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[Networking] techmatlock:
Oh ok; I'm assuming the major 4 carriers offer free roaming (until it's abused) when available in the US? I just paid the ETF for my at&t contract because it was not worth it to go from one representative to the next that would have a different story. One guy told me it's not at&t's problem for having no coverage in my area. The ETF was $66, so not bad.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ksrokiller:
Is there a way to enable 802.1x Enterprise security wifi setting as i need to connect to my school network which uses this security thanks:)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] maRRRco89:
Of course, you have to follow the istructions provided by your admin (the school in your case).

Then, creating the new network, you can select 802.1x protection security in the list you should see.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juicy555:
MC3 has always lagged for me no matter what. At first I thought it was because I was running stock rom + stock kernal.

I finally grew some balls and flashed NExus 4 + Faux's overclock kernal and even with it fully overclocked at 1.7ghz, and running at that speed with no other applications running I still get lag..

Is the skyrocket really not powerful enough for that game lol? I know its most likely the most demanding game + the best graphics but its really annoying.

All other games work fine xD
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
since u flashed that, try mhx superlite 5, and under developper options in settings set "force gpu rendering" to on, and re-run mc3. i honestly think that will help alot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juicy555:
From reading another thread that's ICS? Call me weird but I prefer GB way over ICS ;P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
ur not weird, ics may not be for everyone, but the performance improvements are evident. if u don't want to go down that route i suggest u try the faux 010v??? edition? whichever version of 010 isnt the mainlinr one, its got an overclock on the gpu. Also, see if u can get to 1.8, use system tuner to turn up the voltage at that frequency to ensure stability.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juicy555:
I was going to be it sais its not supported on all phones and I have no idea what that means sinse basically all our phones are the same and everyone sais they are running the more stable version...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juicy555:
Just flashed the 010u version and im booted, hopefully this helps..

In chainfire 3d I even checked all the options that supposedly "gave better performance" but it really didnt do anything..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
yes the have the same hardware, but the QUALITY is not the same. My phone can do 1.9 ghz, not everyone has a phone that can do that. Unless u have a really crappy one, the gaming version should run just fine for u
[HTC Sensation] huy_lonewolf:
Hi guys,

I am currently using ARHD 6.6.2 with custom recovery, radio, etc.. Recently I contacted HTC to ask them about the problem with wifi and mobile network auto turning on, and they ask me to check in safe mode (an option in the bootloader). Since I am not running stock kernel and using a custom recovery, I cannot find that safe mode option any more. Can any one tell me where I can find or get that safe mode option?
[HTC Sensation] GROGG88:
Safe mode?? I'm running s-off on hboot 1.18 with a revert back to a stock recovery and see no option for "safe mode" in either the bootloader menu or the recovery menu...

Maybe someone smarter than me will come along, but are you sure they said "safe mode"??
[HTC Sensation] ReeF666:
I can't help you with the safe mode as I'm pretty sure it doesn't exist if you have a custom recovery flashed.

But as for the wifi/mobile bug, it's actually quite a common bug at the moment which there doesn't seem to be a solid fix for yet.

If you have a look in the Dev section there is a thread designated to this fix. Hell, I'll even get it for you.

If that fails to work, users have reported back fixes that have worked for them, if you have a look in the Android Revolution HD thread, there has been a lot of them posted there. Just use the search.

Hope this helps.
[HTC Sensation] gen129:
They confuse Android with the Windows Mobile :D

Sent from HTC Sensation ARHD 6.6.1, Bricked-3.0-0.8
[HTC Sensation] huy_lonewolf:
I also didn't know such thing as safe mode exists, but because I was using the chat support from HTC, there would be no mistake about it. On two separate occasions, two HTC technicians prompted me to go into the bootloader (power + volume down) and select safe mode to see if my wifi problems still existed.
[HTC Sensation] huy_lonewolf:
Thanks for your help. The reason I want to contact HTC is because I have searched around many threads and there is no definitive solution for this wifi problem yet. This problem exists on stock ICS ROM for the Sensation, so I guess I can report this problem to HTC so that they can fix it in their later updates (which will benefit normal users who do not even know there is such a forum called XDA).
[HTC Sensation] GROGG88:
I'm still curious about this... I wonder if anyone can find the "safe mode" on their device??
[HTC Sensation] SanityPreservation:
SAFE MODE - restart the phone, after it has turned off it will boot, as soon as you see the white screen with the green htc logo, press and hold Volume down until the phone vibrates/buzzes. It will take a while so do not let go of the Volume down button.

