yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] yggdrasil:
where in belen?

im up in santa fe, i wouldnt mind picking one up.

where are they at? belen isnt a huge place but .. where?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] gordomao:
Same here, this phone just felt solid without my otterbox. But nonetheless it is a great case.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Pantherx12:
These phones seem to be immune to concrete anyway the amount of times I've dropped it when drunk.

Hell I fell onto the screen once and the glass was fine but the lcd Popped!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] The_Tho:
Don't you guys think it makes the phone too thick? I'm considering such a case aswell but it looks very very chunky when in the ottercase...

Any opinions on this topic?

Cheers
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] amandez:
Na
[Acer Iconia A500] happyjack96:
For some reason, my tablet hasn't gotten the newest google play update yet. My samsung galaxy player has it. Is it just me? I am still running honeycomb.
[Acer Iconia A500] essevee:
You must have Android 3.2.1, the marketupdater is in that version ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] JdgM3NT4L:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1737773

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27995519#post27995519
[Acer Iconia A500] Rippster:
I know this doesn't have input to your question, but why have you not gone to ICS yet? Just curious...
[Acer Iconia A500] strongergravity:
Got the new market today.

And, yes, ICS is the way to go. Don't let the bootloader talk worry you. It is a fairly straightforward & well documented process. Your tablet will thank you for it.
[Acer Iconia A500] biggjohnson2k:
I downloaded the apk yesterday. No big changes other than magazines
[Acer Iconia A500] bouncer665:
I got it today, I am excited to buy a couple of movies!
[Acer Iconia A500] essevee:
In Belgium we can't buy anything from the play store :(
[Acer Iconia A500] Marcher:
Which part of Belgium are you living in?

Tax-paying North can do so without a problem. ....

Marcher
[Acer Iconia A500] essevee:
In Flanders, the only thing that we could buy from the play store are apps but no books or movies etc.
[Acer Iconia A500] happyjack96:
Well I finally got it:), I don't know why it took so long....
[Motorola Photon 4G] deadruin1991:
Ok let me first state off that I am a complete noob, and I would not have even gotten my Photon to even be rooted if it wasn't for Qbking and his Youtube tutorials.... well tbh recently I have been getting into a game on my phone... and it requires device registration to get certain presents. well I found this app called Pdoid... to be really blunt i dont know much of what it does aside from blocking apps from accessing certain stuff... the problem is that it requires me to patch my rom.... not knowing what I was doing i made the patch off of a program called... CyanogenMod... well when i installed it then installed the patch, my phone booted to the logo screen and said failed to boot 2. as well as two other things that would switch between each other. thanks to Qbking once again cause one of his videos allowed me put my phone back to stock once again..... my main question is can someone please help me make it to where pdroid works on my phone lol
[Milestone 2 General] nicofff:
Good news everyone!

Here is the rooting method for 2.3.6 ROM's, that I decided to call PreinstalameEsta (roughly translated to PreinstallThis)

This method doesn't change any user data. The sbf that is flashed during the procedure only modifies the /preinstall partition (CG66), in which exists a security problem that I exploited to get the root access.

Files needed:

PreinstalameEsta's Files: https://github.com/downloads/nicofff/preinstalameEsta/nicofff-preinstalameEsta-v0.9-4-gce4da6b.zip

ADB, RSD lite, drivers, etc.

Procedure:

1) Unzip the PreinstalameEsta's Files

2) Plug your phone, and switch on USB debugging

3) Run the rootMM2_en.bat file (or runme_en.sh on linux)

3) When asked to flash the new sbf file, reboot the phone into bootloader mode (turn on while pressing the up arrow on the keyboard)

4) Open RSD lite, select the fixed.sbf file and flash it into the phone. (if on linux, use the sbf_flash app included)

5) When it finishes flashing, and reboots, continue executing the rootMM2.bat file.

6) After a few reboots more, the batch file will finish and the phone should be rooted.

In case you want to contribute code, translations, etc.:

https://github.com/nicofff/preinstalameEsta

For an explanation (in spanish) on how i found the root, check here:

http://nicofff.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/historia-de-un-rooteo-y-todo-lo-que.html

Original Thread on GA: http://www.grupoandroid.com/topic/49338-root-ginger-de-personal-claro-movistar-vivo-y-tigoretail/

Happy Rooting

Nicofff

Update 05/08/2012:

I got my phone stolen last night (In San Telmo, Buenos Aires). Just in case it ends in the hands of a good soul and they happen to come here, i humbly ask them to return it.

