yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
build something that restores a kindle in an sbf like process to stock original correctly partitioned then you might have a tool that could rescue a whole bunch of people who have broken systems, bootloaders,recoveries and completly wacked out partitions then you will have a tool that will get used to death.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasoon2000:
I just have to learn more about it first before I get into doing that unless there is a fix that I can look at.

First, I loved the link to the humor thread. I started laughing because we always deal with that!

Second, I agree. Manual method is the way to go for new users to learn in case anything happens. I just hate doing commands manually all the time so I automate them to make it easier on me.

I would need you guys to help out since you guys have way more experience than me with the Kindle (I'm gonna order it soon). As long as you guys don't mind, then this will definitely come!

Thank you sir! I'll see if I can get the drivers issue fixed.

No offense taken! Positive criticism at its finest! lol. You really gave me a lot of info and helped out. As I said earlier, I'm new to this. (Still didn't order the kindle yet) so I'm trying to gather all the knowledge so I have a heads up.

I will user TWRP and not add CWM since we don't want anyone to have bad partitions. If you can, link me why the bootloader was replaced by FFF so I have an understanding on that please :)

I'm gonna update the One S toolkit soon just so you know!

I did have users who had no clue start using the toolkit. The issues they had were not reading the Post I have on Bugs (A directory issue) and they say it doesn't work. The other issue was root (which I fixed) and flashing a GB kernel onto an ICS ROM. They didn't know what it was and thought it was mandatory (even though it is under the optional section) and soft bricked their phones. I removed kernels and if they want to flash a kernel, they have to do it themselves so they can't blame me or anything.

But thanks again for all the info!

Will do. Thanks for the heads up!

Glad you liked my Amaze toolkit :) (btw, I updated it a few days ago if you didn't check yet)

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Everyone, I would like to thank you all for all the info you have given me! Feel free to pitch in some links of anything or anything I should know about before I make the toolkit!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dasanko:
Honestly, an absolute majority of the problems stem from not having the proper drivers installed. With that out of the way, I'm sure there would be a lot less posts from people complaining about stuff not working.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serx7:
kinfauns wrote an excellent "Kindle Fire for Beginners" (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1552547) which goes into the details of things like why the stock bootloader was replaced w/ FFF. Main benefits of FFF is that it kicks in a temporary fastboot, and also enables easy access to recovery.

In the above-linked document, look under the "How do I unbrick my Kindle Fire?" heading for details of the benefits of FFF's temporary fastboot and access to recovery.

Having been a flashaholic, tinkerer and dabbling themer type on my Moto Droid X for the last 1.25 yrs (with several soft-bricks along the way), the general concepts w/ the Kindle Fire were familiar but the devil's in the details. Thanks to kinfaun's guides and other posts in the forums here, I learned the Kindle Fire stuff more quickly and understand things a lot better than I probably would have otherwise.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasoon2000:
Will definitely read it tomorrow. I have another class tonight. Boo! But in good news, my kindle does come in today but I can't mess with it until tomorrow. Boo again! lol
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasoon2000:
Working on getting the drivers to install! Hopefully I can get it...
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidcues:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369405

thats the gist of the origin of fire fire fire by pokey9000

someone has a great summary of it too can't remember who.

there's some good write UPS by kindlefauns about the drivers.

you could take this project far if you figureout how to defeat the Amazon security and signed crap so we can use the Amazon libs with AOSP but that's probably a pipe dream

find the Bluetooth and enable it!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kdm212:
they have the same bands...why can the skyrocket grab 3/4g on tmobile but the one x cannot?

i love my skyrocket its unlocked and rooted. just looking for something new...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Pirateghost:
2 different companies

2 different philosophies

there is no bootloaders to worry about or s-off or any of that crap on samsung phones. its easy to swap out the modems without bricking your device

HTC phones are completely different. swap out the radio and if the radio doesnt work, it will probably brick it.

