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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IFLATLINEI:
I just don't get this nonsense. I get why companies are screwing this all up but what I don't get is why we all continue to allow this. The Android update process is broken and there have been a flood of articles on the net talking about the subject. Not one that I have read has come even close to the right solution. Really testing what little faith I have left in the human race. Why so dramatic? Because we have been using the model for our Windows PC for years and yet in somebody's great wisdom chose what we have here and now. Cmon!

Could you imagine getting your Windows PC updates from Time Warner Cable? What a disaster that would be right? What do you think would happen with our PC updates? Exactly what we are dealing with right now on Android. I just don't see what the problem is. Google develops and distributes the OS and updates directly to the end user. The phone manufacturer supplies the appropriate drivers on their website and the carrier keeps their greasy mitts off my phone. Win win for everyone.

I posted this because I think its the best solution. Its better than what we have now that's for sure. What I'm hoping to get out of this post is that you either agree with me or you have a better solution we can all get behind and push for. I know the Windows way isn't perfect and some things will have to be done differently but we don't need to be concerned with all the details. In other words for Example.....Dear Verizon, Samsung, Google. This is how we want out updates. Just get it done and deal with it.

Full Disclosure: Yeah I'm posting this because I'm pretty heated this hasn't been seriously addressed yet. I'm heated more people aren't pushing for more of a Windows update process. I'm heated because I bought a Galaxy Nexus this time around to avoid this and still getting screwed. I'm heated because All my phones have greater potential and we are proving it here at XDA everyday.

One more thought. We really shouldn't be buying our hardware from the carriers either. All any of them have proven so far is that they can run a pretty stable dumb pipe. Every other venture has failed. Like Vcast. I just dont trust them with what may soon replace my wallet among many other things. It could very well be our most personal possessions in these times and they control every aspect we allow them to. It needs to stop. What do you think? Do you want the windows way? Or do you have a better idea?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spunker88:
Long term there are definitely some issues that need to be fixed with Android.

Bloatware is one of the things that annoys me, and judging from the reviews left on Google Play, it annoys everybody. I'm fine with them preinstalling crap on my phone even though I don't like it, PC OEMs have been doing this for years. But it should be completely uninstallable without root.

For OS updates I see no reason why minor versions (ex: 2.3.6 to 2.3.7) can't be distributed from Google to all phones. These updates shouldn't affect drivers and would be similar to Windows Updates. But more people are concerned with major version updates which can't be done this way as they involve driver and/or kernel updates.

Google has a very hands off policy when it comes to Android it seems. OEMs are given a lot of freedom and Google doesn't do much to help them bring updates quickly. This hands off approach may have been a good business model in the early days of Android when Google just wanted to get it out there by any means possible, but I think they need to be more involved now. They should allow OEMs in on development earlier by giving them access to early builds of the next version similar to how Microsoft does. The reason PC OEMs get the newest version on their systems so quickly is because OEMs and hardware manufacturers get to use betas even before the public can. This model may not work on Android, but I really think Google needs to reassess their stance on Android, its not 2009 anymore.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tnt23:
This sort of issues with android is holding back...a lot of companies like presonus (pro audio) dont even bother with developing controlling software for their hardware on android...

Its a shame because we have some very capable hardware but ať least with apple **** they do the work once and it works...

If they were to make applications and have to deal with different hardware and screen resolutions they wouldnt have time to do their job..

A shame that oné day i might have to buy an iPad because of them
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaulMilbank:
the long and short of it is no, at the moment they cant. Windows works because it is a modular kernel which allows for drivers to be installed and therefore easy customisations to be made. Linux is a monolithic kernel which means it needs all drivers for all configurations of hardware in it and then it uses the ones it needs. Android uses the linux kernel so it is difficult to support all the different kinds of hardware on phones in one kernel without it getting huge and hard to manage.

