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[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topikamew:
Ok, so I've been a long time fascinate owner, using ROMs from way before.

However, now that I've upgraded to ICS builds, I keep on getting stuck at the bootloader screen, mine being at the moment CWMR 5.5.0.4.

This happened when I first upgraded to ICS and now I'm trying to upgrade my ROM from official AOKP build 35 to 36.

It's a good thing I made a nandroid first, but basically this time I used titanium backup to back up all my stuff, then flashed the new AOKP build 36. When it booted, it was missing few apps and user data was gone, meaning I had to re-log in to Google. Few of the apps then wouldn't work/FC, including titanium backup, rom manager, and gapps.

That's when I decided to restore the nandroid but it wouldn't boot into recovery using the power button so I used the 3-button salute. Now, I've heard that using this method can set you into boot-loops, but I didn't see any other way to get into recovery.

Do I have to ODIN again everytime this happens or is there a way to fix it / steps to ensure that this doesn't happen?

Thanks a lot, I think many people might be having this problem also, so whoever knows the solution, please help.

So, now I'm stuck on this blue CWMR screen with the nandroid restored, but when I reboot, it just goes right back to this blue screen.

As a note, when the phone boots, it shows the "samsung" logo, then for a split second a red thing flashes, which reminds me of the odin CWM, then goes to the blue screen.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hypnosis4U2NV:
You gotta start from scratch.. I went through the same thing..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

load"*", 8,1
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topikamew:
OK, here's the fail list so far:

format /cache and restore

format dalvik cache and restore

wipe data/cache and restore

format /boot and restore

ODIN CMW and restore

ODIN CMW, factory reset and restore -- thought it worked but no apps and reinstalling makes the app FC..

The question still stands-- what's the best way to upgrade ROMS without losing apps and user data? Is titanium back up useless, or even harmful?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juchirl:
You need to use Odin, go back to GB, and start from scratch.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topikamew:
what is GB?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topikamew:
and what did I do wrong that made me:

1. lose apps and user data when I upgrade flashed build 36

and

2. get me stuck in the boot loop?

And 3rd-ly, if I do the 3finger recovery, is there a good chance that I'll get stuck in the bootloop without a way to fix except to ODIN?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topikamew:
OK Also another very frustrating thing is that when I do use power button to boot to recovery, it seems that 90% it just reboots. What's up with this. This is pretty much the primary problem which leads me to 3finger and then bootlock, then having to spend 15 mins trying to reset everything back.

Any solutions to this???!?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juchirl:
For MTD, you should not use 3-finger to get recovery otherwise bootlock. It is a known issue. For aokp build 36 powermenu is broken if I am not mistaken. I had to odin back to stock of EH3 and restart from scratch. Hope this help you out little bit.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
follow section4 of my guide here in the general section. you can three finger on mtd based roms just not ICS roms(ice cream sandwich).

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not trying to be rude but you are incorrect.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kidki14:
Did you try stocking back to gb with heimdall?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblaw1:
If you had read a few pages in the aokp thread you would know that until yesterday or today official aokp did not have reliably working recovery or any of the fixes or enhancements that are in glitched aokp.

Steve has said the the official builds are now up to date as of the latest build so your issues should be solved at this point. All of this could have easily been avoided however.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SkaterOllie795:
On my unlocked Xperia S, I didn't receive the HD video. Could someone please upload the video so I can have it on my phone. I saw a previous thread with the file but it said that the file is no longer available.

Thank you for your time.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaizokan:
1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball (1280x720)

2. Xperia HD Landscapes (1920x1080)

these two right?

See this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24912591&postcount=16
[General Questions and Answers] lawrence750:
See here for info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18102793

My question is, can someone tell me how secure android actually is? Assuming there was a security pin/password.

Is it actually possible to do this to an android device?
[General Questions and Answers] wolficus:
i would like to further this question with is using the encryption function in cm9 or any rom worth doing?

will it slow this little process down any?
[General Questions and Answers] lawrence750:
Bump
[General Questions and Answers] SimonTS:
Android isn't secure in the least bit.

