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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] developersiyahno:
don't think anything can be done in all honesty
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saiyanajay:
The warranty is for one year

So replacing the motherboard is the only solution I guess
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zhoudxnz:
How did you manage to boot the bricked phone and load the pit file? jtag? Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somohnoob:
Help us!

Before I recovery my Galaxy S2 from emmc brick, when i download an app or anything my phone freezy. I'm crazy :eek: . I found a forum which looks will help us. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1760107

Somebody who knows how to use this tutorial, please put step by step here or post a new tread.

Thanks for all anyway
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mm_farahat:
Hello , I had the same problem , I searched a lot ,but It seems that the only solution is to replace the motherboard.

BUT:

I have tried many roms , I found that cm10 , cm10.1 is working very well , with no freeze . try cyanogenmod
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Lol, everyone that soft bricks their devices thinks that it's eMMc's bug.

And I dunno why everybody loves to dance with pit files.

Monsters never scared me, pit files do.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
Yeah and everyone who simply cant get system partition to boot seem to think their device is "soft" bricked.

No such thing as a soft-brick. Your device is either bricked or it isnt, ie when you need to JTAG flash or motherboard replace. Anything less, ie when you can simply just re-flash a kernel or rom via download/recovery is not bricked in any way.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
I think we had this conversation before....went something like...this:

Your statement:

Bricked Phone: useless phone.

Non Bricked Phone: working phone/system failure/whatever phone has got that can be reverted.

Unbrick: Something that is accomplished by a riff box jtag or mobo replacement.

Mine (and a whole lotta people):

Bricked phone / hard bricked phone: Dead man, dead.

Soft-bricked phone: system failure/whatever phone has got that can be reverted.

Unbrick: revert the system issues making it work properly, re partition, riff box jtag or mobo replacement or whatever that brings the phone back to life.

As you can see, we are talking about the same, we only brand it with different names.

Now, the thing is that we call it a brick because we can't use it, and judging by the device's wheight we call it a brick, it's got brick's uses only.

Same applies to Soft brick, that stands for Software bricks, an unusable software , that without of people wanting to help other people (here at xda and

forums alike

) would became either bricks or just a service center scam ( giving them the possibility to say "You must have dropped it, we changed the hardware and it costs $ 250").

Same happens with the unbrick concept. Tell me, as you are being "technical", how in gods name do you unbrick a brick? what, you apply some glue?

Exactly, makes no sense, that's why we call it a metaphor.

wouldn't you agree now?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
No.

Bricked is when you need extra hardware to repair problem other then standard USB cable. ie new motherboard or riff box/jtag connection. If you can simply boot device and re-flash something by normal means there is nothing wrong with your device and PEBCAK, and is not "bricked".

"soft-brick" is just a term coined by n00bs who find it easier to use the term when they screw system up somehow and cant get partition to boot or have boot loop etc etc. Only reason its used allot is because we have many many n00bs on here and the term has simply stuck.

The term "bricked" is used far too loosely noways.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Yeah, I meantioned what you thought about that term in my previous post, here, let me get auto quoted:

+

I'm sticking with the Soft-Brick term, It's just so cool to use.

Guess I'm a noob then....hold on a sec...I am a noob, first flashed Dec, 19 2012.

So, nothing new here, oh yes, unbrick term is missing.

Let me know when you think of a non-loose answer for that.

I'd really like to see a brick become unbrick (explained with technicalities).

Lol, if we get thru this, the next thing we all gonna be arguing about is english language.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
The term "bricked" has always meant same on XDA, Its only these past few years when smartphones have become more popular with mainstream public and XDA has had a huge flood of n00bs screaming "hey I haz bricked me fone :(" that terms like "soft-bricked" has come into play because n00bs kept thinking their device was bricked when it was simply a bad flash or system had problems booting etc.

Bricked is when your phone cannot be used/flashed without extra hardware like when you corrupt your bootloader for example.

A "unbrick" would be when you use this extra hardware to resolve issue with your device.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Following that reasoning PC should be consider considered extra hardware.

As I said before, we are talking about the same thing here, we only call it differently.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnius1:
As the title says, there is a slight gap in the body casing that runs for about 2 inches along the same edge where the charging port and hdmi port is located. It's between the edge of the screen and the plastic just big enough that I can slip paper about the thickness of 2 sheets of paper.

