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[Nook Touch General] bobstro:
Any rooting method that lets you install 3rd party apps -- either from the Android Market or via sideloading of the .apk -- will work. You don't HAVE to install all the extras, though they're pretty much invisible if you don't use them. Gabrial's TouchNooter doesn't load a whole bunch of cruft, and installs the essentials in one easy pass. You could get rid of Gmail, YouTube (only used for initial setup anyhow) and even Market if you like, once you have the Kindle app installed. I suppose you could skip the Google registration process, though I've not tried that. Be aware that registering the NST with B&N is generally recommended, whether you intend to use their services or not. There have been reports of the battery being impacted by background checks or similar if you don't.

You might want to use NookTouch Tools to remap one of the QuickLaunch menu buttons to launch the Kindle reader.
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
I'm not sure how Google Market works, but I couldn't guarantee that apps loaded from the Market will continue to work if you delete the Market app.

I know that deleting the Amazon Market app will prevent some (most?) apps downloaded from there to continue to work, even if they are free apps.

That's why I hate all this "Market" stuff.

Nobody distributes apps on their own website anymore.
[Nook Touch General] famewolf:
Unlike amazon apps the market ones do NOT require market to be installed.....additionally not ALL amazon apps require it but many of the more popular ones do.
[Nook Touch General] kim1406:
By the way, does the kindle app read RTL language? any one tried it. thanks.
[Nook Touch General] shadowhawk2020:
Thank you for the great information. This is great. I got a great deal on the Nook, but since I have had the Kindle for so long I pretty invested in them.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] sudersanmurthy:
I have Been Using Youlu For my Phonebook ,but what i am looking for is QQPhonebook but it is in chinese language , is there anyone who can convert that application into englisg ? and can you post you phonebook which you really liked and been using for a long time :)
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] leechow007:
i don't qqphonebook is a great app for you guys, cause it has so many functions that you can't use.did you have a qq number? :(no? sorry, you must have one before you backup your contacts. :eek: i think it's more suitable for our country,because almost everyone here have a qq number.

in addition,the app is too big. you can try this one------"exDialer"

soory for bad english.:p
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] sudersanmurthy:
I have used exdialer also but the thing is QQPhonebook is very cool i cant resist using it i even used it for a month without even knowing the language :p:p , it would be really great if someone make it in english or they release a english version they have qqlauncher why dont they release qqphonebook in englisg :(:(:(......
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jay2nice000:
can the et4g be a bootable iso for windows 7?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vrekk:
Doubt it. The phone won't recognize he sdcard with the an ISO written to it and I don't think you could mount it if the phone doesn't recognize it. And on top of that it might be difficult to get the BIOS to see it as a boot able device.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
No. Wrong and incompatible hardware on the computer side. The software for the phone was written and compiled specifically for this phone and it's associated hardware.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LordJummy:
The way the question is worded makes no sense. You want the e4gt to be a bootable ISO? Whaaaa?

I no understandy
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Yeah please explain
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LordFan21:
Pretty sure hes asking if he can use his phone to install windows similar to placing the windows 7 installation ISO onto a usb drive.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Khilbron:
And the answer to that is no, because if you made your sdcard a bootable disk for win7 there would be no way for the computer to read it from the phone without being mounted, and once you try mount the sdcard the phone will require it to be formatted otherwise it won't let you mount it as a storage device.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Overstew:
If you can create the drivers for the software to work with the hardware, then go for it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
You would be mounting the phone as a usb storage device. The microsd card would be formatted and flagged bootable. Modern motherboard support booting from flash drives... i dunno last 8 or more years now?

Windows 7 has a tool for making bootable flash drives. Micro SD cards can have the boot flag on their MBR's set to bootable. The question is does the E4GT (on GB) allow for MBR access in mass storage. I can actually check that since I have a program I wrote for injecting code past the MBR it needs to read it. The next question is how does the phone represent the storage to the computer? If its not in a valid manner then the answer goes back to no because the motherboard may not wish to boot from it.

