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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drahy:
Hello,

I am still haveing difficulties to search this phorum, so I have to ask maybe here for some things:

1) I am using Wanam ROM and I want to have Samsung apps working there like Kies - So I was advised to flash Samsung Apps there so I searched for it and find some non-related Threads in 5 pages, so where can I download them for this ROM and flash it? Can it somwhow damage my rom? Do i have to flash these apps again after updating ROM (Flashing new version)?

2) I now know that I can use different kinds of starting boot animation from other ROMs maybe is it possible to flash it again only this particular thing without affecting any other parts of rom? And once again do I have to do it again after updating my ROM (without wiping all data of course)? And where are some threads with most favourite ones?

3) There are several version of ROMs what I have searched till now like Deodexed, Odexed, Zipaligned, ICS Enable - MTP LP9 - What is best or what and what is really needed for normal using? Thx

4) I saw in many threads application like "Hacked AOSP Email (4.0.4)" what is it for? Whats difference between normal client integrated mail client and this one "hacked"?

Thank you for all answers :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
You need to start with the basics .

FAQ

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1065995

NEW HERE

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1134290

bible

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473577

Guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1125282

jje
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skewty:
Has anyone figured out which radio version works best with WIND Mobile in Canada?

My phone seems to randomly lose data connection. To get data back, I turn mobile data off then on again. It happens so frequently, I have it in my Notification window as a toggle.

I have Automatcher v7 to match RIL with radio version. I also have wipe EFS.

Thanks,

Scott
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilcuber:
You could try to change your APN settings. Also i thought the DZ dosent work on wind because it has differrent frequencies?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skewty:
Oops! I meant G2 (T-Mobile). I have a G2.

If my APN settings were incorrect, why would my data work most of the time?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blk_jack:
As someone who has friends on Wind... I'm thinking it may be your network. Also, you're not supposed to match the rils unless you're using sense. Which ROM are you running?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uvt_novice:
Use latest Radio from T-Mobile 26.13.04.19_M, I'm on it, have never lost 3.5 G data connection
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skewty:
I am currently running ILWT but experienced the same running CM 7, ICS Audacity and ICS Quattro.

I have flashed the newest TMobile ROM a few times.. It must be the WIND network here.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skewty:
Update

I don't think it is the network. My father's Amaze does not have this problem in the same places.

ILWT has been the most reliable ROM for me so far. I am currently running Andromadus b4 and am considering switching back because of the data drop-out issue. I have tried 5 different radio versions now.

It must be the ROM. Perhaps it encounters some data it can't make sense of and crashes. Perhaps it just needs to restart itself when this happens. A simple mobile data off, mobile data on fixes it almost every time.

I also find the bars reading incorrect. I be driving down the road with my screen on and the charger plugged in, and it will show me full bars. I can pull over and park for a few minutes, bars still full. Then suddenly half bars, no bars. This behavior is from a device that isn't being physically surrounded / shielded and is stationary.

Anyways, my G2 is getting old and it needs a another core to keep up with the way I now use it. I will wait for Jelly Bean but will likely switch to IOS.

Reasons If You Care

The menu button disaster is a big one for me. Also the lack of quick updates from Google for Nexus S and Nexus One. These devices should have had OS updates released on the same day the Galaxy Nexus was released.

ICS should have been backwards compatible for older devices as well. A few #ifdef in the code for fancy screen rendering and such. Big, huge fail!

Google, also, should have required no physical menu button for access to Google apps to enforce the new way. With only like 7% ICS market share no wonder app devs write for GB.

Google's handling of Android updates has opened my eyes.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blk_jack:
The issue isn't ICS. The issue is the vendors haven't released proper drivers for ICS. What we're dealing with is code we've hacked up to make things work. If the vendors released ICS source code for our devices things would be much more stable.

We're always working within our means. It's not Android/Google's fault and it's not an ICS issue, it's just circumstance.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skewty:
Thanks

I realize where most of the issues lie. I am an EE grad so I can imagine how difficult hacking ROMs together without device drivers might be.

