. When the phone is "cold" if I have BLD turned on and wait till the back light goes out I can press the back button when otherwise it wouldn't work if BLD is turned off. Does this make sense to anybody? I can try and clarify if it doesn't. I'm worried that its a hardware issue and that I'd have to get it fixed somehow. I just bought the phone and I'd rather now put more money towards it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tycruickshank:
I'd like to mention that it is responsive when the phone is "warm". Its a really annoying thing and I'd like to get it figured out
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harbb:
I've not experienced your issue, so it might just have something to do with wiping and reflashing your current ROM (especially if you didnt wipe everything from GB to ICS). Though something to note: the "soft" buttons at the bottom use the touchscreen. You can witness this by going on a long web page and scrolling off the screen and down onto the soft keys, and notice that you'll be able to scroll left/right and up/down where the soft keys are.

This just means that if there is an issue with these, it falls back on either a software issue or touchscreen issue. Might help with diagnosing, ICS settings -> dev options has a good option to diagnose touchscreen problems.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tycruickshank:
I think the capacitive button mechanisms are different in the i9020 and i9023. I've had both and I've noticed that you can scroll around beyond the screen parameters with the i9023 but I cant with the i9020. Maybe somebody can correct me if I'm wrong. I've done some research and it sounds like I may have to pull the phone apart and try to take off some of the paint on the back button. Another suggestion that some people have is to slightly tighten the 6 screws on back of the phone under the back panel. I did that and its sorta helped. I can deal with it now but if it gets worse I may have to take the phone apart which is something I don't exactly wanna do. Btw I did wipe everything multiple times and restored from a backup and I didn't notice an improvement until I tightened the screws
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harbb:
You have a good point there, I assumed they were the same but they may be different, I've never experienced the i9020 to comment.

Good luck with your problem. You might try tightening only the screws near the back button and loosen the others a little, possibly giving it some leverage.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] townkat:
When pressing camera button to launch camera app there is a ~0.5 second delay before it decides to start the app, if i start it by shortcut it starts instantaneously, is it posible to remove this delay please?

Also it would be nice to start it by half pressing also as now it needs to full press the camera button

Thnx alot
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jaed.43725:
I am looking at trading for a Bionic, however it has a problem. The guy I might trade says it wont turn on for him. If he plugs it into USB it will get a white LED, cant remember if he said it blinks or not.

I am quite familiar with modding phones as I have a Fascinate running 4.0. As such I have a lot of software. Any help or advice would be great. Thanks.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jaed.43725:
Anyone have any ideas.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] iNsAnEmOd:
Yeah its Superbricked(battery dead, AND Stuck on "Fastboot Flash Failure" or some other "Failure". All you need is a new battery and Follow These Steps to get to stock. There is another way to charge a battery.

1. Get a spare USB Cord.

2. Cut and strip the end down(the end you stick in the phone)

3. Strip it. Give it at least 2 inches.

4. There are 4 wires. Black, Red, Green and White. Ignore the Green and White and strip the plastic off the Red & Black until its just the wires.

5. On the back of the battery there is a "+" and a " - ". Black is negative. Red is positive.

6. Connect wires accordingly. Use the OUTSIDE slots not the middle.

7. connect USB Cord to computer or wall charger and let it charge.

I HAVE DONE THIS TO CHARGE MY BATTERY IT WORKS. I did fold the wires a little to make it stick(more like jam it in here) and used a fingernail to push it to those two sides in each slot(you'll see what I'm talking about when you look at the battery).

YouTube link.

PS: Don't leave it on there for an extened amount of time(the longest I had mine on was about an hour because you will need some juice to flash to a stock rom).
[Motorola Droid Bionic] camcardshark:
So my situation is a bit different. I have a Bionic completely stock, just performed a factory reset via the menu options on the phone. It was on and working with the set up screen. It was not active and therefore couldn't go past the setup screen.

Now, my 6 yr old nephew took the phone. Had it for a couple of days, took it to school but not important, when i got the phone back it would not turn on. I figured it was a dead battery. So i plugged it in an left it for a few hours while i was at work. When i got home, it would not turn on. When i plug the phone into a charger that I verified per another phone works nothing happens. When I take the battery out of the phone and plug into my computer the led light comes on and is solid. But phone will still not come on, i even try to hold down both volume buttons and the power button at the same time.

So is my device bricked as well? And how could this have happened? Do i have to purchase a brand new battery or can I use the charging trick on my current battery?

