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[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] flasozzi:
Good to finally read something I haven't thought of. Feeling kinda relieved.

I got the battery out to charge it to the fullest on an external charger since every time I plug the phone in I end up in Recovery so I'll try it first thing in the morning.

One question though: how do I install the newest CWM from inside the CWM itself? Shouldn't it be done from hboot?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] flasozzi:
Yes I did, tried to fall back to RumFloat and De-sensed ROM and the installation completes but when I reboot the phone I get a black screen, that eventually leads me to CWM (when plugged in).

I'm dying to be able to use the RUU executable file :(
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] DeamonFish:
Yes (Also possible in fastboot), but, if you use "adb reboot bootloader" then you'll be inside of hboot, and should be able to do it there.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] timtucker:
What was the result when you did "adb reboot bootloader" with your mac? You should have ended up fastboot USB mode. My suggestion ( with the limited information at hand ) would be to unzip the file for whichever ROM you flashed most recently. Within that file should be a boot.img. If you've made it to fastboot mode, use the command "fastboot flash boot [path/to/boot.img] (on a mac I suggest dragging the boot.img file from finder over the terminal window since it saves typing in the path) This should hopefully fix the mis-match that seems to be occurring between the rom you flashed and the boot partition. Further, if you could try and get any logcat output ( though there may be none if the phone is not booting ) that might help us point you in the right direction. adb logcat on your mac, then plug in the phone and power it up.

All comments on my suggestions are welcome. I not ready to be a chef just yet, but I've been studying in the kitchen on several HTC phones for quite a while now. I'm just new to the Raider. ;-)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] megatronisabeast:
Also on the Mac it already unzips files when downloaded or does for me.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] flasozzi:
Hey guys, I'm sorry I just vanished, I was over mum's for the long weekend and came back straight to university, got a lot going on here.

Anyways, told you I left the battery on an external charger for the night and that sorted some things out.

But something went really wrong, because when I was flashing the ROM my phone had at least 40% of battery and was plugged in (I don't like flashing ROMs and most stuff with the phone unplugged) so there is no reason why I should ever run out of battery. That's why I didn't think of that at all. Also because CWM was working just fine and I guess it wouldn't if i had no battery.

And there is a slight detail that is: after the ROM flashing failed, even though being recognised by the computer, the phone wasn't charging at all. That's what made me go for an external charger.

So I could never think of the possibility of me out of battery. Because I couldn't have been.

Anyways, after charging, which oddly enough stayed there the entire night and by morning the charger still showed the "chargING" sign, I was able to access the bootloader menu. The phone wouldn't boot normally, which is also a sign that something did go very wrong.

At least I could relock the bootloader, flash the RUU, and go back to RumFloat.

And now I flashed the most recent Recovery and probably now I'll be able to do backups again. (after I flashed ICS with the older Recovery I couldn't backup at all).

I really don't know what happened that drained my battery and that stopped it from charging, or why the ROM didn't flash as expected, since everything went as smooth as usual, but anyways,

thank you all for the help and sorry about this whole thing. I should've thought of that (although I really can't see how this happened).

I'm even feeling kinda ashamed for my stupidity. But well living and learning, next time something happens, if it my phone dies completely and I have to get it replaced, I'll use that lovely external charger again just in case.

(Do you think my charger/battery has something wrong? Like, should i get it replaced? It's working fine so far ever since I fixed the phone but I really don't want this to happen again).

Thank you all very much :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mdfzhi:
like in title, u guys know any other app that can change vdd voltage other than setxperia that works?

i've tried pretty much every apps like setcpu, voltage control, nofrills cpu control but none can actually modify vdd voltage value on my live walkman. some only can show but cannot edit, and some even prompt that kernel doesnt support voltage changing.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dumraden:
nuff said.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hazard_puppet:
what is vdd? try system tuner
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] melander:
i think vdd is like undervolting,

this would depend on the kernel that is installed and need a certain app for chaging the voltage,

with x kernel this is possible with system tuner
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mdfzhi:
Your point is?