Samsung has ODIN and Heimdall which are lifesavers when it comes to hacking

HTC has......... RUUs as long as you didnt brick with a bad radio flash

also, the tmo samsung t989 and the skyrocket 727 are the SAME phone....with only a change to some firmware and i believe the positioning of the accellorometer

i really wish that hack had never been discovered because since then, EVERY device that comes out that same question gets asked.....its not fair! they can do it on phone X how come it wont work on phone M?!?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kdm212:
i didnt take all of that stuff into consideration. well i guess i will hold onto my skyrocket for now. thx!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mbh87:
Seeing as the One S gets both AT&T and T-Mobile 3G/4G I assume AT&T purposely blocked the bands because they suck.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] danada:
Hey guys, try to put all your efforts into this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1610323

Hope isn't lost. It should work, but it won't be as easy as swapping radios from an identical device.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 8Fishes:
I've been casually reading through most of the ICS threads being posted as of late but I have found that none of them hardly touch on the connection between the UVLDE, custom GB, and custom ICS.

Lots of stuff are being said that UVLDE is going to be needed for official ICS, but does that imply that it will also be a stepping stone needed for custom ICS built roms? I don't plan on switching over to stock just to avoid the supposed bricking the ICS will bring without installing UVLDE first. I am seeing a lot of people fine with installing leaked ICS builds, so I don't see why UVLDE would matter. When ICS source finally drops and we get some good builds going, can we just go directly from custom GB to custom ICS?

The tl;dr version of it all is.. will I have to do this:

Custom GB -> stock GB (UVLDE) -> stock ICS -> Custom ICS.

Or can I just simply go:

Custom GB -> Custom ICS.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] -greenboy-:
What I think its all TMobile drama. They needed 2 more weeks to finalize stuff so they throw something and bought more time

Sent from my SGH-T989D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Beefvvl:
You can choose to not listen and do whatever you want. If you have insurance then you have nothing to worry about.

Some peoples phones ended up being bricked eventually running TDJ 's ICS ROM or some of the leaks. I've seen more than one thread opened reporting this. I think they may have been deleted or closed eventually. I think some phones came with different rev of boards or chips and something with the drivers and ICS is causing the bricks. Don't quote me on this because i'm not 100% of what the issue is.

My phone started acting up after a while running on the ICS leaks. No matter which one I was on. So I went ahead and did the GB stock update and planning to stay till the official update.

Maybe the awesome DEV's can implement whatever the update is supposed to do in their ICS ROMs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Micronads:
The ota update that TMobile was going to roll out was bricking phones. If you use kies to update you will be fine. If you use a custom ROM, you well be fine. It was only for ota (over the air) update. Where you get a message saying an update us ready, download now. If you don't do that you could be running froyo and you will be fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] GorillaPimp:
The major thing is upgrade path.

As long as you're not using Kies or the OTA update to flash the official ICS update you can skip UVLDE since the Official ICS update includes the UVLDE components that prevent bricking. When you use Kies to flash pre-UVLDE systems with the official ICS ROM, everything is not replaced on the existing system and that is what causes the brick.

Custom ICS ROMs that are released post-Samsung-Carrier-Official ICS releases may include whatever component in UVLDE prevents bricking. Just be sure to read the documentation for those ROMs carefully so you know if it is a pre-release base or official release base.

So...

pre-UVLDE-ROM --->Kies/OTA --->Official ICS = Brick

any ROM --->ODIN/CWM --->Official ICS/Official ICS Based ROM = Fine

There may be extra brick possibilities with certain earlier builds of the T989. There's an app to test for that. Haven't read up on all that part of it yet. There's hundreds of pages of posts about this and I just found out about it yesterday.

