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[General Questions and Answers] Zorigo:
It's essentially the operating system that your phone is currently running. It's like windows XP or windows 7 on your laptop. Windows itself is the operating system, as is any rom on a phone.

The key things about ROMS are how they can be customized (especially with android) to your hearts content. Let me explain;

A stock ROM is the rom you get from the manufacturer/network. Say you buy a phone, you turn it on, the interface you look at, the settings you change, EVERYTHING is the rom, and seeing as you havent changed it, it's the 'stock' ROM, it's the one made by the manufacturer.

But with a custom rom, you can take a phone you buy from outside and remove any limitations imposed by the manufacturer/network you got the phone from by installing a custom rom someone else made. It can have any number of changes from the stock rom, from just looking a bit different and being a bit smoother to completely overhauling your phone and making it feel like a brand new machine.

To install a custom rom requires a few things, read around more and when you've found one you want for your phone look for the specific instructions for that rom but it usually boils down to

-root your phone (actually you only usually end up having to do this the first time, if you flash a rom which has root, which most do. Read on, i explain what that means)

-install rom

-done

There may be extra steps involved but they just expand on that

if you root, it's is essentially a process to gain complete control over your phone, even to the most basic 'root' level) your phone and install a custom ROM, you have FAR more control over your phone, which is fair, it's YOUR phone.

Say you got a HTC phone because you liked the specifications, but didn't like the interface you get with a HTC phone (called Sense UI on a htc btw) and you like the look of basic android instead, install a custom rom which is based on plain android.

(using a launcher can change the interface and you needn't be rooted and have a custom rom installed to install a launcher from the market) (a launcher is something that completely changes the homescreen interface for you, and there a TON out there, that's a whole other topic i wont go into, but google it and search xda for more info. Infact there's a list on xda of nearly ALL homescreen launchers)

Say you wanted better battery life, a faster phone, or countless other tweaks applied to your phone to improve it; a custom rom is specifically designed for improving the phone compared to the stock ROM.

Individual tweaks can also improve your phone experience, but they are applied on top of your current rom (any they must be compatible with your device and then the rom your running, but when you read around you'll understand whether something is compatible)

Hope that helped, lemme know if it didn't :)

Have fun, and read around... always the best way to get more knowledge
[General Questions and Answers] dazza9075:
yup, just to expand on that and offer a more technical side to the ROM and a bit about its history...

ROM is Read Only Memory

back in the day devices had ROM and RAM (random access memory)

The ROM was where the OS lived, if you hard reset or took the battery out it would always revert to the state in the ROM. In the old days any customisation was kept in RAM, this was not persistent and would mean you could lose everything if you pulled the battery out and didn't have it saved to an SD card, you could divide up the RAM in to storage and program memory, some devices had two batteries, one external the other internal which whilst not powerful enough to run the phone it did give it enough power to keep the memory active and thus stop you losing your data!

So anyhow, at this point in time around WM-2002 HTC had pumped out several devices, the mobile carrier O2 had them rebranded and sold as XDAs (that's partly where XDA-dev comes from) and came to the attention us, and XDA-developers was born!

So development began (consolidated)and because you were developing the OS to be flashed to the ROM, they become known as ROMs :)

even to this day its fairly accurate, the only difference is that from WM5 it was compulsory to have persistent storage, which is where NAND came in to the picture.

So there you have it, ROM RAM and NAND (Storage) all under one Roof!

Yes im sure that was riveting but its history and its always good to learn that there was life before iphones and Android :D
[General Questions and Answers] Thatgrass:
Short answer: A ROM is everything what runs the phone ;)
[General Questions and Answers] dazza9075:
short yes, but if I were to be pedantic, inaccurate ;)

ok then, very pedantic! :D
[General Questions and Answers] vader860:
In this forum the above definition of ROM is correct. In the computer world however, it differs greatly..where it refers to Read Only Memory, which would be counter-intuitive in the context of XDA.
[General Questions and Answers] dazza9075:
Its not counter intuitive, the historical context of the term "ROM" helps define what one is. And that is a file that contains an Image of an Operating system designed to be flashed in to ROM on a given device

