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[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Cor-master:
I came to that conclusion today about Web browsing actually. I wanted something that would be as useful as a laptop and Web browsing has never been stellar on it. And the best Android Web browser isn't available on it!

Senseless helps with browsing big time but unfortunately I still find myself grabbing the laptop and getting frustrated with the browser when I need to get something done.

As for everything else its perfect but the one thing I bought it for is its greatest weakness. I didn't buy it expecting any update, but I was hoping we'd get ics to fix the Web browsing. Web browsing is fully gpu accelerated in ics and my phone whether I'm running chrome or the stock htc browser is pc quality. The flyer is more akin to my old captivate.

Firefox might be the answer if they ever optimize it for tablets
[HTC Sensation XL] flawlessx92:
Hi guyz,

i think i have just semi bricked my device.

I cant access my sdcard partition and OS T~T..i do think my sd card partition is messed up i cant mount it to my pc. plus, i accidently formatted my sd card and wipe everything including /system, so theres isnt any customrom.zip file in my sd card nor i can boot into my OS

Currently i only have access to fastboot command via HBOOT 1.28 (Unlocked via HTC-Dev) S-ON and CWM Recovery.

Is there at least something i can to to at least get custom rom into my /sdcard? Or do i need to reinstall stock RUU? How should i do that

:crying:.help
[HTC Sensation XL] nashshafrulrezza:
What rom u on? Is it rooted?
[HTC Sensation XL] rlamba:
re lock your phone and then reinstall from RUU file. This has worked for me.
[HTC Sensation XL] flawlessx92:
It, was rooted, HBOOT 1.28 Unlocked(HTC-Dev) with S-ON. I successfully installed this ROM yesterday:

[ROM] [11.04.2012] ICS 4.0.3 no Sense V1.1/ HTC Sensation XL

But then after installing the ROM, when i mount my sd card, the size of the sd-card shown was like only 600kb-800kb. I thought that ROM might messed up with my sd partition already, so i was like formatted every partition including /data, /cache, /system, /sdcard

Now i cannot even enter my ROM since i've already formatted /system on my phone, and the sdcard partition is still mess up, which i could not even it to mount the sdcard partition on my PC.

How do you do that? My phone currently is S-ON, so i could not possibly do supercid method since supercid method requires phone to be S-OFF.

And to get S-OFF i need to be able to successfully boot into ROM.

My phone variant is HTC_044 (asian variant i think) and i cant seem to find RUU that is compatible to that variant. Does RUU requires stock recovery? i dont have stock recovery on my phone. how am i suppose to do this installation. Any tutorial please :crying:
[HTC Sensation XL] stona175:
Download from here new CWM. In this recovery, mounting sd-card is working perfect.

Now you can easy put rom.zip to sd and install it. If you didn't see your sd-card after install read my guide about it. (Link in signature).
[HTC Sensation XL] flawlessx92:
Hi, ive read that too yesterday, but im kinda stuck on the adb line since adb line will only work on a successful booted ROM, but i then i cannot do that, since i formatted my partition:

adb push hboot_7230ddr2_Runnymede_6.25.4444.nb0 /data/local/tmp
adb shell
$ su
# dd if=/data/local/tmp/hboot_7230ddr2_Runnymede_6.25.4444.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
# exit
$ exit
adb reboot-bootloader

i do only have access to fastboot command and CWM only currently. and my phone is still S-ON. I can't also get S-OFF because S-OFF also require me to use adb command in the ROM OS interface.

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to push in vold.fstab like the one in ur post also require successful ROM boot..T~T..goshh i do think my phone condition is quite bad now
[HTC Sensation XL] stona175:
Install recovery image from there site on fastboot mode. (power + vol down).

Boot in to recovery your phone.

Connect it to pc and use mount/mount usb.

Copy rom.zip to your sd-card.

install it on recovery.
[HTC Sensation XL] flawlessx92:
i could not install recovery via fastboot. it gives me 'signature verify fails'...just like i said before..i cannot access the OS, so i cannot do the ADB function
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
Do you have an unlocked bootloader? If you do fastboot should not be checking the sig. Anyway you don't need to be booted to use adb. You can use adb from recovery.
[HTC Sensation XL] flawlessx92:
Seriously??? i really dont know about this..goshhh..too bad..actually it was my friend's phone..he couldnt wait for a while for solution to come out (i do understand his feeling though)..he already sent it to repair for $75..if i do know that adb can be used in recovery earlier, he shouldnt have wasted that $75

Thanks though =D
[HTC Sensation XL] Hsam:
on my way to brick

I have kinda a similar prob ...Still cant seem to fix it ..

long story short , in the long struggle to have a rooted sxl

unlocked bootloader , flashed CWM recovery , installed this rooted rom using (install zip from sdcard) via CWM v5.8.3.1 , and Yobey :D rooted phone ...

but this :D didn't last , as the phone storage showed a total space of only 236 kb _ some of the apps on the sdcard were still running though , and the CWM could load the buckup from sdcard :confused:_..

