yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] exzacklyright:
http://exzacklyright.blogspot.com/2012/07/thinking-of-flashing-rom-wiping-your.html

Thinking of flashing a ROM? Wiping your phone? Here's how to backup and restore!

I REALLY recommend buying titanium backup. There's a reason it's one of the TOP paid apps available for android. Note that you have to be rooted to use it!

1) When you open up titanium backup check and make sure it says you're rooted.

2) Click Schedules to routinely backup your phone. As you can see I have 3 schedules that run daily.

Redo backups for modified data: This backs up the data for your apps. For example... if you are on Level 35 in Angry Birds, doing this will save that data. When you have to reinstall your ROM for whatever reason and have to re-install Angry Birds, the data that states you've passed all the levels prior to Level 35 will be restored.

Backup all new apps and newer versions: It only backs up the apps that have been updated from the Android Market Place since the last backup and adds any new apps you've downloaded as well.

Delete backups for un-installed apps: This deletes backups for apps I've uninstalled during the day. I wouldn't want titanium backup to restore all the apps I've deleted and don't want anymore would I?

3) If you're using a launcher such as Apex or Nova, I also recommend backing up those settings in the launcher itself just in case Titanium Backup doesn't.

4) Now is the time to download your respective ROM and Kernels. Put these on your SD card somewhere easy to find. All ROMS depend on the phone you're using. They're not universal. The two major sites you can find ROMS and Kernels for your device are XDA and RootzWiki.

5) All you have to do now is boot into Clockwork Recovery. From here you wipe system data, Cache, and Dalvik Cache. You can also click "Mounts and Storage" and format the respective folders in there such as system and boot.

6) Once flashed reboot the phone and make sure it boots.

7) You can click the about section in the phone settings to check the radio/kernel/ROM/android version you're on.

8) The first thing I do after signing into my Google account is opening up the play store and installing titanium backup.

9) From TiBu, Click the check mark in the top right to access the batch options. Scroll down to restore and click "Restore missing apps and data". You use this option because restoring system data can cause conflicts with the ROM. After the batch install is done your phone should be read to go!

Note: I flash stuff often which is why I backup so often!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seksmeup:
I'm not exactly sure where to post this and I certainly couldn't find much about it with google. I'm looking for a way to disable the tether restriction placed on roms based on carrier stock. I know there are other apps for this, but I would much rather prefer having a working tether built in rather than relying on third party apps -- not to mention, I haven't found any apps that support both usb tethering and wifi tethering on a rooted device without requiring third party software installed on the pc. To be more specific, the device I'm looking to accomplish this on is a T-Mobile Galaxy S3. Does anyone have any idea where I should begin looking to make this kind of modification? I know for a fact that roms built from source rather than carrier stock do not have the tethering restriction enabled. If anyone is unsure what the restriction I'm referring to is, it's the ability to tether without having a tethering option added to your rate plan.

Any leads would be appreciated.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Waza_Be:
Hello,

I just created an open source demo application that allow you to display a Google Plus stream of all posts including same keyword.

Could also display your G+ page.

I hope you may find usefull and include in your apps:

https://github.com/ChristopheVersieux/SocialStreamFragment
[HTC One X] tiom7:
i have a strange problem

my one x seems got bricked.. the phone is continuosly keeps restarting not booting only the part of the venom bootanim. and again restarting

and the problem is sdcard i think

i cant format it. when i'm formatting it after rebooting and getting to CWM all my files are there

also i am not able to relock or run stock ruu to recover my device. the fastboot flash system system.img didn't work,

please help me becouse in repair centere no one been able to repare my device...:(
[HTC One X] Goku80:
if you can get into your bootloader try flashing a boot.img and then try and flash the modules of the kernel you choose... and before that fastboot erase cache and then flash boot.img
[HTC One X] real77055:
and i have that problem. no one helpd me!
[HTC One X] tiom7:
the problem is that. that my fastboot commands don't work properly.. yesterday i delited all my usb drivers and adb sdk htc sync and installed again. to be sure that the problem is not that.