If succesful you will have the text "Safe mode" in the lower left corner of your screen.

To exit safe mode, reboot the phone.
[HTC Sensation] huy_lonewolf:
Oh ya, it works, so this safe mode exists with ARHD as well. Thanks a lot!!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] jsnchn:
Like the subject line, the search function on this Xda app does not work.

I tap the magnifying glass and the normal search pops up but once I tap the enter or the magnifying glass up top. Nothing! No response.
[HTC Amaze 4G] tombeach22:
Hurr durr, click more then search... App must not recognize the hardware key
[HTC Amaze 4G] jsnchn:
True, you are right.

Hardware search key doesn't work.

Please close this thread, solved my problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beez1717:
I have a unique question that I have not found the answer to yet, so I thought I would ask. Is there a way to delay the audio being sent to a Bluetooth device? I use a Bluetooth receiver for my hearing aids and when the phone sends any audio to the streamer my hearing aids switch to the Bluetooth audio mode, then play an audio tone letting me know it switched, and then finally play the audio. The problem is that it usually takes a few moments to go through these sequence of events and in order to keep the audio in sync with most things, cuts off part of what played. That means I don't hear short notification rings and I just hear the tone of my hearing aids switching modes. Therefore I have the tone also play on my phone's speaker. That is not ideal though. Any suggestions?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr67:
You're trying to find a way to delay audio notifications for things like text msgs so you can hear it in you hearing aid after the bluetooth triggers on? Don't know a way to delay the audio but you could try using longer files so at least you can hear the tail end of the audio.

You might also look into something like AutomateIt. You can set it up to trigger a notification whenever you receive a text msg and use the delayed execution function to delay the audio by a second or two. Unfortunately, you can only set that up for text msgs and not email or voicemail. You could also try Tasker. It's a lot more capable than AutomateIt so you might be able to set up something that meets your needs.

Don't know how much this helps you but hopefully it gives you some ideas you could look into.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beez1717:
Awesome suggestions! Thanks I did want to delay the audio and I will have to see if it works.
[Nook Color General] bigrat:
I've been looking for a tablet for some time, and the $135 refurb deal from B&N was finally enough to push me over the edge to a NC. Nothing else really comes close at that price point.

The technical explanations and threads for rooting/flashing seem pretty straightforward. As I'm familiar with CM from my Droid Eris, I think I'll be ok here.

What I would like to know is:

What do I lose/gain by flashing CM (such as Kang) over rooted stock?

* Do I lose Youtube/Flash? (I did read that there are issues with HD video)

* Can I still buy or install apps from the Market?

* I have some Humble Bundle android games (world of goo, etc) - is stock or CM better for this?

* I currently have no B&N content. I understand I will not be able to use the stock app if I flash - does the alternative B&N app limit me in any other way?

* If I flash, is there any reason I should *not* install to internal flash (emmc, i think?) ?

Sorry if some of the questions seem obvious, I just want to look before I leap :D

Thanks in advance,

A Nook noob

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EDIT: A summary for first-pagers:

I installed to the sd card, using CM7 (Kang). No real problems so far. Everything just works. I do have trouble prying the dang thing out of my kids' hands.

For the technically-minded: I will note here that apps that can usually remount /system as read/write fail on my sd-only installs. I always have to go back in through the terminal app and do the following steps manually:

bash

mount -t yaffs2 -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system

This does make changing screen dpi and other similar tasks a pain in the rear, but oh well.