This is my second Atrix that I bought after market new in box because my carrier doesn't have them anymore. Other than this physical defect it works fine. My main concern is dust or lint getting under the screen. I'm wondering if that is an issue? Or is there another layer inside the phone that I can't see that comes between the screen and the chassis?
[General Questions and Answers] dustrho:
Hey everyone. I've been using Amazon's Cloud Player service for a while now, and I've been thoroughly enjoying. However, I got an email yesterday stating how they're changing things up on their end, mainly with the introduction of a "premium" service that'll cost $25/year. All of the details can be seen by clicking the link below, but I'm not sure what to make of it. I'm not sure if this is going to benefit me or be a rip-off. Are there any other services like this that are FREE and works well? I refuse to use Google Music since you can only download their MP3s a total of three times, after that you're kind of SOL. With Amazon, you can download those MP3s as often as you want and best of all their DRM free!

So, what is everyone's thoughts about this change in their product/service? Read the full update HERE.
[General Questions and Answers] xberry:
Google Music should allow you to download indefinitely if you use their download app to do it. But downloading from the web has the 3x limit. I've been using Audiogalaxy happily for a long time now. They're free, but it requires you to run a file on your home pc to host it. So if your pc is offline, you're not going to hear your music.

That said, the upside is that there's no uploading. They read the folders you select on your pc and even correct the id3 tags (where possible). Any new music added to these folders becomes instantly accessible from any browser. Works on Android and iOS.
[General Questions and Answers] gbroon:
What i think will backfire on them is the matching of uploaded files which upgrades to a 256k version. Basically for a set annual fee you can convert music downloaded via methods the music industry disapprove of to a legitimate version. Don't see Amazon getting increased sales due to this.

Nice idea i can't believe the music industry would agree to.
[General Questions and Answers] pawdog:
I'm giving the new 30 day trial a go. Been running the importing app for about 24 hours and so far around 4000 tracks imported. The app crashed twice so far so some of that time was wasted.I have over 25,000 tracks. So this will take over a week to get done. The tracks are available on the service as soon as they are imported. Still debating the $25.00 a year vs Google Music free but the allure of having my entire collection available on the go is very interesting.
[General Questions and Answers] primerisk:
Amazon is fleecing you, don't do it.

Look, Google provides the same service to store your collection for streaming anywhere and they don't charge you.

On top of everything else, this is kind a kick in the balls to everyone who bought a Kindle Fire. I am an avid user of the Cloud Player service with my Fire, but 99% of my 50,000 tracks were legitimately ripped from CDs I purchased (ironically 75% of the CDs through Amazon). I have painfully uploaded them all to my account with that huge POS uploader and now Amazon says pay up or go away. Well, go away I will. I got my Nexus 7 three weeks ago and I already pay for 200GB of storage with Google. Google Play Music is not as nice as Amazon Cloud Player, but I won't pay Amazon their blackmail. Amazon better get their act together on the streaming titles or I'm dumping Amazon Prime and the Fire will be rooted and running a Cyanogen mod shortly.

BTW, there is not really a bonus for signing up before your trial ends as they have advertised. They are just trying to get you hooked on their storage, because 1 year from now, the bill will show up and be $25 for the 50GB plus $25 for Cloud Player Premium.
[General Questions and Answers] jaegorith:
I was frustrated with Amazon's decision too. Here is an option that worked for me because I don't have a large music collection.

When Box was offering the free 50GB of storage earlier this year if you installed the app on an Android device, I jumped on it. Turns out that the CloudAround music player app can login to Box and Dropbox, and stream the music!

So now my Amazon music library only contains music I bought from Amazon, not imported music from CDs etc.

Sent from my Kindle on Fire with Jelly Bean!
[General Questions and Answers] dustrho:
I thought there would be a lot more discussion regarding this topic, but guess I was wrong. Anyone jump on the $25/year premium deal? I'm starting to consider upgrading to it now.
[HTC EVO 3D] andrea210701:
Is possible port the cm10 for lg p500 on evo 3d?

