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[Motorola Droid Bionic] Noob_In_Recovery:
So yesterday was my birthday and my wife told me I could get a new phone. I am the previous owner of a Revolution. I actually kind of liked it especially once I rooted it and flashed gingervolt. I keep hearing that this phone is a massive upgrade from the revolution and I hope it is true. Did I make a good move by getting the bionic or should I have gotten the Razr or something. What should I do to my phone now that I have it and how. I hate to be a noob all over again but the dev on this is completely dif. Thanks alot guys!!!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tivo7:
Well you didn't make a necessarily "bad" move. I have a Bionic, Tbolt, and a Razr and I use the Bionic. Its a great phone.

Look at the Thunderbolt or Bionic thread in this forum.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Rodhargis:
I had a Revolution and a Charge before getting the BIONIC and it is the best phone I have had, the Motorola radios are fantastic and get great reception. It is also easy to root using motofail http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1497690 and I would recommend http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1327695 the Eclipse 2.2 Rom if you decide to mod. This is a GREAT phone

If I helped you please don't forget to click on the "Thanks" button below.

Rod
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smokedkill:
The Razr is slightly better in specs but I don't think at this point, that makes too much of a difference. They're pretty much getting the same roms from what I've seen.

I think it comes down to preference. Do you prefer a skinney phone or something with some bulk? For me personally, I like having the bulk of the bionic.

As far as talk about the bionic being outdated, that's a little over exaggerated. While it's not the newest and most up to date, it's still far from being outdated. Considering Motorola hasn't released ICS yet, the its best days of rom development are still to come.

On a side note, get used to using rootzwiki and droidhive to find a lot of things that you will need.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] trparky:
I have no upgrade available to me, I'd have to buy this phone outright (that $499). Would you get this phone?

I current have a Droid Charge and the biggest limitation of this phone that I have right now is the limited RAM (only 512 MB) and the single-core CPU.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tivo7:
I would still get the Bionic.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smokedkill:
I'm sure you can get on Craigslist and buy one for around $200-250 if you want to go that route. Some people jumped on the nexus bandwagon.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] medic233:
Coming from a Sprint Photon, with dual core and moto radios, I was still impressed with the speed of the phone, and with Verizon's service in my area.

Good decision!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] coldhardtruth:
ONLY BUY NEW. Craigslist is bogus. Don't waste your time

Sent from my Iced Bionic
[Motorola Droid Bionic] kendive:
I also own the Bionic and the Tbolt.

I got my Bionic on Craigslist from a local guy and it was mint and still using it today.

Nothing wrong with Craigslist.

Just do your homework and check the phone out. If you feel better meeting at at Verizon store and get it checked out there do that. I sold a droid phone and they wanted to do that and I had no issue with it because I knew I was selling a working phone. If they are not willing to do that I would stay away...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Memp2Atl85:
Coming from a Droid x I can say that the bionic is the truth
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Rodhargis:
I have purchased a "LG Revolution+ then upgraded to a Verizon DROID Charge" and then finally moved up to a "BIONIC". All purchased off craigslist and never any issues. I also insist on meeting at a Verizon store and no funds change hands until I am happy with the purchase and the Verizon rep has activated and given it a clean bill of health. I will continue to buy of craigslist in the future.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sgschwend:
I was switched from the Rev to the Razr to the Bionic. VZ put a lot of support into getting me a phone that would do PC data correctly.

In contrasting the three phones: the Rev's receiver appears to be most sensitive and the power meter works correctly, the battery usage is the highest (unacceptable); the Razr would not stay in my hand, it has the best display contrast, the Maxx would be the right product (right size and longest battery life), it suffered with wi-fi bugs, there were lots of user keyboard command stalls; the Boinic has very good battery life (can be left on overnight), connector placement is better than Razr, excellent audio quality, and by the time I received the Bionic new firmware came out and fixed the wi-fi bug.

The Rev was a good phone but in my view LG doesn't put the effort into fixing firmware bugs, compared to Motorola. The usability of the Bionic is more westernized.

It appears that the current new product strategy is to release known bugs and support any customer who takes issue with a bug. In reading this forum you can see how the digital data wi-fi bugs were released and how it affected "our" view of the devices. All three devices I listed had these problems.