There you go, I think that's a short accurate definition of the term ROM.

its still good to know your history though :)
[General Questions and Answers] Allanitomwesh:
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[General Questions and Answers] dNjeL:
read-only memory :)
[General Questions and Answers] skakazim:
ROM = Read Only Memory

Android comes with stock rom(company rom) which can be replaced by flashing a custom rom(third-party rom) if you are rooted.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Shelbster:
I rooted my phone yesterday and flashed one of the ICS ROMS. Prior to flashing the ROM, I made a backup of my stock ROM using CWM. Instead of keeping the backup on my sd card, I moved it to my computer's hard drive. I decided I wanted to restore my backup, so I moved the back up files back on to my sd card. However, when I try to restore, CWM is unable to find the files.

Anyone know how I can get the back up restored through CWM?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] matkos0:
Just as in the subject and the occasion:

Please throwing a couple of files on a server, because it requires them to port miui. Here are the files you need:

system / etc / firmware / files ending in. hex

system / etc / hw_config.sh

system / etc / pre_hw_config.sh

system / etc / sensors.conf

system / usr / keylayout> entire folder

system / usr / semc> entire folder

system / usr / idc> entire folder

Sorry for my English.

Thanks in advance for your help.
[LG Optimus Black] RomWiz:
Hi everyone.

I have like a liitle blue dot at upper left corner right where the statusbar begins and a bit left from the middle to.

Is it a dead pixel or Rom related or something?

Maby overheating?

A lilttle help would be nice ;)
[LG Optimus Black] Redblack:
check on apk in Google Play

for example: Dead Pixel Detect and Fix
[LG Optimus Black] RomWiz:
How long do i have to wait for it to fix it?

And i could only see the blue dot on dark colours

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[LG Optimus Black] dflt:
How long to wait is in the app's description.
[LG Optimus Black] RomWiz:
Ahh Okey :)

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[LG Optimus Black] androidjel:
i tryed this app all night long because i have a dead pixel to but when i looked it was there :S

this app didnot helped me.
[LG Optimus Black] Redblack:
agree not every this program will help

I read different opinions ...
[LG Optimus Black] RomWiz:
It did not work for me :(

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[LG Optimus Black] jdayscokn:
Try a diff Rom, i had that using heuxx. Would come and go.
[LG Optimus Black] RomWiz:
Alright :) i will try cm7 in Thursday when schools out :D (for summer :DDDD

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[LG Optimus Black] explor3r3:
don`t try other ROM it`s a lcd defect , mine lcd was changed in service due the one dead pixel , dead pixels simply appears on screen , you must go to service to change`it if they accept 1 dead pixel exchange (depends of service politics) if not you must w8 to appear another ...
[LG Optimus Black] RomWiz:
I have 2 pixels that is dead

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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hormosapiens:
hi all. I myself have a moto atrix 4g on att. i am familiar with rooting unlocking bl and flashing. so i decided to help my friend with his nexus s 4g unrooted, locked, on stock sprint 4.0.4 build IMM76D, baseband D720SPRLC1, kernel 3.0.8.

last night I unlocked bl, rooted and installed cm9 posted by burnsra as I saw it was the most popular cm9 by replies or views. now all this started because my atrix was having double the reception compared to ns4g in everything wifi, network, data. so i thought cm9 would do something good here. but after installing it successfully the wifi signal is at 2 bars the data reception is at one bar, the 4g reception non existent.

