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[Xperia Arc Android Development] cj360:
Edit- nothing to see here
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dexter1123:
Will this be any updated to Android 4.2.2 for Live With Walkman ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] e_Seka:
I have upgraded my Note to Android 4.0.3 ICS and now when i'm trying to connect to my headset by the Bluetooth ,,, i can't find it!!!!!

it was working well before ICS, and it is working on my other phone Galaxy S

I tried to connect to my laptop via Bluetooth and it connected fine .. I can see other phones but i can't see my headset?!!!!!!!!! :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] e_Seka:
I found what was the problem ... it was in the headset.
[General Questions and Answers] oblad:
which is better now.. the nexus or galaxy s3?
[General Questions and Answers] RumDrools:
Tablet vs phone?
[General Questions and Answers] gsrrr:
Bacon is the best.
[General Questions and Answers] Step666:
Questions go in the Q&A section
[General Questions and Answers] elvenlemming:
Apples suck, I prefer oranges.
[General Questions and Answers] upstandingcitizen:
I prefer t-shirts
[General Questions and Answers] Eagle1337:
I like turtles.

edit: Tablets and Phones have totally different usages with overlapping segments, We need to know more to say what's better.
[General Questions and Answers] oblad:
nerds or geeks? i guess all the above responders qualify for either.
[General Questions and Answers] Freshgeardude:
i think hes been ripped enough haha.

S3 is better (stat-wise) but a tablet isnt meant for the same use as a phone, which is why my Nexus 7 is going to be used with my S3
[General Questions and Answers] Moricon:
+1.
[General Questions and Answers] iamelton:
What do you qualify for then?
[General Questions and Answers] dislplin01:
S3 has a better chip but I'll tell you I wouldn't trade my nexus for a s3 unless it was the international version with the quad core
[General Questions and Answers] :
GTFO? This is the nexus 7 board. There is a general Android board for a reason.

I haz no sig
[HTC Desire S] Zheiko:
Hi,

I dont have this phone yet, I want to buy 2nd hand off some guy, but he says its locked on another network, I have myself experiences with other android phones, just wanted to ask, as I could not find any guide in this section, how to unlock the phone to other networks?
[HTC Desire S] Taysider:
any phone service shop will unlock the phone normally charge about £10
[HTC Desire S] Zheiko:
Thats true, but I dont want to pay for something I could possibly do home by myself, right? I have successfully unlocked my own SGS2 to other networks in 5 minutes... So I just wanted to know, if there is known procedure for this phone either
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
Desire S doesn't have a way for free SIM unlock (yet).
[HTC Desire S] Zheiko:
That explains why I could not find anything:cyclops:
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
There might be a way, but I'm afraid of trying it, or even suggesting it.

Only someone with JTAG box, or someone that can exchange the phone by warranty easily and doesn't mind it, can try such a way

. But it's in my head for some time, so I'll write it, maybe it'll be useful for something, who knows.

Desire S happens to be a very close relative of Desire HD, Desire Z and MyTouch 4G. One thing that makes it a bit different from those phones is that it never had Froyo to begin with, and started its life with Gingerbread.

On all of the "cousin" phones, there's a special tool, called "gfree". This tool is very powerful in what it gives - complete and real S-OFF (unlike this phone, which gains S-OFF by editing a bootloader to skip reading the security flag, gfree changes the actual security flag), SIM unlock, etc. It's a very complicated, powerful tool, that was written for 1.5 months by cooperation of some of the best brains in the "phone hacking industry". If anyone wants to - the partial chat log of the IRC channel is available on the net to read, and for technically inclined it's a very interesting read.

gfree can't run on Desire S, since it has no Froyo, and it has too advanced bootloader that prevents it from doing what it does.