I have not upgraded from the inital Kang release I started with - partly because I'm not sure how using recovery mode in the sd-installed version will work (I hate having to reinstall every app), and partly because everything just works so far.

I will also note that I had to set apps to automatically install to the sd card (this is off by default) because I very quickly ran out of space on the 1GB /emmc slice. Apps get installed here by default even on sd-only installs.

I strongly recommend the "Hacker Keyboard" available on the market (free). It's great when you have to use vi in the Terminal app ;).

I updated framework.jar to include an IMEI number for apps in the Market. I also edited build.prop for the same reasons.

I overclocked to 1200, and it's solid as a rock at those speeds.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
This is all assuming you use CM7, which is more mature than CM9.

1. You lose the stock Nook ereader software. it can read kids books and other things which the android app cannot.

2. apps from the market work great from cm7. Don't know about Humble Bundle.

3. you do not lose youtube. (you lose HD with the newest version of Youtube, but still works on old versions.) Flash, I really don't remember. I don't think so. (edit, just checked, yes flash)

4. The only reason not to put on emmc is B&N warranty. You lose it with CM on emmc. But if your broke nook still works you can put stock back on and warranty still good.

But CM on SD works as well as on emmc. And you have stock still available for the reader and warranty.
[Nook Color General] bigrat:
Thanks leapinlar!
[Nook Color General] boyoboyo:
CM will allow you to get even more applications from the market. Also, performance is far better, compared to the stock.
[Nook Color General] gallahad2000:
And you can try flashing CM7 to an SD card and try it out before you flash it to internal memory (if you have a sandisk SD card, other brands don't work as well).
[Nook Color General] votinh:
As leapinlar listed item 1 above, addition to that is you would lose the ability subscribe free magazine directly on your NC, other than that, CM7 is miles ahead.
[Nook Color General] J515OP:
The question is really what you lose by moving away from stock. Rooting doesn't really give you any advantage if you are willing to mess with stock you might as well go CM7.

As mentioned you will lose the B&N reader which is built into the Nook and has unique functions. You can still keep nearly all of the functionality of the reader though by getting the B&N app from the market. You will also technically void your warranty (though you can always flash back to complete stock).

If losing the Nook reader's specific functions or the warranty are a concern then you have the option of running a bootable SD card which leaves the internals of the Nook totally stock. This also has its disadvantages though in that you loose the extra storage capacity of the on-board memory and you lose the ability to use multiple SD cards. The slot will be filled by the bootable one you are running on so you can't put others in and out.

Everything else is an advantage in favor of CM7 and are too numerous to list. Bottom line is unless you really like the OS B&N has provided including it's limitations, then there is no reason to stay running stock. Either use a bootable CM7 SD card or put CM7 on internal and don't look back.

JP
[Nook Color General] bigrat:
Thanks very much for the great answers! It seems I will go CM.
[Nook Color General] votinh:
First bold, why do say losing on-board storage? It's always there for us to use, either 1G, 5G or custom set.

Second bold, we're strongly NOT suggesting people keep inserting and removing the external uSD. Minimize to the lowest possible.
[Nook Color General] J515OP:
1. Because by breaching the SD card wall the user can potentially make changes to the stock B&N that will cause issues and possibly void their warranty. If the concern is to leave stock alone by using the SD card method then they probably will not want to do anything to potentially mess up emmc. This is a consideration for a user that only wants to run from SD card that they may be limited to the space seen on the SD by default by the ROM and not the extra internal space.

2. Not suggesting that a users should repeatedly insert and remove cards. However running from emmc you have internal storage plus up to 32GB of SD card space available and if necessary you can swap out the SD card. However, when running from the SD card you only have the portion of the SD card unused by the ROM. This portion is split between "internal" and "sd card". If you are using a 4GB bootable SD card you may find you have very little space for apps and media with no option of expanding that by adding an external SD card since you are already using that slot.

These are just considerations that people not familiar with bootable SD cards may want to know about.