when i'm giving the command fastboot erase cache seems it erased(it's said ok erased inished). but when i'm trying to relock my bootloader its said ok relocked but in bootloader nothing changed . when i'm trying to flash stock recovery in fastboot its said ok finished but the recovery is the same CWM... after that i noticed that i cant change the sd card. even if i formated sd card through recovery or pc seems its formatted but after first reboot to recovery sdcard recovers by itself... in the same condition...and yes. i can't add nothing more to sdcard. in the windows when i mount sdcard it shows that i added. but after first reboot to recovery the ile dissapeard...
[HTC One X] Goku80:
why are you relocking your phone...if you do what i said your phone will be up and running again..once that is done then do whatever you want with it and flash an ruu..here is a wiki for you as well

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/HTC_One_X
[HTC One X] tiom7:
thank you for trying to help. but i've already explained that my fastboot commands dont work. i cant add anything to my sdcard(mount sdcard in recovery) and delete from sdcard i cant change my recovery i cant adb push files to my sdcard//
[HTC One X] tiom7:
when i type fastboot devices its shows my devices code(and i can be sure that fastboot is working properly on my pc and drivers are all ok)

but when i try to change to stock recovery or to another recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img) nothing changed . also can't run the ruu from fastboot. when the ruu tryes to boot my phone to bootloader device began rebooting again.. i see you'r very experienced user please help me....:(
[HTC One X] Goku80:
are you flashing the correct recovery for the firmware version you are on...so if you are on firmware 1.26 you flashing that stock recovery correct?

i can try to help you as much as i can my friend but not that experienced on my One X cause i did not had anything like this happen to me...i can try and help as much as i can...have you read the wiki link i gave you..few options there
[HTC One X] tiom7:
yepp. i cant change my recovery i cant flash even TWRP. in fastboot its said that all flashed OK but the recovery doesnt changed. seems my sdcard is become unwritable??
[HTC One X] Goku80:
weird man very weird.....not sure then my friend

ok help me out here again cause i just woke up....does the actual phone boot up in bootloader? can you use fastboot commands and what stock recovery are you using? and do not flash TWP recovery cause that is not stock...have you updated the latest clockwork mod recovery
[HTC One X] tiom7:
yes i did.. i already read the disaster forum searched alot. and tryed almost everything. at first i thought that the problem is in me, but than realized that the problem is in my sdcard. becouse when i tryed to format it through pc or recovery after first reboot all my files resored automatically..

can we open a thread in dev section for devs look on my problem.. i'll buy alot of BEER:))) if soemone help me:)))))
[HTC One X] Goku80:
no do not open a thread there cause you will get flamed for opening in the wrong section....so the problem is the sdcard then..so you can go into the main homescreens then your phone is not bricked..

to be honest mate you are kinda confusing me now with what is your problem...one minute you say your phone keeps rebooting and now you are saying you are all restored and you have your apps running but y ou can not format.....:confused:very confused
[HTC One X] tiom7:
but i cant boot my device. it continuosly rebootin and cant go away from bootanimation. in our repair service thay didint help me cos my phon is rooted.. is here anyone who can help me. i don't want to lose my device after 2 weeks of use...:(
[HTC One X] tiom7:
noo my friend:))i can boot only to fastboot and recovery. i have nothing restored. and i have nothing installed. i have tryed everything here. to boot my device but couldnt do that. onle fastboot and recovery. and fastboot commands not working on my device(but fastboot devices shows my devices)
[HTC One X] Goku80:
like i said the only steps i could think off and you already tried are:

fastboot erase cache in bootloader if you can go in there

flash a boot.img and then flash the modules in recovery

and that is it really....

your saying your fastboot commands do not work so i am confused how to sort this out...strange...are you sure they are not working fine?

did you try flashing a kernel when you was viper x
[HTC One X] tiom7:
there is another person(tadeausz,real77055) with such a problem but his problem is not solved and i cant finde him to know what he did...

yes i tried. a flash insertcoin. coredroid ARHD vyper and all the kernels befor. than tryed vypers rom used it for 8 days and in a moment i noticed that my phone is rebooting by itself.

