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[Galaxy 3 General] Ava.tar:
I thought it would be fun to share some stories about phone fails! whether that be development that went wrong or accidents or embarrassing stories involving your phone. I'll start...

I used to be in the Army and one day while on exercise in Scotland, I was running and tripped. I slid for about 10 metres on my front with everyone laughing at me. I didnt realise until i got back to my room that my phone had been in my chest pocket and was now smashed to smithereens :(.. That weekend i went to buy a new phone, i needed one because i was going on exercise again for 3 days. I decided on the old Sony with the sliding shutter on the back (i forget the model number). it was a great little phone. I spent the whole night in my trench watching videos on my new phone, so happy. The next day we were going back to camp so we packed our stuff, filled in our trenches again and headed off. It was only when I was unpacking my kit back at camp that I realised my phone had fallen out of my pocket in my trench, I had buried it under six feet of dirt and the next day i was shopping for a phone (for the second time in a week!) epic fail :(

i think it would be great if others could share their experiences here! i'd love to know im not the only idiot in the G3 forum! :D
[Galaxy 3 General] ak700:
Oh no.

I remember the times when I was extremelly adicted to xda (not that i am not). I used to download each and every rom and would flash it just too see something new.

I remember the time when i flashed some stock rom. I left the computer while the odin fladh thing was completeing. When i came back, i saw my little brother had disconnected the usb eventhough the flash process wasnt complete.

I was SO scared cause it had a bootloader and if you interrupt the flash you brick your phone. It hadn't been a month since i had the phone and i imagined what would be my father's reaction

Moreover it would be hard to explain him what had really happened as he doesnt know anything of this.

I secretly went to samsung centre and those idiots said my mother board had a problem. I hardly beileved this so i came back to xda.

Finally i found an unbricking program which worked flawlessly.

But yeah, lesson learnt. Now i always stay near the phone until i see the "pass"screen.
[Galaxy 3 General] Smonic:
I think the name of the sony phone is K850i
[Galaxy 3 General] Ava.tar:
That sounds familiar! You are probably right
[Galaxy 3 General] richiesajan:
Had the trustworthy Nokia 6233 before this awesome G3!

Anyways once had gone for a picnic to a nearby beach. We hadn't planned on getting into the water; just have a good lunch, play a little and head back home. But well the obvious happened and we did get into the water. I handed my 6233 to a friend of mine who was just sitting on a rock nearby (not in the water though) Had a lot of fun, with absolutely no concern for the world! That's when my sister pointed out that the friend who I'd given my mobile to, was also in the water!!

Oh, shattered, completely. Took the phone, opened it up, removed the battery and kept it for drying for 2 days. Alas it didn't boot ever again :(

But as they say everything happens for a reason. Went out and got G3 and like they say the rest is history :P
[Galaxy 3 General] Ava.tar:
Well we are glad to have you in the community so buy your friend a beer!
[General Questions and Answers] nilsping:
So Hello,

My ZTE Blade with Blade LG rom, but my battery life is my problem.

Im runing 2.3.5 android.

Is there any kernel or a rom which looks good and has also a good battery life?

And.. if anyone knows a rom with a good battery life AND with beatsaudio init, please reply!

Thanks for ya help;)
[Blade General] mirko1996:
I dont iunderstan diffoerence between nightly ,stable or rc.

Any suggestions :D
[Blade General] wbaw:
A nightly is a build done automatically every night that includes all that day's changes, they aren't tested & could contain bugs, but you get the latest features.

A release candidate is a testing version, released to see if there are any bugs before it goes stable. If bugs are found then they're fixed & another release candidate is produced.

A stable release is when all the major bugs have been worked out of the release candidates, often it's the same as the last release candidate version.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] zancro:
I rooted my son's AT&T SGII, then flashed CyanogenMod 9 daily updated ROM and Google Market. Everything worked great, but by using CWM recovery the flash counter increased by 1 (then 2 on retry) and the splash screen has the GT-I9100 and warning triangle graphics. As this was expected, I didn't see any cause for alarm.

