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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moaz khan:
hi bro can u plz tell me how can i unlock my htc desire hd device??

hi bro can u plz tell me how can i unlock my htc desire hd device?? i liven in pakistan punjab plz any budy tell me how to unlock htc desire hd . i already do all things from htc dev unlock boot loader but its not work any budy plz tel me the easy and working way plz plz plz quicly mail me my id is (shyguy_moaz143@hotmail.com) thanx
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marknoll:
Link is dead. Try androidruu.com
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaz@:
my htc not booting

hi guys i saw this post now i have a problem here

my htc desire hd when gets on the logo htc comes and gets darken and i cannot perform hard reset and cant move to recovery mode

so this makes me more complicated for installation of drivers in computer

how can i update this stock rom any one please help me please

:crying:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marknoll:
What did you do prior to these issues?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marknoll:
Well?
[Acer Iconia A500] brock029:
Well someone on craigslist is selling an A500 for $80, the only issues with it is the screen intermittently does not respond to touch and it wont charge over 12%. Doing a quick google search both of these problems might be easily fixable. So my question is, is it worth the $80 and if any one has any suggestions to try to fix those two problems. Thanks.

EDIT: Upon talking to them they said the charger cable has to be held at an angle to charge, so that could just be the cable or possibly the jack. I guessing it still doesnt charge past 12%.
[Acer Iconia A500] brock029:
Might have talked him down to $50 now, which makes the deal a little sweater if I can fix it for nothing!
[Acer Iconia A500] brock029:
I went ahead and bought it and looked at it for awhile lastnight but havent figure out whats going on but these are the problems its having.

1. It will not charge, if you plug it in it says the battery is 12 percent, if you remove the power cable it turns off.

2. Touch screen unresponsive at lockscreen, tried a factory reset it just sits there on the screen that says android system in the top left corner and you can see the back/home/wifi/power icons at the bottom of the screen.

3. The power cable fits very loose in the jack, I popped it open, lifted the jack out from where it sits and plugged it back in. It works just fine until you wiggle the power cable inside of the jack, at that point the device will shut off and if you keep moving the cable you can hear what sounds like a possible short, but only if you wiggle the cable inside of the jack. Somewhere over on the left side of the device you can hear little pops or kind of sounds like paper being crumpled.

I feel like maybe all of the problems are releated to the power issue. I have yet to get another power cable but I think thats where I will start and go from there (Just because I feel like it should not be sooo loose inside of the jack). If any one else has any suggestions I would love to hear them!
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
A good universal charger is a good start. At least you rule that issue out.

Checking (visable) around the input jack will rule out anything else.

As far as 12%, I would say, EC PWR control. It's quite possible he fubarred the pwr ctrl with some really bad flashes. It happens. This would explain the unresponsivness at the screen.

A good flashing with a stock 3.0x rom might shake some life into it. Might have to do it a few times. Or even a 3.1 or 2x rom.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] brock029:
Ill try flashing it once I get home, it doesnt have CWM or anything on it so I am assuming I can do that through the stock recovery? and would this ICS one fix my problems? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1624908

And there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with the jack, but I don't get how the power cable would be too small for it. Its really loose, you barely move and it just slide out.
[Acer Iconia A500] brock029:
EDIT: Well you were right I follow this How to unbrick your tablet!!!!!!!!!!!!! - xda-developers got everything working fine except the power cable having to sit at the right angle to charge, but it did charge past 12%, now im off to get a new cable.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Great! You got a bargain of a tablet! Just needed a full rom flash with EC.

