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[General Questions and Answers] candytripn:
Ok, so I've searched all over and haven't had much luck. I have no experience with cdma phones, as t mobile is all I've ever had.

I was given a new US Cellular HTC Hero s. I opened it up and saw the sim slot and though, sweet I can replace my sensation with it (I smashed the screen pretty bad). Well, that was a no go, as the phone is cdma. Looking online though, I see it can run in gsm (options global mode, cdma mode, gsm / umts mode. I unlocked the bootloader using the htc site (not sure it matters) and popped in my sim card again, and tried both global and gsm mode, though neither got signal or would dial out. (under networks, it had the tmo apn info.)

So, is the GSM mode offered on this phone only for non US bands? Would a custom rom (now or down the road) allow it to work on tmo? I read something about the HTC Merge and someone being able to switch out the modem in the rom that allowed it to work in the US, but that is well beyond me. I can follow instructions, work ADB and flash roms.. but thats about it.

Is it possible, or will it soon be, to have this phone work on GSM or am I just stuck trying to sell it as a us cellular phone (or perhaps another cdma carrier.. like I said, I don't know anything about cdma)
[General Questions and Answers] PakAttack1994:
As a Canadian I'm not sure about who owns US cellular or if they are their own company but I'm guessing they work like Verizon world phones. They have sim card slots but will work only outside of the US. If those verizon phones are used within the States, they will only pick up Verizon's frequency, as opposed to T-Mobile or AT&T where you can unlock them and use them with any GSM carrier within the States. But yeah, you can unlock it and it will work with any GSM carrier outside the States but within the States I think it will only work under US Cellular CDMA network...please correct me if I'm wrong.
[General Questions and Answers] rocket321:
That's right, u.s. cdma "world phones" have gsm radios but are locked down from connecting to gsm networks in the u.s. This is not just the normal sim lock found on gsm phones but they are hard coded to ignore u.s. gsm networks.

Some have been unlocked to work on any network through various methods including flashing a modem from a non-us varient of the same phone and other hacks. I can't comment specifically on this phone however.
[General Questions and Answers] candytripn:
Well, that points me in the right direction, and confirms what I read about swapping modems (on the other phone mentioned).

So basically it's software telling it not use a certain frequency, and not that the phone itself is incapable of picking it up (had my doubts about that)

Pretty shady the way phone companies are allowed to operate (don't get me started on my unlimited internet in my contract [pre data caps in tmo]. "Hey! check it out, this phone uses data 5 times faster than your old one, oh, and you get half as much too) sorry, end of rant.

I'll keep searching, and post if I find something..

On a side note, can cdma phones be flashed to another cdma carrier like verizon or sprint, or is it the same deal, coded to only use a certain frequency range?
[General Questions and Answers] PakAttack1994:
only thing I've heard of is flashing sprint and verizon phones to cricket, metro pcs and boost.
[General Questions and Answers] ShuRugal:
Not sure what happened, but as of today my Optimus with CM7 will not give USB Mass-Storage/Debugging notices when plugged into my computer. windows goes "dundundun" when the usb is connected. I have tried repairing permissions from Recovery (which broke everything, thank god i backed up before doing this) and am not sure what to try next. Google and forum search are turning up lots of threads about not working immediately after flashing, but my problem is that it has worked and just recently quit.

Any advice short of re-flashing? I'm starting to get sick of reinstalling all my apps and reconfiguring all my preferences...

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] ShuRugal:
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[General Questions and Answers] ShuRugal:
back to the front page with ye!
[General Questions and Answers] ShuRugal:
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[General Questions and Answers] ShuRugal:
gonna keep bumping this until i get it answered
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
That's a rom issue, its probaly a bug, post your issue on the development discussion thread in the LG optimus v section someone might have had the same issue and fixed it, or tell the dev your problem...good luck :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DreadfulGlory:
Hello. I was just curious if there was a specific version of android I need to use when flashing a cell phone to boost mobile?
[Atrix 4G General] quordandis:
Hi,

I unrooted and ran the 4.5.141 update. I'm now on Android OS 2.3.6. I am now trying to follow the directions to re-root from here: http://www.android-advice.com/2012/root-the-motorola-atrix-4g-running-4-5-141/

However, when I get to the step where I run the command:

cp /preinstall/su /system/bin/

I get the error "cp: write error: No space left on device" which I thought was very odd....so, I ran the command

df /system/bin

and the output I see is:

Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/block/mmcblk0p12
326071 326068 3 100% /system

Is this possible? How do I get su back on to /system/bin?

