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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arpith.fbi:
ok first tell me during startup do u see boot logo? or any logo?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiaarcsnoob:
When i boot up, all i see is a lit up black screen with nothing on it
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Flash the attached boot.img which is the FXP CM9 kernel from this site, then install the zip.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiaarcsnoob:
Ok, thanks, i will try it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiaarcsnoob:
That didn't work either :(, did the same thing as the other.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiaarcsnoob:
I have managed to flash a stock ics ftf file, and i have finally rooted my phone. Now i want to try Rom manager instead to install, but when i go to install Clockwork mod recovery, it says stuff about my phone not currently being officially supported.

Any ideas?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zolaisugly:
Look in dev section for arc and look for post by pvyparts, his thread is all about cwm recovery check to see if your phone Is listed if not ask there.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnirujan:
Your boot loader is unlocked right? You wanna install Cynogenmod 9 right? You dont install the one from cyanogenmod site. It has a non working kernel. In XDA there are these guys called FXP (Free Xperia Project) they are the ones responsible for CM for all Xperia devices. So do this. Go tho this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1356685 download the CM9 RC 1 FXP 128. Its a 130MB file. Download it and now extract it and flash that boot.img to your Arc S using fastboot. Now start your phone and you should see FXP boot screen then from there go to recovery and try flashing the CM9 RC 1 you have. That should work. I suggest if you can replace the CM9 you have in your memory cad with the FXP128 zip its better so that you can flash the latest FXP128 CM 9, which has lots of improvements.

Edit: Arc S and Arc same ZIP its called anzu

---------- Post added at 06:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:53 AM ----------

Allright as far as i know there are two ways you can get CMW installed on your phone. 1. Download CWM auto installer from play store and install CMW through that. 2. Flash a kernel which has CWM pre installed.

In this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1680793 you can find stock sony kernel with CWM. You download it and flash it using fastboot. That will get you CWM. hope i helped you.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiaarcsnoob:
Thanks gnirujan,

I managed to find a FXP127 kernel yesterday and it worked. But this would be even better. I heard that FXP128 is much faster as well, but I've already set up my whole system and dont want to reset it now :(. Any way of updating it without wiping?

Thanks again !!! :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnirujan:
I believe you can try flashing on top of your existing system. I personally have never tried it. But i think it is possible. I would recommend you to flash FXP 128. The improvements are very very visible. More fast and smooth.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiaarcsnoob:
Could anyone check to see if this is true :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arpith.fbi:
yes you can update it without wiping anything..but i recommend atleast wiping cache :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiaarcsnoob:
Will wiping cache delete any system settings or things like homescreen setup?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arpith.fbi:
nope...everything will be the way they were..nothing will change
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiaarcsnoob:
Thank you very much arpith :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] link-in:
download 'cwm installer' from play store provided your phone is rooted, you will bw able to install cwm 5.5 on any xperia device.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falcon26:
Get my TF300 tomorrow. Is it possible to get 100% plain ICS 4.0.4 on the TF300? The one that would basically come straight from Google and not from Asus?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cavsoldier19d:
There are a couple 4.0.4 ROMs available to include CM9 and AOKP. Head over to the development section and check out the posts. Other than that, that's all we have for the 300 at this time.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clienterror:
Well to be honest the stock rom is pretty close to asop.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falcon26:
Yeah after reading some reviews on the TF300 that is one thing they did mention that it pretty much runs stock ICS with only a few things thrown in from Asus...
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeatByte:
The transformer pretty much comes with Vanilla ICS, with a few widgets and apps from ASUS which are all completely removable.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dxwilliams40:
Yeah. Asus devices have very light skins over stock Android. Unlike HTC sense, SAMSUNG touchwiz, or motorblur. This is my first asus device and I'm impressed.
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
Hi, I just bought a used HTC Raider that is unlocked and installed this rom : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1585373

But I this I did something wrong because when I start my phone it stays at HTC logo..

When I hboot :

*** UNLOCKED ***

HOLIDAY PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-1.83.0014

MICROP-0360

eMMc-boot

Sep 21 2011.15:34:37

I really need help :/ Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] andezzat:
I am not sure what hboot is?! However I will try to solve your issue :D

I am not sure what you did wrong, are you sure you wiped all the data before you installed the ROM?

My post time interval is 5 minutes so I'll give you everything I have now.

Try this to fix your phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1613333

I am going to keep an eye on your thread.
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Did you do a clean install? Try formatting all partitions and factory resetting before flashing. After you flash the rom, wipe dalvik cache then reboot. This should fix your problem. If you still have the same issue, try these steps with a different rom to see if the problem persists.