Inviato dal mio evo 3d con Tapatalk 2
[HTC EVO 3D] sitlet:
I'm sure there is a way.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] sanewone2012:
Hi

are there any possible way to connect my HTC wifi only version to 3g network?

like 3g USB modem..

htnaks
[General Questions and Answers] LiquidEr:
Hello :) !!

I installed Link2SD on my Acer liquid E (running LiquidNext 1.9.2).

linked 5 apps.

But after rebooting, Titanium autmoatically crashes, as well as other apps!!

I could not understand what the problem is !

could you please help me ? :)

Logcat attached :D
[General Questions and Answers] Woody:
I agree. I am thinking that your partitions are not set up correctly. IIRC from when I used Link2Sd, you had to have 1-Fat32 for normal stuff and 1-Fat32 for the apps to link too. In older versions it was Fat32, Ext2/3 and the Swap.

When you installed Link2Sd, and it checked for partitions, did it throw any errors? Does your ROM support Link2SD? I'll look around at it some more but A.cid asked for some help.
[General Questions and Answers] LiquidEr:
Thank you both guys for replying in such a kind way: i appreciate!

I am running this MOD: LiquidNext (latest version 1.9.2)

forum thread about the rom here

It seems to be possible to run link2SD on the above ROM.

Other apps crash as well, but I honestly can't recall whether they were system apps or not.

I have now resetted everything:

I have wiped everything, both internal and external memories (8GB SDcard).

I have formatted the sd card from the CWM Recovery (touch): EXT3 1024 MB, Swap: 0 MB, FAT32 remaining space.

I have flashed the same rom again, and haven't yet installed link2sd and Titanium.

so far everything is running smoothly, but I want to understand what's wrong when I install link2sd! :D

I have been running it smoothly in the past on the same ROM => then something mysterious happened :D

hope you guys are better than me and can find the culprit :D !!
[General Questions and Answers] Shaaan:
Corrupt partition. Removing the link2sd script from init.d will be a temporary fix. You need to reformat your ext partition!

___________XDA Premium__________

Don't be a noob. Be a newbie..!!

Details here.

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[General Questions and Answers] LiquidEr:
already done !!

thanks though
[General Questions and Answers] Woody:
Hey, I know that this isn't your device but there may be somethings in this trhead that will help you troubleshoot, like kernel modules and proper partition setup. This was my first Android device so you might see a post or two in there from me way back when.

[GUIDE] Link2SD on milestone XT 720
[General Questions and Answers] LiquidEr:
Thank you but that was not of much help :( !!

I still haven't managed to get Link2SD to work correctly!!

help me please :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wiz561:
I attempted to upload some pictures from the gallery to Picasa using the 'share' button. When I do this, it fails. When I uninstall the Facebook Sync (in the accounts), Picasa automatically starts working again. Arghhh...

It seems like many have had this problem, but this is the first time I've experienced it, as I always had facebook + picasa (through google sync) loaded up. Has anybody found a fix for this?

thanks in advanced.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brisseau:
OK, so I've had Android since the G1, then the Vibrant and now the SGS2 so I'm familiar with flashing and rooting and all that good stuff but some of the basics elude me...

I'm not a coder, programmer or modder in any way, shape or form. Nor do I claim to be.

Here's my question. Google writes the source code for the Android OS, then releases it to manufacturers to add their bloat/spin (TouchWiz, Sense, etc). If the underlying code is the same, why is it not easier to take the original source code and flash it on any phone?

I'll use Windows as an example here:

If I buy a PC with Windows Home Premium on it from HP, I'll get all of the extra bloat that HP puts on the machine to "enhance" my experience. However, if I decide to, I can format (or flash) my PC and install a "clean" version of Windows (direct from Microsoft) on it direct from CD or DVD. Doesn't matter if I format and install on an HP, Dell, Gateway, Acer, etc. because the source code is same. Aside from a couple of driver issues, on first boot, everything works.

Why is it not the same for Android on the phones? Is getting the code for the drivers what holds us back?

The other bonus is that even if something goes wrong, since I essentially rooted my PC (I removed what was originally installed on the PC and put the original source code on it) I can still send it in to get repaired to HP or Gateway or Dell. I can't do that with a phone. If I root my phone, my warranty is void. Even if the hardware is defective.

Windows has a "minimum hardware requirements" that a PC must meet in order to run Windows.