JP
[Nook Color General] votinh:
You probably confuse the eMMC system partitions and the eMMC /media partition. The eMMC /media partition is for us to use, it won't hurt the "stock OS/kernel" at all.

Sure, agree, but you know, say that we have a 16GB uSD card, if utilize internal memory, we have a full 16GB (don't bother to convert) as personal storage, yes.

If running ROM from a 16GB uSD card, we still have roughly 13GB left for personal storage.
[Nook Color General] J515OP:
Yep, I agree. Over all a bootable uSD with CM7 is a great way to go. Taking it one step further, if you use a 32GB card you really have quite a bit of space even if you only use the space on the card. This is a solid option particularly if you don't want to mess with eMMC or just have something else on eMMC entirely.

Back to the original question I still say CM7 on eMMC or uSD card is the way to go unless you need the stock B&N functions or layout. In that case root would be better than straight stock.

2 cents

JP
[Nook Color General] bigrat:
Guys, I really appreciate all the suggestions. I ordered two 32GB Sandisk cards, I'll probably just boot from them until maybe the warranty period is up. 32GB is a lot of space...
[Nook Color General] mario_de:
I've been running on an SD card for a while now but I'm considering going dual boot on the eMCC. What are the pros/cons for doing that?
[Nook Color General] J515OP:
Voiding your warranty (if you still have one) and the need to be slightly proficient with recovery either from internal or on a bootable uSD card (in case something goes wrong and you need to reflash) are the only cons I can think of.

Pros are possibly smoother (depending on the performance of the uSD card you were using) access to a straight data uSD card through the slot since you won't have to take it up with a bootable card and the ability to keep your ROM and data/backups completely separate. The last one would be for example if your current bootable card became corrupted and non-readable you might not be able to boot it or recover any backups you had saved on it possibly leading to complete loss of the card and the need to start from scratch. This would be avoidable with a little precaution though. Still it's a pro that if you back up the eMMC to the SD card and eMMC crashes you can restore backups from the card.
[Nook Color General] bigrat:
So, just so that I'm clear here, I'll summarize (in case anyone else wants to know this):

If I wish to install CM, I need to create a bootable uSD card with the image I want. Once I've done this, I can boot directly from this image. If I choose to do this, I do not need to root or modify my NC. Should I wish to return to the original firmware because my NC dies or whatever, all I need to do is pull the uSD card out.

If I do this, I will have access to the remaining storage of the uSD card, and the /media slice on emmc.

The only media/B&N content that I will not have access to will be that content which requires the original NC reader. Pretty much everything else will be better - I can overclock the NC, have access to normal GApps, bluetooth access, Youtube, Flash, games, etc, everything that having CM gives you.

Using the uSD for booting means I will not be able to swap the card out while the NC is running, and is really the only thing I'm giving up here.

Please feel free to correct me where I'm wrong here, and thanks to everybody for the answers.
[Nook Color General] MISRy:
\>>> Forget the eMMC. The eMMC is not the memory you are looking for. <<</

To me, the whole purpose of booting to the uSD is to forget, leave pristine, ignore anything on internal memory. Get a 16G Sandisk and the eMMC shouoldn't be worth your time. Better yet, http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-microSDHC-Flash-Memory-SDSDQM-032G-B35/dp/B004G60AD6?tag=dealswoot-20
[Nook Color General] votinh:
If I was you, I would say "If I wish to run CM from the external uSD card ...."
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
There is no reason you should not use your emmc media partition in addition to the balance of the SD card. It is there so you might as well use it (especially if you have the full 5GB version). You can never have enough storage space no matter how big your SD card. I have a 16GB card with CM9 on it and have it almost full and emmc media (5GB) almost full too.
[Nook Color General] J515OP:
There definitely appears to be two schools of thought here. With cloud options these days on board storage is really becoming less of an issue (Dropbox, Skydrive, Box etc.).

It is nice to have an informed decision based on both options but at the end of the day it is a preference call.

