yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blade30p:
Why on earth did you start messing with it in the first place, if its a loaner its not yours so why root etc???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TTAndroidGuy:
I know I was dumb. But I rooted it using a method which the flash counter does not change and I thought I'd just unroot it using the same method before I send it back. Also I got fed up with touchwiz. BTW isn't the left most box suppossed to be yellow in odin. Looks like its not picking up my phone. Oh ****
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bududroid:
don't be panick your phone is still healthy.. just install the stock rom via Odin again or you have a CWM ? so install a rom with that things :)

cheers

Note : bricked is while your SGS II can't get to download mode mate although you tried with JIG ... J-Tag is only Hope for completely bricked phone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TTAndroidGuy:
I can boot into cwm via a zip file on my ext sd card. Can I flash to stock with CWM recovery? Because Odin does not recognise my phone. My computer recognises it though..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahibunlimited:
vol down+power+home key=download mode

and flash a stock firmware

its around 300 mb download

and before flashing stock do a full wipe in cwm recovery
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TTAndroidGuy:
I finally got odin to recognise my phone and it successfully re flashed. Thanks everyone for your help, you saved my butt. Sorry If I seemed like a noob its just I never got a bootloop before. Ok well I'll leave my loaner phone alone from now on:o
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] brp88k:
I have a small problem. Can anybody make a script or something with the following feature:

When I have a forwarded and missed call, I don't see, the call was forwarded from another phone. What is the solution?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] jinavs:
BadgeProvider.apk

It should be installed on your ROM...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] brp88k:
I see all call log, but it doesn't make difference between a simple missed call, and a missed call which is forwarded from another phone number.

To illustrate: My bosses phone is forwarded to my phone. When I miss a call, I can't make difference, which one is my missed call, and which is his call, so I don't know, which number should I call back.
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Seeing many complaints and questions have been posted reguarding the stock wallpaper/lockscreen problem I though I would help others with this problem. The following programs can be simply sideloaded/installed. They are tiny little programs that will do a whole lot to get rid of the frown Amazon has put on your face. And they don't require Root access!

Prerequisites :

NONE (That is Correct ! NO ROOT NEEDED ! This is Programatical)

Cost :

FREE (All)

Links :

1) Wallpaper Changer Kindle Fire - by DPAPPS (Google Play/Android Market)

or

2) My Kindle Wallpaper - by kindlecooltricks

Preferred Wallpaper Size :

1024x1024 (This will allow for best fit regardless of Portrait or Landscape or Auto)

Steps :

1- Buy a Kindle Fire

2- go to Settings -> Device -> then turn "ON" “Allow Installation of Applications“ (You probably allready have this done)

3- Install a Program above program

4- Copy Wallpapers to a common directory on your Kindle Fire

5- RUN the program and point it at (a) a specific wallpaper picture file or (b) at a directory from which it will randomly pick a picture each time the Kindle Fire is turned on.

6- Smile, Amazon's pictures are out of your life....

So for those using ADW, Go Launcher, etc, or just hate the default unlock screen pictures in the Kindle Launcher, you can now finally (programatically) set your wallpaper or let the program change it to any wallpapers you have uplaoded to your Kindle Fire.

IF you prefer to change your wallpapers with the click of a widget you might also want to try WallSwitch.

WallSwitch v.2.0.2 by Keith Bourgoin - Google Play/Android Market

or

WallSwitch v.2.0.2 by Keith Bourgoin - Android Comunity

Thank you to these people for haveing fixed the KF for all of us.

Enjoy :-)
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Wallpaper Collection #2
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Wallpaper Collection #3
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Wallpaper Collection #4
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Wallpaper Collection #5
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Wallpaper Collection #6
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Wallpaper Collection #7
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Wallpaper Collection #8
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Couple Sci Fi Wallpapers my son wanted to see
[Kindle Fire General] chris_m128:
Hey thanks a lot for this! The pics you added look awesome but I am having a problem. Everytime I try and select one of your pictures in the app, the picture is zoomed in too far and I don't see the whole thing.
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Well, it looks like update 6.3 is causing some headaches for people when they try to specifically select one picture, but the option for "Wallpaper Folder" is still working fine....
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Hurray, Amazon release 6.3.1 today and it fixed the problem with being able to select an individual wallpaper. So feel free to pick your favorite again.... :)
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Collection #9

Flames for the Fire
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Collection #10

For all the wine lovers out there....
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Collection #11

More Rocks
[Kindle Fire General] Ballarous:
Wallpapers look good
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Collection #12

Misc NEW Wallpapers
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Collection #13

NEW Wood
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Collection #14

Nebula Backgrournds
[Kindle Fire General] meebner:
Collection #15

Colored Smoke
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaL^:
I want to root my SGS II, since I am tired of the new update to ICS, because the TW is spoiling the whole experience and the phone feels slow and drowsy.

