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[LG Revolution] SmokinHawtVegasChic:
Hello, followed the instructions all the way to:

10. Right Click "VS910.dll" and click on Install/Register.

Note: DLL WILL NOT INSTALL UNLESS COMPONENTS AND GENERICMODELS PLUG-INS ARE INSTALLED!!!

IF YOU CANNOT INSTALL IT ON A RIGHT CLICK GO TO "C:\Windows\System32" and drag the VS910.dll on "regsvr32" and it should install.

It won't VS910.dll dragged onto "regsvr32" will NOT install. I get an error message:

The module "C:\LG Electronics\LGNPST\VS910.dll" was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80020009.

What do I do now?
[LG Revolution] capt730:
Are you using windows 7? If you are, disable user acct control and try it then. I had issues with windows 7 64 bit?
[LG Revolution] SmokinHawtVegasChic:
Thanks, it helped, however, now I'm stuck here:

16. Select "VS910ZV4_04.S4_04.P58008.R5.user.tot" and Click OK

17. Then click on Upgrade

It says "The file can't be open.

Any ideas?
[LG Revolution] Sharkeyd:
Type". " and then go to the tot file and you should be able to open it.
[LG Revolution] SmokinHawtVegasChic:
Typed "." with both just the dot and then again with the quotes and nothing. According to my computer the file is on C:\ but I can't find it in LGNPST there. And it's not in any of my other files that I can see.

I think I did something wrong...But I followed it exact. Becoming very disconcerted with my Revo.
[LG Revolution] gimpcell:
At that point you should explore into the directory where you put the .tot file. Copy the location, go back to the LG tool and paste the directory location. It should allow you to open the file. If you have any problems please respond.
[LG Revolution] SmokinHawtVegasChic:
Ok, so moving along on this lol...I've followed all of the instructions. Downloaded, uploaded, installed, copied, pasted, created new folders, dragged and dropped everything it told me to do.

This file "C:/VS910ZV4_04.S4_04.P58008.R5.user.tot.bin" is only showing up in my computer as a shortcut, not as a file. This is after researching and finding it on my computer. Did I do something wrong? Am I downloading an incorrect file? I'm not sure where this particular file came from as, everything else is as described in the "how to" threat.

I think I may have figured it out. Will get back to you. Thanks again!!

*EDIT* Was told to use VS910ZV7_10.S7_10.P58008.R5.tot ... did...it updated...now to see what to do next. That other was was ZV4 and the one I just updated to is ZV7... woot wish me luck...manually pushed zv8 update...no failure this time...it was successful. yay!
[LG Revolution] SmokinHawtVegasChic:
Now for this part. It's not rooting. And yes, I have ZV8 on my phone, now. I have a root-required app on my phone just to test to see if it's rooted and it keeps saying that it is not. I'm such a noob, I know. Sorry :-/
[LG Revolution] Haxcid:
You run the bat and it does the 2 reboots? what does the CMD window say? it should stay something that it pushed 3 files to the phone. I have tested this method and it works. Are you sure your phone is connect and usb is set to internet connection and debugging is enabled under apps?
[LG Revolution] SmokinHawtVegasChic:
I thought that I was...I will try again. When I ran the file it opened a DOS like window said some stuff and click enter to root...said some stuff and congrats your phone is rooted...press any key to continue...then DOS like window disappeared.

But I will try again.
[LG Revolution] SmokinHawtVegasChic:
Extract first...then run...I'm kind of an exact person...:D...but it's done thanks. Do I go about the same way to unroot if I need too?

**EDIT** In doing the update, when it flashed, I lost all of my info data backup from apps i.e. sleep bot, your fitness etc images downloaded from apps like Zedge, etc that was on my SD card...is that possible?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surekin:
Hey there, i hope i`m right in here and you pros can answer me some questions.

