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[General Questions and Answers] orangekid:
Well look at it from their point of view, you can easily brick a Samsung phone by flashing the wrong thing in Odin. Remember that leaked kernel that was bricking people's N7000? Samsung was honoring RMAs I think and even helping the dev community find the bug!

But there are higher brick rates with rooting or flashing insecure kernels. Even on the HD2 when we had HSPL, if you flashed a radio ending in .51 on the tmobile unit, bam instant brick.

Same with the iPhone 3GS, if you flash the iPad baseband on a later than week 34 of 2011 model to carrier unlock, bam your NOR chip is fried and you have no radio.

How about doing an OTA over a custom ROM? HTC devices get bricked that way, all that wrong hboot version garbage.

Sure, custom ROMs are built from an open source kernel, but that kernel is often modified, and just because the new modified kernel has a source repo, does mean it is safe to flash? Hell, the N7000 ICS ROM is "open source" but if I flash it on a I717 guess what you get? Paperweight.

My opinion is (and I think Samsung operates this way), if the rooting is NOT the cause of your problems, they honor RMA, if rooting caused the problem, they have a right to deny.
[General Questions and Answers] keithross39:
Yeah I understand that there are risks involved in rooting and flashing the wrong software etc....this is why I suggested that Google, the manufacturers and devs *could* work more closely together....one way of doing this could be that all parties jointly set up and run/monitor a website where one page is reserved specifically for each make/model of phone where the software links for upgrading that specific phone are contained only on that specific page....I think that'd be workable....what about you?
[General Questions and Answers] orangekid:
No, because you will still have idiots flashing things they shouldn't be, just like on this site. It very clearly says in the HD2 forum NOT to flash a .51 radio on a tmobile unit, and you still get these threads "HELP I FLASHED 2.08.51 RADIO AND NOW MY PHONE WON'T TURJN ON"

You can't coordinate against stupidity.
[General Questions and Answers] keithross39:
Lol.....yeah ur always gonna get the occasional idiot, some people just can't be helped.....but the website I described would keep these mishaps to the absolute minimum....you'd go to the page specific to your phone and if the link wasn't there you couldn't flash it......

Google has the infrastructure to build the website....

The manufacturers have the relevant info about their phones...

And the devs have the upgrades......
[General Questions and Answers] orangekid:
Honestly the website you describe is this forum.

Is there anything that this website would have that XDA lacks?
[General Questions and Answers] keithross39:
There's no doubting that this website (XDA) is a fantastic resource.....but speaking from my (limited) experience it seems to lack *some* continuity....my case as an example....I wanted to flash cwm to my phone...I was having trouble finding the resources I needed....in the end I asked for help....which I was given....my point is...up until that moment, the resources I needed weren't grouped together on one page...they were spread across the website....as a noob, I could quite easily have selected the wrong download and permanently FUBARed my phone....

That's what I'd like this theoretical website to provide...all the resources needed to upgrade a specific make/model of phone grouped together on one single page.....
[General Questions and Answers] orangekid:
With a million phones and a million carriers and a million recoveries I don't see how you could possibly do that on a single page.
[General Questions and Answers] keithross39:
Yes...I agree...it's a potentially massive undertaking....but the Infrastructure, resources and info are already available.....

It's not like Android is a 'niche' market, over the last year or so, it's seen some massive growth....as we go into the future, there are going to be more and more users who aren't going to be satisfied with just the 'stock' experience....so unlocking a phones potential is going to be seen as way more mainstream and high profile than it currently is....everybody needs to realise this before it becomes a real issue...where you have your 'average joe or june' with their phones fresh out of the box...trying to unlock and upgrade....and getting it disastrously wrong. There are users with varying levels of tech savvy out there....those of us here on XDA are probably more tech savvy than most....there are going to be users who haven't heard of XDA....or if they have, they've decided it's just another 'geeky' forum (no offence intended). Some of those users are going to see what other peoples phones are really capable of and think to themselves 'i want my phone to be able to do that'. It's not unreasonable to suggest that the numbers of these erm 'tech challenged' users are very soon going to be larger than the tech savvy users and that as a result, unless a user friendly resource is made available, a great deal more phones...through no fault of their own....are going to end up bricked. You may say that's nobody's fault but the end user.....I would say that I agree to some extent....BUT....partial responsibility HAS to be shouldered by Google and the manufacturers too....after all Google made the code 'open source' and the manufacturers ran with it. So as I suggested in my OP, they should shoulder some responsibility to a) help ensure things don't go wrong In the first place and b) provide support if they do.......

