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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nook_user:
Hello,

I have been sideloading apps from Amazon Appstore using the ADB method onto the Nook Tablet (v1.4.2). It works well. However, when an updated version of the apps shows up, I have to completely uninstall it and re-install using ADB. Settings and info from previous version are lost.

So my question is: Is there a way to update an adb installed apps without losing the info from existing installation?

I recently uninstalled the Amazon Appstore and re-installed with a more recent version (using adb). Something happened to the sd card during the un-installation (I think it has to do with the amazon appstore directory (android/data/com.amazon.venezia is deleted). Afterwards, I cannot access B-N's store or account any more (internal error: exception executing the command) Evernote seems to crash from time to time too (issue accessing database file). The "update" Amazon Appstore seems to be working. I don't know if these are related.

Any idea on these 2 questions?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nooktablet:
why don't you root it? you'll have access to Google play store (android market), then if you want you can install amazon appstore, and do whatever you want
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tobdaryl:
As for your question of sideload apps, I'm not sure but I can install updates without uninstall in most cases.

Everything else you mention points toward the SDcard as a problem. If it were me I'd backup everything on the sd to your computer, reformat the sd and copy everything back from computer to sd.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nook_user:
Thanks for your replies.

FYI, my NT is not rooted and I have to use 'adb' to update. Normal update process does not work. After digging a bit more, it seems that "adb install -r" (re-install) option may just do the job for updating. I will try that this weekend.

As to the issue with connecting with B-N store. I don't think it is the issue with the SD card. I completely unmounted and removed the SD card, rebooted, and still cannot access BN store. I don't think that contacting BN store requires the SD card.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jerry43812:
If you originally installed an application via adb, and you want to update that application to it's newer version via adb, while keeping its data and settings, use the following code:

adb install -r <packagename>.apk
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] samad934:
adb install -r "packagename.apk" it should work
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taz0697:
I want to take and flash a i9000 from froyo to gingerbread. And i need to know if i can flash a stock 2.3.5 at the same time as the bootloader in odin. So put bootloader in bootloader slot pda in pda slot pit in pit spot and csc in csc slot and flash it. If it wont work like that than please tell me how to do it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black Rose:
Just flash a ROM that already has boot.bin and sbl.bin and you're good to go.

Flashing a separate bootloader in Odin seems to be the #1 cause of bricked phones.

I flashed a phone for someone tonight and went from the Bell's Froyo release (KC1) to Gingerbread 2.3.6 (JW1) and used Bell's modem and config data (PHONE and CSC).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkaz.fr:
I am pretty sure you can found some tutorials in the development section (here for instance)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abrmx:
Dont risk ur phone, use a rom with boot!
[Motorola Atrix 2] throwawayaccount9500:
I'm about to root my Atrix 2, but one of the bigger reasons I wanted to was so that I could wirelessly thether using my phone, is it possible?
[Motorola Atrix 2] chrisn91:
Yes use follow these steps http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1328588

Enable Built In wifi Hotspot.
[Motorola Atrix 2] DarkJatrix:
Please move this to general. ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Flip35:
i dont know if anybody shared this before but i thought i share this with u guys, i used this themed apps on my galaxy nexus and thought i give them a try on my prime and they worked, im running virtuous rom with those apps, here is the link

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/15092-invertedtotally-inverted-apps-4-1-update-404-appsgoogle-voice-too/
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yt92:
Hi guys, i don't know how many of you have flashed the ICS Rom on arc. I am using JJ's Hybird which I flashed about half a month ago and it gave me a pretty good experience.

There are too many new versions of ICS ROM now and I have no ideal which one to choose. Anyone has compared these new ICS ROM? Thanks
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rec71:
I've tried 3 or 4 and the best for me personally is Arconium. It's like the official ICS beta but supercharged!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mandarjoshiin:
Ice Cream Sony KA 12... Perhaps the best among other ICS roms..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] migueln:
If you don't mind me asking, have any of the ROMs you've mentioned overcomed the issues with video playback and recording as well as battery drain? And if so, have you found any other bugs that could prevent normal phone usage?

Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Retrosid:
I'm using firebird ics v2 Rom and the battery life is as good as was my arconium v8.1

Nit a single bug found yet, and it's really smooth without supercharger

I love it already!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soumya_digi:
Arconium is the best IMO. Fully stock, neat and great battery life.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyman_dn:
My ICS ROM

I'm using KA12 Ice Cream Sony released update 3/4. It still some bug in my phone. Losing Network operator, hang on boot screen, reload launcher. But it's still a best now.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Velcis Ribeiro:
I tested all another one, but no one liked me like CyanogenMod. The design, but the only think i didnt liked is the Contacts app, i got the GO Contacts to it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htcuong:
I like this Rom, I hope a official version

I like this Rom, I hope a official version
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hpw1970:
Acronium is best :cool:
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] patstock11:
I recently got my feet wet with UOT Kitchen. I was fairly succesful and i went in completely blind. I was able to make a transparent pulldown for a 2.1/3.0 mix rom i've been using. I know people made them before but all the links have been dead for a while...Long story short, how do i get rid of crosshairs and recent apps in UOT? Possible?