1-I tried formating the Sdcard via CWM , and still 236 kb , _and ofcourse the running apps and the backups are gone :(_

2-then tried formating the sdcard with my computer (yes the silly right click and then format !) , _and so became unable to even mount nor format /sdcard in CWM :eek:..

summery:

Current status : bootloader unlocked ,running rooted rom , S-off , HBOOT-6.28.6666 , RADIO-3831.16.00.16_M , CWM recovery v5.8.3.1

Problems : Error mounting /sdcard! , phone storage 236kb total .

it seems like I'm going 90 miles per hour on a straight road to a bricked phone :cool: , would love a detour ,thanks.

p.s. found some threads talking about resizing Data.img as a solution to similar prob couldn't do this though
[HTC Sensation XL] stona175:
Your prob was easy to fix. Just edit the vold.stab file (how to do it is on my signature). Now you need to format sdcard to ext3 or 4 dont remember now.
[HTC Sensation XL] Hsam:
....

how can I format it to ext3 or 4 ,I tried this thread and no use the partition tool also showed about 250 total space and only NFTS format option for it , tried cmd

fastboot format /sdcard

and no use

I formated system and data and tried to flash a new .zip rom via cmd ..and no longer have rom... I'm going to let my semi-brick be for a while and comeback later maybe with a clearer head .

thanks for your help
[HTC Sensation XL] stona175:
Connect phone to PC.

Start recovery on phone.

Chose mount sdcard.

To format for ext partition i'm using this EASEUS Partition Master 9.1.0 Home Edition.

later go to recovery again and format sdcard there.

Now you can easy put rom.zip to sdcard.
[HTC Sensation XL] hansonchen:
i posted a solution for this in my reply to a problem here. please read it, it should easily fix your /sdcard not mounted problem
[HTC Sensation XL] Hsam:
thanks for this thread, glad to say it's It's back to life :) .
[Nexus One General] Lythandra:
I got my N1 one week after release and I have enjoyed it greatly. Everything still works on mine but I do have some dust under the screen. Its been a GREAT phone!

I recently moved to the T-Mobile $30/month plan, compared to the $90 after all fees/taxes that I was paying before.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646755

If your on T-Mobile and out of contract, change over as its easy. I even ported my original N1 number over to Google Voice. Hotspot works perfectly on the $30 plan also.

I've been wanting a newer phone for a bit now so just ordered a Galaxy Nexus from Google. Still staying in the Nexus family with an N1 as a backup phone!

I thought about waiting for the new Nexus to be released but don't really feel like paying $700+ for a phone. The $350 I'm ok with.

These forums helped me with my newb ROM questions so I just wanted to say farewell, I'll see some of you in the GN forums.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ntech3333:
Hello everybody,

I am currently using an android phone and consider to switch to WP8 after it has been release due to better hardware concepts etc.

I already read that WP7 apps are executed in a sandbox and therefore the whole process aint to be more "secure". Anyhow, Iam not concerned about a virus or malware.

My biggest aim is to keep my data private and to secure my privacy.

Regarding WP7 I could not find any hint about that topic. I cannot imagine that nobody cares about this topic around this OS !?

What I want is the following:

Set for each app what it is able to access (e.g. Access to contacts, location etc.)

Control internet access for each app

Maybe it already exists and therefore nobody talks about it, maybe it is technically not possible.... Just want to know :)

Thank you in advance for your help.

Regards.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodDayToDie:
WP7 (and presumably WP8) apps use a "Declared Capabilities" model for controlling access to resources like you mention. That is, if an app wants to access the network, it must declare ID_CAP_NETWORKING in its manifest. If it wants to access your contacts, it must declare ID_CAP_CONTACTS... etc. When you view an app in the Marketplace, you can see what capabilities it includes.

However, there's not really any fine-grained control over such things. For example, if you install an app that wants access to your contacts and your appointments, you can't tell it "OK on Appointments, but no Contacts access" short of modifying the app prior to installing (and if you did that, there's a good chance the app would crash when you ran it). Similarly, there's no user-controllable firewall on the phone; an app that specifies ID_CAP_NETWORKING can access anything that is available on the network.

I believe this is similar to the behavior of stock Android ROMs. The advantage that WP7 (and presumably also WP8, but it's too early to tell) has over Android in this regard is that apps go through a much more extensive review process. If an app needs to access your contacts, for example, it better have a good reason for this access and and it will (well, should) be rejected if it sends them off to some advertising company or something.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ntech3333:
I see. So basically this means, that I could edit the manifest file of any application myself and set the level of access I want it to have, but the application will probably not work anymore.

