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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Athan:
S-OFF is 'security off'. It refers to a HTC phone feature where some bits of the boot sequence can't be changed whilst it's on, so you need to go from S-ON to S-OFF in order to then be able to change that part of the boot sequence. This I did using the 'AlphaRev 1.8 HBOOT reflash utility' from alpharev.nl , I applied it using VirtualBox to boot the image.

A small guide to doing this is at: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8590461&postcount=31

In turn that part of the boot sequence is where you can tell the following part that the partition table has been changed.

The 'CM7r2' simply refers to "CyanogenMod release candidate 2". Note I mentioned with regards to changing partition layout it when referring to the alpharev.nl site which contains the necessary files to change the partition setup. Just put alpharev.nl into your web browser's address/search bar to go to the site (again, I can't link because THIS site only lets you after a certain number of forum posts, the minimum of which I've not yet reached).

Hope this helps.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
So you are saying that alpharev made a patched bootloader that won't check for secure flags on the g1 or you just posted in e wrong thread?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Athan:
Ah, sorry, I forgot I originally posted about the GTalk problem in a forum not about the HTC Desire, which is what I have.

Still, anyone having such an issue may still find it's due to 'bad' partioning of their phone, whatever the model. The same basic problem may apply: /data is too small, such that it (near-)filling causes apps to randomly fail, both in the manner GTalk can (closes as soon as it opens without being able to auth, logcat suggests some problem with authing), or just simply force closing.

If your phone has enough storage that a change of partition sizes (with the HTC Desire the method I outlined reallocated some un-needed space from /system to /data) will result in a larger /data without compromising functionality then it may solve such issues.
[HTC Rezound] merlin66676:
Quick question. Time warner cable live TV app doesn't support rooted devices, which mine is. I removed root last night to try the app but haven't had much time yet. I assume the app searches for system/bin/su and superuser.apk. can anyone think of a way to either rename the two so it can't detect it but still have root, sort of a toggle without the need to reflash from recovery every time I want root back.
[HTC Rezound] Therev29:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1604776

:D
[HTC Rezound] krasch:
Anyone found a method to watch live on 4g yet?
[HTC Rezound] merlin66676:
Can't thank you from my phone but thank you.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Not possible. It searches for your cable modem and authenticates with it.
[HTC Rezound] krasch:
Not impossible...just the smart people round here haven't figured out how. Oh well Crackle and Netflix it is then.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
I'm serious. Like I just said it authenticates with your cable modem on your home network. You would have to find some way to fake the cable modem on 4g. Which isn't possible.
[HTC Rezound] con247:
Set up a VPN connection between your phone and a home computer. Then it will see your computers ip and not your phones. That might work but would require good upload bandwidth on your home connection.
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
What is Crackle? Seen people on it from Xbox Live.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
Sure it is, with VPN. I do this everyday.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Touché.

I will have to try this.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
And how exactly do you avoid this?
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
I'm back to impossible on 4g.
[HTC Rezound] misterpogs:
Try OTA Rootkeeper from the Play store by Project Voodoo. I wanted to watch a rented video from the play store and couldn't because I was rooted. It temporarily unroots your phone and restores it whenever you choose to.

Let me know how it goes.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Or you could just rename superuser and live a simpler life. :)
[HTC Rezound] con247:
**** just got real lol. They seem to have their bases covered.
[HTC Rezound] patrickgerry:
Get a slingbox and the slingplayer app.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
Make sure you pay for the warranty because it will break within a few months.
[HTC Rezound] krelvinaz:
I've used slingbox for years without issues.. Works great

Via my HTC Rezound
[HTC Rezound] patrickgerry:
Yes me too. no problems.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
same here. the sling player app is like $30 though which i think is kinda ridiculous
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Well that's not worth it.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
glad y'all got a good one. The 1 year warranty is a joke because unless you pay for the 50 dollar extended service, they charge 30 bucks just to look at it.