The way to identify it: Under the battery, there is a sticker from AFIP that is slightly burnt.

Thanks
[Milestone 2 General] Gauzo:
Hello my friend, I made all steps and I couldn't make it :(

I have milestone 2 (brazilian version)

45.2.2710.A953.Latam.en.01 (retail R01)

I think I'll be forever with this rom ! :(

Any idea ?!?!

Thanks !!
[Milestone 2 General] JoseBerga:
Try again.. All people in Argentina could do it using this tutorial.. Just look at the original thread ;)

Sorry for my english :D
[Milestone 2 General] nicofff:
What errors did you get?

Paste the output from the script and from RSDlite
[Milestone 2 General] makipn:
argentina personal

Did it work on argentina personal ? :crying:
[Milestone 2 General] nicofff:
Yes it does! 300 Downloads from GrupoAndroid and counting!
[Milestone 2 General] Gauzo:
I flashed fixed.sbf with rsdlite, everything was fine... after that when I tried to use the root_mm2_en, it was saying that couldn't change, like other roots (doomlord v4, superoneclick,...)

What can I do ? Later I'll post my error

Thanks a lot !
[Milestone 2 General] sminatore:
gb vivo 2.3.6 & windows 7

when i run rootMM2-en.bat it opens a window where there is written " press a button to continue" when i press it, it start to work and appers this message :

0 KB/s (105 bytes in 1.000s)

Without closing this window, shutdown the phone

and restart it in bootloader mode (power + UP key in the keyboard)

Once inside the bootloader mode, flash the fixed.sbf from rsdlite

after it restarts, enable USB debugging and press enter to continue...

Premere un tasto per continuare . . .

Waiting for Phone

Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string

than the phone switch off by itself and i had turn it on in bootloader mode, i have flashed the fixed sbf and than the it show me this message

remount failed: Operation not permitted

failed to copy 'su' to '/system/bin/su': Read-only file system

Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory

link failed Read-only file system

failed to copy 'busybox' to '/system/xbin/busybox': Read-only file system

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory

/system/xbin/busybox: not found

failed to copy 'Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-only file sy

stem

/sbin/hotplug > /sys/kernel/uevent_helper

The End

is it a bug or i had make a mistake ?
[Milestone 2 General] Caesarivs:
It's a bug because of the translation... I've found it:

adb shell "echo 'doing something on adb, otherwise it doesn't work'"

Should change to

adb shell "echo 'doing something on adb, otherwise it does not work'"

@nicofff the ' in "don't" caused a syntax error ;)
[Milestone 2 General] nicofff:
do this:

adb shell "rm /data/preinstall_md5/*"

and then run the script again, but when instead of rebooting into bootloader mode and flashing, just reboot it normally
[Milestone 2 General] sminatore:
thx for answer

but....i'm a noob... where i should type this : adb shell "rm /data/preinstall_md5/*" ??
[Milestone 2 General] Gauzo:
I had the same problem, I'll try to do this ! let's see guys !
[Milestone 2 General] nicofff:
Just updated the POST pointing to the fixed version
[Milestone 2 General] Caesarivs:
Just download the latest version (v0.9-4) from github: https://github.com/nicofff/preinstalameEsta

The bug is fixed :)
[Milestone 2 General] sminatore:
still doesnt work, i have downloaded the last version and than follow again the instructions written in firts post, but if i turn on the device on bootmode it give me always the same error, and if i turn on the phone normally i cant flash the sbf file ....
[Milestone 2 General] Caesarivs:
Run rootMM2.bat, do you get the same error?
[Milestone 2 General] sminatore:
rootMM2_en.bat

im trying on linux now... lets see
[Milestone 2 General] Caesarivs:
There are two .bat files... rootMM2_en.bat and rootMM2.bat... run rootMM2.bat and tell us if you get the same error... because the bug is fixed, it should be something else
[Milestone 2 General] Gauzo:
Hey Guys !!! thanks it's working now !!!

Just try to use Rootmm2.bat not the other one with EN....

Thanks a LOT !!!!!
[Milestone 2 General] sminatore:
oh **** it works!!!!!!