For instance, I have an navigation app that wants access to my contacts to offer me a direct navigation option to my friends place as well as internet access for current traffic information. Do I need to trust microsoft, that they reviewed this app so well that it does not send my contact list to the software company ?!

Moreover, this way I cannot prevent microsoft for example to collect whatever they want from my phone, right ?

It is correct, that stock Android does not offer this function, too. However there is the possibility to root it and have apps installed that control all traffic, even those of the OS itself.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZetaZynK:
Yes. Applications are expecting to see all CAPs they request, as this is an all-or-nothing thing in WP. If you'd edit their manifest, the application could behave arbitrarily, and it would likely crash because an essential assumption it made - that being either it has the CAPs it requires or isn't installed - isn't applicable anymore.

Moreover, this would require at least a developer unlock, for some applications (for instance Skype) an interop unlock and for some applications (all XBL ones at least I think) a custom ROM.

Yes. There is no way to partially grant permissions.

Microsoft makes the system. If they wanted to hide something in kernel mode, and wanted to hide it from all user accessible APIs, this would be easily done. Simply spoken, if you question Microsoft's commitment to their EULA, WP is the wrong OS for you.

Without a kernel built from trusted sources, hiding data streams from all APIs is always possible for an OS maker.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ntech3333:
A custom rom, unlocking etc. is not an obstacle as long as it is possible and serves the purpose :)

In general I would assume, that any application should be able to run without an internet connection, since it could be possible that you are just not connected to the internet for some reason ?? Therefore, removing the CAP for internet access by editing the manifest file should not lead to any unwanted behavior. Or is it more like that, that all apps check their CAPs they requested on startup and not only when they want to access some ressource ?

This way it would be possible to remove internet access for any application I do not want to send data somewhere without blocking others and without the necessity to remove other CAPs.

Generally spoken, I trust nones commitment to any EULA or something. Microsoft, Apple, Google, they all have such documents and every few weeks something comes out that they are tracking you, (anonymously :)) etc. Everytime the answer is something like "oh, what a mistake, of course it was not intended to be..."

Of course I do want have the comfort of a smartphone, a tablet pc or a computer, but I want to perserve and control my privacy to such an extend that I am satisfyed with it.

Even on a Windows computer I have got the possibility to control network traffic, to limit access for certain software etc., even to limit access for the OS. So why the heck nobody is interested to have that on a smartphone, why an smartphone must be an free bazar of private information everybody can have and do what they want with it ?

What I want and hope is, that with WP8 (since it will be the same kernel than the PC version) something like that will be possible. Just like on a Andriod phone, too where you can grant internet access for everything, even for system components individually.

:)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodDayToDie:
Removing ID_CAP_NETWORKING will result in an exception (access denied, essentially) when the app tries to call a networking API. Since the app is probably not expecting that particular exception, it will probably crash. Some apps may have very broad exception handling on their network code and simply assume that they don't have access, though.

You don't really have any control like you describe on a Windows computer. You can set the firewall, sure, but then you're trusting Microsoft to not have some leak or backdoor in the firewall. You can write your own drivers to hook it at the kernel level, but then you're trusting Microsoft not to have a direct access to the HAL that bypasses the network driver stack. You can re-write the HAL (OK, not practically, but let's say "you could install another OS" instead) but even then you're still trusting the manufacturers of your motherboard, your CPU, your network interface hardware, your router, your modem...

At some point, you have to trust somebody. A big, publicly-held corporation with many users, a clear privacy statement, and a lot to lose if they screw up fits the bill is your best bet in most cases. Microsoft fits that bill just fine.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ntech3333:
Ok, what should I answer ? If you use arguments like that you can extend it to what ever you want.

At some point you need to be realistic when looking at security and privacy. There always can be/is a way to bypass systems on a low level basis to do what you intend to. So what ? You cannot pervent this in any OS.

But when using a third party software firewall that comes with its own drivers, you can be sure to certain extend that you have your networktraffic under control.

This is actually not the point I wanted to make about WP7 and probably WP8.

I understand, that for example an navigation app wants to have access to your contacts to offer you the option to navigate to your friends place. I also see, that this app wants to access the internet to get traffic information. But I do not want this app to have neither access to my contacts nor to the internet since I cannot know what data will be transmitted to the software developer. I even to not want them to do some statistics with me gps positioning. NO. as simple as that. What I do with my information is what I decide.

So what I especially do not like is, that most people in the world do not care about such facts at all. They are running behind apple like lemmings, willingly giveing them all information they have and being happy that everything works so fine on their device !? What the... ?