BUT!

I don't know how to root my phone, I am a complete NOOB. Not much more to say. I don't know what to install on my phone or where to install it. I've seen a few guides, but they all say to put the files into to SD-Card, which I don't have.

So... Which ROM or what ever it's called should I install on my phone? And how do I do without a SD-Card?

Furthermore, I want an ICS experience like on the Galaxy Nexus OR better. And I am pretty scared of ****ing this **** up, so please help me.

Thank you very much.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4038153:
Download matching CF-root, flash in Odin. Done. Unsure about steps, read stickies and FAQs.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxi200:
First thing to do is read, read and keep reading. Second, you do have an sd card. It's the 16gb internal one they are talking about, not the external one.

Sent from my GT-I9100T
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bajee11:
What's your baseband, mod, kernel version? Find your version and google a matching CF-root for your phone. Once you have that, flash it through Odin (under PDA, dont forget to boot your phone into download mode= volume down+home button+power button) and it should root your phone by puttin Superuser and CWM recovery. Once you've done that, check back in for custom ICS roms to install. Btw TW does ruin the whole ICS experience.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] tazlooney89:
it is and what does this option in the settings of CyanogenMod?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] shailpancholi:
I didn't gt wat yu trying to say....????
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] tazlooney89:
which is the function of that option?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] shailpancholi:
Means yu asking cm heaps uses????
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] shailpancholi:
Vm
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] shailpancholi:
It is nothing bt an app which takes Max memory

For example browser if it takes 72mb and yu hv selected 48mthen browser will be closed

It is uses for nothing by an app which can take Max memeory
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] euphoria:
Just wanted to let everyone know that the new Angry Birds is out. Its a neat little twist on the game I'm sure everyone has played before.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5yb3Zpby5hbmdyeWJpcmRzc3BhY2UuYWRzIl0.

Enjoy

Please hit thanks if this post helped you
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
Thank you for reminding me :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jirafabo:
Too bad the ads take up 25% of the screen. :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
Ummm ... Adfree android ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] euphoria:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5iaWd0aW5jYW4uYW5kcm9pZC5hZGZyZWUiXQ..

There ya go! And if your not rooted and they really bother you that much I believe there is a paid version
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] th3gh05t:
There's a 0.99 ad-free in the Market and Amazon AppStore.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] T.C.P:
Premium version ftw
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] euphoria:
Is there any bonuses besides the ad free?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shaunymac424:
I'm too hooked on Scramble with Friends to play angry birds anymore. =(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lostcausenjtown:
Scramble with friends is so dope.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuptdo:
I have happily had a htc desire z for just over a year. On Tuesday i bought the 'humble bundle' android apps.

I downloaded one of the apps. Cogs. Once i installed it my screen went black and didn't do anything. So after 15 minutes. I reluctantly removed and replaced my battery. From then on my phone wont get passed the htc boot screen. From then on I only assumed i have an expensive paperweight which was bricked one way or another.

It can however access the 'hboot menu' (if thats the correct term?);

When the menu loads it checks for some zip files, its too fast too make out what they are though. The menu info is as follows if it helps;

VISION PVT SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.85.0013

MICROP-0425

RADIO-26.10.04.03_M

eMMC-boot

Apr 11 2011, 23:36:27

Options:

FASTBOOT - Takes me to another menu. Doesn't seem useful as far as i can see.

RECOVERY - It brings up the phone with the green arrow for 2 seconds then buzzes 3 times in succession and then shuts the screen off. Is that what it should do?

FACTORY RESET - This option looks like what id need, however when i select it the phone just freezes.

SIMLOCK/IMAGE CRC - From what ive read theyre not really any use.

Would anyone be able to suggest a port of call in order to recover this lifeless paperweight please?!

Any help is greatly appreciated. :)

Craig
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TenMaKo:
Recovery should bring you to your recovery menu. What i mean is that it should start ClockworkMod or 4Ext depending on which one you've installed.

As far as i know those 2 options would allow you to get your phone back to life. I'm afraid that you're screwed without it. But my knowledge about that kind of stuff is pretty basic so maybe someone on this forum has a solution.

Good luck !!!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Sounds like the phone is still stock, so in that case it would be neither of those, and the stock Recovery.

Which brings up the valid question: this phone is stock and unrooted?

Factory reset should do the trick. If not, you might need to find the appropriate RUU file for your phone version (region, carrier) and run that on your computer with the phone connected via USB. What version of the Desire Z do you have (Canada, Euro, Asia, etc.)?

Fastboot is a special tool used with your phone connected by USB to your computer. The Fastboot menu in Hboot simply turns this feature on or off. You don't need to mess with it, unless specifically instructed to.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuptdo:
Unfortunately the phone is still completely stock. Didn't really fancy dabbing in rooting until the warranty ran out, which ironically is now.