What I'm pointing to is: if anyone could flash old DHD Froyo build on Desire S, including older bootloader, and actually make it boot - gfree could be able to run and do what it does, turning Desire S into SIM unlocked and true S-OFF phone. Of course, since flashing non-original bootloader is involved, it's a VERY risky task that can lead to a bricked and non-functional phone. I hex-compared DHD and DS bootloaders of the same version once, and saw almost complete match, but it wasn't 100% complete, and I can't be 100% sure that they're identical.
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
I can confirm that the S-OFF flag resides at the same offset on Desire S. Not sure about the SIM lock since my device doesn't have such, so cannot compare. But the method should work if you do it manually - dump the mmcblk0p7 partition, hex edit according to the data that you can find in the gfree source code and flash back. But if you are not familiar with such operations I would not recommend messing with this stuff, better use xtc clip

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
Hmm, you just gave me an idea. If gfree source was modified to make it skip the whole eMMC-powercycling procedure (useful for S-OFF-ing from scratch, but not working since the binary driver doesn't seem to load under GB) till the point where it actually writes the S-OFF and SIM-lock flags (remarked "// Guhl's part7 patch/backup code"), then it could be run under existing S-OFF on DS, turning it into permanent S-OFF and SIM-unlocking it. I have no SIM lock either, so I can't test it, but having a permanent S-OFF is a good bonus.

Worth the try?

I might try to compile and run it, just need to install some Linux VM, since my old VM is gone for a long while, the last thing I did with it was modifying Enomther's code for Nexus One, at CM6 times :D.
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
For S-OFF it is pretty simple and can be done manually (although I never tested but it is there).

Dump mmcblk0p7 with dd, open it with HxD, browse to offset 0xa00 and change the value from 01 to 00. Then dd back and you should have permanent S-OFF.

CID can be found at offset 0x200. Just replace the HTC__XXX with 11111111

For the SIM unlock the range 0x80000 to 0x82ff0 should be modified as follows

offset............................value

0x80000..........................78

0x80001..........................56

0x80002..........................f3

0x80003..........................c9

0x80004 to 0x807fb.....all zeroes

0x807fc...........................49

0x807fd...........................53

0x807fe...........................f4

0x807ff............................7d

0x80800 to 0x82ff0......all zeroes

This will disable a microprogramm used for SIM lock related connection to the carrier.

This can be done manually on a rooted device. But I doubt there will be testers available and I personally do not need to do this since I am OK with the "fake" S-OFF. But if somebody is eager to try please share the outcome. Backup the dumped partition just in case!

BTW for me is much more interesting how to get rid of the RELOCKED flag, Do you have any info on this subject Jack? I know Wildfore S got a solution but it not sutable for emmc devices unfortunately...
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
"RELOCKED" flag only appears if you don't flash RUU after relocking, doesn't it? In this case it's not very useful to have anything specific for it, especially that HTC database already contains the record of unlocking.

In any case, I have no idea where to find it, but it could reside on the same /misc partition, and if someone would be willing to unlock and relock the phone, dd-dumping partition 7 under temp root before and after the relocking - the results can be analyzed, and this flag could be taken care of, if found.
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Sort of. It disappears when downgrading to a hboot version that is not supported by htcdev.com, but if you do an OTA update it comes back. It is not on the misc partition and I looked through a complete emmc dump to find some trace but HTC guys did hide it well this time. I think that it is on the same partition mmcblk0p7 because this is one of the 2 partition not getting overwritten by the RUU (the other one contains basic info such as MAC address etc.) Unfortunately I have no "clean" dump to compare with. And if this can be disabled then HTC will never prove that the unlocktocken was actually applied on the device even if there were a request for one at their website...so no evidence for warranty void
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
I see. I can have a clean dump - my wife's phone was rooted using Revolutionary, and was never HTC-unlocked. I'll try to take it tomorrow and post it for you to hex-compare. In addition, I'll try to create the mini-gfree tool, to hopefully give people means for simple SIM-unlock (true S-OFF is less important for most, I guess).
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
Just thought of something. Till I take a hex dump of partition 7 from my wife's phone, you might have use for the attached file. It's a full partition 7 backup from my MT4G by gfree, before any flags were altered. MT4G's latest bootloader also supports unlocking, most likely using the same encoding for it.
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
I used the easy way out and compiled Android binary using NDK. Works.

Ok, tested it on my wife's phone with Eng HBOOT 0.98.2000

Good news: it doesn't kill the phone.