The recent apps in the pulldown really bothers me the most, im hoping it can be removed without breaking the mod...any help or ideas is appreciated, thanks
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nooktablet:
when i use any phone or tablet, i think some day the home button (or the N button in nook tablet) will not be working, so i try to not press it many times,

i found an app "button savior" , it let me go to the home screen easily without pressing the N button,

but every time i want to unlock the screen (slide to unlock) i have to press N button, is there any way to do this without pressing the N button?

for the ipad, smart cover will help unlock, multitasking gestures will help exit apps,... easily. but i'm not using the ipad.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nba1341:
You can unlock with the power button or if you have CM7 installed I believe you can set to unlock with volume keys
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Zercher:
Lock Screen app

Before switching to CM7, I use to use a free app called Lock Screen. You may want to try it.

Ed
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jiewmeng:
C'mon......... do a search before Posting...... THREAD CLOSED

When I hold power + vol down, then vol up to try to boot to recovery, I eventually get a lying android + red exclamation mark. Whats wrong? I have not even selected anything to boot (eg. CWM or install ROMs).

I am on

- Andriod 4.0.3

- Kernel 2.6.39.4

- Official (have not root/flashed yet)

I am trying to boot into recovery to flash my ROM with a custom one. How can I fix this?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
That's your stock recovery.

You can't install cwm unless you root first.

Use ViperMod (option 1) to root

Use RecoveryInstaller to install CWM recovery.

DO NOT use ROM Manager to install CWM recovery
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lloyd haber:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2...The only issue I have with every ICS rom is the camera. It doesnt take good pictures. I compared my pictures to the GB roms and the quality seems much better. Like i said Ive tried all the ICS roms and all of them take Crappy Pictures. I wanted to ask if there is anyway to bring the quality of the GB Camera back? Or if anyone has had the same issue and found a way to resolve? Thanks...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciprianruse88:
i saw the same thing.the pictures are worse especiali in the night
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceofclubs:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1098834

SGS2 camera thread.

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GTI9100 XWLP3
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ermacwins:
Just noticed this too. I got a new replacement S2 and the pictures look rubbish. Though it was fine on previous handset with ICS
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omaxe:
Maybe you guys are on old ics roms with alot of bugs

Peace

Hit Thanks & It will Disappear

Sent from S II Running Official ICS 4.0.4 with Siyah 4.1 [/size]
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evil__chuck:
jujitsu

i think your cam modul is fujitsu. not sony. this post will help you. xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1443658
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xdaoscar996:
Help. I don't know what happened but my evo is not being read by my.computer, only reads my sd card if I plug it in separate(sd reader). It was workin perfectly this morning, then I tried usb theter my laptop and got it to work. Went back to pc and I get this error. I didn't move any settings exept download clockwork tether. Please help
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeoldeusrename:
Exactly what error do you get?

Did you CHECK "Don't ask me again" on the window that pops up when you plug it in?

Go to system settings => Connect to PC

There should be a box that you check/uncheck to make that window pop up.

When you plug it in, do you get the USB notification in the notification window? Can you click on it to change the connection type?

Is there any other useful info you can provide?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lojak29:
I had a EVO recently that the usb internals died techs couldn't even repair ... Or just make sure double check you have drivers installed , usb debug checked too
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xdaoscar996:
Well thing is,it works on my laptop but not on my PC(WHICH USED to work cus I rooted there) I'm gonna try and install the drivers on pc,the ones I recently used on laptop.

It only charges the phone cus the light is on.but the notification doesn't come up nomore,
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xdaoscar996:
I'm on cm7 with tiamat kernel
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeoldeusrename:
I haven't had any problems with that ROM and kernel combo.

Have you tried different USB ports on your computer and different USB cords?

I can't think of anything else other than what's been mentioned.

If you have any more info, that might trigger a thought in someone's mind.

Make sure to post again when you figure it out!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xdaoscar996:
I reinstalled the driver and it solved theproblem.

Kinda weird tho cus just because i installed the phone to laptop, pc failed to recognized it(maybe pc got jealous lol)
[Kindle Fire General] M0sca:
Previous "first try" threads are pretty old, I'm concerned that information is outdated.