How can it be that the /system partition is full? Is there a way to resize it, if that's the case?

Please help!!!
[Atrix 4G General] aideneisley3:
did you do step 6 before step 4

check this out THIS
[Atrix 4G General] quordandis:
Obviously, otherwise it won't work. My problem is that /system has no free space. How is that possible?
[Atrix 4G General] ifalldownalot:
a simple 'yes', without 'tude, would have sufficed.
[Atrix 4G General] quordandis:
Ok, here's what I had to do to make this work. First, you have to check if you have Superuser.apk saved in /system/app. If you do, delete it (you'll reinstall this later).

Since I also wanted to install the latest version of Swype, first, rename /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so to /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so.bak

Then, cp /system/app/Swype.apk /sdcard/Swype.apk.bak

After you've copied the stock Swype to the sdcard, then rm /system/app/Swype.apk

This should provide you with enough room on /system to cp /preinstall/su /system/bin/su

The rest should follow accordingly.

-Q
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ghmerrill:
Im going to purchase the lapdock 500. The reviews on the 100 seem so-so, so Im hoping that the 500, being more xpensive, is higher quality, and works better. anyone have the 500, or expirence with both that they can share?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] calimansi:
I can't provide a review yet, but it's on sale for $150 right now!!

I got this from slickdeals:

1. Go to Verizon’s site.

2. Click the big “Shop” button up top.

3. When the page loads, scroll down and click “View All” next to Accessories.

4. Click on the “DROID 4.”

5. LapDock 500 should be the first option, simply click “Add to Cart” from that page.

6. Go straight into your cart and you should see it for $149.99 rather than the $249.99.

7. Checkout and enjoy.

Good luck.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ghmerrill:
I ordered it from Amazon for $349, sooooo when I saw that deal, I about crapped! Gut on Verizon, ordered one, and have the one from Amazon all boxed and ready to go back!

For what it's worth, it's very nice, high quality, so I can't wait to get the new one here and start playing!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] calimansi:
So, I finally got mine.

The performance is ok... kind of like using a netbook. I wish the camera would work. Also, playing youtube is a little choppy. Perhaps it's not hardware accelerated or anything.

Does anyone know if there is any work being done on the webtop 3rd party people? Is there supposed to be an update for that soon???
[Motorola Droid Bionic] lintmail:
So IMHO, if you are on the fence for getting this, I would vote NO.

I bought this for $150 during the recent sale and was very excited, especially because I denied on the Atrix lapdock deal in Dec. for $50.

Anyway, as noted earlier, the screen is not very good. I tried to watch streaming video and it not pleasant. The bad "refresh" rate or something resulted in a sort of jittery show. That defeated my primary purpose.

The touch pad was also poorly implemented. Pressing it often moved the cursor.

Another factor although not a huge one was the software/interface was not that intuitive or impressive. I'm sure that would have improved over time (updates and my own experience) but the effort didn't seem worth it. The device is also somewhat heavy. For $50, I might have kept it, but for $150 just wasn't worth it.

Good news, I returned it at the Verizon store without any restock fee or hassle.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jhom52:
I am thrilled that I got the 500 during the Verizon $150 deal. The 500 makes using the Bionic for any lengthy amount of time quite usable. It is not meant to be a substitute for a laptop or netbook. I feel it perfectly complements the Bionic by extending the capabilities of the phone. I would advise using a mouse with the 500.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Outsider2011:
I've had mine now for 2 days and have done nothing but mess around with it and honestly..imho i love it! Yea the sd card, ethernet, camera and monitor out dont work but there is an update so the bionic can use the 500 to the fullest so thats great news..there are as many cons as there are goods but the cons will get fixed thru updates except for the touchpad..that really did suck..but all else is great..the screen could be better but its still great..