As with the charging port, I've heard of some others with the same issue, but be advised, you could break it for good if you go messing with it too much. I would guess the "prong" that sticks out a little on the side of the jack, got flattened in somehow. (I have a TV that mother in law did the same thing to). Now the jack has to be taped to the side to get proper contact.
[Acer Iconia A500] Vintage144:
THEN AGAIN if you have a soldering iron you could remove the port , find another at radio shack ,and re insert>solder the new port and now you have a new tablet for 50 bucks ,I had to do that for my Windows Phone 7 Samsung Focus phone , never had a problem since (that was for a usb port, the power port shouldnt be any different)
[Acer Iconia A500] brock029:
Ill have to see if I can find the same port and just remove the wiring from it. If not I found the whole part for $25 online.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majkeli:
I haven't had any luck on Craig's List at $300 for the 64GB version. What's the best place to sell it at online other than eBay?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ankhwatcher:
You could try swappa: http://swappa.com/search?q=tab
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Amazon?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raymond513:
Yeah +1 for swappa, that's where I got mine
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ableeker:
After using ICS on Samsung devices, people started noticing problems with the devices, mostly rebooting and getting the message Encryption unsuccessful. Often these devices wouldn't start again, and trying to flash them failed. The conclusion was that in these cases the internal storage had become unusable, possibly damaged. This may or may not be the same as the superbrick bug.

At this moment there doesn't seem to be a way to get the internal storage working again. There is a workaround, which consists of disabling the internal storage, and using external storage in place of internal, however, this doesn't enable the internal storage.

I was wondering if this problem could affect the Tab. I've been trying ICS for a while now, and I have had problems flashing hidden.rfs in some ROM's. Trying again has worked so far, but it could be a first symptom. Running ICS I've had the Encryption unsuccessful message. So far rebooting has worked, even though this results in a factory reset. These messages seem to occur more frequently lately. I've switched back to GB, CM7 to be precise, but updating Froyo to GB via Kies OTA failed last time, and only was successful after a emergency recovery.

I'm afraid the internal storage may be developing a problem, and I was wondering if this could have been caused by ICS?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yosup:
@ableeker

Just wondering if you've made any more progress on this issue? I've seen your comments in some of the other threads but wanted to bump this one to see if we can get an updated synopsis on the state of this error.

For starters, it appears to mainly affect CDMA Tabs. Or, have you come across any GSM P1000's being affected?

Would be nice to have a dedicated thread to this issue so all Tab users can reference and build a collaborative knowledgebase (in one reference thread - ie. like the ones for the Samsung Captivate and Vibrant EU threads).
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ableeker:
I understand the EU screen has damaged internal storage on the Captivate. There's a Captivate thread called [Guide] Encryption Unsuccessful - Reset Android [ICS Issue] with a lot of information. There are no real solutions so far it seems. I've had no responses in the Tab forums so far, people don't seem worried. However, I have seen threads like [FIX] [UPDATED] Internal SDCARD Damaged where Tab owners acknowledge the internal storage has been damaged beyond repair. It looks like some of the owners have GSM Tabs.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yosup:
That's probably the biggest ongoing discussion for the EU (AFAIK). Woodrube esp. has been following the EU in various devices: Captivate, Vibrant, SGS2, Transformer, Nook, etc.

Lots of theories but still no sound proof as to the cause.

On a bright note, a handful of Captivate and Vibrant users have had their internal sdcards magically come back to life - ie. giving hope that the internal sd's are actually salvageable (if you're lucky). The downside is no one has put forth verifiable methodology to replicate those positive results. It's a crapshoot so far.

This is what concerns me about our SGT7's. It definitely seems to be damage happening in these cases.
[Desire HD General] Mhmortensen:
Root'ed my DHD with Icecoldsandwish 8.1 Dosnt work

Its come up with Error Android Phone and than the phone restart. i have tryed to install and root again and again but it wound not work?