Lets be honest "it is all about the money". With world wide shipments over 100 million a month all the manufactures want those early shipment dollars. Historically those are the highest profit dollars available.

Another thing to consider (my guess) is that the Bionic production line is steaming along pumping out products to be sold, the Razr line is doing the same. So it would be a big income hit for Motorola to obsolete the Boinic, and Moto would only want to do so if the two products were competing for limit manufacturing resources which is highly unlikely.

It appears is that Motorola has at least two products in the Bionic and Razr that utilize mostly the same firmware so they can double dip into the world smartphone sales with highly leveraged after sales firmware support. That is the kind of move to put them back into number one in sales again.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smokedkill:
I've bought many things off of Craigslist and only ever bought one bad thing which was a redring Xbox. Bought all my kids iPod touches from Craigslist, bought 3 cars, my android tablet, a blackberry , a different Xbox, and some other things without any problems.

I'm sorry to hear that not everyone has had a positive experience from Craigslist. You just have to check out what you buy first. Another good thing about Craigslist is that many times you can talk the person down on their original price. I'm always talking them down $10-20 on the iPod touches.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smokedkill:
I agree. My outlook on the razr and the bionic is that it gives the user a choice between a bulky phone or a skinny phone. Some people prefer the bulk, and others prefer it to be thin. This allows Motorola to cover both markets. The difference in their specs is minor compared to the difference between the bionic and the revolution (or any of the previous Verizon androids released) so whichever you choose will be better than what you had.

From what I've seen over the past 3 years of owning an Android, Motorola is one of the, if not the, best in supporting their Android devices. They also tend to have better battery life. Now if we could only get them to unlock the bootloader so we could attract some of the HTC rom developers over. Nothing wrong with having more variety in rom selection.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kkcheong:
Recently I found that HTC Flyer Youtube app play video not that smooth. It jerk every few seconds. Anyone have the same problem?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] killerskincanoe:
i'm not having this problem with youtube.. but i am with netflix someone suggested trying an older version that plays better with HC and it fixed it.. idk if it's the same thing with your youtube app but mayb check to see if it updated recently and try uninstalling the update to see if it fixes it... just a thought
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kkcheong:
after few days of jerkiness, today Youtube seems to be ok. Its weird though. My iPad2 and Flyer connect to the same wireless router but iPad play smoothly while Flyer very jerky. This happened yesterday. But today,everything seems to be working fine. I didn't see the youtube app being updated today.

Very weird...
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] MrS600L:
I have had some problems with YouTube app as well. Tried WiFi & 3G. Plus I get a lot of force close errors.

Sent from my HTC Flyer P510e
[HTC Incredible S] M1nistry:
I've spent the last few hours trying to S-OFF my Incredible S to start off my HBOOT information:

Vivo PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT- 2.00.0000

RADIO-3822.10.08.28_M

eMMC-boot

Nov 1 2011, 20:33:03

About a month ago I installed CWM7 and have been using that, I have an unlocked HBOOT using the traditional method, but I've been following the information in this thread, however I can't find my suitable RUU file.

I've tried two:

RUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.30.405.1_Radio_20.2808.30.085AU_3805.06.03.03_M_release_199308_signed.exe

and

RUU_VIVO_SENSE30_S_HTC_WWE_3.08.405.3_Radio_20.4802.30.0822U_3822.10.08.28_M_release_227170_signed.exe

both of which were the wrong ones.

I'm currently sitting in a RELOCKED HBOOT (with a Security Warning) after running the tool in the thread which returned:

"(bootloader) Lock successfully...

FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))

finished. total time: 0.346s

Note: run the RUU in fastboot mode"

Not sure if it's supposed to say that, but either way I have a relocked one.

I think all I need is the correct RUU but I cannot for the life of me find it. The phone is originally an Optus (Australia) one, if that helps.

Any info is appreciated, thanks.

