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[HTC Incredible S] acme anvil:
I just installed them to sub folders of media on my sd card and then I can select them from within whatever app I need to set a ring tone or notification tone.
[HTC Incredible S] MrToastbrot:
Waiting for ICS too. Would be nice when I get it this month. :)
[HTC Incredible S] fooiz:
No more news? any leak or any thing about the new uppdate? :(
[HTC Incredible S] Pauly BC:
Stock HTC Inc S

@ acme anvil I live in the coquitlam area and I have a stock Bell HTC Incredible S. I'm eagerly awaiting the ICS OTA update, but I also see so many other ROMs available. I read the post with instructions to S-off and root, but it seems too complicated for tinkerers and the risk of bricking is too much for me to start. I use my phone for work and I have zero tolerance for a dead phone, so far I have to stick with the stock ROM, even tho it's slow and lame.

Would you mind helping me work on my phone?

1. S-off and root

2. I suspect you're using CM mod, is it worth it over the stock ROM?

3. What issues are you having? Can you record videos?

4. After flashing, do you lose apps, contacts, media, etc?

5. Can you help me flash my phone?

6. If I don't like CM can I go back to stock?
[HTC Incredible S] acme anvil:
I would suggest first of all doing a LOT of reading in the various threads to see what you are getting yourself in to. I spent about 2 weeks reading threads and getting everything ready for rooting my device.
[HTC Incredible S] Nonverbose:
LOL! What a first post.

@acme anvil you should totally go help him... seems legit xD.

Sent from someones basement using XDA screams for help.
[HTC Incredible S] Vaxx93:
I had a chat with the HTC webcare, and asked them if they knew something more about the ICS update for our IncS. I asked them if they could confirm that we would get the update in April, but the answer wasn't positive. They said that we would get it later this year, and not very soon...
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
Yes that sounds about right. They are still rolling it out to the Sensation XL as of the first of April and these were the models in the first wave. They have only announced that the IncS along with the rest of the models as getting it later this year. I'm not sure where the whole month of April deal came from.
[HTC Incredible S] itsbeertimenow:
I'm too lazy to find the threads but there was an article with quotes from HTC saying it was April.

It puzzles me how HTC devs are crap compared to some of the "hobby" devs out there.
[HTC Incredible S] Vaxx93:
I've read that too but as long as there is no official anouncement from HTC (and I can't find one) I assume someone just made that up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
Does anyone have a nandroid for stock 4.0.2? I've searched the forums but have not come up with anything.

I know what you're thinking =). So before you say anything, no, sorry, due to technical issues the factory image fastboot is not working for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
and why isn't factory image fastboot working for you?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
From what I have read it is not good to restore someone else's nandroid, I imagine it could be even worse for the person providing it to you because it could possibly contain their personal information.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Some people actually do upload nandroid backups though.... they are purely stock without any information on them. It'd be silly if anyone uploaded their nandroid with all apps/data on it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lordgodgeneral:
I'd say try the mobile odin route if fastboot isn't working
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
What are the "technical issues" that are affecting your ability to flash the stock 4.0.2 ROM?

And what build are you looking for? Yakju? Yakjuux?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] amonfog:
Why can't you use fastboot? i'd say it's one of the safest ways to get back to 4.0.2.

just follow the guide from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1391881 but use an android 4.0.2 image http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html

you could try to use ODIN but I actually use Fastboot all the time on my GN.

my milestone has a custom recovery (comparable to ClockworkMOD) and I recently installed some ROMS on Galaxy S's and a Samsung Ace using CM. try to find an "update" to older stock version on that... but please do remember that MD5 codes will not work if you transport a Nandroid from one phone to the other and your'e phone will be screwed up since it's service numbers changes and becomes a duplicate of another registered phone on the network.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
It looks like my mobo is dying/failing. Or internal memory. Regardless, something is very very amiss.

See:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1589807

Given the horrendous symptoms the phone has just in recovery, it can't be a ROM issue.

I remember nandroid backups of pure stock with no personal info being more common for other phones, probably because the factory images were not available as they are for the Nexii.

