yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] serio22:
well on the ARHD thread it says a wipe is optional when coming from previous versions, but personally i've only flashed it once so i can't say something about it.. however, when i do upgrade from rom's i have just flashed over it (if im switching to different rom i do a wipe) and haven't had problems, unless it says a wipe is recommended when upgrading then i just do a full wipe, and then restore the data from previous backups within 4EXT, this restores all my apps and settings i had previously.. its worked for me so far
[HTC Sensation] rico727:
I had once do that because i forgot to wipe the data. I forgot the rom's name but i experienced no error then i switched to Smartdroid rom
[HTC Sensation] stroobach:
Like i said before.

You do wipe your ass when you are done taking a dump dont you?

Its possible. But dont complain about having crap in your underware ;)

Btw. Use search. (Not attacking.you)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23405654

Ive seen multiple threads about this

typed on a sensation cracked screen
[HTC Sensation] shahkam:
LOL

Sent From My Sexy Sensation Running Aokp.
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
:D

Love that analogy! But yes, wiping is very important!
[HTC Sensation] cresch07:
think id be ok to flash a completely new rom without wiping if my plan is to reflash again after a wipe?
[HTC Sensation] hinxnz:
Yeah but what's the point, there are many apps out there that can back up your data to restore afterwards.
[HTC Sensation] abhi212b:
I almost lost my phone!

I flashed a custom rom in my htc.... it was a total loss.. i don't know what happened..but as soon as i locked it....it never came back.... proximity sensor flashed red light all the time.....finally, had to open the back cover to make it work and boot into recovery....:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kyokeun1234:
Ok when I had 4.0.4, my battery life was terrible and that was because of battery leak from android os. Now , android os is taking battery normally :) anyone else noticed this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dschreiber69:
What screen shot? :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kyokeun1234:
Sorry, didn't upload for some reason
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] godefoy:
Nob battery life has decreased but oh well .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kyokeun1234:
Hm... Maybe it's only me? I noticed about 20% difference which is huge, you know?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NIK516:
My battery life got worse. Sad
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vipeezy:
Mine is not too bad. 78% after about 8 hours of usage, standby. I'm at work, so barely used the phone today.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chocobutter:
Ah my battery life increased too. Glad to see Google fixing some problems ICS had.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NIK516:
Well mines at 45% after 1 hour screen on time, i use to get 3 hours . Maybe needs time to settle :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] subbyhasan:
Hey :)

Currently have a rooted Xperia Mini Pro on 2.3 Gingerbread but it seems the official ICS 4.0 update won't be coming to my SI number so I have a few questions. I have decided to install a custom ICS ROM on my phone so would like it to be as fast as possible and very stable. So got a few questions for you.

My phone is rooted, do I flash Clockwork Mod onto it and then clear the data etc and flash the new ROM?

How do I unlock the bootloader and can I relock it later? Any easy method? And if I need to do this, do I do it before flashing the recovery?

I have apps installed on my SD Card. I know the ones installed on my phone will be wiped and I can re-install those few but will the large games and apks installed on my SD card be wiped too? Or will they still show up in the menu?

Do I flash the kernel that I'll need the same way as the ROM too?

And finally the most important question: which the quickest ICS ROM for the SK17i? :)

Thanks a lot in advance
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ehnvis:
There is 2 ways to unlock the bootloader, one official and one non official. I used the official http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/ the other one you have to find on the forum. Both is possible to relock bootloader by flashing a ftf file thru flashtool.

Kernel is flashed thru flashtool and the rom thru cwm thats usually included in the kernel.

Apps on your SD card will not show on the new custom rom as the phone doesnt know that you have them installed so you will have to reinstall (or use titanium backup).
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] YTayyar:
First of all I tried the official ICS on my SK17i and I didn't like it, it's alot slower than the GB with no super feauters that deserve it

I am now using the MiniCMSandwich Lite ROM. IT'S SOOO great and working very will. You can find it in a thread here.

Follow the instruction in the thread.

If u unlocked bootloader u can relock it but if u decided to unlock it follow the testpoint method not the official one because it's better.

