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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tameracingdriver:
@ KurianOfBorg What tosh, stock IS smooth, and if it isn't there is something wrong with it.

I have tried pretty much all of the ROMs available (along with a good number of Kernels), and the smoothest ones with the best battery life are ALWAYS samsung based.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LocutusEstBorg:
I just flashed a 4.0.4 Samsung ICS ROM and it still has massive input lag in games like Canabalt, doesn't register very fast swipes and has the same annoying delayed acceleration elastic scrolling.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Immortalis:
4.0.4 is leaked and buggy... ehh.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LocutusEstBorg:
That's merely the Open Europe region ROM. It's officially out for other regions.
[About XDA developers] Lizman:
Turn This: nbvzxbnbnbcsdmbbm (Which Is Supposed To Mean "Hello There Fellow")

Into This 5 + 5 = ___
[About XDA developers] ManDone.vRs:
ROFL ???? :confused:
[About XDA developers] T3kB0i:
I AGREE!

Or at least something else that doesn't make me guess 5 times and lock me out of the damn site for 15 minutes!
[About XDA developers] omnomnomkimiiee:
I agree, captchas are quite complicated for some people.

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"You can overclock as much as you want, your phone will always seem too slow."
[About XDA developers] MackDaddyC:
99% of them are impossible to read
[About XDA developers] drksilenc:
its discrimination against dyslexic people i for one support the picture solve or the math ones
[About XDA developers] mytoy1:
I agree replace captcha with something else
[About XDA developers] spykedm:
Why is this horrible system even needed on a members only forum?
[About XDA developers] Splux:
Extra security against spammers, I guess.

Although I can't remember entering a single captcha yet *happy*

Sent fro... wait, I didn't send this.
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
The captcha is required due to spammers who register manually, then try to post spam to XDA using that new account.

Recaptcha, which is the one we use, is one of the more readable and user friendly captchas, offering an audio equivalent too.
[About XDA developers] freecity:
This captcha implemetation simply doesn't work

I tried to post a response to a different thread earlier and tried 5 captchas before I was reasonably sure I was reading one correctly. It took some time to compose the post and, low and behold the captcha somehow changed during that time and I needed to type in a new one. I made the mistake of hitting the preview button and the damn system wanted yet another captcha. I finally gave up because it simply wasn't worth the trouble. Why not simply use one captcha on log in?

The captcha system as implemented may be preventing spam but it is also doing a very good job of discouraging the use of this forum for its intended purpose.
[About XDA developers] mikef:
Seems to work ok for the vast majority of users. The captchas should end on your 7th or 8th post.
[About XDA developers] freecity:
captchas from hell

That explains why captcha does "work ok for the vast majority of users." They don't even see it after a few posts. If it were implemented for everyone the same way it is for new users this thread would be dozens of pages long.

Glad that I'll soon be seeing the end of it.
[About XDA developers] mikef:
We get 1500 new users signing up per day. Sorry, I forgot to type the word "new" in that sentence as I was thinking it. (Unfortunately) pattern recognition software is getting better and simple captchas are readable by the spambots. The current system is not necessarily ideal, but it does force real people to do their spam instead of bots, keeping it to a level where we can see it and report it before it becomes a flood.

I can only wish that a bigger percentage of those new users read this guide. And that they actually did the things proposed in it. :(
[About XDA developers] beni07:
agree...im complicated with it:cyclops::eek:
[About XDA developers] rtm7369:
I have too agree on the 99% ... it took me 9 tries too get 1 that I could read just so I could post here about changing it also ..

It will take me a week too get too the point where I dont have that captcha stuff .. ;)
[About XDA developers] jeancharles11111:
Agree, captcha are 9 times on 10 impossible to read for me as well.

Guess it's the price to pay to keep this place the way it is, wich is fantastic :)
[About XDA developers] chaosm2011:
I think the idea is some of them are not supposed to be decipherable by man or machine. a person will just hit next while the pattern rec software just chews on it.
[About XDA developers] xona:
Its readable but with the previous post i was trying like 20 captchas. Blurred one after blurred one...