I had mine for less than 4 months when it stopped working. Matter of fact, it failed within the 90 days, but I didn't call until a couple of weeks later. They would not even talk to me without paying.

When it worked it was great, could watch my recorded shows and such. Now I just pay for shows online and use plex.
[HTC Rezound] merlin66676:
Guess TWC has things totally covered. I tried to watch TV on my lunch break at work(we have TWC) and it says I'm not on my home network so I can't watch TV. So I guess it validates email address and cable modem MAC ID, if they don't match no watch TV. Would be nice if it was by email only so If I was at work or a friends house I could still watch.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Your signature is awesome
[HTC Rezound] merlin66676:
Thanks. Lol. Guess I need to update it a little. Next time I'm on my pc.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Or just do it on your phone. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lloydw82:
OK, this is my third android phone, and this is the first time ive had this happen. I use Foursquare and Word Feud just for two apps. i am not getting notifications to my rooted phone. Is this just because ICS is new, or is there something else im gonna need to do. It just seams silly to me that it worked on my HTC EVO 3D, and not on my HTC EVO LTE.

Any ideas?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Kujila:
Hmm not sure what's going on - is it just those two apps, or do all apps (like messaging, facebook, email/gmail) not give you notifications?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lloydw82:
Gmail, comes through at times. i would say all..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
Try installing this and uncheckin put data connection to sleep. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.logicvoid.powersaversettings&hl=en
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lloydw82:
Well ive got the issue resloved..

I found that it was my error, I had a backup that was forcing a older file. Thanks for your two guys help.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] angieutc:
Howdy,

I'll be using my Note on AT&T and want to use their voicemail. Now I know how to install the apk from the forums, however do I have to have an LTE data plan for it to work? I have grandfathered unlimited data and don't want to lose it.

Also, what steps do I take in settings to make sure I am not nagged to accept updates? I don't want to upgrade to ICS due to bugs.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] angieutc:
Meant to post in Q&A. Sorry!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kawgirlval69:
before its moved the answer is no... your plan is fine...

the updates... just un tick auto update in settings..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] zen0s:
Only if you want to use Visual voicemail you will need LTE plan. It's actually better to change your data plan to LTE so you can have 5GB limit before getting throttled, you won't lose unlimited data either.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1437805
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] andreww88:
I am on the grandfathered unlimited plan. However, I went into ATT when I first got my Note because I didn't know there were multiple models. They couldn't "activate" it because the IMEI didn't register. However, they went ahead and put the ATT note on my account and "activated" me for LTE, but I'm still on unlimited data. I just don't have LTE because the phone don't support it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
As posted in the link from the post before you, you should have a good read-through of my tutorial on getting your unlocked Note working properly on AT&T ;)
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
Okay. So I rooted, have CWM and have tried several custom roms out there. But what else is there I can do that'd make my phone really awesome? I know the developers and Linux guys that know infinitely more than I ever will could possibly chime in here and give some ideas of some other cool stuff, I just don't know what else to fiddle with.