If they can't extract data this way then they simply send your phone off for forensic analysis as previously. No form of screen-lock security will stop them as they can just go straight to the hardware for data storage via ADB.

If you try to get round this by encrypting your data then they will ask you for your encryption password - failure to supply it is a criminal offence (certainly in the UK) and will be met with a 5 year prison sentence.

Freedom is a fantastic concept, but it only applies as long as you aren't suspected of doing anything wrong - then it disappears totally for the better good of the rest of the nation :eek:
[General Questions and Answers] lawrence750:
Thank you, enough clarification for me :) great answer..
[Transformer TF300T General] swest6602:
I decided to return my TPad for a replacement. It was way too laggy and others were not having the issue. Best Buy replaced it no problem and I was able to get a 32G that had just arrived. I had to pay the extra $20 but that was OK with me.

I am happy to report that the new Pad does not have the lag issues. I am unhappy to report that it has a reboot problem. [Rebooted at least 6 or 7 times since yesterday]. I have done one reset and I restored apps from Titanium. I had 1 reboot since. If it happens again I will restore once more and not restore my apps via Titanium. If it still reboots I will try another replacement. Still it is very good to know that the lag issue was the individual tablet and not something present in all of them. It gives me hope.

If anyone has another recommendation for the reboots let me know.
[Transformer TF300T General] Northern-Loop:
I'd like to be able to set the performance to MAX on boot rather than the middle setting and having to keep increasing it to play HD videos.
[Transformer TF300T General] keynith:
Are you in Canada? I only saw it on their Canadian website
[Transformer TF300T General] swest6602:
I am in the U.S. When I was returning the 16G version I asked if they had the 32G. The girl checked her computer and said no. When they brought the replacement it was the 32G. She thought they must have come in that day.
[Transformer TF300T General] keynith:
Aww sheeet I'm about to book it to best buy then and go through every tablet they got for one. They had their 201 docks labeled as the 300 docks. So disorganized.
[Transformer TF300T General] Optimusg2x:
i picked up my tf300t from bestbuy and they told me it was a 16gb version but when i got home it was the 32gb version. I'm in the us by the way.
[Transformer TF300T General] AWD FTW:
I just went to my best buy here in Bend, Oregon and picked up a 32gb tf300t. I called on maybe thursday last week and the person I talked to didnt even know when they would be getting it in. Went in today and looked through all the tf300's looking for the 32gb and found one. It looked like they had a few more but there was no price tag saying they had 32gb's for sale. Strange.

Either way I exchanged my 16gb tf300 for the 32gb and paid $20. Now im happy,

In other news it doesnt seem to be finding the latest firmware update, still on .17
[Transformer TF300T General] Northern-Loop:
Not massive bleeding but it was still there so I managed to get it swapped out today thankfully! I didn't want it getting worse. Seems this was a big problem on the Prime so why havent Asus fixed it for the Pad?
[Transformer TF300T General] dsf3g:
I've got a little from one edge, but not ebough to bother me. Does this get worse? I assumed it would stay as is.
[Transformer TF300T General] Northern-Loop:
I thought over time it would get worse? My replacement model has no signs of this bleeding.
[Transformer TF300T General] TXKSSnapper:
Can you even see that much light bleed during normal use? I feel like as long as I'm not looking at a black screen with nothing else close to the edge I would never notice this.
[Transformer TF300T General] Northern-Loop:
True but it was bugging me, I started to notice it on the Gallery (Black Screen) then on Boot Up.