The phone is not carrier locked (i.e. it's sim free).

I live in the UK, however i purchased it through a weird net site, it came with alternative languages like THAI pre-installed which suggests its an Asian import. With no option for European languages, except English of course.

Thanks for the swift replies, i'll have a quick read into RUU's, and what they actually are though. But if with the extra info you can further point me in the right direction it'd be great!

thanks

craig

EDIT: Just been rooting around on this site

shipped-roms(dot)com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision

Theres 2 RUUs there with the same radio number.

RUU_Vision_Gingerbread_S_hTC_Asia_TW_2.42.709.10_Radio_12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_201045_signed.exe

(does the TW mean anything?)

and

RUU_Vision_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.42.405.2_Radio_12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_199043_signed.exe

would these be what i'm after?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
The stock/shipped RUUs can be downloaded from here:

http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision

The question is which one. You can try the Asian RUU. I'm not certain what would happen if you try to run the wrong RUU. I think (not sure) that it will just fail and give an error message for wrong version.

---------- Post added at 05:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:28 PM ----------

Woops, cross posted as you were editing your post. WWE is world wide English. I'm guessing TW is Taiwan. Again, not sure which one you want.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuptdo:
Thanks again.

Right once i decipher which RUU is the correct one.

How do i need to connect my phone. Do i need to be just in the hboot menu, or ?

thanks in advance. you're a lifesaver. well.....phone saver. hopefully :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Couldn't remember and had to look that one up. Put your phone into fastboot mode in order to run the RUU.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuptdo:
Right. I gave the WWE version a run. It was able to scan my current firmware and said it was using build 2.42.707.3 there isn't an RUU for this.

Would you think it would load the WWE fine, or result in a worse off brick?

WWE BUILD = 2.42.405.2

ASIA_TW BUILD = 2.42.709.10

would it be worth requesting an ruu for the specific build direct from htc do you think or would i be wasting my time.

Sorry for the tireless questions. I really do thank you for your effort.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crestofawave:
Wait, what message are you getting again? It won't allow you to flash because it's the same version?

I would try the version that's on your device. I take that's the ASIA_TW RUU?

However.

What your issue would be with flashing an RUU, is the fact the phone does a version check. Now if the version is higher or equal to the one already installed, it will refuse to flash (not sure on equal, that's why you might have a chance if you flash the RUU that corresponds to your version).

So, the only way you can go around the version check is make the phone think that it's a lower version. You have to do this by editing the "misc" partition. This partition holds information such as version number, and others unique to your phone. The misc partition is edit-able, but editing it is largely accomplished by having access to the Android OS, which apparently isn't the case here. You'll only be able to accomplish this by editing the misc partition using a Jtag, and this is sub-optimal solution, to say the least.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
As crestofawave mentions, if it fails the version check, it SHOULD just refuse to flash the ROM. But I've heard of cases where a wrong RUU is run (or partially run?), causing the phone to be stuck in recovery. But I don't think that would put you in any worse situation than you are now. As the solution for that particular problem is flashing the correct RUU.

I don't THINK there is anything worse than that, that will happen from flashing the wrong RUU. But I personally don't know enough to answer that for certain. And I would hate to be wrong. But if I were a betting man, I'd just try to flash one of the RUU's and see what happens.

Since the WWE RUU is a lower version number than what is currently installed, I don't think you have a choice, but to run the ASIA_TW one.

The other option is to try to make a goldcard from an SD card. This will allow you to run any RUU.

---------- Post added at 02:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:39 PM ----------

He hasn't tried running an RUU yet.

---------- Post added at 02:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:42 PM ----------

He can't figure out version/region his phone is (and I haven't been able to either, just by Googling around). That's the main problem right now.

---------- Post added at 02:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:43 PM ----------

Pretty sure you mean if the versions number (you are trying to flash) is lower than the one already installed, it will fail. Equal version should pass the check, as running the RUU is a common means of recovering an existing ROM.

---------- Post added at 02:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:47 PM ----------

I ran a search for that version number on this forum, and got this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1434137&highlight=2+42+707+3

The download link seems to work, but at your own risk. Sketchy Chinese download site posted by a member with only 3 posts . . . is a bit sketchy.

In theory this should be the right ROM file (pass version check). Rename to PC10IMG.zip and put on your SD card. Then flash from recovery.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crestofawave:
@redpoint73 Thanks for pointing some things out. I was somewhat busy at the time so I didn't have the time to assess the situation as well as I'd like. So, flashing an RUU of the same version does work, huh? Good to know.