Is there any new baseband that would enhance the reception of wifi, sprint network 3/4g?

right now I am on baseband D720SPRLC1.

test i did: i installed speedtest.net app on both phones. i was 10 feet from my home router N with no walls, doors in between. ns4g was always 5-7 mbps download, slower than atrix and almost 2mbps slower in upload.

never mind for data speed. ( i know its apple to oranges, att/sprint) but still atrix was 10 times faster on att hspa+ than ns4g on sprint with 4g on.

wifi and network bars are most of the time at 2 bars.

is there anything left to do to make it better in reception?

any ideas suggestions are welcome.

thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chronophase1:
You can try different basebands. Depending on your area, whatever you flash can either improve or worsen the signal. I've heard Sprint doesn't have the greatest in terms of 4G speeds. I'm no expert on network speeds and such, but I think it also have to do with whatever technology is being used for the networks. HSPA+ is gonna be faster I believe. My G2 has faster download speeds than my NS IIRC. I haven't done a real world comparison lately. I think my G2 was getting like 10 down a few years ago on campus. Lol. My NS only gets like 5 or 6.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmdunn:
Actually, you answered your own question ... it is an apples to oranges comparison. Wimax download speeds of 5-7 sound about right, and uploads will be slower. There's no question that Sprint is way behind AT&T and Verizon with their advanced data networks. In the meantime, what you experienced is just about all there is for now. The LC1 radio is the most current.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hormosapiens:
omg now I understand why I pay a little bit more on att network.

anyway is there any combination between kernels and basebands that might give some better reception on ns4g?

thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmdunn:
There really isn't anything that can be done to make much of a difference. I flashed the latest CM9 nightly, checked my 4g speeds and they are in the 3-4 range ...and I can see the Sprint tower across the road. Most of us who are hanging onto Sprint, in spite of the service ... are doing so because of the unlimited data. But, Sprint really needs to break out the LTE soon, or there may be a massive exodus.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzenka:
this question is for all.

i hope someone can help me.

on ics now there is no volume for ringtone sound and notification sound (separate) like in GB.

on ics now they combine, if ringtone volume is low then notification volume also low.

can i get separate volume settings ?

sorry for my english. . .

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kishankpadiyar:
In settings > volumes... Der will b option saying link ringtone + notification volume.. U gotta find it n uncheck it.. tats it ua done..

Chk the screen shot for reference..:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzenka:
i have no such option. ):

i`m using xperia neo.

can u help me ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kishankpadiyar:
Which firmware are u using..?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzenka:
ICS 4.0.4

firmware 4.1.B.0.431. . .

could u help me ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kishankpadiyar:
i'll c man.. i'll try n find out wt t prob is..:)

or els u could just ask this query in the same thread wer u got this ROM.. the developer of this ROM will be able to help u i suppose..:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzenka:
ok. . . i hope u can help me. . .

anything PM me ok ? (:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kishankpadiyar:
Sure bro.. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] night_reader:
One question to macbook / imac user. How you do tethering with SGS3 by USB cable?

Before this, I use SGS 1, I managed to do tethering by USB cable.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yin-Scammell:
This Might Help

Hi, i have also been wondering this as the s iii uses a mtp (media transfer protocol) that isn't natively supported by osx, i have found that the is a application on the Wifi Hotspot & USB Tether Lite (free version) or Wifi Hotspot & USB Tether Pro (paid version) hope this helps you out.

Yin
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] night_reader:
Sorry, not so understand. I don't want do wifi tethering because it will drain battery faster.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] night_reader:
SGS3 user from UK will get software update soon. Or maybe already available now. If you managed to update, can you try find out the answer for this question?

I already tried ticked USB tethering, MTP, PTP and USB debugging. All still cannot solve the problem.

Before this, I use Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000. I managed to do tethering like this tutorial: http://dossy.org/2011/04/android-usb-tethering-on-mac-os-x/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] night_reader:
OK, maybe this is the solution, but need to pay $4.99 for premium version after 14 days:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.tether

http://www.androidauthority.com/tether-android-phone-computer-pc-mac-avoid-detection-44243/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmas_spirit:
there is free solurion: HORNDIS driver for OSX

http://www.joshuawise.com/horndis

it provides USB tethering of my galaxy s3 + macbook..
[HTC Titan] Mondingo:
Well this might make my decision to go back to android. Being a smartphone it does not support the latest Adobe flash player. Which means the E card my fiancé sent me will not play or other files. This sucks. I had a Note that did everything. I love this phone. Do not want to get rid of it. But this is a big deal breaker for me. Unless someone has a fix. Thanks.
[HTC Titan] Tachi91:
Since the Beginning Windows Phone 7 doesn't support Flash Player.
[HTC Titan] drupad2drupad:
Windows Phone and iPhone don't support flash, they use HTML5. Only Android uses flash.