Something like this may have very well already been posted, but I was just thinking about all the customizations that one can do with Android -and am opening up discussion for folks to show off and/or discuss things to tweak the customizations available... :)
[Motorola Atrix 2] tmease1:
Get a rom that you like and tear it apart and customize it to your liking. I do this a lot. It is a good way to learn. Make sure you know how to get yourself back to stock if need be. I have had myself in some pretty good jams before testing out my own work.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
I've been wanting to do just this, and luckily have already gone down the soft bricking road, and have my fxz to fastboot flash if need be. It was suggested to me to download Ubuntu and familiarize myself with that. I'm still unclear on adb and android sdk -I have installed on my laptop but no idea what I'm doing. But, I wasn't trying to get mini-tutorials for my lack of knowledge with this post, I'm just curious as to what others are and have done to further make Android "theirs" through customization. Thanks for your response! ;)
[Motorola Atrix 2] tmease1:
I don't have ubuntu or the Android sdk either. I don't do to much on this phone but just theming roms to make them my own. I'm still learning on this phone. On my infuse i mess with kernels and modems. When i get a chance in a day or two I'll pm you some places to start if you want.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
That would be very much appreciated! If I had been smart, I would've brought my laptop with me (traveling for work) and could have been digging through rom files and stuff. This would have been the time to do that, as my girlfriend is getting sick of the amount of time I've been spending researching rather than listening to how her day was and about how I never do laundry the "right" way 'n crap. :rolleyes:
[Motorola Atrix 2] voodoomurphy:
This is a stretch... but you could always make a phone call with it.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
People still do that??? :p
[Motorola Atrix 2] tmease1:
At the moment I'm at point of not having enough time to do anything so my own theming has come to a hault because it is time consuming. So as a alternative I've been buying games left and right. Just something to add to the phone i guess.:)
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
Any good ones to suggest?
[Motorola Atrix 2] tmease1:
These are old but reliable. Nba jam and any gameloft game. I don't really know what to tell you. I hit up the new paid game section of the play store and try them out. I'm on the verge of buying the new mass effect game and nova 3 but i can't bring myself to pay that much for either of them.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ab102:
I know that CM7 is a WIP so i dont expect much..but is everyone having significant battery drains on CM7? My battery is running out within 4-5 hours of normal use, surfing web, texts, google music etc. My display is all the way down. What is draining the battery alot? Right now im on a fresh install of mookOSmtd build1. Other than battery and camcorder everything is extremely smooth on CM7 so far..
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thomas.raines:
I'm working on some tweaks for miui and mokee which both share the cm7 boot.img. Be patient. Some advice for now, turn off background data in accounts and sync settings when you don't need it, as well as data and wifi and auto sync...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Your battery might be on it's way out. That is really bad life. How are other ROMs doing in comparison? I haven't been on CM7 in a week or so but I was getting at least a day out of it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] g4ry12:
Same bad battery life here. As it's been been figured out in another thread, it's about modem. Flashing other modem did not help me though. So it's up to developers when it'll be fixed.

Until then, the only workaround I found was to turn off synching, data and wifi. Then I'm getting good battery life.

It's a work in progress ROM, we know what we're getting into. Nevertheless, it's still one of the best ROMs around.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thomas.raines:
Some things I have found with CM7 based ROM (MIUI more specifically)...

So, I have been working on trying to improved battery life for MIUI MTD and have found some things that help.

The modem seems to be the biggest culprate. I had notice that it was switching from 3G to H every couple of seconds. So the first thing I did was flash an older modem (KD1). and that fixed that issue. But, my battery life was still a bit below par. I pulled a logcat and saw that delvik was dumping and refresh quite often. This is where it may be different if you are using any CM7 ROM other than Team Kick Asses MIUI. I edited the governor tweak by turning the up_threshold to 80. Unfortunately I sacrificed a little bit of performance, but the battery life was becoming more desirable. I also took my own advice and performed steps 1 thru 3 of the Gremlin Remover process (link in my signature, just follow the OP. No need to run the 1-Click as it is only meant for worst case scenarios). For me, the Gremlin Remover process yielded the best results (mainly the battery pull and complete power down method). Thru further investigation, I noticed something would connect to data (little up and down arrows next to signal bar) every time I would unlock the screen. It seems that google services is the guilty one in this case. So I turned off automatic sync in accounts & sync settings. Again, a little bit of a boost there as well. You can always sync manually. But then there is background data that is connecting a lot as well. So I turned it off too (a well known trick that has been around... don't forget about turning off wifi when not using it and data). Unfortunately, by turning off background data, certain things like google voice mail and gtalk don't work, so I had to turn it back on. Now, after reviewing the logcat again, dalvik is refreshing and clearing A LOT. So I edited the build.prop by changing heap size to 128 and removed any other entries in the build.prop that dealt with dalvik (for testing purposes ONLY), rebooted to recovery via the button method, cleared cache and dalvik cache, rebooted an let phone sit for a while. Things seem to be running wuite smoothly, and the battery is lasting about 12 hours for me now (which included 4, 1 hour long phone calls, about 5 quick calls, lots of texting, web browsing, and playing a fwe games while I sat and waited a few times). Do not edit the build.prop if you don't know what you are doing. I will post more comprehensive details later as it is getting time for me to head to work.

