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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] petes67bird:
I have this case and it's great. Provides excellent protection. I have no worries with my phone in this case.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] raven4757:
I got this case a Lil over a month ago works great I work on cars for a liveing and it takes everything like a champ dropped it a few times and didn't hurt the phone One bit I rec it to everyone the only way I'll get rid of it is if otterbox makes a case
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] split2th:
Glad to hear some good reviews on this one. Although it will be a shame to cover this beautiful little machine with any case.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ganeshbiyer:
Very true.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bubbajoe777:
i have the case and its great, its pretty much undestructable! :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] split2th:
Just received the case. Amazing protection. fits like a glove. And seriously improves the side buttons, they used to be so hard to find and press. Oh and the phone still looks great. The only con is that it's a tiny bit harder to get to the usb port.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Ha ha lol I had to grow a special finger nail just to get it open. But still love the protection and buttons

EDIT: Just dropped my Ion off my lap onto blacktop parking lot. Watched it bounce and land screen down next to a rock. Picked it up and got lucky, no damages. THIS IS A VERY GOOD CASE! It saved my Ion :D

From Jaramie's LT28at

2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] rbebber:
here is the apk for the onlive desktop, its not in the market for our device
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vespus:
I recently got a carrying case for about $8 for my kfhd. It also comes with a built in keyboard, which is very cool. To see if I could use it, I also purchased a micro USB to USB in order to connect, but it doesn't work at all.

I'm assuming this is because of the closed os. Once a bypass or stable ROM gets released, will using an external keyboard ever be a possibility?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alkemist80:
I've seen the nexus 7 connected to a micro keyboard via usb so its a possibility if you went with a straight android ROM, but the bootloader still needs to be cracked first. I can't remember if the KFHD has bluetooth, otherwise you can try bluetooth keyboard.

Edit: appears that KFHD only has bluetooth for headphones and speakers according to their site. I just returned my KFHD and got a Nexus 7 and typing with my HP touchpad bluetooth keyboard on my Nexus 7 :) Small things like this, not even being able to use an external keyboard right off the bat adds to the list of returning the KFHD making me go with another device.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vespus:
Yes, I suppose it's only a matter of time before someone gets the bootloader to work.

I'm hoping my time invested in waiting will pay off with better hardware capabilities
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alkemist80:
I didn't want to play that wild card so I returned my KFHD and picked up the N7. There were devs exchanging comments on a thread in the general section but any talk on there seems to have ceased, so that is not a good sign in my opinion. I'm sure they are working on it and I'll kick myself when the bootloader unlocks but its not a chance I can take right now.

If you have a BT keyboard in hand, doesn't hurt to try. Someone said they got a BT game controller to work.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] seburton:
I just realese a little mod to increase the réactivité of the xperia S.

You just neeed to have root and explorer like solid explorer or root explorer.

How to:

- Launch root explorer (or an other)

- Go to /system/ets

- Open the file "hw_config.sh"

- Search for "proximity sensor configuration"

- Replace lines to look like this

dev=/sys/bus/i2c/devices/3-0054/
val_cycle=1
val_nburst=1
val_freq=5
val_threshold=1
val_filter=1

Reboot and you have a usefull proximity sensor.

Hit thank button if y help you ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ryknex:
You Are The One Who Replied Me On My Thread

Thank You For This The Sensation Increased,

I Can Use Double Or Thrice Wave But Rarely (May Be 2 Or 3 Times On 10),

And Also On Very Lower Height Of the Sensor Screen, Can You Fix It?
[HTC Sensation] catsargent:
I rooted and installed cyanogenmod for my sensation a few months ago. According to the change log, i have CyanogenMOd-7.1.0-SelfKANG10-Sensation. What is the fastest and easiest way to update to the latest version which i assume is cm-9.1.0-pyramid.zip from here:http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=pyramid. can anyone please tell me how i can go about updating to this version. If this helps, about in settings tells me i have 2.3.7 android version and the mod is "CyanogenMOd-7.1.0-SelfKANG10-Sensation" I would appreciate someone telling me the easiest way to upgrade to this.new version. Thanks so much in advance
[HTC Sensation] blahbl4hblah:
There's a nightly thread for cm9. Go there and read the op

It'll help you a lot

Sent from my Sensation
[HTC Sensation] catsargent:
Thank you. I just went over there and could not find the op on there. I would appreciate if you could point me in the right direction.

