yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Focus S] dazza9075:
at the risk of sounding slightly cheeky my friend, you do realise that everything you said there is,..

A) Well documented from day 1 as not being supported

B) The vast majority of users don't ever use such features

C) its all easily found out within a few seconds searching via google

Now leaving that aside, does your sister really need those features or are you imposing your needs on her?

USB storage is handy i agree but not a deal breaker, the device is primarily a phone which it excels at

Bluetooth Transfer is another "feature" that was hardly used by the masses outside if you want to get all picky we can say the same for Android as it doesn't support the full BT stack either, therefore Android is also crap and Windows Mobile is the best ever OS.

No, the OS doesn't suck, it does exactly as it was designed to do, and what it does do, in my opinion, is several times better than iOS or Android.

Yes it could have more features, but firstly its new, secondly MS has decades of usage date available which has told them where they need to focus and what your wanting isn't anywhere near the top of the list.

Remember, WP is a PHONE OS, its designed to be a phone first and puts phone priorities above all else.

Im not ranting, im just pointing out that you should firstly find out what your sister actually wants rather than what you want and secondly, read up on stuff before you buy it.

in answer to all your questions

For that device as it stands, NO, kinda and no

BT transfer is available on SOME custom ROMs, namely HTC 1st and now 2nd gen devices, if fully unlocked any device "should" be able to use BT transfer.

USB storage, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1069568, check that out, its not my idea of working but its handy

To date, I believe (correct me if im wrong) that the HTC HD2 is the only phone where we have different OSs on the same device (android, WM and WP)
[Samsung Focus S] Betho180:
Thankss

Thanks Bro . . I will
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] 3vo kid:
Is there a root method even if u are on hboot 1.15? Still new to the rooting game so pardon my newbishness. Is there a way to downgrade the hboot?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] weidnerj:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771020

No problem figured it out by using bits and pieces of other's peoples work if you have S-off so:

Install TWRP recovery:

Download http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/PJ7....2.0-jewel.zip

Rename that to PJ75IMG.ZIP and put it on the root of your SD card. Power down the phone and then hold the volume down and power button to go into the boot menu. It will find the PJ75IMG.ZIP file and want to install it. Follow the directions and install it.

Once you reboot the phone, rename or delete the PJ75IMG.ZIP file.

For root, then download CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip (attached), and copy it to the root folder of the external SD. Power down the phone and then hold the volume down and power button to go into the boot menu. Select the recovery menu and TWRP will come up. Install the CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip file and reboot. You now will have root.

Attached Files

CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1198846&d=1342319638
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] 3vo kid:
I don't have s-off, and I haven't rooted it yet. I literally just picked it up yesterday. Will that still work for me? And thanks for helping me out :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] weidnerj:
I don't believe that it will work with S-ON, but never tried it with S-ON either. Not going to tell you to try it, but think that it couldn't hurt your phone either considering that it would just fail or work. So with that you would have to try it as the risk of your phone, as with anything that you would do to modify stock ROM.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkcossack:
Is it possible (through some app perhaps) to have custom swipe actions in TouchwizUX? Similar to the ones available on Nova Launcher, etc?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N•X™:
GMD Gesture control - you can find it here on XDA (or maybe in the market) for free.

But gestures are activated global not only in Launcher.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkcossack:
It has exactly what I was looking for, thank you - however, one must buy the app for custom actions (bit steep at AUD$4.86!)

Anyone know of any other alternatives?
[HTC Inspire 4G] guide942:
I know the HTC inspire doesnt support HD output, But i was wondering if there something that i can do to allow me to watch netflix through my tv since it is rooted?? Is there something I can install to enable it?

Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] cdordon:
Use the 4 other sources of netflix streaming available. We can't with this phone.

A WiFi TV

Blueray player

Xbox /PS 3/Wii

IPad with the Apple tv out cables.

Sent from my Inspire 4G Tablet Mode
[HTC Inspire 4G] amf66:
cdordon is correct, but I wanted to add a little more detail about why this isn't possible.

Unless a phone has direct video out, like micro HDMI the only way to have video out is through MHL. For MHL you need MHL capabilities in your phone, a micro USB port (who doesn't have one nowadays?) and an MHL adapter that outputs HDMI. You can buy MHL adapters but our phone doesn't have an MHL chip. I'm pretty sure it came out before they were available.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Meurdar:
wouldn't there be a way to stream the video over wifi tho ? i don't think the phone could handle upload and download @ same time trying to stream netflix to the phone and back to the tv but, if you had the movie on a SD card i don't see why you couldn't stream it to the tv
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] richardsoper:
I have Sprint and I'm due for an upgrade in about 2 weeks, so I was hoping the lovely people of XDA could tell me if the Galaxy Nexus is worth using the upgrade discount, or if I should go for another phone/carrier.

