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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
way hackier too.

why do I need to flash a kernel to get rooted stock?

that sucks! ahaha

oh! and unlocking is one damn simple command, and you dont need root to cwm. get your facts straight.

sent from my i9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nav200:
This reminds me of my HTC amaze. O boy was that a pain to root with s-on and s-off
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rickbosch:
I couldn't agree more, I remember having to tinker with my Bravo's HBOOTs and all sort just to release a *little* bit of extra memory. haha. Then I got the Nexus S and it only took two commands via ADB and one via Fastboot and it was all up, rooted and running, blew me away.

Needless to say, if you want to root, modify, etc, there is only one line of phones for you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
X10i was simple, back when z4root was on the market. Download, install, run, reboot then your rooted. Recovery was through app installer too.

Hats off to the guys who make these things so easy for us! :cool: jerpelea, zdzihu, bin4ry, androxide to name a few for x10

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fire n mage:
Easiest phone to root, Samsung Moment.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] negrobembon:
Any phone supported by SuperOneClick(or something like that)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pierceye:
My Nexus is only the second phone I've rooted but it was miles easier to do than my Evo 4G. Unrevoked didn't flash CWM and it took forever to figure out that I still had the stock recovery. :o
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyco2008:
So you went from being Alideen to Alideen, feels nice, doesn't it!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jasonhunterx:
Galaxy S1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iamoz:
HTC BOLT was easily rooted but it's a hot brick in you had...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfrrr:
Is it possible to recover a file that disappeared when my email program (Gmail) FC'd?

This is the first time this has ever happened to me on either my S2 or my S3. I imagine this is not likely because we're dealing with a different kind of memory (flash versus hard drive), but recovery is often fairly easy on a PC as long as you haven't turned off your system.

FWIW, I haven't turned off my S3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] art_arev:
Try syncing yr gmail on yr phone
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .xxx.:
It would only help if you by mistakely have an app that can recover files. Some amount of files can be recovered since all the memory spaces aren't released at a single time.

As above, trying syncing gmail!

Sent from Hell!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfrrr:
I tried syncing my Gmail, but no luck. I guess I'm going to have to revive my old habit of saving anything I'm writing every few lines. The S2 and S3 have me a false sense of security. Sigh.

Thanks for the advice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qtwrk:
as we know , for example the wall charger has output of 1A.

and battery capacity is 1750 mAh , so in theory , it should be 100% charged in 1750 mAh / 1000 mA = 1.75 hours.

but consider something like cable resistance or whatever , i think it should be fully charged like 2.5 hours or so ...

but what strange is, i have an old wall charger which was come from with Nexus S , only has 700 mA output and the new one came with Galaxy Nexus which has 1 A output. but my application , DX power booster , charge estimated time shows exact same with both 700 mA and 1 A ... i just don't get it as they have different output current ...

and i think , when charger is plug in, phones runs on power source directly from charger which will decrease the current goes to battery i think , so will the battery charging be short if i shut down my phone when it charges ?

and as for a USB , 5 V and 0.5 mA , which is only half of wall charger , then why does FAST CHARGE will make it as shortly as wall charger ?

because i think , no matter it is on or off , it doesn't alternate the fact that USB still only has 500 mA output ...

maybe they are stupid questions ... but i just failed my physics back the time i was student ...:eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joe_sun:
My Gnex charges WAY faster when it's turned off. A few times I've left the house and realized I forgot to charge my phone overnight so I turn it off, put it on the car charger and usually have a useable charge even if it's a fairly short trip.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fire n mage:
If you're phone is off, it's not using the power it's getting from the charger, therefore it will reach 100% faster
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vincentistan:
wall charging is only faster because your phone is not using battery while charging, so of course it would take a shorter time to reach full battery, thus appearing to charge 'faster'.

Fast charge is fooling the phone into thinking your charging from a wall socket instead of a usb, as when in usb mode it uses some of the power to transfer files between the phone and computer, so when in fast charge mode it only charges and cant be used to transfer files. this is from what i understand so far :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qtwrk:
But what I don't understand is, no matter you transfer files or not, it doesn't alternate the fact that USB output is still 500 mA...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Herman76:
When you activate Fast charge you fool the USB port to think it doesn't have a communication device attached, and thus can deliver up to 1.5A on the port (dependent on port type). The phone charges faster when turned off because it doesnt use any power itself. The charging board on the phone will always control how much current you can recieve at all times (even when off).