Writing ASM for a microproc with the datasheets is bad enough. Without knowing what each control register is for and what each bit controls, it is a guessing game at best. I get that.

I very much do appreciate your work. As you are aware, from reading my post, I run a ROM you contribute to. Thank you. You have prolonged the life / pleasure balance I require from my smartphone.

I would contribute more to the development, but my post count was less than 10. I was actually working towards my 10 posts today to post in the dev forums. (The Andromadus beta 4 thread to be more precise).
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blk_jack:
Drop by #g2ics on freenode if you're interested :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Borteeo:
I have the same issues, G2 on Wind as well. I've had some ROMs where it never occured, but then they had some kind of bug that left me unhappy. I'm currently on CM 7.2 RC1, and I keep a "data" toggle in my notification bar. When it drops I toggle it off and on and it connects again pretty quickly. Until about twelve months ago, MMS was unreliable, but I don't seem to have problems with that anymore.

In general I'm not happy with Android, but as the alternatives are all utterly closed systems I guess I'm stuck with it. It would be unbearable if it weren't for the hard work of all the developers around this forum. Thanks, developers :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skewty:
Agreed. Google has been a huge let down for me as well. Updates are slow or non existent in Canada (even on Nexus devices). Look at the percentage of devices that run ICS. JB is what ICS was supposed to be. I may get an iPhone for work. I am excited to compare it to my Samsung S3 on CM10.
[Sony Tablet S] ChristianTW:
So I used the guide on Condi's AiO tool to get ICS rooted and everything said it was going fine and root was successful and everything but then I installed it and it was a custom file and everything, it even said "Installing root" and then "Successful" but I am not rooted so what is up with that?

The system update button even still shows up...
[Sony Tablet S] Mahaco:
Maby you've forgotten to put in your sd card xD. i had the same stupidity :p re do the steps again, maby that works you could give it a try ;) and if it wont work and you dont want root access anymore just apply the update and wait for the ics update and also wait if devs can root ics, remember you could have a chance that you get a kernel 9 or above with "3.2.1 release 2" and will not be able to gain root anymore.
[Sony Tablet S] ChristianTW:
No, it was definitely on the SD card. It even went through the update and everything. I tried redoing the steps but I no longer have root so they failed. I definitely do want root, but either way I don't have it.

On my 3.2.1 I have kernel revision #1...
[Sony Tablet S] sebarkh:
I had the same, but there is an easy way to fix it.

It's because you had SuperSU... Didn't you?
[Sony Tablet S] ChristianTW:
Nope, I did not... I used SuperUser...
[Sony Tablet S] Mahaco:
So if i get it right your on 3.2.1.r2 now without root?

If you havn't fixed this already there might be a solution for you try this:

1. Connect your tab.

2. Enable usb debugging.

3. Open device manager

4. Disable SONY TABLET S

5. Start Condi's 2.7 AiO Tool

6. Choose option 1 for root.

7. Press enter so your device will reboot.

8. look in device manager list and wait until SONY TABLET S re-appears

9. If it appears then you must enable it again and wait for the AiO tool to finish.

This might work just give it a try!

YF,

Mahaco.
[Sony Tablet S] ChristianTW:
Hello,

Thank you for your reply, unfortunately I am actually on ICS without root. It is quite annoying because all of the root files are there but it still says I am not rooted. I can even use the hacked recovery file, unfortunately signature check is not disabled so I can't reinstall the rooted ICS file...

~Christian W.
[Sony Tablet S] Mahaco:
Auch, Thats a bummer :( then its not possible to obtain root acces which you already knew, but that means that the rooting process whas half finished, that it has installed the Super User app but not changed any permissions or values,

too bad you cant see where it went wrong, but i think the devs will find out how to deal with the "Unrootable kernels"

Too bad i didn't helped you at all,

YF

Mahaco.
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
There are two scenarios - one - please check /system/bin/ directory - if there is 'tempsu', and /system/xbin/ if there is 'busybox' - if yes, then just let me know.