First, I wouldn't have done it, but the Fire just cries out to be uncrippled. It is 6.3. I am pretty new to this. I stopped tearing into stuff about 11 years ago, I was OK with it then but I stopped caring about it and haven't paid attention since. But I know one thing, and that is how to ask for help.

I downloaded the SDK Manager and ran the installer, installing SDK Tools and SDK Platform-Tools, then tried to install the drivers from the Kindle Fire Utility; it is the most recent version, 9.5 I believe (from yesterday).

I got:

***********************************************

* Installing Permanent Root *

***********************************************

***********************************************

* Activating Fastboot (4002) *

***********************************************

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The kindle has been told to reboot in Fastboot Mode.

twrp.img is missing.

So we will download it for you!

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

Download successful.

***********************************************

* NOTICE *

***********************************************

Installing TWRP...

If we get stuck here for awhile, power the kindle on and off a few times.

You should also check device manager for "kindle" If so, rerun the driver

installer that came packaged with KFU.

The system cannot find the path specified.

***********************************************

* READ ME *

***********************************************

If we get stuck here a long time, check the ADB drivers in windows.

Fastboot uses a different device than ADB, so make sure it is installed as an

ADB device. If you see "kindle" in device manager, you need to install the

drivers. You can also try running install_drivers.bat in the drivers folder.

Do NOT unplug the kindle if we are stuck here, leave it plugged in and on.

Do NOT touch the kindle at all if we are stuck.

Setting Recovery Bootmode.

Please wait...

...And that's it, about half an hour ago. I know one thing, that when "NOT" is capitalized, you "don't touch the big, beautiful, shiny red button."

How long do I wait? What is going on, and if something is wrong, what do I do next?

Thanks for looking.

edited to add: I tried running install_drivers.bat; "UNC paths are not supported... Defaulting to Windows directory. The system cannot find the path specified."
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
Did you extract the contents of the Kindle Fire Utility zip archive before running anything?

Did you install the drivers?

Did you read this guide?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
[Kindle Fire General] M0sca:
Thank you, yes I did. I read the guide several times. I did extract the contents first, before running anything.

I did manage to install the drivers manually, in between writing the first post and your response, by going through Device Manager and pointing it toward the Kindle Fire Utility folder.

I am confident that I won't permanently destroy anything, but at the same time I feel blind.
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
All of those "The system cannot find the path specified." errors are because it can't find the directories within the KFU folder. Did you move the run.bat file or something? Within the KFU directory, you should have...

drivers

files

tools

install_drivers.bat

run.bat

Like the first 5 errors after "Activating Fastboot (4002)" it's looking for the tools directory. Most of the time this is caused by users who try to run the batch file from within the zip archive.

EDIT: I'm not a Windows guru by any means, but I was just looking at some docs about UNC paths. Do you have the KFU directory on some shared directory or mapped network drive or something? Try moving it to some place local like your user directory and run it from there.
[Kindle Fire General] M0sca:
kinfauns, I thank you for your patience.

Is it possible that the fact that I am running Windows in a vm on a Mac is part of the problem, that I downloaded Kindle Fire Utility (for Windows) in the Mac environment, then tried running it in the Windows environment?

I finally said screw it, and unplugged the Kindle. It is fine. I have to go to bed now, I will try doing it all from Windows (including the download) tomorrow.

Thank you again for your patience. I'm sorry that I ran out of time in the middle of requesting your assistance, that is rude and implies that I don't value the help. On the contrary, I value it very much. But the hours in between now and tomorrow morning mean nothing to the machines, and everything to my biological recharging. I apologize.
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
No, that's fine... no apologies necessary. It's good to step away from the situation for a while and regroup when things don't seem to go right. In the interest of full disclosure, Mac OS X Lion is my primary OS. All of this Windows stuff I do through Parallels Desktop VM and I don't have any problems with it. I don't know what you are using, but I'll warn you now that if you are trying to use Oracle's VirtualBox, it's not going to do the job for you. There seems to be some bug in their USB implementation that breaks adb and fastboot.

My guess right now is that you are trying to run KFU from a shared directory that resides on your Mac. If you look at post #2 of the guide I mentioned previously, I suggest putting everything in C:\kfu before running things. It doesn't necessarily have to be that directory, but you should trying putting it somewhere on the boot drive. The 2 minutes I spent looking at UNC paths seems to indicate cmd.exe doesn't like them and that might be the cause of your troubles. Good luck.
[Kindle Fire General] M0sca:
kinfauns, I followed the instructions better this time, downloading KFU in the Windows environment and extracting directly to C:, and everything proceeded perfectly. Thank you!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
okay.. i looked through the manual when I got the phone and. it says theirs an led to the left of the speakers.. and I'm like no? lol its obviously to the right.. well I called someone on accident tonight and was looking at my phone and a little light lit up to the left of the speaker..anyone know what it's for? lol i is it only calls or what..

seems pretty useless =/ ide rather have a multi colored LED like the evo or evryother phone instead of two red leds lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
I believe those are the camera & light sensors.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] foreverjasmine:
Yeah dude those are totally you FFC (front facing camera) and the proximity sensor
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Zoidpilot:
Woah wtf CONFIRMED. Seriously just checked and although its very dim, there IS a light on the left corner of the speaker. Its a dark red. I called bull until I tested it. Here's how to see it:

Make a call in the darkest area possible ( the light is very dim) and look directly over the S in SAMSUNG. Interesting!

