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[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thibor69:
I am old school rooter custom ROM user on many devices. ( Nook Color / Transformer / LG-G2x ) So I understand the process of rooting and bootloader's and adb ect..... BUT ..... I am brand new to Kindle Fire. Just bought one today. I have looked over these forums for hours. I have learned a bit ... but still not 100% sure of the best route to take. I found a great option with BuritoRoot3, but seems im screwed because I have 3.6.x stock. I want FULL root. I don't care about Kindle desktop or stock crap. I have a ROM I want to run (HellFire) but I dont fully understand now without BuritoRoot3 how to go about

1) Rooting

2) Making a backup / recovery

3) FIREFIREFIRE

4) TWRP or CWM ?

or some easier why to go about this. Like a drop back to 6.2 stock some how ?? is that possible ....

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinfauns:
Skim this...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1552547

It will get you caught up on basic terminology, installing drivers, relevant fastboot/adb commands. Focus on post #3... near the end, it has a step-by-step on how you should go about flashing a custom ROM on a stock device. You do not need to root the stock software if you are going straight to a custom ROM. The document is slightly dated as it refers to an older version of FFF, but it will get you started nonetheless. You can update to the newest version of FFF when you are all done without much trouble.

Right now, the preferred recovery is TWRP because CWMR has problems flashing ICS based ROMs, so you should probably go with that one. Backups/restores should be pretty self-explanatory once you get TWRP installed.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
The most recent Fire I bought, I didn't waste any time going through the rooting crap. I just put it into fastboot, installed FFF and TWRP, and used adb to push ICS to sdcard for flashing in recovery.

I never even let the stock OS boot :)

Use TWRP for now, CWM has issues with the latest kernel.

And definitely read the guide kinfauns gave you a link to. As long as you have a couple of brain cells to play with, it'll give you a good foundation to work from.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thibor69:
Thanks to both you guys for the info. I will figure it out. Guess I need to just read more.... I dont see how to get into fastboot mode yet ....

Cheers
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinfauns:
On a stock device, you have 2 choices...

1) Use a factory cable to get directly into fastboot mode

2) Use pokey9000's fbmode exploit to set the bootmode to fastboot (4002) and reboot

In the URL I gave you, there are links and directions on how to use fbmode near the end of post #3.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Docs009:
Fastboot....

I had the same question when I first started with the KF. Basically you need to change the "Bootmode" of the KF to boot into Fastboot mode. This is most easily done using the Kindle Fire Utility then restart your KF.

It is really not necessary to do this to root/install a custom ROM and it has lead a lot of inexperienced users to get "stuck at the yellow triangle," but if you want to play around with it, it is easy to do.

Hope this helps. Thanks for listening :)

Sincerely,

William

[Kindle Fire: gedeROM v1.2 {3.0 Kernel, CM9, Android 4.0.4} - Stock Kernel]

[HTC Evo 4G Supersonic: MikG 3.11 ROM - Chop Suey Custom Kernel]

[Retired: HTC CDMA Hero: Gingerbread Hero Deck ROM - Stock Kernel]

end.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Entropy512:
pokey's fbmode is the way to go for 6.3
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thibor69:
Were is pokey's fbmode link ? I can't find it.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dasanko:
It's this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1414832

They didn't fix it in 6.3

Alternatively, it's "easier" to hop into fastboot mode with FFF, so that shouldn't worry you much once it's installed.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
I think It'd be pretty tough to "fix" fbmode without locking the bootloader. It's only a matter of time though.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] deedlebop:
So I have been following along in these threads for quite a while now for the Asus TF-201. I'm somewhat familiar with rooting and flashing roms; i've done it on my mytouch 4g many times and still do. So I rooted my t-prime a while back and ran the stock rom. I flashed Virtuous Prime about a week ago and my Kindle app didn't work so I tried to flash a new one. I tried to flash I think it was Team EOS ICS then CyanogenMod 9. Now my prime will not boot up past the Eee Pad Splash screen, there's nothing else on the screen though; no boot error or anything like that. It just sits there... I can restart it and boot into Clock Work Mod-based Recovery by holding the power button and the volume down key which i've done and tried to reflash a different custom rom but had no success. Each time I load a diff rom I have always done a full wipe and load... any ideas on this one...? Any help would be appreciated!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naddie:
Has anyone heard or seen any demos/reviews/preview videos of someone taking a video and re-focusing by touching the screen? Relying on only autofocus on the S2 made many unfocused videos unwatchable.

The One S has it (I played with it), as well as iPhone and the Razr.

YAY! Update:

According to the manual, touch to focus while recording video is confirmed!