HBOOT is basically the bootloader of an Android device. This could help: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1466228.
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
How can I do a '' formatting all partitions '' ?? I did wipe data/factory restet and wipe cache partition and it still doesn't work.. I tried installing another rom and it still doesn't work..

In the boot menus at top it says: CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4 (HTC Holiday Beta2)
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
It should be in the "mounts and storage" section.
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
And what you mean by ' wipe 'dalvik' cache ' ?

btw thanks for helping me out !
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
That should be an option in the "advanced" section.
[General Questions and Answers] andezzat:
the dalvik cache is another type of virtual cache specifically stores information about applications on your phone only. Thanks to Theonew now I understand this :D
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
Ok I did EVERYTHING you told me and it still doesn't work.. :-( !

Did I broke my phone :O
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
No, your phone is OK. You'll just have to keep trying different roms until one works (or go back to stock).
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
You have a link to get me to the stock Rom please ?
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Here you go: http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Holiday (choose one). Just boot your device into fastboot then run the RUU.
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
Will try then tell the results ! thanks!!!
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
Ok I chose RUU_HOLIDAY_ICS_35_S_CINGULAR_3.26.502.52 then go to recovery, choose from sd card, installation aborted -_-
[General Questions and Answers] andezzat:
OK, I had a similar problem to yours, before. Mine used to go directly to CWM no matter what I did. So I wiped everything, and installed a stock ROM, then locked the bootloader.

Then after the phone was working, I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it successfully, I then started to install Custom ROMs.

Try using Fastboot to install the *STOCK* ROM, it's cleaner and better. Make sure you follow a guide on how to make a clean install of a ROM using Fastboot.
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
This is not installed through recovery. You run the file on your PC with your phone connected in fastboot mode.
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
I see ! and what's the command I need to type in the command prompt ??
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
There is no command. Just run the file with administrator privileges.
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
Do I have to run in while I am in the hboot menu or while im at the htc logo screen ?
[General Questions and Answers] andezzat:
hboot!
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Either HBOOT or Fastboot.
[General Questions and Answers] andezzat:
What do you mean either hboot or fastboot? Didn't he say he's trying to run Fastboot, in order for it to run correctly he would have to be in the bootloader/hboot right?
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
I get the Error[170] : telling me that they do not find my phone and that it's not connected... it's plugged in my comp and on the phone !
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Make sure you have the drivers installed.
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
HTC Sync doesn't even find my device, even after I hear the beep...
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
Bump :/
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Is your device in HBOOT or Fastboot?
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
FastBoot
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Please post a pic. Have you already tried running it while in HBOOT?
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/404/img2012070600006.jpg/

Ok sorry for the quality but I couldn't take a good one.. in red it's FASTBOOT then: BOOTLOADER

REBOOT

REBOOT BOOTLOADER

POWER DOWN

And I tried in Hboot also
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Uninstall HTC Sync and try these: http://depositfiles.com/files/yd61xorii (32 bit) or http://depositfiles.com/files/yz4rg8u3i (64 bit).
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
Ok I downloaded the files, do I need to do anything with them or just have them in a file.. I tried with the files on my comp and it still doesn't detect my device. I uninstalled htc driver
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Install the one suitable for your PC.
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
That's what I did, I took the 64 bit and got those files :

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/228/ngfnfg.png/
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Install it via device manager.
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
I'm sorry but I don't know how to do so :/
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Open up device manager, select your device, browse for the drivers manually (driver update), then select the folder with them.
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
Ok the drivers are installed, I see it in the list of device manager.. I plug my phone to my comp, hear the beep then run the RUU update and it still doesn't find it.. :/ !!
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Something must be wrong. Try starting over. See here (only follow the steps pertaining to your situation) - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1416836.
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
I can't do anything they ask to do, because my comp doesn't even find my phone and I keep getting stock at the htc logo.. i'm desperate now
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Do the second option in step 6.
[General Questions and Answers] TasteOfGlory:
I have to be unlucky because the one for Rogers has a 404 error -_- http://androidninjas.com/dev/raider/PH39IMG.zip
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nthornton1990:
For some reason on GB I am unable to download roms on my phone but I can have a functioning tether. But on ics its the total opposite. I have no Internet at home due to lack of funds but my girlfriend want to do her usual Facebook browsing on the computer.

