yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] neotekz:
you have the best phone anywhere, not just canada. other phones might be better at certain things but overall the nexus is still the best until the htc one s or gs3 comes out. You are going to find problems with any phone out there most are a lot worst than the ones on the nexus.

i dunno about Wind being the best carrier in canada though...lol i was pretty close to switching to them but just didnt want to deal with all the roaming stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matt08642:
I mean best carrier in the sense that everything is unlimited. I rarely ever leave the city so it's good for me.

I am currently in customer service hell. They sent me a full month's bill after 7 days of service, and I can't get a straight answer as to why. Tried calling their service center and was hung up on 3 times in a row.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Frosty666:
From my understanding, it's due to pixel pre-charging and/or bad threshold calibration. All of the pixels are kept on just a tiny amount even on black screens to produce smoother a smoother display. It takes a lot longer to turn on an LED from rest than to just bump up the brightness a bit. The LED subpixels are held just above their on/off threshold to give relatively deep blacks with smooth light/dark transitions. In theory this works, because it assumes that each LED is perfectly calibrated and they all have an exact on/off threshold. In reality though, we know that no two LEDs are the same. Some have higher thresholds and some have lower than others. This equates to some deadspots and some bright patches on black screens.

Then again, it could just be a badly manufactured screen or some other issue.

Also, some people say that they never saw anything like pre-charging on other OLED screens like on the GSII, but that's because the GSII has a much lower resolution. The Nexus has a much higher resolution, which means a lot more pixels to push, which means there's a lot more light coming out of black screens. That's what gives some Nexus screens that LCD-Backlight look when in dark rooms. That's a non-issue.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DSA:
Hi

Can anyone point me in the direction of which .apk/folder/file i need to change to amend the images on the attached screenshots

ive spent a fair bit of time looking and im struggling.....need the help of an expert

Cheers guys

1st Image:

the border and the background colour

2nd Image:

The sub-section bar

3rd Image:

The call alert icon

4th Image:

The blue 'Phone Ringtone' box background

5th Image:

Coloured bars under 'Groups' & 'Favourites'

Blue seperator bar

6th Image:

The blue 'Phone Options' box background
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vertumus:
1. framework > res > dw-hdpi>tw_popup_xxx.pngs or just popup_xxx.pngs

2. framework > res > dw-hdpi> dark_header.png

3. call setings appk or phone.apk > drawable folder

4. framework > res > dw-hdpi>tw_popup_top_xxx.pngs or just popup_top_xxx.pngs

5. same as 2

6. same as 4

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BinaryKhaos:
Hi @all...

I never thought rooting the phone (to get the CM9 nightlies) was such a complicated ordeal. I've no clue how much time I spent reading threads and evaluating all the possible ways to root.

I want to avoid increasing the flash counter by all means as I still have one year of warranty left... just to be on the safe side. Unfortunately I already have Android 2.3.6 (kernel 2.6.35.7-...LA4) on the phone, so from what I was able to figure out on my own, this means SuperOneClick or in general zergRushExploit based roots won't work anymore since the leak has been fixed. I could flash an insecure kernel but some people say that in general everything flashed through Odin will increase the flash counter and others say, that flashing an insecure kernel won't do anything to the counter (the whole idea would be kinda pointless if it didn't imho). Also there is the talk of a newer bootloader which will prevent resetting the counter. So much information to digest...

So, I would really like to ask for some friendly help. Is there any way to root the i9100 without increasing the flash counter that will still work with my current firmware and that I can use as a stepping stone to flash the CM9 nightlies? Or some alternative I am not seeing? (except for staying on stock)

Thanks a lot for helping me out in advance...

matthew.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LenAsh:
Zergrush 4 (Doomlord) works on KL1 2.3.6 - I'm on it.

No "counter" issues
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caustic68:
Also if you do increase your counter there is triangle away app which resets it to 0 without a jig.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koolshubh:
Get a jig...

It costs only a dollars or so!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] st3chn0:
What you can do is:

go to the cm9 user discussion and flash the recommended bootloader

download the clockwork mod recovery from the rom manager website, gapps and latest cm nightly then place it on your external SD card and not the internal

Using stock recovery navigate to the clockwork recovery zip and apply

It will bring up clockwork mod recovery

Do a factory reset...then you can wipe system/data/cache partition from mounts and storage but its optional (I did this because I just wanted a super clean install)

Install the nightly and gapps

you have succesfuly installed CM9

Enjoy :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Li4m79:
A jig won't work on 2.3.6 onwards..