Anyway .. Installing the official ICS or th ROM I told u don't need unlocking bootloader so don't unlock it.

If u want to root ur ICS u have to read that before Updating to ICS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1695514
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] subbyhasan:
Right firstly I decided to attempt to unlock my bootloader. It turns out for some reason I cannot unlock it :( (says not allowed in the menu). So suddenly a lot of the good ROMS are out of the question.

I have decided on the below ROM as Tayyar states that I don't need an unlocked bootloader. I know how to flash the ROM etc but how would I flash the Kernel? Or would it automatically flash with the ROM? I remember reading somewhere an unlocked bootloader is a MUST to flash the ICS Kernels hence my question :(

The official update has also not been made available for my phone and I doubt it will be so I will stick to my current version and flash the ROM now :)

About the apps on the SD Card, how should I go about it then? Should I get Titanium Backup and then do what with it? I have quite a few apps, it would be very annoying to need to re-install all of these.

Thanks a lot
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] carlshark:
Since your phone is rooted, try editing the region codes/CDA strings in /system/build.prop to a CDA code/SI number that has the ICS update. I did this myself when I reflashed my phone to get root on GB. I connected using Sony Update Service and was able to get stock ICS customized for my country using "CUSTOMIZED PH WORLD I 1254-1952" :-)

What I changed was the CDA strings inside:

ro.product.name

ro.build.fingerprint

ro.semc.version.cust

You do not have to replace the whole value, just the XXXX-XXXX CDA string you already have there.

More info on these XDA threads:

[SOLVED] force update by editing build.prop, Also: [WIP] list of CDA strings!

Here's a list of available WT19 CDA codes for different countries/regions.

Credits go to original posters.

Titanium Backup is always a great app to use. Only caveat is, you might want to manually restore apps instead of doing a batch restore; some of them might not work with the jump from GB to ICS. Also it would cause a lot of trouble if you try to restore Contacts Storage from a GB ROM to an ICS ROM. Just stating my personal experience :-P
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] motorazrv3:
Kernels can only be flashed with an unlocked bootloader. Kernels get only flashed via fastboot mode. A cwm flash is not possible at the moment.

You can flash custom roms via cwm. Your bootloader is locked, so you have to look that your choosen rom is compatible with your bootloader.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iONEx:
I think you could unlock it via the testpoint method, if it says it's not unlockable.

Here's the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1730874
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] motorazrv3:
Or he uses the service menu if his phone to look if his bootliader is unlockable.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] coolbuy:
My friend, ICS for Xperia mini/minipro sucks.. Its was slow compared to GB. I've tried all the tweaks, hack and other bullshits.. now i am back to GB. and i am very happy i did. But if you really want ICS, then Minicms/CM9 is the best choice.
[General Topics] steezc:
Hello all!

I use to own the original HTC EVO had that rooted and it was fun. I left Sprint/HTC to go iPhone on VZW due to signal etc. But now im back because of the Samsung Galaxy S3. Rooted it as soon as I got it and running Blazer's Rom with the ICS theme.
[General Topics] SimonTS:
Another one!! :eek:

Wouldn't it be great if there was, just maybe, an official "Say Hi" thread like this one?

Maybe it needs to be put up in huge letters on the first page of XDA - or possibly every time somebody joins XDA they should be taken to this thread automatically and not allowed to post anywhere else until they've posted in that thread?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] greeced:
I really like Google Now, but can't seem to figure it out.

Currently, Only Weather and Navigate (to work and home) appear in 2 separate cards, but I can't get any further cards to show up. All of them are just sample cards...

Beyond this, even the sports sample card won't let me edit my team.

Anyone have any ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] David_DM:
Hi to all,

I copied verythink from the old SD to the new one. Now all my Apps are missing. And even when I insert the old one they are not there. And yes I rebooted the phone, more than once.

I also tried Elelinux-7.2-Hero-v3.9 but it's not booting with this. So I reinstalled Elelinux-2.1-Hero-update1-Reloaded, but no change.

On the new one I don't even have the Market app anymore.

Can anybody tell me what I can do now?

