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[Android General] f4flake:
I've recently acquired a HTC One X, and having had a desire which was rooted from the first moment, and also s-off some time later thanks to revolutionary, I imagined development would be just as simple.

While there is (and was even before production devices were available) a root method for the One-X it requires unlocking a bootloader. A bootloader which then leaves a (so far) indelible electronic mark as to it's having been opened.

HTC promised to unlock bootloaders, yet what they've done is created a contract between a rooter and themselves, whereby the process voids your warranty.

Root access to your phone voids your warranty.

There are many threads on this already so I'm not looking to discuss it here, what does intrigue is that a whole bunch of other manufacturers have essentially gone the same route.

Asus have an encrypted system, Barnes and Noble tablet required a hardware hack to enter a recovery (APX) mode and Motorola have also announced the coming availability of a development device where you trade your warranty for administrative access to a device you own.

I'm typing this post from a Toshiba laptop, whose bios I have never tampered with, but with a W7 install, and VM installs of Windows XP, Ubuntu, Centos x64 and various other OS's.

If I desired I could install any of these OS's and expect to have availability for the drivers for the device, allowing me to perform whatever functions I choose. It's analogy that has been drawn time and again, but none of these actions would void my warranty.

It appears that "open source" is being more loosely applied and undermined.

I don't want to tamper with HTC's "Sense" interface, I don't want to overclock my Asus Transformer.

For years Microsoft bundled Internet Explorer with Windows, eventually falling foul of anti-trust law in the US and competition laws in the EU. Phones should be subject to to the same initiatives.

It appears all the manufacturers are going the same route, following the same trend of locked and encrypted bootloaders.

There's more than one launcher, just as there's more than one web browser. If I wish to stop Touchwiz from running and install a different interface from the market, I should not have to take risks with the health of my device in order to perform a simple administrative function.

Each of us have almost certainly been asked by our peers what phone they should buy. We influence the market because we understand the technical sides of the devices a little more than the average man in the street. I'm losing patience with certain manufacturers and I'll not be recommending their devices to anyone again.

It's essential for the health and long term success of the Android OS that manufacturers cease penalising the development community. It's a feedback loop where we add value to their devices, even if it's simply by recommending them.

We're being cut out of the loop, as the Android devices become more locked down and the users more locked out the entire Android idea starts to eat itself.
[Android General] chaki-:
+1 couldn't say it better :)
[Android General] fr33styl3r7:
Agree with your post.

To me it seems like a cheap trick to rip us of the warranty fast & easy.

On the other hand unlocking a bootloader also means changing the kernel most likely. By changing the kernel many people oc their cpus to extreme levels.

Why shall the company take responsibility for those damages?

Rooting on the other hand should not void the warranty in my opinion.
[Android General] f4flake:
There are easier ways to stop overclocking or at least limit the effects of overclocking.

It's something the phone providers trot out but there is no basis to the argument.
[Android General] jekyll86:
I agree with you
[Android General] kc92iyngr:
Agree wid ur post
[Android General] Super-Android:
+1 totally agree
[Android General] alunral:
While I agree to this, almost anyone who roots is going to use a custom ROM. By rooting, you're telling them that it's fine, you do not need their warranty. You will rely on outside, free help if something goes wrong, because let's face it, they aren't building these things for us to root them.

Generally PCs are far less brickable, too. PCs are more modular in nature. There is not a single phone or tablet, of any brand, that is at all modular.

And anyway, from what I've read of many warranties for a PC, adding new hardware voids the warranty as well. Or at least disables it for the duration you use that new hardware inside of it.

Just think of it that way. A bricked PC is so much easier to fix than a bricked phone or tablet. In this way, if something does go wrong by something they aren't letting you do willynilly, or letting the general, far-less-techy normal end user, they're covering their own ass.

It'd be nice if they didn't hide that though.
[Android General] abo.saud:
We laugh at iPhone users that Apple limit what they can do with their devices

I think the gap between us get narrower each day.
[Android General] f4flake:
Another terrible reply.

Phones are difficult to recover because they are made that way.