And just remember triangle away app only works on ics...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BinaryKhaos:
First of all, thanks @all for your help. :-)

@LenAsh: If KL1 is your kernel build version, you are actually on a older kernel. If it is your firmware version, you are newer though (KI4 here). The reason why I am pointing this out is that I have read in both developer threads, that with LA4 kernels and/or Android >= 2.3.6, the exploits used won't work. But again, there were also people reporting otherwise. Could you maybe clearify what exact versions you are on, please?

@st3chn0: Hm, won't flashing the bootloader also increase the dreaded flash counter because it is done through Odin?

@Li4m79: I know. What I haven't figured out so far (and maybe you can help me out on this one): Is the requirement an "ICS bootloader" or really ICS? So if I flash CM9 from my GB stock and keep the bootloader as is, will I still be able to use the Triangle Away app?

So long,

matthias
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LenAsh:
2.3.6 - in my sig
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BinaryKhaos:
Ok, that I got the first time. :-) But it is just part of the story. Firmware and kernel version would be nice to know. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] st3chn0:
Flashing just the bootloader wont do anything to the bootloader since its the samsung official bootloader... only things such as custom kernels etc (not verified by samsung themselves) will increase the counter
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Li4m79:
Not sure mate... but if you are flashing cm9 why keep the boot loader? ... just flash cm9 and then use triangle away...

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheCreat:
Hello, I hope it's okay to resurrect this for a related question.

I've got my SGSII (I9100) only a couple of days ago, but coming from another android (which is nowadays lowend: I5800) which was always rooted I couldn't stay un-rooted for long. I've rooted using su/busybox injection via temporary CWM, as that obviously doesn't increase flash count (and consequently doesn't cause the yellow triangle).

I'm a bit worried about possibly needing warranty at some point, when the phone is in a state where I can't use it anymore to use "triangle away" (like display hardware issues, whatever) but Samsung can read the flash counter (possibly denying warranty).

So on to my actual question: I tried to find some clear information about what exactly causes the flash counter to increase and/or causes the yellow triangle. There isn't any sticky about it (in any of the sticky thread collections), so could someone clarify that for me?

My phone already shipped with ICS, I would conclude that I already have one of the new bootloaders that can no longer be reset using a jig (unless I flash an old one just for this, obviously).

I've read the only operation that can cause triangcle/counter increase is flashing a kernel (and rom with a kernel) in download mode (Odin) and that Samsungs own (unmodified) kernels are always OK to flash. Correct so far?

Concluding from that, it would mean that any nandroid restore operation would also be safe (for returning to some custom rom after testing/disliking a different one). Just like applying and update.zip (including things like flashing a rom this way). Still correct, I hope?

I really wish there was a sticky explaining this in detail, not just the existence of the counter/triangle and that it's possible to get rid of it, but not how to avoid getting it in the first place.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moe.nassef:
You can use for ics triangle away app and for GB u can use the one click root
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moe.nassef:
For my case when i needed to flash GB i upgraded the os to ICS and rooted the ICS then i installed odin for mobile and then i flashed the GB again with ODIN from my mobile and i already reset my counters with triangle away in the 1st step try this one it will make u happy lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheCreat:
Thanks for the reply, but I already know that. It will most likely be no problem to reset, but writing to the bootloader always entails a certain risk (of hard brick), however slim. This is also clearly stated in the "triangle away" description and forum thread.

Since the knowledge of what exactly increments the counter is surely out there, I'd just like to avoid doing those things in the first place.

Can you confirm/deny my statements above? Like about odin/update.zip and so on?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moe.nassef:
Dear,

I know its risky but am using android since its early beging and never encounter a brick for my galaxy s2 i always use odin and triangle away and i dont have any issues believe me if you are having any issue in solving a little problem like this dont go deeper as u'll not feel the happiness of solving it due to your fears .. if i were you and am afraid i wont try .

Wish you the best
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheCreat:
You are completely missing my point. I'd have to clear the counter after every flash that increased it, as I can't guarantee my phone would be in a state where I can do it the moment I do need the warranty. I know it's quite unlikely that something will go wrong and the operation results in a brick.

But why risk even that, if it can easily be avoided? I just need to know what exactly will and what will not increase the counter. Hence my skating for exactly that information.

Swyped on my Galaxy S2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sferg.410:
you know i have rooted my phone more times than i can remember, versions of GB, ICS and now i use F1 Nexus ROM and i have always been able to get rid of the yellow triangle and reset the counter without any problems.

it is a jig solution, so i have 1 of those, then i have a an old bootloader file that is called 'oldbootloader' !!! thing is i dont remember where i got it from. anyway, every time after having rooted the phone, i just flash the oldbootloader in Odin PDA box, turn off the phone, plug in the jig and counter is reset, triangle gone. so far it has never failed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atifsh:
Its very simple, you should have known this......