Bottom line......Google and the manufacturers helped create the situation by building this capability into the OS and phones, it's just a cop out to hide behind waranty statements after the fact........
[General Questions and Answers] orangekid:
You don't realize that us users who root and flash custom **** make up less that. 1% of the market share of Android users.
[General Questions and Answers] keithross39:
I didn't know that it was as low as that....but I've a feeling that this will change...in a big way...

Consider the mess that Samsung made of rolling out ICS, what if that happens with future releases of OS upgrades....when you combine that possibility with the ever increasing numbers of Android users....a lot of who are not going to accept that sort of delay...it's fair to say that more and more users are going to seek an alternative option.....even with that aside, with more people buying Android phones, more people are going to be prepared to risk unofficially upgrading, as a result of this, more 'general' Android users are going to see modified phones and think that they'd like to have a phone as capable as their friends.....so yes, the percentage at the moment probably is that small, but it has the capacity to snowball exponentially to a very large percentage.....it may take time, but imo, it will go that way......
[General Questions and Answers] orangekid:
As the hardware gets better and better there's less of a reason to root. Back during the donut/froyo days you had to flash ROMs but these days on quad core jellybean there's no real reason other than us freaks...
[General Questions and Answers] keithross39:
Don't forget about the phones that are left behind and forgotten about by their manufacturers....I'm using a galaxy W, and if I hadn't rooted and flashed CM9, I'd still be running stock gingerbread.....as it is, there's a very real possibility that I could end up running jellybean in a few weeks......that in itself is reason enough to root.....and I'm sure i'm not the only Android phone owner who finds themselves in this unenviable position.....
[General Questions and Answers] keithross39:
Lol....And then there's the original reason I decided to root....getting rid of all the pre installed c**p that was clogging up my phone when I brought it.....I mean...t blox and millionaire city and hang man....really?...lol

Another reason I rooted was to gain some control over the permissions that my apps were requesting.....LBE privacy guard allows this.....as long as I am rooted.....bit of a no brainer really......
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adavisme:
Since I have the jelly bean update and Google Now, I have turned on my location history. It shows up ok on the dashboard online, but does not show up on my phone when I go to the location history in maps. Any thought?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adavisme:
Any one ever see this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] r0ck0:
I didn't know about the location history, I had it enabled and it does work on my phone. I see location history on the phone and in the dashboard. Sorry not much help.

P.S. This machine kills fascists
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fede_79:
Same problem here I've tried to clear data of maps and reconfigure. But nothing

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyeinxhankoko:
Re: Facebook 1.9.9 v1.1 (9/7/12)

Hi.

I have few questions.

I'm from Myanmar.

Our local language can be seen correctly in friendcaster and firefox.

But it is not work on facebook and other browser. Some overlapping.

That problem started when I upgraded from ginger to ICS.

is there a way to show the fonts correctly in facebook as in friendcaster.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omaxe:
Hmmm... Try Updating or use any other fb app... I think...

Edit: Or wait for Jokesy or Sun90

Peace

Hit Thanks & It will Disappear

Sent from S II Running Official ICS 4.0.4 with Siyah 4.1 [/size]
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
It's a known bug in the official Facebook app.

As Omaxe said, you have to stick with other Facebook app as we all know that the official Facebook app for Android sucks!

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
As said by Jokesy facebook app sucks for andoid and also consumes a lot of battery so betta use friendcaster
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karthikcs:
I have the same issue for my local Indian language. I started using FB Light app. It's very nice. Try it out. Faster than the official app, but has adson free version
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmetek:
this?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5hbmRyb21vLmRldjE2OTczLmFwcDE2MzM1Il0.
[HD2 General] rikusuicide:
hmm.. wondering why no one wants the phone anymore... Is it because ist to hard to get replacement parts? Or because it is so old? I think when Magldr 2.0 will be relased the people want the phone again. What you guys think about it? :highfive:
[HD2 General] maykel.:
Don't be naive, new Magldr wont come out. For mobile phones three years is very long time.
[HD2 General] neol:
Why no one needs the Htc Hd2?