Seems I spoke too soon as the sun is setting here and I just started to notice it again...rubbish. Is it a actually fault or just something I have to ignore and live with?
[Transformer TF300T General] TXKSSnapper:
Not sure how your new one looks, but mine has slightly less bleed than your pics show. I don't notice it at all except during the boot screen, so I'm living with mine. but to each his own, I guess you'll have to decide whether or not its acceptable.
[Transformer TF300T General] EndlessDissent:
Judging by other people's reports, light bleed is normal with these tablets. The key is to find one with as little light bleed as possible. The first one I got had massive light bleed around all sides, especially in the lower right corner. I exchanged it because of a dead pixel, and my new one has light bleed, too, but it's only across the bottom edge and very minimal. I don't even notice it in the status bar (black and always at the bottom edge of the screen) at all during use, only during boot-up. So, I'm satisfied with my replacement's slight amount of light bleed based on the light bleed from the first one and the reports on this forum.
[Transformer TF300T General] vadella:
light bleed

Hi All,

I think it's normal that the Asus TF300 has light bleed,I got my new Asus yesterday and I have same issue.
[Transformer TF300T General] AirlinerDudeB6:
Mine has a minimal amount of bleed at the bottom.

Only notice it during boot tho.

Not worth swapping and getting something worse.
[Transformer TF300T General] AWD FTW:
Mine also has light bleed, but its not as bad as the first one i had.
[Transformer TF300T General] UndisputedGuy:
I don't think i notice bleed so I'm fortunate.
[Transformer TF300T General] Gam3r 4 Life:
Hey guys, I just started to notice this on my new 32. I never noticed it on the 16 I had before this (but I wasnt looking for it either). After a lot of research it seems this is normal for IPS screens. Ive seen some pretty pad Ipads on you tube. Anyway Ive attached a picture of mine at its worse. This was while viewing a solid black jpg. Does this look like a bad case, or minimal? Ive already exchanged/ returned several tablets for different reasons so Im hoping not to need to again. :confused:
[Transformer TF300T General] EndlessDissent:
It's kind of hard to tell with the jpeg quality. It makes everything look kind of pixelated.

I'd say, though, that the top two corners look pretty bad. The bottom right corner isn't looking so hot either, but it's better than the same corner on my first TF300.

As for whether you should return it, does it bother you a lot? How often do you look at your screen when it's pure black like that? If you think you can ignore it, save yourself the hassle of another return. If it's going to ruin your tablet experience, return it, and try again.
[Transformer TF300T General] zurny:
I received mine two days ago, I immediately did the update and I never had any flickering issues.
[Transformer TF300T General] rushless:
Jeepers!

That is not light bleeding, but banana bleeding. There are giant yellow swaths on the display :eek:

Seriously though, that is part of the issue with this type of tech if wanting to price for mass consumer range (for the panel volumes purchased). It gets expensive with the needed design / production specs and the substrate layer to avoid the light bleed. The tolerance in production also means some will bleed more than others. The iPad 1 had issues, but Apple were able to get better quality panels, due to economy of scale to lower cost for the better quality panels.

The Toshiba Excite appears to have even more bleed than the average 300, but the A510 has zero light bleed (reviews support this observation). Of course, most folks buying the 300 are wanting to use the keyboard, so the A510 is not an option.
[Transformer TF300T General] Gam3r 4 Life:
Light Bleed Fix (if your brave)

Ok, Im in the middle of a fix that I have found for the light bleed. Its actually not all that hard. Im going to write up a full how to once Im done, but just wanted to let anyone know thats interested that it is absolutely fixable.

Ive been through so many tabs I lost count. Im on my 4th TF300, so needless to say frustrated. All returned or exchanged for one reason or another. This one works great, except for the light bleed. So I got brave and decided to tear into it to see what I could do. Ill get into all the details later, but Ive attached before and after pics of one of the worst light bleed spots. The first pic just shows my whole screen in all its light bleeding glory. The second shows it after I have taken it apart, and shows one of the worst spots. Which in the lower right at notification area. The 3rd shows what it looks like after I fixed it. I have about 3 more areas Im going to work on, but wanted to let you guys see its fixable. The best thing about it is that if your careful you can do this without voiding any warranty. Theres one one sticker inside that is the kind that voids warranty if broken and its not hard to avoid.