Edit: ok not an led you're right its the proximity sensor glowing red. If you cover it with your finger, the screen shuts off during a call

Epic-ly tapped from my Galaxy SII
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
the sensors right next to it if look at it in a very well lite environment like outside on a sunny day. the light that glows red is to the right of the sensor
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
The one that you can see is actually the proximity. The other is the ambient light sensor for the auto brightness. Get over it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
lol jeez, okay, thanks. lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Taz420nj:
Actually that's not totally correct. The hole directly to the right of the front-facing camera is a photodiode. When a call is in progress it acts as the proximity sensor, and all other times it is the ambient light sensor. To the right of that is an infrared LED - these cast a dim red glow that you can barely see in dim conditions, but if you were to look at it through the lens of a camcorder or digital camera (which are sensitive to infrared light), you will see that it lights up brightly - indicating a large amount of infrared. Skin is very reflective when it comes to infrared. When the infrared light coming out of the LED bounces off your skin and back to the photodiode, the system knows that the phone is against your head and turns the screen off.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
Yeah somewhere in the back of my head i knew they likely worked in tandem. Obviously the proximity sensor needs a reciever to pickup the reflected wavelengths. Good info.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] snappycow:
Hi all,

I was messing around with my Nextbook Premium 7 by flashing DocHoppy's full R/W rom, but that messed up the Wifi, Sound and Softkeys.

I tried flashing back to the stock ROM for the YF1011 series but that didn't work. Tried the ROMs from the other 'unbricking' threads and those didn't work too. Tried 'Kustom Ginger' and even Finless Bobs custom roms and those didnt work.

So now I'm thinking of trying to flash the rom for YF0911 instead.

Problem is, Nextbookusa no longer provides the firmware downloads for some reason, so I don't know where to get one. I asked DocHoppy but he doesn't seem to reply PMs or my request in his thread.

Hope one of you guys who cook roms can upload for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyebyte11:
Unable to find a fasty 3.0 rom dl link. Im on fasty 2.5 with noticeable battery life over ICS roms and also no SOD's on this rom. I had a problem with alarm not getting me up for work so i went back gb roms. Although this is my first post ive been creeping the forums a while, unable to post in the dev forum. I also had a ? If i could use another kernel with fasty 2.5 sry for the new thread in adv but i looked for quite a bit on my ?'s
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KangKilla:
I've never been able to get a fasty rom to work on my device, sorry

Using Doc's Master ROM v7: Cappy edition
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BloodSkin:
the logicroms domain is dead so i dont think there is a dl link for it anymore unless someone mirrored it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totalimpact:
he discontinued it, so unless someone saved a copy and is hosting it - its "lost"
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyebyte11:
thank you kind sirs for the reply, sad story on fasty 3 though
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amstar:
If Fasty is gone, any recommendations for a gingerbread ROM with good battery life?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kafepuya:
You vould try Legend KK4 or Simply Stock KK4. Also, even though it has been discontinued, many people (including my wife) still run Illuminance paired with Corn Kernel.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdhanjal15:
Anyone notice the tags app missing
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr911:
Yep, although it is in the system partition it doesn't show up. Just lookup in the market for alternative NFC apps...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdhanjal15:
Thanks
[XPERIA X10 General] shravan2k2:
using this rom.it is smooth and fast.but i am not able to cennect to com2us hub in homerun battle3d with this rom.changed my rom to cobrato miui n the game connects wthout ny problems.any solution to this problem?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] skyandriod:
after i just install bionix reloaded v1.4.1 final i cant use bloater,keep couldn't locate the selected category, anyone help plx, i need install some lg app, thanks for help
[T-Mobile LG G2x] shovelhead83:
Unless they updated the server for bloater. Bloater does not work.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] theking_13:
Bionix has all LG apps, doesn't it? If not, just look in the Themes & Apps section for the thread that has all the original apps.

EDIT: Nvm, I did the work for you. Just look for the one you need, download the file, and install. :) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1051812

Sent from my amazing G2x running EaglesBlood and Faux. :D
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
Shovelhead is right it wont work until the files are all reuploaded