Thanks,

David
[Hero, G2 Touch General] m--m:
Wiped

Hi,

When you flashed the new ROM, did you wiped data and cache?

If so, all applications installed are removed. Even if they are installed on sd card.

To avoid this, a prior backup is necessary. Look on Titanium Backup.

M
[Hero, G2 Touch General] David_DM:
Yes, I tried a bid more last night (germany :) ) and I did a backup with Titanium and MyPhoneExplorer and than I wiped all data and got the Elelinux-7.2-Hero-v3.9 running now.

by the way, I installed all the apps on the phone.

I am still interested in an answer, why all apps where lost by a simple SD-Card switch?

Thanks David
[Hero, G2 Touch General] David_DM:
Hi,

like I said I have Elelinux-7.2-Hero-v3.9 running.

I get some lacks, like with the music player the music stops sometimes or sounds funny. And the change from one home screen to an other is also very slow.

I have been going some reading, and now wonder if I can give this ROM a swap partition. And how can I do that.

You can see that I am an noobe to xda and custom roms for android.

I have some general questions.

What is the difference between the Light and the normal version?

Is there a tut for flasing/installing roms?

Thanks David
[Hero, G2 Touch General] GXGOW:
I think you did something wrong because that ROM was working perfectly for me. Make sure you don't reset to factory settings, but also wipe the cache AND dalvik cache (you can find it under advanced in the recovery menu). Then you can install your zip file and reboot. Normally you won't get in a boot loop now.

Good luck :)

About the light and normal version, the normal version has some apps integrated (Facebook, Twitter and a few more). I prefer the light version because I don't use those apps very often.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] David_DM:
@GXGOW:

Thanks I will try the light version then. I don't need those as well.

You misunderstood me there I have no boot loops. The phone is just a bit slow. I have to wait a while (20 Seconds) for the home screen when I come from the apps. And scrolling also wants to be pleased. Whats why I asked for the swap partition on the sd-card. I read about it here, that there are ROMs which support that. So I was wondering if this one as well.

Thanks anyways

David
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtfmate913:
Is there a version of flash player I can side load ? I'm bummed to find flash player isn't compatible in play store. Loving my new nexus though!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beston94:
Perhaps you didn't get the memo but flash isn't compatible with jelly bean. Or at least I think its not.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obe1kobe:
I'm pretty sure I read flash will not be updating or working on smartphone applications any longer...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rexdog1888:
1.)Download on your phone

2.)Backup

3.)Move to tablet

4.)Restore

5.)???

6.)Profit
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggggant:
Can anyone post the apk? Thanks
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMXO:
you need to search for the flash threads for the apk
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rexdog1888:
http://www.mediafire.com/?9lcf0616i0l39kr
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtfmate913:
Tried several apks got them working but kept crashing dolphin every time I would try going fullscreen
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clockcycle:
I restored a previous backup. Ditto with the fullscreen crashing, both in Dolphin HD and Opera Mobile browsers.

Kind of bummed too, since one of the main purposes of finding a reason to buy the N7 in the first place was to be able to watch anime on it. Usually 5 out of 6 alternate video links are flash, and the html5 won't full screen..

Is there an addon or app that can be installed that would take over the inline streamed feed?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ateebtk:
is there anyway to watch noobroom.com videos on nexus 7 ?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IamPro:
This is the best solution I have found

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28785685&postcount=4

Flash seems smoother on Mozilla then Dolphin HD+Beta

Great site, thanks :)

I loaded up 'the Raven' on Mozilla and looks like it let me go to the full screen without crashing, if the other videos are using the same embedded then it should work no problem but if not then use my 'trick' for those
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtfmate913:
thanks everyone, I'll try sideloading firefox later today with the plugin.
[Droid X General] Keys2bonez:
I am looking to replace just the glass part of a Motorola Milestone X, however I cannot find parts for this phone, everything lists the parts as a Droid X. Are the parts compatible with each other? As I stated the glass cracked and just needs to be replaced.