Hope to get rid of it soon
[About XDA developers] dark4m:
Yes, math randum chalange

is better for the visually chalanged

i have to ask my kid to read it cause the audio one is noisy and evry one knows the blind pirson ears ar verry sencetive to the noise

so i agree.

reguards...
[About XDA developers] djmcnz:
I'll add my support to this thread even though I'm not presented with them on this site.

The re-captcha programme used here is ridiculously difficult and frustrating to use - most of the images are not human readable at all, it's a frustrating experience.

Unless you've actually surveyed the users you can not claim they "work ok for the vast majority of [new] users" - how many attempts were required for success for these users? How many gave up in frustration? How many that did get through actually reported the experience as satisfactory?

It's a bold and probably unsubstantiated claim. Uncomfortably it's the only counter-claim to the "ease of use" complaints in this thread. An invalid counter is none at all. The anecdotal evidence on the web is overwhelming, people hate "captcha" and

do not accept

the benefits outweigh the costs.

So - let's ask the question again - why not implement a better human test? One that doesn't cause so much frustration. There are

equally secure

alternatives.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=pogue-8-alternatives-to-hated-captcha

http://www.evengrounds.com/developers/alternatives-to-captcha

http://www.getelastic.com/6-captcha-alternatives-to-improve-conversion/

http://www.getelastic.com/3-more-alternatives-to-captcha/
[About XDA developers] Ruzzah:
I absolutely agree, this feature is a load of crap and is impossible to read 99% of the time.
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
Looking into this to see if there's anything that can be done

Unfortunately most captcha alternatives don't take into account blind or partially sighted users, and the current captcha solution does this
[About XDA developers] bitpushr:
I don't foresee us changing this any time soon. The idea of the captcha is to prove that you are human. Mathematical formulas are solved by machines fairly easily. So do you obscure the math question? Then you run into the same problem.

Likewise, we have considered having some sort of Android quiz to test to see if you are human. But these are also defeatable via machine.

ReCaptcha is used across the industry on a wide variety of sites to prevent automated submissions. From what I've seen of other captcha solutions, it actually works quite well, and as others have mentioned, if you can not read it you can always request another image or an audio captcha.

Take solace in that after you reach a certain post threshold these captchas are reduced/eliminated. They are a temporary measure until we can be sure you aren't making automated or spammy posts.

If anyone has any other suggestions, we are always open to them!
[About XDA developers] yohanip:
Yes, maybe you could try this one.. using the pictures

say..

"which one is an elephant"

the machine could not defeat that kind of thingthat easily..
[About XDA developers] djmcnz:
Do you mean other than the ones I provided above? There are quite some options there, have all been eliminated?

The "name the main object in this picture" is probably the best I've ever used, can't be defeated by a machine (yet) and pretty difficult for a human to get wrong. Spelling may be a challenge if English isn't the first language but it's less of a challenge than refreshing the current one 50 times to get something you think you can read.
[About XDA developers] bostonsean:
Agreed.

Something more legible would be better for the new users.

Seeing this "The string you entered for the image verification did not match what was displayed." gets old.
[About XDA developers] acalmenvoy:
After how many posts, no captchas?
[About XDA developers] Starkiller93:
agreed, I hate these things
[About XDA developers] Lurtzimus:
Math FTW

Kaptcha can be very hard to Read. I +1 this.
[About XDA developers] rbeavers:
I guess I can google math questions.

Math can be hard to read.
[About XDA developers] xd0:
The captcha on this site is extremely hard to use.

Please replace it with something that actually works...