Taken from Wikipedia.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pyro42:
does anyone know of any roms out there designed to turn an outdated or lowend android phone into a PMP/MP3 player? i know they already have the capacity to play media, but i can't help but wonder if battery/performance would be better if you trashed all the cellphone parts of android and designed a UI just for media playback.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricpete1:
For starters, you could put the phone in airplane mode.

A little bit more work: root and freeze or remove all the Apps you don't want/need. Particularly bloatware and other apps that include a service, things that auto-run on start.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pyro42:
well airplane mode would knock out wifi as well, but yes, some ROM's allow you to just turn off the data connection. you'd obviously do well to start with a clean rom is possible instead of stock. but i was hoping someone'd started a little more of a complete solution.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tt281gt:
Can't you disable 3g data under settings?

Sent from deep below the earth on a Paranoid E4GT
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricpete1:
I can see why you might want wifi for downloads or data transfer, but of course that’s not what you asked for (“just for media playback”)

I'm pretty sure there are easy ways to turn off data and phone radios without turning off wifi.

I think you just turn airplane mode on first and then turn wifi on after that.

I just tried it and it seems to work on my phone (afterwards I could access internet via wifi but my phone dialer wouldn't dial out)

If for some reason that doesn't work for you, google airplane mode wifi tool

I haven’t heard of custom roms designed to reduce the capabilities of the phone.

But if that's what you've got your mind set on, go for it. It doesn't hurt to ask.

Good luck
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotwke:
I am wondering the same thing. I have AT&T's first Android, the Backflip.... that I use as an mp3 player (an expensive one.. lol) and it is running the CM7 rom. I would love to wipe it and have a simple interface that is purely an mp3 player as you said. Putting it in airplane mode, shutting off 3g, deleting bloatware (if ur running stock) are all great ideas.... but I have CM7 stripped down to the bare (no Gapps, no accounts ,etc) and I STILL would like to turn it into a pure stand alone mp3 player with ext memory and amazing battery life. The phone is small (unless you flip it open) so it would be great for it! Was hoping maybe someone got bored since the last reply on here and came up with something. It "seems" like it would be fairly easy since there isn't much to create.... but to have the phone "boot" into just an mp3 UI does actually sound kind of complicated from my small knowledge of Android. :)

P.S. I have upgraded 5 or 6 times for myself and everyone in my group, so this Backflip serves no "phone" purpose. Would be perfect..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fullcourtpress9:
Very interesting idea. Would like to know info on this as well. I've been thinking how to repurpose my old cell phones and this could work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chelsearae5489:
Optimus v would be great
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redDKtie:
Not a ROM, But a good solution,

Hey guys. So, It's not a specific ROM for mp3 player-ness, But here's what I did with CM7 on my HTC Evo 4G

- Downloaded a media player app with a full screen widget (PlayerPro or WinAmp should od the trick)

- Set the 4x4 widget as my homescreen, and eliminate the rest of the screens.

- Remove lockscreen and security (or you can use WidgetLocker and put a smaller widget as your lock screen)

- I remapped my 4 Froyo Android buttons (Home, Back, Menu, Search) as MP3 player centric buttons. (pause, play, forward, backward, mute, etc... you can do whatever you want) using ButtonRemapper.

- To top it all off, I use Juice Defender to kill network connectivity, cell connectivity, etc... I purchased the Ultimate version for complete root access features. I keep wifi and bluetooth available for stuff (like connecting to by bluetooth stereo)

So, yeah. Battery still isn't amazing, but it is better. And I don't think there's a ton that can be done about that, the screen is, and will always be, the juice hog. even though it's not a dedicated rom, it works pretty well. I'm lucky that the EVO has such a huge developement community. If you have a less popular phone, you might be SOL with some of these features.

Hope this helps a little. I'm not really a developer, I just love finding new, interesting ways of customizing my phones :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dopiate:
I started a how to on this ..

check out my forum post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2644588 it's pretty much what your original question was about.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jbfuson:
A few months ago I plugged my gn into the pc and nothing happened. The pc use to recognize it and i would transfer files ect. now nothing. I have turned off usb fast charge and it still doesnt work. I also just purchased a samsung MHL and it doesnt work either. I had it plugged in and turned on NFL mobile app and it said (error tv out plugged in) so the phone knows it is there but i get nothing out to the tv. yes I have the power plugged into the device. The phone screen does go into side view as soon as I plug it in but nothing shows up on the tv. Im wondering if something is wrong with my phone or if there is a setting im not aware of since both of these are not working.

