yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] murr4y:
Still using KIES should be possible, see http://www.dialandroid.com/2012/03/how-to-gobackuse-kies-update-after.html

Generally, I would recommend to stop using KIES for backups ;) If you want your data back you can still try to connect your phone, go to wireless settings-> usb settings and try switching between KIES and usb storage.

What also helped in some cases is to activate debugging and then deactivate it again.

After you got your data back you can still update your firmwares without KIES.

If you have still problems with KIES you can try maybe this programm here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1477991
[General Questions and Answers] diwakarchopra:
After i tried to unroot using the above method, the superuser app was uninstalled, however i still get the yellow triangle on boot, and the CWM app is still present on my app drawer. when i open it, it say superuser app not found. when i try to download the superuser app from the play store, it is unable to update the superuser binaries.
[General Questions and Answers] Allanitomwesh:
You'll forgive me I don't have a galaxy s2. What I meant was unroot back to official ics or the process that will restore your phone back to warranty conditions... (is that what Odin is for?). KIES should behave then,also,when my friend's galaxy pop isn't recognised he turns on and off debugging and it works.

EDIT : Like so ↓

http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-unroot/how-to-unrootunbrick-your-galaxy-s2-i9100-ics/

Imetumwa kutoka U8150 kutumia XDA
[General Questions and Answers] diwakarchopra:
I first flashed the official gingerbread 2.3.6 XWKL1 on my phone using kies, the used the www.dialandroid.com link to enable using kies. then i restored my messages and contacts from the backup. then i changed csc code and updated to XWLP7 ICS 4.0.3 firmware. Now I have my contacts and messages back, and everything is working perfectly. I still haven't rooted it again yet, should I do it?

And another thing, now news started coming up that the new SGS2 gt i9100 handsets, which were imported in April 2012 have ICS 4.0.3 preloaded (links- http://bit.ly/Kih0tL , http://bit.ly/K5sQY6 and http://bit.ly/Kb96m2).

The new firmware which comes preloaded is the same build, and has same baseband version, PDA, CSC and PHONE codes, so is the firmware I am currently running, which I installed using Nepal (NPL) CSC official, and do I still have my warranty?

P.S. After updating for the second time, all my contacts and messages were there thankfully, but when I connected it back to Kies, the same error message of 'Cannot start service on device. Please disconnect and reconnect.' appears.
[General Questions and Answers] sziegu:
Hi,

You could try this:

- open kies, connect phone to the computer (ignore kies for now)

- while the phone is connected power off your phone by pressing 10s on the power button, and after this power it back on without disconnecting.

- kies should now see your phone

If you have the yellow triangle displayed or the hardware counter incremented chances are your warranty is void. However you can flash a stock firmware and use a USB jig to reset your counter (you might need to flash another bootloader though, Samsung fixed the latest bootloaders to ignore the jig).

Cheers,

Stefan.

P.S.: if this helped please use thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] diwakarchopra:
(sorry for the late reply, was out of town for some days :) )

thank you all for your help!

I finally cracked it, and ICS was officially launched in India!

I changed my csc code back to INU, reflashed GB 2.3.6 XWKL1, and used this (http://www.dialandroid.com/2012/03/how-to-gobackuse-kies-update-after.html) method to get kies to recognize my phone. then i updated to the official Indian one with kies, and now everything works fine! Thanks once again!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sjhotwings:
Using check rom v6 and franco kernel #6 . great rom good battery life , but one thing i hate about it is i keep getting SOD and is annoying. Is there any other good rom out there w/ good battery life ? thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mR.fR34ky:
try use my config and install checkrom via Spider's guied on checkrom.com I never experienced a SOD on this config!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Franck78:
Hello all,

I'm working on the mac address problem inherent to HD2.

For now under Magldr, it is more or less unique (more than less) ;-)

Other boot method I can't test is haret/wimo

It seems that my patch modifying the NAND(magldr) boot affects the SD boot.

I can't figure it without precise reports. I need you to use "adb" to report me some info.