Every custom kernel in minis dev subforum do support undervolt by vdd changing. And it cant be change via setxperia. I just dont like setxperia, thats why I ask if other app can do it.

Im not that stupid to use stock kernel and try to change vdd.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dumraden:
Because xperia's are unlocked in a different way than other phones, its different when an app tries to read and change kernel based files.

Thats why i guess only setxperia is able to write and use the vdd levels properly, when other apps written mostly for HTC's and Samsung devices work on those devices but not ours.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mdfzhi:
Melander hit the sweet spot, system tuner can change voltage and its works! Thanks a bunch
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hazard_puppet:
hye im the one saying system tuner first =(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] melander:
no problem, here's your thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] orbitalschool:
Something that baffled me was contacts that went missing on my xda orbit..I now realise that the contact are on the sim as well as the phone. I have now put my sim card into my HTC HD mini but a large number of contacts are still on my xda.?

Ive searched the web....I cannot find the contacts folder on my xda using sync with PC...and I don’t want to sync the phone contacts with my outlook contact.

Can any advise how I can group all the contacts together and edit them before storing back on the HD mini.
[General Questions and Answers] lamborg:
well there should be an option to transfer your phone contacts to SIM. And then copy from SIM to your HD.

OR there are softwares to backup and restore contacts, search for Contacts backup.
[General Questions and Answers] orbitalschool:
Cheers, I was hoping that there was some tool to export or save contacts from the phone in say an excel format so I could manage them on the PC.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Chien35:
Required :

1. The phone of course (Samsung Droid Charge), other Android and iPhone working too.

2. Wifi Hotspot.

3. An active phone number on other phone (CDMA or GSM).

4. LINE from NAVER or VIBER from Viber Media, Inc (Download from market) and many other app available.

Let's begin :

1. Connect ur Droid to WIFI hotspot, download the app (LINE/VIBER) if you don't have it yet.

2. Run the app and register with an active phone number. The app will send SMS with a code to the registered phone number that app needed.

3. Complete the registration.

4. Add the phone number u need to call to ur Droid contact.

5. Enjoy ur call with the app.

NB:Calling/messaging function only work to the relevant app registered users. Most app only work for Android and iPhone and a few including Blackberry.
[Verizon Droid Charge] adrialk:
How is this different than Google voice?
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Google Voice doesn't make VOIP calls, it requires an actual number to connect to. However, you could get a plan that allows you to make calls to specified numbers without using minutes, then set your GV # as one of them, and make all the calls you want without using minutes.
[Verizon Droid Charge] xdadevnube:
GVoice makes VOIP calls. I measured the bandwidth at the router when I was on WIFI. I also set up a phone with no service with a different phone number. I also tested GVoice on WIFI by changing throughput and testing jitter and the effect on the VOIP calls.

I used Groove, I didn't try the calls with another method, although a Gchat session should work the same.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Chien35:
I'm talking about free calls and available for all country. Does Google voice free and available for all country? I don''t think so....
[Verizon Droid Charge] xdadevnube:
Thanks for the post, I didn't actually catch that. I was just stating that GVoice does indeed use VOIP if it is set up to do so. I believe GVoice allows for free calls to US and Canada, as well as free calls from another country into the US and Canada.

Your solution is pretty awesome if you need that service. I would like to see an analysis of codec quality, delay, bandwidth usage, jitter, etc to see how it compares to GVoice. Google keeps saying that free GVoice calls will expire, but so far its been renewed. It will be nice to have an alternative, particularly a good, free alternative.

Have you tried your method with success? How is the subjective call quality and call drop rate, etc?

Thanks for the info
[Verizon Droid Charge] Chien35:
U need high speed connection/WIFI to get better call quality.