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And here is just one example. Please take a look at this image (remove the '+' sign in ht+tp):

ht+tp://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/23/xdacaptcha1.png

and tell me, if I should enter something else, than "battle uchtssy". I tried to enter it many times and it always failed :(

And this is an example of one of the less distorted images, that I've got...It's a very big PITA, really.
[About XDA developers] uroboch:
from what i understand once your account has been verified as a real account and your not a spamer they remove the CAPTCHA restriction "although i might be wrong"
[About XDA developers] 0asis:
And what about the fact that you can't post in the developper section until that your post count reach something like ten? If I had knew I wouldn't have bought the xda app.
[About XDA developers] dragaoheremita:
Agree

Thats way have more security to us.
[About XDA developers] mbainrot:
I partially agree

I agree with replacing the post captchas with math questions or puzzles (like on the sammobile.com website?) but for stuff like password recovery etc I think it is appropriate to avoid members getting mail bombed by the forums.

Possibly having the math questions for those who opt in as English as a second language. I would imagine those captchas would be a pain in the ass for those who's native tongue uses different character sets other than English.

Helpful Tip: With captchas, don't be smart and try and spelling correct it (don't even think of what it could mean, your only predisposing yourself to typing the wrong letters), just type what you see, chances are most people see the same and it will accept it. If you can't understand it hit the refresh button.
[About XDA developers] xd0:
And what to do if the IMAGE VERIFICATION box is empty (vertical size - one line only, no text inside)?

I've seen it many times... :(

Tried different browser, tried to turn off firewall, tried to bypass Proxomitron, tried ... everything. Only sometimes I can get the box, containing some captcha image. But then many times I failed to enter the correct answer. It happens even if image is more or less "friendly" and doesn't contain (as they usually do) close characters 'rn' (easily read as 'm') or other tricky images ('c' with noise looking like 'e')... I'm not sure if it was designed to repel bots, but I'm sure it makes a lot of frustration for people, trying to post here...
[About XDA developers] Mortibus:
no offense but this most idiotic feature on a forum i've seen so far, i mean i already logged in what kinda anti-spam feature is it, usually if someone spams he gets account/ip banned, at least would be more logical

it takes me *2 to 3 minutes just to figureout those captchas rather than posting
[About XDA developers] tshmit1:
Good to know they go away quickly. They're really frustrating!

Still, it might be good to move to the graphical puzzle style...
[About XDA developers] captx:
i agree with the graphical puzzle style its fun and it does his job
[About XDA developers] mediaman61:
Great idea
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
My phone is rooted and all that, but it's fine... my wife has the same phone and she's running stock everything. Hasn't even changed the launcher. At some point (she didn't say when) music just stopped working. It's like the phone cannot play Mp3s. Amazon Music and Blur Music, both came with the phone, neither can play songs. These songs played fine before, and include songs on my phone (same phone, but rooted) that play fine on mine.

Amazon MP3 says something about an unexpected error and Blur Music says it does not recognize the file type. But the album covers as well as track/title/artist/album info, which are stored in the .mp3 file, come right up. So it's reading the MP3's metadata.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jferg5:
Reboot, I've had this before and it seems to

Go away when I reboot
[Motorola Photon 4G] dragontology:
LOL, that sorted it, thanks!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Acvice:
When in doubt, reboot! Can't believe you didn't try that first :P
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ri bam sag:
it's nothing
[HTC EVO 3D] thefsfempire:
Are you using the actual HTC charger that came with the phone? I've read here on XDA that the stock HTC charger puts out a little more power than normal chargers. Also, you can't use USB via your PC.
[HTC EVO 3D] jeffhbo:
Yep, using the one that came with the phone and i'm plugged into the wall. I even tried a couple different outlets. Do i need to have a certain rom installed?
[HTC EVO 3D] thefsfempire:
That shouldn't matter since we're dealing with just the bootloader. I'm not sure which guide you're using (if there's even more than one now) but here is the link I followed: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1547695

Make sure you boot recovery, remove back cover, plug in phone then pull battery when it says.
[HTC EVO 3D] mingolianbeef:
Yesss this sh*t is impossible.! I actually got pissed off cuz I COULDNT brick the damn phone lol
[HTC EVO 3D] jeffhbo:
I know right! Never thought I'd be mad cause i couldn't brick my phone. Next time someone says they're scared about rooting cause they dont wanna break their phone, I'll tell them they couldn't do it if they tried.