Ive created Bootable SD cards to boot through an SD card reader to flash firmware to video cards, its not much different and with windows 7 being usb drive bootable using a utility its only a question of this particular phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hduenas1989:
are you asking if you can emulate android on windows 7?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
He asked if it can be a bootable iso for windows 7. One word corrected I am pretty sure if he asked if he can use it as a bootable flash device for windows 7 installation.

Which as I explained in my post is plausible. Many phones can do it and doing it with a regular old sd card over a reader on a motherboard with usb boot support is 100% normal. Given the lack of mass storage mount in ICS I would definitely want to be on Gingerbread before I even tried it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] im0rtalz:
I have done this with my old psp once, had to restore a friends computer which had a dead dvd drive and no usb drive around so formatted the sony memory stick on the psp. High chances of it working I don't see why not.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GlowingStar:
Is there any way for me to downgrade my ISC to GB?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dusty2422:
Flash the GB ROM and corresponding kernel of your choice. You just can't go back to the old hboot... but can still flash GB ROMS on the new hboot.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GlowingStar:
Thanks for the help but I do not have my phone rooted right now. I've been trying for like the past hours with the all in one kit from hasooon, but I cannot seem to get it to work. I have unlocked my bootloader already. Would that be the reason why?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
Could be. I'm pretty sure you need to relock your bootloader before running the RUU...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GlowingStar:
Is there a way to relock my bootloader? Also, I was trying from your superguide eariler but I just got super confused. If you could help me, that would be great.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GlowingStar:
I actually have ICS updated from GB today with the new AT&T. Now that I've updated my OS, I have no idea how to root my phone anymore because there are only posts for 2.3.4 GB. I've actually tried the permroot from hasoon, but I can't seem to get that to work.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] altanimi:
Well, to relock the bootloader, you can either use hasoon2000's Vivid All-In-One Toolkit, which has pretty much everything you need to relock the bootloader.

Otherwise, you boot into the bootloader and into fastboot, and follow the steps for relocking the bootloader in part 6 of the Superguide.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GlowingStar:
I actually have a question. I can't boot into bootloader by holding down power and down volume...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GlowingStar:
Successfully relocked my bootloader. Many thanks!

Okay now to root my phone. Could you tell me the exact steps to do it? I am having a lot of trouble. I run it with debugging USB on, it will then restart my phone, first it will appear something like a circle with a down arrow inside it. Afterwards, there will be a triangle icon that's red with another arrow. On the Command, it will say device not found for all files then press any key.

Appreciate your help!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
You need to unlock your bootloader once again. Then root it. Use the All-In-One toolkit, it will be much easier.

unlock bootloader > then flash the wcx recovery and that should root it.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GlowingStar:
So all I need to do is unlock bootloader once again, flash the wcx recovery, then I'll be good to go. I think the reason is because I flashed the first CMW recovery. That may be the reason.

Thanks for your help
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
Yea, the CWM is a bad idea on the Vivid. Wildchild did a very good job with his WCX recovery. Just unlock your phone again, then click the flash WCX recovery. Wildchild made his recovery so that when flashed, it would automatically give root.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] GlowingStar:
I actually downgraded my phone from ICS to GB. I rooted my phone with zergrush. With my phone unlocked, now it went from temproot, to permroot. I am actually trying to find a rom for my phone that I can play around with without getting bored. I want to just leave it as S-On instead of off. Hope you can help with a little bit with that.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wandri:
does anyone know where i can download the firmware version of asia? I have searched but most can not open link
[Motorola Droid Bionic] projektorboy:
Mods: Please move if you feel that this is in an inappropriate place.

I figured there might be a few people who could find this useful. I created a Safestrap backup of stock rooted bloated non-deodexed 5.9.904 for whoever wants it.

This backup was made in Safestrap 1.07.

I made this by doing the following:

(1) FXZ to .902

(2) Booted fully.

