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[Motorola Droid X2] Bohnsta:
The interesting thing is if you look a couple scrolls down on the market, you land in a sea of pointless and just plain dumb apps. I don't understand how that **** gets through to the market.
[Motorola Droid X2] Staggo:
Mobile apps are difficult to develop because of the nature of the mobile OS. While Android uses Java, it makes it a bit easier for programmers like me who have pretty much been taught exclusively on Java. However there are things you need to consider. If the load take more than 4 seconds, it causes a force close, unless you handle it somehow.

The reason why you see so many crappy apps is because unlike apple, Google does not go through the painstaking process of testing and verifying each app submitted. You upload it, and its available. Put some ads in it, or throw a small payment, and its a way to make a quick Buck. But as any good developer knows, if you publish crappy apps, you are known as a crappy developer, which could really hurt down the line.

Most well put together apps are created by people who have a lot of experience in the CS/ECE/SE fields. Most crappy apps are developed by people just experimenting or who are plain bored.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intae1129:
Does anyone know if popular apps like draw something, temple run, etc will ever come to wp7?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shardnet:
I've heard that temple run is being worked on. And another one that comes to mind is instagram.

No clue about draw something.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] delecti:
I am happily running Eclipse ROM 2.2

I am trying to install some ICS ROMS like: sperimintgum gummykang 2.1

When i load it it says it may not work unless coming from certain kernel version. (5.9.902) I was told to flash from a stock rom.

This stock kernel i am trying to find with no luck! Does anybody have any links?

*no pay-to-download links please.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eye__dea:
In order to run eclipse v2.2, you would of had to been on stock 902 at one time.

How did you flash eclipse, bootstrap? Safestrap?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] delecti:
Safestrap loaded

Bootstrap was initially loaded, i then loaded up safestrap.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eye__dea:
Okay. So, Is eclipse on your unsafe or safe side of safestrap?

Did you make a backup of stock in bootstrap before you flashed eclipse?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] delecti:
It is the "safe" rom. i was unaware of what these options did. I did take a backup before i did eclipse.. would this be the unsafe rom?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eye__dea:
It should be unless you erased it with bootstrap.

Disable safe mode and see what is in unsafe mode.

For future: Here is a good safestrap guide to follow: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1455888
[Motorola Droid Bionic] delecti:
the safe rom seems to be stuck in a boot loop.

I had followed the safestrap instructions, & that aspect has worked fine.

I tried toggling the safeboot option and trying the other backup.. boot loop.

*Going back to a stock ROM for these type of scenarios is lacking in info. Should be a sticky on any ROMS that need it.

Do you have any more ideas of how to get back to a stock rom?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] eye__dea:
The problem was that you used bootstrap and safestrap together. This creates problems.

I can help you get back to stock if you have some time.

PM me when you get a chance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeheartless:
I'm having problems getting my terabyte hard drive connected to my phone with my home made otg cable.

It works just fine with my 2 gig sandisk flash drive, and my USB mouse. So I know it's not the cable.

I'm on Ravers blackedition Rc6 ICS. Just wondering if there's a workaround.

Oh, and I can't get my x-box controller to regester with my emulators, is there an app for that.

Sent from my very own Galaxy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] photrash:
You need more power to power that external drive. Flash drives do not require that much juice.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeheartless:
Sorry I had to retype the post a few times due to my connection timing out and left some key stuff out.

The terabyte drive is self powered with an AC plug.

When I plug it in it gets as far as telling me that its connected, then reboots my home screen. I go to access the drive and it says its empty.

I can hear the drive working so I guess its scanning media.

If I leave it plugged in it will freeze the phone. And I have to pull the battery or hold the power button. Then I can't access cell or SD card functions. But a few reboots brings it back.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] daveid:
Probably formatted ntfs and the kernel is lacking proper support.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] s10shane:
i have the same issue with my 1TB external harddrive. it also has the ac plugged into the wall then i hooked it up to my phone and it showed this...

also mine is formatted to NTFS.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] byt3b0mb:
it is probably only reading a fat partition on the external, as mentioned above if the drive is NTFS formatted, your phone probably wont read it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iLeopard:
This is irrelevant but I really don't see the need or the practicality of plugging in a massive (both storage and physical size) hard drive to a handheld device.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeheartless:
Mine wont get that far, just freezes the phone.

All of my music and movies are on the hard drive. its easier to copy the files from drive to the phone, instead of mounting both to the computer and copying that way.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iLeopard:
Ok I see, why not get a 64GB SD instead then? Save the trouble of having to plug in your phone to the hard drive all the time.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MiXed92:
Hello Guys,

since the first Ports from the one V and the first AOKP roms with ICS I was wondering.