(have done the same step i have done with rootMM2_en.bat)

THANKS!
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
I've been wrestling with this for the last 10 hours (thank goodness for days off) and I think I'm on the edge of straightening things out. Or making them worse. Some Gio guidance is desperately needed.

I got my Gio this past January. Solo Mobile (Canada, Bell-owned) s5660M, Gingerbread 2.3.4. It worked perfectly right out of the box. I didn't mod it beyond rooting it.

This past weekend I bumped into this video I stumbled into this Youtube video

/mq8_GwLTrLk

demonstrating how to upgrade the Gio to 2.3.6. I did it without doing a CWM backup and everything ran fine afterwards except the GPS couldn't find a signal and the network would drop after the phone had been locked for a while. I didn't like this and today wanted to undo it.

Without going into a long story, I tried to do a factory reset and the phone has been boot-looping ever since. I installed CWM And the phone is behaving normally other than the boot loop.

I do NOT have a CWM backup. I didn't become aware of CWM until too late. What I have been able to find is an apparent recovery folder from sammobile.com that is specifically marked for the Bell Gio. My problem is that I don't quite know what to do with the contents, pictured below.

I have also installed Android SDK and am able to use adb through CMD. Adb can see the phone if I boot into CWM's Recovery.

What do I do now? I just want a working phone out of this. I have no complaints about returning to 2.3.4 or taking another, proper shot at 2.3.6 - the video says nothing about factory resets before and after (something I learned here, today in the Big Thread For Noobs,) which might be responsible for my glitches. I don't know.

I'm not in a rush, but it would be nice to have a resolution sooner rather than later. It would be a shame to brick this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] iok1:
You flash the tar.md5 through Odin.

You should be able to find a guide for using Odin by googling it or looking here on XDA :)

Sent from my HTC Sensation
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Darkshado:
The zip file you've found on sammobile.com contains an Odin-flashable tar "One Package" style file. Flash that with Odin and you should be good to go.

Before someone leaked sammobile an "official" Samsung image, here's how we managed:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1233719

By the way, there's no point in doing two factory resets in a flash operation.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
Odin is what I used to do the original flash to 2.3.6, as per the now mostly-hated video.

If there's a tar.md5 inside that zip it's hidden from me. Only 4 files have extensions, two with .img and two with .rfs. The image with the filter-dodging link was to show those files.

armss 18.36mb

arm11boot 448kb

boot.img 6.296mb

csc.rfs 13.220mb

mibib 768kb

oemsbl 554kb

qcsbl 360kb

recovery.img 6.7mb

system.rfs 170.832mb

Any idea what program these files are built by/meant for?

Thank you both for replying. Fortunately, the download link for the ROM in Darkshado's linked thread is still working. I'm downloading it now. It's bedtime now. Hopefully, I'll be posting happy news in the morning.

Thanks again. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] voetbalremco:
you already extracted the one-package, so I guess you still have that one, that's where these files are inside.

flash that one, look for a tutorial on how to flash one-packages
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] coolhof:
Read this page: Step by Step Flashing Procedures with

Multiple binary files

or

Single binary files

.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
I'm about to start the flashing shortly, I just wanted to post this now for others with a similar problem who might find this thread in the future.

I found a big, basic mistake I was making with the downloaded files. When I unzipped the sammobile package, it created another archive and a .dll. These two items appeared in Details view in Windows Explorer and the file name of the unpacked archive is long enough to be overlapped by the Date Modified column. This overlap is hiding its extension, which is .tar. I've been looking at it, seeing the WinRAR icon of stacked books and assuming it was another .rar. The Type column also says WinRAR archive, reinforcing the false presumption.

That's why I was previously saying that there was no .tar in the Sammobile package.

A simple mistake, but it put everything on hold and delayed fixing this mess for hours. If I hit 10 posts before this is up, I'll post relevent screenshots. :doh:
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] voetbalremco:
if you look good its .tar.md5 , so that makes a huge difference with .rar :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
I just finished the flash. Odin went through all 9 steps without reporting errors. Then it initiated a reboot. The phone began bootlooping again. Odin reported PASS!!! and finished. I gave the phone 5 minutes and then pulled the battery to stop the bootloop, waited 30 seconds and then tried starting it again. It's still bootlooping.

Suggestions on what to do next?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] coolhof:
U have done a ful whipe and factoryreset?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
Wipe as in format the phone's drive? No.