With fastboot, the recovery can be written okay, but the actual ROM data errors out "too many links".

@efrant, either build would be fine. Mine originally came with the "non-google" build whichever that was, but I flashed it over quite quickly.

Of course, getting it onto the /sdcard is another issue. ADB isn't playing very nice either.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
No, restoring someone else's nandroid will not make your phone a clone of the nandroid phone. /factory is not duplicated with nandroid.

The md5 is just of the tar files. With other recoveries (Amon-Ra's for instance) on other phones, there was a lot more altering needed, but it could be done.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
I personally would try this first, and then do this.

Otherwise, here is your nandroid backup.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
Just a question, what's the purpose of the 30 min wait after the final reboot, in the first posted instruction?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
I exagerated a bit there. You shouldn't have to wait 30 mins. It should be more like 5-6 mins, but some people think that the device is not booting properly after waiting a few mins so they pull the battery, so I said wait 30 mins... :)

By the way, I re-read the first post, and the instructions include what I had linked to in the second link, so ignore that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] amonfog:
WOW

That's some research you did. My search around the internet came up with the same.

sorry guys for that post with clones... my misstake

to re-alocate your MD5 number you can use the following code from the terminal of your ClockworkMod (if you are using that)

cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/"foldername"
rm nandroid.md5
md5sum *img > nandroid.md5

if you are able to connect to the device using adb use the following string in your command promt

adb shell
cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/"foldername"
rm nandroid.md5
md5sum *img > nandroid.md5

If nothing works try using another os to get your phone running again. Linux and Mac OS X don't need drivers... so that would be knocking the possibility of driver problems on your computer or your phone.

if nothing works you could try uninstalling the drivers in windows (completely) and restarting your computer. an "android 1.0 device" should pop up in your device manager (after you rebooted your phone to fastboot). but that is a last hope
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
Thanks for the last ditch hope. I'm guessing there's no harm in trying all this again, it really can't be MORE broken.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
I apologize if it seemed like I was not appreciating your help. Every thought is appreciated!

On a related note, on the Amon-ra series of recoveries, each backup was saved in a folder which was = the serial #. As I recall (it's been a while since I had my Nexus One) if the whole folder was copied over to another phone, it wouldn't work. The backup would have to be copied into that phone's serial # folder.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Good luck, and let us know how it goes!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
Yeah, so this isn't going to work:

F:\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot reboot-bootloader

rebooting into bootloader...

OKAY [ 0.007s]

finished. total time: 0.007s

F:\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash boot 402boot.img

sending 'boot' (4074 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.407s]

writing 'boot'...

OKAY [ 0.249s]

finished. total time: 0.656s

F:\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash system 402system.img

sending 'system' (317594 KB)...

OKAY [ 31.187s]

writing 'system'...

FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))

finished. total time: 56.860s

Same error occurs with the attempt to flash userdata.img.

So I'm thinking for some reason it's unable to write either system or userdata info. Which supports my theory that the hardware is done broken.

Similarly, recovery is forced to reboot when it tries to restore large files and also when it tries to save a new nandroid.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
The only other suggestions I have for you are as follows:

1) Uninstall your current fastboot driver, and install this one.

2) Reboot your PC and your device.

3) Change USB cables. Use the one that came with the device, or one that came with a Blackberry, or another high-quality one.

4) Download the attachment and use the fastboot.exe file from that.

5) Try flashing the stock images again.

I believe that error has something to do with a connection problem -- either driver related, or cable related, or, in the worst case, hardware related.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
Man, stop giving me hope! =)

It was all snuggled up in the original box, waiting for the RMA to come through.

Okay, one more night of fiddling. I'll install all the new drivers on my rarely used laptop and use the usb cable (same one that came with the phone) plugged directly in.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
P.S., the attachment in my last post probably won't download for you (it seems like XDA is having problems with attachments site-wide. Try and get a recent copy of fastboot.exe, just in case there are any incompatibilities with the older versions (I know there was a difference in the adb.exe files between newer and older revisions). If you can't find it anywhere (maybe look in the Toolkit thread), you can download it from the Android SDK, or pm me and I'll see if I can upload it somewhere else.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
I tried everything you suggested. After several failed too many link errors, I finally managed to get the boot + system + userdata flashed.