tryed to wipe dalvik flash boot.im erase cache but didn't helped me. the phone is continuously rebooting. can turn of only via fastboot.
[HTC One X] Goku80:
did you flash modules though
[HTC One X] tiom7:
ah M8... but there is no moduls with stock kernel. and also i have no moduls on my sdcard and cant push or add through mount usb

really thank you very very much... but i see my phone is bricked really and i'm the only person with such a stupid brick...:(((
[HTC One X] tiom7:
maybe you know someone who are very experienced in android developmend. i'll pay for helping me(cos in our repair center noone could help me) or i have to buy another phone absurd..
[HTC One X] Sckank:
Goku80 is more than capable to help you. Just do exacly what he says and give him correct information about what happends at your end and he'll get you through. Just be precise.
[HTC One X] tiom7:
ok but i've said already everything... i'm in a very bad situation... seems that no one understand what goin on.. i'll do everything to bring my phon in working condition.. but.. seems its impossible...
[HTC One X] Goku80:
like i said i gone through all i know and i am sorry but that is it....hope you sort the phone out my friend and apologies for not knowing more to try and resolve this..all the best:)
[HTC One X] tiom7:
thank you very much:(
[HTC One X] Sckank:
Hmmm .... I remember once with the last computer I had to change from the usb in the front to get it to work. Seems like a long shot but have you tried to change to another usb port?
[HTC One X] tiom7:
i tried ... with all of my usb ports,,,:(
[HTC One X] zhantos:
when you tried to relocked the boot loader what is the status on the top of the bootloader ? unlocked or relocked
[HTC One X] tiom7:
unlocked
[HTC One X] RobRoy:
Just a long shot.. is the device charged sufficiently?

Read somewhere needs to have at least 30% or 60% or so to work properly in fastboot.

(Might be confused tho).
[HTC One X] ckpv5:
I can understand your situation as I've seen this happened to a Samsung device. The eMMC or Partition Table is corrupted.

You put in files on sdcard, once reboot, the file get deleted. You can't even factory reset with the bootloader as It will get stuck with error.

Maybe this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1551581 will help the corrupted partition table but there is no fix for a fried eMMC, only htc can fix it.
[HTC One X] tiom7:
thank you. you'r the first who understand me!! i'll try....
[HTC Inspire 4G] mohammed alaa:
hello;

can you provide me free link to download this room CoreDroid_MULTI_DEVICE_Sense_3.5_8.3.12_RV
[HTC Inspire 4G] GuestK007:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=965207

scroll down to where it says "Download Here" and click it. then choose for multi-device
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Biasmania:
So I put Jelly Bean on the Fire works great... Never had any problems... Flashed this thing tons of times. All kinds of roms. So when I went to go back to stock to read some books I had purchased on Amazon, the Fire would not reboot in to recovery. I was like Hmm ok.... So I booted up Kindle Fire Utility. And it sees it. It goes to write the files to reinstall TWRP. And then all of a sudden it says error. can't write file. Permission denied? I have no clue how to get around this. Anyone know what to do? I can get to the Jelly Bean rom everytime, and do whatever... The device has Super User. It is not in a constant reboot. It is fine, even with KFU, the device reboots when it is told to, but it will not write anything to it? Is there anything I can do? Is this a situation where I need a factory cable? I have been installing crap and working on this thing all day.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
Make sure under your kindle setting under device you have allow installation from unknown sources then try again and uhh are you sure your still rooted cause flashing stock wipes out fff twrp and root permissions??
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Mjones307:
*#*#3424#*#*

Hello everyone I put this up incase anyone wanted to test there vivid function just enter it in the dialer.

Hit the thank you button if it helps
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorelow:
my girlfriend has this phone and i was trying to rot it for her and when i pulled out the sd card and the sim i saw the [pics were still on here.dont know why the phone wojulrd have saved them all phone. anyway how can i get them off to reformatt the phone. Is installing the drivers for this phone the best way and then just drag them off?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
Just plug into your PC and go to /internal/DCIM/camera and there you go.