Second scenario - you've created custom update, then accidentally flashed 'decrypted_update.zip' - without root etc.

br

condi
[Sony Tablet S] ChristianTW:
Unfortunately it is not there, but when I was installing the update it said "Installing Root" and it showed the condi tool logo and everything...
[Acer Iconia A500] DarkSeL:
Hello everyone.

I've been waiting for ICS only for the screenshot features... And we all know what happened.

Now that my Iconia is rooted for the first time, what app do you use to capture Screenshots?

I would like something that does it only by clicking 2 buttons or something similar. (No shaking).
[Acer Iconia A500] Falkner09:
To clarify, did Acer actually remove the screenshot feature? because the only improvement from ICS that I could see was that it added screenshots, and was supposedly going to be less buggy than Honeycomb. and after a few months on ICS, I can see no improvement in bugginess, and some additional bugs.
[Acer Iconia A500] Kratoschile:
Just hold down the buttons Vol- and Power for two or three seconds

Enviado desde mi A500 usando Tapatalk 2
[Acer Iconia A500] Blitzed_Penguin:
Odd. On my A500 gen 2 i have to hold vol up and power for screen shot. Not vol down. It is stock ics unrooted.
[Acer Iconia A500] Kratoschile:
Bah. I'm using the stock ICS 1.031.00_WW_GEN1

Enviado desde mi A500 usando Tapatalk 2
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] AirplaneCrazy:
So here is my issue. Last week I formated my ROM, so for a while it was stuck in internal flashed CWM 5.5.0.4 Than I flashed some restore file which fixed that issue.

However I was dumb enough to exit the internal CWM before flashing any Andoird OS zip meaning it has no Os inside. Since restart it gave me B&N factory reset option. I did. Than it gets stuck just past account log in info. No surprise because there is nothing on the EMMC.

Now I was able to boot CWM from SD, but when I try to install any zip file it says Aborted. Also there is never enough room left on my SD after I image the CWM image file.

So here is my question one. How can I actually have enough space to copy the Stock OS zip and flash it.

Most importantly I did have internal CWM 5.5.0.4 inside. Now when I hit B&N reset I am assuming it got wiped. Is there a way to access that internal CWM if not.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lost101:
You can resize the partition of the SD card (after you flash CWM on it) using a partition manager, that will give you full access to all of it, or format the SD card and put these files onto an SD card.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] AirplaneCrazy:
So I able to boot on sd card, but when I try to flash anything this is the message I get. So once again I am stuck at best on CWM because it's not letting me install anything.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lavero.burgos:
That (status 0) error sometimes is solved by mounting /system manually.

~ Veronica
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Cubanluke88:
Those two zip files will also do nothing. The former is the zip file to root, which will do nothing if you really have no stock os installed. The latter I'm not sure about but again I don't think its something that can be flashed without an OS already installed. Try flashing cm7 or another rom.

edit: now that I've looked at my files on my computer, the latter is not a flashable zip file for clockworkmod. Its the cwm image for burning to sd card.

You gotta do some reading man if you're going to be flashing stuff; don't just try to flash any zip file you see.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] joelee100:
Did you try bypassing the registration screen?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAASnHPn4PM
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] AirplaneCrazy:
Yes that's what I thought. Problem is after I write the Boot.rmg for SD CWM 5.5.0.4 there isn't enough space left to put the Os.zip on the SD. Tried a CWM SD I used to flash my Nook Color which does leave me enough room, but with that Nook Tablet just boots up normalls
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Cubanluke88:
DO NOT USE STUFF FROM OTHER DEVICES UNLESS IT IS STATED IT WILL WORK FOR YOUR DEVICE

Theres no harm here but going down that path is a very very bad idea. The devices are different.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] AirplaneCrazy:
So I finally managed to find the right SD CWM Boot that allows me to boot in CWM and leaves me enough room to put ROM zip and what not in the card after imaging.

So I tried flashing Nook Tablet stock os and here is the message I get.

E:Eoor in/sdcard/nookcolor_1_4_1_signed.zip

(Status 0)

Installation Abroted.

As a last resort I flashed CM9 which does finish the installation, but than when I restart it shows the black B&N screen saying device must reset and I am back to square one.