But still the same hardware-linked problems. So, I'm still confident it's not a software issue.

Negri Electronics RMA, are you here yet???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Well, at least you tried. Good effort! :thumbup:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] waylo:
So I'm posting here to correct a partially erroneous assertion I had made earlier!

Restoring a nandroid from a different Samsung phone, WILL include the data/radio, which is specific to each phone, as it has a IMEI-determined radio file and checksum.

This does not "clone" the IMEI of the original. Rather, it will result in a checksum failure which will turn your IMEI into a generic IMEI!

This is temporary though and easily fixable. Copy over the appropriate files from /factory to /data/radio, reboot, and your IMEI is restored.

So as I had asserted previously, /factory is not saved or transferred in nandroid. But specifically for Samsung phones, the /data/radio is used in IMEI determination.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
I made a backup of my apps using the stock App Backup app, is there a way to restore it with AOKP ?

I've looked at Titanium Backup but I'm either blind or there is no way ?

Cheers
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrevankyle:
I have not used it but i think your best bet would be to try to install the asus backup app. Either that or go back to stock restore your apps then back them up with titanium
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Any idea where I can get the apk for ASUS App backup ?

EDIT - found it, but doesnt work, thanks anyway
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kxnzxmori:
Flash an asus based rom first. Restore your apps+data using asus backup. Then download "my backup root" from play store. Backup everything and you're good to go. :)
[Android General] godutch:
I wish they make touchwiz as functional and good as sense. After a year of owning the sgs2 I found out it's not just the specs that count. I still prefer my desire (w/sense 3.5 of course)

btw, one of the things I do like about the sgs2 is the build quality, it's not cheap that phone is almost indestructable....

edit2: the sgs2 is not plastic, it's made out of magnesium chasis with a plastic shell, magnesium is used by some of the most expesive cars and racing cycles because it is so light and sturdy (and expensive)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Trae329:
Hello,

I was looking for replacement batteries a while ago and I bought one that (in the beginning) that looked like it would work. Then, I realized the battery I bought had a different manufacturing date than the actual release of the USA 4.0.

Yesterday, my device kept rebooting with this new battery in. I took it out and replaced it with the old battery to find that it worked again.

Is this new battery a fake or an incompatible model?

Thanks,

Trae
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Trae329:
Sigh, please remove this topic. I figured out the problem.

--Trae
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] testrider:
What was the problem and where did you get the battery? Does it have the same capacity as the stock one or higher?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Trae329:
The battery caused my phone to bootloop and restored my device to stock. It was weird; however I bought myself a 5.0 and I don't use my 4.0 anymore. It was the same capacity but it might have just spazzed lol.

I got my battery from wirelessground.com but don't worry, I don't have this problem anymore.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Sinful Animosity:
This is a project I started on once I realized a Wiimote won't work on the Note. Now, however, it is finished, and it works great. I'm going to cover the Legos in carbon fiber vinyl to keep the black theme going.

Used lots of super glue and 3M tape.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sealcouch:
More pictures please!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] JayFreshly:
Nice work man! I've been wanting to make one myself. Appreciate the inspiration bro.
[Nokia Lumia 900] Deleted member 2842059:
http://www.winsupersite.com/article...770?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Somebody needs to let him know he just got swindled out of his unlimited plan. Ohter than that, it should be an interesting read...
[Nokia Lumia 900] mdotgarcia:
from the article..
[Nokia Lumia 900] emjlr3:
decent read - up to 4 days now

i agree with just about everything he has said thus far
[HTC One S] Niiceg:
Hello, I am currently choosing between One S and One X, so I would like you to comment on some of my questions. First of all, let's talk about screen. I just had iPhone 4S, which has retina display. It is awesome, but after it, I used Omnia 7. And I see so many pixels there... It makes me sad. So can you see pixels on One S?