Thank you for the help in advance!
[HTC EVO 3D] twister99403:
I'm just curious what everyone's favorite live wallpaper is because i'm looking for more options. I am currently using Koi pond live wallpaper https://market.android.com/details?...wsMSwxLDEsImZpc2hub29kbGUua29pcG9uZF9mcmVlIl0. which is awesome but I like to switch.
[HTC EVO 3D] Wiley_11:
I'm hooked on *Alien Shapes* :D

https://market.android.com/details?...lbHVzLmFsaWVuc2tpbnNsaXZld2FsbHBhcGVyZnJlZSJd
[HTC EVO 3D] twister99403:
thanks! that one does look pretty sweet! trying it now...
[HTC EVO 3D] KB112:
I really like ICS Phase Beam.

https://market.android.com/details?...lkLmxpdmV3YWxscGFwZXIuaWNzY2xhc3NpYy5saXRlIl0.
[HTC EVO 3D] Terepin:
I like many of them, can't use any of them.

Odoslané z môjho HTC EVO 3D X515m cez Tapatalk
[Omnia 7 General] Spookidoodles:
Just wondering if anyone was on an Orange contract and had tried using Mango's internet sharing feature with their Omnia 7..

I noticed on their site that there is a daily charge for tethering - but they seem to think you can only do it with an iPhone. Am I right to think that unless I raised suspicion they wouldn't catch me out using it and I wouldn't get the daily charges applied?

Thanks in advanced!
[Omnia 7 General] Freypal:
I wasn't aware that Orange had released the Internet Sharing update... I am still on pretty old firmware on my stock Orange UK Omnia 7.

Annoying since they haven't even released the keyboard fix either.
[Omnia 7 General] Spookidoodles:
Sorry! Should have pointed out that I am on MiROM and that I was originally on Three and the phone is 3 branded.

Hope that clears that up. But this is what I was getting at - they don't actually have WP7 tethering, so will they instantly know im doing it and charge my bill with the £1 a day tethering fee?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Blazing angel:
Hi Xda, i was just wondering about data roaming for my carrier with the G2x.

I am using a network called Videotron (it's in Canada). The latest nightlies automatically fixed my apn settings, but I am worried about roaming charges.

I recently left my city, but I did not have national or international data roaming checked. Apparently, my carrier charges for roaming data, but the phone never stopped giving me data during my trip. I know i wasn't in my "zone" (because all calls were long distance), but it just worries me that data was working.

Is it possible that CM7 couldn't detect videotron's roaming "locations/profiles", and allowed me to have data?

I'm just worried in case i have additional charges (they charge 2$/MB of roaming!!!!)

Thanks in advance
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
So i really want to unlock but im worried about it still saying re-locked at the top if i ever have to send it back for any reason just in case. Maybe im just paranoid but i have already had 1 replacement and i don't want to have trouble if i need another. Anyways, my question is has anyone successfully returned a rezound BY MAIL. i dont care about if it worked in a store, i have to send it back by mail. Has anyone done it? If so, post your results

PS. I am not new to rooting, i had a Dinc and loved all the roms for it but you could always get it back S-on if you needed a replacement and there's no way to do that with this one.
[HTC Rezound] nosympathy:
Multiple threads on this already that answer your question.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
i searched and everyone has returned them to a store which is not an option to me. Also, you could just answer if you know rather than trolling and not even giving an answer
[HTC Rezound] nosympathy:
Not trolling. I gave you an answer.

"If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day; if you teach a man to fish, he will eat for a lifetime."

Plus plenty of people have posted their experiences about doing this over the phone. It was all that was talked about the first week we got HTC Dev unlock.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
I have tried looking and i REALLY cant find any threads that state someones results clearly so could you possibly link me to one if there are so many?
[HTC Rezound] superchilpil:
Don't do it, it probably won't end well

If you can't find it then assume the worst or keep on googling

Hit thanks or ill hit you :)
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
Don't do what?
[HTC Rezound] Tachi91:
You still have HTC's Warranty, as for Verizon.. A store Visit they won't really bother going as deep as checking the bootloader... A mail in to Verizon they would notice once they try to Debug it before selling it off as Refurbished and sending you another
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
But DO they check and debug that deeply. Going to a store is really just not an option for me and I don't want to be stuck with a defective phone if I can't get it replaced and its a hardware problem.