We are currently building a new software which will be released soon, i won`t go into details in here, because we not ready to release some infos about it yet. Anyway, thats not the problem....;)

Here is my question: Our Software could expand to TVs and now we are searching on how to get our solution onto TV Screens. We cam across all those Android based TV Boxes, we ordered some and tested them, unfortunatly they didn`t offer everything we needed.

Sooo, is it possible to release a custom Android Installation on such a Box?

What if we get the blank hardware boxes, can we get an Android Installation up and running? (With the paid help of some XDA-Developers..;))

We would really need a stripped down Version only with our APP and some other stuff running.

Also another question, if it is possible to release a custom box, is it legal to Google`s Terms?

We are brand new in this field, so please be so kind and help us out. If it is possible and we can implement this thing we are definitly will be going over xda-developers, because we just don`t have any clue about Android Systems. ;) :confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moonzbabysh:
Are you meaning something like this?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/244278/meet_cotton_candy_the_dualcore_android_usb_device.html

MoPhoACTV Initiative
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surekin:
Yes, thats also this kind of thing we might need. But currently we are more looking into these kind of Boxes: cect-shop.com/Android-TV-Box_c55_x1.htm

And we would need a custom Android installation on one of these boxes? As asked above, is this possible and legal?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teun_2:
Why android?

i don't know the exact details about, but I think getting regular linux to run on a set op box is easier and cheaper to customize with exactly the software you want it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surekin:
It doesn`t have to be Android. Andorid was just a possible solution we found and the other reason is that i`m capable of programming apps for Android so it was the closest possibility.

You say Linux...hmm... also a possible solution.

Lets tell you at least some details. The Box should run only with our application, and should be able to be connected to a TV where the application is started then and does their thing. It`s a specialized kind of Software Application for targeted companys.

What it should be able to do:

At least an output resolution of 1280 * 720

Connectable with HDMI, DVI etc. to Televisions

As you say Linux, are you capable of doing such a thing? We might need you...;)

Or do you have some resources where we can find some developer who can achieve this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teun_2:
I think any experienced linux dev is capable of doing such a thing, not that difficult. Get a good supported distro, remove all the bells and whistles and let it just boot to your application. I think that is the most elegant solution. Android is much more difficult to customize in such a way. I might have the technical skills to pull it off, but I'm not interested, sorry.

It all depends on your needs and resources. Try googling for embedded linux. linuxfordevices.com is a good place to start i think.

Why the choice for a setopbox and not a regular application? In call centers and other businesses normal programs are used to display information on a large screen, while running on a regular OS. The cost of having to develop and deliver support on not only the software, but also on the setopbox and its embedded OS is quite large. You have to take that into account. Given that you post this question on this forum, I suspect that your resources are rather limited. If I were you, I would reconsider the choice for a setop box.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surekin:
First, thx for your time...and second, i understand what you mean in your post, but our software already runs on Mac OS, Windows and iOs, so we already have an application running. The settopbox would just be an addition, because some of our customers might need such a thing. Thats the reason why i`m doggling around searching for some ideas.

Our resources are limited sure, but not too limited, the reason why i posted here, is because i`m searching for answers here too, and xda is always a good place to ask in my opinion. We are going other ways too, let me make that clear!

So, i understand what you meant by Linux, i am now contacting some Linux devs who might want to achieve this.

Thx!
[HTC Sensation] Stephen:
I have been trying to change the settings icon in my app drawer.

I have edited the icon in settings.apk, systemui.apk framwork-res.apk and com.htc.resources.apk but it is still showing the orgional icon.

I have been able to edit all the icons in the settings menu, but not the main icon its self.

Can anybody tell me what I need to edit?

I am using ICS sense 3.6 with 3.32.401.5_R as the rom base.

Thanks,
[HTC Sensation] GROGG88:
I would think it would be Settings/res/drawable-hdpi/common_app_ic_launcher_settings.png

Do you have a skin or anything applied that may be overriding your edited icon?

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Looking at an extraction of the apk and I'm having second thoughts...