Also if you could get a link to a replacement screen that would be great! Appreciate it in advance.
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
The parts should be universal.

http://shop.mobileweb.ebay.com/searchresults?cmd=SKW&kw=droid+x+replacement+glass
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] LightOwl:
*** App now live on the marketplace. Thanks to everyone who gave feedback on the Beta. I hope you like it! ***

Marketplace link: http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=4cd61d28-4745-4815-9dbc-af202e8457cc

Hi All,

I'm nearly done with my first Windows Phone 7 app (I know, just in time for it to be replace by WP8, but what can you do?).

Anyway, I'm looking for a few beta testers to try it out on other devices. You'll need to be a paying subscriber to Instapaper. If anyone's interested in giving it a go, reply here or e-mail me at support@comfortablereader.com. Send me details of which phone you have and the e-mail associated with your windows live account and I'll add you to the beta.

More details of the app are at: http://www.comfortablereader.com

There are other good Instapaper clients for WP7, but my aim was to do something that is:

- Deliberately simpler and quick: I just want to have a few things to read on my phone in an idle moment. I'm not interested in organising folders or hundreds of bookmarks.

- Fancy looking and in keeping with the WP7 experience: not just a plain text list

If anyone's interested let me know - I'd be very grateful.

Cheers,

Ed
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] GoodDayToDie:
I don't use Instapaper, so I wouln't be a very useful tester, but just for the record... WP8 is going to be able to run WP7 apps, so in a way, you're just getting a lead on WP8 purchases! :-)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] irlju:
Looks fantastic, great to see a read later app with offline support & background syncing! Unfortunately I'm not an Instapaper user, but best of luck.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] LightOwl:
@GoodDayToDie: Yeah, it's good news about 7.5 apps being compatible with 8 (speaking as a user as well as a dev) - I would hate to have to start buying apps all over again for the next version.

@irlju: Thanks - I really wanted to get the offline stuff working well because that's pretty much 100% of my reasoning for wanting an Instapaper client app. Particularly as network coverage is pretty patchy round here! The background sync stuff is working well but, as with all WP7.5 apps, it's really difficult to predict when the OS is going to decide to run your synch task.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] LightOwl:
*** App now live on the marketplace. Thanks to everyone who gave feedback on the Beta. I hope you like it! ***

Marketplace link: http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=...c-af202e8457cc
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mexhawk06:
There just way too many threads regarding official ics update. So can somebody please guide me. I'm currently rooted running cm9 I want to go back and install the recent update. With the 3d it was easy because I could just place the rom in my SD card and install it. But from what I'm reading there is extra steps I need to take on the epic. Thank you for your help! God is going to bless you with at least 6 kids.:thumbup:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bruce Inman:
God already gave me 7 so I'll pass on the kids but...

If you want flash the OTA update, flash back to EL29 stock (search EL29 One Click). The OTA ROM has been posted here ("How to manually update..." in General Forum) so just follow the instructions (I believe rename to update.zip, then go to stock recovery and select "install update.zip") but that is from memory.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JDinAZ74:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1765953 there ya go. Has every thing you need with a little reading.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mexhawk06:
I need a computer right? Why can't I just do it with my phone :banghead::banghead:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mexhawk06:
Ok that was easy. I back up the stock ROM before installing ics. And boom I was able to restore. I did not do that before cause I saw somewhere is a thread thag said it was not going to work. Well it did! Wohooooo
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stargaterules:
And why is this thread titled ultimatum? Just curious. Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jayharper08:
Glad you got it Mexhawk.

---Jay--- From the GNex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Da Kine:
I'm on bigxies 4.1.1 jb ROM and I just got the 4.1 system update in my notification bar, is there any way to permanently get rid of it without updating. I really don't want to go through the hassle of redoing everything and I don't want to lose root.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] IINexusII:
you shouldn't be getting any update notifications if you're already on 4.1.1?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slimb9:
use titanium backup to freeze the app that is notifying you of the update. i believe its called device management or something along those lines. if you dont have titantium pro i believe there is another app in the play store that will allow you to do this but cant remember the its name. google it need be

---------- Post added at 02:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:03 PM ----------

or refer to this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1581614&page=2

change this line one line in your build.prop file like efrant explains

hope either of these methods helps
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Da Kine:
My bad it was 4.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Da Kine:
And I just decided to go for it and install the ota....it aborted and I revolted my phone......no more notification for an update and no update available.....problem solved lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Tuoni:
Actually, that's a lie, it does boot, kind of.