Is there any wifi tether apps that you would suggest or is there an ics rom that I may have overlooked that has it working?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mrej201:
search the market wireless thether u need root
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DEF3NDER:
Sprint Hotspot works flawlessly on the Blu Kuban ICS rom. Haven't had it working on any others yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rezistrat:
Seems to me the answer is to fix your gb roms. My issue with downloads on gb roms has been one of two things ; need to download "download all" app from market or move/delete files from download folder to make room.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nthornton1990:
Hmm. I wouldn't have guessed that of all things could have been the problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mremale:
foxfi in the play store tethers rooted or not rooted
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
On ics there is wifi tether for root users, get from market. Just set device to galaxy nexus cdma and it works great for 4g tether.

On gb foxfi works well
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nthornton1990:
I know that they have one it just wasn't working properly for me.why would you want to set it for the galaxy nexus?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Because that's the setting that makes it work with our phone. Don't think too much into it just set it and forget it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
Yeah wifi tether works.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rezistrat:
Sorry thats just the only reasons ive found not trying to state obvious answers
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MiguelHogue:
Blu Kuban has great wifi tethering
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] takgeun68:
Hi, I have a little concern about the galaxy nexus randomly shutting off, when the phone bumps a little it just shuts off, so minor drops just shuts off the phone anyone having this issue? and is this hardware or software issue?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xjman:
I haven't had the issue. Have you taken the back of to see if the battery is seating properly?

It sounds hardware related.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Molezou:
I have the same problem. I initially had trouble turning on my phone. Then noticed the problem with battery isn't seated well or making contact well. I had to press the battery down using my fingers in order to turn it on. And once in a while I'll randomly shut off. I just got the phone two days ago. Will be sending it back to Google for replacement.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] radioarizona:
Had the same issue, did some digging around the net and found a thread on Android Central that covered this issue and found the problem. Take a look at this video:

[YOUTUBE]VdTVYnCEb7Y[/YOUTUBE]

I only watched the first few minutes until I replicated the issue a few times, and then found a simple fix: took a clean cloth and wiped the battery pins on the phone and the same on the battery itself. Tried the same tapping test, no problems whatsoever.

If you guys aren't as lucky, I'd definitely try to get it warrantied out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheDarkWanderer:
Thanks

Thank you, I tried this and it works. After cleaning the pins using a cloth and a pin I no longer have the problem :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephyrprime:
I tried folding some paper against my battery to press it against the contacts more but this did not work for me at all. What worked for me was spraying the insides of the contacts with some deoxidation spray. This completely fixed my problem. Even though the contacts are gold, it seems like they are not simple leaf springs but rather contain some other spring mechanism? I believe this is what corroded and was causing my problems. It's lame that Samsung didn't put enough power buffering capacitors into the phone's power supply to handle momentary power disconnects. My experience with samsung products is that even though no corners were cut in their construction, there are numerous little design mistakes and poor sourcing of parts.
[HTC Sensation] gilbert11231123:
Hey guys i need your help i have a t mobile sensation 4g and every time i tried to use hotspot in my lappy only the t mobile website comes on , i have already tried wifi tether and is the same thing i have move settings around and nothing anyone has any advice ? thx in advance ......
[HTC Sensation] gilbert11231123:
nothing ?
[HTC Sensation] aryehzev:
Use vpn (hotspot shield)
[HTC Sensation] gilbert11231123:
vpn ? where do you get that app from i look up in google play but there is a lot of ones ?
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Wi fi tether works if you get settings correct settings also you have to do. Battery pull at the beginning of every tethering session. Settings Are as follows., check tethering and routing fix , disable wake lock, check set up wext ad hoc make sure that's checked, use device profile generic ics , DNS 8.8.8.8

Lan.192.168.2024, transit power disabled. If it started with a error just turn off power, pull battery, put battery back in, turn on power and you will be tethering ! This is for WiFi tether app. Hope I've helped you! Let me know
[HTC Sensation] gilbert11231123:
no wifi tether does not work i have tried those settings before somebody already told me that but did not worked , thx anyways i got it working with vpn finally that really works .........
[HTC Sensation] sshede:
Just make a new APN in Settings and point it to epc.tmobile.com. Then use the APN, five minutes or so later you should be able to tether without issues. Yes, you already have a epc.tmobile.com APN but we need to make a new one that doesn't have that admin property.
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Glad you got it going , never had trouble myself with WiFi tether it always worked for me but now I'm using viper Rom and tethering is perfect so I don't use the app anymore. Just glad you got it figured out. Happy tethering.
[HTC Sensation] gilbert11231123:
i did tried that before it did not worked the only option that works for me its the vpn ...
[HTC Sensation] Milton515:
I'm having the same issue with all the ICS roms I run

Sent from My Pkmn Sensation 4g
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Tethering is working perfectly on viper Rom .
[HTC Sensation] Milton515:
Going to download now

Sent from My Pkmn Sensation 4g
[HTC Sensation] gilbert11231123:
I tried Vipers Rom but it is not working for me only VPN worked for me ....
[HTC Sensation] silver2u:
search in google about free tethering with ics

well it is said that ICS update will disable the free tethering for t-mobile.