Why would Google not have a similar requirement? "A phone must have these specs to run Android."

I understand that Sense, TouchWiz, etc will add bloat to the interface but (and maybe I'm naive here) it shouldn't be that hard to get back to the source code on the phones, should it?

Help me. I don't understand. Again, I'm not a coder, programmer or modder in any way, shape or form. I root my phone(s) and try to get as close to the original source code as I can but I rely on smarter people to get me there. Granted I could buy a Nexus device and not have to worry about it. However, that just goes to further emphasis my question; Google pushes original source code out to the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus One, Nexus S. So why is it not easier to get that same source code on other phones?

Thanks in advance...

-Steve
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MissionImprobable:
The reason you void your warranty with rooting is simply because that's what you agree to when you purchase it. Just something that carriers/manufacturers have gone with and we as consumers haven't fought it. Realistically it might be something that could be addressed in court or through the FCC. If you buy a car and modify it, if something fails unless the dealership can prove that your modification caused the failure they still have to cover the repair under warranty. That said, for now the majority accept it and the majority still do not root and such so it's accepted. Perhaps as more people become aware of what can be done with their phones, especially if companies start using apps like Tasker to increase efficiency of their corporate devices, there's the possibility that this will change.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuisma:
Buying an Android device, the warranty covers the system installation. Buying a PC, it does not.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brisseau:
The reason you void your warranty with rooting is simply because that's what you agree to when you purchase it. Just something that carriers/manufacturers have gone with and we as consumers haven't fought it. Realistically it might be something that could be addressed in court or through the FCC. If you buy a car and modify it, if something fails unless the dealership can prove that your modification caused the failure they still have to cover the repair under warranty. That said, for now the majority accept it and the majority still do not root and such so it's accepted. Perhaps as more people become aware of what can be done with their phones, especially if companies start using apps like Tasker to increase efficiency of their corporate devices, there's the possibility that this will change.

I appreciate the feedback and I get the analogies, however, my original question remains unanswered:

Why is it so difficult to get the original source code onto any android device? Is it drivers? Manufacturer incompatibility?

I'd be interested to learn the process (just a general overview and hopefully in English) it takes to port the original source code onto multiple devices.

Thanks again...

-Steve
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuisma:
Hardware manufacturers develops specific hardware suitable for their devices, requiring special drivers and/or kernel modifications.

The radio code is not a part of the Android OS, and only the Radio Interface Layer (RIL) must conform to the Android API specs.

Hardware manufacturers are free to vary installation parameters such as what disk types to use (mmc, mtd), sizing of partitions to best utilise the available space, etc.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] lolo4000:
Hi,

I receive tablet without 3g modem. I have SIM slot, but nothing happen when I put SIM card.

There are two version of tablet with or without 3g modem.

It is possible to add it ? I read manual, and probably Ericsson F5521GW is supported.

Can you confirm that ?

What about antenna ? It is bulit it tablet ?

This modem will be ok ? Can you check it ?

I found it on ebay New-Unlocked-Ericsson-F5521GW-F3507G-Wireless-3G-WCDMA-HSPA-WWAN-GPS-Mini-PCI-E-/260958383395?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc254ed23
[Thinkpad Tablet General] myal3rt:
Got same problem as you. From what i read at lenovo community forum, only lenovo branded f5521gw will work.

Generic one is not guaranteed. So far i've read that one guy use his dell branded f5521gw module and tpt cannot detect it.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] lolo4000:
Anyone can confirm it ?

So what card I have to get to use 3g on my tablet ?

Is necessary additional antenna ?
[Thinkpad Tablet General] NighTalon:
It Works. Details Below:

I first tried a HP-branded f5521gw. I also tried the F3507gw and F3607gw, both Lenovo-branded.

The only one that will work is a Lenovo-branded f5521gw. I find that the activation process for "other carrier" is more reliable than the one for AT&T. After doing that, I no longer get modem crashes. A modem crash entails a "no network connection" error. If you get this error, re-activating the card for your network should do the trick. (Just make sure you're not accidentally starting a 2-year contract.)

Note that I am unable to root, because my software version was too new. There is still no root for ICS unless you used rookeeper from root on a 3.x version, which I was unable to do.