I believe it's something like this - earlier T989s have a defective or problematic EMMC component and whatever patches were made to pre-release official Samsung ROMs caused those phones to brick or something when they were flashed. They patched whatever caused that in UVLDE and that fix is also present in the official release. They tested 20 handsets - 16 with UVLDE and 4 without (numbers may be off). All the handsets without UVLDE bricked on update to the official pre-release ICS.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Micronads:
I don't thinkthe kies update will require it. It does a full "emergency" restore/install of the new software. It will come with the drivers that were causing the issue. I believe the problem was only with the ota update.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Z-Man™:
nobodys phone bricked just from running tdj' s ics it was the touch recovery that was doing it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] GorillaPimp:
Okay I heard that it was both of those from those who first alerted me to the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] spanky310:
Does anyone know for sure if the 4.2 has the Wolfson DAC or does it have the Yamaha DAC like the 5.0's?

I looked, looked and looked but so far there's no confirmation on what DAC the 4.2 has.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] spanky310:
Anyone?

Please? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
It has the wolfson wm8994. The same as the galaxy player/s wifi 4.0 and the samsung galaxy s phone series.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] spanky310:
Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Can you please site your source of this info?

I am not saying that I don't believe you but after weeks of trying to find info on this I would like to read more about it for my own information.

Thanks again!!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
I looked up into the source code of the device which you can download at:

opensource.samsung.com
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] spanky310:
Got it!

Now I can finally decide on getting the 4.0 or 4.2 not having to worry about the DAC on the 4.2 being a Yamaha one.

Thanks so much for looking it up!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
No problem. Also I recommend to take the 4.0 as it is cheaper and it have voodoo sound now. (it has more features but it's up to you.)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] spanky310:
I agree with you, having the Voodoo mod available for the 4.0 is a huge plus.

So far there's a lot of resource for the 4.0 where as the 4.2, I was not even able to root it, all the 4.0 methods won't work on the 4.2. It's going to take a while for solutions to pop up for the 4.2.

I bought the 4.0 for $149 at Bestbuy today and the 4.2 is on sale for $179 this week so I was thinking I would get them both and then return one of them. Best Buy recently changed their return policy to 30 days (used to be 14 days) which is helpful.

The features I like about the 4.2 are the front speaker, larger batteries and the less of the chrome trim like on the 4.0. Also it has the newer version of the touchwiz which is much nicer than the one on the 4.0.

Do you have any opinion on which stable custom rom will give me the newer version of tourchwiz like on the 4.2? I really can't stand the lock screen on the 4.0.

Thanks again for everything.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
If you don't mind battery life you have CM7 and if you want a custom stock rom try klin's klassic. Also the gpu on the 4.0 is better as well as the Web browsing.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] spanky310:
I read about the Klassic Rom and also the CM7 but decided to wait because of the issues users reporting with them.

I need a stable mp3 player with good battery life which the 4.0 is out of the box but just wish it had the newer version of Touchwiz like the one on the 4.2.

I wish there is a rom out there with just that and no other tweeks.

I think I will pick up a 4.2 tomorrow and give it another go to see which one I like more.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zerolagaux:
Would you mind posting after you compare the two? I've been looking for a media player to replace my wife's aging Archos 605 wifi. The Galaxy player series looks nice but I wanted something mod-able which the 4.2 doesn't look like it's it.

I've really been trying to decide between the 5.0 and the 4.0 so I can run a custom rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] spanky310:
I just picked up a 4.2 today, I think I will keep it and wait till the talented moder's here to come up with something nice for it. The most important thing that I decided today was that I can live with it the way it is out of the box so any enhancements that becomes available later is just gravy.

Compared to the 4.0 it feels a lot more "current", which I know is a highly subjective opinion but the 4.0 with the rounded corners and thick chrome border/bezel it reminds me of the old iphone which I hated.

Also the 4.2 run 2.3.6 vs the 4.0 running 2.3.5. The 4.2 has a newer version of Touchwiz which is much better than the one on the 4.0.

The media player on the 4.2 is also a newer version with some DSP features not found on the 4.0.

The 5.0 runs 2.3.5 so it should be pretty similar to the 4.0 since they came out at the same time.

I personally think 4.2 is the best overall size for my application which is an mp3 player for while I'm driving. I checked out the 5.0 at the store today and there is no way I can use it one-handed which is a deal breaker. Also, I already own a tablet so I really don't need the extra screen size on the 5.0 in a mp3 player.