Anyway, it does not matter, my questions got answered, I will have a closer look at WP8 when it is out and see if it possible to keep my stuff under my control or not.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZetaZynK:
First of all, EULAs are a binding contract for the first parties, which means that if such a thing were to come out, and it is not a very obvious (actual) bug in the software (Apple's local geolocation data retention bug and Microsoft's bug in WP7 that may have determined the location before you pressed "OK" in the dialog are definitely such - they give nothing of advantage to the two companies), they have a problem named "breach of contract": There will be legal action by activist in such a case.

Then, your argument is valid, a firewall would be effective if you trusted the hardware and software environment. However, I wouldn't hold my breath for it: Firewalls or capability removers are just not fitting in the image of a smartphone. On Android, you also require root for this (important point here: a 3rd party device unlock, it does not come built-in - and apps could also stop working if you withdraw rights from them, since the code might not be prepared for such a scenario either), on an iDevice and Windows Phone it's not possible. It's very much the contrary of how smartphone makers would like to market their devices, a scenario where you might possibly not trust your apps - this could even scare users away from smartphones.

Therefore it is unlikely that WP8 will come with such a capability built-in. Even though WP8 will be sharing the kernel with WinRT, it should be noted that both, WP8 and WinRT will require mandatory UEFI Secure Boot from OEMs. It's likely that this cannot be broken at all unless every a very significant hole can be found that permits to breach the chain of trust or the devices' firmware can be attacked. Hence, it isn't even said whether WP8 can be rooted. If WinRT does not come with Windows Filtering Platform (WFP), it would be the same situation as is on WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ntech3333:
You are right, of course the EULA is the first thing to mention But about what legal consequences are you talking ? They will be fined to pay some million dollar ?! Ok, nice, but they still have my data. In this case they bought the information, that's all.

Anyway, I do not want to be paranoid and of course also here at some point you need to stop :)

To have root access on a device that you own is natural for me. I bought it, it belongs to me, that's why I should be the master on my device. For sure, this does not fit in the global tendency of "not to care about your device, just make it run", too.

On a windows computer I can have administrator privilidges as well. Why they do not want to give me this on my smartphone that claims to be a computer somehow, too?

By the way, WFP is quite a useless piece of invention. I once experimented with WFP for some software project on a windows computer and found out, that the same way I can change every rule someone created for the firewall, everyone else can do. Means: I created a rule to pervent skype to access the internet. Guess what ? Right, Skype detected that and 2min later it deleted my rule and created an own one to grant access again. What use does such a system have ?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZetaZynK:
There's a rather simple reason, "root" is a badword for most mobile manufacturers: piracy. On Android, that's a different story because you typically can install side-loaded applications, but on the iPhone or Windows Phone you require unlocks to pirate. Typically, piracy is not a practical option on them until you have a root unlock. (If you take a look at WP7, you either require an interop unlock or a custom ROM to have more than 10 unsigned apps - if you wanted to pirate, that would impose a very tight limit on the extend you can do such. Students are even limited to 3 unsigned apps). Root is something that circumvents the control systems of the manufacturer - something that neither Microsoft nor Apple have interest in.

WP and iOS have - compared to Android - very low piracy rates, so this is paying off. (For that matter, WP is probably more locked down than iOS: It took 8 months to public availability of an unlock for my HTC Titan; iOS is usually broken much faster)

I think you're confusing Windows Firewall with WFP. The latter is just a programming interface in the network stack, which allows applications to inspect, filter and modify packets in the network stack. It does not have any rules you could set therefore. Windows Firewall comes with rules, and Skype will - if it has proper privileges to do so - attempt to automatically permit itself in the Firewall.

About the EULA, no. In literally any modern country, data found to have been obtained illegally will result in a sentence to delete the data, to pay a fine and likely to pay the victims damages.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ntech3333:
You see, that is the point. The possibility to decide upon your own device is taken away from you due to fears and prejugdes of the manufacturer. Why it always must be connected with piracy ? It means that everybody who wants to have root access on his device is potentially criminal and therefore it is better not to ask for it. Nice.

If you buy a modern house with automatic controlled sun blinds, heating etc. Would you accept, that there is a control room in your cellar, where only the company that built your house has access to? You are only allowed to switch on and off the light in your house. Even the sun blinds open and close whenever they want and tell you when you are allowed to look out of the window and when not. Just because you have no "root" access to change that and you need to accept it.

Fur sure, it is nice to have such system where the user has not rights since most users are not experts and causing mostly only problems where in the other way the system runs smooth and stable...

About WFP, yes I just saw that with Win Vista and Win 7 they introduced such way of filtering platform. I really mixed it up with the windows firewall manager that is accessable via API.

I never saw in any case where data has been found somewhere that users got paid damages. Did Apple do when they tracked their users ? I think no. Did they delete the data ? No they did not, they excused and said something like "oh, what a pitty, we will change that in our next update" Quite safe, isn't it ?