I've crashed and messed up a laptop install, but I was able to reach for a linux cd (or windows), re-install the software on to the drive (because the system partition wasn't totally locked down) and then install the drivers required because they were made available.

Your analogy is simply regurgitating the argument of companies like HTC and Asus who are prepared to sell you the hardware, just so long as you don't want to do anything with it other than what they prescribe.

The warranty debate is not for here, simply their decisions to lock down YOUR hardware will kill development.
[Android General] MikeyMike01:
At some point Google will have to step in and do something about the situation. Start taking control of what has the potential to be a wonderful product.
[Android General] votinh:
TWO BIG thumbs up for abo, LOL :D

Yeap, when all Android devices got locked up, Android fanboys will cry out loud.

Being using so-called open-source but they (manuf.) hancuff dev. and push us into the corner day by day.
[Android General] spunker88:
And I'm kind of surprised nobody has thrown a fit about how smartphones are locked down even more. Microsoft got sued for bundling IE and not allowing you to uninstall it since it was integrated with the OS. You could still install a 3rd party browser and set it as default, and you could still install another OS if you wanted to.

Today we have Android phone OEMs that bundle bloatware which cannot be uninstalled without voiding your warranty and rooting. Bootloaders are locked and now batteries are non-removable. Its all a way to make your phone obsolete quicker so you have to replace it sooner.
[Android General] stretchjax:
I agree with you about the bootloaders and such I am using a one x from AT&T and if I had known about s-off and bootlodaer locks I woulda went with another Samsung device I'm coming from the best dev phone there is so far the captivate completely unbrickable proof that devices can be made modular and completly open source we buy.these phones we.should be able to do with them as.we.please.
[LG Optimus 2x] Gjot:
In G2x's section there is a good Rom, the Hell fire Sandwich ... now in one post of o2x there is a topic and a link of this Rom for G2x. Can I flash it on my Optimus 2x? I think that it is impossible... And you?

Inviato dal mio Optimus 2X con Tapatalk 2
[LG Optimus 2x] tablighs:
O2X & G2X has different partitions layout and imcompatible with each other, that's why o2x & g2x has their own separate threads. You definately cannot use o2x rom on g2x vice versa, you will end up with a headache at the end of the day.
[LG Optimus 2x] Gjot:
Yeah, but i read this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1570331 in O2x's Thread and in the page there is a link to G2x section with the Rom. So, if there is a thread on p990, can I flash this p999's Rom on my device? Or there is only a porting of 1.4? :confused:
[LG Optimus 2x] tablighs:
Well.. it seems that it is a port from the g2x rom to o2x. Should be fine to try since it clearly states for p990. The g2x is p999.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] localceleb:
My UPS driver at work wants me to root his phone. SO he's bringing it into the office today and dropping it off for a while and I'm going to root and s-off and load a rom on there for him. Now I'm an experienced android user, but I don't have the time to read all the thread in the dev section and hand pick a rom out for him--work is too busy. What is the most stable/battery efficient rom/kernel combination that I can toss on there that won't leave me being tech support for this guy? Thanks for the help.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] localceleb:
forgot how early it was
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
For Sense, Killasense. AOSP, ProTekk or Thunder Sheds version with the IMO lean kernel on either.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] localceleb:
do you not recommend sense 3.5+ roms?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] localceleb:
wow cm7 is blazing fast on this phone....really a massive upgrade over stock laggy sense
[HTC Sensation] ObiWan_C:
As a token of my appreciation for all the hard work all you developers put in to making out great Sensation a better phone, I want to offer my help in hosting your website or ROMS/MODS/PATCHES/THEMES on my hosting domain - One-Host.org. I will create a sub-domain with your preferred name and host your context for free, with no limitations of disk space or bandwidth!

Please contact me if you are interested.

And again, thanks for your hard work!
[HTC Sensation] mwr666:
That would be great mate
[HTC Sensation] ObiWan_C:
Hey guys,

Just a quick update, I had some people contacting me about FTP accounts or file hosting services. So I just want to give an explanation about what I'm offering here. What I can offer you guys is web hosting, unfortunately I can't set up FTP's. What you can do is build a small web page, that provides and option to upload and download files, maybe some explanation about your ROM's or MOD's.