Bad news: partition 7 is write-protected even under S-OFF HBOOT. I guess the eMMC powercycling is required, since it's still being protected by radio. That also answers the "RELOCKED" status bit question.

Oh well, pity. Anyone feels like creating a Froyo super-barebones ROM for the phone? It would only need to boot the kernel and run ADB daemon...
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
Damn, I knew this was the right answer. Started looking at what they do in DHD section, quickly found this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20950143&highlight=attn1#post20950143

They do EXACTLY what I suggested.

This means that -

1) Newer HBOOT doesn't prevent gfree from functioning.

2) If the same CWM recovery, based on old kernel, can be booted on DS and can mount the partitions - gfree can successfully run in it, providing SuperCID and SIM unlock, and possibly S-OFF even for HTCDev-unlocked phones (since they can flash recovery, which is enough for gfree).

Now, can I get some hand in finding that old recovery they use (Froyo kernel)? Even if it is for DHD? I hope it'll mount the partitions and have ADB, that will be enough.

[edit] OK, downloading AAHK, hopefully the CWM in question will be found there.

[edit2] Damn x2. Doesn't work "as is" - none of Froyo-based CWM recoveries boot to the point where adb daemon is running. I guess there's no choice but to compile this thing from sources - no way around creating a booting Froyo kernel for DS. Shouldn't be too hard for someone who knows what he's doing, unfortunately I'm not that "someone", since I didn't work with kernels before :(

[edit3] Or another option, which I'm not sure why it wasn't done till now: since the failing module is wpthis.ko and it fails on something really non-important (missing link for one of the libgcc procedures), but its source is out there - it needs to be compiled against Gingerbread kernel to be made compatible. And maybe it'll be enough to make it work under Gingerbread.
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
Yep it seems it needs a true Radio S-OFF. Since it is only a one bit change something else comes in mind. There is a fastboot command thjat can write directly to the emmc and may change the flag despite the write protection:

fastboot oem mb [offset] [bitsize] [value]
[I]example[/I]: fastboot oem mb 9C068490 1 30 [I]{that can be found on downgrade guides for some devices, but maybe it requires Froyo as well...}[/I]

I guess the right offset can be found from a complete emmc dump.

I believe your logic about the gfree tool is absolutely right, but I have no idea what the eMMC powercycling does and how to make it on the Desire S. Maybe someone more knowledgeable will solve this easily but this device is quite old and there are more attractive targets that the devs are focusing on (like the One X).

Btw, thanks for the partition, a have looked through it but nothing came out (except that the star is one sector shorter (useless info:) ) Anyway I would like to ask you to remove the attachment since it has some sensitive info
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Afraid that I can't add anything 'knowledgeable'

but my device was made s-off via xtc clip so fully unlocked, networked, Sim, hboot etc

So if a dump of any of my partitions could be useful then let me know

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
Yes, I believe that comparing your partition 7 with the original one can confirm the locations and changes required.

Amidabuddha, the attachment is removed. Thank you. Since you have a full eMMC dump, could you please look up the address of the secuflag for me? I'll try the fastboot command.

I already have Ubuntu VM running, I just need a good tutorial for setting up the system for compiling a Sense kernel - all tutorials focus on AOSP/CM. If anyone has anything to suggest, I'll be grateful. Otherwise I guess I'll try to break my own teeth on that... And if it'll succeed, I'll try to recompile wpthis.ko (the kernel module that powercycles the eMMC), linking it to Gingerbread kernel and hoping that it can run with this kernel.

The eMMC powercycling achieves one interesting thing: since eMMC write protection flags are set by PBL or baseband (not sure which of them), once set - they'll protect the partitions. When eMMC is powercycled, all the flags are cleared - but the system doesn't know it, and they're not set again, which effectively disables write protection, allowing to write to protected areas - one of them being security flag, that opens the access for good.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
If you could give me the exact command to dump that partition I'll then have a go

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
@Ben

Thank you for this suggestion! I already have a dump from an xtc clip unlocked device, thanks to a fellow user here but I think it will be usefull to have more sources to compare. The dump is made by dd, connect to PC and type in cmd:

adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=/sdcard/part7.img

the same can be done in a terminal emulator directly on your device. Send me the file by PM, since your IMEI is there (you are warned, and it is your call :) )

