yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netizenmt:
The first thing to do? Here's a list:

1. READ everything you can find related to your model version of the Play. There are different versions depending on where you are in the world and who your service provider is. If you have a GSM capable phone (Europe, Canada, ATT in US just to name a few), you will have a lot more modification options available. If you have a CDMA capable phone (Verizon), you have fewer choices but there are more coming almost every day.

2. READ again - you know you only understood maybe a 10th of what you just read! :D

3. POST specific questions AFTER you have searched the forums. Don't be afraid to try Google - that's what it's there for.

4. THINK !!! - what is it that you expect to get from modifying your phone that it doesn't do now? If you just want to remove bloatware, you can simply root, install a custom recovery, make a backup and then go to town. No need for unlocking the bootloader or loading a custom rom.

5. SLOW DOWN !!! - don't be in such a hurry to modify your phone that you leap before you look. Most bricked phones could be avoided in the first place by taking time to understand the steps involved before making changes.

6. DON'T PANIC !!! - There are very few things you can do to your phone that the experienced folks here on the forums can't help you resolved.

7. HAVE FUN !!!

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Not necessarily. If you install some of the latest updates, you no longer can root. That's why some research needs to be done first.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anbu187:
Search google and read xda forums on a daily basis. That's the shortest route lol :D

1. Root using zergrush or use flashtool rooting feature

2. Unlock bootloader (this will void your warranty)

3. Install clockworkmod 5.0.2.7 for xperia phones (get it free on play store fka android market)

4. Install titanium backup and perform batch backup of your apps to your sd card

5. Get doomlord's kernel v11 (link is on my signature) and wifi modules

6. Reboot into recovery and hold down or tap volume down to enter CWM recovery

7. Flash the kernel, then reboot and flash the wifi module

8. Flash your custom rom

9. There your phone is bricked! Haha
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silmes:
Thanks for the input.

The only thing that I plan to do, is probably just remove bloatware and nothing more. So I guess it´s just down to rooting the phone then, and delete the things that I don´t want? No need for unlocking bootloaders etc.?

Is there a list of what stuff that can be deleted? Or other things that can be achieved by only rooting the phone?

And the last question. Is it totally ok to accept android updates after the rooting and removing of bloatware?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netizenmt:
If you aren't going to get into custom kernels and overclocking, then no, you can do what you want without unlocking the bootloader.

There are some links in General and here in Q & A that make suggestions of what can be removed safely.

If you only rooted and didn't remove anything, you could accept updates. If you remove bloatware, the update won't even install. That's why I suggest installing CWM (ClockWorkMod) Recovery and doing a Nandroid Backup after you root but before you debloat.

Here are some useful links for you:

Rooted (Locked Bootloader) Phone - App Removal (Safe List)

[GUIDE] R800x owners - You got Custom ROM questions? I've got Answers!

The second one there was one I posted up for R800x users with locked bootloaders. It was all the stuff I had to glean for myself when mine was locked.

Hope this helps. :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julianpaul:
Sigh...hope this isn't too late.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23845116#post23845116
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razerblader:
First thing: Root right away with Flashtool (http://androxyde.github.com/) and don't listen to the others, the Flashtool nowdays contains the Exploit that you need and it works perfect to root on 2.3.4 (I did it myself when I root'd mine the first time).

I am planning on buying an Xplay, mainly for phoning and gaming. I am very keen on keeping the Xplay "clean" and fast, and therefore wish to remove all bloatware from the beginning.

I recommend the Titanium Backup as all the others, and you can use this list as help: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046699&highlight=remove+app+list

Could someone point me in a direction to where to start when I first unpack my phone? Should I accept all the updates and so on?

Yes, do that first of all before you go ahead and root your device.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silmes:
Q: Could someone point me in a direction to where to start when I first unpack my phone? Should I accept all the updates and so on?

A: Yes, do that first of all before you go ahead and root your device.

The interesting thing is that the answer to this seems to differ on who you ask. Further back in this thread, someone advised me NOT to update, as it might lead to problems when trying to root my phone. What´s the deal here?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spectre51:
If you update to the .62 firmware you can't root.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netizenmt:
That's because it differs between models and some people aren't aware of that, while others like to be argumentative! :D

If you have a Verizon R800x Play, our firmware only goes up to Version 2.3.3 (3.0.1.E.0.88). If yours comes with 2.3.2, you're safe to update. You will be able to root with no problem.

If you have one of the other phones, you can apply updates below 4.0.2.A.0.62 and still root. .62 and higher, no root.