Update 2:

On another note, it looks like anti-shake is available for video, too, unless it was a copy/paste mistake from the Photo/Still Camera section of the manual.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fOmey:
Dude you can do this on the S2 :confused: I use it ALL the time..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naddie:
On TW ROMs while taking a video? Are we talking ICS? I haven't tried taking a video on a TW ICS ROM yet.

Regarding the S2, I'm not the only one who sees this limitation:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1541019

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1471112

Anyways, I'm concerned because I know stock ICS doesn't do it, so I hope the S3's camera app finally has TOF while videoing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naddie:
I flashed to the stock ICS TW ROM and verified that touching the screen while videoing does not allow for Touch-to-Focus, either. There's nothing in the settings to allow it either. When I touch while videoing, it says "Zooming is not supported while recording Full HD Video". When not filming at 1080p, it just zooms instead of focus.

Are you using a custom ROM, 3rd party app, or modified camera.apk?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GS3Central:
Yeah I've seen many videos where this was done, Samsung even added automatic face recognition when you take a photo and instantly sends them to all your friends in that photo.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naddie:
That's all fine and dandy, but sometimes, you want to control where you want to focus. Short of an unfriendly manual focus slider, touch-to-focus is a quick way to kick the focus algorithm in gear.

Relying on the auto focus to adjust itself doesn't work well on the S2. Sometimes it tries to refocus when it's already in focus and everything becomes blurry for the next 2-3 minutes, ruining the video. Happens a lot in low-light conditions (indoor).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galactus:
lgcamera works flawlessly for this. Bitrate customization, touch to focus etc
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naddie:
I'm talking about the stock camera app. I hope someone can verify if touch focus on the S3 will finally have it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naddie:
According to the manual, touch to focus while recording video is confirmed!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] JonnyStreetz:
Hello....

Im on unamed rc-2

AntonX's kernel (newest)

I was listening to youtube i looked up for a second then looked down my screen was green with weird lines but the music was still playing i could see a blurry youtube app in the background did a battery pull running fine now....

Anyone have a issue like that??

-streetz

Sent from my Maybach s 4G
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Have you dropped the scaling down. And shut off the higher oc values? Typically that kind of thing is result of pushing the phone too high.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] 95Z28:
I agree with eollie, only time I've seen what you described is when I tried overclocking to 2ghz!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] itzik2sh:
LOL, What went through you mind?!...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Fluidification:
i used tegrak OC back when it didn't have the run for a minute and see whether stable option. And I had set on boot, OC to 1.65 just to see what happened. It turned on and then blurry freeze. Had to clear cache, and dalvik. Surprisingly, it worked.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] 95Z28:
I just wanted to see what would happen haha I haven't went over 1.6 since.

Oh yeah, I did do it once more just to show a friend.
[HTC EVO 3D] swuln:
Hello all... Ive been searching and searching but can't remember where I read it but anyway..I'm a noob to sprint cdma phones and am ready to tackle downgrading my boot and flash my evo but I thought I read somewhere that I first need my msl ... I tryed calling sprint today for it , giving the cust. Rep. A story of me needing to reset my phone but she wouldn't give it to me and told me how to go into my boot loader and do a factory reset and I wouldn't need it... For ****s and giggles I did it and it all went through without asking for the msl... Now I'm confused.. Is the msl required after flashing to re activate the phone... This is all new to me I've always had a GSM phone and flashing never required a password or code.. Thanks in advance any help is greatly appreciated....
[HTC EVO 3D] coal686:
I did not need my MSL when I downgraded Hboot from 1.5 to 1.4. In fact, with all the ROMs I've flashed over the last month, I've never been asked for it and do not know what mine even is.
[HTC EVO 3D] swuln:
Thanks for the quick reply... That was the only thing stopping me from doing anything.... I've been trying to find where I read that it was the first step before doing any rooting,flashing, etc. I could swear it was a tutorial but hey I could be wrong.... Thanks again....
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
A easy way to get it is msl reader I think that's what you call it on the market . Works great to snag your msl. Incase you ever need it.
[HTC EVO 3D] swuln:
Will I be able to still get my msl after downgrading and flashing..
[HTC EVO 3D] banccalif:
Yea you can but the msl is not need for the downgrade process
[HTC EVO 3D] swuln:
Thanks , I'll finally be able to flash tonight.. I just came over to sprint from Tmo in March and this being a cdma phone I wanted to make sure I was doing things the right way and have been reading the different procedures everyone suggests... The last phone I flashed was the G2X months ago... Just want to say the atmosphere here is great compared to the G2X section.. It turned into a flaming forum over there .. A lot of Devs left because of it... Too many people being demanding.... Thanks again
[HTC One X] aniketsharma9865:
I keep my mobile data connection on everytime...but after night when i wake up...i had to go and check apps to get the updates...like email stops comine...no msgs on whatsapp....seems like mobile data connection goes to sleep...whats the solution?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] armyms25:
im on liquidsmooth with trinity kernel. I know everyones phone is different, but whats the general consensus around here on the best scheduler and governor combo on trinity?

