yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] depulle87:
Root - is having like admin rights on your phone, it lets you modify sytem files and use apps that need root permissions

Rom - the rom is like windows on your pc, it is the operating system

Stock rom - the rom created bij manufacturer

Custom rom, stock based - modified stock rom

Custom rom, AOSP - android open source project, rom build by creator from scratch

Flashing - rom is short for Reed Only Memory, this memory can not be changed, however you can add files, or remove everything and write something else, flashing

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Tools

Adb - with adb you can manage your phone from your pc, push and pull files, boot recovery, etc

Flash tool - tool created back in the x10 days to flash rom, firmware. You can also root and install. Recovery (not all of this is available for XS ) and many many more

Recovery - a recovery can be entered before entering ROM, and can flash files to certain areas of the phone, a rom for example. Recovery can make back up of rom (nandroid back-up) and many many more (see doomlords new recovery)

fastboot - software to use bootloader, here you can flash other pieces of you phones memory, like recovery and kernel ( mostly recovery included in kernel

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Most used file extensions -

.img - files for fastboot(bootloader)

.ftf - files for flashtool

.zip - compressed file for flashing trough recovery

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Note this are just to short descriptions to explain all, it might not all be 100%. Correct beqause it is not that simple as I said, however now when you see the terms you have an idea what the writer means

You can PM me when you want to now something

How ro enter the different modes and thins like that look in the thread from doomlord
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] arc_u:
Take a look here also. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1466228

And here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1526866
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kushpvo:
Thanx a lot my friend! One last question, i'm going to unlock my bootloader to root my phone. So i want to get all the back up of my sony xperia s, everything, so what app should i use?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] depulle87:
It can be found herehttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23180707#post23180707
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kushpvo:
Thanx a lot! This info is very useful for me!! :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kushpvo:
No not this. I hve the links to the rooting and stuff! What i want is to back up my phone!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] depulle87:
To make a complete back up of your phone requires root,

Mayby someones knows an app but I really think you need root

You can back up text messages and thinf witthout root

What do you want to back up?

The link sent should be atached to the big post, it is a thread from doom on how to enter the different download modes on your phone ans stuff, read it carefully before you begin doing anything
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kushpvo:
Look, the music and pics and all i'll copy it. I want to back up the apps, contacts, messages, settting..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kushpvo:
I used mybackup.. Is that data enough?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] arc_u:
For backing up your apps, you can use titanium backup (needs root), or Astro (no need root)

And for contact, you can sync them to Google account...

Or install CMW recovery and then you can backup all your system (fully rom backup, and require an unlocked bootloader)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] depulle87:
Music and pics and anything on your internal storage are safe, apps will be lost you can retrieve them from your google acount but that means re install so user data and setting are gone, contacts also on google account or back up app in market( depends on where you saved them) messages is app for in market with a kind of obvieus name, settings are gone no back up possible

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Thats nice but he wants to unlock bootloader so he has no root. Meaning no titanium back up (great app by the way) and no recovery

Astro is the thing he is looking for I guess

Unlocked all my phones witin one week of pursache so nothing to back up than, after that like you said. root it
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kushpvo:
I backed up the contacts as a vcard and the apps using astro. Is there any other thing that i need to back up?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] depulle87:
Sorry mate never used it so I have no idea what it actually backs up
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] depulle87:
You can back up your text messages

Edit try my backup from market, it looks like the thing you are looking for

30 day trial is free
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zodiac100:
Thank you so much for responding to questions being asked by a new android user in the general section rather than directing him to the development section to search for answers.

That had somewhat restored my faith in this community.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] depulle87:
We all started somewhere right?

I was thinking about opening a thread in general for beginners to ask their quistions, you think people will apriciate it?

Ps if you wanna thank me, hit thanks ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kushpvo:
I would surely appreciate!! Right now I would learn from it! And in the future I might help someone there!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] depulle87:
Exactly, and thats the whole point of this kind of forums right
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kushpvo:
Yeahh!!! Each and every mobile phone should have a section for the beginners! I dont know whos the admin, you might be knowing him rite? Contact him.. :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
Seriously OP, have you never heard of google? Dont be so bloody lazy. I'm surprised you could afford the S because people that are that lazy are normally homeless.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kushpvo:
Who is OP?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
http://www.google.ie/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=OP
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] depulle87:
Haha, OP is thread starter, first post in thread, thats you
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kushpvo:
Sorry, i'm new to this forum! What is the full form of OP?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shmoejoe:
OP = original poster, at least always read it as that :-P. The thread starter would be the OP
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kushpvo:
Oh! :D Thanx!! :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] colossus:
Try searching next time!

What you are asking is nothing new, it has been covered time and time again so take the friendly advice that you have been given. Google is your friend so use it.