Cons- cant use the pull out dock idk why just doesnt work well which has to do with the software so a update fix

Touchpad sucks- use mouse

Camera, ethernet, sd card and monitor out functions dont work YET but will soon

Phone has to sit flat and cant be moved or the lapdock will shut down- dont know why but once again an update fix

Pros- everything...surf internet fast, play your games on lapdock from phone, make calls from lapdock, 7 hours battery life, charges phone while using lapdock, good speakers, nice screen and just a lot if fun...better than carrying a heavy full on laptop for simple things...one of the better investments in my life funny thing is that i also got mine for 150$ but thru CL and brand new still sealed..the guy had no clue how much this thing was actually worth!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] nitephlight:
how would you compare it to the Bionic branded lapdock itself (anyone test out both of these)? i'm assuming all the missing functionality you speak of now is simply a USB device driver to be implemented in future patches..

IMO the lapdock can essentially replace your last full sized laptop, assuming your not a hardcore gamer, audiophile, A/V troll etc lol. i am all of the above, but seriously if your using a laptop for all that get a tower ffs. screen is acceptable, viewing angle is so so, webtop itself is unimpressive but 3.0 will change all that. only complaint is the keyboard, keys feel like cheap plastic and aren't very sensitive.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] randaddy:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/23/2819690/box-50gb-free-storage-android-deal

Just install the free Box app from the market, sign up and you'll be awarded 50GB of cloud storage. The usual free account file size upload has also been increased to 100MB instead of the usual 25.

Some users lament the lack of desktop integration a la Dropbox, but the Box account can still be mapped as a network drive in Windows.

http://www.groovypost.com/howto/make-box.net-work-efficiently-with-windows/

Market Link for app: https://market.android.com/details?...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5ib3guYW5kcm9pZCJd
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] eazymoneygs:
Bad link ... i want. 50 free
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nicky9door:
just download the box app on the market and register/login
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] phillyrican:
link for market app
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SysAdmNj:
Just search for "box" in the android market and you'll see the first app. Register and you're good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] KarenWalker:
I downloaded the Dropbox application from the market and signed up for a new account. I still only recieved 2GB. I am going to send an email to see what is going on.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] slaydog:
Not "Dropbox", just "Box" :-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SweetRedVoice:
Got my 50gb today! THANKS!

sent from my gNote
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] KarenWalker:
Got it, duh!

Thank you!
[HTC Inspire 4G] nogueirarh:
What does ASOP stand for? Why is it that Sense is jot included in these ROMS? Sorry for the newbie question...

Is there a way to install Sense (Friend Stream specially) separately?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Agoattamer:
AOSP = Android Open Source Project

Sense is from HTC and is not open sourced.

Friendstream is part of HTC Sense so it cannot be installed separately.
[HTC Inspire 4G] nogueirarh:
Wow... Simple as it is... Thanks a lot. ;)
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
Update 4.5.5.621 is live and breaks the ability to SBF back to an earlier version.

Only take the update if your willing to lose the ability to SBF. A fix is in the works but there is no ETA.

If you decide to update, there is no way to root, but OTA Root Keeper can be used to retain root.
[Droid X General] htcdroidincredible23:
I am rooted on. 605 and im gonna update will this hurt my phone
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
No, but be aware that you will not be able to return to .605 or earlier, and you will lose root unless you use OTA Root Keeper.
[Droid X General] sjmoreno:
I was on stock .605 with 1 click root then updated with the .621 OTA and after it was done I still had root. Verified by running Root Explorer and Titanium Backup.

Update: After reading a response to this post I decided to try and see if I could get root access with any new apps that were not installed prior to the .621 update and I have discovered that I cannot. So user trebuchet76 (the one that had questioned my results) had the right suspicion that I didn't really have root anymore but rather the apps I had installed prior to the .621 update that had root kept it after the update but new apps will not get root access.
[Droid X General] htcdroidincredible23:
I can't install the update
[Droid X General] mikecico:
I'm running Liberty 3 ROM, and am quite happy with it. However, I've seen this SBF issue posted here and other places.