Try Metro Browser - it suggests it can play certain flash sites. However, it might not be 100% solution. If you purchased the phone for mainly flash, I think you might have made a wrong choice. Grab that Note or HTC One X or SGS3 :)
[HTC Titan] Paladinleeds:
From the beginning WP7 was designed to not support Flash. Like a previous poster said, they are pushing for HTML5. Apple are doing the same and it is working. While I can understand your frustration, unless you are willing to adapt to a lack of Flash (I did!) then WP7 is not for you. I would recommend getting your Galaxy Note back if this is the case, or waiting for the Galaxy Note 2.
[HTC Titan] Mondingo:
Thanks for all the replies. I will keep the phone a little while longer. Before my 30 days are up. I will decide.
[HTC One X] nstirton:
Hi guys,

Got my One X a few days ago and loving it so far! My only complaint is the position of the power button- seems like they put it in the most awkward place possible!

Does anyone know of a mod to use the volume keys, or a double tap, or something to wake the device, to save using the power button? I know there's alternatives to lock the device via apps, but it's more the unlocking I'm concerned with.

Surely I'm not the only one who needs this?!

Thanks in advance,

Neil
[HTC One X] Rekoil:
You can use Sweep2Wake. It wakes the device by sweeping over the touch buttons.

[YOUTUBE]SgQ22IuCcKw[/YOUTUBE]

I have another issue with the placement of this button, or rather, how the button behaves. If I put my One X in my pocket with the button up, and then proceed to bend down and tie my shoelaces, the device will almost always reboot, this is because the button is being held down for something like 8 seconds, and it doesn't matter if the device is sleeping or not when I do it. This is because the button is acting like a power button does on a computer and I do understand the need for something like that, but having it bound to a single button? That is a bad idea. On iPhones you have to hold both the power and home buttons for 6 seconds to trigger a hardware power-off sequence. <-- this is how it should be done!
[HTC One X] adamski123:
I hate where they positioned the button! I much prefer where samsung put it.
[HTC One X] Beready:
Same here got my HTC One X just two days and loving it but why they put the powerbutton on the right side is annoying, means I have to use two hands constantly to not drop the phone to the ground if would use one hand.
[HTC One X] MO3iusONE:
It's funny cause putting the button up top use to be norm for most cell phones
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ismoore:
I had some free time on my hands yesterday and this morning and thought I would spend the time comparing the different ROM's and Kernels available for the Vivid. Not really sure what I'm trying to achieve here, other than I was curious on the results of all these. I'm going to keep testing and updating this chart and will update as I go for those of you who care to view them. Again, I did (and still doing) this just because and thought I would share.

All these tests were performed on fresh installs w/ full wipes. The latest AnTuTu Benchmark, ver. 2.8.2 was used to get results. Results are an avg. of a minimum of 2 cycles. A cycle being Full Wipe, ROM Install, Boot, Reboot Twice more, Reboot into Recovery and Flash Kernel, Reboot, Run AnTuTu.

**Initial Post**

3 ROM's w/ multiple kernels and frequency's

**Update 1**

Added results of Holics 0.8 ROM using KangBang A13 running at 1728MHz and Kozmik RC2 running at 1728MHz & 1782MHz

--Not sure if I'll be able to provide any results beyond 1728MHz, except for the Kozmik RC2 results. Kozmik RC2 is the only kernel I've been able to run beyond 1728MHz and maintain stability, no reboots, etc. However, will keep trying and will report back if I'm able too--

**Update 2** 06/11/12

Added results of Holics 0.8 ROM using KangBang A14 running at 1674MHz. Surprisingly, I was unable to run this at 1728MHz or higher successfully. Was very slow and kept hanging. Was able to get through 1 benchmark at 1728MHz and it only yielded a result of approx. 3400 (ouch). 2D and 3D fps were around 28.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Brand New:
Dude this is really helpful! Thanks !
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ismoore:
Glad you find it useful.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ismoore:
Updates Added

More to come.....
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] prahasta:
one question, why Dark Raider ROM have very high score on SD card Write, this happen to me also, does it is a bug or its true..? score about 10x higher than the other ROM.