Thanks alot
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] albsat:
U will get the right answer if you ask in their thread. Great folks there bthw.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] miniProBhashi:
i have been around the web to find what are these because they keep running in the background. will it be a problem if i can kill them? whats the use of these processes?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Mtp is needed for usb mtp mode

Usbux is needed for all kinds of usb connections, keep it there.

Other two can be removed from the system(if you do not use MTP mode, then remove it) but usbux, keep it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] drraptor:
Please suggest a language learning app for Android.want to improve my French
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] drraptor:
Bump
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Faiz Malkani:
Check this out

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.busuu.android.fr
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] drraptor:
Is pro version available as apk
[HTC One X] athenodorus:
My phone was working fine last night and when i woke up i realised the 3 physical buttons or soft keys are not working anymore.

Has anyone encounter this issue and how do i fix it fast?
[HTC One X] hamade:
Did you try restarting the phone ?
[HTC One X] athenodorus:
Tried rebooting alot of times.

Now even unrooted the phone and back to stock recovery the buttons still not working~
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hellot1M:
I've been having extremely poor reception sometimes(most of the time) I get no reception at all. It worked before root and unlocking the bootloader but now.. ****. I tried going back to stock and unrooting but it did not seem to fix my issue. Would reflashing the radio fix this problem? If so where can I find the bb71 radio?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I_@m_me:
yes do try many different baseband tend to work differently
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toledo_JAB:
Might try this post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25701158
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] bsoplinger:
I think you have a typo for the .21 insecure link, it is for the secure one. I just copied the link URL and added 'in' to get the correct one.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] rtwo:
Thanks for these stock kernels, are there differences between US and WW kernels, or is it save to flash these kernels on my WW device.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sidneyk:
Thanks. Fixed in OP.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sidneyk:
I really don't know if the kernels are different between the 2 versions. As far as custom ROMs (which include a kernel), I've used ROMs that were based on WW on my US device. The WW may set EU for wi-fi regulatory setting or something, giving you a couple more wi-fi channels, I don't know. When I get time, I'll download a corresponding WW version and pull the kernel and compare to US by md5 checksum and see. I'm going to guess that as far as the raw kernel itself, there probably isn't any difference, since Asus only ever offers 1 version of kernel source code per release. There could be differences in the files packed in the initrd that is part of the kernel package, which is part of the normal ROM package or a particular ROM may have differences between the Worldwide (WW) and the US versions.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] surtrafl:
Anybody with 9.2.2.3 kernel?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sidneyk:
I'm assuming you are talking about the stock kernel for TF101G since there's not that version for the standard TF101. I'll give it a look in the next day or so when I have time and get one posted from the stock firmware for TF101G.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sidneyk:
OK, so I just compared the compressed kernel zImage from each of the Asus stock 9.2.1.21US and 9.2.1.21WW packages with md5sum and the checksums are different although the file size is the same. So there must be at least a small difference, could only be a letter or number or a word or multiple words different but something is different. Like I said before, I have used ROMs on my system that were based on both the US or the WW version and both seem to work fine. My device is US of course, but rooted.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sidneyk:
9.2.2.3 WW versions added to OP.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] rtwo:
I just flashed the .21 insecure on my WW tablet, the kernel version is exactly the same as an unrooted stock ww tablet from my brother, 2.6.39.4-00001-g4cf4e0c android@mercury#1

So i think it is save to say that us and ww kernels are the same?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sidneyk:
The difference may be in the ramdisk contents or as simple as different ROM build numbers. The md5s are different so there is at least 1 bit of info that's different. Just be sure you have a backup and give it a try. I believe you're safe to use either if you're rooted, it may keep you from cwm flashing the next fota if you have US tab but flashed WW anything.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] farsight73:
So this is good in order to prepare next Asus firmware update OTA as all we need is to flash back the stock kernel.

Mine is WW 9.2.1.21 rooted and CWM installed and custom kernel. This mean I need to flash the insecure WW .21 kernel before getting the next Asus FOTA?