EDIT: Also, what does HTC's warentee cover vs. Verizon's?
[HTC Rezound] nosympathy:
HTC claims they will cover all HW issues NOT related to unlocked bootloaders. Verizon is kinda up in the air. I can say plenty of people have said that they have sent multiple phones back to Verizon while still rooted and s-offed, so not just the rezound and have never been charged.
[HTC Rezound] Tachi91:
In all reality it comes down to the individual person at Verizon who checks the phone... Somebody might load up the Bootloader and See "Unlocked" and all hell breaks loose... Or some dude might just ignore it and flash a Factory Locked Bootloader and move on..

As for Warranty IDK.... Check the manuals that came with the phone
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
So, here's the better question, has anyone here actually been slapped with a fine for returning an unlocked bootloader?
[HTC Rezound] nosympathy:
So far as we are aware, noone has. To be honest, as tach said, they might just flash the stock bootloader and go on. Depends on if that employee wants extra work or not.
[HTC Rezound] Tachi91:
If I worked for Verizon and got your phone, I wouldn't care... **** I'll fix it and flash an engineering bootloader and send it back to you just for laughs
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
So I think ill unlock Tom.... I can't believe its been thus long since I have flashed a Rom lol and also, do you have any idea how VZW flashes the bootloader?
[HTC Rezound] Tachi91:
They have the tools to create an RUU that has an engineering/unlocked bootloader
[HTC Rezound] WookieFan:
Is this at the store or at a return center? Not sure of the terminology for the location where a VZW employee would have the opportunity to flash an engineering bootloader.
[HTC Rezound] taptaptouch:
I don't think they will go that deep and check the bootloader, when my OG droid antenna crapped out on me I brought it in on cyanogenmod and they didn't even notice, the employees in most of the cases don't know squat about the phones and what to do with them
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
Yea but did you bring it into a store or call and mail it in?
[HTC Rezound] chrisjz:
If you got insurance and your that scared to take it back relocked, just "accidentally" back your car over it ;)
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
Even if it's unlocked and they find out, what's the worse they can do? Tell you that they can't offer you a warranty, leave, find another store and try again.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
Remember guys, I said I can't go to a store so that's not an option for me I can only do them over the phone by mail

Also I don't have insurance :/ stupid move by me ik
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
Why can't you go into a store?
[HTC Rezound] bozidar0:
If you don't have insurance we should not be having this discussion. Do not mess with the phone if you don't have a way of getting a cheap replacement.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
I have 4 updates on my plan so...
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
i just returned my re-locked rezound for hardware defect, and there is a new Rezound on its way. As long as the reason its broken has nothing to do with the fact that you unlocked it, I think you're safe. Oh, I do not have insurance either.
[HTC Rezound] Bradh024:
I returned my relocked rezound by mail for another rezound and I haven't had any repercussions. I figure if their going to charge me $650 for a phone, I better have that phone back in my possession.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
Alright thanks this is EXACTLY what I wanted to hear. How long ago did you send it back?
[HTC Rezound] Bradh024:
It's been a couple weeks. If you think about it though. Wether you exchange in the store or by mail, theyre all going to the same place, getting fixed by the same people. So theyre going to know you unlocked. BUT.... If they cared, they would've already done something about it. Threads would be popping up all over the place about it. So I wouldn't worry about it. Unlock and have fun
[HTC Rezound] 06stang:
Agreed. If it can be returned to stock they don't care.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
So are you saying if you went into a store with Su installed and had a aosp Rom they wouldn't care? I don't think so
[HTC Rezound] 06stang:
No I never said that. Reps in store have no idea what they're talking about half the time or even know what su is.

I was talking about if you send it in for warranty they won't care as long as they can flash it back to stock and refurbish it.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
Alright just checking haha ik reps don't know anything. I think FINALLY I will unlock tom cause I won't be home.until then
[HTC Rezound] jmorton10:
I haven't read this whole thread, but I returned my first Rezound for overheating probably two days after the unlocking procedure came into effect (& mine was relocked & RUU flashed).

I have been a VZ customer for years (6 lines) & have never returned a phone for any reason before, I don't know if that matters at all but I had no problem with the return.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
Waot you don't have 6 lines on the same plan do you? Also yea I've been a customer for a while also. I have had to return quite a few phones (2 since with bad GPS, and a old chocolate a while ago for some reason) and I have never had a problem but I have always managed to get those completely to stock
[HTC Rezound] 06stang:
Yeah I was in the same boat as you. Didn't want to root until an soff method was found. Finally caved and did it anyway.