I don't have access to decompile to check resources, but it looks as though settings may be using mipmap:

Settings/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher_settings.png
[HTC Sensation] Stephen:
Yes it is using the mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher_settings.png file! Thank you very much I would have never thought of looking in there :) Icon is now changed!!!!
[HTC Sensation] GROGG88:
No problem. Remember, you may want to add matching mdpi and xhdpi versions of your icon as well...
[HTC Sensation] Ty5982:
keep an eye on my posts lol

here's a few images for ya;)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] blackbeasst:
i mean is there that much of a difference in the stock ones from lg compared to the $27 one from billy bobs house of phones based out of the hills of tennessee or the $55 ones from general tso's shop of accessories based out of china?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
Depends.

The stock LG one is definitely the same as in the phone and may come with extras such as replacement sticky tape, etc., which, if it does, you should ask those other sources if they also provide whatever comes with the LG digitizer. Also, do a bit of research about consumer feedback about the various sellers especially for the peeps who have ordered parts for the G2X and Optimus 2X from them and installed the part(s) and also note how dependable the seller is regarding shipping, returns, etc.

I think this is the part number: mccz0048101

(From the service manual)

Here's the service manual:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1429745

Good luck!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] blackbeasst:
thanks core. im mainly looking at the ones on ebay. don't really wanna drop $50 on one nor get one from china.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
I forgot to add that the digitizers come branded at the top with either T-Mobile or LG.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrldind:
Can someone tell me if the express ROM is FBI or ics?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fitz420:
It is gb. There are currently no ICS sense roms for the evo
[HTC One S] Ysleiro:
I will list the Apps I felt were bloat and subsequently either disabled or removed all together.

I will also discuss how I got Mobile Life Contacts to go "EFF" itself (in other words, I actually disabled it). Anybody that owns the phone should know how hard this is.

I'm interested in finding out how T-Mobile Name ID can be removed and or disabled. If anybody knows how to disable the POS that is T-Mobile Name ID please share the solution.

Blatant Bloat:

1) 411 & More

2) Bonus Apps

3) Game Base

4) HTCDB-XXX (languages for keyboard)

5) Mobile Hotspot (I realize this app is for tethering but it's bloat because this should be free)

8) MobileLife Contacts *** More on this below

9) More for Me

10) My T-Mobile (talk about worthless, this kind of stuff should be removable!)

11) T-Mobile Mall

12) T-Mobile TV

13) Visual Voicemail (thanks but NO THANKS T-Mobile, Google offers this for free)

14) Watch

15) Zinio (UTTER GARBAGE)

Potential Bloat:

1) Facebook

2) Flickr

3) Google Play Movies

4) Google+

5) Slacker

6) Twitter

While I can appreciate T-Mobile having initiative, not everybody has accounts or is interested in using these social networks or services. It would be nice if the phone allowed us to simply REMOVE what we do not wish to use.

***Mobile Life Contacts***

The phone normally tells you this app is being used by other apps and as such a factory reset is required. I PERSONALLY reset my device about 5 freaking times today and each time the app would tell me I need to do a factory reset. After that I decided to disable (not REMOVE) all messaging and contacts app to see if it would then budge. It didn't. I got EXTREMELY upset and decided I would apply a "scorched earth method". I disabled EVERY SINGLE thing that I could from the As down to the Ms until I got to MobileLife contacts. At which point I checked the app and the "Disable" button was no longer grayed out.

I realize this is tedious, but I'm pretty sure you don't have to scorch the Earth as I did. Just disable stuff alphabetically starting from the As and keep checking to see if the app can be disabled. Also I'm pretty sure you don't have to disable the HTCDB-XXX stuff as I did.
[HTC One S] nickmv:
Don't forget Where's My Water. That's a bloat game they installed.
[HTC One S] horatiopositronic:
Have you noticed any adverse effects on the phone's behavior?