That is before you get to the need to have basebands/amss working with the kernel to provide mobile phone connection and hardware management. You also need bootloaders, recovery consoles etc to work on every phone. Only once those components are in place can you start to talk about keeping the android system up to date on top of those.

Google can't do it all unless they start over and make tools that are compatible with all kinds of hardware.

The easiest way is probably to make a google certification requirement that all manufacturers must support phones through 2-3 major update cycles. That does mean the end of cheap phones and lots of different and smaller niche products though.

Personally I think that the new hardware requirements for ICS are going to mean the end of ldpi and maybe even mdpi android phones as well as anything without a gpu, less than 512mb of ram and a 1ghz or so cpu. Maybe once the hardware becomes a bit more uniform, it will start to get easier to keep up to date too.
[Kindle Fire General] walts:
I've been using CM7 and CM9 ROMs on a variety of devices for some time. I just got a Kindle Fire, primarily to use as an e-book reader, and I've rooted it, installing FFF and TWRP over the Kindle 6.3 OS. I've tried three of the CM9 R

OMs on this forum, and they work fairly well, but the battery life is terrible compared to the native Kindle OS. I DON't want Amazon to install an OTA "upgrade", so I've installed DroidWall to prevent OTA upgrades. I hope this works. The threads on the subject seem uncertain.

I have a variety of .txt files that I want to read on the Kindle, but I don't want to use the Amazon e-mail conversion facility because they contain private informatin that I don't want to send to Amazon or any other server. I think that using Calibre on my Mac, I can convert the files to .prc and then load them on the Kindle via USB, but I'm still concerned that Amazon could read them, since presumably their e-mail facility has access to the /Documents folder.

Does anyone have any information of the security of this (and also the /Books) folder?

Walt
[Kindle Fire General] chris_m128:
If you want to avoid putting important documents in the documents folder on your kindle, one step you could take is to convert the .txt documents to epub using calibre and then installing one of the various ebook reading apps on the market. Then just create a folder on your sd card and put your epubs there. Since the kindle app on the kindle can't read epub's I believe you will be fine.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bill1clinton:
Hi Guys,

The iphone had itunes where whenever you update to a new IOS, it will restore everything with a simple click (contacts, sms, apps, settings, everything etc). From what I have read, Titanium backup seems to do this however, it requires root access. As well, I've tried to use the PC Companion backup/restore function, while it claims that it backed up my text messages, when I tried to restore, all it did was restore my pictures, it seems to restore nothing else. Therefore, my question is, is there a program available that will do a FULL backup/restore without the need for root access?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
No. You need root and/or unlocked bootloader (for using CWM) to do a full backup.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Sikiduck:
Mybackup allows you to back up applications & media and data. To backup images of the ROM you'll need xRecovery and thats not possible in your case as the guy above me mentioned clearly. :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bill1clinton:
I don't need to backup the ROM. I only want things such as contacts, sms, settings, apps backed up.

I do apologizes if I sound like I'm being an Apple fanboy. However, as restrictive and annoying itunes was, it certainly did an excellent job in getting you up and running very quickly and easily.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bill1clinton:
Thanks for the helpful advice. I certainly do appreciate it. If I may though, Android being that much more customizable then iOS, I find it rather strange that there is no program that serves the same purpose as iTunes. I love how much I can customize my experience with Android, however, it certainly presents quite a significant annoyance when there is a need to re-do all your customization just because you updated to a new firmware. Once again, not trying to troll, just puzzled.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Rashkae:
Oh, definitely not trolling - it really is annoying. Especially when there's an option in Android to "back up all my settings and application data to the cloud" but it does not back up all savegames, nor SMS, etc etc. Much like you, I kinda expected a bit more here.

This is probably why SE put in it's own backup/restore service.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Snmjm:
I came across a guide on how to back up everything on the galaxy nexus.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1420351

I don't have a galaxy nexus & I haven't tried it myself.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] senne-vdb:
I found freeware software that lets you backup apps (and you don't need to download the additional data when you restore them), texts and contacts, which worked pretty fast and didn't crash or hang like PC Companion tends to do.