I have six lines on my family account as well. I've had three replacement Dare's, ten replacement Incredible 1s, eight replacement Incredible 2s, and four replacement Rezounds. I've had my fair share.
[HTC Rezound] jmorton10:
Yes, they are all on the same plan (a family share plan)
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
They don't know and don't care. I took my Thunderbolt into the store with screen problems, s-off, SU installed, running MIUI. She poked at the screen, saw it wasn't working, ordered me a CLNR.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
You sure its six... I thought the max was 5
[HTC Rezound] enserio:
The gf had to return a DInc2 because it wasn't charging properly. I unlocked and rooted it, so was worried when we return it via mail. All I did was throw a stock rooted rom on it, left it unlocked, and we haven't heard from VZW or HTC. This was about 3 weeks ago.

I just bought a REzound for her off CL and the guy relocked it. Sucks that it actually says that instead of just Locked. fock.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
So when you relocked the inc2 it just say wicked not relocked? I wouldn't worry too much about it though cause we are soon gonna have s-off thanks to the amazing devs
[HTC Rezound] enserio:
No, I never elocked the DInc2 when I sent it back. I was making a side commentary about how I just bought a Rezound that says Relocked, instead of just locked.

They will know if they check, but I think thats a huge if. I'm sure VZW and HTC see a lot of phones on the daily. Just make sure it looks as stock as possible, and I'd get rid of the su app.
[HTC Rezound] PUTALE:
i also got mine not through verizon so i won't have any warranty with them. I am curious if htc would take care of any warranty if I do unlock mine. I am currently on stock and afraid to unlock.
[GT540 Optimus General] clienthax:
Is there a way to calibrate the screen on custom roms, i have mikes beta 4 ics

and my screen is not calibrated properly so its horrible to type with etc

HALP
[GT540 Optimus General] andreas__:
No it's not possible... There are roms who should support it but I dunno if it's placebo or not.

Sent from my GT540
[GT540 Optimus General] odi032:
calibration for ics anyone.??
[GT540 Optimus General] revertm:
New HTCime released by Mike yesterday has own calibration, but I cannot get it work in landscape. Only works on vertical layout for me.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] kishore55:
Hello frnds, is ther any Galaxy Y simulator to test everything on system before shifting it to our device.

Thanks

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Device: SAMSUNG GALAXY Y GT s5360..:D

ROM : CREEDS ROM v2.1..:p

Recovery : skins1980 CWM..:rolleyes:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWalker01:
I want to add a feature to my app so i can backup so that the user can backup certain shared_prefs files of other apps (located in data/data/package,name/shared_prefs). I dont want to modify them, just backup and overwrite.

My app has root privileges.

Ive tried this a few times but i cant get it to work, im just getting a file not found error when uploading. I realised that its because the files dont have read permission to just anybody.

So what can i do to get around this?

Ive tried mounting data/ as read/write but that didnt work or i did it wrong.

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smokin1337:
You have to chown the files properly. Apps owners are usually number like app_100, app_101, etc. Some files in data/data are system owned so its easy, when you copy files to your sdcard they lose ownership so it has to be fixed when they get put back in data/data.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWalker01:
But i can copy other files from the data/data/package/name/files directory. Are you sure i cant link to it like that?

And i dont know what chown is :/ little help please?

edit: just looked into chown a bit, i know a little of what it does but have no idea how to use it. Cant i get what i would write using an example file?
[General Questions and Answers] omar302:
Just recently, on two different PCs, whenever I downlaod an APK from XDA-Developers, they are saved as .zip files (saved as "app.zip" instead of "app.apk"). Downloading from other sites works fine.

Is it something with the forums? or with my PCs?
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
Can the file be unzipped?
[General Questions and Answers] omar302:
Yes, the file can be unzipped & the contents are what would usually be in an apk file.

I just rename it to "app.apk" & it will work. Its just that it did not happen before, and now, on two PCs whenever I download an APK, I have to rename it first.
[General Questions and Answers] moose.splash1:
Apk in .zip

All APK's are just zip files in a format that Android understands and can un-zip almost like and be installed like a program. So, i think, you need to just change the .zip extension to .apk :)
[General Questions and Answers] omar302:
The main question was that, previuosly downlaoded APK's from XDA were fine, now, they are saved as .zip. why?
[General Questions and Answers] moose.splash1:
Probably because its not illegal I guess... if you were to upload a paid app as an APK u could get in trouble whereas if its in a .zip file then its not considered an illegal file... if you get me... another possibility is that it just takes up less space :) hope this helps