yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiskenigaten:
Please help me a bit with those kernels! :) I have a defy+ with 2.3.6 base and one of those newest official build nandroids. Can I flash Walter's kernel? ^^

Just don't want any bootloader error! :)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bds bamrah:
M on froyo kernel running cm7.2

Can I flash gb kernel? Also m having green lens.

Will the camera work on walters69 kernel?

AWESOMEDEFY@1.1GHZ
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mareklee:
thanks

thanks, guys. i've been looking for the answers:)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdsaif92:
Is it okay to flash defy+ rom zip and then the gb kernel on a green lens defy? To me battery life is more important than camera
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mpegispg:
Walter79's kernel allows 720p recording for defy red lens.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hammadzafar:
Defy kernel Flash

i have a motorola defy green lens currently running cm9 4.0.4 (camera's not working but i don't care much for the camera ) . ok here's my problem i'm trying to flash a different kernel on my defy.. the current kernel im running is 2.6.32.9 cdt 2011 but i need better performance and i tried to flash semaphore kernel. the flash was successful but i see no changes and also in the settings>about phone the kernel version hasnt changed. i need help so that i can flash new kernel properly.. thanks
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblubb:
Hi!

I realize this is a very old thread, but it seems to be one of the few addressing the (dis)advantages of the froyo vs the GB kernel (independently of the ROM!).

The 720p-recording is really not important to me, but battery life is and I just read here that it would be better on GB kernel.

Do any of you have further experience with regards to battery-life difference between Froyo and GB kernels (not ROMs)!? Is it a big difference (to what extent or through which features?)

I have a MB525 with red lens and Froyo kernel, so I could go for a GB-kernel.

I've recently rooted my smartphone and flashed WIUI (3.1.27, GB&MIUI-based) on it, because (1) my phone was slowing down, (2) I wanted not to have any bloatware anymore and (3) I wanted some apps that only run on Gingerbread/2.3+ (e.g. the offline-language-package-feature from Google Translate). Almost everything is now better.

BUT, my battery life got worse! I've now down-volted my smartphone to a stable point and set it to 'smartassv2', but am looking for further improvement for the battery life. As WIUI can be installed both on froyo and GB-kernel, I might also update the Kernel...but only want to take the plunge if it really would make a difference...

any advice or experience is welcome!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bam85:
cant seem to find one....

anyone know if there is one?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] brooksyx:
Is this what your looking for?

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/clockworkmod-recovery-for-epic-4g-touch-el29-firmware/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattheyu:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21135009&postcount=2

Look at a4.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bam85:
Thank you both. highly appreciated.

follow up question...

I just went back to fix the gps issue. Worked like a charm, however.... I keep getting a "sorry, maps has stopped working" message. It still works though. Any idea what may cause this?

Im on mijjz ics blend fc14 v2.3

EL29 modem

FC07 kernel with recovery

Also, If i flash the FC14 Modem, would it undo the gps fix?

edit: ok i did lose maps and gps lock.... any ideas?

Any insight is greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDMpire:
This is a problems I'm having now with my GS2 and ICS(current is Bezke rom and Pure rom prior to that). Both of these ICS roms exhibit the same problem, it will see the wifi spot (its a Apple time machine and the connection uses WPA protection), it just won't connect to it.... EVER. The router is also just in the next room, so it has a perfect strong signal.

I did not have a problem before the ICS upgrade, it connected to the wifi spot just fine. As far as I'm concerned this is NOT a hardware problem but in software. I have had this issue with MANY MANY other high end android phones (I go through a lot), so much so that I got a 2nd router and run it open just for my android phones. I've tried utilities that "reset" the phone settings to help connect (not sure what that means, maybe like a DNS flush or ipconfig release/renew kind of deal...) but they never work.

Ive searched online for this issue and apparently thousands of others have had this same issue, but I don't remember seeing any talk of what exactly the problem is, or what to fix it (aside from flashing another rom). I would rather not be flashing every rom under the sun until I finally get it working, but I might just have to.

I really like this phone (I also have a 4S but don't use it because I like this Samsung so much) and plan on keeping this a while. Its a GT-I9100 BTW and not a carrier branded device, I have it on T-Mobile US.