NighTalon

NYC
[Thinkpad Tablet General] Exe557:
Lenovo branded card will work and also the generic could work.

There are some TPT that don't have the antenna inside on the no 3G version.

HP, Dell, Toshiba branded cards will not work, as they are using a different VID and PID.

Following cards are inside the WWAN loader:

Huawei EC226

USB\VID_12D1&PID_1001

Ericsson F5521gw

USB\VID_0BDB&PID_1911 <- Lenovo Card

USB\VID_0BDB&PID_190D <- Generic Card

USB\VID_0BDB&PID_1925 <- ? maybe Japanese version

USB\VID_0BDB&PID_1924 <- ? maybe Japanese version

Sierra Wireless MC8355 Gobi3000

USB\VID_1199&PID_9012

USB\VID_1199&PID_9013

USB\VID_1199&PID_9018

USB\VID_1199&PID_9019

Toshiba F5521gw has USB\VID_0930&PID_1314

Dell F5521gw (Dell Wireless 5550) has USB\VID_413c&PID_818d

HP F5521gw (HS2340) has USB\VID_03f0&PID_3A1D

That's why they are not detected.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] myal3rt:
Awesome

Thx for sharing.

Mine doesnt have antenna inside :(

But i heard you can buy postmarket antenna for around $5-10
[Thinkpad Tablet General] Exe557:
Yes, cheapest and best way would be to use some generic wwan antenna.

They are very small and they can be fixed by double side tape.

You can find them easily on ebay.

http://www.wirelessgoodness.com/2012/01/06/lenovos-thinkpad-tablet-gets-an-fcc-tear-down/

You can see the original positions in the link.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] Exe557:
I just have received my generic Ericsson F5521gw (USB\VID_0BDB&PID_190D) which is perfectly working in my TPT.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] myal3rt:
Care to tell us where did you buy it?

is there anyway we can tell its USB\VID_12D1&PID_190D?

Thanks :)
[Thinkpad Tablet General] Exe557:
~30€ on ebay.

It's quiet risky but if there is no HP, Lenovo, Dell logo/number on it I would give it a go.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] myal3rt:
If its not too much to ask, can you post picture of your f5521gw

The reason I asked is because there is a lot f5521gw on ebay, a pic of if may help narrow it down :laugh:

thanks
[Thinkpad Tablet General] Exe557:
Please find the picture attached.

It's a real picture of my card but I made the IMEI irrecognizable.
[Thinkpad Tablet General] myal3rt:
Hmm...

A lot of this sell on ebay by chinese/hong kong seller

but in item description saying its not for HP/IBM/Lenovo

perhaps I'll give it a go

Thanks Heaps :good:
[Thinkpad Tablet General] Exe557:
That's normal as almost all notebook manufactures are working with whitelists.

They will block any WWAN card that is not listed in the bios.

Generic cards are generally cheaper.

Lenovo F5521gw with FRU is around 70-80€ on ebay!
[Thinkpad Tablet General] konker:
Looking for one too

Thanks for posting this information Exe557.

I'm in the process of looking for a Ericsson F5521GW card as well.

I take it that you checked the VID & PID in Windows?

Where did you get the list of information about the different VID/PID for the variants?

I asked a seller & he posted the VID&PID as USB\VID_OBDB&PID_190D.

Not sure if this would work but the exterior looks exactly the same as the picture you posted.

Here's the item.

Konker
[Thinkpad Tablet General] Exe557:
I'm sorry, I have checked the list I have posted but I have wrong VID for all Ericsson cards. Correct list :

Huawei EC226

USB\VID_12D1&PID_1001

Ericsson F5521gw

USB\VID_0BDB&PID_1911 <- Lenovo Card

USB\VID_0BDB&PID_190D <- Generic Card

USB\VID_0BDB&PID_1925 <- ? maybe Japanese version

USB\VID_0BDB&PID_1924 <- ? maybe Japanese version

Sierra Wireless MC8355 Gobi3000

USB\VID_1199&PID_9012

USB\VID_1199&PID_9013

USB\VID_1199&PID_9018

USB\VID_1199&PID_9019

So your card with USB\VID_OBDB&PID_190D will work.

I have the same one.

The list is extracted from the WWAN Loader.