I'm still using the phone... and going strong, not an scratch so far... testing still going on... :D
[HD2 General] automechnic077:
Mine was stolen a week ago. Not a scratch on it, Was my fav hands down.
[HD2 General] rainbow66:
I use it for almost 3 years. Optimal size, I do not miss anything. but the correct rom is a must. I'm super happy with this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1769081 :good:
[HD2 General] mengfei:
If you scroll down you'll find somebody here still buying a New HD2
[HD2 General] fanaras:
I love HD2. I spent a whole day trying to upadate it's nand to android 4. When i saw it's performance on android i loved it even more.

---------- Post added at 09:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:06 PM ----------

But the main reason I want to buy a new smartphone, is the front camera. If only HD2 had one......
[HD2 General] Nigeldg:
If you spent a whole day, then you're doing it wrong :P It really should take around 30 minutes including bootup time at the most.
[HD2 General] rikusuicide:
Front Camera who really needs one:D ? I don't
[HD2 General] orangekid:
It's not the FFC, it's the specs.

This phone runs a 1st gen snapdragon with 512mb RAM and a WVGA 4.3" screen.

The development is still sick but honestly you can get a dual-core, 1gb ram phone with a way better GPU for so cheap now that this phone is just old news now.

I love the dual-boot and development too, but honestly I'd rather rock a 4.7" 720p display with a dual-core processor running stable Jellybean. We really just need Cotulla to attempt HSPL + Magldr for a WP8 phone so we can start all over with the dual-boot.
[HD2 General] omranlibanon:
i changed from iphone to hd2 because i like the big screen and the android and its realy cheap
[HD2 General] Rumble6059:
just brought myself one of these [had one when they first came out and sold when i upgraded] and ive got to admit, they are bloody hard to get hold of!

all the sales are snapped up REALLY quickly!

meaning that there are still a lot of people wanting these phones :)
[HD2 General] Mister B:
Old phone but it is a good one for solid build feel & good dimensions to screen size.

For gaming better option can be had.

For business & more pro & flexible connectivity options the HD2 & NRG WM6.5.x takes some beating if you know how to use it.
[HD2 General] orangekid:
the NRG WM6.5.x ROM is my all time favorite, especially with the cookie home mods.
[HD2 General] Mister B:
My favourite & company I work for use it on all their HD2s as we got fed up with staff messing up android with constant app playing & unable to do basic tast via Androids 5h1te interface.

Office doc handling and actual phone use & superb email handling by pocket outlook can not be beaten. Android is a step backwards ...

We plan on sticking with the HD2 & WM6.5.x for at least another 2 years as current phones & OS's are just fancy numbers & no substance.

Hoping WP8 turns out a winner & HTC make a solid hardware machine to use it & influence the type of development we had with the HD2 ! :-/
[HD2 General] orangekid:
Yeah I too am hoping for big things from WP8, hopefully it has the features that WP7 lacks.
[HD2 General] lijingg:
Just got a few on ebay. I like HD2.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] xperiafath:
my xperia x10 mini pro serial is

:10W26

how can i unlock my phone boot-loader and use custom kernel :confused:

help me please:(
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SmG67:
Find S1Tool

Find Flashtool

Start S1Tool

Click the identify button and follow the instructions on screen

If it says SEMC-Simlock certificate you're in luck

If it says Not recognised Simlock-Certificate you're out of luck, unless you sim-unlocked your phone with an EMMA/IMEI code from your provider

If you're in luck

Start Flashtool

In the Plugins-menu is the option to unlock your bootloader

Follow the instructions on screen :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabeez98:
Hi.I bought a-JAYS One+.I unboxed it,tested it and downloaded the Headset Control app. But the button doesn't work!. I tested rebooting,reinstalling and removing the app and other apps like Vlingo.But it don't work anyways.Are the earphones defective? But the mic seems to work OK.(i tested it). What's the problem?

