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[HTC One S] d3athb4dishonor:
I got the jist of it since I'm coming over from the MyTouch Slide 4G, I already understand how to flash the boot and what not my question is...

Can I flash the boot.img, and then reboot into recovery wipe and flash the zip for the specific Rom? I see in all the instructions it always says wipe flash zip and then reboot into the loader and update the boot.img. Its not that big of a deal the only reason I ask is because I'm just use to flashing the boot image first and then installing the ROM, So I wanted to see if there's a big deal between doing that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dahookup29:
If I upgrade to another radio on my htc evo 4g would my signal get better and my battery would last longer? Also by me updating my radio would it unflash my phone and it won't work on boost mobile no more?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathsled:
Flashing a new radio will not screw up any of the programming for Boost.

It won't hurt to try flashing a newer radio to see if it helps. If you don't like it just flash your old radio back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbucz24:
Yes its possible to get a better signal. Mine and my wife are on different radio versions. Mine is stronger, but only by a few decibels. Its hard to tell exactly, I'm on a different rom an my battery lasts longer than hers.
[HTC One S] Sinistah_:
Is my backlights on my buttons supposed to be dull? They seem to only turn on with auto brightness or am I missing something
[HTC One S] Sinistah_:
Fixed it with factory reset
[HTC EVO 3D] DaveC1964:
I assume some kind of root access is needed to zap the crap. I don't know how deep it needs to be though.

I have a couple of 3Ds bought used cheap. One is hboot 1.5, and the other is 1.4 . on Sprint. The phone part is not even used, it is just used as a 3D viewer for movies/pictures now.

After searching around here I read about wire tricks, s-on, s-off, ICs custom ROMs etc but seems daunting and confusing. I have no idea what is "S-off" and why I need it.

What is the minimum required proceedure for just getting the option to zap crap apps? I am no real hacker type so the easiest method is preferred. The standard included Gingerbread is fine, no need for custom ROMs if it is more hassle to do those.

I rooted Samsung phones before and it seemed way simpler. HTC, not so much.

So what is the rooting level needed and what method to use?

Thanks.
[HTC EVO 3D] Astrikz:
Here you go...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1209379&highlight=remove+sense
[HTC EVO 3D] coal686:
If you want to remove a lot of the Sense stuff, then follow iTzLOLtrain's advice. If you are trying to remove the bloatware that Sprint puts on the phone, then I would do the following:

1. I would root and s-off the phone using this easy to follow guide by ramjet73: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1889438

2. (Optional) I would then install a "senseless" custom ROM like SOS-M or Desensification (both available in the CDMA Development thread). These have most of the sense removed, but everything still works.

3. Use an app like ROM Toolbox Pro to remove apps you don't want.

It may seem like overkill, but that's what I'd do.
[HTC EVO 3D] DaveC1964:
Yes I would like to remove all of that bloatware including the sprint stuff. .

I saw that guide, a wall of text that sounds confusing especially that wire trick thing. I didn't think you needed to do that with hboot 1.4 ? That guide also seems to assume you have ICS and an hboot over 1.5 , I don't it is still GB and one is 1.4.

I was hoping for a simpler way of doing it. I know I would brick the thing doing all of that. No easier way? I am surprised no one automated much of that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] pradyots:
Ive been thinking over this past couple days over a few things since the launch of iphone 5. One thing which caught my attention was lack of NFC in iphones 5th edition.

So I have NFC in my GS3 and its a cool feature to tell people about but I havent used it for anything. It's an upcoming technology and for now its nothing more useful than playing with nfc tags (which is fun). But would lack of NFC hurt anyone. How much would u have missed it if it wasnt in ur GS3?

I know some of us have been able to hack gwallet but i dont think a company like samsung makes decison based on some of us who can fully utilize a technology :)

(If u dont like my qn dont hate me, dont call me isheep or other names as ive never owned any iphone)

Looking for a healthy discussion :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] einrae214:
I haven't used it either. Don't feel bad its not that big of a deal. What's the point of putting technology in a phone if it can't be used in practical life situations.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Android_Monsters:
the people that work at Apple are smart. Their stock is up right, now. But, they are on their way out.

They don't have the vision. Especially without Jobs to keep the public happy overpaying for apps and songs
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] w1n4rt0:
Well, I think NFC is an upcoming technology, and like any other before that, the success of a new technology depends on various factors such as adoption rate, business value added, ease of use, and the support of technology consumer in his case merchants and end user.

If Apple put NFC in their latest iphone, that will boost the adoption rate as like it or not they have millions users. However even without apple's support of NFC, if most of other smartphone manufacturer especially android put NFC in the phone and merchants start to accept NFC as mode of payment, I believe apple will put NFC in the next release of iphone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aklyrical:
It's better to have it not need it.. than to need it not have it..

