yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation XL] hansonchen:
well, i am giving up trying to recover my sxl.

i have done extracting and flashing hboot but it gave me:

failed <remote: signature verify fail>

also i have downloaded several ruu and try installing but most gave an error of wrong version, error 131, error 155 or fails after sending signature stage.

btw, i can see most of the ruu posted here are mostly in file hosting website that are no longer accessible. in the process of looking for a cure for my sxl, i found 2 website that has lots of roms for download but unable to post here due to spam prevention. if anyone wants it, pls msg me.

thank you all for trying to help.

-----------------------------------------update 13june2012--------------------------------

i have finally managed to repair my htc myself but with lots of trial and error.

first off, i wish to thank all from unlimited.io :good::good::good: for their great s-off hboot that enable any ruu to be installed.

here's what i did before i soft bricked it:

unlocked bootloader via htcdev, flashed to fardjadb's hboot, applied zergrush's superuser, finally played with vm heap tool..... soft bricked.

sent to 3 party repairer after my above post, it came back with an xl_cn... rom that has some minor problem with google play (fixed) and re-bricked when i fooled around with faceniff that had my htc running slow and some icons in brown color square.

sent to malaysia sole distributor, sis (m) s/b, that told me i have to change my motherboard as i have damaged it with custom rom. (please do not follow this advise)

all these while i encountered the main problem with 'unable to mount sdcard' (i can see a lot of post here asking how to solve it). i found out that flashing the correct recovery file will have your data, cache,system folder seen in recovery mode but still no sdcard. i flashed the recovery for 1.28.

took back my htc and below is how i managed to make my htc boot up again:

1. flashed unlimited.io's protected hboot for 1.25 following androidhero's advise

2. run the ics ruu (i did this while in fastboot unlocked mode and i think any ruu will work this time without errors like 140, 155, etc.) RUU_RUNNYMEDE_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_2.31.401.2_Radio_20.70.30.0832U_3831.16.00.16_M_release_258303_signed and it starts to run till finished.

i am a happy man! :victory:
[HTC One X] Silverwaver:
Hi,

Instagram opens up but cannot refresh feed or load anything when I am using mobile internet. But for some reason it works on wifi.

Anyone experiencing the same problems or know how to fix it?

Thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Yoinx:
So, I just bought a new Nook Tablet 16gb. I installed the CM7 Alpha onto it and replaced the recovery with CWM.

I don't have any problems with either of those. However, I've noticed a defect in the screen, so I need to exchange it. I've looked through all the "Unbrick/restore" threads. But I'm not currently bricked. Is there a simpler way to restore the NT back to factory? I made a CWM image prior to installing CM7 and CWM, but I believe that I had already rooted the Stock Rom. If I restore this image and do a factory reset, would that replace CWM as well as remove root?

*Edit*

Sorry, this probably should have gone into Q&A. I'd delete it and repost it, but I can't seem to find how to delete a thread.

I found the thread for this, please delete this post... I was at work, and it takes forever for the computers there to load anything, so i was unable to find what I was looking for at the time.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1610584
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hellsing73:
iv been reading all the post i can find about the epic 4g on here and i cant seem to get it right. would anyone like to help me
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9eaCtiS0Bo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

If this doesn't help I offer remote rooting services. Purely donational so no obligation for payment.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
The video Uber pointed to has all the links to the files you need. To summarize you will have Odin on your computer with Samsung drivers installed. You will also have the clockworkmod tar on the computer and download the ROM to your phone's sd card.

1. You will turn off your phone, hold the 1 key on the keyboard then add pressing and holding the power button until the yellow triangle saying download mode pops up.

2. With Odin up on your computer and auto reboot box unchecked, connect the usb cable (recommend a Blackberry cable). It should show a comxx in the box. Put the clockworkmod tar in the PDA box of odin by browsing to the file on your computer from odin.

3. Hit start. It go pretty fast and tell you when it is complete and passed.

4.Now with the yellow triangle still on your phone, disconnect the cable. Pop the battery out and in. Press and hold in this order, volume down, camera and power buttons making sure the power is the last you add. Hold those for about 5 full seconds. Clockworkmod 5 should come up.

5. Choose install file from sd card by scrolling with the volume down button and selecting with the camera button. Go to the place on your sd card that the FC09 ROM downloaded to, perhaps a directory called download. Choose the file and flash it.

6. Hit reboot system and you should have a rooted deodexed stock ROM on your phone. You are ready to do any rooted stuff and even flash themes on this ROM.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hellsing73:
ok im runing gingerbread.el30 i used the qbking77 vidoe and got the superuser to work but know what do i go to flash it and such? sorry for being such a noob.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Speedin07si:
If superuser is working then you should be rooted. As for flashing.... read read read before you flash anything and make sure it won't effe up your phone.