Second is question about real life usage. Is One S better than One X in terms of speed? I read some comments that One S is laggy in browser and some other places. Also, HTC removed some visual features from it. Like carusel effect when going between app browser and it's categories. So, One S doesn't have all the goodies that One X has?

Third is battery life. How good is battery life on One S? Would it easily last a day with 8h screen-on time? I surf a lot and play games, listen to music. So battery life is important to me.

Forth, size. I can't test them in real-life, so I have to make some decisions from comments and reviews. Is One X comfortable to use, or not? How does it compare to Galaxy Nexus, Titan and other big phones? I know that One S size would be perfect.

Fifth, the quality of materials. I just read about some strange things with One S, that it gets scratched and etc. I want to buy black/red version. Will I be affected with this thing?

Sixth, please comment on both phones and give arguments why one is better than other :)

BTW, how about memory? I listen to a lot of music, is there any easy way to compress mp3 and not loose quality? I think that 9GB won't be enough...

I am really thankful for all of your comments and I am really waiting for an honest help :P Also, I am returning to Android after more than a year being without it. So help me make the right decision and not be disappointed with it :) Thank you guys!
[HTC One S] Piter1225:
I'm currently in a very similar situation as you. When I saw One X & One S after release during MWC I planned to get One X, because it looked like a better device for me.

My opinion changed after first negative feedback from One X early adopters, who noticed many bugs & defects, such as UI & browser lags, screen glitches, build quality issues and so on, there are many threads about that kind of problems in One X section.

After that I focused on One S, which appeared to be much faster thanks to 28 nm Krait CPU, which easily outperforms Tegra3 in day-to-day operations. One S also has better build quality, especailly the black/red one, with MAO. Polycarbonate may be fine, but for me nothing beats metal unibody, when it comes to build quality of a smartphone.

One S is also smaller which is an advantege for me. I don't have small hands, but I want to be able to use my smartphone comfortably with one hand.

I prefer LCD to AMOLED, but I could live with One S's qHD SAMOLED, it's not a deal breaker. Also I do not notice Pentile on my Galaxy S, so I guess I won't notice it on One S.

When it comes to memory more is always better. 10 GB may be too much for some, but for others it will be too little.

Tegra 3 SoC is also very closed-sourced, so it's much harder to work with for devs, than Qualcomm SoC's.
[HTC One S] Stiflerlv:
I prefer S (dont have one yet, getting when avaible)

1. I dont know about pixels, Im moving from HTC Tattoo, so I probably dont have problems :D (I might have, if I can test HTC One X and S side by side @ shop)

2. S should be faster. It have smaller screen and in daily uses its faster then tegra3 (daily programs dont use quad core).

3. I dont think u can last 8h screen time...

4. I dont even know if 4.3 is good for me, but 4.7 would be to large... I would prefer same hardware in 4' size :P

5. S should be built with really good quality, but recent topic stated some wierd scrach... Follow that thread to see more info (search general section).

6. I prefer S because: Smaller screen, faster daily use, better battery life
[HTC One S] Kalashnikitty:
One S -> One X

I bought it 4 days ago and its awesome...

Most of the guys here on xda bought the one x.. the looked at the specs and see an quad core and instantly bought it.

But they forget that the tegra 3 is totally crap! 40nm, built on a 8 years old platfrom. ( shame on you nvidia) mostly closed source and crap support by nv.

qualcom did the better job with that s4 :)
[HTC One S] azzledazzle:
Hey guys, HTC Sensation user here :)

Ive been suffering terrible signal issues with the Sensation (XE) On Vodafone UK networks. This is a well known problem, And ive had a couple replacements with the same issues so i know the device isnt faulty.

Upon research ive discovered its the Antenna design which is the culprit, So after some complaining, Ive been offered The One S or One X

Id like to know about the antenna design (google wasnt much use) Is the antenna on the One series an external antenna ? Where the antenna connectors are on the back cover ?

Id like to know a bit more before i commit to getting it, So is anyone here a Vodafone (preferably UK) User with either The one S or X ??