Here is how to do it:

cd your/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/

fbourdonnec@ntkiller2:> ./adb shell

# uname -a

Linux localhost 2.6.32-ics_tytung_HWA_r2.3-uniMAC #7 PREEMPT Tue May 22 02:13:09 CEST 2012 armv7l GNU/Linux

# dmesg |grep -i mac

<4>[ 0.000000] Machine: htcleo

<6>[ 1.439056] Device Bluetooth MAC Address: 00:23:76:32:16:be

<6>[ 2.989105] rndis_function_bind_config MAC: 00:00:00:00:00:00

<6>[ 2.989593] usb0: MAC 36:b0:0d:af:76:1d

<6>[ 2.989624] usb0: HOST MAC ca:50:bc:14:ad:79

<6>[ 3.444152] Device Wifi Mac Address: 00:23:76:be:16:32

Tips

-shell into your hd2 asap, while in the boot animation !

-do it with both kernels HWA_r2.3-uniMAC and previous functionnal

Please other Magldr users, post here the macaddress you have.

This is just to eval 'dispersion' (collision avoidance) with actual patch.

Franck
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Franck78:
ok, good news,

Saw the mistake in the kernel code.

function() call to guess a mac was inadvertandly removed for SD boot method!

Fixed in R4

This thread still must be filled with MAC address for NAND and SD kernel version to evaluate collision avoidance.

Meanwhile I'm working on reading on interesting NAND block with something ressembling a MAC in it.

Will need more testers to check it is a unique MAC ;-)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Rick_1995:
I think you nailed it,

My device's bluetooth mac id under windows: 00:23:76:78:70:78

My device's wireless mac id under windows: 00:23:76:96:1B:F9

<4>[ 1.325286] scanmac: Prefered candidate mac=00:23:76:78:70:78
<4>[ 22.797302] Mac candidate at block:505 page:0 offset:40:
<7>[ 22.797332] 00000000: 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 [B]00 23 76 96 1b f9[/B] 00 00
<4>[ 22.803070] Mac candidate at block:505 page:6 offset:3:
<7>[ 22.803100] 00000000: [B]78 70 78 76 23 00[/B] ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff

Although there was another candidate,

<4>[ 24.686889] Mac candidate at block:536 page:5 offset:443:
<7>[ 24.686950] 00000000: bf 03 1e ad ba 9d 4a 6f a4 e1 89 7c 61 93 67 d9

But this one is totally wrong, block:536 is after the bootloader(clk in this case) and is part of the config table

As i said in the email, you should only scan till block 530 (0x212)

EDIT: modified your code a bit,

<4>[ 1.325347] scanmac: candidate for wifi mac=00:23:76:96:1b:f9
<4>[ 1.325622] scanmac: candidate for bluetooth mac=00:23:76:78:70:78

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/htcleo_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/htcleo_nand.c
index e4e347e..27aa6e8 100755
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/htcleo_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/htcleo_nand.c
@@ -1835,6 +1835,54 @@ static int param_get_page_size(char *buffer, struct kernel_param *kp)
}
module_param_call(pagesize, NULL, param_get_page_size, NULL, S_IRUGO);

+void scanmac(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+{
+	unsigned char *iobuf;
+	int ret;
+	loff_t addr;
+	struct mtd_oob_ops ops;
+
+	iobuf = kmalloc(2048/*mtd->erasesize*/, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!iobuf) {
+	printk("%s: error: cannot allocate memory\n",__func__);
+	return;
+	}
+
+	ops.mode = MTD_OOB_PLACE;
+	ops.len = 2048;
+	ops.datbuf = iobuf;
+	ops.ooblen = 0;
+	ops.oobbuf = NULL;
+	ops.retlen = 0;
+
+	addr = ((loff_t) 505*0x20000);
+	ret = msm_nand_read_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
+	if (ret == -EUCLEAN)
+	ret = 0;
+	if (ret || ops.retlen != 2048 ) {
+	printk("%s: error: read(%d) failed at %#llx\n",__func__,ops.retlen, addr);
+	goto out;
+	}
+	printk("%s: candidate for wifi mac=%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",__func__,
+	iobuf[40],iobuf[41],iobuf[42],iobuf[43],iobuf[44],iobuf[45]);
+
+	addr = ((loff_t) 505*0x20000 + 6*0x800);
+	ret = msm_nand_read_oob(mtd, addr, &ops);
+	if (ret == -EUCLEAN)
+	ret = 0;
+	if (ret || ops.retlen != 2048 ) {
+	printk("%s: error: read(%d) failed at %#llx\n",__func__,ops.retlen, addr);
+	goto out;
+	}
+	printk("%s: candidate for bluetooth mac=%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",__func__,
+	iobuf[5],iobuf[4],iobuf[3],iobuf[2],iobuf[1],iobuf[0]);
+	ret = 0;
+out:
+	kfree(iobuf);
+	if (ret) printk("Find MAC Error %d occurred\n", ret);
+	return;
+}
+
/**
* msm_nand_scan - [msm_nand Interface] Scan for the msm_nand device
* @param mtd	MTD device structure
@@ -2000,6 +2048,7 @@ int msm_nand_scan(struct mtd_info *mtd, int maxchips)
/* msm_nand_unlock_all(mtd); */