Check out this thread [HOW-TO] Root Phones w/ Android v2.2.x-2.3.x (zergRush Method) for additional information.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foolzgold:
Here in the UK Sky Player has been launched and I am having problems streaming from it, I am led to believe that the problem is that I rooted my phone to Lightening Rom about a year ago. I am prepared to go back to stock ROM/UN Root my phone so i can use this particular App

The Phone is from the Orange network UK

Can anyone tell me what i need to do . . . . Thanks In advance!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The-Hulk:
You will need to flash a stock rom using odin you can get a stock rom from here, it gives all the instructions on the page so read it all. Also you could go to samsfirmware and use one of the stock roms from their.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foolzgold:
Unfortunatley it didn't work, still is Lightening ROM . . . I downloaded XXKH3 and phone rebooted fine, Still SKY GO fails to work and says 'SKY GO is not supported on Rooted Android Devices'

Any tips on getting my phone back to factory spec/stock?

Arggggh :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VAXXi:
If I remember correctly, Sky Go checks the ro.secure flag. Custom ROMs usually ship with ro.secure set to value of 0, so you can play with your phone as you like; however, some "secured" applications don't like this (banking apps, your Sky Go, etc).

Try a CF-Root 5.4 kernel (or newer), as it comes with "fake secure" - the flag is reported as "1" to apps, but ADB thinks it's "0".
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foolzgold:
Sorry Vaxxi I'm a noob and dont understand alot about this sort of stuff, to be honest I installed Lightning Rom because i though it looked good :). . . .

Just want to get my phone back to how it was out of the factory so that Sky Go App doesnt think the phone has been rooted!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beatsleigher:
goto this website, create an account. Then download the ROM.

Once downloading has finished (I hope you have Odin) flash via Odin3 BOOOMMM!!!!

You're done...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foolzgold:
Thanks for the reply Familyguy, i did open an account earlier and my baseband version I9100XXKH3 is no longer available . . . . is it ok to try the latest firmware S7500XXLC2?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beatsleigher:
At best, you always download the newest firmware. But you have to make sure, that it is stable. So, stick with Gingerbread, or ICS 4.0.3. If you find 4.0.4 on the website, leave your fingers from it. It just about works on my GNex...

But, basicly yes. Always stick with the newest firmware :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omgitsniklas:
should be work like the guys above me expained already. recovery -> wipe everything -> format system and stuff to be sure everything is clean -> flash newest GB firmware -> done and unrooted!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beatsleigher:
Sorry for interrupting, but:

When you flash a ROM, with Odin (a stock ROM) superuser is already deletd... Because the whole ROM get's overwritten. So don't worry about CWM, that says by, bye, aswell...

Just flash the ROM, and you will be stock. Put a jig in, aswell, and noone will notice, you mucked around with the ROM...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
That is NOT for the I9100.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beatsleigher:
No, the person, that wrote before this post, is right. I'll post a link, with the right firmware page.

Download this There is the link... You need to look, for you specific phone... This is 4.0.3 Open Europe. It should work fine..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allengotak:
Hii Forum!

My question is this:

Now, is posible adding the flash player in samsung galaxy mini? :confused:

urgent!!, is it possible? how do I put it?

Thank you!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marek989:
No real, because it have ARMV6 processor. But, there are ports, but they are laggy.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akshit97:
Skyfire Web Browser 4.0

if you want to watch a video then you can download Skyfire Web Browser 4.0..it converts the flash video and plays it on your phone not having flash
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salemkiro:
Use Puffin browser it supports flash natively and works flawlessly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phrack:
I was thinking of getting a mini (I like the small size fits in my pocket). It comes with Android 2.2 which I thought had Adobe Flash built-in like my Samsung SGHT959 does. I know it's not as powerful with 600MHZ I expected flash video would be really choppy but no flash at all?

EDIT**

Looks like it's true Galaxy Mini doesn't come with Adobe Flash but it's possible to add it if your phone is rooted:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1309880

Anyone know of a phone same size as mini but with Adobe flash built-in?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spunker88:
Flash player depends on the ARM version (ARMv7 is required) more than the clock speed. For example the OG Droid only has a 600mhz processor but its ARMv7 so flash will work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phrack:
If that were true no one would have flash running on the mini. Search the Galaxy Mini thread and you'll find that Adobe flash does run on the Galaxy Mini with both stock and custom roms. It probably doesn't run very smooth which I expect but it does run. Obviously having a more powerful CPU in your phone will yield smoother playback but Adobe flash is not CPU dependant.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spunker88:
Okay, it can be modded to run on ARMv6 but you cannot download it from Google Play unless you have ARMv7.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -RDR-:
Just google " adobe flash 10.2 for arm 6 devices " and follow androidcampus link...btw the flash player WORKS PERFECTLY on my SGA....it will work good on ur mini too try it..