If you live close by a Best Buy you should just go and play with all of them.

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zerolagaux:
yea, that's kind of the feeling i was getting. the player would be for the wife, and i really don't think in the long run she cares about root, or ICS or etc. she just wants something that works, that she can plug into her car stereo and play mp3's. the 4.2 is newer with a better battery and newer OS so i'll probably go that route.

thanks for the insight.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
i got the 4.2 and so far i am loving it. i am upset about the no root solution

yet

but hopefully soon. but for now i am having 1 problem. acording to samsung, the front facing camera is unable to be used for video. which is true in every app except skype. so theres a problem with that. however when it gets a root, i bet it can be fixed.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] b4silver:
I owned a 4.0 and sold it as soon as I caught a glimpse of the 4.2. I like it a lot more than 4.0. The processor and battery r both better. And it doesnt look like a brick :P.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] b4silver:
Well the 4.2 is getting a ics update from Samsung which is a plus
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
You can say that the processor is better but can you OC the 4.2?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] b4silver:
No u can't right now.... Wouldn't it b unstable on the 4.0 being a single core?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
I don't have any problems OC it to 1.2 or 1.3 Ghz. I didin't tried 1.5 Ghz though.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] arm_jstp:
Galaxy Player 4.2 DAC is Wolfson WM1811

I just have my Galaxy Player 4.2 torn down and found Wolfson WM1811 DAC, the same DAC in Galaxy S3.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] b4silver:
^^

U r the man.

I wasn't rly willing to tear mine down to c..... Meh
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] caseyatbt:
I am dying to get one, but I need root to get some stuff moved over from my 4.0. So, I am patiently watching.

.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
That's where you're wrong the processor is the same lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
The processor isn't the same. The 4.0 have a Samsung Exynos 3310 (or hummingbird if you prefer) and the 4.2 have a T.I OMAP processor. Maybe you say they are the same because of their clock speed of 1GHZ each.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
Oh really. Yeah that's why I thought they where the same lol. Plus I was looking at Quadrant and it said name: ARMv7 Processor rev 2(v71)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
And then I see it's an OMAP 4430 which is >>>> Humming Bird lol. Why couldn't they just make the 4.2 with that CPU + SGX 540 GPU + Wolfston WM8994 DAC + 3.2 AF camera + Super Clear LCD II??? I would have paid for it lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] baruch6132:
so no one has a root available yet?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bageraz:
hi. i dont know if i the 1st one who ask this.. (searched the forum anyway and some of it i dont understand).

as a humble noob im asking;

1) is the anyway i can get stock app for SL firmware xxkpu? searching for stock contact app (i want to SNS my contact)

2) im using CyanoCleanMod v1.2 (created by luiseteyo) custom rom. is there anyway to add more lockscreen?

3) what is the requirement to flash AOKP? the firmware etc?

4) that is all. thanks in advance ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] marshygeek:
1. Yes there is while in stock XXKPU go to system/app copy contacts.apk then replace it to your CyanoCleanMod rom same path but make sure you backup your olad contacts.apk in sd card if something goes wrong.

2. In the market there are many available lockscreens.

3. You can flash aokp with base XXKPQ or XXKPU.

4. OK :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rajsris:
Hey devs,

I'm wondering if it's possible at all to run CM9 off an sdcard at this point. Any 'noob-easy' way to make this happen?

I'm wading into the hacking waters, and did so already by running CM7.2 off an sdcard (I want to preserve the stock Nook OS).