I think I'm going to go back to HTC unlock. The only reason I decided to downgrade my phone in the first place was because i wanted to flash Newtoroot's rls3 and was not able to get it running without losing service. At this point I think I can get that rom to work on 1.50 before i can get this SOB to brick, much less get through the rest of this damn process. If not, I'll just go back to rls1, cause i had that version running perfectly (bugs listed in OP excluded).

Good luck to anyone who's trying to do this...may you have better luck than I did lol.

Sincerely,

J
[HTC EVO 3D] Mackn89:
I had this problem where my phone would turn off as well..I was using a stock htc charger that came with the E3d. What I did was hold my charger steady because if I moved it too much the charge would leave. No I didnt have a shortage in my charger but it just read like that in the laptop. Probably because being plugged into the laptop or cpu it doesnt feed off enough voltage. Hope this works for you.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] YZ:
The purpose of this thread is to keep the Forum just a bit more organized. All past and future sticky's will be links in this thread instead. If you have any suggestions, please PM me with a request and if the thread is in need of a sticky, I will add it to this post.

- [REF] Infuse 4G Super Everything Thread

- [HOW To][MOD] THE HOW TO THREAD, Turning a stock leak to CWM flashable added!

- All Infuse modems individually packed into CWM flashable packages -- added LB3

- [READ THIS FIRST] Rules for Development - IRON FIST

- Support- Ask all your software and development related questions here!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] prasadudwadia:
looks good. perhaps adding bigjoe's ISET 2.0 thread?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Clark Joseph Kent:
Thx prasadudwadia, my ''Goshujin-sama'''...think the mod ment to leave the ISET 2nd ed out...works for me...

i bow to you ''Goshujin-sama''
[Samsung Infuse 4G] GoSooners345:
Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ajsam4u:
Will Try ... Sweet ....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ajster1989:
I will make it for the whole SGS II Family when I have time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ajsam4u:
Great. Thanks.

Good to see some New Yorker's here :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ajster1989:
Yeah I know ha ha you would think there would be more...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Louer Adun:
First of all, The laptop I am using is a Vista machine. When launching the toolkit, I was receiving an error. I was able to resolve by replacing the included cmd.exe with the one in my system32 folder.

Now I attempted to launch again, and seem to be stuck on the "Please plug your phone in to continue" message. Kies has not previously been installed. I tried replugging the phone, but no go, seems to be hung on this screen.

That said, thanks for packaging all the files together, I can manage from this point (I know what to do), just figured id provide some feedback.

Don't forget its mother's day ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ajster1989:
Yes this is a known bug(sorry for that) I have included the kies download link above, please install from there and re-run the program, Also note that if your running on a 32-bit maching there is another kies bug that doesn't allow it to advance.

Install kies, if that doesn't work let me know. Tonight I will be fixing both the kies bug and the 32-bit bug and I will message you when I have it uploaded.

Thanks

Also can you send me the vista file that you used, so I can include it in the next release... I don't have any vista computers lol :rolleyes:4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Louer Adun:
I don't have any Vista boxes either, just rooting the phone as a favor for my dad, and his laptop is running Vista... I was able to install Kies from Samsung's site without issue. Also, after double checking, this thing is 32 bit as well, so that is probably the same problem you had mentioned in your OP.

Thanks for the quick reply. Sent you a PM about the cmd.exe for Vista.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ajster1989:
32-bit

Well yes the program is 32-bit but the issue is with the kies installation check...

I only programed it to check for it in the ProgramFiles(x86) folder.

I need to als have it check for it in the same location but without (x86) for 32-bit computers.

I tested it out on a 32-bit machine and it didn't progress to the next command.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tennandcoz1:
Thanks for this.The more tools the better.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ajster1989:
Update

Just did a Major Update, check it out and let me know....

thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pandemic187:
Nice! Considering the fact that I hard bricked my device the first time I tried to install CWM, I'll probably give this a whirl. I'm on W7 x64 - will I have any compatibility issues?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ajster1989:
I fixed all compatibility issues in the release I just uploaded, but it originally only worked in w7 x64 lol cause that what I have too...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sharpeyedman:
Will this also work with Galaxy S II X T-989D?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ajster1989:
The files included are for the T989, will add support soon, need to perfect scripting first before I add other phones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sc0rp1n0x:
Root.zip glitch

The CWM flash worked perfectly, but when I tried the root.zip, it gave an error. (Status=0) Is this due to the OS (2.3.6) or something else?