I just went and disabled most of these myself, but for me it's too soon to tell.
[HTC One S] joshnichols189:
There is no adverse effect unless you actually use the services.
[HTC One S] kolyan:
I just removed every single Sense widget and app out there (and all entries associated with them) + all bloat etc....so far so good...1st boot was on "Updating" OS screen for a while....
[HTC One S] joshnichols189:
The updating OS screen is just the system rebuilding caches for apps. Nothing to worry about.
[HTC One S] x1tyme:
Man! I can't stand bloatware on T-Mobile ver. Thanks for the list. I uninstalled some of them.
[HTC One S] jonathan3579:
My service kept cutting out while I had these apps disabled. :( I had to bring them back from the grave.

Edit: My problem is just the damn phone itself. It loses connection like crazy! However, removing T-Mobile Highlight seems to make it worse!
[HTC One S] mannequin:
do you have more info regarding this? there're no side effects as far as i can see.
[HTC One S] zylith:
This is one of the first things I did once I was rooted. I noticed that If you freeze/uninstall the visual voicemail. you will get a error when you receive a voicemail.
[HTC One S] amorek13:
Where is the disable function ? I always used tb to remove bloat.
[HTC One S] nvillamob:
Go to manage apps, then look up each individual app and most will allow you to disable. It's a (much appreciated) feature of Sense 4.

I don't mind Sense and one of the two reasons I'd ever want to root this phone would be to remove all this crap. thankfully that's not necessary like it used to be.

For Mobile Life contacts all you have to do is log in to tmobile.com, delete all your contacts from the website, then tell the phone to quit syncing. viola.
[HTC One S] joshnichols189:
It's an ICS feature, not a Sense 4 feature..
[HTC One S] kolyan:
i dont get any errors

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I removed EVERYTHING (Spy soft, Sense apps and widgets that I dont use, and all bloat), my side effect are (or maybe it was like that before)

International Youtube subscriptions not showing up in youtube app (most likely Youtube and ICS issue), Geniewidget when check hourly forecast it FCs, and last issue is Picasa "share" doesnt work (this is also probably some screw up by HTC or Tmobile though)

^ would be great if people could test those 3 bugs
[HTC One S] nvillamob:
oh ok, I thought it was just a Sense thing.

Honestly i'm surprised that TMO didn't remove this feature so that we couldn't disable all that junk.
[HTC One S] joshnichols189:
Not even Verizon has removed it as far as I know ;) Most people won't know about it so I would assume they don't care too much.

That said, not EVERYTHING can be disabled. I don't remember what since I rooted and removed them that way, but there was one or two things that I couldn't disable.
[HTC One S] FRuiTBoOT:
I removed everything on the list using root explorer..rebooted and worked fine with no issues. I even removed the Tmo IQ file from the apps in system. Still no issues in signal strength. Also after your done try wiping cache/dalvik and fixing permissions. :D
[HTC One S] dell4320:
Any one knows what TMO app preventing tethering on rooted phone?
[HTC One S] jonathan3579:
I actually think it might just be the phone itself. (Whether it's software or hardware, I'm not sure yet.) I still believe that T-Mobile Highlight being disabled made the problem much worse though.
[HTC One S] allyn274:
I managed to disable the following:

411 & More

Access T-Mobile** - uninstall updates became My t-Mobile, disabled

Bonus Apps*

Game Base

Highlight

More for Me

Slacker*

TMo TV*

TMo Mall*

Where's My Water*

Zinio*

* these apps I had to uninstall the updates before the option to disable appeared

** for this app, when I uninstalled the updates, it became "My T-Mobile" and then I disabled it.

I didn't do much else, rebooted and all seems well.

This shouldn't affect getting any kind of updates/patches from T-Mobile, right?

Thanks for the tip!
[HTC One S] Xx_xBLADEx_xX:
Thank for this. I did this the other day and also was not able to disable Mobile Life Contacts. Now I know what to do :) Another one that can be disabled is htcBeatsNotify which is just the icon that shows up when playing music if anyone doesn't like seeing it. Beats still works but you don't see the icon.
[HTC One S] mcaslan:
Locked APN

I don't think it's an application, I think they have locked the APN configuration of the microSIM card. Or the phone part in OS is locked?