Flashing a non Samsung kernel / in secure kernel will do that.

Still there are ways you can flash in secure kernel without counter go up, but you have to be rooted and using mobile Odin.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moe.nassef:
Any custom rom will increase your counter any root like CF root will increase ur counter if you are using a new non stock kernal it will increase the same .. the idea is if you reset the counter one time and then installed mobile odin app on your phone you want have any increase in the counter your whole life and also you will not lose the root and you can flash what ever you want you will not lose the warranty

And they will not able to find out that you one used a custom ROM i already sent my device to the warranty and they mentioned that i'm a noob and am treating the device in a decent way lol

Again ...

If you use your odin while flashing a stock os like xxlph it will increase nothing if you used a stock kernel nothing will happened but if you do so you will lose your root and if you lost your root and u wants to get it back it can increase except if you flashed the root kernel from the device with odin mobile or CWM .. forgot to tell also that if you installed any thing with CWM it will not affect your counter
[HD2 General] Farsite:
I have gone and upgraded to a htc one x.

I shall how pass the HD2 on.

I would like to thank the devs and users of xda's hd2 forums for all their hard work creating the many roms etc. that I have used over the last few years.

:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] abhibnl:
well guys i backed up my stock ddkq8 using cwm 5 but now when i tried to restore that backup, device is stuck on "Galaxy Ace" screen. the thing is, i have to give my phn to my bro as his' not working. but he don't like this rom and want stock rom back.

can anyone please suggest me what the problem can be? Recovery says restore is complete but device is still stuck on galaxy ace screen even after 5-10 mins.. plz help me guys..or tell me steps to restore using based on your personal experiences. i used cwm 5.0.2.6
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] manishpatil:
Jst wait fr 15min.. it takes time..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] -RDR-:
Ur file system is ext4 now and stock Roms require rfs file system ...

Just flash a stock rom first, then restore your backup :)

P.S. confirm that the stock rom or custom rom based on stock u flash has rfs file system :)

Edit: or try to do a "wipe cache partition " if this doesn't work follow the above steps
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] abhibnl:
well i guess that can be the problem. xperiatized is based on ext4 partirion system. and i've tried wiping cache but didn't worked.

i guess i have to flash rom through odin then :-(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] -RDR-:
But why do u want stock rom again? ?

Have u heard of an awesome rom called CM7 ? :cool: :cool: :cool:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] abhibnl:
yes man....one can't be so silly not knowing about cm ;-)

and does it mean that i will not be able to restore my stock rom again as almost all roms are based on ext4 partition?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Harry GT-S5830:
You got the wrong file format, reflash stock via odin then try restore. Wipe cache after that

if I help please hit thanks :beer::)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Nicolae-Daniel:
You can olso try to flash with odin another basaband beside DDKQ8.Cheers!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] -RDR-:
Lol :D I was just recommending cm7 :cool: ....dude u flash a stock rom via Odin first then root your phone again ( yes root access will get wiped by flashing stock rom) then install cwm and restore your backup ( if it has some important data :rolleyes: it doesn't make sense to take all this trouble otherwise :rolleyes: )
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] johnny893:
Tell your brother to take it or leave it... "-.-
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] abhibnl:
nah! can't do that :-P
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] -RDR-:
Flash cm9 beta 7 and ask your bro if he likes it ....

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If he says no, he doesnt have any taste :cool:

Sent from my GT-S5830
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] abhibnl:
no camera :-P
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] nomiset:
after restoring your backup, restore BOOT from a cm7 rom
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Yamizzolo:
I'm having the same problem, if i do a factory reset from Clockwork recovery,it will give me stock rom? I don't really want to use my pc when i'm going to turn back to stock because of possible usb/connection problems..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] acceleratus:
Try using stocklite, its DDKQ8. I like that rom a lot. Good battery life, speed and no bugs as far as i know.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] javiertury:
If you don't want to flash it with odin try flashing Stocklite v6 and then restoring the backup
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SnowPluralism:
Great Answer -.- ... You should be is brother! (really ironic)

Now take it or leave it ... -.- bro
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Yamizzolo:
Will the phone turn Totally stock then?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] abhibnl:
so guys in the end, the result is...

you can restore a stock rom backup if you are on a stock rom already. you can't restore a stock backup over a custom rom. am i right guys?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] -RDR-:
Right unless your custom rom has .rfs file system( which would be really really dumb :P )

you know you are rooted when you use XDA more than FB :cool:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] abhibnl:
ok sir :-P
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Yamizzolo:
OK guys, the restore still doesn't work even with stocklite, i think i should flash with odin the stock firmware. How can i recognize what my original firmware is? I have an italian no brand galaxy ace. It says:

Base band:s5380XWKT3

Build: XWKT7

There is no XWT3 firmware on samfirmware but there is XWKT7. Is it good?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiaokai:
Hi

the last few days my Defy has been nagging me about updating to 45.0.2310.en.GB

is this the one that you cant root?

and is the update worth it?