Sent from My Epic Ice Cream Sandwich With Sprinkles!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] retailguy:
Why don't you keep using qbking77's videos? He has how to videos for a bunch of rom's, plus he reviews rom's too.

Give some of the reviews a viewing, see if you like what is in the rom, and then follow his directions.

What others have said is correct, you can screw up your phone if you're not careful, but his directions are very good and very complete. If you do exactly as he says, you should not have issues.

If you do have issues, others have written instructions on what to do to recover from that too.

Have fun. Take your time. You'll learn as you experiment.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Since you already got the hang of odin it is almost impossible to brick this phone...sponge it yeah but tough to brick. Have fun.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hellsing73:
thanks for the help guys
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] westoexpresso:
have very little idea of what I'm doing but know what I want. Want a simple way to use my phone to get I guess you call it tethering for my Acer Iconia 500W tablet. Who can help a brand newbee who know very little of what to do?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Speedin07si:
Either pay for the tethering plan.

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Or follow the rooting instructions found within these forums or youtube qbking77 epic videos. And download a 3rd party tethering app or flash a custom rom that has tethering baked in.

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But be advised the root method violates TOS agreement and if sprint finds out and decides to they can terminate your service no questions asked. I've only heard of it happening if someone uses a extremely large amount of data while tethering. But there is a first for everything.

Sent from My Epic Ice Cream Sandwich With Sprinkles!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esuuuu09:
Hey Guys,

Here's my situation. my power button doesn't work and to my understanding, that's part of the motherboard so I'm kind of fked on that end (water damage so sprint won't replace it).

My phone's stock right now, but I have rooted in the past with QBKING77's method (mentioned above by kennyglass and QBKING77's youtube how-to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9eaCtiS0Bo&feature=youtube_gdata_player).

I'm trying to root the phone so that I can install CM9 on it (used beta 2 in the past). I'm able to adb into the phone and get it into download mode. I'm scared that if I flashed the CWM Tar file, there won't be anything to get into CWM with since I can't do the button combination anymore.

Any suggestions? Also any recommendations on the power button problem would be much appreciated as well (I currently slide to open it and bought a cheapo non-data charger and it boots it up).

Thanks guys for all your help :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
Get another Epic off of Ebay.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esuuuu09:
It works fine now. I just slide to get it on and installed a power off app so that's a workaround for now. Upgrade's coming up soon so just going to stick this out for now.

I'm not familiar with ODIN enough but I would assume there's a way to just flash the ROM and CWM at once to obtain root and CWM together....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
As a test y don't you turn off your phone... hold down volume down and the camera button and use your "power button" trick... should put you straight into the stock recovery... then you'll know whether or not you can get into cwm

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esuuuu09:
Sorry, forgot to mention that it doesn't work

The cable just powers the device on without performing the actions of the power button so button combinations don't work :(

I know I can boot to recovery with a rooted rom, but I need to be able to install that first. And I need my phone to be on with a working ROM in order to ADB into it for any ADB commands.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Can you get into download mode with the cable and holding the "1" key? If so there are odinable prerooted ROMs.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esuuuu09:
@kennyglass123

I can't get into download mode with the cable and holding the "1" key, BUT

I can get into download mode by turning on debugging and adb into it with "adb reboot download"

What would the steps be then? Would I obtain a odinable pre-rooted rom (any suggestions?), Odin, re-boot, installed cwm recovery through the app, reboot, boot into cwm, and then wipe + flash cm9?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Here is an EC05 favorite: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32800014/EC05_DXC.tar.rar

When you say app, do you mean ROM Manager? You will have to see if that EC05 prerooted will accept ROM Manager. If that is what you meant, then yes. Just like that.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esuuuu09:
Ok a few things just to make sure:

I'm on FC09 Stock right now, so by flashing this ROM, I would then be able to install clockworkmod recovery through ROM Manager (giving me the latest clockwork mod recovery I believe) and then get to clockworkmod recovery through ROM Manager.

Eventually I would like to end up on CM9 which is MTD. Could I just flash a CM9 ROM over the EC05 Rooted ROM?

Would I still be on FC09 and/or would it be better to flash another FC09 Rooted ROM (i'm referring to the one in QBKING77's youtube link) to upgrade to FC09 and then flash the CM9 ROM.

In ODIN, I would place the EC05 file in the "PDA" location in Odin?

Would I check re-partition and autoboot? I'm assuming I don't check f. reset time.

Thanks for all your help :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
If you Odin the tar I posted you will be back on EC05 modem. You can always flash a newer modem with Odin. If ROM manager does work on that odined ROM then you can go right to cm9 after clockworkmod 5.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esuuuu09:
@kennyglass123

sorry for all the questions. Just 3 more.

In ODIN, I would place the EC05 file in the "PDA" location in Odin?