Fyi, wiping the (factory reset) won't erase internal_SD unless you Odin to stock and hit Master Clear which most newer versions of Odin don't even have.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorelow:
dont i have to install special vibrant drivers first? i have the epic 4g. im asuming those drivers wont work wiht the vibrant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
If all you are doing is pulling pictures then you be able to plug in her Vibe and if you are running windows 7, it should automatically download the drivers. If not, then transfer to external, eject and put in card reader and move over that way.

Yes you are correct. The E4G drivers won't / shouldn't work with the Vibrant bit per the above you don't really need them.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorelow:
iyes this isnt working. when i plug the phone in it sees both drives but wont open them up or read them. is there a pace to find the vibrant drivers ? id prob need them to odin so i can root her computer anyway right? thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
You can pull the AIO Toolbox from my sig and it has all the drivers, pit/tar files, ...to get her back to stock. Read the thread OP stickied in the Dev section on how to use it. Or you can probably go to Samsung.com too.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorelow:
i tried to dl that yesterday and it said waiting for another app to install so i rebooted and tried again and still the same thing. is there a link to just get the drivers and a tar for odin? sorry for the hassle
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viperatom:
samsung device drivers

https:// www. dropbox.com/s/jb01wc2gbojtnk9/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe

here's a link for the samsung usb drivers i use when running stock based rom 2.1 or 2.2. IF you are running cm7 or higher CM9, MIUI V4, etc. you will need to install the google usb drivers which are here :) https:// www. dropbox.com/s/xc3mgy7c2qgvdbt/google-adb-drivers.zip JUST COPY AND PASTE LINKS TO BROWSER AND REMOVE SPACES

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1547730 this is a good ref guide
[Samsung Infuse 4G] showdowknigh:
Does someone have a fix for this?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
What ROM? Check the name and version.

Did you try checking the ROM thread?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] showdowknigh:
I Both used the latest version of RemICS-UX and Paranoid Andriod and both of them wont sync my fb contacts
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jscott30:
From the CM9 thread, but this is true of all ICS.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ZzFDKzZ:
You can try the app Facebook contact sync as an alternative.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] showdowknigh:
is there another way to put my contacts in my phone
[Samsung Infuse 4G] GoSooners345:
Not skyrocket
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Asphyxiation:
HaxSync in the Play Store . a wonderful application .
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tswasey:
Fb Sync

I'm on Uni-porn b40 and found a working method for AOKP roms. I'm under the posting threshold to post links, but if you Google

niranjanthilak facebook sync

it should be the first link.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] DangKid:
I use HD Contact Photos for my contact pics. Will give you 512x512 pics if you're rooted.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkzg:
I really love my lt18 but the home launcher lagging is really annoying. Not every time but a lot of times especially when i leave internet browser it takes up to 5-6 secs to load and it makes me mad! I dont see that on other phones and it is following me from the day i bought it. How do i solve the problem. What makes it do that. I had x8 before and it didn't do that. It really sucks sometimes. Tried supercharge v6, some custom roms and they all work nice for some time and after that all is the same. Please some advice people.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pren22:
Well if you are looking for costum fast and smooth launcher you can try free Nemus Launcher from google play store,i installed it in my sisters x8 and woeks perfect it's fast and smooth.Good luck!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adolfo778:
same problem here hella laggy, switched to golauncher and everything is smooth
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkzg:
Thnx guys! But been there done that!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Take your pick Home Launcher
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkzg:
ok go is better than stock but now i dont have a widget for walkman and i cant putt it on the home screen. S..t!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtacy!:
Or you could bulletproof the stock home launcher using the V6 Supercharger script.

Swyped from my SE Xperia arc (LT15i) using Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] w3nZ:
Try Xperia S Launcher and bulletproof it.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wiseson:
Does anybody knows why PayPal here doesn't work on kindle fire?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nostrada_:
Hi there, just got a nice used DInc2. I tried activating it through kitty Wireless, but haven't had luck so far. The network bars are all empty and there is a little x above them. I am quite certain that I should have reception here. I can not enter the settings of the phone, it will tell me "The linked program is no longer installed on your phone". If I try accessing "All Settings" under Quick Settings - as shown in the screen shot (nevermind - I am of course prohibited from posting links in this post) the following message will pop up "Sorry, the application Status Bar (process com.android.systemui) has stopped working unexpectedly. Please try again"

I have done several factory resets, the phone seems to be true stock and I do not have a cable to access it yet.