Thanks.
[HTC Sensation] blahbl4hblah:
OP means opening post or in this case the first post

Sent from my Sensation
[HTC Sensation] catsargent:
i know what it means but i just cannot find the actual thread. Can you please help me.
[HTC Sensation] goatee84:
I think this is what you're looking for.
[HTC Sensation] catsargent:
ok. thanks very much for the help. I have one last question. If i have a old version of android when i update will i have the same version or a new one. Also, do i just install it over my current rom like the instructions?

Thanks very muchly. EDIT: Can i just use this to update: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Sensation:_Full_Update_Guide or do i have to install this 3.32 firmware that it says to download here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1459767

I would love help please.
[HTC Sensation] catsargent:
I have another problem. Do i have to install this latest firmware from here:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1459767 or can i just use this guide from here:http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Sensation:_Full_Update_Guide
[HTC Sensation] goatee84:
That guide is fairly general in that it just refers to the 'latest version of CyanogenMod'. So yes as per the OP of the thread I linked you to you will need to install 3.32 firmware. You could install over your current ROM if you really wanted but I'd recommend a full wipe for a nice clean installation.

CM7 is Gingerbread based and CM9 is ICS based so yes you will end up with a newer version of Android, hence the need for the newer firmware.
[HTC Sensation] catsargent:
okay, so i can just wipe and then do i install 3.32 and then the rom or just the rom
[HTC Sensation] goatee84:
Firmware isn't removed with the wipe so it doesn't matter too much. I would wipe, install new firmware, install ROM and you should be good to go :good:

Make sure you do a nandroid backup before you start anything, if things go pear-shaped you'll want it. Also make sure you have access to a copy of your current firmware, if you have to restore your nandroid backup AFTER installing the new firmware it won't work as the firmware will no longer match, so you'll have to roll that back too.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Mikary31:
Hey everyone, wanted to see if maybe someone has the 2.3.5 update for the photon fully deodexed or can get ahold of it for me. I would like to do some themeing. I would like to have all the blur so I get no force closes. I have used mof9336 deblured and deodexed rom, thanks by the way for helping me unbrick my phone, but I would like to have all the blur and he only offers the stock 2.3.5 with it all but it is not deodexed. Please help.
[HTC One X] steellam:
Hi all,

I need to return my phone due to bad interference on the other end of the line when making calls.

I understand they may refuse warranty because I have rooted but am going to give it a go anyway.

To try to make things easier I wanted to put my phone back to stock, it is a UK O2 phone.

I found the appropriate RUU but it seems you cannot flash an older version of the rom using this system, I have got no backup of my original O2 rom so was wondering if it is available anywhere as a .zip to flash using clockwork mod or if anyone knows a way to flash the older version stock rom ?

Cheers for any help !
[HTC One X] joewong1991:
Try this It's just pure stock http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rvbarton:
anyone know where I can order the unlocked version and have it delivered in the US? Google isn't cooperating with this request today...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markysd:
try expansys / http://www.negrielectronics.com/new-products/#.UGtAwxgWUlc
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noodles5666:
I ordered mine from www.expansys-usa.com yesterday and had it in my hands by noon today. I have dealt with Negri also and they do great work too.
[Android Apps and Games] M3ntalPurg3:
Are there any specific apps that devs or flashaholics use to test performance on Roms, Kernels, etc..?
[Asus Transformer TF700] adelancker:
Today, after rebooting my tf700, I noticed I suddenly had no root access any more. On top of that I also lost my TWRP!

However I still have all my data on my tablet and all the apps and settings are untouched too....

I tried re rooting the device three times, but no luck....

I am still on the .30 ICS firmware, so no JB for me yet.