HTC Evo 3D GSM.

So I've been S-ON since unlocking my phone. I'm not exactly new to this but this has stumped me. It begun as a problem that affected Android 4.0.4 ROMs only, but it's just happened to my usual ROM, Predator Unity 3D.

I always flash the kernel using fastboot.

HBOOT 1.49.0018, using Revolutionary CWR 4.0.1.4

Basically, it starts to boot. HTC logo on a white screen, then it goes onto a backlighted blank screen, then turns off. Then it turns on again and repeats the process, automatically.

I've tried a lot of stuff, and while putting on PredatorUnity3D again to install a new recovery via an apk, it started doing this on this ROM too. I always wipe data, cache, dalvik cache before installing a new ROM.

So I'd appreciate the help.
[HTC EVO 3D] coal686:
I know that it has worked in the past being S-on, but I highly recommend getting s-off. Almost everybody who has had issues with bootlooping like yours (showing the HTC Logo and then rebooting) had the issue go away when the flashed the ROM while s-off.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] kehlan:
Give me some testimonies on the best ROMs you guys have tried out so far for the SGS3.

I just got mine yesterday, rooted, and installed the Blazer ROM based on how many views/replies the thread had gotten.

Thanks in advance!

P.S. This phone is beyond badass.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jbadboy2007:
Blazer rom

/End thread

For real this rom is just awesome with ics wonderland theme ewww weee :p:p
[Motorola Droid RAZR] derLichtschalter:
[UPDATE] For the lazy people: You do not have to follow the whole tutorial. Simply download the attached bootanimation.zip and copy it to your /system/media as you are used to. If you want to know what I modified, read the tutorial.

Hey people!

I have a Motorola Razr (Germany/EU Retail with Android 4.0.4), already rooted with EternityProject's EasyRootICS.

The standard bootanimation on EU-Razr ist boring, so I downloaded the Verizon Droid Razr animation und put it into /system/media

Problem: The sound file starts half a second after the animation and one can see that! And that is annoying the **** out of me!

My solution to that is as follows:

1. Extract bootanimation.zip to your computer.

2. Open desc.txt, this is the standard content on Droid Razr:

# 540 wide, 960 tall 15 frames per second
540 960 15

# p means we're defining a part
# first number is repeat count, 0 means infinite
# second number is delay in frames before performing the next part
# so if you are playing 15 frames a second 15 would be... one second
# string defines the directory to load files from
# files will be loaded in order but names don't matter

# s defines a sound for a part
# sounds will be loaded from /system/media
# oggs with loop points will loop automatically
# only one sound will play at a time
# timing is driven by the part, not the sounds
# if you want no sound, leave blank

# droid
p 1 7 01_droid

# mobility
p 1 0 02_mobility
s droidhd.ogg

# loop
p 0 0 03_loop

As you can see, the audio file is linked after 7 frames (at 15 frames per second that is almost half a second) have already been shown and that is why it starts that late.

3. Move up the line that begins with "s", so that the specific part at the end looks like this:

# droid
p 1 7 01_droid
s droidhd.ogg

# mobility
p 1 0 02_mobility

# loop
p 0 0 03_loop

4. Use 7-zip to create an uncompressed ZIP-file, name it bootanimation.zip. It is very important that it is uncompressed, because android cannot open compressed files as bootanimations. You can do this with 7-zip by changing the compression-level from "Normal" to "Store".

5. Copy the new bootanimation.zip to /system/media

6. Reboot and enjoy!

I uploaded my modified bootanimation.zip (as above) - the other filenames are selfexplanatory. Of course you have to unpack one of the audio-files from droidhd.zip to use it for the bootanimation.

For everyone who is interested in modding or creating bootanimations, I recommend this how to: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-change-customize-create-android-boot-animation-guide/
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Olao99:
Hello, do you know why after this mod, I end up with a black screen? I just replaced my original verizon boot animation with yours