I'm probably going to try the official Sammy rom next and see what happens. FWIW my last phone that had this problem was a Optimus 3D and it was running STOCK F/W and still would not connect. C'MON GOOGLE! WTF, This is a problem, can we PLEASE get it fixed:mad:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Can i take it that you have tried connecting with no security setup on the WiFi router first .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moonroy:
Same problem here. Just upgraded two S2's at work. Went thru the process to 2.3.4 and 2.3.5 and once in 4.0.3 neither of them worked using our cisco wifi. Remember having the same problem on the old HTC Hero, but the Desire and the Sensation (both 2.3.5 and 4.0.3) works fine, as do iPhones and some tablets.

Problem must lie within the S2 since we have loads of computers and other phones connected. Have tried static settings instead of dhcp but the setup on the phone is quite limited.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khoroshe:
Same here

9.5-9.7 Resurrection ICS based on XXLPH/XXLPJ won't connect to wpa2 secured University wifi. I've tried the official XXLPQ by Samsung and everything works like a charm.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moonroy:
It installed the XXLPQ so that is a no go. Tried connecting to a htc sensation hotspot and that worked. They just don't want to connect to the Cisco.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twitchyfingers:
Encryption requres screen lock

I'm on campus Wi-Fi a lot. apparently "credential storage" used on these enterprise networks can only be used when you have a screen lock pin code set up

Does that help?

trying to find a way around it myself, I dont want to have to type a pin in every time I pick up my phone when I'm sitting in my apartment streaming pandora.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDMpire:
Sorry I forgot to reply back, but I ended up "cheating" and getting another router SPECIFICALLY for my android devices that dont like wifi security. I got a coupon in the mail for a free wifi router (N too!), its pretty low end but hey, it works.

Sure thats not really fixing the issue with the phone, but Ive gotten to the point of so much frustration, if I try any further to fix the phone and fail I'll either end up destroying the thing, turning to drugs or both.

Sadly, that last sentence was not hyperbole, Im serious. HOWEVER the phone is working, so all is well here :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BrettK:
Just wondering if anyone has a different battery percentage other than Crysis for skyics 7.4. I'd like to be able to just flash the original one that came with skyics 7 without changing anything else as the 7.4 is awesome!

I have searched and have not been able to find it.

Thanks for the help and if possible, please post the download link :-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
check out UOT kitchen on google
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
I dont know what the original looked like. If you show me I will probably make one for you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BrettK:
Thanks so much! I was hoping for one of these two battery percentages, the second one I think is best. I've tried to post pics below. I do like the Crysis one, but it doesn't really give a quick visual reference of the battery state (color) unless you look hard at the number. Thanks again for your help! I'm using Faux Kernel 010 with skyics speed stripped 7.4 on Rogers.

Couldn't load the preferred pic so here is the link: It's about half way down and the post is by GT Eye

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1359248&page=17

Brett
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Serecomputing:
hey !

actually i am going to buy new ear plugs for my o1

so need suggestions which one to go for ..

and any used crreative EP 480 ? .. how is it ??

http://www.ebay.in/itm/BRAND-NEW-CR...?pt=IN_Mobile_Accessories&hash=item19ce7e4a78

there the link to ebay for it ..
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] creagrox:
Base is a bit of a downer, but flash beats audio (only for gb based roms) and you will be golden. A friend(optimus sol) has it.:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] excubated:
Hey!

A friend of mine recently got her S2 bricked due to a faulty OTA update. She was prompted to install ICS, even though the network operator's branded version is not to be released for another week or so (2 weeks after the stock release).

Now the device won't start, and customer support says she needs to hand it over to reset the phone. Although this fixes the phone, she would like to keep her pictures etc. that is saved in the phones internal memory.

Is it possible to mount the /data partition (or /user or whatever) to a Windows PC, and recover the files? I do believe the phone can boot in recovery, and I am moderately experienced with using ADB.

Optionally, is it possible to "abort" the update, and reset the phone to it's previous state? I was thinking to wipe the cache partition, but i'd love your input on this matter!