It's called Wondershare MobileGO.

http://www.wondershare.com/android-manager/

May not be completely what you had in mind as it doesn't backup settings and such, but at least you don't need root and it backs up quite a lot of useful stuff.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fishtick26:
I have been following various threads on the Onlivefans.com forum about using an Android device to play Onlive games and mapping hardware buttons to software controls. None are perfect and do not play the games I would like. Now the Sony Tablet S is compatible with Onlive using a real PS3 controller. The Sony Tablet S is a Playstation Certified tablet. What would I have to modify on my Nook Color to make it think it is a Tablet S? I already have Sixaxis Controller app to allow bluetooth connectivity to my PS3 controller and it works great for all my emulators. I am really hoping this will let me avoid a $50 purchase of Onlive's official Universal Controller.

Thoughts? Ideas? Thanks in advance.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitephlight:
could you clarify what you mean when you say bluetooth works fine? I was under the impression that book's bt radio was too weak to even keyboard properly?

there are apps on market that allow you to spoof other devices but if it is a hardware or driver limitation you might be able to usb joystick it
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fishtick26:
The bluetooth has worked great with my PS3 controller. I have used it up to 3 feet away with no issue. I have not tried to use two controllers at once but it seems technically possible.

I guess my real question is, does anyone have a build.prop from a Sony Tablet S and I will try asking in one of those forums.

The PS3 controller works a little bit while using OnLive but they do not allow you to map keys. They want you to use their controller only.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colorfulnookie:
The sixaxis app says it lets you connect four controller but the nook apparently only recognizes one at a time.
[HTC EVO 3D] Saneless One:
I'm liking ICS for the most part, despite its shortcomings. But I mostly am looking for another ROM to use with Boot Manager that I can quickly get back into to use the camera. Stock/sense is too slow, taking at least 2-3 minutes to reboot, so that's not going to help any quickly needed shots I want to take. Something that starts up very quickly, like any AOSP ROM, would be great.

Just having trouble finding out which ones have a working camera.
[HTC EVO 3D] njd.sina:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1393613

From my experience, this is the quickest booting ROM I've used on my 3D, and the camera works as well.
[HTC EVO 3D] zsibisi:
let me start off w/ I know how you feel. You need speed and comfort. I am in agreement as well. I just wanted to ask you first. What is your boot/radio/etc.. all that stuff that could possibly define on what you need help on. Because answers could vary easily depending on radio etc...

Also, you need a ROM to boot fast, but if it is a phone, shouldn't that usually be on when your out and about? And if that is factual truth, then what would it matter what ROM booted up the fastest since your already booted to the ROM and your phone is in your pocket waiting to take a pic/vid if need be?

Not sure what Sense ROM your using , but I don't even experience 2-3 minutes booting up on a stock ( full stock ) ROM, you might have issues w/ your phone your not even aware about...

If you check my sig, I use that, its smooth fast, easy on batt and ready to use whenever you want, and yes it is sense.

If you were you, I would take the time and look at the dev forum and take a gander at some comments about each ROM that is out there ( tons w/ working cam) and make your choice there. Yes I do understand that you would like some personal input. So here it is, Run w/ meanrom . Great all the way around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and you would not have a need for boot manager unless you really want to test out a rom for the hell of it..

I have to admit , i bought it for kicks bc of cm7 and well I dont mind changing it up once in a while... LOL

But anyways, if there is any thing that for real I can help you out w/ please hit me up. I didn't mean to sound rude in anyway but I just had a hard time understanding what you all meant by what you typed...

Z
[HTC EVO 3D] Saneless One:
zsibisi: My phone is on and booted. However, let's say I'm using something like CM9-ish rom because it doesn't have sense (good) and its bluetooth audio works (kushdeck's ics). But the camera doesn't work (bad). I might want the camera function so I'd reboot into a ROM where it works fine.