Right now I have the Nexus S 4G, which is great, I'm just curious if there are any known issues with the Sprint Galaxy Nexus, or any bugs, etc.

Thanks in advanced
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] acloh0411:
i think galaxy nexus is very much better than nexus s, definitely it's worth to upgrade.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xjman:
There are many people who have issues with the screens being grainy and ghosting. You will give up 4g for quite a while as well. I've read quite a bit about the phone's data connection dropping although I've never encountered it.

I would honestly hang on to the upgrade/end of contract until we find out whats going to be happening with the next Nexus phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madmanepic:
My opinion is to drop Sprint and roll your own plan. I know it can be different for everyone, but for my area Sprint was horrible and costly. I mean the cheapest post paid, but man prepaid is so much better.

With Sprint in the area I live and work Sprint use to be great. But more recently it's the worst. Mog skips like crazy. miss calls. The speeds were horrible. At work I asked to speed test my co workers phones. One Verizon and one att. They destroyed my speed. I was, at best, getting 300k they were between 1000 to 3000k. And they were not on lte. Just 3g, and they have older phones. I had the sgs2 at the time. Well anyways I dropped Sprint and went with prepaid plans. Now I have service in more area and its FAST. And half the price. I know,I know you have unlimited data. But how often do you go over 2gb a month ? Check out you history on the Sprint page. It will tell you how much data you used for the last 6 months. I was surprise d how little data I use. But I am in Wi-Fi when at work and home so I guess the only time I use the network is while commuting.

Once again this was best for me. Maybe not for you. But after the trouble I had with Sprint, then having to fork over a ton of money to get away, I must say I am now saving 800 a year, and free.

Sprint has no responsibility to provide you cell phone service. In the contract you sign it never states that they have to give you anything, but you will have to pay every month for 2 years. Crazy.

Sorry for the rant.

Buy the gsm gnex. It's not much more then the newest phones after the discount. Or stay on Sprint, wait until November and see what the next nexus will be. then buy that one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jayare313:
Galaxy nexus is a great upgrade from NS4G! And if you love Vanilla Android its truly the only way to go. Jelly bean is an amazing reason to get one and you're looking at months and months til any other phones aside from Gnex that are running official jellybean updates. Just my opinion. I have had every Nexus phone to date. I really don't care for skinned Android phones. Its not about the hardware for me. Its more about the development support and development lifespan of the device. And the Nexus line usually gets the most dev love.

I don't feel another Nexus phone may launch as usual this winter...as with history the Nexus usually drops with the newest version of Android. Nexus 7 and Q came out with Jellybean so unless Key Lime Pie is due out this year Google may keep it in the bag until then.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] baqai:
I am coming from BlackBerry 9900 and I absolutely love the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fixyourtech:
Get rid of sprint and get a real gnex. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phatmanxxl:
Hey you stole my sig!:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] volapyk:
Yes and no...

The GNex is an awesome device, so it's definitely worth the upgrade. I would pick the GSM GNex tho. In fact I would choose the GSM GNex over any other Android phone that is currently available, including the SGS3. So if you can't wait, the GNex is the only way to go, imo.

But if I had the Nexus S already, I would probably consider waiting for the next Nexus. I don't know about the 4G version but it seems the regular Nexus S will get JB sometime soonish. It's still a nice device.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] superleeds27:
Ive been mulling this over too.

Currently on the S2. Thinking of changing to the Gnex. Can get a Gnex in the UK for roughly £250, the S2 could sell between £200/250.

Its tempting just for JB
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] letinsh:
Hard bricked my phone. Josh at Mobile Tech Videos got me back, but not all the way.

Thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1770341&highlight=bork

When I boot into factory recovery mode, beneath the selectable options it lists,

"# MANUAL MODE #

--Appling Multi-CSC...

Applied the CSC-code : unknown

Successfully applied multi-CSC."

(Typed exactly as written, spelling mistakes and all)

Shouldn't my CSC be VZW?

When I do *#1234# the CSC is from my stock image.

How do I get it back to what it should be?

I unrooted, went back to stock recovery.

When I boot up, I get a pop-up saying, "Unfortunately, Factory Test has stopped."

I set up a lock screen, but when I turn the screen on it never asks me for the code.

Any ideas how to undo this and get back to stock, so I can restart from a known good point?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] letinsh:
Bump
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] yokken:
Have you tried wiping all data/cache/dalvik and re-Odin'ing the factory stock image?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] letinsh:
Yep, tried all that multiple times. After a Factory Data Reset, this pops up on the first reboot (it's fading out, but at the bottom of the picture, you can see it say,

"Factory Mode is on. In this mode, some functions aren't working properly. Wi-Fi is turning off now. Please change to user mode before verification."