What bad is it doing us? :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] pradyots:
Very good point but I guess apple likes to prepare its user for an upcoming technology and then gradually guide them into its usage and then make money off of them, which they r doing thru passbook. Which isnt a bad way of selling a service coz my 60 yr old dad wont understand nfc netime if I throw my gs3 at him.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] stacio88:
I love NFC. I use my Google wallet wherever I can and using android beam is really cool.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kobe4rings:
thanks but no thanks. I dont need it and dont want it. If your that lazy that you cant carry a wallet , you deserve to have your financial and personal data stolen which can happen if you lose your phone. you dont even need to have your phone stole for your info to get stolen. It happens all the time eith nfc chips on credit cards.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] stacio88:
Well I pray to God that doesn't happen and thankful it hasn't. So far I am enjoying my NFC chip :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cojak777:
You could make an argument like that about anything. If you take vitamins for instance, I could say "If you're too lazy to eat the proper foods to get your vitamins, you deserve to die of malnutrition".

Back on topic, I don't ever use NFC but mainly because no one accepts it. Apple could have changed that, it'd have been a "magical" and "revolutionary" new technology.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tmanschuette:
I don't have an S3 but I do know a little bit about the nfc card. As stated people who know what they are doing can steal your info from the chip. But the answer is aluminum. The chips cannot be read through it. Just like the "Aluma-Wallets" shown on tv, and the aluminum and tin mixture that is used prevents any connections to the chip. If someone could come out with an aluminum case for the S3 (there may already be one knowing this flaw) the chip would be safe. Or even a belt holster, that way you can still use the function of it but only when you want to.

Tweaked 3.0 and Transparent ICS 5.0 Beta
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Broo:
Google Wallet ins't broadcasting your CC data over NFC all the time; you have to login to it and select the card you want to use. Then you swipe your phone by the reader and confirm the charge on the screen.

If my phone is lost/stolen, I have a PIN to login to the phone, another PIN to activate Google Wallet, and Cerebus running under root to allow me to remotely find it, take pictures of the person holding it, and wipe the phone's internal and SD memory; I don't have any kind of that security on my $10 wallet.

I would also much rather use NFC for purchases than to hand my credit card over to a restaurant server and let them go in the back and take pictures of the front & back of it with their cell phones. ;)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Xanatos57:
And if you have a good enough bank it takes 5 minutes on the phone to put those funds right back where they belong if someone stole your credit card information from your phone like that. I stopped carrying cash 6 years ago. If this technology takes the only thing I'll need to carry is my phone with my driver's license wedged in the case.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jaygajay:
Credit card data isn't stored on the phone. Purchases are authorized through a virtual Mastercard through Google and then Google processes that payment to your card. Your personal CC info is never transfered from the NFC on your phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] g2uzer:
What if you loose your wallet? To use Google wallet you need a pin to log in, plus Google wallet it's not on all the time, you need to log in and choose which card to use, but if you loose your wallet, most places don't ask for I'd so they can use the crap out of your card before you realize you lost it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] crazaytalent:
I Definitely Think nfc is still a burgeoning technology, that just hasnt hit its stride, but its picking up, and now is the right time to have it, as its adoption rate will build over the next two years... The general life expectancy or our phones.

The thing ng with apple is they dont take risks ... They are slow and safe to adopt, and usually only do it, after a technology and its usefulness have been proven. Theyre strength is their ability to take a proven technology and reinvent it in away that is simplified and easy to use for the masses. So they wont take a risks on nfc yet... But they are slowly building the services to rely on it, once they do deploy. And deployment will only be after devices like ours have proven its usefulness.

That said, i myself am weary of using it for cc purposes... But i love it for other purposes such as data transfer, i.e. Android beam, S-beam, etc... Ive found them very useful and have used my nfc chip ti share data from my device to others with ease, more often than i expected. Also i believe with nfc, itll make wireless charging our devices possible, and im waiting to try that as well... So even w/o the cc stuff.. Nfc is proving itself to me everyday... Its just up to the user to determine the best use of it, for themselves.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Classick206:
Much like every other new technology... why spend (and waste) money implementing it when it'd be nothing more than a novelty with no practical use. It's the reason they just now added LTE to the iPhone; until now no company has had a respectable LTE network. Apple doesn't need to gamble.

Back to the topic though, NFC is useless right now. It's nothing more than a novelty that you need to go out of your way to use on a daily basis. I absolutely love the idea of never having to carry a wallet again and would definitely adopt NFC into my day to day life... once the technology is mainstream.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] scifan:
Apple tries to dictate what people need...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RaymondPJR:
Third party charging pads may already be available, they come with a new back cover to make it work.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Orical:
What bothers me about this post is the fact that one piece of technology is being judged over an entire list of more important key advancements that clearly makes a huge difference between the two devices. I'm not trying to sway anyones thoughts and im not going to point out the obvious but to isolate one feature and try to get people to ground the future development if it is underhanded.