I run the stock XXLG1 rom.No root,BL unlock or something like this.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabeez98:
Odp: (S5830i) Problem with a-JAYS One+

Thread to close

Sent from my ultra razorsharp energic Galaxy S2.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbarrera:
Did the device work? What happened?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabeez98:
Odp: (S5830i) Problem with a-JAYS One+

I said thread to close. I fixed it

Sent from my ultra razorsharp energic Galaxy S2.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr03:
But how you fixed it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] colemac:
Anyone know when it will be coming out and what is the most stable build to flash if impatient?

Thanks,
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] expertzero1:
One year

Check development section

K thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] robstunner:
It's coming out the day of the iPhone 5 release. Motorola customer support told me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] colemac:
lol, what is the most stable jelly bean rom for telus. please post link.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] acloaf:
Google is your friend. In this case you don't even need it since in the first 10 threads of this forum there's two that mention both JB and I747M in the title.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] guylerm0:
Hi, friends, i need custom kernel that support NTFS in USB OTG.

I have Stock Rom ICS. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
Please refer to the "note super everything thread " located at the top of the general section...

That will give you access to all available kernel links and the associated threads .

Good luck to you ....g
[HTC One X] feuerkette:
Hi,

On my stock gallery app my videos from whatsapp not shown.I installed quickpic from market and that app shows the videos.

Someone else have this issue?

I'm on ARHD 9.4.2 and have tried fullwipe but no luck
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
install this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.droida.nomedia&hl=en

find the folder where the videos are stored, make it red (if its currently white) then make white again.

reboot.

IF after a reboot, they still aren't showing, go into settings>apps>gallery and clear data. (then reboot again)

if that doesn't work, try a normal file explorer (make sure the settings within this explorer are set to view system files) and browse to the folder. look for a file called .nomedia and delete it.

then reboot again, might need to clear data for gallery app again. (and another final reboot)

sometimes straight after the reboot nothing at all will show, it can take a little while, so get on with everything else, go back to gallery in 10 mins and it should have re populated all your albums
[HTC One X] feuerkette:
Thank you for your help,but dont work for me.I think it's an issue of format.video from whatsapp have .MOV ending.I renamed them into .mp4 an then videos shown.
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
Good to hear you got it working :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyrictenor1:
Before, in my other android devices, if I clicked on an embedded YouTube video, I was given the option of viewing the video in the YouTube app, or if i clicked on the text that says "YouTube" at the bottom right corner of the video.

I see that I cannot do that anymore with chrome on the N7. Even trying to copy the URL for the YouTube video has become problematic; I just want to view the video in the YouTube app. Any tips/solutions?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wilks3y:
Try clearing the Cache/Data for the YouTube app.

If that doesn't work try :

Settings > Applications > Manage applications and then press the “All” tab. Choose the application that you previously selected as default, and scroll to the section “Launch by default” and press the “Clear defaults” button.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyrictenor1:
It's not launching another app; it's only allowing me to play YouTube videos as embedded on a webpage as there seems to be no option to play it in the YouTube app. For example:

http://www.androidcentral.com/if-yo...een-next-one?utm_source=ac&utm_medium=twitter
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinizio:
Hi all I want to know If my ATRIX with 4.5.141 is Stock or OTA, or if I want to unlock bootloader it dosent matter is was a stock or over the air.

Can anyone tell me where's the guide for me.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
Stock means your phone is untouched, as it came from the manufacturer/provider.

OTA refers to the "Over The Air" updates which come from the manufacturer or provider. They are actually one and the same thing. You will receive a notification when an OTA update is available for your stock phone. You then download the update, and install it. Your phone is still stock, but running the latest version of the operating system.

<edit> Read this > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1154600 3 times before you do anything else!
[Android Apps and Games] cyber.wizard:
Hi

This is my first android app its simple application to set different fancy icons to your device status bar.my application is similar to ios cydia tweak called "Zeppelin" .hope you people like this on android.as am new to android development so please bear with me for the any mistake..