I completely understand and recognize that CM7 is a WIP, but these are just some suggestions and ideas that I am passing off to you.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Fluidification:
also, I haven't looked into the CM build prop, so i don't know the default dm heap size.

It might be low.

FOR PEOPLE TO GET BETTER LIFE::::go to settings-->Cyanogenmod Settings-->Performance-->set DM Heap size to allowable maximum.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thomas.raines:
It's 64mb
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
That is odd on mokee 48 is the largest available.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Fluidification:
ditto on CM, just looked into it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eb13:
I thought the default for cm7 was 48? Which is low...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stizzo89:
Hello guys, I would like to tell you my opinion about a battery that I had the chance to try. I'm talking about a battery produced by Mugen for Samsung Galaxy Nexus, with a capacity of 4000 mAh (more than double of normal rate).

Usually I'm used to use the smartphone with many apps in the background (WhatsApp, Dropbox, Beautiful widget and many other) and i often run games, especially in down time of the day. Im also linked to a carrier that has only 3G. Before attempting the battery I used to utilize three batteries so i can change eachother when the current one is downloaded.

With the Mugen's 4000 mAh battery i have found no problems to arrive safely at the end of the day, even when I spend hours playing.

In addition, the cover included in the package greatly improves the grip (im serius!).

I've tried it for 5-6 days but if you want to get more details, statistics and screenshots you can view this video review (in Italian) :)

You can buy it from www.mugen-power-batteries.com
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KRJ_87:
Does this battery maintain NFC ability? I've seen some extended batteries that don't and some that do.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DriveEuro:
Glad to see you got through the day. I bought a cheap 3800mah battery off ebay for my nexus and I don't think it did any better than the 2100mah extended battery. :-/

That pop out stand seems useful too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dr.m0x:
Would like to know this also please. I would like to invest in a battery either as replacement or backup but would like to keep nfc so my phone can have sex with the sgs 3

Sent from my GNex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mk_ln:
bah...i just did the same thing, though i still dont have either the battery or the phone yet. i'll report back when i get both.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jarm3r:
I have used the Seidio extended batteries since my Dinc days and I love them. The 3800 monster for gnex does have nfc and it'll last for days with my SlimICS rom.highly recommended. The casing leaves a lot to be desired but its totally worth it for me for battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DriveEuro:
You get what you pay for... :-/

I just wanted to believe it was better... but my Screen On time was no better than extended OEM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mk_ln:
sometimes you get better than what you pay for ;). I recall getting a cheap 1800mah battery for my i9000 and it definitely lasted longer than the OEM one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] petermeister:
The Mugen Power 4000 Mah supports NFC. A larger backcover is included.

The back cover has a kick-stand, this is great for watching video's.

The only disadvantage with the new backcover is that you cannot change backcovers too often. This is due to the vurnable "holding pins"

I have my 4000 Mah for about a month now, and it is awesome! The battery lasts 2,5 day's with heavy usage. Now I just have to find a way to cut out the back of my cardock in a proper way to fit the larger backcover.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stizzo89:
Sorry for late reply! The battery is NFC compatible, i've tested it with another phone and it works! :D

It can totally replace the original battery ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] przemo5020:
Please upload semccalendar.apk from official ICS. Regards
[Galaxy S II General] Rebellos:
No, I'm not going to do anything with these, just posting for other devs.

https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=kernel/u-boot.git

Board codename is "trats", this seems like full build chain that can replace Sbl and things.