(3) Rebooted into stock recovery, wiped data & cache, applied .904

(4) Allowed .904 to boot fully.

(5) Rooted with Motofail

(6) Installed Safestrap 1.07 via ADB

(7) Booted into Safestrap

(8) Wiped Data, Cache, and Dalvik

(9) Performed the Backup, saying No to webtop and Yes to keeping systemorig.

Since this NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP you'll need to manually wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik if you use this. After you restore, you should be dropped right into the Setup Wizard.

This could be handy if someone wants to start from close to scratch without doing an entire FXZ.

Also, you may want to do an Advanced Restore and restoring only /SYSTEM, as I think that the SYSTEMORIG in there may overwrite your existing SYSTEMORIG with something else.

Download

https://rapidshare.com/files/2234440132/stock904_rooted_bloated.zip
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bignem:
Rapid share is so Freaking slow. Can you please upload somewhere else!

Edit: Finally got it to download after 4 hours... on my 100mbit connection...

Got it re-uped at dev-host: d-h.st/6kx this should be faster!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] crobs808:
So, a few questions...

You said this is "not a flashable zip". I am still downloading the zip but do we just extract it to its own sub folder where our backups are then do a restore in Safe strap?

Secondly, does doing a restore of this give us the updated radio that comes with the 904 update?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] priddyma:
Install safestrap and place the zip where your safestrap backups would go and then restore to that file
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] androidpicks:
Here's one of the very worst technical support I've dealt with :mad:

The context: I followed the free dongle link and instructions. I entered my unit's serial number on the Asus VIP portal. It got recognized as an "Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201" and it's now listed as such on my "Extended Warranty Service" page. So far so good.

Now I open the "TF201 GPS Extension Kit Apply&Inquire", pick my serial number from the list and enter my address. But I'm presented with the following error: "

Sorry but your serial number could not be recognized. Please check your serial number to ensure that your model is a TF201, and try again.

". That's obviously wrong, so I take screenshots and open a "Technical Enquiry" about it:

Here's the exchange with their tech support rep:

---------- Original Message ----------
[Product Information]
*Product Type : Eee Family
*Product Model : Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201

[Problem Description]
Can't order GPS dongle; see attached pics

---------- Original Message ----------
Dear valued customer,

Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service.

Sorry for the delay.

Many customers have the same question.This maybe the Database error or data
delay,so you may wait some time and try again.
If you have another problem, please get contact with us ASAP.

Best Regards,
Joe

ASUS Customer Service

---------- Original Message ----------
Thank you for your reply

I understand that you acknowledged the problem

Now let me rephrase my question: Since asus instructions for getting the GPS
dongle ( event.asus.com (slash) ASUSPad/TF201GPS ) send us to a page that doesn't
work ( vip.asus.com (slash) user/tf201gps_ext.aspx?SLanguage=en-us )...

How can I get that dongle?

---------- Original Message ----------
Dear valued customer,

Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service.

Sorry for the delay.

Official ASUS announcement: free external GPS extension kit to boost signal reception for Eee Pad Transformer Prime [I](url removed)[/I]

Step-1: join ASUS Membership program

Step-2: register Transformer Prime TF201

Step-3: apply on "TF201 GPS Extension Kit Apply & Inquire" on the left side of the web menu
If you have another problem, please get contact with us ASAP.

Best Regards,
Joe

ASUS Customer Service

Don't know whether they don't want to send too many of that dongle or whether it's they website that's completely broken, but for tech support badness that's impressive
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeoMagus:
I hear ya

Welcome to the club man! You should check out our conversations in this thread about the shipping black hole.. I've actually received some mail from "Joe" myself
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] AMoosa:
I get the exact same error. let me know how to resolve it please
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dude6595:
ditto about Joe as well
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] beertastic:
I had this error for a few hours.. then one time I tried again (I tried lots) I happened to see my flash blocker whoe a small flash area on the page.

I allowed all flash and boom, form submitted next time I tried.

It might well be a huge coincidence, but it's worth mentioning if you do have a flash blocker..