Also here's my fastboot getvar all:

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 2.00.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 3822.10.08.28_M

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 2.00.000.0

(bootloader) serialno: HT199TDxxxxxx

(bootloader) imei: 3580000xxxxx758

(bootloader) product: vivo

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-7630

(bootloader) modelid: PG3213000

(bootloader) cidnum: OPTUS001

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4193mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-af9874be

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 12

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

I -think- I made a goldcard with my SD Card- I went through all the steps and used the goldcard.img file, I don't know how to verify though.
[HTC Incredible S] Nonverbose:
Nice info. Did the script run ok? You could get around the goldcard issue by flashing a Rom from your region. There's an Optus ruu in football's thread http://www.filefactory.com/file/c0a...5AU_3805.04.03.12_M_release_185028_signed.exe
[HTC Incredible S] M1nistry:
Filefactory is the worst file hosting site that could have been used -_-, never any free slots available to use.

Have figured out that it is the goldcard issue, it didn't actually work (and is still refusing to work) everytime I try to make one it needs to be formatted afterward.

I've tried about 10 times now.

I got the CID using the .APK file and used the website to get the image file. I've tried using both the hex edit method and the Gold Card Tool .exe thingy, both resulting in the same thing.

I'll try get this optus RUU if I can download it but might take a while..
[HTC Incredible S] Nonverbose:
What size sdcard are you using?

Edit: mirror for Optus ruu http://115.com/file/e68kclpf

Slow and in Chinese, but they have slots :) press white button to the right of the red VIP one.
[HTC Incredible S] M1nistry:
Yeah I managed to find a mirror, 120 kb/s and 20 minutes remaining.

I originally tried with my 16GB but thought it might be the reason so tried with a 2GB which yielded the same results. I ran through the script again and will try to downgrade with the Optus on when it finishes and will post back.

Edit: It's installing now :3 god hope my HBOOT is below 2.00 after this or I'll put it in the microwave.

Edit2: Success! 1.34 HBOOT, about to run Revolutionary for S-OFF followed by Ice cold sandwhich rom.
[HTC Incredible S] Nonverbose:
Many instructions for other phones say to use mmc0 or mmc1 where our phone uses the mmc2. This might be something to consider. Also AFAIK using the hexedit method, its usual to format the goldcard after creation to get it to function, formatting does not affect the section of the card edited.
[HTC Incredible S] M1nistry:
Alright S-OFF, I can now install Ice Cold Sandwhich and Virtuous Quattro. Now both seem to be hanging on the Splash screen? I did the fastboot flash boot boot.img with the boot.img from the zip but still hanging.

Am I missing a step?
[HTC Incredible S] ddsam:
I faced a similar problem. My Hboot used to read -

Vivo PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT- 2.00.0000

RADIO-3822.10.08.28_M

eMMC-boot

Nov 1 2011, 20:33:03

Exactly same as yours. Unlocked via HTCdev.com. When I tried to get complete s-off using the method posted by Nonverbose, I got the error in hboot - "RELOCKED HBOOT (with a Security Warning)".

However I went ahead and ran the RUU in fastboot mode and everything was fine. I have complete s-off now. Thanks a lot Nonverbose!

I opted to create a goldcard during the script run. So I didn't bother about the correct RUU version.
[HTC Incredible S] Nonverbose:
S-off doesn't require a manual boot.img flash. Try wiping cache/dalvik/data if you haven't already.
[Epic 4G General] tsperez:
I was on Legendary and then SimpleROM but I'm ready for a change as long as it is stable (like the ones I just mentioned). I tried reading the threads but they keep changing and some are very long.

Just wondering if someone knows since I have been on only this 2 ROMs for nearly a year.

tsp
[Epic 4G General] darkierawr:
Try out CM9.

It's pretty popping fresh.

Also, MIUI.

And in the future, we discourage best ROM threads.
[Epic 4G General] Speedin07si:
Depends on how you use your phone. CM9 beta 0 is stable for a daily ROM. But If your a power user like on your phone nonstop then you will find yourself wanting a charger.

Also gotta ask the question to you want to move to the MTD side.... best bet is to read up on everything, then test out different roms till you find one that you like.

Sent from a CM9 powered Epic.
[Epic 4G General] Epicroms:
If you want a good stable Rom the marcusant rom version3 and the shake and bake theme are a nice combo. Also cm9 is also kinda nice but its still in beta
[Epic 4G General] Alkah0liK:
Threads are long because everyone is trying to butt hurt everyone else, and there are a lot of useless postings (such as this one). Just be sure whatever rom you use has the appropriate thanks, documentation and GPL reference or you will get blasted even as just a user.