Thanks
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labsin:
With that rom, there will be no way to root or to downgrade (or to downgrade to a rom that is rootable)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiaokai:
thought so

but i got a problem

I pressed download by mistake :S

now its downloading

i couldn't cancel it

so i shut down the phone

and when i turn it back on it resumes it instead of stopping

is there way way to stop it?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spangelsaregreat:
Hi,

It should ask you if you want to install it once it has downloaded. Just say no to that.

Simples.

Regards
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiaokai:
Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrfenyx:
Hi,

I am trying to populate a ListView with a string array. If I create the string array "manually" - write all the items when creating it - it works.

private String[] lv_arr={"One","Two","Three","Four","Five","Six",};

If I try to assign to it an existing string array that I have defined in the array.xml, the app crashes.

private String[] lv_arr=getResources().getStringArray(R.array.splash_cont);

I populate the ListView like this:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.search);
lv1=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.listView1);
lv1.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1 , lv_arr));

This is the error I get:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{mmarin.iconpack.manager/mmarin.iconpack.manager.Search}: java.lang.NullPointerException

I imagine it is something very simple I overlooked but can't find it...

Thanks for your help!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_R:
private String[] lv_arr=getResources().getStringArray(R.array.splash_cont);

I don't think you can initialize a class member using a class method like that That is why maybe you are ending up with a null pointer.

Try this instead:

private String[] lv_arr;

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.search);
lv1=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.listView1);

// add this line
lv_arr = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.splash_cont);

lv1.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1 , lv_arr));

Let me know if this works.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrfenyx:
You are awesome again. Saved me once more :D

Thank You!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_R:
Glad to be of help! :)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remuseu:
well this is a noob question but can anyone tell me if i can use the backed up data from cm cwm on my defy to be restored on a cm9 on nexus S ? or i`ll have md5 missmatch ?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raka1:
Hi,

don't know. But if it doesn't work you can use the Nandroid Browser to copy files.:)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hossam Fathy:
Can i update current Windows 6.5 to Android or windows Mango.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nodon:
No.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Thremix:
I was thinking of sending the fire back for the flyer/view, the HTC has a leg up on almost everything, however I am stuck on a few key features that the fire has, and I would like to know if there is some sort of port, or if HTC built these things in..

The fire has updates for it every few months so far, so its live, since the HTC flyer/view have been cancled, will they get updates??

The flyer/view have the "book sharing" built in, this is a nice book club feature that I like.

and the amazon silk browser has the reader view, BIG winner in my book... any way to do this on the HTC device?

I just want a handy device to read and watch some shows, prime is no big deal since they dont have what I want to see anyway, and I have Netflix anyway... I should also mention that I have a Galaxy note, so I dont "NEED" cameras or anything like that. I just need a nice responsive 7" tablet for reading/web/youtube/Netflix with a bright clear screen..

what do you guys think?

:-)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] redpoint73:
I'm not all that familiar with the other features you mentioned (book share and reader view), but as far as updates, I've found myself not needing or particularly wanting firmware updates for my Flyer. This is coming from a person who constantly changes the ROM on his HTC Desire Z phone to get better performance and features. I have never even bothered to put a custom ROM on my Flyer, the stock ROM just runs so smoothly, and has all the features I need.

I did do the upgrade from Gingerbread to Honeycomb. It added some more tablet-friendly interface layout, bit more eye candy, and much better pen support. It runs just as smoothly as GB. Really more of a personal preference, either GB or HC run rather nicely (fast and smooth).

I haven't found myself wanting anymore out of my Flyer. The performance is great, and I haven't had any significant bugs to speak of. There does seem to be a issue with GPS maintaining lock in HC (but I never use my Flyer for navigation). But of course, that isn't even an option on the Fire, anyway.

I haven't personally had a chance to compare side-by-side. But I believe the Flyer is more responsive (clock speed matters more than dual cores, for most tasks) and has a better screen than the Flyer. What you do get in the Flyer (in addition to the Prime-specific features you mentioned) is probably better support from 3rd party accessory manufacturers, as the Fire already has a healthy customer base, while the Flyer really doesn't have much to speak of.