Good luck.. it worked for me :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Diamondback:
Please use one of the existing complaint /dongle threads for this.

Closed.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] LegendJo:
Hello

Can I use dsixda's Android Kitchen To cook a rom for Neo V

I hope find an answer :(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] steveboss:
I have a same question.

I have a same question. I tried the kitchen, but I have a problem extracting system.sin ICS 4.1.A.0.562 from Sony and other problems. I welcome guide to cooking for the NEO
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] mpiekp:
Use a nandroid of 562, then you can cook.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] steveboss:
You think nandroid backup of Cwm ? I have to copy the directory ..\CygWin\home\user\kitchen\original_update ? Will it work?

Sorry for my bad English
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] mpiekp:
Where ever your working dir is yes, don't use on cygwin myself but it works.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] steveboss:
Thank you.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] *boy*racer*:
Hello. I have a question. I have previously used dsixda kitchen and every time have, It turned out perfect. But now im facing an issue and was wondering if you guys have the same. When built a Rom from nandroid .562, does your WiFi turn on? Mine doesn't and I have tried it on linux and windows.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] steveboss:
Hello,

I have exactly the same problem.:-( Tested with Shardul_seth kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1609610

Thanks for help.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] steveboss:
No solution? I've now used the kitchen out of the box and I only chose "Build ROM from working folder" wifi still does not work. Consult me please.:(:confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] mpiekp:
Look at your kernel.....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] steveboss:
Thank you for reply.

Unfortunately, I edit the kernel do not know. I tried kernel Night Elf for ICS and the stock Shardul_seth v3 and wifi does not work, I was unfortunate :(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] *boy*racer*:
I have solved it!!!!!!!!!! Took hours to figure it out. i think that when the kitchen decrypts system.img, it corrupts a file some how. so therefore i have to replace it again. but it only does it for ICS. its ok for gb

its in system/etc/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin.

Pull it from an ics Rom using root explorer and replace in working folder in the kitchen.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] steveboss:
Thank you for the tutorial, but I do not understand the tutorial. I do not understand the root of explorer copies the Kitchen to the working directory on your computer?

You can send step by step, as I do I do? ( sorry for my bad english)

Thanks...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] *boy*racer*:
Ok sorry.

. Download the attachment and extract.

. Copy and paste wl1271-nvs.bin to working_folder/system/etc/firmware/ti-connectivity folder.

build rom and your done :-)

ps. This file is from ray ICS but hope it works for you
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] steveboss:
Thank you, wifi works, you're a genius :D

Best regards
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] *boy*racer*:
You are most welcome. I asked loads of people and threads but nothing. So I tried hours on end to figure out what was going wrong. In the end I got there :-)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] steveboss:
I also spend hours of investigation, but I found nothing, thanks again.

Have a nice day.:)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] *boy*racer*:
I also found another corrupt file but not sure what its for. Maybe part of power menu? As I only had power off and nothing else untill I replaced it.

It's in system/vendor/firmware/hdcp.keys
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] dsixda:
Hi guys, I could probably fix this in the kitchen for you, but I need two things:

1) A copy of the system.img from the original nandroid backup used for cooking (upload it somewhere)

2) From the same fully-functional ROM (not the one you fixed later): a zipped copy of the system/etc/ and system/vendor/ folders, using Root Explorer.

Thanks
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Madfysh:
Will entire cwm backup be to much?

If not, go here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24983670&postcount=246
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] dsixda:
That is fine. What about those other links above it, are those the stock untouched ROMs?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Madfysh:
Yes. ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] dsixda:
Are you guys seeing this issue in Cygwin only?

In my Mac and Linux, I notice that these two files are symbolic links that point to locations that are not found in the ROM itself.

eg.

wl1271-nvs.bin --> /data/etc/wifi/wl1271-nvs.bin

hdcp.keys --> factory/hdcp.keys

I can fix this by putting those two files in the kitchen and copying them if it detects an Xperia Neo, but that is a messy way of doing it.