Pleas Help me :)

Phone Version Now: android version 2.3.5 - Sense 3.0 - software number Revo HD 6.3.3 - Kernel 2.6.35.14-rcmix3d-acs-ace-ncr-v11,1-ge213fe7-dirty - Baseband 12,39a,405,1 CL199157

Mhmortensen :)
[Desire HD General] benydc:
You have to do full wipe. What Recovery you are using?
[Desire HD General] blinkash:
Hi. Boot into recovery and then do a full swipe and then try to flash the ROM.
[Desire HD General] ben hogin:
Don't re root you only have to root once.
[Desire HD General] benydc:
Don't try to root it again !!! Only one!! You will brick ur phone. As I can see you have to flash the stock RUU again and then flash a custom ROM.
[Desire HD General] I'm TheQuest:
Hi benydc

I am afraid that it might be a bit late to advise Mhmortensen of that because:-

Take Care

TheQuest :cool:
[Desire HD General] benydc:
Yeah, I see. He did not know what he was doing. In that case he must flash it using fastboot w/ command prompt over windows. I dont know if its s-on or s-off, he might take another path which is more advanced.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AR2000Dwain:
Hi there

Having spent most of yesterday evening trying to work out why my attempt to root my S2 failed whilst getting confused with rooting, roms, kernels etc, I spent the rest of the evening trying to find an idiot's guide to it all, I did not find one.

When I rooted my HTC Hero I find a very helpful idiot's guide that both guided me through the process of rooting, and explained, in layman's terms, how the different bits worked together; I would love to find such a guide for the S2.

I have found some semi-helpful guides to how to root, but these were still written in rather technical language. i.e."install the unsecure kernel then the CWM will update from the download screen; however if you update the ROM an unsecure is not needed because they include a kernel" add to this things like wiping the partition etc it seemed rather confusing, which I am sure it is not, I just need it explaining in layman terms so i can see how the jigsaw fits together.

Having probably been too screened out last night I could well have missed the idiot's guide, so apologies if I did; would you be able to point me in the right direction please?

Thanks

Andy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamafrk:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

Follow the "Instructions - ODIN (long)"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AR2000Dwain:
That is helpful, thanks.

Unfortunately it still does not make much sense

"This rooted kernel is for the "rooting beginners" and those who want to keep as close to stock as possible. CF-Root takes the kernel from an original Samsung firmware, and just adds root, busybox, and ClockWorkMod (CWM4/5) recovery

THIS IS NOT A ROM - it is only a modified kernel. You need to have the relevant firmware already on your device. You do NOT need to wipe anything for this patch. You DO need to read the instructions. PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE POST!"

I have no idea what this means. What is a kernel, firmware, CWM etc. What is the difference between this and a ROM (which it is not for some reason)?

I know these might be as simple as asking the difference between a letter and a number, but I have yet to come across a clear explanation.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
1) what is a kernel?

A)The central module of an operating system. It is the part of the operating system that loads first, and it remains in main memory. Because it stays in memory, it is important for the kernel to be as small as possible while still providing all the essential services required by other parts of the operating system and applications. Typically, the kernel is responsible for memory management, process and task management, and disk management.

The definition of kernel is "the portion of an OS (Operating System) that is responsible for interacting with the hardware. It is the operating system software that runs in kernel mode on the computer's processor and which provides low-level intelligence for the operating system. In other words, the kernel is the "heart" of an operating system.

2) What is a Rom?

A) its a mobile operating system for ur phone, just like windows xp or windows 7 for ur computer.

3) what is CWM?

A) CWM- Clock Work Mod , its a custom recovery where u can choose to install custom roms,kernels,themes etc and also u can wipe data,format system etc

hope the above Info will be of some help 2 u:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
OK. Best bit of advice I can give you is to read the Stickies. Thoroughly. There are no shortcuts. Taking shortcuts leads to borked phones.

The answers to all your questions are in those threads. Yes, you have to do some reading/learning, but that's the way it is (refer to/read my comment above again re: borked phones).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gersla:
How to install Xenon ROM - I am new

I am new in installing ROMs and rooting the phone.

I have a lot of info about different ROMs and methods how to install it.

I am interested in installing

[ROM][ICS 4.0.3] Xenon ROM v1.1 [18/6/12][Themed + Touchwiz][CF-Root][XWLPD]

I have rooted my phone using the following method:

[GUIDE] ROOT/UNROOT Stock ICS Firmware without flashing unsecure kernel

As per installation instruction of Xenon ROM, I have to Choose "install zip from sdcard", but instead of it, I have only "install zip from sdcard or external SD"- is it the same?