Would I check re-partition and autoboot? I'm assuming I don't check f. reset time.

by flashing cm9, it would auto-convert it over from BML to MTD?

Thanks for all your help.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
1. Yes, pda

2. Use re-partition if you're already on the MTD partition mapping.

3. Yes, flashing CM9/AOKP auto-converts to MTD.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esuuuu09:
thanks!

will try later tonight and update for others
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esuuuu09:
So Odin flashed the EC05 tar file fine. Installed ROM Manager and it mentioned that it did flash CWM. Attempted to reboot and now the phone's stuck at the samsung screen.

I believe the phone's bricked now :/ Any ideas?

If not, thanks for all your help anyway :)

edit: just took it apart and found out the power button is actually part of the keyboard frame and flex part. Curious if anyone has had experience with ROM manager CWM and if it is still bootable to download mode even though it gets stuck at samsung screen normally.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Odin again and this time include the victory pit file that comes with odin. Try flashing the FC09 deodexed MTD through ROM Manager first.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esuuuu09:
Can't odin right now. I can't get into download mode anymore due to not being able to boot up the phone. I just purchase a replacement keyboard flex and frame. Hopefully that resolves my power button problem and that should allow me to get into download mode again to odin.

For now, back to my palm treo pro :P
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Ok. Good luck with the new keyboard. We will be here if you need us.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtylove21:
I have encountered the same issue before of not being able to get into download mode (stuck at samsung screen). Usually i will pull the battery for 15 minutes or so and insert it and enter download mode.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esuuuu09:
@dirtylove21:

Thanks for the input. I wasn't able to get into download mode because my power button was broken (fixed now. see below)

@kennyglass123

Thanks for being so helpful! So here's an update. I received the keyboard frame and flex part, replaced it, and it worked. So for future reference for other epic 4g owners, the power button is attached to the keyboard frame and flex part, not to the motherboard directly. I got it on ebay for about $15 bucks.

The stuck samsung screen was just that. I could still get into download mode. The CWM that ROM MANAGER installed was 2.5.x.x. I just put my phone in download mode, returned it to stock fc09 with the victory and fc09 stock "PDA". Then I flashed CWM 5.0.x.x and then within CWM I installed CM9. Now i'm back to normal.

Thanks for all your help guys :)

At least now I know a bit more about how to use odin :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Nice work!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esuuuu09:
@Gust30

How did you end up bricking your last 2 epics?

I'm just curious since from my limited experience, the epic was essentially un-brickable. Due to the ability to get into download mode from essentially any state, it was always possible to recover from what seems like a bricked phone through ODIN.

qbking77 has made some very thorough youtube videos on how to root along with several other tweaks to the epic4g. On top of that, the community here is always very helpful (as long as you search and be respectful).

I guess the real question you need to ask yourself is what you would like out of the phone. If stock gives you everything you need, why root? I root just because I like tinkering with the phone and customizing it.
[Sony Tablet S] poebae:
So I just got my USB adapter, and it's awesome to be able to use my keyboard, wireless mouse and portable storage with my tablet.

Just wondering what other peripherals you guys have used with your Tablet S.
[Sony Tablet S] the_EDJ:
I use a wired gamepad, or bluetooth sync a PS3 controller with it to play games like Grand Theft Auto III and Crash Bandicoot.

Unfortunately the Playstaion Suite is such a fail in execution to offering the full PSOne backlog, or recognizing games I purchased on my PS3 already. :/
[Sony Tablet S] ross231:
Im want to buy a bluetooth keyboard and a ps3 controller, do many games/apps support the ps3 controller?
[Sony Tablet S] the_EDJ:
Yep, there's a thread listing the games that (don't) work. There's a specific post that breaks many games down too.

Compatible Games thread -- Post 17
[HTC Incredible S] ZaySk:
I had to send in my original Incredible S for repairs, since it wouldn't charge properly anymore. My question is, can I download the first RUU in this link (Ruu VIVO SENSE30 S Htc WWE) and use it to upgrade a stock non-unlocked Incredible S to Sense 3.0? Bell didn't release the Sense 3.0 update OTA for Inc S users, unfortunately.

Edit: Wow..Didnt even include the link I was referring to. http://rapidlibrary.com/index.php?q=ruu+htc+incredible+s

Edit 2: Also could I use these files to flash an S-OFF Hboot or since my phone isn't rooted or unlocked will it fail, or damage the phone at all? http://d-h.st/users/Inferi0r/?fld_id=2621#files
[HTC Incredible S] naathaanb96:
which version is your hboot ? and you should be able to flash any ruu that belongs to your region :)
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
With a stock Bell IncS you will only be able to flash any of the North American RUUs. Such as any of the RUU with BM in the file name.