I have used these apps and prove it work succesfully. The only issue is the call have a delay about 1 sec, so u need to be patient to wait the answere after u speak coz ur voice will be heard after the delay.
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Viber will only allow free calls to other Viber users, unless they changed that at some point. And GV must have changed then if you can make calls with it VOIP style with no cell service and only wifi, as it was only a call forwarding service before, meaning you still needed to have the ability to make calls through the phone.
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
I know you can use the web version of Google Talk as an endpoint for outgoing calls now. I haven't messed with any versions on device though (and if it works, we'd still probably have the audio issue on the Charge).
[Verizon Droid Charge] adrialk:
I used Google voice in Puerto Rico to place free calls over wifi. You can't be in airplane mode because it uses the normal dialer, but it does not use any cellular airtime to place the call.

Google voice integrates well with the android OS. My gf uses it to stay under her 450min plan.
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
I use it that way on my device, but it does use airtime.
[Verizon Droid Charge] xdadevnube:
Yeah, I can only speak regarding usage of GVoice with GrooveIP. Otherwise a phone call would have to be initiated in Google Chat. Without Groove, you probably won't know you have an incoming call, at least not in time to answer it.

My buddy uses Groove all the time on his WiFi with excellent results- it works okay on 3G in good coverage and it works excellently on 4G. I have enough minutes and crappy coverage so I generally don't use Groove a whole lot, but it sure is cool to be able to send/receive calls anytime to your GVoice number. I also set up the Google Voice app on the phone alongside Groove (I configured Google Voice app somehow not to notify/bother me). Groove does the phone calls and Google Voice app does the text. This way you can send/receive calls and texts for free without delays. It works brilliantly, and its nice to forward Verizon's voice mail to GVoice, then configure GVoice to forward an email for each text, voicemail, and missed call you get.

If I had better coverage, I would only use GVoice. There is a bit more delay with GVoice than a 1X call, I would say, but not bad.

Is it verified that Viber only works to other Viber callers?

I'm a little cynical that somehow the carriers will try to crack down on Google Voice users or that Google will at some point stop free calling.
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
It works to call anyone, but it is only free calling if the other user is also a Viber user. They may have changed it since I last looked though, but probably not.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Chien35:
Which one u used? My method or Google voice?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimsonsoulz:
I tried using VNC to stream my phone's display to my computer, it works pretty well besides the fact that the image is completely skewed and screwed up. I'm running this from a HTC Amaze 4g on a windows 7 machine. (bootcamp imac). is this a common issue, any fixes?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Astrobrewer:
Is there an option in ICS settings to have Razr default to "Charge Only" when USB is plugged into PC? That's what the stock GB used to do. Now with ICS the Razr mounts two drive letters for sdcards and another as a cdrom device with motocast software that autoruns annoying web site with audio telling me to set up my motocast account. I spose I could do that, if it will shut the damn thing up, but I liked the charge only option so I could plug in and run adb, then if I needed to mount as usb storage I could select that.

ICS usb connection options are usb storage, media device and camera device. You can select more than one, but you can't select none. Is there a way to get back to charge only option with ICS?

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] [TSON]:
It was removed because it didn't improve charge speed, so there was no point.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Astrobrewer:
Thanks for the response, TSON.

I get that maybe they didn't want to make charge only the default setting, but they could have left it as an option at least. One thing I notice is that with /sdcard and /sdcard-ext mounted as USB drives on my PC that I can't do anything with those directories with adb. For example when phone is plugged into PC via USB and I use adb shell and try to "cd /sdcard" I get permission denied. I assume that this is the same reason that ES File Explorer reports that sdcard is not mounted when it is plugged into PC. Prior to updating to ICS I could set USB mode to charge only and still was able to access files on sdcard with adb or file explorer.

There has to be some way around this, right? :(
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iguanad:
That's not the only reason to have charge only. You lose access to your sd card in the phone when it is in mass storage mode. When I am plugged in to my computer I can't access my music files or sd applications.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Astrobrewer:
Basically you can't do anything with phone when it's plugged in to your computer to charge. At least not anything that requires access to sdcard.