NVM: It was due to SD Card size, if the card is too small, the root.zip wont work properly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ajster1989:
what size is too small, so I can put a warning i'm my program.

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jele:
sweet deal buddy! niceeee work!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dirtyhamster73:
I'm having msome mtrouble with this.....it keeps aborting the rooting process, any idea why? Thanks so much!

---------- Post added at 01:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:38 PM ----------

And now the root.zip file is gone from the external sd card...wth. I deleted the tool app and started over and its not installing the root file again.

---------- Post added at 02:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:48 PM ----------

Ok, I got the root.zip on my sd card....but I'm still getting the error "aborted" message :( My sd card is plenty big enough, it's a 8gb, empty, nothing on it, I put it in for this specifically. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ajster1989:
Are you still at stock?

Which CWM are you using....
[General Questions and Answers] Osukido:
Hi Mates,

I tried to root my HTC Desire HD - but something seem to have gone wrong?!

I downloaded the Advanced Ace Hack Kit and read the effen manual guide.

Then I started the "hack-ace.cmd" as Administrator on Windows 7 x64.

I entered the key from the txt file and proceeded with selecting 1 and pressed Enter key.

Then the program told me that I needed to downgrade, so I confirmed with "y" and then it asked if I wanted to download some UUR or what it was called, so I confirmed again with "y".

After some time it asked me to reboot, but after startup I only see a white screen now, with H-BOOT-0.85.0024 - Radio-26.09.04.12_M2 - bot my vol up and vol down keys + power button on the phone does not respond now... so I see BLUE highlighted HBOOT and FASTBOOT on my screen now, but I am not able to select with VOL DOWN to go to Recovery or any other menu items, af the VOL and POWER buttons are frozed.

If I remove the battery, then I am able to press and hold down VOL DOWN and POWER together, in order to enter this menu again... but no reaction after this.

What do I do to recover my phone now, as I wanted to root it, and after that flash it with a new file?!

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards

Osukido
[General Questions and Answers] ethan9020:
I have a Samsung Fascinate phone, and I'd like to know where can I find a ICS rom that has a working camcorder and takes pictures?

:D
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
Use the search bar, I just Googled Samsung fascinate ICS Rom and found a lot of info
[General Questions and Answers] nathan-96:
There are no working camcorders, if you have armv6, but if you sign this, we will come a little bit closer

www.change.org/petitions/arm-release-openmax-codecs-for-arm-v6
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android311:
Hello all, im curious to know if any virgin mobile users (usa) will be buying the new lg optimus elite? The specs aren't great but for $150 its seems to be an ok deal and better then the wildfire S. Thanks all for input
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grosskum:
I'm considering it but I don't want to pay another $10 a month

Looks great and NFC would be amazing but I think I might. Hope it either get upgraded to 4.0 or it gets high support from the community to get that running.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android311:
I hope so to! I guess time will tell :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScottBroker:
Just picked one up for my daughter. Can it be rooted? I have a GS2. Not sure if there are custom roms for it.....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android311:
Not sure about root yet, roms probaly won't be out for a while
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacFett:
A group has been working on root for for a couple weeks now, they're getting close. Hopefully once it is rooted there will be some ROMs out for it.

Once rooted Google Wallet will no longer function, so if you plan to use that you'll either need to not root or hope for a quick unroot or root hider.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zedd247:
I wouldn't recommend LG in general but i guess its all peraonal preference

Send from my samsung galaxy mini II
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacFett:
And I wouldn't recommend Samsung.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android311:
I got mine for $130 and love it, very fast and smooth compared to my old HTC wildfire s