Does anyone know how to "change it to user mode"?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] letinsh:
Found the solution in this post by xliderider:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28815755&postcount=349

Open a terminal emulator

Type su

Then enter the following after the #

echo -n ON > /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode

(yes ON is the correct setting to turn it off)

Then I had to reboot for the change to take effect. FYI, I had to go through initial setup after the reboot.​

Finally! I'm back in the game!:cyclops:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] hayabusa1300cc:
Lol glad you're back in the game, but um, tell us more about that notification lol
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] letinsh:
Which notification - the pop-up or the mostly faded out notification below it?

The faded one only shows up on the first boot after a factory reset when you're in the Factory Test mode. It fades quickly and took me 8 tries/resets to get that screenshot!

The popup happens twice every reboot when in Factory Test mode...

Once I used those commands in terminal emulator, rebooted, it took care of the problem.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DNA_Uncut:
hi,

I have a htc desire gsm phone

Which ROM supports Mugen 3200 mah extended battery? Or which kernal should i use to get the full capacity of that battery? I would like to try AOSP roms but afraid of would that support mugen battery.

Currently running pre-rooted GB stock rom. Please suggest me the best sense or AOSP rom that supports mugen extended battery. Or the kernal that i should use on these roms to make the extended battery work

thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usame6666:
with every rom

you can use the battery with every rom, you have only to find the right way to calibrate the battery.

but battery calibration on sense roms is more complicated than on non-sense roms.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlooooo:
If you choose any sense rom you have a plenty of Droidzone kernels which are, at least most of them, suited for extended batteries. You just have to flash it from recovery.

Sent from my HTC Desire using flashes and thunders
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
That's wrong. Extended batteries are disabled on Sense kernels by default. I'd posted a patch for this, and so did snq, independently. Any kernel with that patch ought to work. On other kernels, the battery charging would be disabled, and a 'broken' notification would be shown.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlooooo:
That's why I said him to jump down to your site and find appropriate kernel.

Sent from my HTC Desire using flashes and thunders
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DNA_Uncut:
Flashed nova Extreme. So far so good. Supports extended battery & full charge, But little laggy, Is it common? I have 8 GB kingston Class 4 MC. Have partitioned it 1 GB Ext 4. Remaning Fat 32

Thank you everyone for the help ...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlooooo:
It is a bit laggy, because of data2ext that is used to gain space, personally my choice for stock rom goes to Alex and Lee's roms, they are a little bit faster, plus I used a2sdx (Amarullz) wiyh Alex rom and got the same amount of space. I have 16gb class 10 sd card and had lags with Supernova.

But, the choice is yours...

Sent from my HTC Desire using flashes and thunders
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
I vote to sticky this thread anyone else think so
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
i requested as such, still waiting to here from mod
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] specter07:
+1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Mike:
+1

Very informative! Great guide and I love all the links. Excellent for anyone starting out or those in need of a refresher.

-----------------------------------------------

Sent from my Skyrocket i727 running Sky ICS

For a one stop shop are Vincom's threads

Everything Root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1773659

Returning to Stock: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] stoopendis:
Just 1 comment Vin. Way back I rooted my phone with odin and a file from doom lord.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
true, but just updating a step by step for rooting as i see too many post asking how to root the new ics

im not saying drumlords doesnt work, i have not tested that one myself, but these instructions seems bulletproof for newbs and the file mohan provides has bbox already included and me and mohan have tested it to work on stock ics with little fuss for the user to implement
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dewaski:
Excellent, thank you very much for the updated information. Now I can worry less about using guides from 1-2 years ago lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
I tried every one click option I could find just for the hell of it, superoneclick, doomlord, gingerbreak, and others and absolutely positivly without a doubt I can say they do not work... this is the only method I found to work on any ics firmware leaked or official
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dewaski:
Just to verify again, entering into recovery for rogers phones is still

only

the up volume key? Just want to make sure because the two points I bolded seem contradictory so I want to be 100% sure before I do this myself ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
Recovery and download mode are 2 diffwrent things.

Recovery is the same for rogers and att phones

Download mode is different though between the 2 phones. Rogers phones you hold only the volume down button when plugging in the usb cable to get phone into download mode, then release the volume down key then press volume up key to see the download screen

Att phones you have to press both volume buttons down when plugging in usb cable to get into dl mode then release both volume keys, then press the volume up key to see dl mode screen

i edited the op to clarify that
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droidbabyxda:
thank you. very easy to root the skyrocket because of your guide.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] roqnla:
Thank you for this thread. This is one of the most informative and useful guides to rooting a Skyrocket

I'm a longtime lurker and rarely have questions. I use search ;)

I appreciate your time that you take in responding to questions in the various forums.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tommygun198:
i dont plan on rooting, but this guide is awsome. i learned alot about what rooting is and custom recoveries. yes i am new to this stuff, and its nice to read something in these forums meant for users like me.

i also vote to sticky this thread, but where can i do that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
ty, to learn more you should read the link thats in my sig. lots more info there
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
You can't stickey it the mods have to lol... you say you don't plan on rooting but I would say why not? Have you weighed the advantages over disadvantages. The only disadvantage is loss of warranty but the advantages are way to many to list them all but a few are

1. Control over your device.

2. Apps like titanium backup that allow you to backup and restore apps without loss of data being able to remove or freeze those unwanted apps.