THREAD CLOSED.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] b16h22:
It's a simple procedure.I've got it working on my DDKL2.But you need a custom kernel.

1.Partition your sd card with cwm or minitool partition

2.Follow the procedures below to add init.d support

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1422061

3.Flash dt a2sd zip through cwm

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715940

4.Flash mr.maroc's pre-final 2.0 kernel by any method you want

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1550065

You can also use Terma's kernel for this.Because merruk kernel has some bugs in recovery.

you can get it here http://www.mediafire.com/?81d1acx1c19m9k5

5.Now open android terminal emulator and type the a2sd commands,it'll work

do this at your own risk

please thank the real devs who made cwm,a2sd scripts,kernels,init.d support, not me
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] kurotsugi:
nice tut. you can remove the step to add init.d support since it won't work on sgy. merruk kernel is already support a2sd and it should be run without any problem. if you want to activate init.d script, you can find the working step on mikstev's post about droidwall.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] b16h22:
thnks mate.But i was unable to flash dt a2sd from merruk 2.0 cwm.So i had to flash the zip before flashing the kernel.And i think flashing scripts need init.d.So i had to add init.d support to stock rom.I've tried flashing kernel first then the script.It is somehow not working.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] kurotsugi:
merruk said that his kernel is support init.d script. maybe its not really working. another option for a2sd you can use terma's kernel. it support init.d and a2sd script.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] b16h22:
yeah, but i heard it is not booting up with stock.And merruk one is fast.Almost 2.5 fps increase in 2d alone.But the only problem is that it not restoring my nandroid.Any idea?

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sent while doin' some burnouts
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] kurotsugi:
his cwm is not working for backup and restore. sometimes it has problem with update files too.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] b16h22:
so that's why i was not able to flash a2sd script through his cwm.

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sent while doin' some burnouts
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] b16h22:
i'm gonna try that in my stock ddla3.And will try to see if a2sd works

sent while doin' some burnouts
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] savie:
Never try for backup and restore but for update files just unmount system and/or change update-binary file.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] MasterPiece Tsui:
On my ROMs adventure I've been collecting some tweaks and scripts and seems to me it's now time to share it. While some values in terms of optimization might fluctuate from device to device, I've found these pretty consistent throughout many.

Build.prop

(edit your /system/build.prop with a file manager with root access)

Careful for already existing settings. In this case, just change the values.

1. Force launcher into memory

Code:

ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1

2. Raise JPG quality to 100%

Code:

ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100

3. VM Heapsize; higher the RAM, higher the hp can be

Code:

dalvik.vm.heapsize=48m

4. Render UI with GPU

Code:

debug.sf.hw=1

5. Decrease dialing out delay

Code:

ro.telephony.call_ring.delay=0

6. Helps scrolling responsiveness

Code:

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=150

7. Save battery

Code:

wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180

pm.sleep_mode=1

ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=0

8. Disable debugging notify icon on statusbar

Code:

persist.adb.notify=0

9. Increase overall touch responsiveness

Code:

debug.performance.tuning=1

video.accelerate.hw=1

10. Raise photo and video recording quality

Code:

ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=8000000

ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=8000000

11. Signal (3G) tweaks

Code:

ro.ril.hsxpa=2

ro.ril.gprsclass=10

ro.ril.hep=1

ro.ril.enable.dtm=1

ro.ril.hsdpa.category=10

ro.ril.enable.a53=1

ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1

ro.ril.htcmaskw1.bitmask=4294967295

ro.ril.htcmaskw1=14449

ro.ril.hsupa.category=5

12. Net speed tweaks

Code:

net.tcp.buffersize.default=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960

net.tcp.buffersize.wifi=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960

net.tcp.buffersize.umts=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960

net.tcp.buffersize.gprs=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960

net.tcp.buffersize.edge=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960

13. Disable blackscreen issue after a call

Code:

ro.lge.proximity.delay=25

mot.proximity.delay=25

14. Fix some application issues

Code:

ro.kernel.android.checkjni=0

15. Phone will not wake up from hitting the volume rocker

Code:

ro.config.hwfeature_wakeupkey=0

16. Force button lights on when screen is on

Code:

ro.mot.buttonlight.timeout=0

17. Disable boot animation for faster boot

Code:

debug.sf.nobootanimation=1

18. Miscellaneous flags

Code:

ro.config.hw_menu_unlockscreen=false

persist.sys.use_dithering=0

persist.sys.purgeable_assets=1

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y

ro.mot.eri.losalert.delay=1000

19. Specifics to some LG devices

Code:

persist.service.pcsync.enable=0

persist.service.lgospd.enable=0

user.feature.flex=true

user.feature.lgdrm=false

user.feature.lgresource=false

user.feature.lgpoweroff=false

user.feature.ls_event=false

user.feature.ls_normal=false

user.feature.sui=false
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Monipeev:
I edit any of these rows in build prob, and waiting for see if works. :rolleyes:

Any way to reduce time of open phone dialer?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] shahzaib.khan:
Cant u make an flashable zip ????
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] DdcCabuslay:
I'm not seeing many of these values on the build.prop for gingerbread, so is this only for ICS?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] thatsupnow:
You'll probably have to add some of the lines yourself
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] X-Droidinary:
Seems to be working for me.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] masterspy46:
Can i use it in ics?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] piggybomb:
where do i add these lines?

anywhere? at the bottom?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] YongJeah:
just but'n
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] DdcCabuslay:
? Do you mean bottom?