Features:

1.Add Your own Text(Title and Message for your Icon)

2.Set On Boot option (Just long press the icon which you want to set when your device boot up(Restarts))

3.Notification Hub-Access the following Notification in one Place:

-Unread SMS Count

-Missed Call Count

-Battery Level

-External Storage Space

-Next Alarm time

-Wifi/3G, Bluetooth Status

Icons Included:

*Famous Brands(Nike,Puma,KFC.Kappa,adidas,Vans,more,)

*Applications(Android,Apple,Windows,Ubuntu..more)

*Car logos(BMW,Audi,Ferrari..more)

*Super Hero Symbols(Batman,Superman,Spiderman..more)

*National Flags(US,Uk,India...more)

*Emoticons

*NBA Teams

*Euro Football Teams

*Movies(South Park,TDK,Optimus,Storm Trooper,007,Predator..more)

*Games(Mario,Ezio..more)

*ForGirls(Little Pony,Pony,Luna,Heart,Pink Owl,Pink Flower,Hello Kitty)

*Misc(FTv,Hello Kitty,Emo..more)

and many more.....

*********************

What's in this version:

v.2.0 [Beta]

-Notification Hub-Access the following Notification in one Place:

*Unread SMS/Missed Call Count

*Battery Level/External Storage Space

*Next Alarm time

*Wifi/3G,/Bluetooth Status

-Set on Boot ON/OFF Option Button added in Boot option menu.

-New UI Holo Theme

-New Icons:

*App(Ubuntu)

*Network Operators(Aitel,3,idea)

*Movie(Monster Inc,Bugs Bunny,007,Storm Trooper,Optimus)

*Brands(Vans,Adidas,Kappa)

*Games(Hitman)

Misc(beats,Troll face)

*Girly(Kitty,Bunny,Broken Heart,Pink Bow,Owl,Flower)

****************************

(Downlaod link:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cyberwizard.anotify)

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Anotify

Screen Shots

:)
[Android Apps and Games] cyber.wizard:
Update..1.0.3

***********

v.1.0.3

*Added Categorized GUI

*New Flags

*Euro Football Clubs Icons

*NBA

*Emoticons

*More Movie Icons

**************

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...wizard.anotify
[Android Apps and Games] Felimenta97:
What's three point if you press the clear all button and it goes away?

"I got my values. So you can keep yours, OK?"
[Android Apps and Games] crotchfist:
pretty much this.

also, i'd like to be able to apply my own image instead of the ones supplied.
[Android Apps and Games] cyber.wizard:
It goes away because it's just a notification icon not ongoing application icon .i will change it to icon for ongoing application so that ill will remain after pressing clear all...but i don't know as am new to all this,whether it will consume more memory if application is running in background when i change it to icon for ongoing application instead of simple notification icon..correct me please
[Android Apps and Games] Felimenta97:
Take a look at Headset Icon to see what I meant...

"I got my values. So you can keep yours, OK?"
[Android Apps and Games] cyber.wizard:
There is restriction for icon size in notification bar for different hand sets...that's why i have not added that option..
[Android Apps and Games] cyber.wizard:
update

v.1.0.6

-Fix:Icons should not be cleared by the "Clear notifications" button.

-New Icons:

*Emo boy

*FTV

*Puma

*Nike

*HoneyComb

*Hello Kitty
[Android Apps and Games] paarthdesai:
arghh add Liverpool pls.. :) and please do something that app doesn't appear in notification window :( only the status bar icon should... allow root permission m sure no 1 here would have problem with it.. or make 2 versions one with root and no notification tray.. that pisses me off.. ( just a suggestion) and add Liverpool please :p m sure most people gona get screwed.. hehe 4stars on store untill Liverpool is added

Sent from my One V
[Android Apps and Games] cyber.wizard:
Thanks buddy..i really wanted to add more feature but due to root permission...i mean for normal user rooting is something very big..but i love your suggestion about another version(rooted)....Will work on it..Aaah how can i forget Liverpool..will add for sure and more teams also....

:)
[Android Apps and Games] D00mSlayer:
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS APP. YES THE BATMAN ICON IS THE BEST.

THANK YOU!

(Sorry for CAPS, I was excited. )