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sam razzy:
Guys I found an interesting game according to review from Google Play.. but I purchased the game application.. but when I'm ready to play with fully set... but it shows an error msg that it doesn't work on our device bcos of low screen resolution.. do u guys have this problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BJ van Beethoven:
You've got a 15 minute return window, use it. Then download Osmos HD.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisjcks:
I have osmos hd on my SGS2, it plays fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] I_FLY_Z3R0:
I saw this in another thread and I thought it was a neat idea.

Just add your own funny conclusion to "You know you're rooted when"!

Have fun!

Example: You know you're rooted when you spend more time on the XDA forums than with your family.

You know you're rooted when you flash every ROM available for the Epic touch!

Special thanks to kennysvgp08 for the idea

This guy below me has the best one so far vvv
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yourbrotherrex:
You know you're rooted....

when you miss a call from friends or family, and they ask why....

You tell them that you must have been "in recovery", and don't understand the strange looks they give you:

"Mom, I DON'T have a drug problem!"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rgregg504:
You know your rooted when you flash something in cwm at work and soft brick so you lite to your boss so you can leave early to access Odin at home
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ja5oN:
I'm liking this thread already:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cidica:
You know you're rooted when the Sprint Employee looks at your phone and says "dude BlazerRom?"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dw3bb10:
HAHAHA! This happens all the time to me!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] regP:
You know you're rooted when your girlfriend doesn't understand why you spend so much time "fixing" a brand new phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] borkan:
That sounds a lot like what I go through..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
lol that was too funny
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ja5oN:
You know your rooted when you spend more on a Christmas gift for QBKing77 then you do for your wife/girlfriend.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] coiledwire:
You know you're rooted when you busted the f5 key on both of your keyboards over the last month of ics leaks. :p

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ja5oN:
You know your rooted when you were younger and people asked you what you wanted to be when you grew up, you answered a Recognized Developer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KBizzle:
You know you're rooted when... you never have to clear out your sms inbox because you just do it when you flash a new rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] silversx80:
You know you're rooted when:

- you forget what the "Sprint Zone" notification bar icon looks like.

- you have more memory taken up by flashable ROMs on your SD card than music.

- your wife won't let you touch her phone because of how often yours is soft-bricked.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
My post from the other thread :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dude12v:
You know you're rooted when you wake up every morning looking forward/expecting another ICS leak.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yourbrotherrex:
I'll just leave this here:

View attachment 955145

(I'm guilty of this, for sure.)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] T.C.P:
haha thats me :cool::cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] srgwidowmaker:
U know yor rooted when u spend more time on xda then your girlfriend spends on facebook:-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Darrien13:
You know you're rooted when your girlfriend gets mad at you because she thinks you're talking you're phone to serious.

You know your rooted when your friends ask in amazement how did you make your phone look like that:eek:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Talon65442:
You know you're rooted when the first and most expensive purchases in your Google Wallet are Superuser Elite and Titanium Backup Pro
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] The Root:
You know you're rooted when you hold off on buying the phone you really want in order to see which devs are actually getting it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] npoynter89:
LOL!!! same thing happens to me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pclev99:
This one might sound bad but I think in my case it might be true

To know your rooted when you have donated to DEV'S more then you have your church.

You know your rooted when all you want for your birthday is a class 10 32gb sd card so that you pack it full of every modem kernel theme and rom your heart desires for no other reason then in case you get bored with what is working just fine and just have to flash some thing new.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] The Root:
I did the 2nd this year....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] williecat316:
you know you are rooted when

-you can't use your wifes phone, which is the same model, because stock is too slow.

-you laugh maniacally every time the sales people try to get you to buy the warranty.

-you spend an hour off the clock, convincing coworkers to root.

-you use words like ODIN, ROM, and boot loader without feeling weird.

-people look at you weird a lot while discussing smart phones.

-and you always recommend phones based on how easy they are to root and flash.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xtranger:
lol...

hahahaha... that just happened to me:D:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] carhauler1969:
You know you're rooted when you call sprint to switch ESN's between your EVO 4G & your newly purchased E4GT & you tell them you'll have to call them back because the EPST codes won't work on the EVO (because you're running Gingerbread-EVO-Deck 1.3d on it) and as soon as the ESN switch is made you promptly root the E4GT that hasn't been out of the box 30 minutes yet.... :rolleyes:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
I did that lol forgot to flash sense on the evo b4 calling :rolleyes:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob4828:
you know you're rooted when The Rock comes to your gym today and you can't take video because the rom you're currently on doesn't support it yet. -_-
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Me:

You know your rooted when you check the development section four times a day hoping your favorite ROMs have updates to flash, even if its just a minor adjustment.

There is!!!

From 1.0.1.1 to 1.0.1.2........whoohoo!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NaeNegriTech:
You know you're rooted when all the Sprint techs know you by name and greet you with "You bricked your phone again, didn't you?"