Anyway see attached pics for my progress so far. :D
[Transformer TF300T General] jgaf:
Let me guess you followed the thread in Prime's forum about fixing it yourself. Did you loosen the screws in the lcd? I been wanting to do this, but since I might not have the right tools I don't want to screw up the warranty. I'm going to check if the service center near my house can do this for me so it stays in warranty. I pretty much have the same light bleeds as you.
[Transformer TF300T General] Gam3r 4 Life:
Actually no I didn't know there was a thread about it already, But that's pretty much what I'm doing. If there's a thread about it already I won't bother, I was just trying to help.
[Transformer TF300T General] jgaf:
Dude I didn't mean it like that, I was really looking forward to your walkthrough since it will be 300 based. I was just asking where did you get the idea? Since I've been googling around and I found that on the Prime a couple of weeks ago. Keep doing the walkthrough please, I want to see how you did it? what tools you used? how did you avoid breaking the warranty tapes? etc.
[Transformer TF300T General] Gam3r 4 Life:
The idea came from a YouTube video that I watched, For transformer prime but the way he took apart was totally different. I'll keep trying and if I succeed I'll post a tutorial unfortunately I don't have a way of video taping but I can write a walk-through.
[Transformer TF300T General] rushless:
Of course, this IS a developers forum (at least in premise) so some folks will consider taking it apart. Most folks will either accept the bleed or move on to another device, since the consumer is paying for a finished product- not a ham radio kit ;)

I have not seen enough light bleed to warrant the risks of taking the tablet apart, but only tested for a few hours. If the 300 seems bad, the Excite will turn people's eyes to flames :eek:

As per the Mobiletechreview, there is light bleed all the way around the sides of the T305. The units I have seen have the same problem and so does the demo unit the local Stables just set up.
[Transformer TF300T General] Gam3r 4 Life:
I watched and read those reviews also. I honestly give up. I had some success, but never could get it to what I consider ok. So its going back, but this time Im not sure what to exchange for. I might just get my money back and wait. I still have my galaxy tab 7.7 with the super amoled. I was just hoping for a nice 10" tablet. Got some thinking to do.

As far as a tutorial its honestly not worth it. To get most of the bleed gone I had to have the screws so loose they would almost fall out. And then of course that dramatically takes away from the structural integrity.
[Transformer TF300T General] jgaf:
What tools did you use to open it? And how did you manage not to break the warranty tapes?
[Transformer TF300T General] Gam3r 4 Life:
I used several of those thin plastic cards that they give you with screen protector kits. And just pried all around the front bezel until it was all the way off. The only warranty tab I saw was on the battery, and I never had to mess with it.
[Transformer TF300T General] rushless:
If light bleed is a concern, the A510 has zero light bleed and reviews point this out as well. The display is very good. The catch though is no keyboard like the Asus tablets. That said, the USB is on the tablet and works with and powers 1TB NTSF drives, plus battery life equals the 300 with its attached keyboard (note: you will lose about 30 minutes if powering a hard drive).

Stay away from the Excite if light bleed is a concern. Also, the display to me did not seem as defined/sharp as the 300 and A510.
[Transformer TF300T General] mr.fast:
The A510 doesn't have an IPS panel, hence why it doesn't suffer light bleed.
[Transformer TF300T General] Gam3r 4 Life:
Trust me Ive considered all of those. But even thought I dont have one yet, I think Ill be sticking to the 300 because of the keyboard.
[Transformer TF300T General] californiarailroader:
The same here.

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I had the A510, in fact I exchanged it for the TF300, and to me the screen is much brighter and more sharp on the TF300 than the A510. I have heard the same thing about the Excite too, in fact the bad light bleed I saw on it in reviews is one reason I went with the TF300 over the Excite. The USB on the A510 by the way is not full sized, though they do include an adapter, you can also get one from Asus on Amazon priced around 20 bucks-

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005PAINXQ/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00

I have the keyboard dock coming for it June 4th from B&H Photo, I had one for my TF101 too.