Any help would really be appreciated!
[Verizon Droid Charge] ultimatdan:
So in short my Droid Charge's SD card is screwed up.

I keep getting the message Damaged SD Card message in my notifications and I click it every time to format but then it doesnt do anything. When I try to view my photo gallery it says the sd card is blank or that there is no sd card. It wont let me use the camera because theres no sd card.

I'm rooted running Tweaked 3.0 with the latest FP5 updates after unrooting back to stock in order to get them. Tried to Odin back to stock a few times and then reflashing Tweaked a few times and still the same thing. Did factory/data reset, cache wipe, dalvik wipe a thousand times as well.

I am able to mount the sd card briefly in ClockworkMod Recovery, to view the files on the sd card but then about a minute or less later the sd card seems to unmount itself and becomes unrecognizable. Same for when I connect the phone via USB to my Windows 7 PC. If I pull out the physical sd card from the device, put it back in, hit connect to storage...the PC will recognize it for about a minute basically teasing me, letting me transfer a couple small files...and then unmounts itself and stops being read. Because of this I cant seem to partition the sd card in Windows 7 nor can I get it to complete and Check Disk.

I even bit the bullet while trying to format the sd card in CWM, and then while connect to the PC and I cant even get the card to format...

Obviously I'd prefer to some how save all the files on there before having to format if possible.

Tried searching around the forums but nothing seems to be similar to my problem. The ONLY thing I can come up with for the cause was that I mistakenly flashed the charge.PIT file while flashing Tweaked 3 in Odin. Not sure if thats the cause...

Any help and suggestions would be great. Thanks!!
[Verizon Droid Charge] kvswim:
It sounds to me like it's actually dead, or on its way. Try plugging it into your computer. Make note of the file name (eg F:\) Go to command prompt and type this:

chkdsk (drive letter with colon and backslash) /f /p

If that doesn't work, your last shot is probably this:

chkdsk (drive letter with colon and backslash) /r
[Verizon Droid Charge] jusliloleme:
Can you mount your SD card directly to your PC (i.e., pull it from your phone and use a card reader)? I've had troubles with SD cards in the past and by using a non-phone card reader have been able to save what was on the card or resurrect it back to the point of usability in the phone.
[Verizon Droid Charge] kvswim:
Yeah, I forgot to say be sure to do this with an SD or USB adapter rather than through your phone.
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
This actually sounds a lot like what can happen to SD cards on some HTC devices if the S-OFF goes bad. The two ways to fix it were to put it in a card reader and reformat it in Windows as FAT32, or there is a way to repartition and reformat it on the phone, but it requires you to know the pull /dev path to the SD card, and I don't know it for this phone.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ultimatdan:
Still no dice...

Ya I tried using an SD adapter that held the micro SD card, put that directly into my laptop's SD card slot and still had the same experience...it briefly reads and mounts...where i have enough time to dig few a couple folders on there and drag a couple small text docs off...then stops working.

I tried using those command prompts in CMD (chkdsk D:\ /f, chkdsk D:\ /p, and chkdsk D:\ /r) but none of them did the trick. Also the "/p" seems to be an invalid command for chkdsk? I cant seem to get it to partition in any utilities either.

Still cant format it using the adapter either in CMD or the regular Windows 7 interface.

There may also be an issue stemming from the possibility that I think its just acting as read/only. Is there a way to make it read/write? The option doesnt seem to show when i right-click on the briefly mounted sd card for its properties.

My last attempt last night was using Sandisk RescuePRO Deluxe. I started it around midnight and by 7am it was only at roughly 6.5% complete for some reason...arg.

Thoughts?
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
Did you try the disk management in Windows? Or diskpart?
[Verizon Droid Charge] ultimatdan:
I did try disk management in windows and the sd drive label wouldnt stay showing long enough for me to get that to work. I dont understand why its able to mount and then shortly after just unmount itself.