Factory reset - yes, several times from the Recovery menu and it bootloops each time.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] coolhof:
From recovery wipe cache and Dalvik cache.

After that it can take a while before the foon boots.(about 5.min like a boot-loop)
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
Cache partition and Dalvik cache have been wiped. Should I try a normal reboot now or do another Odin flash of 2.3.4?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
I tried a normal reboot. It went into bootloop. I let it run for 10 minutes but it did not enter the OS.

I pulled the battery, waited a minute, went back into CWM, wiped both caches again and then did a factory reset. It complained about not being able wipe the SD card but otherwise seemed fine. Rebooted and it bootlooped. Again, gave it ten minutes and then pulled the battery.

Cleared the caches again, factory reset again, then flashed the Bell 2.3.4 with Odin.

Here is the contents of the Odin message window:

Download Start...

<0> Create File...

<1> StartThread Detected : 1

<2> StartThread Detected : 0

<3> StartThread Detected : 0

<4> StartThread Detected : 0

<5> StartThread Detected : 0

<6> StartThread Detected : 0

<7> StartThread Detected : 0

<8> StartThread Detected : 0

<1> setup connection...

<1> odin mode.. check plcatform verification.

<1> VerifyPlatform:V0, P0,R0

<1> START!!!

<1> set download environment.

<1> big partition size!!

<1> big partition size!!

<1> big partition size!!

<1> big partition size!!

<1> mibib download..

<1> 1/8 Finished.

<1> qcsbl download..

<1> 2/8 Finished.

<1> oemsbl download..

<1> 3/8 Finished.

<1> amss download..

<1> 4/8 Finished.

<1> arm11boot download..

<1> 5/8 Finished.

<1> boot.img download..

<1> 6/8 Finished.

<1> recovery.img download..

<1> 7/8 Finished.

<1> system.rfs download..

<1> 8/8 Finished.

<1> reset pda..

<0> Started Timer

<1> Close serial port and wait until rebooting.

<1> PASS!!!

<0> Destroy instant..

<0> Killed timer

After 5:08 it declared PASS. But the phone was stuck in bootloop. As before, I gave it ten minutes and pulled the battery.

Time to try an adb recovery reboot... :(
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
Before using adb (all this reflashing feels like banging my head against a wall) I did some more searching and found this, also on xda-developers:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1619401

Could this be what's happening to my Gio?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] voetbalremco:
Yes..

There was a method to add empty rfs partitions with odin but I never used it...
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
http://madteam.co/news/2011/10/flash-samsung-stock-rom-over-cm-guide/

Can someone comment/confirm if their file is usable with a Gio. It appears to be what I'm looking for but I don't want cause more harm because of a compatibility issue. Would someone please download and look at the file and confirm that it only does the partition modification that they promise?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] coolhof:
Do you use firmware special for the s5660M or for the GT-s5660?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
If you mean, "Does Bell use special firmware?" I don't know.

And I think I've found the last piece of the puzzle.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25328527&postcount=5

I've downloaded his file. What does dd mean and how do I do it?

[update]

I've found most of the information I think I need. I'll lay it out here, both for confirmation and to have a clear step-by-step for the next person who comes along with this kind of problem.

The dd command is like a pipe that allows data to be moved to and from areas of the phone's memory that you aren't normally able to access. You first have to run adb.exe within a CMD window, confirm it can see the phone and then start a shell. Then you type in the dd command(s).

Run adb.exe.

Type "adb devices" [no quotes] to confirm it can see the phone.

Type "adb shell" [no quotes] to launch a shell. A "$" will appear to indicate that a shell is running.

It feels good to be finally nearing the end of this. :) Do I put Darkshado's two rfs files into same folder as the adb.exe (to make them easier to find?) And what command(s) do I use to write them to the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Darkshado:
I knew I had explained this elsewhere on XDA... ;)

Also read this thread if you haven't yet.

The /cache partition is stl14.

Good luck,

Darkshado
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
That thread has come up repeatedly during my searches. :) Unfortunately, I have zero experience as a developer (like that hasn't been obvious) and most of the conversations about commands go right over my head. That's why I've been hesitant between steps, wanting to be very clear about what has to be done.

So... I've coped both of your .rfs files to an empty microSD card.