A few questions:

- can I update without flashing back to stock .605 (understanding I need to use OTA root keeper to keep root access)?

- once I do that, will I need to flash Liberty back on the phone again?

Basically, my DX was a total piece of crap until I switched off the Verizon stock .605 update. I would rather not lose the freedom I have now and be forced to stay with Blur and whatever other bloatware is installed by Verizon. In all likelihood I'll be upgrading in a few months anyway, and Liberty has made my phone not only tolerable, but fun again. I'd rather skip the update entirely than go back to the stock ROMs from Verizon.

Actually, my next phone choice will probably be based on how easy it is to root... ;-)
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
Don't update! You won't be able to flash Liberty, and you won't be able to flash back to .605 to install Liberty.

If you update there is no going back. Ever.
[Droid X General] BridgeScore:
What about a hard reset. Then root shut off ota then sfb 605 re_root shut ff ota again ? Could this work?
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
If you are on .605 or below disabling the OTA Updater will keep you from updating, but once you update there is no going back.
[Droid X General] marculous:
i hadn't seen this thread when I took the ota. tried to sbf using rsd lite 4.8 and the following sbf files, 2.3.34, 4.5.596, and the latest 2.3.4-4.5.1. found the last one through a Google search, it said it would work but it doesn't. so my old dx is currently out of commission. i wanted to use it as media player but i guess that's not going to happen right now.

Droid Razr
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
The .621 SBF should work. Make sure your battery is charged and try SBFing again. If RSD Lite doesn't work try using Linux.
[Droid X General] marculous:
it still failed and now battery is too low to program and dx won't leave bootloader with battery in.

Droid Razr
[Droid X General] harveyhungwell:
You have to use RSD 5.4 or higher with the .621 sbf.
[Droid X General] hushpup131:
OTA Update

Appears that keeping my .605 is a good thing, how do I disable the updater??
[Droid X General] marculous:
is there a way to charge the battery? only bootloader screen comes up with battery in, says code corrupt, battery too low to program.

Droid Razr
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
You can strip the red and black wires in a USB cable and place the exposed copper to their respective battery terminals while the battery is in the phone.

This will allow you to SBF the device.
[Droid X General] aliasgx:
Just thought I'd share this.............

So yesterday I figured I try to get root back and if anything it would brick the phone and there was an sbf to get it back. At least to .621 stock. Well I did the one click root ( droid3 i believe it was, with of course with droid 2 bootstrap ). So it put my phone back into clockworkmod and I was able to wipe everything including the dalvic cache and restored my phone to a backup I had from stock .605 that was rooted but no rom installed. It actually worked no brick, no nothing. So I ran the D2 bootstrap and went back into cwm and restored to another backup I had with liberty 2.0 running.....and that also worked. Now, I was surprised it actually worked so I went into about phone and confirmed! It did say .605. So I was ecstatic!

I was prepared to brick my phone (which wouldn't be the first or second time anyway) but glad it all worked out. Now im back to being rooted and running 4.5.605.
[Droid X General] marculous:
going to try that this morning, and thanks for the tip.

holy **** it worked with rsd lite 4.8 after wiring split USB to battery. you are awesome.