But the stock ROM takes 2 minutes to boot. That's just what 400MB sense ROMs do. There's nothing "Wrong" with it, it just takes a while. 2 minutes is pretty standard with a sense rom and a REAL reboot, not that fast reboot stuff.

So, if I want the camera to work, waiting 2+ minutes is annoying.

I'll try the CM7 again, thanks njd.sina. I thought it had issues last time I tried it, but that ROM definitely boots up super fast so that might be my solution.
[HTC EVO 3D] joehunni:
Umm I'd say look for a rom that is odexed as it will boot marginally faster. That said, I don't know what you're running that takes 2 minutes to boot up, no ROM I've run takes longer than maybe a whole minute.
[HTC EVO 3D] cobraboy85:
why is it taking your device over 2 minutes to reboot? it should be well under a minute bro....

what ROM, how many apps you have installed, and are they moved to the SD card?

high amount of apps installed to the device will cause the device to boot slower because it has to load all of that data during boot.

i literally can shave or add a full 40 seconds off boot time by installing apps to sd card

just FYI
[HTC EVO 3D] aznmode:
I've noticed the more apps you have the longer a device will boot up. And if its deodexed rom then itll be even longer.

I'm using ZR3D rom 2.17 based and have 91 downloaded apps. boots up in 60 seconds roughly. 138 total apps including whats in the rom.
[TouchPad General] newtonfb:
Has anyone had anyluck doing this? I heard that the silk is real nice.
[TouchPad General] ace9988:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1428036

wonders of the search button
[TouchPad General] Ji(n)X:
Here you are.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1418480
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jdsemler:
I found it hard to remember all the purchased apps that I needed to install after installing the leaked ICS. The Play Store no longer has that nice Purchased list. Is there a way to get it back?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] MrJoran:
Not sure about getting it back, but I do know that if you sign into Play in a web browser, you'll be able to access your app download history including both free and purchased apps. From there you could install them again. Hopefully that helps.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skullreapper66:
I think i hit the kindle on something when i had it in my pocket playing music. When i pulled it from my pocket it was still functioning properly. playing music, screen turns on and off. the touchscreen had rainbows and i could see nothing of the lockscreen. it still boots i just cant see anything and input is unresponsive

i could do a warranty exchange, but i have CM7 on it. is it difficult to disassemble the fire?

Any help would be much appreciated.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] powerpoint45:
Just get a new screen
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
A touch screen is easy to repair for the Kindle Fire but it sounds more like you broke the LCD. You could take it apart to make sure but I wouldn't suggest it.

Your best bet would be to use adb to flash unrooted stock ROM and send it in to get repaired.

[Edit:] Be sure to back up your files first.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
Then again, I guess its possible you just sweated it do death, assuming there's no obvious physical damage (i.e. broken/cracked glass). That's happened to me with my phone before...a couple of times actually.

You could leave it alone for a while and give it time to dry out. You never know...
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skullreapper66:
Its been sitting for a few days already. I think I'll just adb to stock and send it in. Thanks for the suggestion soupmagnet.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
Don't forget to flash stock bootloader too.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] xxBrun0xx:
Hey all,

After attempting to install the gsm ics leak and bricking my phone and having to spend an entire day bringing it back from the dead, I warn you not to go and install that if you have the same phone I do, (but if you do, pm me and I will be glad to help you fix your phone).

Anyways, on to my question: Does anyone know if it is possible to get any functional version of ics onto the xt910 canadian rogers version?