I'll have to try one of the other options, either camera device or media device. Not sure what they do. That might be the answer.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Astrobrewer:
OK. I selected Camera (PTP) instead of the default Mass Storage option and I get access to sdcard. I also get a pop up from my PC asking me what application I want to open to handle the camera connected to it, but I can dismiss that easily enough. So the quick answer is pick anything other than mass storage and then you don't have the sdcard restrictions that mounting the sdcard as mass storage imposes. I still would prefer to have a none of the above option for USB connect mode, but I can live with this.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Oldmansin:
Problem is it charges slower than it uses power in these modes. Needs to be a fix to this.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] kevintstephens:
It doesn't help. I set up my MotoCast account and it still pops up every time asking me to set it up.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heatstreak:
Hi, so i tried to root and mod my defy +. I was able to root it but when I tried to get the mod on it got messed up. so I had to flash the stock sbf in and stuff. I'm not sure what happened but now I cant root it, and when I try to download apps it tells me there isn't enough space but I have plenty of memory left. Also I cant factory reset the phone. At this point I'm not sure what to do. Is there still a way to get a custom mod on the phone?

Please help, Thanks
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pranks1989:
You need to do a data wipe. Press vol- and power. You will get an exclamation mark and android. It is the stock recovery. Next press both vol+ and vol- together. You will enter custom recovery. Do a data wipe from there.. That should help..

You are not able to root probably because you flashed the BL7 latest SBF!! Go to setting about phone.. Does the version ends with .2310 or .231 >? If yes then it is still unrootable and if its a diff version then data wipe should renable root capability..
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heatstreak:
The data wipe worked! Thanks so much :)

it ends with .2312 so i cant root it right?

i just tried and it failed
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pranks1989:
You are welcome.. :) Nope bro can't root yet!! You may click the thanks button above if you wish... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] debolt:
assert failed: apply patch check("/system/app/geniewidget.apk" bunch of random code, then error in sdcard/update.zip error 7

Anyone know how to fix this? I really want aokp :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anton2009:
Perhaps it was a bad download? Try redownloading AOKP and reflashing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] debolt:
Nevermind, fixed it by factory resetting, and in the toolbox the first step to rooting is installing recovery, and instead of installing the su.zip I installed 4.04, which wasnt working in recovery before.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anton2009:
I'm pretty sure you can flash AOKP on top of 4.0.2... you don't have to go to stock 4.0.4 first and then AOKP.
[HTC One X] Bigmille:
Does anyone know how to mark all un-read emails as read in the stock Mail app? I can't seem to find the option.

If the Mail app don't have the option, can somebody please suggest an app that do?

Only other app I can think of is K9, but it too slow with lots emails in the inbox.

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sunshinesimba:
Basically, this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1384415

No one responded to that thread because it was in the wrong forum.

I got the "Phone -- ! -- PC" screen, and was attempting to fix it before getting this black screen of death.

Galaxy Nexus GSM

Rooted, Codename ROM, don't think there is a Kernel in there

Carrier: Virgin Mobile

Edit: I won't be able to respond for a couple hours as I'm going to work. Any and all help is much appreciated. :)

Original post from above thread below:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msedek:
What i with my little (almost nothing experience in android) would do its going to another computer with no drivers installed, would download the toolkit and install those drivers, then plug the phone and see what happen, im sure its not bricked since the computer recognice it.. I did lot of stuff with blackberry and there was a lot of ways to recover a phone like that... From here if the toolkit recognice it in any way.. Then you could try to do some of those steps.. As far as i tried doing all kind of stuff to my phone, toolkit its for much the Best Tool and way to do anything to your phone or at least for starters like me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sunshinesimba:
But the computer doesn't actually recognize it. The "detection" sound it makes is for an unresponsive device. It won't charge, won't be recognized, and no matter what combo I use, it doesn't turn it.