Droid Razr
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
I'm glad you got it worked out =D
[Droid X General] PappaFloyd:
I'm on CM4DXGB, the only update's I will EVER take again for my DX is the ones the ROM devs put out, screw Moto's crap!
[HTC Sensation] janarioo:
my sensation takes above 2 hours to charge , which in my opinon is too much slow , is everyones sensation like this
[HTC Sensation] k0zmic:
Mine is around 2 hours too. It seems pretty similar for most Android phones I've owned.
[HTC Sensation] Alienator9191:
well if u find that slow i sometimes got the warning that the charger cant deliver the amps to charge so even on charger it discharges:P dont worry its normal when out it goes that fast i guess:P i usually go to sleep when i plug it in and turn it off
[HTC Sensation] fr0zenblood75:
Mine takes around 4 :/
[HTC Sensation] g1user101:
Have you ever had smart phones? Most take 2 hours +
[HTC Sensation] big fancy:
i know mine will discharge while on the car charger when im using gps.
[HTC Sensation] janarioo:
Yes i used cellphones before , before this the andriod device i had was Dell Streak 5 , which used to get 100% in 20minutes and gave me onscreen time of about 5hours xD , thats why wanted to make sure that the 2+ hours is normal
[HTC Sensation] Deathsongx3:
2 Hours is a little fast. Mine usually takes around 3 hours when charging at 15% and below.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pre4speed:
I am running cm7 week 7 and using rom toolbox free. I have been trying to change all system fonts, but when I go into rom toolbox preferences and check all the fonts listed, I get a hang at the m logo screen. I then have to restore my backup to recover. Any idea what I can do to change all fonts? I've got some fonts changed, like web pages, this forum, all apps. Mainly the icon labels are the only ones that wont change.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pre4speed:
Bump for any ideas?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
When you reboot after changing fonts, do you do it from the Rom Toolbox prompt?

I had issues with this a while ago and found that the best way was to install the font in Rom Toolbox, then select no for reboot, exit out of the app, then reboot.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pre4speed:
@caelan t: yes I also learned my lesson with doing that. However that is not the problem. In the settings of rom toolbox for fonts, I check all the fonts in there. When I then go to reboot manually after installing, it just hangs at the m screen and only a battery pull and restore my backup remedies. Its like it only allows for 5 fonts to be changed and the icon fonts aren't one of them. Any ideas?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
How long do you give it to reboot?

I have tried a lot of the fonts and never have problems other than not liking almost every font I try.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pre4speed:
I've let it sit for 20 minutes. Just stays on the m logo.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
Sorry I can't help you further. Never takes long to reboot after font change for me.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pre4speed:
Thanx for trying. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moyajaya:
Hello All!

I've been around for a while but this is my first time posting in xda.

I just got my Galaxy Note and I'd like to root it and install custom roms on it. My questions are the following:

1 Does my warranty gets restored once i revert to stock ROM and baseband after rooting? or there is no way to get it back after root?

2 If warranty can be restored, how do I backup my stock ROM and everything to revert to it when needed? I couldn't find the stock ROM for my country in the sticky thread of stock ROMs
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mitchellvii:
Weird.

I really prefer LauncherPro on the View. It works perfectly except that when it switches from portrait to landscape, the wallpaper inexplicably goes to plain black.

Restarting LP fixes this.

Any ideas? Quite annoying.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mitchellvii:
Hmmm. No one else is experiencing this?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] stevedebi:
Lol, as it happens i use a black background with my lp!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mitchellvii:
Its apparently an HC thing. No issues on GB.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] stevedebi:
Ah, I am on gb myself.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cyberain:
Just like in topic, how change it?

HTC HD2 - Tapatalk
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] elesbb:
Please search forums before posting a new thread . i found this in literally 2 seconds .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=996667&highlight=initrd+gz+image
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cyberain:
if I knew that the graphic is in the file, then surely I would find this topic. Thanks for the reply and sorry for the unnecessary subject.

HTC HD2 - Tapatalk
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] elesbb:
It wasnt unnecessary , its just ive seen SOOOOOOO many of these threads its not even funny . lol . this forum is being bombarded with repeated threads .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kbrian:
On the iPhone 4 they can get the Android market is there a way we can get Apples?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
Not a chance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kbrian:
Why do you think? Just because of the way they're compressed or what?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
No... Why would you do this anyway? its not like iPhone apps run on Android...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kbrian:
Then how did Apple run Android apps?.. Anyways i don't care so much just jealous they have our market

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xclusiv8:
Iphone running android apps? Evidence please.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
I'd like to see where you're seeing this. Because it just isn't... possible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kbrian:
I don't know if they're running it but those who jailbreak can get our market, source = friend

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bluemoon1221:
are you taking about the Android theme for iPhone?

I have a friend who has an app store but the app icon looks like the Android market.