Why is it possible to have Camera feature as long as Sense is not there?

I was reading something about drivers. But why is it not possible to take the camera drivers from the AOKP and take it to the Sense Version? Is Sense that deep into the system that they may need other drivers (other code) or something?

I'm not familiar with that topic so please don't rip me appart

Greetings

MiXed
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Alaa-:
we will have to wait for htc to release the camera drivers for DHD when official update 4.0 will hit it and no sense is different from aosp and each one of them use diiferent kernel so we will have to wait for update
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catevs:
As I saw on every ported ICS Sense4 ROMs for DHD, main problem with camera is with drivers. OVE V has different camera hardware and devs cannt get source code to port it to DHD. I know every1 is inpatient but all we can do is to complaine and get banned :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] privatetrousers:
Does that mean that it is IMPOSSIBLE to get the camera working without HTC's help or just very hard? I'd have thought that if it was a driver issue the aokp camera would work on sense roms because the hardware is the same (i know this isn't the case, just don't fully understand why)...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Alaa-:
developers are trying very hard to solve the camera problem and android 4.0 is not official yet so you may not enjoy a nice experience of it untill htc officially release it for DHD
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
I've tried everything, soft reset, hard reset taking battery out flashed all different firmwares now i've briked it but the only way i can get it into download mode is if i flash a kernel in PDA on its own I9100XXKI3 the original version is 2.3.6 XXLK4 or LP4 can't remember well, any flash i do it's always FAIL FAIL FAIl :'( BY the way i do have the drivers instaled for it and kies
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSniperFan:
If you can get in download mode, it's not bricked.

If it is bricked, you can still get it repaired with a j-tag repair.

I'd recommend you to try Heimdall if Odin fails for some reason. It comes with its own drivers and does not need KIES nor its drivers to work.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
I've got Heimdall but how does it work to flash firmwares? when i click on it a black screen comes on and goes straight off would you have a link i can try and reinstall it maybe
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSniperFan:
It's a console application. You use some kind of console to run it with the proper arguments(cmd/powershell/...).

Or you download the Heimdall frontend and extract it into the same directory as Heimdall. Then you get a "clickable" application. Drivers are included, you have too install them manually.

I recommend you the latter.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atifsh:
if you can do download mode i say try formating system partition using cwm.

also remove your sdcard until you finish flash using odin.

try different usb port and different usb cable.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
lol didnt understand a word of all that words too complicated for me sorry for being stupid
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
how to i use cwm ??? i cant get in recovery mode isnt there an application i can download on pc to try and reset it or something kies doesnt pick my phone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZACQ8:
now you try this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atifsh:
not going to say anythng more......... go get educated for this first. use search or stikies.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
I've done everything that page says but it still says Fail in odin
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
But when you say Try formating system partition through CWM how do i do it when im stuck on download mode please explain and i dont have a sd card in and different cables don't do it either
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
One you can get to download mode Yes .

Two download a new version of Odin in case old is corrupt .

KIES turned off and not running .

Three follow instructions in the stock rom thread below and flash any GB firmware with a working link .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

We know multiupload is closed pick another download link .

That is to make sure everything is 100% in an attempt to identify the problem by following the basic instructions to the letter as 99% of problems are users making up the instructions .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] victorator:
Kill Kies*.exe processes in windows task manager.

Make sure you have samsung usb drivers installed.

Run Odin and it will work.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supersel:
I've done all that lol installed the drivers a 100 times, odin is always failed
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bored_stupid:
Try this

http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
If you are using latest version of Odin in win7, run it as administrator

#*posted on the move *#
[HTC One X] UnixxinU:
Hey guys, what are the optimal settings for taking the best possible photos using the camera? Also, what is the difference between the flash symbol with an A and without? Thanks.
[HTC One X] davotoula:
Flash without A is forced flash (always on)

With a is automatic and only kicks in if light is low.
[HTC One X] Meltus:
There aren't really any 'optimal' settings, apart from making sure you're taking 8mp photo's. Whether you want to take pictures in widescreen or not is up to you. I prefer not. Apart from that, it completely depends on the lighting and subject matter. If you have a relatively steady hand, the subject isn't going to move much and the lighting is alright, then the HDR setting can take some fantastic pictures. Auto seems to fine for most things :)
[HTC One X] ArmedandDangerous:
Do note that when the camera is on, the screen brightness is automatically set the maximum brightness, so a picture might look quite a bit darker in Gallery. I've set my screen at 30% brightness during normal use :)
[HTC One X] bothfly:
Sorry, but I could have sworn that I could turn off the One X from either being alseep, dark screen or from the Lockscreen. Right now the only way to reboot or shut down is unlocked.

Is this correct??