HF with it.
[Galaxy S II General] AdamOutler:
U-Boot alternate bootloader for Galaxy S2? Wow! Great news. This bootloader is much more functional than Samsung SBL.
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
good stuff

most of us are at almost end of warranty so i ll flash it when available :)
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
So Fast boot? And other benefits? Anyone can tell?
[Galaxy S II General] E:V:A:
< here be reserved for dragons >

PS. Board codename is "trats" = "start" backwards!
[Galaxy S II General] E:V:A:
@Rebellos:

Great! But...

1) What make you think it is the "trats" board that is used and not another one?

2) Where are the XOM registers read? (I cant find it in there..)

3) Can you have a look at this post, using the official Uboot repository code which seem of a later edition and very different...
[Galaxy S II General] Rebellos:
1) I can't be sure it's exactly same board, thus there's naming

Device: I9100XX

Board: SLP_U1

perhaps it doesn't cover in 100% with available SGS2 devices, but I'm pretty certain if someone finds way to load it into memory it will init properly, parse PIT partition and try to find&boot kernel.

2) Nowhere, it's not needed on this booting stage. Though in other sources there are OM parsing procedures, rather for informative/debugging purposes.

3) I've been analysing these things for pretty long time with no unambigous results. I might just point your attention at that BIC instruction, it's masking out every other bits but 1,2,3,4,5 (counting from 0), but when you look into iROM disassembly, OM there is parsed multiple times, taken from different sources and in different ways. Even bits as high as 22 (AFAIR) of OM register are used for something (It might be HW hack made in later revisions by Samsung cuz they had some wakeup issues)
[Galaxy S II General] AdamOutler:
Rebellos pointed this protocol out earlier today.

https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=kernel/u-boot.git;a=blob;f=common/cmd_usbd.c

USB download mode...

1370 static const char dl_key[] = "THOR";
1371 static const char dl_ack[] = "ROHT";

Thor, Son of Odin, brother of Heimdall and tamer of Loki(Loke)...

Loke is the Odin3 Daemon. I bet this can be used for heimdall development.

https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=kernel/u-boot.git;a=blob;f=common/cmd_usbd.c#l1307
[Galaxy S II General] bhundven:
I'm a little late to this thread, but this is the s5pc110 goodies:

https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=kernel/u-boot.git;a=tree;f=board/samsung/universal_c110

Also interesting is that this is 2011.03. I've noticed that hw vendors usually use the older 1.1.x or 1.3.x versions of u-boot.

For a hw vendor, this is fairly recent. (unless your freescale or other more progressive vendors)
[Galaxy S II General] LastStandingDroid:
what is this, a kernel? a recovery mode, i don't get it
[Galaxy S II General] pandamana:
A bootloader?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1680898

:)
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
It's a bootloader that you flash to kernel partition, not sbl
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bamathrasher:
Hey everyone,

I have been given a gnex for free by a coworker after another coworker dropped it and spilled coffee on it. It wouldnt turn on and the glass is cracked. Beauty of being the "android guy" at work I suppose. After trying a few troubleshooting steps like getting the phone into download mode, i tried a friends gnex battery in it and it booted right up. Its only the glass thats cracked, lcd and digitizer are fine as far as i can tell from using it for several hours. One 8 dollar battery from amazon later i have a functioning free gnex upgrade.

I thought id be able to live with the cracked screen but i think id like to replace it, i like my phones like i like my women.. Do you guys foresee anything substantially better than the gnex coming out in the next few months? Im up for an upgrade in about 6 months from my droid charge (company phone) and then ill have to convince my boss to go for it...or samsung wants 160 to replace the screen, which of course will be coming out of my pocket.

Would you guys put almost an upgrade fee cost into getting a gnex or wait?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
Considering you already have the phone.. you might as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
Enjoy the free GNex for a few months, then enjoy your free upgrade. Plus, you can sell the Gnex once you get a new phone
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NexusNero:
Replace the screen...you can sell it for much more, if and when something better comes along and catches your eye.....like the next Nexus!

The GNex is already six months old, and the next one should be out in Oct or Dec ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
Screen replacement is what...$20-$60? Do it. Save your upgrade for something like the next Nexus.