I played dumb, called Samsung, and now I'm going to send it in. Thanks for the help though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kkhanmd:
sometimes my screen goes blank and I have to pull the battery and everything comes back to normal
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jmurph3:
Has anyone used their VZN Gnex to tether to their laptop? I was just curious to how well it worked, if the phone got super hot, etc. Is it worth getting? Just explain your opinion on Gnex tethering if you will. Thanks

I should also add that I will be using the VZN mobile hotspot data package.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anton2009:
I have used my Gnex to tether my laptop and my friends laptops (Macs and PCs). The speed is okay. I did a speedtest.net run on it and it was around 10mbps, about the speed of any average, home wifi connection (4g). It drains the battery fairly quickly in my opinion, so only if I am without Wifi and I need to use the computer that absolutely required data connection (that my phone couldn't do), I would use it in that situation. Otherwise I would just always use wifi if I needed to use my computer. There is no problems with it though. The phone doesn't get hot, slow or buggy.I would say if you're in areas where you'd like to use your computer, but don't have wifi regularly, then get it. If not, just carry your phone around with you and use that, it's a mini laptop!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jmurph3:
Well, getting back into school and my job requiring me to travel a lot, I planned on doing most of my classes online. Everywhere we go, i have great signal and hopefully this will be my solution to getting my coursework done before I get home. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BinkXDA:
While not the CDMA version, I have used my GN for this and it worked flawlessly with my Wi-Fi-only tablet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jmurph3:
I appreciate the input so far. Anyone that reads this, I ask to write your opinion and experience using your GNex has a mobile hot spot. Preferably the CDMA version. Thanks again.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wanderfowl:
I've used my VZW nexus to tether (using Android Wifi Tether app) occasionally, mostly using 3G, and it works like a charm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
I use it almost daily with no issues. Speeds rival what I get on the handset, but I'm also running a custom ROM and not paying to use Verizon's Hotspot Service.

I use roughly 10 gigs a month, half of it is via tether. I don't have issues with heat. I will say that if you're using WiFi Tether on LTE and having a phone conversation on a BT headset, the charger can't keep up with power consumption. Small price to pay for awesomeness. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jmurph3:
Thanks for the input so much guys! So far nothing negative. I'll definitely have to put this to use then!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] AndroidGraphix:
The best way to get custom themes to Swiftkey is to cast your vote. If enough members vote, we have a chance at implementing this feature in future releases.

Here's the thread link over at Swiftkey. Thanks

http://vip.swiftkey.net/index.php?/topic/3432-swifkey-beta-custom-themes-for-devs-poll/
[HTC Rezound] kujayhawks77:
Got my vote, I'd love to see a theme like neon only in red
[HTC Rezound] AndroidGraphix:
Sweet, thanks. The votes for custom themes has skyrocketed! Maybe now, swiftkey will see the importance of open source themes.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
And if not then they deserve to lose market share to keyboards that do like perfect keyboard.
[HTC Rezound] jmorton10:
I totally agree.

I use Smart KB Pro & the themes are awesome.

Why would ANY KB not want open source themes??
[HTC Rezound] AndroidGraphix:
We need more votes members. Maybe this keyboard will help. lol.
[General Questions and Answers] Hamking:
Actually, that title is worded a little poorly. It should probably read: "Direct shortcut to pre-composed draft email"

I would like to make a direct shortcut on my homescreen, which, when pressed will open an already composed draft email, which will include a pre-defined recipient list, pre-composed subject line, and pre-composed body.

I can make a draft email in my default email program with all of the latter information (recipients, subject, body).

I would simply like a way to create a shortcut to this draft that shows up on my homescreen.

Anyone know how I can accomplish this?

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Phone: Motorola Photon 4g (Sprint) - 2.3.4 base stock rom (ROOTED)
[General Questions and Answers] Dark3n:
Write a small app that on start, automaticly launches a prefilled email intent.