Please advise, if possible with links what should I do.

Thank you very much for your support and patience.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamafrk:
Yes, select that option. It will take u to the next screen where you have to select the zip file you have copied. Navigate to the path where the zip file is and install.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gersla:
Just tried, and got a message "E:signature verification failed",

Please advise,
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Because of the way you've rooted, you still have stock recovery. To achieve what you want, follow the first four steps of your link first.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gersla:
If I understand correctly I have to flash Cf-Root or Clockworkmod- what is better and less risky?

I am using the following original ROM - see below.

Model: GT-I9100T

Android Version: 4.0.3

Baseband version: I9100TJILP9

Kernel version: 3.0.15-I9100TJILP9-CL552450dpi@DELL148#3

Please advise,
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickxxxx:
To [Q] of AR2000.

Go through STICKY THREAD in the starting to clear most of your ideas.(you will find sticky thread as soon as you open Galaxy S2 General Forum in xda)

Also i found this thread pretty helpful during my root it has step by step explanation in simple language.

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1126522

Also you are still in the root phase but when once you done with rooting BEFORE you move on to FLASHING check this tread out for sure

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1502526
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gersla:
Finally, I did it using:

1. [GUIDE] ROOT/UNROOT Stock ICS Firmware without flashing unsecure kernel

2. I installed ROM Manager from a marked, and CWM using this program.

3. Rebooted in to recovery mode.

4. Done

After it I changed at least 5 ROMs!!! now yellow triangle!

Stayed with ☆☆☆☆☆[ROM-ICS]-[--VK--™]-[-XWLPG-V5.1.2]-[Fast-Stable]-[Jkay Support]-[MultiLanguage]
[General Questions and Answers] Atomix86:
That's correct, I am looking for a font replacement pack (either cwm flash able or to be manually pushed eg via Root Explorer) which will remove the roboto fonts included with ICS and replace with the fonts we had on Gingerbread. I genuinely prefer the old Android fonts, to me the ICS roboto font is like a tweak of the Arial font; boring and lacking in uniqueness, while the old font was instantly recognizable.

Thanks in advance!

Sent via carrier pigeon
[General Questions and Answers] Faiz Malkani:
Font Installer by JRummy16 on Google Play
[General Questions and Answers] Atomix86:
Perfect thank you ever so much!

Sent via carrier pigeon
[General Questions and Answers] Atomix86:
Hmm perhaps I spoke to soon, that only changed maybe a quarter of the fonts throughout the OS.

Sent via carrier pigeon
[General Questions and Answers] Faiz Malkani:
Weird. It changed all my fonts
[HTC Sensation] cn0MMnb:
Hi Everyone,

I have a weird problem with my connections since upgrading to ICS. (Stock / Virtuous Inq / IC Sense 3.6 / IC Sense 4). 3G Data is used whenever the phone wants to get an estimate about my whereabouts. All active wifi connections are dropped at that stage. (Really annoying with cSipSimple)

Steps to reproduce:

- Enable 3G and WiFi, connect to WiFi

- Enable Google Location Services

- Start an app that tries to get your rough location, like Facebook or Speedtest.net

You can see the E/3G/H icon appearing and also see that data is being sent. Worse, all the apps are using this connection now (the WiFi connection seems invalid at that point). It takes about 5 to 10 seconds, then this 3G data connection is being dropped causing the apps to lose the connection to their servers. The phone then switches back to WiFi until it uses the location services again.

Can anyone confirm this behaviour?