Like a small home page but with a download option. I can give you unlimited storage and a descent download speed (no monthly bandwidth limits). There are pre-build sites on the web that can get you started(like file and photos sharing gallery and stuff), and I will help you set things up and running.

In addition I want to offer a chose of domains. (as I explained in my previous post, I'm offering you a sub-domain "yourname.my-domain.whatever). So the options are:

1-host.net

argali.net

cacomistle.org

frilled.org

hosting-1.org

linux-devs.com

my-ad.net

one-host.org

pichiciego.net

souslik.net

time2play.us

watchmedream.com

The domains are currently on parking, but I will unpark the chosen domain and set it up for hosting.

I hope this will help you guys, and you will be able to continue to develop great stuff for the community to enjoy!
[Acer Iconia A500] kbdl21:
Hello,

I just installed the rom Lightspeed without problem.

By cons, when the tablet goes to sleep, I am forced to reboot to get it back: it gets more sleep, it goes out altogether.

Do you have a solution to fix this bug?

thank you in advance

anyway, great job coool

edit: I shade a little about me ...

I think the tablet does not stop but the standby mode is blocked, because I have to press 2 times, a long time every time, in order to revive the once for the stop (even if no noise or signal does not show), the second time to restart.

I do not think this is very serious, for cons, it is very c ... wink

re edit: I went back to my previous rom (Picasso 3.1) and the problem disappeared, so this is indeed a bug in the rom. I réinstallerai soon as it is "repaired".
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sperber:
Hi all

since i update my SGS from 3.5 to 3.6 i have a very high battery drain.

The accu statistics show me that Android.OS is still activ since i unplugged from power.

In Betterbatterystats i see that suspend_backoff produce the most kernel wakelock, it is Count 1212 and in time round about 4 hours, maybe since i unplugged it from power.

The other problem is that i can't put an picture with the gallery on my desktop. If i use album or random it works but not a single picture. If i try this my device reboot.

Before i update the device i do a full wipe (data, cache, dalvik)

Does anyone have an idea.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kirgas:
Ended Call when trying to make a call

Hi

I upgraded to SLIM 3.6 and now i cant make a call.

I can get calls, send sms, i have internet, but when i try to make a call i cant do it.

I am getting an ended call from the dialer and thats it, please help me!!

I am in Pelephone Network in Israel

Thanks a lot for the help
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] runaway64:
I just recorded a small video showing the formula introduction and search in the new Snote app in the ICS update.

http://youtu.be/xuNOewO5yNo

Ps: I set the OS language to "català" in case you are wondering.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] robot1000:
Do you have 'MY Story'?

It's supposed to be part of the Premium Suite, but I can't seem to find it
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MrSimtang:
Very nice! Surprised as how good the recognition is!

Is this the German 4.0.3 official release?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] runaway64:
Yes, it is the German official release.

I updated downlading the update from sammobile to be able to update through mobile odin and keep root access.

So far, so good.

About "My Story", I cannot find it, I only have "mini Diary", but since I don't have my language set to English and I never used the old application, I have no clue if it is new or old.

My only issue is I keep having both the new S Memo app and the old one.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] 2BHERO:
no my story

and we can't take photos from lockscreen from android4?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] runaway64:
I have added a few screenshots of internet benchmarks.

Unfortunately I am unable to make screenshots pressing Home+Power buttons.

I also cannot set the screen brightness sliding my finger through the notifications bar :confused:

There is a new option to show the battery in %, sweet!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] k1ng617:
I think the SS button combo changed in ICS. Try using power + vol down.

Cheers :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] runaway64:
Thanks, but I can't make it work either :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TVGuy:
Slide the edge of your hand across the screen for a screen shot
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] runaway64:
Thanks, I forgot of this way, it works better than before.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] wonsanim:
Thanks great:cool:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] alex3305:
What do you mean exactly? Like what side or how? Never seen this feature before...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LordManhattan:
Like this:

[YOUTUBE]4MmD_5GQqc4[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] iyousif:
Angry Birds ??!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] knightnz:
Download it from Samsung Apps. It's not part of the update.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] JoshuaTumanda:
ok! I see this awesome than doing the s-pen trick
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] erikwervo:
It was there since gingerbread. cool isnt it :D

premium suite = snote, upgraded smemo, shaped match, my story and extra level of angry birds space.