Another way is to add them to the updater-script as 'symlink' statements.

Finally, if I don't do either of the above then someone could write up a guide on the first post on how to properly create a ROM and mention the fix.

Anyways if I don't fall asleep tonight, ;) I'll test the 2nd option above, but I'll require someone to test it with their device, as I don't have one.

UPDATE: Ok, I have another method ;)

If someone can confirm that this is a Cygwin-only issue

, then I can submit a script update that can display to the user the files that potentially need to be copied from the device (in our case it's dhcp.keys and wl1271-nvs.bin). It won't fix it, but it will alert the user of the files that need action taken manually. It will show it for all devices, not just the Neo.

Example:

==================================================================

WARNING! The following symlinks were found in the system/ folder:

./etc/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin
./vendor/firmware/hdcp.keys

Cygwin may not process them correctly when building the ROM. To
ensure they get flashed to your device uncorrupted, copy an
existing version of the same files from your device (e.g. using
Root Explorer or ADB) to your PC. Overwrite the files above
with the ones you copied from your device.

==================================================================
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] mpiekp:
I didn't have the issue with ubuntu, so a cygwin issue is most likely.

Thanks for looking at this
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] dsixda:
Ok I've submitted this 'fix' into the latest version of the kitchen. Thanks for the feedback guys.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] *boy*racer*:
Hello dsixda, I had this issue with both ubuntu and cygwin. Until "I" figured out the problem. It's only happens with ics backup! Please can you fix it for ubuntu aswel? Thanks

Oh and if it's too much to ask as it took me ages to figure it out, can I have a thanks as not 1 person had hit the thanks button when I solved the problem?:D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] dsixda:
Join the club ;) You already got my attention and thanks earlier. :P

This is actually a common problem (corrupted or missing symlinks) found in other devices using Cygwin, such as the Galaxy S2 with ICS, but with different files, which was fixed before. I'd prefer to leave the warning message for Cygwin for now because I haven't seen it happen in Linux/OS X nor has it been consistent enough to warrant a change for all operating systems, and I wouldn't want false alarms (ie. triggering a warning when not necessary).
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] *boy*racer*:
Nope, I can't see "thanked by dsixda" on any of my posts on this thread:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kbohinski:
https://community.verizonwireless.com/message/805765#805765

Read this message about the signal strength from the update. Lets all get mad.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matt30:
Calm yourself. If you can't make a phone call, you've got bigger problems than just your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] miketoasty:
Sounds like he just talked to some reps that had no idea what they were doing. He needs to talk to a manager instead of just whining on some random forum.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
umad
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blowtorch:
lets protest without pants
[HTC Desire S] avensakias:
Does anybody knows why since I have s-off on my desire-s why the command:

fastboot oem writecid 11111111

Gives me error and i still have cid HTC__N34.???

Any help on that..??
[HTC Desire S] freedompie:
the only way to get super cid on the desire s is through a xtc clip.

btw wrong section
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Please post in the correct section (q&a)! I thought someone had found a way for super cid on desire s.
[HTC Desire S] avensakias:
Moderators can you place the thread to the correct place.?

Thanks

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Use the report button (triangle with exclamation mark) at the top right part of your first post/OP to bring moderator's attention
[HTC Desire S] sgt. slaughter:
thread moved
[HTC Desire S] avensakias:
I believe we have to find a way..

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC Desire S] paul.robo:
Free xtc clip usage

Hi, I offer my XTC CLIP to be used FREE. I do NOT send it in mail. You come to me and i will s-off your desire s or any other phone you have ( Has to be in the XTC CLIP list ) i do NOT accept cash or anything. im juts a helpful person. If you want to know more just PM me :)
[HTC Desire S] avensakias:
I live in Athens Greece.

You.?

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC Desire S] paul.robo:
oh sorry i cant help you i live in Swindon. shame i would love to send you the xtc clip so you can use it. but i have no guarantee it would ever come back