--excubated
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aincalandorn:
You could try flashing a GB rom via Odin. Or if you can, flash CWM recovery and mount the internal card (its sd_card, I think). Otherwise, I haven't a clue.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Try Recuva

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] screamworks:
Recuva is for deleted files (which also doesn't work too well on flash memory).

If she's got a custom recovery like ClockworkMod, skip to step 2.

Step. 1) download and install ClockworkMod recovery onto the device.

Step. 2) boot into CWM.

Step. 3) Go to Mounts and Storage.

Step. 4) Select Mount USB Storage.

Step. 5) Download (the .zip version) and extract the Android SDK.

Step. 6) Open a command prompt (CTRL+R, type cmd, hit enter).

Step. 7) CD to where ever you extracted to the SDK, like say C:\Android_SDK

Step. 8) CD to \platform-tools

Step. 9) In the command prompt, enter:

adb pull /sdcard/DCIM DCIM\

That should pull the camera folder. If there's photos outside that folder, try adb pull /sdcard SDCARD\

If you're looking to delete the photos, go back into Mounts and Storage, and hit format /sdcard.

But, if you can, as stated above, try flashing to a Gingerbread ROM and copying over like normal. A lot less hassle than the above.

screamworks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kumar Anil:
Try It

try using different ROM of any other country but of same Model no. (e.g. GT-I9100) in the downloading mode throug ODIN3. And formatting Cache partition will not change anything, but speed up the phone. firmware up gradation will not wipe your phone internal memory.

Hope it works for you.... :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] excubated:
Thanks for your answers so far, but I do believe flashing over any recovery or firmware will void the warranty on the device? She's not very eager to venture into the realm of warrantylessness, unfortunately ..

If whe was, she'd have had the MIUI ICS experience from the day it was launched ;) Need to keep everything stock, and if there is no way to retrieve the files without voiding the warranty, she'd rather send it in and lose all her data..

Can't I enter the normal recovery's terminal with adb shell? From there I mean to remember it is possible to mount and pull whatever I want..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xndyr:
Even without installing a custom recovery (CMW), the SGSII will allow you to go in to either Download Mode or Recovery mode. And I believe you should be able enter either mode even if the phone isn't booting up successfully (from a failed upgrade).

To enter recovery mode, you press and hold the Up Volume, Home Key and Power buttons.

To enter Download mode, you press and hold the Down Volume, Home Key and Power buttons.

You should be able to find the latest official/stock Gingerbread ROM in the forums here, and then you use Odin to install the GB ROM (from Download mode). This won't increase the count of "unofficial" Roms on the phone and shouldn't void the warranty.

While Odin is often referred to as a means to flash a custom ROM, it's not limited to only that. And the same for recovery mode. Most posts reference the CMW recovery that allows you to change to custom kernels and update "unofficial" packages on a rooted phone.

But you should still be able to revert back to a GB-based ROM and not void any warranty.

[if you boot the phone in to the official Samsung Download mode, it will display a message on the screen about the number of non-Samsung ROMs have been installed on the phone, and you should not see any number, or maybe "Zero"... I can't check to be sure because I forgot my phone in the office when leaving work today :P After you downgrade to GB, you can verify that the number is still blank or "Zero" by going back in to Download mode after you're sure the GB install was successful (it's not destructive to go in to Download mode just to view the counter. just power it off (as long as you're in the middle of pushing code to the phone :P) and then reboot]

I'm not as experienced as a lot of the folks on the site, but everything I've outlined above I've done at least a few times on my phone (to custom ROMs, back to official, even resetting/clearing the "counter", and I've always been able to recovery from a "bad install").

I hope that helps,
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bl4ckX:
Hey,

I am currently trying to help my best friends dad out. He dropped his GS2 during his holiday. Now the lcd is dead. The digitizer is not broken and seems to be working, as I get a feedback from the lockscreen when I tap on it, but I am having a small suspicion, that one half of the digitizer doesn't work anymore. The phone has a pin lock screen, it is not rooted and developer options are not turned on.

Is there any way to get access to the internal storage, and recover files from there? (He wants the pictures back he made on holiday ;) )

Btw: I haven't owned any Samsung smartphone yet and I don't know how the recovery stuff works there so if there is a solution for this problem I would really appreciate a step by step tutorial. I have knowledge about rooting, flashing and stuff, so if it would be a solution to root the phone, I could do that, as my best friends dad doesn't want to repair the device anyways.