Within this update, my story & the birds not included.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] andrawer:
I've noticed a Running process/service called "SysScope" on my Note. Can't really find much information about it and wondered if anyone recognized it? (I worry about things like this:)).

yo, thanks!

*Running latest UCLD3 ICS Leak.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] xda1zero:
Not sure what it is.... but I did remove it and things are running normally.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kimtyson:
A quick Google search leads to a graphing service. But, it was a quick search so don't bet the house on it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Superuser7200:
It can do factory reset and clear something on system partition but you cannot run directly if you did not root your device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] insta.zedd:
Is it safe to disable or delete ?
[HTC One X] cburgess:
I have a One X as well as a Kindle Fire with ICS and I wondered if there was a way to install the apk or app from my rooted One X onto the Kindle Fire. Any advice help on whether this is possible would be appreciated...

C
[HTC One X] Stuart.upton666:
As far as I know any sense application needs sense to operate. And seeing that it also has a widget confirms it. Sorry bud.
[HTC One X] gdelrosario:
best bet would be to download something similar in google play :(
[HTC One X] Stuart.upton666:
Has anybody heard any news of Cyanogen supporting the one X?

I previously had a nexus one and honestly I miss Cyanogen. Anybody tried their hand at porting it over?
[HTC One X] gifton1:
A release has been made by TripNDroid:

http://www.modaco.com/topic/353715-07-05-rom-cyanogenmod-9-endeavor-unleashed-mobile-data-fixed/

Apparently works very well although havent tried it myself.

I guess official support will also come at a later date :)
[HTC One X] Stuart.upton666:
Yup just did a Google search and came up with the same deal. Just wish we didn't have to manually flash the boot.img, Really limits me from trying out roms as I'm never at home, so I can't use my PC that often. Oh well, time to invest in a laptop ey? :thumbup:
[HTC One X] h00py:
I tried this ROM and it would be my daily driver if it wasn't for 2 problems:

When in a call the person phoning me had their voice echoed back at them constantly.

Sometimes the device wouldn't wake from deep sleep when I pressed the power button.

A fantastic AOSP port which I'll be going back to when the bugs are ironed out :D
[HTC One X] Stuart.upton666:
Oh that's not going to work for me. I'm a massive caller and can't have something interfering with my stuff like that. I might try my hand at developing a rom when I get some time off.
[HTC Sensation] Shunun:
Simple question,

Is there ANY reason that the phone wouldn't be charging the battery while connected to USB?

Additional Info: I fear it may be bricked. While running the SuperWipe.zip in Recovery the battery presumably died.. Now I can't boot into anything, not even Hboot.. The computer does not recognise anything when connected. I've even tried the Unbrick Guide but can't get past step 5.

Any clues here? Is there any way this could be the batteries lack of charge?

The charging light does nothing when connected either :confused:

Thanks everyone in advance :)
[HTC Sensation] Deathsongx3:
Remove the battery, put it back.

Try to switch it on. If it switches on you're not bricked :p

Then hook it up to your PC and try again. Good luck
[HTC Sensation] Super-Android:
Is ur phone charging when u r connecting the electrical adapter..??

---------- Post added at 06:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:40 PM ----------

Grs tutorial by Dexter93

U can try this..

Pree thanks if i have helped.. :)
[HTC Sensation] Shunun:
Sorry but I have already tried both these suggestions.

I haven't really found an answer to my question yet, which was is it possible for the device to be plugged in to power but the battery not charging??

Does anyone know this?

Please help :(

Kind regards.
[HTC Sensation] Super-Android:
U can do one thing.. Either borrow a battery from ur frnd having HTC Sensation and try dat. If dat too does not works then You should assume ur phone is bricked. First u try other battery, then we can be in a better position to give a conclusion
[HTC Sensation] Jalkren:
I'm having same issue same as you, but im well aware i bricked my own phone.