Is there already a solution to this? I didn't find one. I could go and deactivate Mobile Data everytime I log on to a WiFi, but I really don't want to spend so much time thinking about how to use my phone and just use it... maybe a little app?
[HTC Sensation] cn0MMnb:
I did find an app called Smart Data Switch which has an option for what seems to be working for me

It's called "wifi preferred" and deactivates the 3G Network every time I connect to a wifi network. As soon as the connection drops, it reenables 3G data. With this, I do not suffer those problems in Facebook anymore... but is it worth 1,29€ or is there an alternative solution?
[HTC Sensation] johnerz:
When you enable apps that check your location (why would you let facebook do that??) it then needs the 3G to check aainst the cell for you position

So it can't use wifi and 3g together therefore wifi goes off whilst it logs onto the cell for you position

Change the settings for the apps if you enable gps as you location (again why for facebook it knows avery thing about you except when you scratch your self anyway) it can stay logged onto wifi and power up gps - no loss of signal for you :)

Tbo I can't remember what I set, but for me (not facebook) what happens is

I'm on wifi - open up app that uses my location - gps fire up - picks up location

- gpss closes down - apps continue to have a connection - no loss of service/time and no frustration

If you rom can't do this condiser trying one that can :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] natleba:
Hi I would like to ask whether rooting the phone is the same as unlocking bootloader. Thanks!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Feanor88:
No, it's not.

Rooting allows you to view and edit system files.

Unlocking the bootloader allows you to install custom (non-official) kernels.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] natleba:
So rooting my phone and unlocking the bootloader is 2 different issue?

Or does rooting my phone actually unlocks my bootloader as well?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Feanor88:
Rooting does not unlock bootloader.

Unlocking bootloader can help root your phone (installing a pre-rooted kernel, for example).
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] natleba:
Is it then possible to install a custom firmware without unlocking the bootloader or will there be problems if I install a custom firmware without unlocking the bootloader.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Feanor88:
These two custom ROMs are the only ones that can be installed without unlocking the bootloader.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1705255

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1578109
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] natleba:
OK THANKS! SHALL GO CHECK IT OUT:) And can I ask, does the phone by itself already have a kernel? If it has, what is the use of installing another one?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Feanor88:
Stock ROMs have their stock kernels.

Custom kernels can add some features, such as (for example) the chance to overclock the CPU. Almost every custom ROM needs a custom kernel to work properly.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] DragonClawsAreSharp:
Wrong. Custom ROMs do not need custom kernel to *function or work properly*.

The custom ROMs are installed at the Read Only Memory of your phone.

For that, you need to use an installer which has to be somewhere outside the Read Only Memory. Only such location on your phone is the kernel. So a custom kernel does nothing but adds an installer outside the Read Only Memory (that is the CWM Recovery).

Now to intall a kernel, you need an installer outside of your Read Only Memory as well as the kernel. That's the PC, and the installer is Flashtool. So, flashtool is used to install custom kernels on your phone.

Note: The two ROMs which can be installed on locked bootloaders are exceptions to this rule.

Thanks,

Rick
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Feanor88:
If it were like you said, any custom kernel could work with any custom ROM, as long as it has a Recovery to flash the ROM. There are different custom kernels because there are different ROMs, and each custom ROM works only with one or more custom kernels, but not with everyone. If you were right, one single kernel with recovery would be usable for every custom ROM.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] DragonClawsAreSharp:
Yea. It would be. Infact it is.

However, ROMs like CM9, which are NOT based on the stock ROM will not be able to work on the stock kernel. It will require a kernel which has been designed specifically for CM9. On the other hand, we had seen MiniCMSandwich, which looks like CM, but is based on stock ROM. This will work on any kernel that has a custom recovery. MESA, Rage, X, Stock Exteneded and so on...

So, to put it in other words, suppose you plan to flash an HTC Phone ROM as it came in the HTC device on your Xperia Device. You plan to just change the drivers. You will need a kernel which is designed for the HTC ROM.

But, if you, on the other hand, start with the Xperia ROM and change the aspects of this ROM into the HTC ROM's, you can make the ROM work on any of MESA, X, Rage or extended.

Thanks,

Rick
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Feanor88:
Stock extended, yeah. Try to run MiniCMSandwich on Gingerbread stock extended kernel. Will it work? Of course not. All the kernels you named are based on stock ICS kernel, so it's simple to run ICS based ROMs on them. This doesn't mean that every kernel with recovery can make them work :p