@Jack

The command should be:

fastboot oem mb 02E74200 1 00

I hope that oem commands grant write access, but in worst case it will give an error

As per the kernel use the CM guide with a clean source downloaded from htcdev.com. The commands are the same. For the config just see in the /arch/arm/configs folder of the source for saga_defconfig or similar

You can check the second part of this guide as well. Starting from Downloading a prebuilt gcc

When you have the zImage there you can pack it in a stock boot.img from any RUU using the Alternative method from this guide
[HTC Desire S] SimonTS:
Coming in a bit late to the party here guys, but my phone is also fully S-Off via XTC-Clip, so if you need another source to compare then let me know. I just need to install ADB first as I don't have it on this laptop, but not a problem if it's going to help.
[HTC Desire S] amidabuddha:
@Simon

Thanks. If you like the procedure is in my previous post

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Just pm'd you link, I trust you'll delete the file when you're finished with it, let me know when you've downloaded and I'll take it down

How that it helps

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
Thanks a lot! Kernel sources are downloaded as I write. I don't even need to pack the kernel, I just need to set up a cross-compiler (and to be able to successfully compile a kernel with it as a good test) - and then I can recompile gfree and link it against the kernel sources.
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
Took me some time to get to it.

Unfortunately, no good news. I've been able to compile a kernel and recompile gfree, linking against the kernel (took me some trial-and-errors - cross-compiler required a flag that I had to find out, edit 2 makefiles because there were stupid warnings that were turned into errors by compiler flag, and there were 2 versions of gfree and wpthis that I had to mix-and-match). But even the most working version either couldn't achieve powercycling or the powercycling doesn't remove write protection anymore.

Pity. Oh well, at least I tried.

Maybe someone will be more successful in booting Froyo kernel on DS...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Simmo3D:
I have looked everywhere for the Live and standard wallpapers but cannot find them.

Can someone please post the wallpapers for me?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mikey:
Galaxy S3 LiveWallpaper/AudioPack/Wallpapers/Apps* For Galaxy S2

There you go
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] c_86:
hmm those would be great but the resolution wouldnt do the gnexus screen justice :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 2momo123:
I'm on an Epic Touch (sprint) on CM9 Alpha 6 (4.0.4) with a

FF18

Baseband and a

3.0.16-SPH-D710.FF18-CL663858 se.infra@SEP-113 #3

Kernel. I flashed to this using the EL26 Recovery.

The triangle upon boot drives me crazy (although not crazy enough to have a high risk of bricking)

I believe I read that samsung updated the bootloader so that a USB jig won't remove the triangle anymore. Has anyone had any experience with Triangle Away on the Kernel and Rom i am running? Thanks!:cowboy::cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Taysider:
I can only say the on my Samsung GS2 Triangle away works great
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tamathdb:
Worked fine for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheDriller:
Yes I can confirm that Triangle Away works on both CM9 and AOKP. I've used it on both ROMS just make sure that you follow the instructions. If triangle away doesn't match what your flash count reads you *might* be in for problems

Sent from my SPH-D710 AOKP
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Aganar:
Used it on CM9 several times. Works fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
Works great for me, it only takes a second.
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
Download Instructions:

Download the .zip file and extract and proceed to follow installation instructions...

These folders will stay updated with the LATEST edits that I apply to it... optional wallpapers and icons will be added to this folder so be sure to check it for any updates!!

GCR - Dropbox Folder

SCR - Dropbox Folder

RCR - Dropbox Folder - main color = #FF1245E0

note: ALL zips starting with "RCR" have "SCR" weather/clock widget color settings and will need to be edited manually. The main color used will be next to each theme!
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
Reserved b/c i wanted to!
[Android Themes] ebs512:
YOU'RE AWESOME DYNASTY!!! Congrats and great job as always
[Android Themes] Paiyne:
Correct me if I'm wrong but you have to be on a rom that has the theme Chooser built in, correct?

Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
nope... this works with ANY ROM... i had it on a JB (4.1) port that i was running earlier... read the disclaimer on the bottom of post 1 for full details!
[Android Themes] rrohanjs:
love it
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
thanks

i'll take a few requests for icons to add to the bottom and will try to provide a link for that folder on db so you all can grab whatever you need... i can also walk you guys through how to make your own icons so that i'm not the one doing all the work here haha...

for example... i made this "Settings" icon as well (included in original .zip) and just changed the icon on the desktop to reflect the new app...
[Android Themes] milleirish:
Is there a way to changed the voice search icon to the settings icon?
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
unfortunately that is part of the wallpaper... i can edit the original image really quick but i don't have a settings image to replace that one with... unless you want me to delete that part of the wallpaper and then just leave it blank so you can add the settings icon??

btw, i updated the 2nd post with a link to a db folder that will always have the latest wallpapers for this!!
[Android Themes] milleirish:
Crap no problem, I dont use the voice search. Thought settings would be better in that spot.
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
just for you... check post #2 for the dropbox GCR link and look in the "wallpapers" folder... you'll find your custom settings wallpaper ;)

don't forget to hit the Thanks button and if you want to complete the theme and your ROM has Theme Chooser, please check out at least my free version of GCS and please rate on the store!!
[Android Themes] Fustigador:
the1dynasty thanks for your work,

how can i get o uccw clock to have acure temperatures?

in my city is 15 and it shows 25º :p
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
thanks

that's a really great question lol... i just checked mine and it's also off by 10*... not sure why this is b/c i didn't create that app... i'll try emailing the creator of it and seeing what they say...
[Android Themes] charlie81:
having trouble with uccw clock and weather where do i put it because its not in uzip format
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
Read the directions in the op... #4 specifically... I never mentioned anything about uzip...

That entire uccw folder gets copied over to your sdcard... the proper directories for the specific backups for the clock and weather are in that folder already...
[Android Themes] Paiyne:
Are you going to do a remix for SCS as well? I would love this in the SCS colors.
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
i can make it... sure... give me a few and check back here!!
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
i added SCR to the 2nd post!! same instructions! if someone could be so kind as to set it up with this and post a screenshot so i can add to the OP... that would be great :)
[Android Themes] Paiyne:
Will get you a screenshot soon as I get it set up
[Android Themes] Paiyne:
Ok, having a litte trouble with the Apex settings. In your instructions you said to go to Apex Settings, then Backup and Restore, and Restore the Apex and Desktop settings. However, when I select these two options, my phone reads that there are no backups to restore. I copied every thing over except for the Sources folder as your instructions stated. I have the lockscreen already set up and the wallpaper is loaded. Which folder are the settings supposed to be in?

Edit: Nevermind, I found them and moved them to the root of the SD card. All is good in the world again!

Edit2: Ok not able to figure out the skins for the UCCW widgets. I have them in the right places and sizes, however when I open them it says Create New Skin. I have the UCCW folder on the root of my sd card. I'm not able to import skins, which is what I assumed that the files were inside the UCCW folder. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
they should be in these areas of your device... if you put them there and still nothing, i really don't know what to say... i've wiped and flashed my phone a couple times and i had to do this process as well and it worked perfectly fine for me... still having trouble, hmu on gtalk the1dynasty@gmail.com

Apex:

sdcard>Android>data>apexlauncher>apex_data.bak & apex_settings.bak

Weather:

sdcard>UltimateCustomClockWidget>SCR_Weather.uccw & SCR_Clock.uccw
[Android Themes] Paiyne:
If you can hook me up with a setup for RCS, I'd be glad to make a donation!
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
as if what i've done already isn't enough?? wtf???

j/k... updated post #2 with RCR ;) i'm literally still working in that folder but the main wallpapers are up already in there! i'll leave the weather/clock widgets alone... you can modify the colors to your choosing for that one!! i mainly used #FF1245e0 for my blue on RCS!! maybe you'll add some yellow like on the battery? idk, it's up to you :D
[Android Themes] Paiyne:
Awesome! Payday has a donation with your name on it my good man!
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
lol thanks!! get these requests in now b/c soon i'm not gonna be able to have much time to put into this stuff...