No cause because I have a micro USB Jig and expected to be able to use it to go into download mode in order to reset the counter and remove the warning triangle. BUT... It didn't work.

I know the jig is good because it still works on my personal I777; I even purposefully tripped the flash counter to check. No problem. Since both devices are identical models, both rev. 01, and are configured alike I cannot diagnose why the jig will not work on the second device.

The differences between the devices are time and place of purchase. I bought mine very soon after the original release date, in San Antonio, TX. My son bought his in D.C. earlier this month.

Can anyone tell me how the device purchased at a later date differs in either hardware or firmware from an earlier device? And if so, does that make the jig obsolete?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
The flash counter code is contained in the secondary bootloader. It is possible that the secondary bootloader was flashed and updated to a version of the sbl that cripples the flash counter reset code. If that is the case, the only fix is to flash the original secondary bootloader back onto the phone. You can find the files in the Download Repository. See link in my signature. Please be sure that you understand the risks of flashing bootloaders if you choose to take this path.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] zancro:
Creepyncrawly,

Thank you for the prompt reply and the suggested solution. I will do as you recommend and try to correct the secondary boot loader using the files in the download repository.

I have to admit I am puzzled, since I used exactly the same procedure to root and flash ROMs on both devices. The only difference in procedures was which daily update to CM9 I used to originally flash.

Once I complete the procedure I'll let you know how successful the fix proved to be.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
I would check the package that you flashed to see what it contains. If it did indeed flash sbl.bin you will find that file in the package. Just open it up to see what it contains. I would do that before I flash the bootloader.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
There is an app to reset the flash counter that works with ics based roms called triangle away in case you are interested.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22463153#post22463153
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] zancro:
creepyncrawly,

Did check the file to verify the sbl, but couldn't find anything that seemed pertinent. Due to time constraints (My son goes back to D.C. this morning) I went forward with flashing the tar in the download repository as you suggested.

All seems well; phone booted up as expected, and the startup screen displays the correct model number minus the warning triangle. I then rebooted into download and applied the jig to reset the 0din flash counter. Now just like new, with CM9 running strong.

Only troubling aspect is why there would be a difference in the results using the same configuration on two identical devices. I'll leave that for another day.

Thank you for your suggestion.

~ zancro
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] skatcat31:
One if the updates from Samsung for the sgs 2 made jigs stop resetting the flash counter with an update to the secondary boot ladders. Reflashing the old bootloader should fix that. Funny that the fix is so easy isn't it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
A newly purchased GS2 might include updated bootloaders.

The UCKK6 leak included "jig-crippled" bootloaders.

The OTA didn't touch the bootloaders.

Factory-UCKK6 devices may contain the UCKK6 bootloaders.

TriangleAway will do the trick on ICS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Frederick_1:
How did you guys add a pic to your XDA profile?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] killaphatboy:
I used tapatalk to post my profile pic. But it is limited to 100x100 or 60kb in size if I remember right. So large images will fail to upload as profile pics. So try a free image resizing app to resize and try the resized pic. It should work
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leaderbuilder:
Log in via the web. Go to the 'USER CP' at the lop of any page. Then on the left choose 'edit profile picture' then you can upload what you wish. I hope that helps.
[General Questions and Answers] diegobaumann:
Hi there,

I have ARHD 6.6.1 ROM on my Sensation and would like to flash the "strongly recommend" Radio 11.69.3504.00U_11.22.3504.07_M

When I'm trying to flash it CMD says:

sending 'radio' ... OKAY

writing 'radio' ... Failed <remote: not allowed>

anyone have an idea how to solve the problem?