Could someone clarify if this is the case and what options, steps we have to change the APNs. When I go to edit or delete my APNs I get an error or the phone app does nothing but leave them.
[HTC One S] xflatlinex:
All I did to remove my bloatware was unlock the boot loader, root it, then used Root Uninstaller and it easily removed all that trash..phone runs so much faster now and what is even better is cutting back almost an entire screen of apps
[HTC One S] dc211:
I'm pretty sure you can't change the apn because the phone is carrier locked
[HTC One S] Xx_xBLADEx_xX:
I believe It's just a shortcut that leads to the direct settings for that function. I've disabled it and have no issues here. Hope this helps
[HTC One S] nhatters:
This method from another thread worked for me:

I've been using it to tether my iPod and tablet without any issues.
[HTC One S] NYC1992:
Have any one notice when using the stock browser on the phone for a while, the T-Mobile tethering app causes the browser to redirect to some advertisement?
[HTC One S] O0cynix0o:
This is T-Mobile's way of "blocking" the native teathering function of our phone. Try the above suggested fix, or look for a third party app that let's your phone share its internet connection. Or you could just buy into T-Mobile's extortion.

Sent from my rooted and debloated T Mobile HTC One S
[HTC One S] el_smurfo:
Lasted about a day of wading through all that crap before rooting and copying all the bloat from system/app to my sdcard for backup using Root Explorer. I did leave the following installed just in case...anyone have word on removing?:

T-Mobile Name ID

T-Mobile Visual Voicemail

Mobile Life Contacts

Edit: purged them all...no problemo
[HTC One S] MadJoe:
Glad you did. Those three are the worst of the bunch in my opinion, and are the reason I'm considering rooting.
[HTC One S] eminembdg:
Hey guys. I removed a bunch of T-Mobile bloat apps and their corresponding odex files. But now when in the text message app, the stock one, no ones picture shows up like they always did.

Unfortunately I didn't keep track of the apps I deleted. But they were just the usual bloat, basically what's listed in the OP.

Is it possible that one of the apps I deleted could be the reason for peoples avatars not showing in the text app ?

Sent from my HTC One S
[HTC One S] Closed Source Project:
TMo US give the most bloatware! I was surprised how many worthless apps there were on the device. I had fun going through the settings and disabling them. I think I'm just going to opt for root to fully get rid of them. I had so much fun with root on my old phone, I... I'm gonna do it now! BYE.
[HTC One S] ptweasel:
Someone asked about the tethering app earlier, so I just wanted to throw this in if people are still looking.

I've been using Wifi Tether for Root Users since before it was on the market, and it works perfectly on this phone. Just make sure you go into the settings and change the configuration from Auto to Generic ICS or it will start the network in ad-hoc mode.

Ad-hoc works fine, but a good amount of devices won't see your network at all. Setting it to Generic ICS let's it run in infrastructure mode so it just looks like any other router.

I've tethered the crap out of this phone and my g2x with that app and have never heard a peep out of tmo_us.
[HTC One S] eminembdg:
Anyone?

Sent from my HTC One S
[HTC One S] WCCobra:
Do the pictures show in your contacts?
[HTC One S] eminembdg:
Yea It's strange. They show up in contacts but not in messaging app. Also it doesn't show the message count on the thread list anymore either

Edit: installed handscent and it works fine. So makes the issue with stock app is even stranger now

Sent from my HTC One S
[HTC One S] syntropic:
Anybody have a clue if HTC Tasks or HTC Hub can be removed? Or, as I am thinking, are they integral to the stock ROM?

Sent from my HTC One-S (rooted), stock ROM
[HTC One S] traicer:
Anyone know what exactly needs to be disable to be able to get rid of mobilelife
[HTC One S] elbee222:
I think the solution you want may be covered in posts #1 and #12.