Any ideas? Thanks for your help
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nostrada_:
And my attempts to root or change ROM all fail because I can not enable USB debugging in the SETTINGS menu.

Time to return the darn phone?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] phonetool:
The battery cover acts as the antenna for the phone, so make sure that it's on right and the connections are nice for it.

That's the first thing that comes to mind, anyway.

-CM7 on DInc2
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nostrada_:
Would this explain for the X above the bars? And why oh why has my "Settings" panel disappeared?

Thanks for the answer!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] phonetool:
Hmm... Dunno.

The only way I can get an x over the bars is to shut down the phone radio in a testing app.

What ROM are you running?

Is this a Verizon phone?

Sounds like ROM flashing issues. Either that or network incompatibility.

I am NOT any sort of expert on that stuff, though, so consider my words to have very little weight.

I never tried getting a phone onto a different network.

-CM7 on DInc2

Edit

Reread your post and you say the OS is stock. Weird.

Maybe try root/ROM and see if anything changes.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nostrada_:
Trouble is that I can not set the device in USB debugging since there is not working settings menu. I will hit the local verizon store tomorrow for a quick look and then return the device to the sender for a refund. Bummer, since I really, really liked it!
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] phonetool:
Yah, without settings, I wouldn't know where to start.

There's probably a way to do it, but I'm not knowledgeable enough for such tasks.

-CM7 on DInc2
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nostrada_:
I will be returning it - thanks for looking into this!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] guigadourado:
I'm bringin to you a awesome locker that look like JB Locker!

Play Store Download Link!https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobint.locker&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tb2JpbnQubG9ja2VyIl0.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] xIC-MACIx:
Just a heads up, for some reason the download is a text file (just needs .txt removed & replaced w/ .apk)

Might just be my phone though lol

Play Store Link
[Samsung Infuse 4G] prophetjinn:
I think that's intentional cuz if remember mediafire doesn't like the .apk extension, txt files are alot easier to get through it.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] DangKid:
Thanks for this, but why does the app need internet access?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] slicingtaco:
Good question: To check for updates, when you automatically launch the settings app for it.:highfive:
[Motorola Droid X2] whojohnjones:
OK I have a milestone x2 on eclipse 2.2.1 that has started to lag alot lately RANDOMLY. It's mostly when I wake the phone it's like a complete crawl can hardly do anything an if a app does open it force closes. Something times it will get so bad until it reboots. Is there anything to look for? I clean the cache daily an it just started this bad lag
[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
If if it is just unbearable, sbf. Then take it and run.

And btw- who????? MIKE JONES!!!!!!
[Motorola Droid X2] DigitalMD:
Couple of things.

1, You might be overclocked too much which can cause instability or have the wrong governor choice or CPU speed settings.

2. You might be low on memory or have too many apps or active widgets, or a mis-behaving app. Try removing a few things.
[Motorola Droid X2] whojohnjones:
cant overclock x2.. and how do i find out if i have misbehaving apps? i only have one screen with widgets. and memory sometimes is in the 80mb range is that too bad?? and how would i help with that problem?
[Motorola Droid X2] GoClifGo05:
Have you tried running the v6 supercharger or the mashup? And about the apps, what did you install right before this started happening?

Edit: also check your RAM status... go to settings --> applications --> running services and it will tell you at the bottom how much is used and how much is free.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ErnestoD:
Need help Please

Short story

My DHD was on 2.3.5, using Advanced Ace hack kit i downgraded it to 2.3.3

Then I installed Revolutionary HD, everything was OK except that I loosed root

I trued to use AAHK again and now Im stocked on the white screen whit HTC logo

When I try to go into recovery I get a black screen with a red triangle

Can some one help me please