Thanks in advance!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] javedk1:
Are there any ICS roms where the wifi calling actually works? I live in a house where I get 0 bars no matter what and I rely heavily on wifi calling to make calls and send texts.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
If it hasn't worked onyx you tried then no, cause it doesn't work for me on any of them, only 2.3x is versions except miui. I think I read that Mr. Apocalypse has it fixed in his next beta 3 that will be released later today. I'm definitely testing that out cause my work has absolutely no service, home is great service but I still prefer wifi calling when available...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] SefEXE:
Yeah, I think Genesis worked for someone.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
Its out now can't test while at work but hopefully someone reports back soon in the thread.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] javedk1:
I'm gonna test it out now i'll report back
[T-Mobile LG G2x] javedk1:
I can't get it to make a call but no force closes.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] seangprice:
I use wifi calling a lot and have found EB ics the most stable. Some phones/sim cards work some don't. Try eagles blood
[T-Mobile LG G2x] javedk1:
I've tried EB i get force closes on it
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Klathmon:
Guys, WiFi calling is VERY heavily integrated into the software of the phone, its insanely complex and it relies on a ridiculous amount of framework and other files before it even starts up.

im going to go out on a limb here and say we have a better chance of getting video acceleration working than we do of getting reliable WiFi Calling.

Until we get an offical rom from T-Mobile then we will most likely never have Wifi Calling on any ICS Rom. (hell it wasn't even that reliable on anything other than 2.3.3 or lower)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
Very reliable on 2.3.7
[T-Mobile LG G2x] javedk1:
Yeah it's really reliable on hellfire phoenix 2.3.7.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rabbit505:
try the hellfire sandwhich 1.6

---------- Post added at 06:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:10 PM ----------

but use the harsh reborn kernal
[T-Mobile LG G2x] javedk1:
I've heard wifi calling isn't working on that one as well =\
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] amd-dude:
Hey guys, I've been using android for about 2 months now (flashing ROM's helping with testing etc.) but now I want to contribute to the community. So i'm starting off by perhaps making a few simple apps then ROM's.

I have experience with some programming but nothing in-depth. I worked with python, perl and java already, got a few books on the subject and I found a few videos, which is the point of this post, I just thought I would share it with anyone else who is thinking about developing for our Ace.

Here they are:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_H4AlQaNa0

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFqELLB1Kk8

Since I don't know much about it, are these videos a good guideline? Or can you Dev's point me in the right direction, I would love to be apart of the community.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] -RDR-:
Thanks bro ..we need guys like you :) best of luck :thumbup:

Btw there is a typo on the last line ---do u want to be " A part " or "Apart" from the community :P

You know you are rooted when you use XDA more than FB :cool:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] amd-dude:
Damn it...looks like I got a distinction in English for nothing loool :D

Should I just follow the vids and the books, or should I just jump in and start experimenting?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Bakuron:
Download Eclipse, and the Android sdk plugin, and get stuck right into app writing with loads of tutorials and github code out there.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] amd-dude:
Will do...but first I have to get back onto Ubuntu :D been on winblows to much :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Bakuron:
Nah, just crack on with it on Winblows man.
[HTC One X] UnixxinU:
Hi all,

I'm new to Android OS (The One X is my first phone with Android/ICS) and was wondering how far I can go in terms of aesthetic customization without having to root and was wondering if anyone could supply me with some themes/icons etc.

Thanks!
[HTC One X] torxx:
You can install a Launcher from the Play Store and apply many themes which you also find in the play store...
[HTC One X] jamie_walsh:
launcher from playstore is really good for themes
[HTC One X] malcovitch:
skins

wait for someone on xda to release some sense 4 skins in my opinion the launchers are slow and laggy
[HTC One X] Theras:
No way for customizing Sense without root
[HTC One X] Dougi:
without M10 tool that can decompil sense 4 M10 there is just no way to skin widgets or clock ...

it's just like that... :(
[HTC One X] nooomoto:
There are launchers you can download from the Play Store. Some of the better ones are ADW EX, Apex, Nova. Run these launchers over Sense and you can theme your homescreens at least. The framework will still be Sense though, for now.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadman3000:
Is anyone actually using one of these apps? Any that really work and work well?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DemonicHawk:
Some of them the features can be useful depending on your situation. For example automatically switching you to 2G during specific time periods (at night, work, meetings, etc..) can save you a lot of battery life.