/* return this->scan_bbt(mtd); */
+	scanmac(mtd);

#if VERBOSE
for (i=0;i<nand_info->block_count;i++)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] marc1706:
Great job. :D

I've implemented the mac address reading in my kernel. You can see the commit here:

https://github.com/marc1706/desire_kernel_35/commit/0b249dfba877b96fc0ebe1333738f0920b4dc7c5

edit:

My mac addresses, now both with Windows Mobile and with Android:

Wifi Mac:	00:23:76:8A:40:B9
BT Mac:	00:23:76:6E:4B:C6
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] marc1706:
Is that from a ROM? If yes then I'm guessing that it maybe creates a "default" mac before the actual mac address is parsed from SPL.

I've done a task29 and installed a (close to) stock windows mobile ROM before checking my real wifi and bt mac addresses.

And they are the same as the ones this code returns.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Rick_1995:
It is from SPL, But since nand config data is never erased and is written in factory, i think it should be fine using this as a source, since we know there weren't any mac collisions under windows mobile as far as i know.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Franck78:
Add another htc-hd2 I got

Directly installed with Tytung kernel hwa v2.3 (jun 2012), macaddress:

wifi : 00:23:76:89:1F:B2

bluetooth : 00:23:76:6D:E3:FF

are unique :angel:

Franck
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ph03n!x:
I've confirmed this fix with 4 different HD2 devices - all are unique, and show the same MAC from WinMo65 :) Thanks a ton for your work!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] forziere:
How to install SGSIII weather widget on a SGSi9000 with a custom ICS ROM Doc'Master!

I did it with TWlauncher ..but it didn't work
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Eleve11:
Where did you get the widget from?

Otherwise I think you just need to force the .apk to System/app and set the right permissions!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] forziere:
you can find here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663679
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sbnaul:
SLIM
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osouto:
Hi, I think it depends on the kernel than on the rom, and in that case sempahore is a great choice !!

I'm using ICS333 wit Semaphore 1.2.0s and it works !!
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cybercom684:
Wie der Thread schon sagt brauche ich hilfe,

und zwar würde ich gerne ein Installer für eine rom machen wie z. B. Miui Buzz Beta 7...

Aber ich weis nicht wie ich das machen soll :/ Kann mir einer von euch helfen?

Ich bedanke mich schonmal im vorraus :)
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broncogr:
XDA is an english speaking forum.

Thread closed
[Defy General] cadesdefy:
Does anyone know what band SK Telecom is?

I brought my unlocked, defy running Cyanogen to a store, they spent 40 minutes trying to connect it to their network with no success. Any suggestions?
[Defy General] Auris 1.6 vvt-i:
Have you installed Defy Baseband Switcher?
[Defy General] cadesdefy:
Yep, Tried USA mode, International Mode and south Korea mode
[Defy General] osebee:
SKT is 2100Mhz

default cm7 is no problem to me.
[Defy General] popcorn1122:
http://www.gsmarena.com/network-bands.php3?sCountry=KOREA

it seems its 3 G only 2100
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the lemming:
Hello

I know that I must wear a condom while surfing the net and installing apps to keep safe but is Google.Play the only safe place to visit for Android Apps?

Or are there other good, and safe places to download free and paid for apps?

I only ask as an app I bought from the Android Market, which changed to Google.Play is no longer on the site. However the app can be found in a place called AndroidPit. I can't find any reviews of this site and I don't know if I can trust them with my credit card details.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ancilary:
google play is the safest and cant tell about other "unofficial" alternatives,

but to browse apps appbrain is good but when you want to download something it forwards you to google play.. there is some plugin for appbrain which enables web download but i never tried it cause i m happy with google play
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SifJar:
1mobile.com is a decent site, you can download the vast majority of free apps. Doesn't have any paid apps though. If you're in the US, Amazon App Store is probably a reasonable alternative.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilmj:
I do not recommend market alternative ,if you want to play safe applications.