I would post a link to the article, but the forum wouldn't let me yet since I'm a new user D:

T mobile said they will start charging extra $14.99 per month if you choose to use the hotspot option on your sensation that runs on ICS.

I was hoping to find out if custom rom will help in such situation.

However, I've heard that there are lots of issues rooting a phone. starting with security something.....

I've never rooted my phone before. So I'm kinda scared to root it then voiding the warranty.

I would like to keep my warranty if you know what i mean ;]
[HTC Sensation] copracr:
Serious? You're a scab for the phone company, right?
[HTC Sensation] suzukii:
ICS killed me, too!!!

I, too have been killed by the ICS update.

I have the HTC Sensation 4G.

So would you post what you put in for the VPN settings?

Be gentle, please, I don't know anything about this stuff.

PS: I do not want to ROM my phone since it's still under warranty.

Thanks in advance.
[HTC Sensation] Bandit_in:
Sweet!

Works like a charm!

I was researching how to root my Sensation 4G due to the tethering issue when I came across this post. Worked smoothly though there was a glitch that the SSID defaulted to "AndroidAP" and went unsecured. Nothing I did could fix it till I reset to the previous image and then recreated the the new APN. Its now working perfectly fine...

I was so happy, I registered here on XDA just to thank sshede!

Love ANDROID.. Take that Tmo! And thanks sshede!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ilogik:
Became available 20 minutes ago :) For those that want a great holster for a naked phone this is a great. I've had one on my Thunder Bolt and it works very well, the phone clips in or is removed without any effort.

http://www.seidioonline.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-spring-clip-holster-p/hlssgs3as.htm
[Galaxy S III Accessories] caguas56:
you can get one cheaper at cellphoneshop for $5.00
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jgrimberg1979:
I am sure there are a bunch out there that are cheaper but seidio makes the best holster hands down. I have tried them all and I have had a seidio for every phone I have owned
[Galaxy S III Accessories] caguas56:
If you are careful it could last a long time. $29 against $5. You can not beat that!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] coffeehandle:
Hey guys, small question.

My path i need to flash something to is

/system/app/systemui.apk/res/drawable-hdpi

My question is do i have to stop at the systemui.apk by replacing that whole .apk of that particular ROM with the new images. Or can I flash past it directly to the drawable-hdpi folder with that path listed above?

If this doesnt make much sense i can try to elaborate. Im new to this stuff

Thanks everyone. Happy Rooting
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fachadick:
Almost positive you have to flash the full apk.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] coffeehandle:
thats such a pain.

With every ROM possibly having some minor differences you have to have an individual zip for each ROM.

But thanks a lot
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fachadick:
Np, that's why I gave up theming way back when.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pinky059:
And just FYI....there our phone uses xhdpi so if you put icons in hdpi, only certain ones will be called to function...

;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] randalla0622:
I ask forgiveness if this has been answered before, but the search function is currently down.

I'm receiving my GSM GN tomorrow, and I'd like to ask a couple of questions, in case anyone has done this with their phone:

I work in a corporate environment that wants encryption on their mobile devices due to the nature of our work (insurance). My ICS tablet, an ASUS TF101, has the ability to do full device encryption, and I'm assuming that the GN can as well. However, I'd like to root my phone as well. This means that I will need to remain stock (which I have no issues with) and also need to keep the stock recovery. I'm not overly interested in running custom ROMs.

Is it possible to root the phone without replacing the stock recovery via an exploit?

Is it more practical, or realistic, to instead:

Unlock bootloader

Install CWM or equivalent recovery

Root device via recovery

Reflash stock recovery

Encrypt device

With my tablet, I rooted it before I encrypted it. Since it did not have an unlocked bootloader or recovery, I had to use one of the exploits that was around at the time.

Anyone have any advice they might share?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
With an unlocked bootloader, you can boot whatever kernel you want without flashing it. So, just boot cwm, flash the root files, and done. You have root + stock recovery. Then you can turn on encryption.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] randalla0622:
Ah, unlocking the bootloader allows you to flash anything you want via the stock recovery? That's quite useful, and I appreciate the response :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
No, you can flash whatever you want in recovery regardless if your bootloader is locked or not.

What an unlocked bootloader allows you to do is flash whole images to partitions and to boot any kernel you want, using fastboot. So, you can boot up cwm without flashing it: fastboot boot cwm.img