Thanks
[HTC One X] jazznaura:
hold down power button for 5-7 sec, message will appear stating continue hold power button to rebbot or something like that :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Girn:
this just started happening on the new sky ics (real thing) build, and now on superlite-mx 5.1.. ill press a button and even somtimes just pulldown notifcation bar and it will restart and vibrate over and over till i press the power button to restart the phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
Sounds like left over data, bad download, bad flash, or a combo of those
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
I'm going to make a shot in the dark and ask if u have uclcl5 installed as ur radio. If so I causes major flash issues for me on a fresh rom install. So much so I have to flash cla4 first, then a new from, then cl5 again to get it to work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Girn:
No im using cla4.. I followed all steps and did superwipe. Why is it still bad flashing?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
sometimes for no reason band corruption occurs. I suggest the following in can

factory reset 3x

format system 3x

wipe dalvik cache 3x

dark side 2x

Odin back stock

reboot twice

Odin can

dark side again

flash custom rom

I had similar problems to you and this looking procedure cured them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mistaashby:
I have the same problem with my fiancée phone which I am on right now. Shuts off and starts repeatedly vibrating on a stock non rooted phone.... I never got around to rooting this phone, unless she did it and didn't tell me.but assuming this isn't rooted what do I do?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] StolenVW:
Could be a sticky power button
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] danaholic86:
That
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pitmansm:
Pull the battery plug in the USB cable and put the battery back in. Charge it. Mine did that when the batt died. Wouldn't even charge etc.. gotta trick it into booting then leave it for a while let it charge. Wipe battery stats if your rooted cwm etc...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Drybones5:
I don't normally used the word brick to describe this guy's situation, but it won't boot, it won't turn on, at least visually to my knowledge. He tried making a USB Jig and it still won't go into download mode for an odin flash.

I'm not sure if he built it right, I suggested to him buying a pre-made one to make sure.

Here is his story:

TITLE: Will an USB-JIG save my bricked SGS?

I have an SGS I9000 (international) which I have flashed at least a dozen times without any issues. Today I tried out the CM9 nightly and got stuck in a boot loop.

I tried flashing a new kernel with Odin. Everything seemed fine with Odin, the download completed without issues and the phone rebooted so I unplugged it and pulled the battery to start in in recovery.

Now it won't turn on at all, no Samsung Logo and no battery on the display when plugging it into the charger. Windows is playing sounds when I plug it into my computer though, sometimes it plays the connect/disconnect sounds almost at the same time and sometimes a few seconds apart.

Can I save my phone by building an USB JIG or do I have to send it to Samsung to get it fixed?

Edit: Built a JIG, didn't work =(

From A Thread in /r/Android on Reddit

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My response

Yes, it should, the SGS is extremely hard to "actually" brick.

http://www.amazon.com/Aftermarket-D...CT0Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1334438748&sr=8-2

Invest in one of these. Make one yourself or get one fast and easy for $5 on Amazon.

Pull the battery. Pop back in. With out turning it on, place the USB Jig into it and it should load into Download mode.

It takes 2 seconds for it to load into it. You may see the Download mode, you may see this as the screen , you may see NOTHING. It could still be in download mode even if it shows nothing.

Now take out the jig and plug the phone into the computer with the stock Odin flasher already open (started as an Admin (Run as Administrator))

Flash it, should work fine.

_____________________________________________

His Response

Sadly, it didn't work. Nothing happens and odin doesn't find anything if I plug it into the computer after plugging in the JIG.

I'm not getting any notification sounds in Windows when I plug it in anymore either, so it looks like it's really dead now =(

[Comments]

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I really don't want to give up on his Galaxy S I9000. Could anyone offer any advice from a similar situation? Link to XDA threads, web articles, I'm having a hard time finding information.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Raniz:
I'm the one with the bricked I9000 and here's the latest updates.

I've measured the resistors I used to create the JIG (3x100K + 1K) and they add upp to 300.1K - it seems the resistors I bought aren't of the best quality. From all the info I've gotten on building your own JIG this should be fine, which leaves the pins I've connected it to.

The USB micro B plug I've used is taken from a cable, I can reach pin 5 and 1 in the male plug so I've verified that it's connected to pin 5, I canẗ reach pin 2, 3 and 4 with my multimeter though. If viewed from above, the plug looks like this:

5 ? 1
---------
? ?

which makes me quite certain the pins are configured like this:

5 3 1
---------
4 2
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Minnaz:
If u get on eBay and search i-9000 jig I brought 4 USB jigs for $5. Once they come pull out ur battery put it back in an insert jig wich will put u in download mode. Once bricked u need to go back and install a 3file stock rom then install a cf+root. Once done u should be all good to go back and flash your cm9 thru recovery
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Raniz:
I've ordered a JIG from amazon since I can't verify that it's my JIG and not my phone. It'll be here in a week or so (I'm in Sweden) so I guess I'll have to live without my phone until then.