Google Play at least when it is discovered malware is deleted (even remotely).

Alternative market of this assurance level do not have it ..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mistermentality:
Actually getjar.com is good, its how I get tapatalk free and its a reputable site so should be safe :)

Dave

( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ironia.:
mmm safest...http://www.ghacks.net/2011/11/13/free-android-anti-virus-apps-are-proved-useless/

app brain fast web install plugin works flawlessly , and i think app brain is a good choice/alt,

sometimes smoother than goo play
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I Am Marino:
Google Play is far and beyond the best and safest place to find apps, including apps up to date.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arabian1982:
how to download removed purchased apps

if you still have the direct link to your paid app, there is a high chance it is still available in the market, even if the developer and google says other wise!

I had a similar situation for an app called pzizz which was apparently removed from the market due to changes in the company that makes it,

neither the new management nor google told me it still exists,

I managed to download it though by accessing the market from my pc and downloading it.

this could happen only if

you have the original link of the paid app ( you could not find the app by searching or browsing google play, you must have the original link)

you purchased the app before it is removed, if you didnt, the direct link for the app would not work, only if you purchased the app and signed in by the account in which the app was purchased you would be able to see the app

requesting to download the app from a computer, you cant do this directly from your phone and further when it is downloaded it will not be linked to the market

good luck
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Martinoc:
Why not Aptoide?

I saw your post and I had to reply. I worked for Aptoide, which is an independent android marketplace and they do a screening to the apps (at least the ones in their "apps" repository) so that they're free of malware. They were thinking of launching paid apps soon, but for now you have a lot of free apps that are safe to download.

Try it, maybe you'll be surprised!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ARPwizard:
What about slideme?

Sent from my SGH-I777
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajumukherjee:
Hey I am making a list of all available apk file or google play alternatives on my site so far i have managed to collect 23 and still adding just make sure to check it out it may help check gprsgeek.blogspot.com
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajumukherjee:
Just made a apk hacker on for any app

check it on my site http://www.netalien.biz/newapkhackerlaunched:cowboy:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anuloid:
Mobango and androidfreeware could be alternative, plus apps.opera.com
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] William_forever:
Alternatives to Google Play

Some third party sites that are known to be safe are apkpure, apknite, apkmirror
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] ThilinaC:
Here is the S-voice app that is modified to send GT-I9300 as model number to samsung servers.Now no need to edit build prop file ;)

Screenshots

Download

http://www.mediafire.com/?fp04n29phdzeram

Source

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26370226&postcount=74

Tested and works good

ps.Thank the author
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnythan:
My Gnex randomly drops its signal entirely for a minute or so. I thought it was maybe the phone, but I recently had the phone replaced and it still happens.

It seems to happen with multiple ROMs and radios. Right now I'm on the rooted 4.0.4 with the FC04/FC05 radio and franco milestone 3 kernel.

Does anyone else experience this, or have a fix?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vangelis13:
Try either using the 7xx Mhz as minimum frequency or up the voltage by 25-50 on the 3xx frequency.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jubakuba:
This is a fix for those experiencing the screen off bug.

Deep Sleep = No Service.

Personally...I'm on a VGNex as well.

Never experienced ANY signal problems...including the deep sleep drop.

I also use LeanKernel, though. And IMO had the fixes merged from the kernel source long before they dropped...and didn't even realize it until a bit after.

Maybe change kernels?

(Though...they all should be updated at this point. This was some time ago.)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnythan:
I've changed the radio to the 4.0.2 radio and the ROM to Android Revolution (and kept its kernel).

It also happens while I'm actively using the phone - yesterday I was streaming Pandora in the car and the signal dropped. The screen was on and everything.

Clearly I'm doing something wrong. Could it be some app or something causing it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kimusubi:
I'm in the same boat as you. I've also replaced my phone several time with the same result. Currently I've only found one fix for this problem. This fix seemed to work perfectly for 4.0.2, but when I upgraded to 4.0.4, it only works 90% of the time. What you have to do is go to your mobile network setting and choose CDMA only. It sacrifices 4G, but at least your phone will run consistently. There are people who are not experiencing this problem at all, so maybe they can chime in on how they fixed it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
It's a phone issue..