Thanks
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] 424aca:
move this to questions section

and so far, there is no sd version to boot from
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nuwanmw1988:
I just installed the miui v4 in my i777 and its camera looks like the stock camera we have in samsung based roms..is there any possibility

of porting miui v4 camera for cm9? Extracting the apk and installing did not work.any help would be grately appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
pretty sure it IS the stock camera from Touchwiz, as if I recall correctly the i777 MIUI v4 is the touchwiz base....
[HTC Sensation] ClipTy:
Hi, so I'm looking for a rom that is Sense-free, allows blutooth to work with Sixaxis controller, allows Wifi-Hotspots, and doesn't have any audio routing issues. I currently run CyanogenMod 9 but I'm growing more and more annoyed of the Audio routing problems. Is there anything out there that will truly satisfy my needs? I'm starting to wonder.

Roms I've tried:

Virtuous Quatro and Inquisition. Both did not work because they had Sense hidden in their roms.

ARHD 6.6.7: Did not work because it was already a sense rom (This was my first rom)

CyanogenMod 9: Works with the things stated above, but I'm growing annoyed of the audio routing issues.

So is there a rom out there for me? Or will I just have to wait until a more stable CM9 to come out? Let me know, thanks.
[HTC Sensation] sickcycle:
jDrOid's ROMs

Try JDroid Exodized ROM (Without Sense) its an AOSP ROM, wish i can post links,

download it from this site: hox . jdr0id . com

Hope that helps.
[HTC Sensation] Michealtbh:
That's Sense based

All proper AOSP roms are CM9 based atm, so will have the audio routing problems unfortunately
[HTC Sensation] ClipTy:
I've been looking up CM 7 Rom, I found one that looks good. SuperSensation. Do I need to do anything special to flash it on?
[HTC Sensation] ccs16rocks:
I dont really know about you guys, but i am running OpenSensation for like 2 weeks, and never had audio routing problems. But, instead, the battery drains like hell.
[HTC Sensation] Michealtbh:
Cm7 is Android 2.3 and is dated. I think you'll need to be on a specific firmware to use it, in not sure which
[HTC Sensation] ClipTy:
I'd rather have a fully working rom than buggy or broken. Can someone let me know what firmware are you need to run? I have the latest and need to know if I need downgrade.
[HTC Sensation] ClipTy:
Have you tried going to any apps that require a microphone? And heavily draining battery is very bad I use this phone all day..
[HTC Sensation] joaquinf:
you need to be s-off'ed and downgrade the firmware to hboot 1.17 because cm7 is a GB ROM. Grab the 1.17 firmware here and follow the instructions to flash it here but using the hboot 1.17 file instead
[HTC Sensation] sickcycle:
RE:

I agree with you, but i'm already trying this ROM on my HOX i haven't faced any issue till now with audio routing. lets just pray nothing goes wrong agai; i had to install this ROM after all the issues i was having with HTC sense. :(
[HTC Sensation] ClipTy:
Finally. Someone who is more concerned with helping than making sure I have a "up to date" rom. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whyboysfailincollege:
1. How much take time to get full charge from 0 to 100.

My deviCe takes 2h and 50 min almost 3 hours n urs?

2.for the first time for how many hours to charg3 the battery and the 2nd times how many hours we should charge the battery and after 3rd time how many hours to charge the battery thnx
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
When I first got the phone, I just plugged it in and charged AC until full (plus 30 mins) while powered off.

First full charge 4-100 (powered on) Approx 3 hr 22 mins.

Just on my 2nd charge now and waiting......

Just charge to full and done, best to not let the battery get to zero and force shutdown to prolong long-term battery life and performance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidboy123:
Hi. I thought its the best if u leave the phones battery drain to zero and charge it to full and recycle it several times.

Sent from my AWESOME HTC EVO 3D. Click THANKS if u find my post is helpful.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
This will make good reading for you and explain things better. Quite informative.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1391186
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PollPixx:
I thought its a lithium ion battery and so it doesn't matter if you charge it even its not at zero. I always understood with this kind of battery it doesn't effect battery life.

Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9300 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
Bad for battery health. Read link in my above post or research Google for more info. :)

Basically zero is bad, the less depth of discharge, the higher number of charge cycles etc.

Charging uninterrupted (no bump charging) from near zero to 100% will help with battery calibration though.

Hope this helps :)