-card into phone

-phone into download mode

-connect phone to pc

-launch adb and create shell

then use this command?

dd if=/sdcard/data.rfs of=/dev/block/stl14 bs=4096

changing the 13 to 14 as per your post?

One question: one thing I did take away from my searches is that if = in file and of = out file. Does this mean the command line will copy stl14 from the phone to the microSD? Should I delete the stl14.rfs included in your mediafire archive to avoid a potential conflict due to the file already existing? Or am I misunderstanding the command and stl14.rfs now on the card will also be written from?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Darkshado:
Copy both data.rfs and stl14.rfs on the SD card.

Card into phone.

Boot phone in a rooted recovery -> CWM. Flash an appropriate one with Odin. You shouldn't go wrong at this step as long as its for the Gio. (Don't worry about the ext4 and RFS variations, we're working at a lower level than this.)

Launch an adb shell and type the following two commands:

dd if=/sdcard/data.rfs of=/dev/block/stl13 bs=4096

dd if=/sdcard/stl14.rfs of=/dev/block/stl14 bs=4096

With the dd commands above your input files are copied bit by bit to their respective partitions. In addition to actual files, a lot of commands in Linux/Unix/Android accept devices, partitions, and other "special files".
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] voetbalremco:
Yes its

System is Stl12

Cache is stl13

Data is stl14
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
It worked! The phone booted into the OS.

Now to see if everything's working...
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Yoqui:
Welcome to two months later. My Gio has been working perfectly. Thank you very much to everyone who replied. :good::good::good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gridironbear:
I'm on the official ICS 4.0.4 update for the Droid RAZR. I want to know which app do I freeze to keep Google Play from updating itself to 3.7.13?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 6stringandy:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660070

Wrong section, this belongs in Q&A.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gridironbear:
I just need a quick reply this isn't going to be an ongoing thread or anything like that. Not a big deal as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks in advanced!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] IP IHI II IL:
Disable auto updating in Google Play in the settings... I'm really holding back on the snide remarks, cause I want this outta here...

\\Carved into this thread with my RAZR//

http://android-gz.com
[Motorola Droid RAZR] prbassplayer:
Questions do not belong in development section. Moved to Q&A
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gridironbear:
The auto update options are for apps. Not for the Market itself. So you might wanna keep your snide remarks to yourself. I'm just looking for a little help.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gridironbear:
Does anyone know how to freeze the updates?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gridironbear:
Still no help?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gridironbear:
Please someone. This thread has over a hundred views...and no one can help me?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vlt96:
Freeze/uninstall marketupdater.apk

Sent from my LG-P500
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gridironbear:
See, that's exactly what I was thinking. But that app does not exist in the Official Droid RAZR 4.0.4 update.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vlt96:
Look in /system/app/, did you?

Sent from my LG-P500
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gridironbear:
Yep!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vlt96:
Out of my help then

Sent from my LG-P500
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dr_infamos:
Solution

Open Google play press options / settings turn of auto update.. That's it!!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Linch89:
So dead trigger came out today for .99! I've heard rave reviews so I picked it up. I cannot get it to run for the life of me. I tried running it on cm7.2 and paranoid Android (basically cm9 with extras) and when I select a mission it goes to the load screen and forces a reboot. Is dead trigger only available for Teg3 devices? I'm beyond frustrated....and past the 15 min refund window
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Linch89:
Well I think its only for tegra 3 devices. I read on the play store you can use chain fire 3d to get the nvidia drivers idk wtf I'm talking about lol
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Number R09:
it's not for Tegra devices only, it's an all-in-one. will/should work on everything. why you can't get it to work might be a local issue, or one Madfinger needs to sort. hope you enjoy it, i didn't buy it because of IAPs.
[HTC One S] rockerode:
Alright so, as the title says, bought it from Craigslist and it currently won't work on T-mo. The guy was on the phone with it before I bought it (saw him) so it obviously does work. Do I have to flash a t-mo radio or can I just factory reset and it'll be fine? I don't really mind not having root at the moment. It's on LeeDrOiD if that helps. Will post any other necessary info.
[HTC One S] MadJoe:
So you installed a T-Mobile SIM and it said it wasn't an authorized SIM? Or are you trying to connect to T-Mobile with an AT&T SIM? Otherwise it should work fine.
[HTC One S] rockerode:
My previous T-mo SIM. So I guess it's unauthorized for the device but I've had the Sim (of course) for years.