So now I am good with botting inside CWM. Just need help with successfully flashing the Nook Stock zip.

By the way me personally can't stand Nook Stock OS. I use a CM7 Mirage on my Nook Color. This is for a friend who I convinced to use Cyanogenmod on his Nook Tablet. He doesn't like CM, so I am trying to get him back to his stock os.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Cubanluke88:
This is for a nook tablet yes? Why are you using a nook color zip file?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] AirplaneCrazy:
Tried Nook Tablet zip too with no success. The color one was just for trial.

Maybe I need just a plain all stock.zip customized for installation via CWM. Here is the message I get when I tried to flash the nook tablet update zip

Found links for Stock Nook Tablet zip, but none were downloadable.

E:Can't open /sdcard/nooktablet_1_4_2_update.zip

(bad)

Installation Aborted.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lavero.burgos:
First of all is you friend's nook tablet 8GB or 16GB model?

Second you haven't read my FAQ, so you haven't read enough and you're confused in the way a custom rom and B&N stock update.zips are flashed.

A custom rom you can install from cwm > install .zip from sdcard or if it's a backup folder a.k.a recovery rom (as Albert call it) you can restore it from backup & restore option in cwm; but if it's a B&N stock update.zip you flash it "as is" in a different way, you have to format a sdcard with fat32 file system and set primary partition to "active" then you can flash the .zip from the sdcard. There is no need of cwm BUT there is need of stock original recovery as their update.zip requires their stock recovery to work.

Read my thread how-to restore internal partitions with 'dd' command for more information about flash stock/custom recovery and flash B&N stock update.zip for an out-of-the-box nook which means start from scratch: rooting, bla bla bla.

If you dont want to start from scratch then grab a custom stock rom from development section and flash it in cwm. Albert, cobrato and i have posted them.

Third this is not Q&A, wrong section to post. There is a sticky about it.

~ Veronica
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] AirplaneCrazy:
Well that's the problem. I flashed Nook CM7 and CM9. Than when I start it loads B&N factory reset instead. Than I flashed B&N Stock in CWM. Still when I start it shows a screen saying Nook must be reset. Than right after account log in it shows the contact customer support screen.

It's a Nook Tablet 16GB versioj
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] old_fart:
okay it sounds like you have "tried" to get your NT back into happy mode... but its still a sick puppy. sometimes you have to do the fix two times in a row. . and did you do a 'wipe / reset, wipe / reset" before and after ? . . .umm, take it back to the store and tell them you gotta turkey ?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lavero.burgos:
Hmmm ok , then something got corrupted , I think I have read about other user having this same problem but I don't recall for a resolution. You will have to try restoring the partitions referred to the boot process first as I'm not sure if it's the factory partition that got corrupted.

I'll post useful links for you to read to know how to proceed later

~ Veronica
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] AirplaneCrazy:
Okay so I had been messing with the Nook Tablet for months now and I haven't been able to make any progress. Basically same issue. I can flash zip through CWM, but than I get pass no where beyond register B&N page and of course the registration fails.

Can anyone help?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lavero.burgos:
Try the un-brick method that @soshite posted in development section. Its in page #2.

~ Veronica
[HTC One X] SolidSnake1010:
I found an ad for a HTC one X that has apparently only been used for 3 days, so it is sorta brand new. The seller is asking for 425$ and most of the One Xs seem to retail for 600-700$. I've never bought a phone like this before and I am just a little skeptical. Is there any possible way to be scammed, i.e could this be a duped/fake One X? I guess my question is what sort of inspections can I perform to ensure that I am not being scammed and that the phone is in great condition? Thank you in advance.
[HTC One X] JDR0iD:
Yes people can scam you but this is a great community. You can ask for imei number and check phone recycle sites to see if it recognised it. Also when paying through paypal you can always raise a dispute if he fails to send it and claim a refund. Request photos of it wrapped ready to send. See photos before u buy with his xda name and date on paper in the pic with the phone and get tracking number. If its in marketplace its a good place to buy people are trust worthy here just request pics like I said and stop worrieng :)
[HTC One X] SolidSnake1010:
Ahh I see. I just messaged him asking for the IMEI number. I am actually meeting this seller in person. We are just going to meet at a local coffee shop and make the exchange so I will get to see the phone prior to buying it. Anything I should look out for/inspect? Haha, you're right, I should stop worrying. Thank for your advice man!!! :)
[HTC One X] cronus101:
Screen flicker, gaps, 'ripple screen', scratches, etc. Might not be a big problem but you can probably negotiate the price down a little if there is any.