In a year from now if NFC takes off and is supported everywhere Apple will change their tune and add it themselves with a better encryption feature of some sort and claim that NFC is only better due to Apple supporting it. Either way it comes down to what company finds it more relevant and who puts a better twist to the advertisement, what most people don't read is the fact its not new technology at all and agencies have been using it for years.

I don't know but its all drama no matter how its brought up it all depends if you the user can use it and if it makes your life easier, just the fact that you can put your medical info on it and hospitals can scan it in the event you can't speak for yourself at the ER makes a huge difference in my book.
[HTC EVO 3D] mak0305:
Hey guys, I know there is the guide, and I've read through it. But im still having a lot of issues and would really like to talk to someone who has used the prevail as a donor. I pulled off the info from the prevail and thought I put it on EVO 3d correctly. But it says I'm still on sprint network. Weird thing is that my phone number in about phone is my boost number and my username is my boost username. Please help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billab0n6:
Dear all,

I'm from singapore and is running checkrom v5, still on ics, i do not want to flash the latest JB yet before the official is out but i do have some problems with the stock browser though, some of the websites that i go to is a missing image/video with a jigsaw+a question mark in the middle, i assume it should be the plug-ins, i did not have much problem with this at all before... and one more thing, whenever i book a movie ticket from stock browser, i can't seem to select the seats at all... when i click the seats to book, it did nothing, i was wondering is there anything i can do? I did install flash player 11.1 though...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fazroid:
I have been using CM7 for about a year now without any problems. It was about 3 days back that I started experiencing problems accessing Gmail and Android Market from my Desire HD. The Gmail does not sync anymore and the Android Market doesn't show up. I have upgraded to CM 7.2 to see if it resolves the issue but to no avail. Help me!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fazroid:
how?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxkid123:
Might be something with the market data. Go to apps>all apps and find the android play store, then delete all data. reboot after For gmail, remove the account, then resync after a reboot. There are a few more apk's that have to do with google accounts, I can't remember them off the top of my head, but wiping their data then rebooting may help.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fazroid:
But I did a complete wipe and then flashe.d the latest CM 7.2 and still the same issue
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Nova along with other launchers allow you to easily change home screen app icons. I want to change the icons on the lock screen apps (and yes I know how to change the apps themselves, this ? is for the icons only). The dark horse rises theme icons are changed, but that's due to the overriding nature of flashing a theme.

Any ideas on how I can use my icon pack's icons on the lock screen apps?

Sent from my VZW GS3 running Synergy/Trinity/Dark Horse Rises
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
I'll take that as a no? Anyone alive out there.....

Sent from my VZW GS3 running Synergy/Trinity/Dark Horse Rises
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viper31573:
just did a clean install of a new rom. phone boots up fine, but as soon as it boots up, an update is trying to download, and its freezing the phone. cant do anything with it while this download is frozen. i also cant get into recovery because its asking me if i want to update my radios. only way into recovery is through rom manager,which i cant get to because this frozen download is freezing my phone
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodt94:
Plug your SD card into your computer and remove the radio files from the root of the card, or just take your card out and boot into recovery from bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fix-this!:
i noticed today my power button seems kinda loose and you can move it around a bit. it works fine and it may of been like this from day one but im curious if it's a defect or if anybody else's phone has this as well?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaben2:
I think it is a known issue. Mine fell off the second day I had it. Verizon replaced it with no issue, but if it hasn't fell off I wouldn't worry about it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fix-this!:
thanks, ill keep an eye out if it gets worse.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
Alright, so my aosp project is on hold for now.. reason being is that my phone is flashed to cricket and i can't get any data on aosp at the moment until i find a fix..

SOOO my project i'm working on is NOT to bring sense4 to this device (since it's been clearly stated that it be done) but to theme touchwiz to be as close to sense as i can.. I'm in the process of working on it right now as we speak, but i'm reaching out to any themers available to help me out on this.. I'm fairly capable of doing this but theming to this extent takes A LOT of time and effot.. so if anyone is willing please PM me..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
Cool! Good luck !
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sol_671:
That would be sweet! Hope it's BLU KUBAN compatible.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
View attachment 1338160

Theres a lil sneak peak

This is gonna be stock FI03 themed like sense with battery saving mods, ram tweaks, custom kernel, defrigginbloated like crazy, it will have advanced epic4gtouch settings, as well as spare parts, and either svoice or google now.. Unless y'all want both.