Just try them all, go nuts, have fun! Just be sure to do whatever you can to brick your device so you can provide yourself with the logical reasoning to upgrade as quickly as possible.

Sent from my, is it safe to claim, personally semi-tweaked (but not shared) and still therefore kanged??? sammiEpic running some CM9b0 shiznizzle.....
[Epic 4G General] tsperez:
Thanks to all that offered good advise and options.

And to clarify a few points:

1 - I did not ask what was the best ROM (I know better than that).

2 - I respect the advise of the users here and do not wish to try them all. It simply takes too much time when all the ROMs say to wipe everything clean including data. It's a very long process putting everything back the way it was. The last 2 updates I did did not update my programs so I had to install them all manually plus their data. And as some of you may know, restoring from backup is not always a good thing to do.

So... I really appreciate those that provided a few options for me to try. Will do soon. And btw I alway provide feedback to the thread on the ROMs that I try. Comes from being a technology administrator for many years.

Thanks again,

tsp
[Epic 4G General] GuestK00145:
CleanGB
[Epic 4G General] freedomfighter2006:
I second that, CLEANGB!
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
CM9 :)

If you need battery life then use cm7.

Sent from my modded Epic 1x that I cannot love more.. Thank you EpicCM team, bbelos, and zeppelinrox
[Epic 4G General] nvertigo:
CM9! Seriously it's ****ing ICS and you will be surprised by how stable it is. There are bugs but as a daily driver I personally haven't run into any.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
In order for someone to answer this you have to let people know how you use your phone. Are you hooled on the Touchwiz interface? Then it would require some work and getting similiar apps for CM7, CM9 or any other AOSP ROM. If you just want to update to the newer firmware and like how your phone is running now, then Sleeper or CleanGB. If you need more app space then you want to go to an MTD ROM like CleanGB MTD. At least read the OP's of any ROM you are considering to know all the features.
[Epic 4G General] lilparker:
im running marcusants nexus s port and its really stable and everything besides voice search works :cool:
[Epic 4G General] suzukisandy:
CM9 ICS

I've been using CM9 ICS since alpha 2 and I had to Odin my phone back to stock for some weird reason. It was so strange seeing the stock interface after using ICS. "I can't swipe notifications away? What is this vertical scrolling? Bloatware???" So yeah, beta 0 seems good enough for me for now, plus the battery life is way better than stock.
[Epic 4G General] danipoak:
CM9 for sure. The only real issue was the phantom voicemail but there is a fix for it now (as of today).
[Epic 4G General] virgillette:
Loving the CM9. It's like a new phone!
[Epic 4G General] Jed Dignazio:
Tried CM9 and it was allot more stable than I expected. However it still needs work and is not as solid as stock. The lag overall started to annoy me along with other things like garbled text messaging, 4G issues, occasional reboots, and no visual voicemail, but the devs are doing a great job.

I am on Clean GB right now and will jump back to Thunderhawk when Random updates to El30.

Dont flame my opinion, please.
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
What about CM7 Beta? have you given that a try?
[Epic 4G General] Jed Dignazio:
Hmm, No. I tried the RC0, but not the Beta. I think I am picky and just need everything to work as good as stock or better.
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
CM7 is 99% on the dot to being stock if not better haha try it out it says MMS may be unreliable it may not download sometimes but after clicking a few times it works but i had this on stock as well haha
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
My mms only works on cm9/variants.. Not stock, and lol

Sent from my modded Epic 1x that I cannot love more.. Thank you EpicCM team, bbelos, and zeppelinrox.
[Epic 4G General] AproSamurai:
~Drops an MTD Bomb~

What is EpicMTD and what should be known about it.

If the OP is curious, being that everything in Dev was made a roll up sticky and even more invisible lol.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daonechris:
Hi guys,

I need some urgent help from you guys.

I am a system admin of a company and we have the need to purchase a few of the Samsung tablets. We need to control the user's access to the network. eg once we have the proxy setting enabled. We do not want user to be able to change the setting.