Could you let me know about your signal reception ? And maybe if your feeling generous Post some pictures of the Back cover for me to inspect :p

Also, Which would you say is the 'better' device ? I know the X is quad core, The S is Dual core, But does that make a massive difference ? Except to the battery life, which isnt the best at any given time :)

Thanks people, Hopefully Speak to you all again when i receive my nice new phone :p
[HTC One S] zeroprobe:
I had the One X and the width of the phone annoyed me.

Now got the One S and very happy with it. Little bit more snappier I feel in menus too.
[HTC One S] NardVa:
I would say the One X. It's 2012 and all highend smartphones should have HD screens.
[HTC One S] Rosinior:
I think the One X is a disappointment. The tegra 3 is just not good enough anymore for a high end modell, even if it's a quad core.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon_(System_on_Chip)

There is a snapdragon with a quad core coming soon, i guess htc will switch to those when they release new high end phones, that will be way better.

But it's just my humble opinion here.
[HTC One S] azzledazzle:
I agree with you :) I had the choice of both today, I chose the One S. I know the X has quad core, but more isnt always better, There are pluses and negatives to both devices but in the end the S won my vote.

Besides i can see the quad core draining battery in a heartbeat lol
[HTC One S] manlisten:
Yeah, quad core is probably the last feature I am interested in from the One X. I'd take the screen, 32GB storage and NFC over the processor.
[HTC One S] NardVa:
I want the screen from the One X and the S4 from the One S. I guess I'm gone have to get me the One XL.
[HTC One S] Drzfr3shboialex:
Hopefully the one XL comes to T-Mobile s4>tegra 3
[HTC One S] simplyanin:
One s gets my vote... One x looks huge .. Uncomfortable to hold
[HTC One S] jamez.tankh:
does your phone support glonass and the front camera is 1.3mp or 0.3mp VGA? thanks inadvance
[HTC One S] Askannon12:
I do not know whether it has glonass or not but the one s has a vga (0.3) and the one x has a 1.3 mp front camera
[HTC One S] davidsteele1975:
1: Screen. It depends on you and your eyesight I'm afraid. I'm using a Nexus S as my daily driver and I didn't so much notice the pixels compared with my iPhone 4, as the screen is larger, so it's generally easier to use. I don't see the pixels on the One S; the One X does have a larger screen with a higher resolution but the difference wasn't as stark as I imagined it would be. SLCD vs AMOLED, too; AMOLED is a bit of a battery drain at times whereas the SLCD doesn't look as good at night.

2: Performance. Both felt beautifully smooth in that classic Androidy way, that is, sometimes the interface can feel a little elastic. I didn't notice any difference.

3: Battery. I didn't see eight hours of usage from my iPhone 4 unless that included a lot of music (the usage isn't screen on time). I doubt you'll see this from the One series. I'll see five hours of screen on time from my Nexus S if I restrict my data usage, especially over the 3G network. Reviews say that the One S has a small advantage, but from customers and colleagues, they're both "charge once a day" devices. No change here from almost anything else in the smartphone world, then! :)

4 Size. The One S feels very thin in the hand. It isn't small, it's tall, relatively narrow and oh-so-thin. It feels divine in my hands if I'm getting all arty about it. The One X, however, surprised me at how adept it felt in my hands. I was expecting it to feel a bit of a monster and it didn't. I don't like the One X's protruding lens for the camera, mind. It's quite a bump on the back.

5 Quality. Both feel good, but for me the One S takes this one. Going back to how wonderful it feels to handle, part of that is what it's made of.

6 What's better? If you need NFC, you need the One S. If you game, you're probably going to want the One X. If the One S had NFC I'd already have one, but it doesn't and I'd really like a slice of the NFC pie. If the One X didn't have that bulge on the back, I'd have one of those, but it does... So... I'm undecided.

Finally, as others have said, 9 Gb isn't so much, but it depends on your personal requirements. I don't believe the 9 Gb versus 14 Gb in my Nexus S would make any difference whatsoever as I don't use my handset as my main music device.