So when is required for the secure WW .21 kernel ?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sidneyk:
To be honest, I don't know all the answers to your questions. I don't really know if there is a need for the 'secure' versions because if I understand correctly, then you have to be rooted to have CWM and you have to have CWM to flash these. Some folks were just asking for completely stock kernels so the 'secure' version is completely stock. The 'insecure' versions just change a couple settings in the 'default.prop' file in the initrd part of the kernel package. It may be that the 'secure' versions here aren't really that useful, unless they were modified for use with nvflash and you are one of the ones able to use nvflash, then you could flash back a completely stock kernel. If you are rooted already on the latest stock firmware, then flashing the insecure version to get back to stock kernel may be the best route. I don't know if that will allow you to receive OTA updates directly from Asus, but as long as no other modifications have been made to the system, i.e. custom ROMs, etc. Then you may be able to flash a FOTA-update ROM that will usually be posted by someone within a few days of Asus release. The Asus FOTA updates are using the stock recovery and put the file in a location that when rebooted the stock recovery sees it and applies the update. I think if it sees 'root' or 'insecure' then it fails, that's why folks repackage the releases and sometimes root them for these cases or when the FOTA fails for some reason.

I'm rooted and on a custom ROM, so I can't get FOTA updates anyway. All I have been able to test is that these will flash from CWM Recovery and will boot on my US B6O version eeePad.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] farsight73:
I was thinking of the easy route here. Already running rooted/CWM/Custom kernel under 9.2.1.21. And I hope this insecure kernel version would put me back to stock kernel and able to flash next Asus OTA update zip when someone repacked it into flashable zip, it would pass the kernel verifiation check then. But I think someone(Lizard) would also release next Asus OTA update zip that bypassing kernel verification, which mean I wouldn't need this stock kernel anyway.

Thanks anyway! :D
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] rtwo:
Me.

I did not noticed anything strange, and the tablet seems to work normal, will see if ota update works when a new update is available.

Is it maybe possible you create kernels from .17 and .21 ww versions to?, you dont have to, am already happy with these kernels and i dont know how much work it is, but if you have some spare time.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sidneyk:
Since you asked nicely, I'll give it a look later today or in the morning. I've got plenty of disk space still, for now, lol.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sidneyk:
WW versions posted

I have just edited the OP with links to 9.2.1.17 WW and 9.2.1.21 WW versions.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] rtwo:
Super, thanks for taking the time.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] rtwo:
Is it possible you also upload kernels for the new .24 ww version, that would be great.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sidneyk:
Bear with me, as I have to work nights the next 3 days, but when I get some time I'll get the US and WW versions posted.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mrsixonetwo:
Can anyone tell me their device management sever settings for the firmware over the air. That has received the new update to 2.3.4? I can tell you how to get to the settings to see what they are :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] cmarticus:
I'm getting this error as well. I did the update to v21y a couple weeks ago with the LG tool. but my phone keeps prompting me with "You can check a new software". Way to go in english class. Tmobile tells me LG is pushing the update not them and gives me the LG support number.

I'm already on 21y and am being prompted to check for the update and then authentication error. Maybe this version of 21y is slightly different.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mrsixonetwo:
Could you tell me the server settings?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dmj2012:
I am getting this error as well. I was running CM7.2 rc1 and decided to night to revert to stock to see if I could get the ota.

I used CWM to restore to stock 2.3.3 using the download from gunman's thread. Cleared dalvik, cache and did a factory restore. I noticed superuser was still on there so I flashed jboxers zip to unroot, then used nvflash to restore stock recovery. Cleared cache, dalvik and did another factory reset to be sure.

Checking for an update I don't get a message about whether my phone is up to date or not, I get a message saying it can't connect to the server due to an authentication error.

This happened to me last time there was an ota update. To go from Froyo to GB I had to use the LG tool because my phone wouldn't authenticate with tmo's servers.

It's not a second hand phone or anything. I bought it directly from a tmo store. Dunno why it won't ever authenticate for an ota update.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] monte666:
My g2x did that for the 2.3.3 update on the new one it downloads then had the authentication error. The offline fix for the update works great though
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thegoodrat:
Seem to have gotten myself in another bind :/

Ok, so I flashed a ICS ROM and as usual I want to flash something else(I admit its a bad addiction! :rolleyes: ). Unfortunately, my OEM cable isnt working and so odin can't recognize the phone! :eek:

SO I have mobile odin installed but I need the correct files. Never had to use it until now, I thought I had a correct kernel/recovery to flash but it says "partition not recognized" :confused:

So please mind that I will have to download the files DIRECTLY from my phone. I will seriously LOVE anyone who can help me out :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tkemack:
Go to the wiki, found in the sticky section, you're looking for el26 kernel with cwm tar file. In mobile Odin, click kernel and find the file. Check md5 and go. During reboot, Press and hold volume up and power till you get to cwm. Do your wipes and flashing there. Good luck!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Assuming you are using something from the OneClick thread, you need to unpack the file first, either double-click the .exe in windows to unpack or use zarchiver on android. The resulting file can be use with Mobile ODIN using Open File.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
Here's the el26 cwm kernel

http://db.tt/jUNENJGl
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
There are several apps like Wifi File Browser that you can install on your phone that will allow you to transfer files back and forth from your pc/phone if necessary. Really nice to use too.