Havent tried diskpart, is that a command in CMD?
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
Yeah its a terminal level partitioning tool.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ultimatdan:
Do I just type in "diskpart" to cmd?
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
IIRC you will want to run cmd as administrator (by right clicking on its icon in the start menu). You should also look up some sort of guide if you haven't used it before.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ultimatdan:
Ughhhh

Still not working Im getting error messages not letting me format. It will select the disk though but then when i try to go further i get "diskpart has encountered an error"
[Verizon Droid Charge] johnlohit1996:
Ever tried HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool?? Its supposed to work but dont have a card reader to find out ..>(

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool.shtml
[Verizon Droid Charge] Lehocki:
I had the same problem with my S3 and tried to recover data from card but nothing worked. Luckily I had most of it backed up. At the end had to get a new card
[Verizon Droid Charge] LinkCloud:
Same issue happened with my ADATA card. I was able to recover the files by wiping the SD Card in TWRP first. Then recovering the boot partions/files using TestDisk. It worked for a while but ultimately, like Lehocki said, I had to get a new card. I was able to return it and get a replacement.
[Verizon Droid Charge] c_wag03:
Weird, I had just had the same problem and am also using Tweaked 3.0. Interesting. I also had luck recovering many files using TestDisk,,,however several files were corrupted.
[Verizon Droid Charge] binks.s4ke:
Same problem.

Ref : Thanks!
[Sony Tablet S] murat17:
any ideas?
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
As Sony said to me in a email i received, the Software Developer has not reported any news so far, i assume it will take a few weeks.
[Sony Tablet S] xperia_pro:
Isend an email and sony say me we dont have the date exactly so, weeks months maybe....
[Sony Tablet S] CoolApps:
Yep, i checked again with Sony and they still don't have the dates.
[General Questions and Answers] bachman:
Hi,

I need to tether my phone's wifi connection via USB. When I tether my 3g communication everything goes well, but if I connect to wifi and try to tether it, my phone does not tether it.

I am currently using a HTC Hero (2.3.3). Any solution suggestions?

Regards

note: I have to tether my connection via USB. It is a must for me.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navras1719:
Hello, and sorry for bugging everyone, but I have somewhat of a problem. I'll just start from the beggining.

First of all I own a SGS II, so I'm used to flashing roms and kernels custom stuff and all...on that. My girlfriend is the one who owns a Xperia Arc S (LT18a, US version if it's relevant or not). And for the live of me, I can't summon the courage to flash it, the process being somewhat different than the flashing of a S2. That's just idiot proof in my opinion, can't go wrong. I'm seeing all over the place guides and stuff for flashing a Xperia Arc S, and don't really know wich one is good/bad etc. So...the actual questions :

1. Where can I find the stock firmwares for Xperia Arc S ? I was hopping on a website something like sammobile for samsung, where I can find every release etc.

2. She now has 2.3.4 (I think not 100% sure) build 4.0.2.A.0.62 and from what I heard that cannot be rooted, or it involved something like unlocking the bootloader or something like that, safe to say that kinda freaked me out a bit.

3. I'm guessing that this build 62 is like on my samsung, where different stock rom's are differentiated by letters (eg. XXLPG, XWLPQ etc) so, someone please confirm that.

4. Is there any noticeable difference between these gingebread builds, cause if build 62 can't be rooted, I'll downgrade to previous build that can be more easily rooted.

5. I really need a idiot proof guide to flashing this thing. She has no warranty on it and I really don't want to mess it up

6. And last (finally, I know :D ) some links for safe versions of flashtool (equivalent of odin from what I understand) and firmwares, stuff I need to root it etc.

I apologise for such a long post but this stuff is pretty overwhelming for me. Also I apologise for spelling errors (english is not my first language)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotfingers:
Wow, the things we do for love...

OK, here's a quick run-down of how it works.

Firstly the bootloader thing: -

The bootloader is where the "kernel" sits. If you unlock the bootloader then you can pretty much put anything on the phone.

You can flash a custom kernel, and from there on you can use ClockworkMod recovery the same way you do on your Samsung.

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custom kernels have ClockworkMod recovery built into them since the XPERIA doesn't have a "/recovery" partition for the standard ClockworkMod recovery.