JP
[Nook Color General] bigrat:
well, the sd card creation went just fine. however, I think the Nook has a problem - after a while, all apps start crashing. If I power off and reboot, I end up back in the Nook O/S instead of CM. If I then reseat the card and reboot, I'm back in CM, until it crashes again, that is.

Anybody else run into this?
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Sounds like your SD has a problem. CM needs to be able to read/write the SD card quite often when CM is installed on SD. The nook is somehow losing the ability to do that. That is why apps fc. It could be bad contacts on the nook or SD, or a bad card, etc. First thing I would try is a different card. (Testing has shown that a SanDisk class 4 card is the best card to use). See if an ordinary media SD works well using stock on emmc without losing the ability to read/write files. That would eliminate bad contacts on the nook as being the problem. If it has trouble too, I would have the nook replaced under warranty.
[Nook Color General] bigrat:
I think you're right. I replaced the card with an older 8GB Sandisk (class 2, oh well), and nary a crash yet.
[Nook Color General] Taosaur:
For the OP, one warning you may have seen elsewhere: the one way you can easily alter your stock install from a CM7 SD is to go into ROM Manager and "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery." Doing so will write CWM to the NC's recovery partition, which interferes with OTA stock updates and the built in "8 failed boots" recovery.

If you decide to flash CM internally, though, flashing CWM is probably the simplest way to make the transition, rather than preparing another bootable card.

For some people, the point is having access to both systems, and /media is a handy place to put files you want available to both stock and CM. Even if you're not using stock, though, there's no difference between moving songs and videos to /media from CM and doing the same from stock. It's not going to change the name of your mp3 to CYANOGENMODTaylorSwiftsGreatestHits.mp3.
[Nook Color General] bigrat:
lol

I inadvertently copied stuff to emmc /media at first. It's only a 1GB partition, so I'll save it for stuff I don't want on multiple SD cards.

As for SD troubles: so kids, the lesson learned here is: don't buy cards that aren't Sandisk for the NC. I got impatient waiting for my 32GB Sandisk cards to show up, so I bought a class 10 8GB Lexar to play with from Target. Nothing but trouble in the NC, works great in my cellphone. Swapped it for the class 2 8GB Sandisk that was in my cellphone, and zero troubles.

Running from SD is the way to go. No worries about warranty or bricking. It's like the softmods I did to the original x0bx (hueg) and my non-flashable PSP.

Thanks so much for all the assistance!

The NC really is a great piece of hardware. It plays all but one of my Humble Bundle games perfectly. It runs Mupen64 very well. It runs Snes9X well. Heck, it's even a great e-reader with the Nook android app, and the FBreader android app. You can't beat a refurb'd NC for bang-for-buck value.

EDIT: Oh, and B&N FTW for the unlocked bootloader! You guys definitely earned some business from me.
[Nook Color General] bobtidey:
Running from internal and SD are really down to what you feel comfortable with. Just a few extra points.

It's not the NC being picky with SD cards other than Sandisk. It is that running s/w from a card makes more demands on card performance particularly in the area of small file read / write performance. This characteristic doesn't figure in card speed class ratings, but the Sandisk media excels in this area and outperforms a lot of other brands by a huge factor (>50 times) in this area.

Running from SD card and not bricking is not really a factor as it's is virtually impossible to fully brick a Nook by s/w. This is because the NC will try to boot from the SD card first and so providing the hardware is functional there is always a root to recover the device.

Voiding the warranty is also a bit of a minimal concern in my view. Either the device is hardware functioning to the point where SD card recovery can return it to a stock condition, or it is broken so that B&N couldn't really tell that the s/w had been tinkered with. I guess there are some conditions like a broken screen where it would be difficult to recover it and B&N could tell the difference, but I haven't seen anybody complain that B&N had not honored a warranty under these conditions. I suspect their repair procedures are more geared to rapid assessment about restoring s/w or replacing hardware rather than spending time worrying about whether the device has been s/w modded.

When I first got my NC, after running for a few days from SD, I chose to move to a full internal install as it freed all the SD card for pure media and data storage and made things like Nandroid backups easier to manage.