(This coming from a former Sprint tech.)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] WolfSpider95:
You know your rooted when you don't need to pay for adfree apps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pathtologos:
You know you're rooted when you find yourself spending time trying to come up with a funny "you know you're rooted when..." ending line cuz you're so desperately waiting for an update for your rom and you need to come up with something to do in the meantime.

On a sidenote, I relate to so many of these, it's too damn funny (or sad...lol).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] t91180:
You know you're rooted when you are in your car and pass a street named Calkin and immediately think of Calkulin roms..

Sent from my MIUI powered E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Adam3Sixty:
You know ur rooted when u can flash a dodgy zip file, and fix it again DURING ur hardcore set at a big outdoor festival in Cornwall!!

No word of a lie, just come off the decks and my phone is workin again, LMFAO!!

Sent from a tree branch outside your sisters bedroom using a S.E. R800i
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
You know your rooted when you leave your phone at someones house (because you had your hands full and had it laying on the car to listen to music) and you worry that you will get home and you wont be able to update your rom, so you drive back to get it in the hopes of an update.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vgaboy:
you know you are rooted as soon as you read this
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] swamp goblin:
You know you are rooted when you check xda more then 50 times a day, although most roms only get updated every couple weeks. It consumes your life.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Zurginator:
You know you has root when you spend more time configuring your phone than you do using it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sdm14:
You know you are rooted when you post on various social networks about how much battery life you are getting. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
You know your rooted when you spend more time on XDA then you do social networks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lickarock:
You know your rooted when nobody questions having a strange handle on XDA.

... or that you know what the words handle and XDA mean.

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You know you're rooted when you have superuser on your phone.

HAHAHA

Sorry, couldn't help it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Nuenjin:
This is great! :)

You know you are rooted when:

-your 4 month old watches more QBKing77 videos than Baby Einstein.

-the phone was rooted within hours of purchase.

-the wife asks if you'll ever stop working on the phone and just enjoy it.

-you spend a lot of time talking people off the ledge of buying an iphone for one reason or another.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
You know your rooted when you talk a iphone user in coming to android. They then proceed to get the ATT version of the GS2 (Skyrocket) based off your advice, then what to know how to get their phone like yours :)

Once they learn android more, Hopefully I will get them rooted.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rmwarren01:
You know your rooted when you look at somebody else phone and first question you ask is "why havent you rooted it"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
You know you're rooted when words like dalvik cache and nandroid no longer sound foreign to you.

You know you're rooted when you call your sister but spend 30 minutes on the phone talking about leaks and rooting with your brother-in-law instead.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] manymoore:
You know you're rooted when you look inside your pants
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Brilliant!

You know your rooted when you use terminal emulator just to simply reboot the phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
You know you're rooted when qB king feels like another member of your family.

Pp.

Sent from my tofu plasma converter.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyespo:
You know your rooted when....

Your girl keeps bugging about what im always doing on my phone, flashing rom's catching up on xda, missed calls and text while flashing etc.

But you know your rooted with a crazy GF when she takes the wooden kitchen mallet and smashes my EVO 3D into 50 pieces of junk.

Hence me getting my ET4G

Guess wasent so bad after all.. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shiftr182:
You know your rooted when you pass up an offer to trade a 32gb iPhone 4S for either of your E4GT's

...I did it today, a guy offered to trade straight up for my black one... :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] swamp goblin:
You know youre rooted when even the idea of owning an iPhone makes you laugh uncontrollably :) I also got offered a trade today for a white 16gb 4s, started laughing hysterically, geek humor.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shiftr182:
Yeah, the dude told me that his iphone is worth more than my e4gt. I told him yeah, to somebody who doesnt know a damn thing about phones. Lets do some side by side test, but youll have to download some apps, so call me tomorrow when they're done downloading.;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
You know you're rooted when you flash roms and updates in the middle of class :)

And when you post and look at xda during the school day.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ctanferno22:
you know your rooted when you sign out of school early just to get home and flash a new rom knowing your gonna get a detention the next day but not caring
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
You know your rooted when you hear the word flashing and dont think of b00bies
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sdm14:
You know your rooted when you have a chart that you carry with you in your back pocket (& a copy @ home) of all your nandroid backups. :D

Note: I know I could just add a letter to the start but I like the chart. lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
You could just rename the Nandroids after you make them on the phone, haha
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
How? I have wanted to do this, I can never remember which back up is which ROM lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deedscreen:
Some girls are special... they need an iPhone to appear "SMART"

S low

M an

A nnoying

R at

T alker
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aaron7pm:
You know you're a rooted E4GT when your 3G speeds are faster than normal, but they still suck because you're on Sprint...