Edit: Never mind. Added these values to the bottom and I noticed a difference in overall performance in games. Thanks
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] MatheusSnakepit:
Fantastic! No more launcher redraws :D

Can you make a flashable zip, please? I'm not very good at editing build.prop :rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] danist727:
Thanks for sharing!
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] danist727:
actually, you should replace 'script' in the title to 'tweak'.

script means the init.d stuffs so the title is wrong
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] rayman2:
sony ray work?

sony ray work?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Pandemic:
thisn like almost the same as supercharger.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Metallijim:
Thanks for the post

Seems to have made a difference on my phone

ICS arc s

Ones I've tried

Launcher into memory

Scrolling response

Touch response

Only one I couldn't get to work, keyboard backlights

I'm placing these lines at the very bottom of build.prop

Using e strong file explorer to edit

Then I'm rebooting.

Am I editing correctly?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Raman98:
download chainfire 3d app from google play with this app you can install graphics such as nvidia
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] justin_vn:
Thank you!................................
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] danist727:
U can even change the phone model in build.prop
[Focus General] Pramod9964:
Am a total noob to this flashing world

but couple of days back i flashed my phone used a custom rom

cooked by ahmedfikry based on CLEANROM from that moment am facing

Signal drop and antenna issues

please help
[Focus General] jiraiya_s:
It's a bug on Samsung wp7 phones(some said) and tango is a beta ROM(it's not released to the public so it still has some bugs). Run samsung network profile app(marketplace Samsung apps) select a different network carrier as yours. wait to set it (you will see 3G/E sysmbol) then select your network carrier(it depends on what network you are). If your on at&t try it (some people said it works). I'm on Straight Mobile and had this problem on the stock ROM and didn't work(this app only gives you 2 choices AT&T & ATT for my phone at least). Try flashing [ROM] Clean ROM - Stock METRO UI http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1528984 ver. 1.30(mango) it works flawlessly. Tango is still buggy because it's a leaked ROM and not final.
[Focus General] Pramod9964:
I know its late but still my question is if i switch back to the stock rom should i have to unlock it (coz i live in India)
[Focus General] vivek.krishnan:
No, the phone should be unlocked irrespective of the number of times you flash/format it. AFAIK, the unlock is in NVRAM aka non volatile RAM.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Prashanthme:
I shifted to SGS2 today from ACE( My first ANDY phone!!)... Had learnt many things from this forum.. I hav a special thanks for many ppl here.. Thanks guys for staying wit me till date.. Hav a great future for all... Bye guys...

P.S: Forgive me if i hav hurt anyone by my harsh words(Especially NOOBS :)!!)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ZN6:
Bye bye

Sent from urushi using XDA Premium App
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] evil_penguin:
Bye dude :-)

have fun with SII!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] LewisGauss:
Good Bye...Enjoy your new device!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] FinnAndJake:
Bubbye. Sayonara ~~~

Sent From ACE BeATs
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] AndroidGadgetCyprus:
Yeah, you had 2 wait for sgsiii but since you're gone bb!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] abhibnl:
Bye Bye mate! :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ashok_jigsaw:
Bye.. Have fun :p
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] AnoopKumar:
Bye friend :D:D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] PulseDroid:
Good luck with tha s2 *Wishing I had one*

:o:o

Bye:(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] interpid16:
Good Bye ! Take care ! Enjoy with your SII !
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
Bye :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] shriramc4:
By and thanks for great support
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] kevintangi:
Bye bye :( don forget us ok ? :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] madman:
well now there should be one official bye bye thread [farewell or something] as seen in some other device forum :p as this will go onnn and onnnn
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mdfzhi:
valid and legit :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] system.img:
Lol...you are lucky! Your CM9 has a working camera! :p

Bye. Enjoy you S2!:D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] scoffyburito:
I'm actually going to start one :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Drumlistik:
Bye dude peace out :thumbup::beer:

Sent from my GT-S5830
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] harizraze:
Goodbye Man .. Have fun with your S2
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] alaric.m:
can someone port this theme from this rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1587398
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Crytech:
Ok...I will ask DEV...if he permits then I can....;)
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] DQiB:
i dont think u can xD

every time porting creeds fusion, fail

and with Feras Tutorial also FAIL xD

So what u want to tell me, im a pro porter and know what i do ;-)
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] AldoSebastian:
I'll try it when the developer give permission.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Feras.Rehman:
He wants the theme from d rom, not d full rom.. :p
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] AldoSebastian:
Are you tell me or DQiB? if you tell me... I already know he just want the theme....
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Feras.Rehman:
Im telling dqib
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] AldoSebastian:
hehehe...:D

hope he know that....;)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparr159:
I'm just going to get straight to the problem here: my Atrix won't boot because something went wrong with a ROM I was trying to install. I was using the package from here Project kitchen sink, and selected aokp. I have Clockwork Recovery 5.8.1.8, so it boots into recovery.

The problem is that my volume rocker is broken, I *think* because of pds, so I cannot navigate the menu. I have tried using RSDLite and Fastboot, hoping that I could work through the recovery boot menu, but it's useless. And since my volume keys refuse to work, I can't set the phone to boot into RSD mode. I'm stuck in an endless loop of not-able-to-do-jack-****, and I don't think I'll be able to send it in to Moto for a replacement.

I don't know if the failure is due to a hardware issue (my Atrix was shipped to me from my family, since I live in Puerto Rico), the CM7 ROM I had before, or a recent crash (the battery was also giving me problems, and lately crashed the phone several times, not turning on unless I pulled it.)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthew5025:
PDS does not affect volume buttons.

And what happens when you boot? Boot loop is not very specific...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparr159:
I read a post on here that said it did...

And what happens is that it boots once, stays on the Moto logo, then blacks out, boots again and goes into recovery. Since I have no way to do anything, I press the power button and it goes again.

What I need is either

1) A way to work with RSD through the recovery, or

2) A way to work with ADB through recovery, or

3) Someone to just tell it to me straight: I'm f*cked and I need to send it in to Moto (Which I doubt they would take it.)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giqbal:
I would tell you to flash touch recovery however I don't think you can and how it would help you recover from this situation.

Sent from my MB860 running Jokersax's CM9
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparr159:
The weird thing is that I had flashed touch recovery before I started with kitchen sink, and it fixed the touch problems I was having there, but now the touch doesn't work. I downloaded it from the clockwork website, because I don't want to pay for something that is available for free, and I flashed it in fastboot.

Now I have Clockwork Recovery 1.8, which should be touch, no?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giqbal:
You mean 5.8.1.8? If so then yes. And if touch is not working in touch recovery then it does sorta confirm you need the PDS fix...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparr159:
We are finally getting somewhere: yes, it is 5.8.1.8, touch doesn't work. I know I need the PDS fix, and I applied it. Twice. I patched in fastboot before I started with kitchen sink, and I thought it had worked, since the Aroma installer was touch-enabled after I patched. But now the recovery menu is not working. I tried pressing the search key, like with the Aroma installer, but I knew it wouldn't have any effect.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giqbal:
Can you point me to the thread where it says volumer rocker is linked to pds because i searched and cant find it.

How are you booting...i mean with what key combination? Im assuming your booting normally(only power button) and end up going into recovery. Try booting with power button and volume down.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparr159:
Sorry I'm not quoting anybody, first off.

Second, I can't find the link. I spent around an hour searching and found it through duckduckgo, but now I can't remember the search term I used. If I find it, I'll post it.

And yes, I'm booting only with power button, because the volume down key isn't working. That is where the pds problem comes in: I can't use the volume down or up key because the keys don't work.

My friend told me that I could use adb to manually boot it into fastboot mode. That works fine, but I don't know how to flash anything other than the recovery/pds partitions. I know fastboot has a "flashall" command, but I don't know how to use that or if it is even going to help. **Essentially** I can boot into fastboot mode, but I want to know if it is even possible to just flash a rom through that. Messy, of course, but if I can just get even a basic ROM working, I can go on from there.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wreaks:
I think you have 2 options:

1. if you can get to fastboot you can reflash everything using uncle cemka's method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501532

you basically take an .sbf unpack it and flash each part separately.

2. buy a atrix audio jack/camera flex cable from ebay and install it yourself, be especially careful when installing because the very small flex/ribbon that goes to your volume buttons stress fractures very easily if bent very much when installing, hence your volume buttons stop working.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparr159:
I'm using cemka's method now. I'm waiting for the stock ROM to download, the one from his post. When I finish the whole process, I'll let you guys know how it worked out.

UPDATE: Thank you to whoever referred me to uncle cemka's method, I was able to use it to flash stock ROM. I have functionality back, can boot, and won't waste around $90 on a paperweight.

However, the first problem is still there: The volume keys still don't work. I still need to fix those before everything is %100 percent, so this issue is still open... Sorry guys