I don't use them, but I've tried them out before.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinkster:
The only app I've found effective is juice defender.

sinkster©
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArmorD:
Well, they turn off connections and reduces screen brightness, so yes, they do work. I personally don't use them
[Kindle Fire General] DoubleA!:
Hi, my kindle fire is running CM7 and it is repeatedly flashing the yellow TWRP triangle over and over while plugged in. While not plugged in it does nothing and will not turn on. I tried to hit the power button to go into recovery, with no luck. Also tried to use KF Utilities to change the bootmode, to no luck. Any ideas?
[Kindle Fire General] soupmagnet:
This is typical of a dead battery. Turn your Kindle off and plug it into the wall charger for a while. Afterwards you can issue fastboot commands to change your bootmode.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] deathnote013:
Hi guys,,

my motorola milestone's softkeys have stopped working..

back, home, menu and search button,,

i tried to factor reset the phone,, bboth soft and hard but still no luck..

let me tell what happened..

i was watching some movies when it happened..

i was able to send a message before it occrred..

then i placed it on top of my laptop..

after some 15 mins.. i heard some weird noise from it..

it seemed to be possessed.. vibrations is audible.. then i checked the phone... the touched screen is not working at first.. so i turned the mobile off..

then i turned it back on.. the touch screen works fine... responsive as it always..but when i press the soft keys it stopped working

any idea how this happned??

is there any way to fix this???

ideas would be greatly appreciated
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] i2gh0st:
Button savior / virtual button bar.

Your digitizer is dieing/dying.

Or maybe another problem. When I replaced mine, the first I got it was like yours, my buttons didn't work so I got around with button savior. The second one i got work flawless.

Good luck.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] deathnote013:
thanks for the reps dude... really appreciate it..

i think its the digitizer... but i think its kinda weird that the screen works flawlesly.. its just that the softkeys recognize the touch its just the area whose reacting is on the top of the soft keys.. but the entire screen is really responsive..
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] UnitedOceanic:
it's the digitizer

on my milestone it started with the back button not responding and yesterday it died completely. at least the ghost touches are almost gone but now the whole display is not responding. good thing we have a hardware keyboard :(
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] i2gh0st:
Same problem, touching the button area and the digitizer recognized as touching the upper area.

Thanks.

I was suspecting the connector as the digitizer was new, or it supposed to be, but now I know.
[Off-topic] Deleted member 3493119:
Multiupload is back at a new url, check multiupload.nl.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ChodTheWacko:
So I pulled out my phone today at a bar and was doing some reading.

Someone next to me was like, "WHOA BIG PHONE" and next thing you know, I have 5 people surrounding me @@ing at the Note.

So I'm flipping around, and someone says, 'Can you show a video?' and I'm like 'Sure!'

So I go into app folders (I have tons of apps, so it's all sorted out). click on gallery. Not found. What? Oh - I had ROMed to ICS two days ago.

Click on Videos. Not found. Great.

Clicking around folders trying to find the new video player and everyone left thinking, 'Gee, this phone is sure hard to use' and dispersed. oops.

I did, yet again, get the 'it's a little computer' comment - I think it's because of the folders/subdirectories I use in app folders.

- Frank
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] anonymous572:
You should learn more about Android OS, and teach how to configure it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] madfatter:
youtube

/10char
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ebhsimon:
I always keep a few HD music videos on my phone just in case
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lordmusik:
Me too thats true
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] maxthebest685:
Same here. People normally get amazed to see this big sized phone

I always keep hd videos and hd games to showoff sometime. . .

N i am on ics stunner so i have enabled captive buttons and disabled soft touch button's light. .