Any Android software would enable us to do so??

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DT3CH:
Not sure if these will help but give them a look

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...uYW5kcm9pZC5hcHBzLmVudGVycHJpc2UuZG1hZ2VudCJd

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDEsImNvbS5vdmVybG9vay5hbmRyb2lkLmZpbmciXQ..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zootedgoon:
can someone send me the link to the 3g Turbo charger and kernelizer. epic 4g
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Its in android development and hack in the main thread... or you can google it ;)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
They aren't phone specific. Use Google before posting or you WILL be yelled at.

Sent from my modded Epic 1x that I cannot love more.. Thank you EpicCM team, bbelos, and zeppelinrox
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] jon_doh:
Hi,

I needed to remove clockworkmod and reinstall standard fw on my S5670 (UK) to sell it.

I reflashed using FW from samfirmware (S5670XWKQ2) and now it won't boot properly it just goes into a loop.

1) Is that the correct firmware?

2) I did it using Odin and the "One Package" setting is that correct.

3) How do I get out of this mess?

Would really appreciate someone more knowledgeables help!!

Thanks guys
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] jon_doh:
Hahahahahahahahahahaha.............. I'm retarded................................

Thank you :)
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] inginer:
I faced the same problem and to install an original rom had to uninstall CWM
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] droidxpert:
Just reflash a stock rom using odin...that'll do it!!!!
[HTC Incredible S] akalic:
Hi,

I'm very new to the custom rom scene. I have the Incredible S (2.3.5 android version, 3.0 HTC sense) with the android revolution HD 2.2.0 installed. Everything was fine and dandy when i unlocked and rooted it to get to this point.

Everything was smooth but as the days went by, I noticed that my phone would just get extremely slow..chugging by just to open up message windows...anything, then it would get REALLY slow and the the tell me "force close" or " keep waiting" since the whole interface was "not responding". REgardless of what i press, it is just super slow, the screen shuts off from inactive use, and I can't use it anymore. I know it is a problem with some lag. I have to take out the battery and reboot the phone just to get it to work again, to which it works perfectly fine till it does the same thing again...later on. It can happen while surfing the web, texting, checking phone status, anything...very frustrating...

advice? I really like the HD at this point but i'm at the point where i'm out of options.....and with my limited knowledge I dont know what to do since i banked on this one just working
[HTC Incredible S] Nonverbose:
Did you use the superwipe script before flashing the Rom? Although in all honesty I would roll back to the previous version (2.1.3 IIRC). It's as close to perfection that I have experienced on this phone, the 2.2.0 for me was... disappointing, both battery and stability-wise.
[HTC Incredible S] akalic:
yes i did use the superwipe included. I deleted this "call delay patch" app that fixed my phone's lag at the start of every phone call....(ironically, deleting it still "fixed" it). So far it hasn't crashed, but if it does I will look into downgrading.

It is the same protocol right? Superwipe -> installing from SD card (the older version)
[HTC Incredible S] Nonverbose:
Yeah, same install procedure.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] 216Monster:
Thought this would be useful to the community. I packed the :

N64oid, Ataroid, GBCoid, GBAoid, Gensoid, Nesoid and Snesoid.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/vxauhmb47comkvy/Emulator_Icons.rar
[HTC Sensation] nightanole:
So I got my new sensation and am in the process of repairing it. I should have it running in the next week. If my goal is to put a virtuous rom on it, should i wait a few weeks till after the OTA ICS is pushed in the USA? Or is the OTA a mute point due to the modded rom goal?

aka lets say the OTA happens, is the phone going to be any different at the end software/firmware wise if i do the ota then flash a rom, or just flash a rom now?
[HTC Sensation] Raiderz8418:
If you want to be on official software the just wait but if you aren't patient then go ahead and try the many beautiful ics roms out right now. There isn't any difference in flashing the rom before the update or after the update, its the same exact thing.

Just remember to flash the corresponding firmware before the rom you would like to flash.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anshar666:
Can someone help me recover from a from a full format, i was trying to root and f@ck up and did full format, it still boots archos recovery but i can get nowhere, help please!

Thanks
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shano56:
do this ----