So, I also looked up the version number and I found that the same file had been mentioned in some other sites, in one of which I found the same person posting it, and he's a moderator, too. Well, I don't think it helps in terms of trustworthiness, but then again, it sounds like this is your best shot.

Good luck though!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuptdo:
Right. With both the WWE and ASIA_TW editions it runs the RUU, all the way up too the update button. However once i click it. The RUU shows the loading bar with text saying 'rebooting to bootloader' but it just gets stuck here. The phone just hangs on the fastboot menu and doesnt let me do anything until i remove the battery again.

I'm gonna try work out how to download the other one from this rather Chinese site. If that doesn't work....

One last solution. Try extracting the exes to get the firmware. Shove it on the memory stick and load it through recovery?

cheers for the link to that firmware btw.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
I think the same thing will happen in recovery, that the extracted .zip files will fail in region and/or version number check. This is pretty much what "S-On" on your Hboot screen signifies (in addition to write protecting the Hboot, radio, and other things).

One thing you can try, is to turn an SD card into a Gold Card. Gold card will let you then flash any ROM, regardless of region or version number.

This (though a bit dated) is the best guide I know of for making a gold card:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=835777

With a gold card, you should be able to flash any RUU. The WWE ROM on the same thread is a good start point, as its the unbranded HTC ROM that was shipped when the phone was initially released (Euro version).

I've personally never had to make a gold card, I just know about the process. For some reason, it doesn't always work from posts I've read in the past. So its not a silver bullet. But for the lack of the right RUU for your phone version, it may be your best bet at this time.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuptdo:
Slowly downloading from that Chinese site at a whopping 10KB/s whilst having a read about gold cards. Can i make a gold card in any android phone and use a gold card in any android phone?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Really don't know. But the "easy guide" to make a gold card is from the HTC Hero forum on Modaco, so it seems there is some standardization, at least among HTC devices. The various manufacturers have very different write protections, so I'm guessing this is just an HTC thing.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuptdo:
apparently you can

apparently you can use any goldcard with any phone, well according to the second post on this thread anywho.

http://androidforums.com/legend-support-troubleshooting/197860-how-do-i-use-goldcard.html

now to find a willing volunteer :P in uni halls so shouldnt be tooooo hard to find one of these nifty new phones lying round.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuptdo:
Well it passes all the checks and gives me the option to install the firmware with that chinese one so im gonna give it a go once my batteries fully charged!

If it works i'll upload that link to a UK/US host so it doesn't take people in a similar situation 6 hours to download 250 Mb! :)

EDIT: If it works. Would it be worth rooting/S-off in order to make recovering my phone easier in the future?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crestofawave:
Rooting your phone can only lead to benefits. You can flash Custom ROM's (You can go with Stock rooted ones if you just want to use the phone. Having root really makes the difference, there's a lot more freedom.)

To answer your question though, what is meant by "rooting" here is basically unlocking the phone. It allows us for complete control of pretty much every aspect on this phone..

Now, typically, when you "root" the phone you also get what we call a "recovery". Essentially, recovery is a utility that will allow you to control the phone's OS, essentially to install/remove or backup it, as well as other handy features. Think of it as a fail-safe toolbox, isolated from the rest of the android system. So, in many cases, it will "recover" your phone, in case of an issue. This really depends on the incident though, a recovery can't "fix" a broken eMMC chip. Don't worry though, chances of breaking your phone are very little if you do everything right.

Also, in addition to that, whilst rooting (when using the XDA Wiki Guide), you eventually get the option to flash the ENGineering HBOOT. What ENG HBOOT allows you to do is make use of the "fastboot" bridge. With it, you can perform a multitude of tasks, just like in recovery. The only difference is that fastboot is on the lower levels of the phone's building blocks, HBOOT. That means that in the case you can't run the recovery for whatever reason you could flash a new one using fastboot. It's quite useful but it is overlooked as it is considered a dangerous process, while it really isn't, if you're careful. Same goes for the rest of the rooting guide which you can find here, if you feel comfortable enough to root, that is! You don't necessarily have to flash the ENG HBOOT, so if you don't feel comfortable about it you can ignore it.

Best of luck.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wuptdo:
Thanks for the info!

BUUT. That method failed miserably. I choose to update. The screen just sits there on updating for the first module (bootloader) and doesnt do anything.

I remove the battery and restarted a bit scared to do so. But it didnt even touch the bootloader in the 15 minutes i waited........so I have a feeling something has physically broken on the thing.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crestofawave:
Bummer...Whether it's a soft or hard brick...we're handicapped in terms of options, considering that we have limited access. You can try running it again, and leave it for more time. Probably not going to do any better but until (and if) we can come up with something else, I don't see another option.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
I've made a gold card to root a rogers branded g1 and a tmobile one, just to try it out and know how to do it. Very quick and easy, I assume if that won't work then you may be out of luck.