So we dnt have launched nexus in india. So my one friend got nexus from foreign and when he saw my note he was like. . F@#k i have waited for a month and got nexus to just use ics and you are having whole nexus with bigger screen, better camera and better processor. .
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ammad53:
My galaxy tab 10.1 is on 3.2 honeycomb official. Its not rooted and its 3g version

My tab would not connect, i have searched for many forms, i could not find the solutions.I have done factory reset twice and have reinstalled kies twice also. My problem still persist. When i connect my tab to my laptop which is running on Windows 7. Three thing happens

1. Some time it will show mtp initializing and then it shows usb connected (mtp connected). No where is galaxy folder on my computer is found. When i go to devices and printer. No galaxy tab icon is shown.

2.Some times, galaxy tab charges only, there is no mtp instializing like 1 scenario etc

3. Nothing will happens.No mtp instializing or no charging

Lastly i have tried on my destop computer and another laptop but the problem still persist

Help would be appreciated.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vrs8:
I would backup my files and factory reset the tab. Should help.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ammad53:
i have done factory reset twice
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z31k:
Make sure debugging is unchecked.. What version of windows are you running?

I find that my tablet will not recognize on XP or Window 7 since I have owned it. (Google I/O bought in July of last year) Once I installed CM9 it would then be recognized through Macbook Pro Android transfer.. (something like that. I sold the Macbook awhile back) I resort to Dropbox.. Its a *****.. But I don't complain and I stream most of my files anyway...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] essedee:
I often connect my tablet to my Win7 PC so I can copy TV shows from Media Center to the tablet. Sometimes the PC doesn't recognise the tablet unless I power down the tablet and turn it back on again. No idea why though.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mongoboy:
follow this

download samsung 7510 usb drive, then download kies and last download windows media 11. if your xp its not original, follow some tutorial on youtube about how to install windows media player 11.

i has this issue with windows xp few days ago..
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mawells787:
if you can't connect to a pc, then how were you able to install cm9?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Panos_dm:
Actually you can. I don't know how he did it but if you want to know here's what I did.

Go here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15693193.

You can root through an update.zip, flashed from the stock recovery (at least for the 3g version). After that install rom manager and flash cwm. Finally download cm9 or aokp or everything else you want and flash away!

Btw, I have no problem connecting to PC. I just did it that way.

Sent from my amazing 10.1 galaxy tab :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dominus357:
PC recognizes the tablet but...

The pc recognizes my tablet, but even after it says safe to use, the tablet never shows up under my computer to transfer files. Any suggestions?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raymond513:
Do you have MTP enabled under storage > USB computer connection?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepakgupta:
Same Problem

I bought a new Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P7500 yesterday, unboxed it and when i connected it to my laptop for the first time, it showed this problem.. When i connect it to my laptop, it says MTP Initialization, with a message on my laptop "USB Device not recognised" & a 'X' on the battery of my tablet.

I have tried to reinstall the usb drivers & kies several times, but still i am having this problem.. i have bought a new one and not able to use it for 2 days now.. feeling very sad.... Please Help....!!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepakgupta:
Thanks for your advice, but i have done everything right as descibed in manuals, but still i am unable to connect my tab to my laptop, as usb connection is the only way to connect, i am feeling very disturbed.... Please help......!!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrgeetx:
Problem with computer not seeing phone

I had problem with my phone not being seen by my computer, I tried almost everything I read on these forums,

and nothing work, uninstalled drivers, changed settings on my phone, still nothing, then at last I change the setting

by dialing *#7284# (phone utility) made sure UART was set to PDA, USB set to PDA then Qualcomm USB Settings set to MTP,

now my computer sees my phone, I hope this will help others, it worked on mine, I have a Sprint Galaxy Note 2 flashed to Page plus,

with the help of Viper32, I get 3g service, pic messaging etc.... :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gadget069:
Is there a modem that works good in north america for ics? I'm using NEAT rom with LPE modem. Getting horrible speeds. For gingerbread I was using KI1 which worked great.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] speedfreak228:
does anyone have the beach live wallpaper from the samsung infuse