Greetings

Bl4ckX
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bl4ckX:
Nobody any idea? :/
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] leetjimis:
I dont want to sound stupid, but Is there a way to hide the removed dye on the bottom of the phone? Other than getting a cover. I feel very uncofortable whenever I see it :-/.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] leetjimis:
Oh yea, theres the pic
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] leetjimis:
Well its not a stain, the dye got removed ;/
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] leetjimis:
Ok np
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] samrox144:
can you post the logcat ?

and post the stock or original build.prop
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JaiminRajani:
How do I do that? I'll have to re-flash the ROM in order to get things back to normal, as the current build.prop changes have resulted in what I just mentioned in the thread. Also I can't revert back. So, I'm left with no other option.

P.S. Though I might sound like a complete newbie, but I'm not one.

Will re-install gingerbread right away and get started with what you ask me to do henceforth.

- sincere thanks

Update: Got how to obtain the logcat. On my way to doing that.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JaiminRajani:
Here's the logcat.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JaiminRajani:
Several entries saying:

D/InputReader( 163): Skip touch event until bootCompleted...

???
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] samrox144:
Try removing the multi touch lines and also the gpu ones
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JaiminRajani:
The problem has been persisting even before I added the multi-touch entries. Still removing it and GPU as well.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JaiminRajani:
Rebooted to find out that the problem still persists :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JaiminRajani:
Here's the new logcat.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] varun.chitre15:
Try setting dithering to 1 else remove the line and check.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razor-1911:
So i installed 9mm HD and waited forever till the game downloads all the files and start playing it...

Game runs smooth and the samoled screen is really cool...

BUT at one point of the game i realised that the calibration was really off... The spot i touched my phone the game read it as approx 1,5 centimeters above... Even choosing the correct menu option is a challenge... As far as i looked i couldnt find a calibrate option for the game... Anyone can make any suggestions? Thanks for ur time
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vsohail:
I hve been frequently changing ROMs on my phone and never had this problem with any GB ROM yet..when i moved to ICS i have started getting this problem..i put the new MIUI Rom 2.3.16 LPH and on that everything is working except amny apps give this error appplication not installed ..my base band is LPQ...when i go to an AOKP CM9 ROM this error is removed and once i got this error on my AOKP also but now its gone...its very frustrating cause evrything else is functioning perfectly..is it to do with the kernel or baseband or just a ROM error..i tried putting SiyahK alpha 4 on my MIUI 2.3.16 and the ROM dint boot only so i switched back to AOKP[my favourite]...can anyone help or if someone has a similar issue can they share
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okmijnlp:
The apps won't be compatible with ICS yet.
[Xperia Arc General] chiefy009:
Miui confirm v4 coming to Arc S next,

Great news

From miui twitter feed

Guess which device will get MIUI V4? Sony Ericsson LT18i :D http://t.co/1JyI3LQb -- MIUIROM (@miuirom)

Here is the status update
[Xperia Arc General] ArmorD:
Really? That's awesome news! Can't wait! :D

Sent from LT18i @ Xda Premium
[Xperia Arc General] tinyXperia:
http://twitter.com/miuirom/status/181620219956047873

Hope the ports for the Neo will become better too.
[Xperia Arc General] rashid.fairus:
i see they have release it,true???

Sent from my Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] doomed151:
For the Galaxy S II, yes.

arc S, no.
[Xperia Arc General] rashid.fairus:
really miss miui theme,hope its get better in v4

Sent from my Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] Flo95:
Only for S II on which it runs damn awesome.

I'm chatting with a swedish member of this forum who has an S II. He is a MIUI fan and gave me a little review of MIUI 4
[Xperia Arc General] 2000tidus2000:
Awesome! Hope it will be released soon
[Xperia Arc General] doomed151:
Internal closed beta testing starts today!

God, I can't wait! Hopefully it will be available to the public by Friday.
[Xperia Arc General] SOA_Asy:
WOW !!