Sent repair for 3 days and motherboard was replaced by HTC.
[HTC Sensation] Super-Android:
how much it costed for u..??
[HTC Sensation] Jalkren:
Its Free of charge, since its under warranty and they're unable to power on the phone finding the root causes there'll be no quotation made.
[HTC Sensation] Tromador:
I'm pretty sure this is possible as I seem to remember a very old version of CWM recovery had a bug where the phone didn't charge when in the recovery console.
[Motorola Droid X2] Ryno77:
Can someone that understands this better than me explain the difference if there is one? Thank you.
[Motorola Droid X2] twobrare:
An SBF Writes everything in the phone, firmware, mms settings, call settings, data settings, drivers for the phone. Where a factory reset just reinstalls the the program and deletes user data. You can do a factory reset and still keep root. But if you SBF you loose root and act like tis a new device. I hope that helps.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] K9999:
Please don't link me to the work around when its for UNLOCKED BL ONLY FOR NEO as I have read the thread.

I can't unlock the bootloader because when I have phone powered off, holding menu then insert usb. no blue light comes on, instead it just boots. I can't access fastboot mode.

Crazy idea. I don't fully understand how the bootloader works but what if.

I get my hands on a neo with unlocked BL. flashed a generic stock rom then kernel patched it.

creating a .ftf from the neo with a unlocked BL. Flashing the phone with 0% battery issue, with the .ftf will that work.

Thx in advance
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] toshi_imsa:
Have you tried "back" button instate of menu button?

Mine works on back button
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] mpiekp:
Although in theory the file should flash, we don't know how many levels of security are on the boot partition. Most devices as well as checking when writing to boot also check at boot for the signature, which is the point the above would definitely fail at.

If you've 0% and can't live with it, your going to have to unlock, although if your still locked do you have warranty left?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] K9999:
back is flash mode no?

well 0% battery on a phone is pretty useless no?

The bootloader is locked because i can't access fastboot. Warranty left no.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] mpiekp:
Then contact jinx13 or use omius to unlock, there is a charge around 15€ but surely that's better than struggling with it
[Atrix 4G Accessories] jman316:
Hi Ive just bought a car.

After much deliberation I have decided against the FM transmitter route (Im in the UK and from what I read, the FM transmitter is not great).. So I have decided to go with Moto Car dock. It seems like a good product.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-Atrix-Dock-Power-Audio/dp/B004TK0RFU/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

However what would make it excellent for me would be to control the music from my steering wheel ( Its an old car :( )

and play it through the cars audio system.

This product is an example of what I mean :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bluetooth...ransmitters&hash=item1c17e04785#ht_6436wt_952

So what I am wondering is such a product that will connect to my steering wheel like above product but connect to my phone and let me pause, play, skip tracks etc...

I hope this make sense...

Does such a product exist?
[Atrix 4G Accessories] P05TMAN:
dock

I don't believe so, but you could always fasten the remote that comes with the dock to your steering wheel....
[Atrix 4G Accessories] jman316:
Is that a wireless remote? otherwise probably wouldnt be much safe!

Sorry I havent actually purchased the dock yet so dont know what the remote looks like!
[Atrix 4G Accessories] jman316:
oh right! Doh!! :)
[Atrix 4G Accessories] CaelanT:
Car dock doesn't come with a remote. I had a Blaupunkt some time ago with a steering wheel mounted bluetooth remote. Worked nicely. I would suggest going to a car audio installer and see if they have anything you can test in store. Might be possible, but I'm thinking not.

Alternative........duct tape phone and dock to steering wheel.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] barry_:
I've had the car dock for a few months now and I can't recomend it enough.

The kit contains a LONG usb docking/charging cable with a special audio 3.5mm connector, this is used to connect into the auxillary audio of your cd player/radio (if it has one) and as such will play through your car system.

I don't have any experience of the bluetooth kit though so, as has been suggested... it might be an idea to go get yourself some advice on setting that up.

good luck