You aren't doing anything wrong. Some people never have this problem and other people have it all the time.. doesn't seem to reproducible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kimusubi:
pas prbarre

I've heard lots of people say that after the new update, their phones started functioning properly. However, I can't reproduce their results. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krze:
@ OP and Kim

This is a device issue. I had the same experience with the GN. I went through 3 phones and three weeks of dropping service every 10 mins or so. Finally the third phone didn't have the problem. I did everything - Going into multiple Verizon stores for tech support, calling tech support (Going through tier 1,2,3 multiple times), changing SIM cards, flashing new ROMS, RADIOS, KERNALS.... nothing worked for me. Verizon even came out and tested 4G in my neighborhood.

It is just poor quality control from Samsung. Send the phone back and keep sending it back till your signal is fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Liskrig:
That is what I did (sent mine back for a refurbished device), my data drops were UNBEARABLE, look at what happens in just over 5 hours of being in a strong 4G area...

I'm hoping this fixes my problem, but I'm not holding my breath.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrbaggs:
Yep same here, had that issue and no amount of flashing would fix it.

Got a replacement from VZ and its been perfect, zero drops.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Brianosoreass:
Just got a galaxy nexus last week and it is the baseband version I515.10 with FC05. As soon as I got home with it I updated it to 4.0.4 (which was suppose to fix the random drops) and thought it was working well. Sure enough a couple hours later drops again.

I did a couple tests. Rooted it and installed different ROMs and radios. NO FIX

Made test calls with 4G, dropped the calls after 30 seconds.

Turned on CDMA only (3G), calls never dropped.

My analysis:

-4G is having issues with the baseband I515.10. I hear with the I515.9 it is working fine.

-Hoping Verizon fixes this soon as I hate being on 3G and having a 4G phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xm0nkey:
It won't get fixed. You most likely have the same faulty hardware that I had so you should get a replacement.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Bakabon19:
This just share my MOD only for fun.....:D

What’s the TTPod powerful features:

- High quality decoding with mp3,mp4/m4a,wma,flac and ape;

- Built in graphic and customize EQ;

- High accurate lyrics and album acts downloads;

- Plenty of skins to chose from;

- Minilyrics style floating lyrics.

What's new in this version:

- The sound can adjust the bass boost and channel balance.

- Online audition song you can listen and save!

- Fingers gently slide, you can switch back and forth in the player page and list pages!

- Online music search results also support the audition.

DOWNLOAD TTPOD 3.5 MOD
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] luqman123:
It is for gingerbread?
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Xmaster8:
Nice :) will try it.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] sidewalk_:
No.

Ive tried it on ics n it works well...
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Xmaster8:
LoL it works on gingerbread :D

Tested on GingerDX v26.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] attack11:
yes! works in gingerbread! prime HD 8 !
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] vpllover:
Bakabon, please check your PM
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] sidewalk_:
Sorry, miss understanding .. :-P
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Mika Dee:
very fancy bakabon only that widget is sucks. previous semi transparent version widget is best with this. maybe if you have time you can mod the widget too.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] cascabel:
I already have ttpod installed. Would this overwrite the one i already have? And would i have to redownload the skins/lyrics i already have? Thanks!
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Acudor:
amazing one indeed , still one thing should be changed .. the app in notification drawer is not functional , make some buttons to seek , play music , otherwise its amazing
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] donzzy:
has anyone tried this mod to other devices yet? :)
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] vlorience:
yes, Ive been trying it on my Galaxy Wonder.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] CnC-ROCK:
excellent work.... will try now..

i have a idea....how about a screen size widget which displays lyrics?...not inside the player?

:fingers-crossed:

@ 19:33

tried the app ...great work
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] DeSmanAryPotter:
Nice app bro. I do like this app. Would you like modding too for the newest version? Haha the newest one has a crowded language. Lol. I've emailed the ttpod support, but there is no reply until now. Huaaa. Thank you. Please reply sooner.
[HTC One X] azeter:
This screen of one x is so brilliant dat I just can stop playin wid this handset excellent work by HTC
[HTC One X] Ament:
Yeah, we all already know about it.
[HTC One X] mickfitz:
Must.resist.being.grammar.nazi.
[HTC One X] mox123:
yes i am in that position myself, cant keep away from the phone lol