And more that i havent thought of yet
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
Fh13? Haven't come across fi13 unless you have some inside connects????? Thanks for this tho :)

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
FI03* im sorry lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjs2011:
Preview looks good. Will the battery and signal icons be themed too?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] qubanaso:
looks awesome thanks evo :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
Looking good! Any way you could make a theme zip to flash over other roms?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
Yeah this rom will be extremely well themed
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
Not at the moment.. Maybe down the line
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
Ok or if your cool with it maybe someone could do it when the ROM is done. You should go check out the goodness ROM that's why I asked about the zip. We have a bunch of themes like green, red, blue, orange, brown, pink, purple, S3, LG, Sony xperia, and I think HTC would be a nice addition :beer:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Cricket Droid:
This is a nice looking rom man!

I don't know if this would help you for aosp but here is a thread on Cricket Users Forum about getting web/data or CM9

http://www.cricketusers.com/showthread.php?p=76301
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
Thank you very much! Id love to bring some more aosp to the table as well and this will allow me to do so :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
Tbh i feel that the themes are one of the only things that set these Touchwiz roms apart
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Cricket Droid:
Thank you very much! Id love to bring some more aosp to the table as well and this will allow me to do so ￼

You're welcome, I'm on cricket also & would like to see more developement for us flashed phone users
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
How's it going?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
Its coming along just finished the while entire framework which took like 3 days because i have to resize every single png and edit every .9png manually.. SystemUI is done, now working on settings.apk which is halfway done.. Then all I'll have is contacts, keyboard, sms music and calculator.. I might post it once sms, contacts and keyboard are done and just work my way one apk at a time to have everything finished
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
Im gonna change the toggles to something a Lil more sexy and try to reduce the padding in the buttons to make them smaller

Gonna fix clear button and the bottom bar

Gonna remove the gray shadows behind icons

Gonna do a dark colored ring

Just a screen shot of a popup

Power menu

Gonna remove the AM and make the clock white
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Looking good! Can't wait to see the final product.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sol_671:
By the way, is this gingerbread based or ICS?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
Fi03 ics
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
Looking great!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] qubanaso:
man can't wait to try this out
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ankurcshah:
Will there be any tweaking to this rom? Tweaking in the sense kobridge's tweaks and such?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] charlie81:
is this still in the works would love to check it out
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
Yes i will include tweaks, probably my own tweaks not sure what as of yet I'm more focused on the theming right now, turns it the contacts.apk and the phone.apk are harder to theme than anything else.. Lol if any themers wanna hop on board your more than welcome.. Theming is really really time consuming..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sol_671:
Damn, and really wish I could help. I think most of the the themers are working on their rom and the rest already jumped ship.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
Yeah these roms that require this much theming is truly gonna take some time.. A couple weeks.. See since sense4 uses a lot of white i have to go thru multiple xml files to change the style of the text everything uses so that you dont have white on white or black on black ect (and finding everything is really a pain).. Also the default dpi is gonna be 180 because thats the closest look to sense on the onex and by doing that i have to basically rewrite the layout for the whole dialer because its the only thing thats effed up after changing the dpi.. Lastly, to top it all off this is my first time theming to this extent..

I'm considering dropping down to fh13 because i hear of better battery life and data speeds.. Can anyone confirm this?

Also im working on an amon-ra style recovery for this device and the nexus s 4g with some added features and then starting next week we are starting a new team dirt rom.. So i gotta lot of stuff going on not including my full time job and kids and such
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
I wish I had the time to put into this, and I also don't think I have the know how to do this much.

If you set the dpi to 190, the dialer will stop FCing. I will ask around and see if I can find someone to help you tho since I can't.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
It doesnt fc at all the dial pad just doesnt stretch to fit the screen
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ankurcshah:
I feel FI03 is better in terms of battery!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
You know what though I've been getting random reboots even on the stock ROM.. Also its seems to lag a bit at times.. It could be a kernel issue
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] et4g:
If u need anything dont hesitate to ask

build.prop/ramdisk/init.d

Scripts i know a ton

Regards and good luck
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sol_671:
Wouldn't the dpi, cause problems with the market?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
There are modified markets that will work with it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
i think you may need it, i noticed you did MIUIandroid, i'm a maintainer for MIUIandroid, to fix the roaming indicator off all you need to do is bring the eri.xml over from the old framework-res.apk into the new one, simple as that, and wimax should also be fairly easy, also did you talk to iBotPeaches about porting MIUIandroid?

As fryingpan said, i'm including a modified Phonesky.apk (google play store)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
Bump for this great work so far!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] evol4g:
Thanks buddy.. I just had my daughter (her nickname is evol1x or evolprincess) so hence the extra time its taking lol