3. Root access to system files and folders.

And much much more. Also with cwm recovery you can make backups of your current rom you can restore later if something were to mess up on your phone.... just some friendly advice for you to consider and maybe even research on. If you decide to root and get stumped just pm me and I will help you....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
ty

just to confirm, you tried this on ics leaks and gb, i would like to add that to the op as a confirmation

im 99.99999% sure that this method would work on leaks and gb, just not enough to say confirmed, but i might have time tonite to test it on the leaks and gb and then be able to say it works 100%
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
ive talked to him b4, hes a newb(in a nice way) and just trying to understand what all the terms mean, but hes coming along.

as for warranty, its easy to go back to stock and get the warranty repair, just as long his phone can get into dl mode, that info is all in my sticky linked in my sig, oh i see your on tapatalk, cant see my sig, well you can but have to do it the webview way.

heres the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droidbabyxda:
i rooted mine, Stock ATT ICS. :-) fyi.

---------- Post added at 06:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:34 PM ----------

I agree... too many advantages over the warranty issue. for starters, freezing all the bloatware will make your battery last longer. NOT seeing them in the list of apps is awesome!! (yeah, i get irritated just scrolling thru a bunch of useless app. Titanium backup is a definite plus. :) Not to mention a slew of apps that are specifically for rooted device. ;-)

I didn't bother to download/flash new ROM. The ICS from ATT works ok for me. If it is not broke.. I ain't changing it! :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Skyrocket2:
Odin download mode

if my device is in a download mode and not usb connected, how do i exit the download mode?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Datron:
I think it's safe to just remove the battery.

Unclefest v2 alive and kicking - support SeanZ!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onealvideo:
Hold power button until it vibrates.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] askpcguy:
Bonus points for using adb reboot!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] slic33:
I had this same problem. Download the file using firefox or chrome (not IE). When you select "save link as", make sure the file has the .tar.md5 extension (you might have to add the .md5 part).

I tried dl'ing using IE. It names the file .tar.tar. I renamed it to .tar.md5. No good. Odin throws an invalid file error.

DO NOT FLASH THE .tar.tar FILE. I wasn't paying attention and did this. Trust me, good things do not happen. :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ARTISTERWIN:
ROOTING

Hello people

after rooting my galaxy s ii skyrocket will my cell still connected to my network carrier?

I'm with at&t i'm new in the android world.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Datron:
If you're asking such a basic question, you may not be ready to start rooting and flashing custom ROMs. I encourage you to read and educate yourself as much as possible before hacking your phone in any way. It'll save you time and money in the long run, and time is money so it'll save you a lot of money.

That being said, it wasn't a stupid question. Rooting your phone will not affect network access. However, if you flash a custom rom onto your phone it may affect network access. Some ROMs require you to manually configure network settings. They're called apn settings and most rom developers are pretty good about providing instructions if you need to play with these.

Go forth, read, and conquer. Rooting by itself normally doesn't mess with network connectivity.

Unclefest v2 alive and kicking - support SeanZ!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ajac:
okay I've downloaced the recovery 8 times now and there all invalid any alternate downloads?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
Look in the Dev section
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
which reccovery where u trying to dl, the tar recovery " ClockworkMod TOUCH 5.5.0.4" in op is working as i just tested it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] fujisd:
Stuck in ODIN

First I want to thank you for this great tut. I have put my phone in Download mode, and unchecked everything except for auto reboot and I have loaded the recovery.tar.md5 file in PDA. It recognizes my phone and I press start, but now it is just stuck. My phone says "Downloading do not turn off target!!" and Odin is stuck where it says Setup connection.. (See attached pic) What should I do? Can I just power off my phone, or unplug the USB cable from my phone? After about 2hrs ODIN finally gave me a fail message. See attached.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
Make sure you have all the drivers and try a different port
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] fujisd:
Thanks, but is it ok to unplug my usb cable to change the USB port? I wasn't sure if it was ok to unplug my phone from the computer to try some of the troubleshooting Will it brick my phone?

Thx
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
Yeah unplug it. Don't restart the phone though. Leave it in dl mode