If that didn't make sense then here's a translation "There's no special space for CWM recovery on Sony phones! So custom kernels have CWM recovery built in for easy access."

When one of these kernels starts up the phone there's a point where the hardware buttons light up, and the LED flashes purple. If you press "volume down" at this point then the kernel starts up ClockworkMod recovery instead of booting the phone.

Most roms come with their own kernel that you can use like this. The XPERIA is different to the SGS phone because you can't flash a kernel from the phone itself. You need an unlocked bootloader and fastboot to flash a kernel.

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So unlocking the bootloader is a good idea, but only after you've made a backup of all your stuff off the memory card.

Here's a really good thread that brings together all sorts of pieces of information that you might need to root the phone - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1653188

OK, so that's the unlock thing, and the kernel thing. Once the kernel has CWM recovery built in you can pretty much flash any rom you feel like flashing. There are already some JellyBean roms out that are fast and usable if you're prepared to read up on them and experiment a bit.

Next thing is the "BaseBand". This is the driver for the "cell phone radio". The part of the hardware that's actually responsible for behaving like a phone :)

Here's a thread where you can get all of the different base-band versions: - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1688049

Personally I know that base-bands 72 and 77 both work perfectly. Since they are the 2 newest versions you can choose which-ever one you want. The newer basebands give much better signal strength on the phone, and the call quality is really good.

Good luck with the experimenting - hope you enjoy.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
Are you looking to upgrade her arc to ics? It is much easier to find the resources if that is the case
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
So is flashing on the Arc/S, so long as you can read. ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1304634
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navras1719:
Thanks for taking the time to answer such a long and frankly, annoying post :D Seems I got a bit of homework, manny things to read, so...coffee and patience :D Hope everything will add up nicely
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navras1719:
Not really, from what I hear ICS dumbs down the phone sort of speak. Now I really can't say, but I would test it out a bit, as long as I learn how to go back to GB.

Another thing that I'm a bit concerned is that all the stuff I find are for LT18i and my gf's phone is a american model LT18a. Will this be a problem ? Or that's just to differentiate the hardware stuff in them ? I hope flashing a LT18i firmware doesn't screw anything up
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
Yep, the differentiating factor is the hardware. the lt18i and lt18a roms are the same as far as I know. ICS does tend to be more resource heavy especially on the arcs but downgrading back to GB is basically the same method as flashing the ICS, just with another rom.

And also, in response to your first post, you can downgrade to the rootable build of GB, root that, and then flash the build 62 kernel back onto your phone so it's rooted and of the desired build :)

There's a lot of flashing guides on youtube regarding the arc s. I did a quick search and this one seemed pretty accurate and straight to the point.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navras1719:
Ok I pretty much understood the whole shabang, my last question is about the bootloader, if I unlock it once that's it ? I can flash whatever I want and not need to reunclock it...sort of speak. I read that for warranty reasons it can be relocked but that's not the case for me. Also for flashing a stock rom is it necessary to unlock the bootloader or that's just for rooting ?

Oh and almost forgot...if I understood right...I can downgrade...root...then upgrade to 62 and it will still be rooted ? On my samsung if it'a rooted and I flash abother stock rom...bye bye root, so pretty weird for me. Thank you again, I can't stress enough how helpfull you guys were.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
unlocking the bootloader allows a whole lot more things to be done with the arc, but does make some apps defunct such as track id and music facebook like (which many can do without). flashing and/or rooting a stock rom doesn't need an unlocked bootloader because it's stock :P and yep, you can downgrade/upgrade, root, and then go back to what build you want by flashing a kernel only :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
That only applies if you use the official method to unlock, use SETool and you'll retain DRM.

Sent from my CM9'd Ray
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
Thanks for the clarification. I never knew much about bootloaders and all that :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navras1719:
If you could help me out with a SETool link and a basic set of instructions that would be awsome :)

LE: From what I've seen there are 2 versions of SETool and one's free the other is not. Can the free version be used to unlock the bootloader or do I have to get the full version ? Or even simpler, is there anyway to unlock it (LT18a) free and without losing DRM ?