The Sense 3.0 WWE will not install because the NA IncS is modelid PG3212000 and the WWE RUU is for modelid PG3213000.
[HTC Incredible S] ZaySk:
My Hboot is 1.13.0000 S-ON. Thanks for the answers, can I use any NA RUU or only Bell RUUs? Bell didn't release the sense 3.0 update for Inc S sadly, which is why I want to flash a different RUU so I can have Sense 3.0 while I wait for my phone to come back.
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1583395
[HTC Incredible S] ZaySk:
How do I flash it without a custom recovery? Or do I have to install a custom recovery first?

Thanks for the help guys.

Edit: Nevermind, I did some reading and searching through XDA and found my answer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
Sick fun (no pun intended).

I'm posting this in hopes of a potential carrier near me downloading it :)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.egondev.android.patientzero
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
I totally second this =P so simple, great fun, and not incredibly time consuming (unless you drive around. All day trying to infect people :],)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
Already infected two people :) would've been more but most already maxed out their infections, lol. I'm kinda surprised how many people near me have it:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] john9:
Awesome post!This is interesting.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
Successfully spread my disease to another country :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
This dude in Brooklyn got infection spread to Australia! Son of a ***** probably hung out in the JFK airport parking lot... smart
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hotspace:
If anyone catches Zoomierang....Got ya!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Wow every one in a 10 mile radius is maxed out

What a bummer
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Chauleyboii:
Off topic but I love oceanside went there for my honeymoon.......
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
Ya, I love living here :)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] milanche:
Hey guys,

woul andybody be interested in putting together a simple white&blue Kindle Fire boot animation?

I'd love to have a bootanimation just with white/blue "Kindle Fire" sign on a black backgorund (idea taken from a FFF bootloader, see attached pic), with animation similiar to stock Android animation (just a glow going over the sign while it boots).

This would be appreciated.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] veeman:
I can try to whip one up later today.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] veeman:
Here you go.

Change filename to "bootanimation.zip" and move to /system/media with root explorer or similar. You may also have to copy to /data/local for this to work, but try it without first.

http://www.filehosting.org/file/details/352987/KindleFireBlue_by_veeman.zip
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] milanche:
This is very close to what I wanted.

I'd only make a full black background (looks like the color depth of the boot is low and background looks weird like this), made font smaller for ~10% and softened the font.

If you're in a mood you can make the "fixes", if not everything is also ok.

Thank you.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] veeman:
Just put it on my kindle and realized that. I'll fix that.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] veeman:
Try these

Try these ones.

Edit: 2KindleFireBlue_veeman.zip works but I don't think the 1st one does.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] milanche:
This is it (tested only Animation 2). Great. Id suggest this to gede to make it a default bootanimation 4 gedeROM. :cool:
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] serx7:
glad I stumbled across this thread. really like this boot animation, simple, subtle, very nice.

i just put it into my SGT7 installation and will probably do that for the foreseeable future :)

thanks veeman!

[Edit: Just wondering if it's possible to somehow increase the contrast of the angled highlighting that traverses 'Kindle'? I realize it's a tougher thing to do b/c the text is already white or nearly white. I didn't notice it the 1st time through, but saw it upon closer look right before the KF finished booting up (after the backlight dimmed). This is one of the few times I wish a device would boot up a little -slower- :) ]
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] duncakes:
i dont understand where to put the zip file...... i use es file explorer and i dont see the right folder. is root explorer different than es file explorer........ or if gedemis puts this in 1.7 i wont have to worry about it.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] milanche:
With ES File Explorer you need to go to settings, enable superuser, enable "mount system RW" and enable "browse up to root directory" (or sth similar), to get to /system/media ..
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] veeman:
:) Thanks! The only way I can think of to make it show up better would be to make the kindle text a darker shade of gray. If you want, I can do that as soon as I get access to my laptop again.

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Thank you. Making this was actually pretty fun. I'm going to make some more :D
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] serx7:
yeah, if you have time, i think making the 'kindle' text a shade darker would make the overall ani more complete. no rush, esp since once the thing's been booted a first time the ani barely gets a chance to show itself off...
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Zyxxeil:
Great job veeman. Glad you got the problems resolved. Do you mind if i put a link to the bootanimation in the mod section of my rom?

P.S. - Making them is alot of fun. The best part is thinking of an idea and implementing it and seeing the results. The only part that sucks is having to make one by one image.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] veeman:
Of course you can link it! That would be great.

If you have after effects, you can have the animation in there and have it save as a png sequence with the file names as numbers starting from 10001. It takes about 30 seconds for it to render all the frames. Makes making them so much easier.

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lol yeah, the Kindle boots up way too fast. I get to see the glow go across the text maybe 2 or 3 times.

Will definitely do that. It'll be on my to-do list for tomorrow.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] duncakes:
people on this website kick ass....... everytime i feel like a newb i get a little help and it gets me thru my glitch. thanks so much for making a newb feel cool for a minute.