I would settle for CM9 or AOKP because I'm 99% sure there is no way to make the phone work with any leak. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mortify1:
Cm9 and akop work on our phones as long as you apply the GSM patch if it isn't already implemented..

its not the smoothest though since you will still be running the original kernel and radio from 2.3.5
[Motorola Droid RAZR] xxBrun0xx:
I'm actually on cm9 and everything is smooth, but I've found that if you touch Bluetooth, you're going to have to factory reset your phone using fastboot. Huge pain in the ass if you ask me. Other than that, everything seems ok. Still works better than Arctic.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] havoksupertwit:
have you guys tried the gummy ICS rom? Just picking up my phone this week and trying to figure out whether to stick with stock and wait it out OR flash and have fun...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] xxBrun0xx:
I haven't tried Gummy (not sure why you would want that over AOKP or CM9, though), but I would say this: if you don't stay stock, you don't have much in the way of options. You can run Arctic pretty smoothly, or you can go for one of the ics roms and stay very far away from bluetooth. If you decide to flash right away, MAKE SURE you back up your stock image because otherwise you'll never get a rogers rom back on your device, since there are no fastboot files for it through the eternity project (which means they basically don't exist).
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Mortify1:
Gummy is based off the same source as CM9 and AOKP.. with only ROM tweaks, the same bugs apply

Nandroid backup of Rogers System
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubonic78:
I've looked and looked but can't seem to find an ics dialer that works. If you have one please post a pick with the DL thanx.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mikig_mkd:
Try This one. I'm using it. It's from Zeus Z-TR with ICS Dialpad icons. It's transparent so it looks nice :)

Because it is taken from ZTR, credit goes to The Collective Team.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Clark Joseph Kent:
Do you just install the apk and will it work on any ROM? Thx
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jason4962:
this is from carlos ics , put it in your system/app fix permission and reboot

worked on zeus ztr

ofcourse credits to him

View attachment 991626
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jason4962:
since it's a system app you can't just installed it. you need to replace it and reboot.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] threi_:
exdialer also has an ICS theme as well
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ppalbicke:
Make sire you set permissions too. So it goes in system/app and then permissions are rw-r-r

Sent from an Emancipated Infuse bleeding Orange
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rogerb1223:
will this work on cm9 acora 4.0.4
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mikig_mkd:
Im afraid not. Its for gingerbread builds only. Ics is using a completely different framework.

Sent from my Infuse 4G running Aeon v1.3.1.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubonic78:
Please close.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] YZ:
Closed thread as requested by OP.
[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
So I've been working on a theme for a while now. And its finally almost done. I only have a few problems I hope someone could hep me with so I can post it on here.

1. I basically themed the "cut&paste" rom so the file is too large. I tried deleting all the apps that aren't needed but then it wouldn't boot. So can someone help me get rid of all the files I don't need or move my themed files to a template I can use? I themed the framework, tw-framework, systemUI, and settings.apk that's all.

2. The "cut&paste" boot animation won't go away. I tried applying a boot animation from the uot kitchen but it won't stick over it. Can anyone help me remove it?

3. A few of my pictures needed resizing and when I did that there's like lines around it so the icon isn't round it has a square box around it. Ill post a picture.

So far that's about it that's all I can remember having problems with. I'll uplaod a few screenshots. Hope you guys like it.
[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
Everytime I try to upload the screenshots it says "need to login" but I am logged in 8|. I'll try again from my computer.

EDIT: okay, I got them to work. Tell me what you think.
[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
In this last picture you can see the lines around the icon that I resized.
[Epic 4G General] lilajrestnom:
Not one comment or thought or idea or anything? No one has anything at all to say?!?!?!?!?!
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
You don't theme the whole rom bro... you take out the apks you need for themeing... framework-res.apk in system/framework systemui.apk in system/app... libdroid [ scrollable toggles ] in system/app. Settings.apk system/app. Twframework-res.apk. system/framework. Then you theme those submit just those files to uot and it will create a flashable place what goes where and the bootanimation should be replaced if you add one via uot.. its script is written to delete the current and then replace it.. but on touchwiz you need to rename it to sanim.zip and have it delete that... its too much for me to explain =].