PS : if u have a time bro, please test again @ the same CPU speed, like 1.5 GHZ or 1.2 GHZ. i wanna know, the best combination of ROM and Kernel. thx
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ismoore:
Honestly, I couldn't begin to tell you why the write speed is high. Perhaps some of the developers might be able to chime in on that.

Regarding the additional testing you requested, I may have something for you in the next couple of days. Life has gotten in the way again, lol. Also, now that Dark Raider development has been put on hold, I don't know how much further testing I'm going to do on that ROM beyond your request. At least until its back to being active.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pod0087:
Maybe they changed the default sd cache size. You can do this on any rom provided you're rooted with sd booster available on the market
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] prahasta:
I dont think so, sd card chace doesnt increase such high. Yes, DR set chace 4096 kb & Holic 1024 as default, but although set @ same level, holic still cannot match DR Value.... It must be something special on DR. But i dont know why

Send From My HTC RAIDER 4G LTE +
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] kozmikkick:
Have you checked to see of the roms your testing on are actually initializing init.d scripts? This could potentially be a culprit if scripts aren't being run.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] nielp96:
Hoilraider 1.9b

No oc 1188 ondemded

Faux kernel v007

[Edit] HTC vivid benchmarks beats my galaxy nexus powered by jelly bean ;D
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Prolab:
Good job man!

Thanks for the benchmark.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] android_lover69:
Well, i tested mine,

you can see my signature, that's what i have done,

Kernel:

3.0.33-Faux123 (v007+)

Overall Benchmark:

3679

Ram:

1374

CPU Intenger:

2079

CPU Float-Point:

918

2D Graphics:

290

3D Graphics:

1220

Databased IO:

290

SD Card Write:

(6.2 MB/s) 62

SD Card Read:

(14.6 MB/s) 146

CPU Frequency: 1512 (Not At The Max Speed ;) )
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omgbuffguy:
Hello,

I just bought my s3. A while back I read you can spoof the market location so it allows you to buy apps not available in your region? I currently reside in the middle east and I want to buy games like dead space and fifa 12. But it's nor available and I have a moral ethic against cracked apps. Any work around solution? Because my visa card is still registered in a middle eastern country so is my gmail account
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CreekDirt:
I have used Market Enabler from the Market in the past.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechAnimal:
I've always wondered if the country the credit card is registered to matters. For example, market enabler plus a non-US credit card?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omgbuffguy:
Exactly what I was wondering. Will I get banned or the app made unusable because my payment will be going in a foreign currency?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
Why should you get banned. No different than inserting a foreign SIM card, purchasing on Google Play and then reinserting your original SIM.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roblem:
My google play account was initiated in the US has a US credit card and when traveling I am always placed in the foreign country's play market paying foreign currencies.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechAnimal:
What about using a European credit card with a US Google Play account?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] hadis11:
Wich is the best launcher for samsung galaxy ace ?

sory for my bad english :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] PulseDroid:
Depends on what u are going to use it for

Features:Go Launcher EX

Speed:ADW,Launcher pro

Smooth:Xperia Home

Good overall performance:Touchwizz (Only it lacks some features)

Please rather test them all and see for your self (Next time;))
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] GlaciaDDF:
I'm going to say Go Launcher I've been using it for a while and it hasn't slowed at all, not to mention the speed and countless features. Its completely customisable and theres unlimited amounts of themes to choose from :D

Gotta be sent from my legendary Ace, Problem?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Themes and Apps] :
But it has high memory usage so it does have performance impacts on the rest of the phone.

It obviously depends on your tastes, for looks and speed I would recommend Holo launcher.

Sent from my GALAXY Ace.