If the JIG doesn't work, it's completely bricked, right?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Raniz:
I've tested some again and I do get notification sounds in windows when plugging the phone in now, so I really hope the JIG from Amazon does the trick!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Minnaz:
All the galaxy s series are the hardest phones to completely "brick" it is virtually impossible. Iv recovered my phone from being bricked about 5 times now. The part that is a pain is finding the 3file rom. I wish I had a link for you but I have the files saved on my computer. It doesn't matter if its not an English stock rom you use as long as u get your phone started and install cf+root, then you can get back where u started and install cm9. If u get stuck in boot loop again use 3button combo up+power+home and reboot again this has happened and worked for me on several occasions. I hope this helps
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fzn:
as far as i think this is a problem with ur computer drivers ,had this problem before and resolved it by reinstalling kies ,try it and then connect ur fone in download mode ,should do the trick.i had the problem once also if possible try another computer ,i think if ur phone enters download mode ,ur phone is not dead...the jig should work did a little research earlier for my own phone ,had soft bricked it earlier ,plug in the jig ,enter the download mode flash a stock firmware .the list of stock firmwares is here ,http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1011901&highlight=stock+rom,just search your region and best of luck
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bestjsg:
did you ever have it fixed ? I have asimilar problem tried everything I can find from xda , still cant get Odin to detect the phone...:(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] adytum:
You seem knowledgeable, but I noticed you didn't mention Heimdall after you ran Linux, only that you'd tried odin. Try it if you haven't.

Edit: didn't notice the post times.

Using GT-I9000 my sent Tapatalk 2 from.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Raniz:
I sent it in for service and got an answer after 3 weeks that it was fubar and that I got store credit towards a new phone - ended paying €130 for a Galaxy Nexus instead.

I never considered trying heimdall since the phone disconnected from the computer after 5s, in retrospect I should perhaps have given it a shot, but I'm quite happy with how everything turned out =)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Nekronomika:
same problem

HI

I have the same problem and i try the same, but my phone still dead.

My dog disconnect USB cable then i flashing pda, csc and phone files on my phone :( after this i have same problem..

If somebody now how to fix this, please help me.

Sorry for my english
[Galaxy S I9000 General] slow--welder59:
Hi new here, but been looking around for awhile.

I have just unbricked my phone that died after I flashed a different phones pit file, totally dead.

Got it back in working condition using Unbrickable Mod by AdamOutler in the Developers forum, have a look at that
[HTC One X] jorkobe23:
Hi dear,

I'm so interested in getting htc one x (currently using iPhone 4s and htc radar) but there is controversy that the default browser of one x is not as smooth as people expected.

I think it's due to the text wrapping(and the page rendering is not as smooth either when you zoom in and out) so is it possible to turn off the feature?

I also want to see how well the chrome beta works on the one x. Can anybody take a video for me?:)

I don't own one yet so I can't test it out. Thanks all and enjoy your device!

Htc one x is the beast. Personally, I like the super LCD more than amoled.:p
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boazjuggalo:
Back in January I got my Kindle and rooted it and took it to a CM build. Since then i've basically seen that it's useless to me so i've passed it on to my mom.

She doesn't understand android and finds it complicated so i decided to go back to the stock rom that I had made a recovery of on the initial update.

I opened my recovery (Team Win Recovery Project v2.0.0) I wiped Dalvik, Cache, and Factory Reset.

I went into Restore and restored my old backup.

Now when i start up the Kindle it just goes back into TWRP, no effort to go into any sort of rom.

Anybody care to help me out here? I'm always messing with my Inspire and consider myself pretty knowledgeable but am at a standstill here and only have 80% battery remaining so i'm not wanting to waste it.

Thanks for reading, Kudos if helping :-)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiddlefaddle:
Sounds like you are stuck in recovery... you have 2 options in your case for going back to stock.. #1 you can change the bootmode back to normal with kfu.. or #2 you can download stock software from amazon.com and flash from TWRP or in other words that will get rid of everything..(TWRP root and such.)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boazjuggalo:
The back to stock thing sounds like the best choice since she's kinda dumb about Android. Care to share more details on how that works and where I would go to download?

I can always reroot and rerecover it later.

I found this page: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_k6_updates?nodeId=200790620 but it sounds like you just run the update from inside Android which isn't possible for me.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinfauns:
If you have TWRP and you can use adb, you can do it this way...

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/kindle-fire-stock-rom-installation-guide/
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boazjuggalo:
Thank you very much. Starting the process now. Will post results.