Im running aokp jb 3 and faux kernel. I would appreciate any help with these issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shag_on_e:
Try flashing a different kernel for ****'s and giggles. I haven't used MHL with faux yet but I know it works on LeanKernel. Just a shot in the dark.

~~~~There is no spoon~~~~
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] saibejugam:
even i am facing the same issue. i have stock jb version on my galaxy nexus (intl version) and when i connect the MHL cable, the screen rotates side ways but nothing gets displayed on TV. let me know if you have tried flashing with a different kernel. Appreciate your help.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlmcr87:
Xperia arc LT15i with stock kernel and some apk from xperia S & xperia T. I use the option only GSM, but after restart the phone it changes automatically to 3G/GSM, what can I do? I only want GSM. Thanks
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chandoliasnikos:
There is nothing u can do, that is the default setting on .587 firmware, just remember to change it after a restart.

Sent from my Arc S
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlmcr87:
Maybe editing an archive? Help!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] BADDINOROX99:
can someone please upload or share a link so I can get a stock 211 blur weather widget l...my PC is messed up at the moment so I can't access my backup files at moment thanks in advanced
[Motorola Droid RAZR] BADDINOROX99:
anyone?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] woostar88:
I've tried other media players but it's still lagging. I'm using wicked v5.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jbreeze228:
Mine too! Completely stock here.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ergibson83:
Turn on wifi....itll smooth out once wifi is enabled. I dont know why, but it fixed my problem.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aznmode:
I've noticed when I play another movie first (making sure that it doesnt lag) for a few minutes then play Avengers afterwards, then it doesnt lag.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] g2uzer:
I'm completely stock as well and having lag, also I can't get the pop up video feature to work with this movie
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ergibson83:
Im telling you guys...just Turn on wifi...u dont even need a network to connect to...just enable wifi and itll smooth out.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jbreeze228:
I've turned sync off. Airplane mode. Cleared cache. Killed all tasks and it still lags! Crazy crazy. Because I couldn't watch it I ended up renting it on vudu. Great movie. First time ever watched it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] g2uzer:
Yea my Wifi is off, btw can you get video pop up player thing tho work with this movie? Did you move your movie to extSdcard?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ergibson83:
No Dude... Turn it ON
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] g2uzer:
Lmfao sorry, I meant its On lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ergibson83:
And its still lagging? Thats weird...well this is my set up.

I have it located at /mnt/extSDcard/movies/HD/ and i have wifi enabled. Its choppy if i have wifi disabled, but itll smooths out if i enable wifi.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] g2uzer:
I just stopped all running task, rebooted,, and now it's smooth ^_^,

My wifi is also on, but still can't get the pop up video feature to work
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ergibson83:
It doesnt work on this movie.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SiNJiN76:
I think a lot of people have been getting bad downloads. It took me 7 downloads to get the one that doesn't lag.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] circuit.007:
I downloaded from, hub but I don't know where it downloaded to. I would like to move it to my ext sd card unless it's already there. Also mine lags too wifi on.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] K_esco:
Thats weird, mine plays just fine, downloaded it once from the hub and has played flawlessly, even if i skip to different parts of the movie. My phone is completely stock.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ionic7:
Turn wifi on fixed lag for me strange
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ironlood:
Media hub downloads to the internal sd and in order to see it you need to enable to view hidden folders

the folder name will be

.SamsungMediaHub

there will be a series of folders but the file will be a pyv file type.

My take on laggy video play is if it's HD or if it's SD. In my opinion the phone has a big screen but it's not big enough to distinguish between SD and HD. The phone has to struggle a little bit more to be able to play a video file that's HD and nearly 3GB (my computer even struggled with that let alone a phone)

The SD version is about 1.7 or 1.8 gb and I haven't had any lag issues on my phone while watching it.

That's all personal opinion and your entitled to shoot it down :) but it's all sensible ;)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JesseMT4G:
Same here, just got done watching it and worked flawless! Awesome movie!

Sent from a galaxy far away!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] circuit.007:
How do you enable the option to see hidden folders? Can it be done through root explorer. Also I downloaded both hd and sd but it doesn't give the option to pick which one to play so I assume it's hd playing since it's lagging.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] markanthony123:
Root explorer worked for me. No need to enable hidden folders b/c it is already on. I downloaded both but only SD is showing up. I transfered it using root explorer to the ext SD card and am redownloading the HD version. The SD version plays very well and I don't think there will be much difference in quality using it on the phone but if I connect it to my HDTV, there might be.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] blowdry:
Ok I've confirmed this 3X. I downloaded Avengers HD and it played smoothly. Installed Avast before going to bed. Woke up the next morning to play the movie for my sons and laggy as heck! Moved it to Extsdcard still laggy.Tried disabling Avast still laggy. Uninstalled Avast, rebooted and tried playing the movie and yet again laggy! Deleted movie and redownloaded, and the movie was flawless w/out Avast. Thought maybe i got a bad download the 1st time. Reinstalled Avast and laggy again! Rebooted w/Avast still installed and laggy. Uninstalled Avast and rebooted still laggy!!! Deleted movie again and redownloaded HD movie and no lagg!!!

And yes i did the whole thing over again to confirm :eek: Never had the issue at anytime w/standard definition, but who wants that when there's HD! ;)

Rooted via Odin v3 w/CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-v5
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RaymondPJR:
Initially I had no lag whatsoever while playing the movie. I was running stock rooted UVALH2 at the time. Then I started having issues once I flashed Google Wallet, and later Wicked V5. The solution was partly discovered by Woodrube and another user. Delete cache and data for Movie Player and Media Storage in "Manage Apps". Then unmount and remount your SD card (Woodrube) wait for media to scan again and it works without stutters. Alternately, delete cache and data for Movie Player and Media Storage in "Manage Apps" reboot into recovery and delete dalvik cache (other user) and it does the same.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nukes777:
Another fix others have also mentioned that worked for me is to turn on wifi.. U don't have to connect to a network just enable wifi and the lag stopped..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] henryr934:
With wifi or network play without any problems i work in a building down in a garage where there's not any connection what so ever i try to show my friends and it lags but then i go outside where is a connection and it work with no problems crazy :confused:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tennandcoz1:
I can not seem to get the movie to play at all.It says sorry video can't be played.Any help please.Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] a4ol:
Guys, the problem is not the phone but Media Hub as it is a very badly made streaming service. I suggest you let the movie download WITHOUT watching it, then go in to your file system (I'm using ES) and move the movie to a new location and play it with built-in player as it uses Hardware playback and enjoy a super smooth and awesome movie.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Docavelli:
Exactly what I did...

And still lags unless I turn on WiFi. For me that's the solution. I haven't tried when I don't have a connection but when I do, it plays great.

But I still can't play on any other device and can't stream to my Samsung TV. Guess I'll have to get a mhl adapter or never DL another movie from Samsung again.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ergibson83:
Actually that may be true about media hub, but that is not whats causing the lag. The only solution I continue to mention in this thread is to turn wifi on while you are watching the movie. It fixes the lag issues 100% of the time from what I have seen thus far from all users following this advice.I don't know why it works... it just does.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] choyt2011:
Anyone try long holding the button at bottom of phone, clearing all apps, and then hitting the memory tab on the left...close all apps there if any...and go to RAM and clear that? I've notice the more apps I open the more I see micro lag on my phone...once I do those two things everything clears up...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] mrfish123:
Having given up on an update to ICS for my SI number and the possibility of a new phone soon, im more inclined to root my phone to then delete all the bloatware off it.

If i root my device, and then the ICS update comes along, i can still update as normal with no issues correct?

Also, where is the best guide on how to root please?

Cheers,

J.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] muryatik:
You can just download and flash .ftf files from the development section to have ics on your phone.

To answer your question, as long as your bootloader is locked, you can use update normally one official hits your phone.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Pandemic:
SEARCH BEFORE POSTING !!!!!!!

And why in the name you post a new thread?

There js a general chat as a sticky man, and you can not tell... Oops i dont have see that.

Best Regards

..:: P@Nd€m!c ::..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] mrfish123:
I did search but between being in full time work and sorting out a household i don't have enough time to search for hours to trawl through threads finding answers when i could just ask a quick question mate.

I did see the general chat thread as well, just felt a separate thread was a better place to ask.

@ muryatik - Thanks for the replay mate, so if i flash ICS, i understand that it's then easier to root, (as i won't have to downgrade to the lower version of gingerbread) but if a further update is released, will my phone still update if the bootloader is locked?