Sent from a 15" screen.
[HTC One X] Patiktik:
These are good things to look out for to serve as a starting point. Also, are you a developer or you just want to own this vicious beast? :) You might want to check or ask the seller if this was a developer phone before?

I usually do the usual bootloader recovery check (Volume Down+Power Button) just to check if the bootloader is already unlocked, if it is the next question would be if the phone is rooted. Alhough rooting a phone is usually safe in the hands of people who knows how to deal with it, you might want to cover this ground as well... :)
[HTC One X] jeyml:
I don't know man,seems kinda cheap for a phone that's been lauched just a couple of weeks ago.Check that everything works,a friend of mine had to go with his One X back at the store to get a new one because the camera wasn't working.Check absolutly everything before you buy the phone,even look for dead pixels or things like that.

Ow,and watch out because the Chinese already lauched replicas for One X.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] matesims23:
Anyone know where I could buy just a maxx battery at? A guy has a maxx for sale but no battery????

Sent from my DROID RAZR
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Paddington:
I know they are on ebay for sure. I don't know of any wholesalers or retailers off the top of my head.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] devistator18:
Here is one place that carries the maxx battery.

http://www.cellphone-repair-shop.com/motorola-droid-razr-maxx-eb40-internal-battery-with-flex-cable/
[Motorola Droid RAZR] matesims23:
On back order

Sent from my DROID RAZR
[Acer Iconia A500] tu3218:
When I bought my tablet, I immediately flashed CWM. I'm upgrading to ICS now and flashed back to stock recovery via "Acer Recovery" from the play store. But when I boot into recovery now, it just shows a exclamation point inside an triangle with a android guy standing up. Not sure if this is it but can anyone help me remember what stock looks like.
[Nook Color General] iolinux333:
I was posting in an old thread in Q&A, but now I see my issue is different from in that thread so I'm starting a new one. Thanks to those helping me so far. I'm pretty I'sure there isn't an answer for this one and my NC is truly hard bricked, but now that I see what the issue is, I thought I'd try one last time to see if anyone had an answer.

My NC is one of the originals, more than a year old, has been flashed to CM since it came out, and until recently was running CM7.1 stable. Then one day a few weeks ago the graphical screen lock pattern wouldn't work and after too many attempts when google asked me to put in my password I could not because the keyboard (swype) wouldn't come up to let me enter it. (I NO LONGER PUT PASSWORDS ON MY ANDROID DEVICES NOW!!!). So I powered off, and it hung powering up. So I rebooted into CWM and tried to flash a backup which threw me into a boot loop. So then I wiped data, cache, dalvik cache (never formatted anything else, I am 100% sure), and reflashed CM7.1 and it was dead.

Currently I have tried many many recovery methods to no avail, have tried to flash back to stock to no avail. The NC will only power on with a SD card inserted no matter what button combo I try.

I installed ADB and this is the output:

~# fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes

4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 242432 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0 doesn't contain a valid partition table.

~#

Back in the day I rebuilt many a partition table on many an old PC, and plenty of computers that existed before the PC, and all kinds of other weird stuff, but I can't find a way to do it on this NC. After long hours of search, I think the above means that my nook is done and it is ready for target practice, is that correct?
[Nook Color General] j8048188:
Have you tried any of the emmc repartition zips floating around?

Also, this thread might be of interest.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=919353
[Nook Color General] iolinux333:
THAT LOOKS LIKE AN EXCELLENT THREAD I NEVER SAW IT BEFORE! I hope the links are intact.

Perhaps NC is saved from the executioner. I will report back...
[Nook Color General] j8048188:
A few more that might help:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1155282

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=958748

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=942324