Edit-One other thing about the A510, the right side got VERY warm when doing anything CPU intensive, like games, my TF300 though stays cool. Acer by the way has halted shipments of the A510 until June 11th due to a "faulty internal component"-

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...confirms-a700-is-on-track-to-ship-by-june-11/

That article says ones already sold passed Acer's QC, but I have to wonder if my heat issues are the faulty component spoken of, which would mean some did get past the QC as others also have had heat issues with it.
[Transformer TF300T General] EndlessDissent:
In my experience with 3 different TF300s, the TF300s also got pretty warm. The main difference, though, is that the TF300 gets warm just under the camera, which isn't near your hands during normal operation of the tablet, so it won't be a big problem for most people.
[Transformer TF300T General] rushless:
The only apparent problem with the A510 was some boxes in North America shipped with a European plug on the power supply. Some reported getting this and Amazon placed the product on hold, since seems some in their batch had the issue. It is now on sale again.

Acer recanted the faulty part post on Facebook and said there is no quality issue. The additional heat on the right is mentioned in the A510 manual as normal. Speaking with Acer tech support, the catch of having the big battery forced heat dissipation to the right, rather than spread out like other tablets with smaller batteries. The iPad 3 has the same issue and their tech points this out as well along with the bigger gpu to push the high res display in the iPad 3.

I use a case, so do not feel the extra heat on the right and appreciate the very long battery life. I still think the location of the USB post sucks and the full USB should have been left on the device. Still, better to have it than not and it does trickle charge.

Added:

Funny how display perspective is so subjective. I find the 300 and A510 to have more definition than the Excite. The one place the 300 wins is angles, but I will not be viewing in very

wide angles anyway. Zero light bleed and long battery life is nice. Then again, so would a keyboard attachment.... Must admit that if I did not have a nice laptop and only had one portable device, I would probably get the 300 so could get the keyboard.
[Transformer TF300T General] max380:
Guide

I did have huge light bleed on my 1st tf300. I had the docking and tablet combo. I went to Best buy and they exchanged only the tablet. My dock is working and I really like the feel of it.

I had one dead pixel also, but it was smaller than a normal pixel. The guy at Best Buy told me that it was a screen default.

I now have a new tf300 tablet and there is less light bleed but there is still some... Less than the 1st one : i could see it on the home button even with moderate light in the room.

I wish you could give us a complete step by step guide to remove the screen without voiding the warranty.

Thanks!
[Transformer TF300T General] Gam3r 4 Life:
Without going into a long story you're better off if you just leave it alone. I had a piece of hair stuck under the screen and I tried to get it out and ended up breaking it. I regret taking it apart and wish I would've just left it alone I ended up buying another one. I sent the broken one into Asus and I'm waiting for them to give me a quote on fixing it. So take it from experience you're better off just leaving it alone.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] atifrawn:
hay

i am using galaxy s 4g t-mobile root cell.i need arabic patch for orignal room and how we do?

basicaly i am user of nexus one

can i use room manager with galaxy s

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] itzik2sh:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25882832
[HTC Sensation] jopa1:
youtube[dot]com/watch?v=oaS9V5OO7ys&feature=plcp

it looks legit... what you think?
[HTC Sensation] bonesy:
Yes it is real,4G (HSDPA in the UK) is in between 3g and LTE/Wimax iirc. Nothing crazy or witchcraft.When we first got hsdpa i got 9meg on my magic and even used it as an access point to host cod mw1 on my pc,was faster than my dsl line!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scaronscar:
I was wondering how I can get stock ics on my galaxy note gtn7000 I am on ics stunner right now....any info would be greatly appreciated
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickshertzer:
I see search is down again... :p

[Guide] N7000 ICS 4.0.3 ZSLPF Install + Root + SuperSU
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Roundtableprez:
As of right now, what is holding us back from porting gingerbread to our sidekicks? Is it drivers? Or a 2.3 kernel that runs? I need a list of what needs to be done exactly.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] afr33sl4ve:
See here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1557094

And, here:

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/22310-wipcm7-for-sidekick-4g/

Hope that helps!
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] Roundtableprez:
Thank you, but I've seen both of those and followed them to the end. I'm looking for a specific list of what is needed to port gingerbread to our device. As in i may take up the task of porting it
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] pintek:
Would probably be a good idea to continue where windixxi left off since hes the closest person to get ginger working on our phone.