I can't wait, too !!
[Xperia Arc General] chiefy009:
Brilliant news
[Xperia Arc General] doomed151:
Sorry for the offtopic post but I think I've seen your name somewhere.
[Xperia Arc General] SOA_Asy:
me too

I saw you many times but i didn't act in any forum

Sorry my bad English
[Xperia Arc General] Guimenez:
WOW thats fanstastic !!!!!!

i'm building MIUI based on CM7 FXP, and i just love it.

If will be oficial release, wow i just can wait :D
[Xperia Arc General] Xperia-Ray:
how can I use the camera apk on my ray 2.3.4 unrooted?
[Xperia Arc General] luvrilke:
It's awesomemm
[Xperia Arc General] ArmorD:
Friday? I thought it'd take weeks or even months! Gosh, I'm excited :D
[Xperia Arc General] manymoore:
Wow! Very good news, i can't wait to try it out with my Arc S :D
[Xperia Arc General] chiefy009:
I asked miui on Facebook it will take 1-2weeks before beta testing is complete
[Xperia Arc General] visarya:
if i am correct l18i rom should work fine with l15i also. or will it not ?
[Xperia Arc General] chiefy009:
Not sure it may need a dev to port it , I am running the one that's in development thread and its awesome !

sent from my Miui v4 powered Arc S
[Xperia Arc General] ArmorD:
I think so. Every other LT18 labelled roms do work on LT15, so why not this?
[Xperia Arc General] visarya:
exactly why i raised that point , just wondering where can i get hold of a l18i development build to test on my l15i
[Xperia Arc General] punkmonkey1984:
+1 id like to try this or read about it at the least. :D

guessing somewhere on here:

http://www.miui.com/forum-35-1.html
[Xperia Arc General] chiefy009:
Its in development thread !

There is a miui v4 rom for both arc s and arc runs great

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308849

sent from my Miui v4 powered Arc S
[Xperia Arc General] punkmonkey1984:
Oh i thought you meant the miui closed beta, because i cant find that thread.
[Xperia Arc General] chiefy009:
Miui closed beta is closed to miui only we won't get it for 1 to 2 weeks hence why its a closed beta test

sent from my Miui v4 powered Arc S
[Xperia Arc General] punkmonkey1984:
Oh ok, thought it was closed as in they stopped letting people test/download it.

Just got to sit back and be patient then lol

Sent from my Arc to your eyes.
[Xperia Arc General] Chao_Tsang:
I think the offical MIUIV4 is so buggy.I got it once and try to use it.
[Xperia Arc General] Logistiks:
Started using MIUI back on my i9000, been using it for a few months on my Arc S and still love it. Official release is great, but I've gotta give kudos to the devs and their unofficial ports. Work so smoothly and still loving it!
[Xperia Arc General] Guimenez:
Anyone here have only the default kernel from Oficial v4 beta?

Thanks
[Xperia Arc General] zainthesnipe:
Would we need a port to arc? Or can I just use arc s rom?
[Xperia Arc General] chiefy009:
The arc s rom should be out in a week or two this is the offical miui rom

There is currently a port version running that is in development section that is running smooth with only a few glitches, I would imagine when the offical comes out the version in development thread will be finished there is currently one for Arc and Arc S
[Xperia Arc General] ArmorD:
Now that I've been using DiMiui for a week(the only rom I've actually used on this phone, not just tried), I could say I'm a fan of their work.

I wonder will Arc get the full support like HTC Sensation. Like weekly updates and Extended Settings(that actually works)?
[Xperia Arc General] chiefy009:
I had extended settings working on my dimiui you have to use latest version with no over scroll

sent from my Miui v4 powered Arc S
[Xperia Arc General] hpcorona:
These are excelent news!
[Xperia Arc General] hpcorona:
Awesome!
[Xperia Arc General] ZduneX25:
I downloaded SRC and if you want then ArcS is already there, so you can build and test before it's official out.. It has special settings (lt18isettings.apk) like xloud, bravia and 3d camera, so it will be very nice rom. It bases on official ICS beta from SEMC ;) so it will be fast and smooth.

I made a build for lt18i and log seems to be fine:

http://pastebin.com/aYg7zZL0

Can't try it, cos I have other Xperia mine is NeoV, but I can share if someone wanna test it.